The MIT Department of Architecture is welcoming applications for its second Summer Teaching Workshop, hosted by the History, Theory, and Criticism of Architecture and Art Group.
This intimate four-day intensive Workshop will give early- and mid-career instructors teaching architectural history at the undergraduate level the opportunity to collaboratively discuss and develop materials and methods for survey and introductory courses. The goal is to create space and time for intimate dialogue about pedagogy, and to allow early- and mid-career teacher-scholars to learn from one another and reimagine the syllabus and other course materials.
The theme of this year’s Workshop is Global Environmental History. We understand by the concept . . . → En lire plus
The Association of Friends of the Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte, Munich (CONIVNCTA FLORESCIT), offers an annual award for early career research in the field of applied arts. The award is funded by Claudia Oetker.
The purpose of this award, funded by Claudia Oetker, is to encourage younger scholars to address neglected topics and to bring the results of their work to the attention of a broader public. Consideration will be given to a Ph.D. dissertation, M.A. thesis, or scholarly publication, completed within the last three years and dealing with art historical questions which involve the applied arts. Applicants should have graduated within the last five years. The winning candidate chosen by an independent committee of scholars, will receive € 7,000, and . . . → En lire plus
The Association of Friends of the Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte, Munich (CONIVNCTA FLORESCIT), offers an annual award for early career research in the field of the history of architecture. The purpose of this award, named after the architect Theodor Fischer (1862-1938), is to encourage younger scholars to bring the results of their work to the attention of a broader public.
Consideration will be given to a Ph.D. dissertation, M.A. thesis, or scholarly publication, completed within the last three years and dealing with art historical questions in the history of architecture. Applicants should have graduated within the last five years.
The winning candidate, chosen by an independent . . . → En lire plus
The Wolfgang Ratjen Award is an annual award for early career research in the field of graphic arts. The prize, funded by the Foundation Wolfgang Ratjen, is curated and presented by CONIVNCTA FLORESCIT Friends of the Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte.
The purpose of this award, which honours the memory of the collector Wolfgang Ratjen (1943-1997), is to encourage younger scholars to address neglected topics and to bring the results of their work to the attention of a broader public.
Consideration will be given to a Ph.D. dissertation, M.A. thesis, or publication, completed within the last three years and dealing with art historical questions which involve drawings or prints in Western art. Applicants should have been graduated within the last five years. The winning candidate, chosen by an independent . . . → En lire plus
The Willibald Sauerländer Award honours and supports early career research in the history of art history. The prize, funded by CONIVNCTA FLORESCIT Friends of the Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte, honours the memory of Willibald Sauerländer (1924–2018), from 1970 to 1989 director of the Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte and an honorary professor at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich.
Consideration will be given to a Ph.D. dissertation, M.A. thesis, or publication completed within the last three years. Applicants should have been graduated within the last five years. The winning candidate, chosen by an independent committee of scholars, will receive € 7,000, and is expected to spend three months conducting research at the Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte . . . → En lire plus
The Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte will award two Juliane and Franz Roh Fellowships in Modern and Contemporary Art (20th–21st century) at the Studienzentrum zur Kunst der Moderne und Gegenwart at the Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte.
The fellowships are intended for doctoral students and postdoctoral scholars who have graduated within the last five years who are working on a project related to modern or contemporary art. Fellows are expected to partake in the activities of the ZI and to present the fellowship project. The fellowships last three months and can commence between April and October 2026. Graduate fellows will receive a monthly stipend of €2,000. Postgraduate fellows will receive €2,300 per month.
Application:
Applications are accepted in German, English, French or Italian. Please submit a CV and a project description (no more than . . . → En lire plus
The Jutta Held Award honours and supports early career research in art history with a socio-political focus.
The prize, funded by Stiftung Kritische Kunst- und Kulturwissenschaften, honours the memory of Jutta Held (1933–2007), one of the first female professors of art history. The award is made in recognition of her commitment to social issues and gender studies in art and cultural history, and aims to promote such critical approaches in early-career scholarship.
Consideration will be given to a Ph.D. dissertation, M.A. thesis, or publication completed within the last three years. Applicants should have graduated within the last five years. The winning candidate, chosen by an independent committee of scholars, will receive € . . . → En lire plus
PANOFSKY FELLOWSHIP 2026 : Byzantine-Latin Artistic Interactions in the Late Medieval and Early Modern Periods
Prof. Dr. Michele Bacci, Université Fribourg, will hold the Panofsky Professorship at the Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte Munich in 2026. In connection with this professorship the Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte seeks applications for a Panofsky Fellowship.
The fellowship is intended for doctoral students and postdoctoral scholars (who have graduated within the last five years) who are working on a project related to the topic “Byzantine-Latin Artistic Interactions in the Late Medieval and Early Modern Periods”. Fellows are expected to maintain a presence at the ZI, to present the Fellowship project, and to partake in the activities of the ZI. The fellowship lasts three months and commences between April and July 2026.
Graduate fellows will receive a monthly . . . → En lire plus
Humboldt-Universität x Bibliotheca Hertziana x Warburg Institute. Application deadline: Jan 31, 2026
The Institut für Kunst- und Bildgeschichte, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, the Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History, and the Warburg Institute, School of Advanced Study, University of London, are pleased to announce a fellowship in Berlin, Rome, and London, offered at either the predoctoral or postdoctoral level. These fellowships grow out of the longstanding collaboration between the Humboldt, the Hertziana, and the Warburg in the research project Census of Antique Works of Art and Architecture Known in the Renaissance (https://www.census.de).
The fellowships extend the traditional chronological boundaries of the Census and are dedicated to research and intellectual exchange on topics related to the . . . → En lire plus
La Fondation Giacometti soutient des contributions significatives dans le domaine de l’histoire de l’art moderne.
L’Institut Giacometti propose un programme de recherche sur l’histoire de l’art moderne : l’École des modernités. Ce programme a pour ambition de soutenir les projets originaux dans l’étude de l’art de la période moderne (1905-1960).
Dans le cadre de ce programme, l’Institut Giacometti apporte son soutien à des recherches inédites sur la période moderne, par l’accès à son centre de recherche, par une résidence de recherche et par un soutien à l’édition sous la forme d’une collection d’ouvrages. La modernité cosmopolite à Paris est un des axes de ce programme.
Pour recevoir les . . . → En lire plus
Early Career Fellowships, Collegium Helveticum, Zurich
Do you hold a PhD in art history or a related field, or a master’s degree from an art school? Does your work cross and transgress disciplinary boundaries in unconventional ways? Are you looking for a vibrant, transdisciplinary research community? Then you might consider applying for a 10-month residential early-career fellowship at the Collegium Helveticum. Open to all disciplines, the fellowship begins on September 1, 2026, and the call for submissions is now live until February 12, 2026 (17:00 CET).
With its early-career fellowship program, the Collegium supports outstandingly promising academics and artists at a critical stage of their career.
Early-career fellows are free to pursue their individual projects as outlined in their application, and they receive support from . . . → En lire plus
POSITION TITLE: Post-Doctoral Fellow and Assistant to the Director for Academic Programs. I Tatti, Florence.
REPORTS TO: Paul E. Geier Director of Villa I Tatti.
Villa I Tatti offers a position of Post-Doctoral Fellowship and Assistant to the Director for the academic years 2026-2028 with one year renewal possibility. The candidate will be an art historian of the later medieval and/or early modern period (1300-1700), including the historiography and impact of the Italian Renaissance in the Modern Era (19th-21st centuries). The successful candidate will spend approximately half of the time working on his/her own project, chosen to be in keeping with I Tatti’s own academic agenda . . . → En lire plus
The Yale Center for British Art (YCBA) offers short-term fellowships to support research projects that engage substantively with the museum’s collections. These awards are open to academics, curators, doctoral candidates, and independent scholars seeking funding for up to four weeks of on-site research.
These fellowships are open to curators, academics, independent scholars, and doctoral students working in any area of British visual and material culture. Applicants may be of any nationality. North American predoctoral applicants must have completed all academic requirements except the dissertation to qualify.
Fellowships provide US $5,000 for a four-week research period, with funding prorated for stays of two to four weeks. This stipend is intended to cover all associated costs, including travel, lodging, and daily expenses.
Application Timeline
Deadline: Tuesday, January . . . → En lire plus
The Burlington Magazine’s Travel Bursaries to study collections of European drawings.
We are delighted to announce a new initiative: The Burlington Magazine Travel Bursaries, generously funded by the Rick Mather David Scrase Foundation.
These bursaries are designed to support emerging art historians undertaking research on old master drawings. The awards will fund travel to major collections worldwide to study works of Western art on paper from the Renaissance to 1900.
Typical awards will range from £2,000–£2,500 for travel within Europe and £3,000–£3,500 for intercontinental travel. Applications are welcomed from postgraduate and curatorial researchers worldwide.
The deadline for applications is Sunday, 1 February 2026.
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2 Postdoc Fellowships, Museo del Prado, Madrid
Call for Postdoctoral Research Grants at the Museo del Prado.
Two postdoctoral research grants financed by the Gondra Barandiarán Foundation are hereby announced.
The deadline for submission of applications is open until December 15th, inclusive.
Objective: To facilitate two three-month research stays for PhD researchers at the Centro de Estudios del Museo del Prado (Prado Museum Study Center). The aim is for their study to contribute to the enrichment of knowledge about the collections and/or the history of the Prado Museum. The Study Center offers researchers access to the collections and contact with the Prado Museum’s academic community, access to the resources of . . . → En lire plus
Job Opportunity: Postdoctoral Fellowship in the History of French Art.
Salary: $60,000 CAD / year.
The University of Toronto Department of Art History invites applications for a two-year postdoctoral fellowship for graduates of French institutions working on the history of French art. The fellow will play a key role in advancing cultural exchange between Canada and France as part of the University of Toronto–France Art History Partnership (https://arthistory.utoronto.ca/france-partnership).
Description of duties The fellow will be in residence in Toronto, where their primary responsibility will be pursuing an independent research project in any area of French art history. In parallel, the fellow will work with University of Toronto staff to . . . → En lire plus
Apply for a Clements Library Fellowship The William L. Clements Library offers fellowships to help scholars access the Library’s rich primary source collections for research. A Fellowship Review Committee will assign successful applicants to a named fellowship as described below.
The four broad categories are Long-term, Short-term, Week-long, and Digital fellowships. The application requires a selection of which type of fellowship you would like to be considered for and the . . . → En lire plus
Tenure-Sheldon Solow Professorship in the History of Architecture, New York City.
Fine Arts of New York University Application deadline: Dec 15, 2025 apply.interfolio.com/175115
The Institute of Fine Arts of New York University seeks applicants at the rank of Assistant Professor for the Sheldon H. Solow Professorship in the History of Architecture, a tenure track position. We invite applications from architectural historians working on the period after 1400 in any geographic area complementary to those currently represented by Institute faculty and associated faculty. We also encourage candidates with relevant curatorial experience. The successful candidate will contribute to the Institute’s commitment to methodological and theoretical innovation.
The Institute of Fine Arts is a graduate educational institution serving MA and PhD students in art history, archaeology, and fine . . . → En lire plus
Auteur non identifié, Diptyque : la Peinture et la Sculpture (détail : La Sculpture), XIXe siècle, ivoire, 35 × 11 cm, Paris, musée du Louvre (R 1447), en dépôt à la Fondation Salomon-de-Rothschild.© 2009 Grand Palais-RMN (musée du Louvre) / Jean-Gilles Berizzi
Histoire de l’art, no 98 : Sortir de l’anonymat Biographies d’artistes, biographies d’objets
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« Je choisis de garder mon identité cachée parce que, souvent, quand vous connaissez l’artiste, vous pensez aussi connaître son art. » — Banksy
Identités et noms d’artistes sont aux fondements de l’histoire de l’art telle qu’elle s’érige en discipline . . . → En lire plus
Photographic Interiors: between Staging and Documentation
From family pictures to police photographs and social surveys, the photographic documentation of private interiors often finds pictures in front of the lens. It turns the images in the interior, along with their often fleeting arrangements, into fixed coordinates. It also reminds us how our lives are surrounded by images. Photography, along with other printed image technologies, is a major component of the ordinary visual environment that papers domestic surfaces, at the same time at it proves to be a particularly adequate means of documenting interiors.
This conference aims to think through this mirror effect of photographed photographs, by considering together images of domestic worlds and everyday image practices anchored in the dwelling. The aim is twofold: to examine the various ways . . . → En lire plus
