Fondazione Giorgio Cini Residential Scholarships
The Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice offers 9 residential scholarships to PhD students and postdoc students who must not be over 40 years old on June 30, 2025, interested in spending two consecutive months in Venice at the Vittore Branca International Center for the Study of Italian Culture between January and December 2026.
The residential scholarships are offered, within the interdisciplinary context that characterizes the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice to Italian and International scholars wishing to further their studies of Italian culture, especially that of the Veneto - in one of the following fields: art history, history of Venice, literature, musicology, ethnomusicology, drama, early printed books, comparative cultures and spiritualities, digital humanities.
Candidates shall propose a research topic preferably focused on the archives and documents at Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice.
The Archive of the History of the Venetian State contains not only a microfilm library of over 2 million slides reproducing material on the Venetian Republic kept in non-Venetian archives, but also collections of Italian and international books and periodicals on the history and culture of territories influenced by Venetian culture. It thus provides opportunities for detailed, multifaceted studies on the role played by Venice in European diplomacy.
Examples of specific themes that may be referred to are:
The “ego-documents”: papers of a lifetime. The “Tenenti” Bequest. Reconstructing Alberto Tenenti’s profile from a historical, intellectual and networking perspective.
Mixing and sharing ideas: arrivals, departures and in loco elaboration
The relationship between the Serenissima and the Holy See
The knowledge of the territory ruled by the government of the Republic – both on land and at sea – at Palazzo Ducale
Venice’s perception of the world “expanded” by discoveries, as a privileged observatory of changing horizons and therefore as an “eye on the world”
Venice defensive works between 16th and 18th century: Western Stato da Terra – Stato da Mar
The Murazzi sea defense
Enrolling convicts
Relics obsession
Religious places and building permits
Between persistence and innovation
Inquiries on Toponymy
Mercenary Eros
The pater familias
Cult of the dead
Self-celebration among noble families
Culture, arts and social differentiation
Venice and the Ottoman Empire
Application deadline: 30 June 2025
The residential scholarships are offered, within the interdisciplinary context that characterizes the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice to Italian and International scholars wishing to further their studies of Italian culture, especially that of the Veneto - in one of the following fields: art history, history of Venice, literature, musicology, ethnomusicology, drama, early printed books, comparative cultures and spiritualities, digital humanities.
Candidates shall propose a research topic preferably focused on the archives and documents at Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice.
The Archive of the History of the Venetian State contains not only a microfilm library of over 2 million slides reproducing material on the Venetian Republic kept in non-Venetian archives, but also collections of Italian and international books and periodicals on the history and culture of territories influenced by Venetian culture. It thus provides opportunities for detailed, multifaceted studies on the role played by Venice in European diplomacy.
Examples of specific themes that may be referred to are:
The “ego-documents”: papers of a lifetime. The “Tenenti” Bequest. Reconstructing Alberto Tenenti’s profile from a historical, intellectual and networking perspective.
Mixing and sharing ideas: arrivals, departures and in loco elaboration
The relationship between the Serenissima and the Holy See
The knowledge of the territory ruled by the government of the Republic – both on land and at sea – at Palazzo Ducale
Venice’s perception of the world “expanded” by discoveries, as a privileged observatory of changing horizons and therefore as an “eye on the world”
Venice defensive works between 16th and 18th century: Western Stato da Terra – Stato da Mar
The Murazzi sea defense
Enrolling convicts
Relics obsession
Religious places and building permits
Between persistence and innovation
Inquiries on Toponymy
Mercenary Eros
The pater familias
Cult of the dead
Self-celebration among noble families
Culture, arts and social differentiation
Venice and the Ottoman Empire
Application deadline: 30 June 2025
Relevant research areas: Western Europe
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