Post-doctoral prize: research into the arts and cultures of the Mediterranean world
Prix de recherche post-doctorale sur les arts et la culture du monde méditerrannéen
Marc de Montalembert Foundation / École du Louvre
Fondation Marc de Montalembert / École du Louvre
Published on Thursday, October 10, 2024
Abstract
The Marc de Montalembert Foundation and the École du Louvre have formed a partnership to sponsor the Marc de Montalembert Prize, worth 9,000 euros. The prize will be awarded to support a research project whose anticipated results will constitute an original contribution to the knowledge of the arts of the Mediterranean world from Antiquity to our day. The Foundation will also offer the prize holder the possibility of a residency at its headquarters in Rhodes, Greece.
Announcement
Presentation
The Marc de Montalembert Foundation and the École du Louvre have formed a partnership to sponsor the Marc de Montalembert Prize, worth 9,000 euros. The prize will be awarded to support a research project whose anticipated results will constitute an original contribution to the knowledge of the arts of the Mediterranean world from Antiquity to our day. The Foundation will also offer the prize holder the possibility of a residency at its headquarters in Rhodes, Greece.
Implementation of the grant
The research period will begin with a month in Paris, based at the Research Centre of the École du Louvre. Living expenses will be covered by the Foundation Marc de Montalembert with a flat-rate allowance.The prize holder will receive scientific advice from a member of the École’s academic staff, with whom she/he will be in regular contact for the duration of the project. The winner of the prize undertakes to submit at the end of the project an article describing her/his achievements for possible publication in the Cahiers de l’École du Louvre. The results of her/his work will be published in an appropriate form, and possibly with the support of the École du Louvre.
Eligibility requirements
To be eligible, the candidate must:
- be either born in or a citizen of a country bordering the Mediterranean;
- be under 36 years of age on November 30, 2024;
- hold a PhD degree (doctorate).
The successful candidate will have to provide legal proof of their eligibility before the prize can be conferred.
Application
Applications should preferably be submitted in French, although those in English will also be considered. They should include a projected work schedule, an estimate of expenses, and a presentation of anticipated results and the dissemination of the project. The research proposal must be accompanied by a hand-written cover letter in French and two reference letters (in French or English) by qualified research professionals who can attest to the candidate’s academic standing as well as the quality of their research project.Only individual projects will be considered.
Type of support provided
- scolarship worth 9,000 euros;
- one month-residence at the Ecole du Louvre’s Research Center along with an allowance to support a one month stay in Paris;
- possibility of residence at the Foundation’s headquarters in Rhodes (Greece).
Evaluation of candidates
When evaluating the candidates, the jury will take into account their curriculum vitae as well as the originality, impact, feasibility and relevance to the Mediterranean world of their project.
Application timeline
Application deadline: midnight December 15 (12 p.m.), 2024
either by email or by post, postmarked by the deadline date.
The result will be announced during January 2025.
Documents (in PDF format) should be submitted to: prixmarcdemontalembert@ecoledulouvre.fr or should be sent (on paper) by post to the following address:
École du Louvre, Prix Marc de Montalembert, Palais du Louvre Porte Jaujard, place du Carrousel 75038 Paris cedex 01 France
Applications should include
- a Curriculum Vitae
- a hand-written cover letter in French
- the project (written in French or English), explaining the research proposal and the anticipated results
- a work schedule
- an estimated budget (research fees and living allowance are eligible, publication costs are not)
- at least two reference letters.
Incomplete applications will be refused.
Jury composition
- Madame Claire BARBILLON, directrice de l’Ecole du Louvre et du Centre de Recherche de l’Ecole du Louvre, professeure des Universités
- Monsieur François-René MARTIN, professeur titulaire à l’Ecole nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris, coordinateur du Centre de recherche de l’Ecole du Louvre
- Madame Anne RITZ-GUILBERT, Enseignante-chercheuse associée à l’Institut de Recherche et d’Histoire des Textes (IRHT-CNRS), membre du Centre de recherches de l’Ecole du Louvre
- Madame Cecilia HURLEY-GRIENER, chercheuse, professeure à l’Ecole du Louvre, membre du Centre de recherche de l’Ecole du Louvre, Cheffe des collections et projets patrimoniaux, Université de Neuchâtel
- Madame Manuela DE MONTALEMBERT, fondatrice de la Fondation Marc de Montalembert
- Monsieur Marc-René DE MONTALEMBERT, fondateur de la Fondation Marc de Montalembert
- Madame Marie DE BRYAS, personnalité qualifiée
Subjects
Places
- École du Louvre, Palais du Louvre - Porte Jaujard, place du Carrousel
Paris, France (75)
Date(s)
- Sunday, December 15, 2024
Attached files
Keywords
- méditerranée, postdoctorat, recherche, prix, bourse, histoire de l'art, anthropologie, arts, culture, Balkans, Proche-Orient
Contact(s)
- Maureen Le Clerc
courriel : prixmarcdemontalembert [at] ecoledulouvre [dot] fr
Information source
- Maureen Le Clerc
courriel : prixmarcdemontalembert [at] ecoledulouvre [dot] fr
License
This announcement is licensed under the terms of Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal.
To cite this announcement
« Post-doctoral prize: research into the arts and cultures of the Mediterranean world », Scholarship, prize and job offer, Calenda, Published on Thursday, October 10, 2024, https://doi.org/10.58079/12g17
