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Call for Papers & travel grants: Italian Renaissance Sculpture Conference | Deadline: September 1, 2024
The Tenth Quadrennial Italian Renaissance Sculpture Conference, known colloquially as “Provo-Athens,” will convene at Stony Brook University on May 1-3, 2025. This conference will provide a forum for the presentation of new research on Italian sculpture during the Renaissance. The deadline for submission of abstracts is September 1, 2024. Prospective speakers should send an abstract (no more than 250 words) as well as a brief (1 page) CV to tenthprovoathens@gmail.com.
In addition, 10 grants of a maximum of $1,000.00 are available to assist in travel and conference attendance for pre-doctoral, early post-doctoral, and emerging scholars without permanent positions. Along with the paper proposal, individuals applying for attendance grants should include a short (75-word) biography that includes the date of conferral or anticipated conferral of the PhD and a budget for the funds.
The conference has been co-organized by Karen Lloyd (Art History) and Fernando Loffredo (Hispanic Languages & Literature) and is sponsored by the Center for Italian Studies, Stony Brook University. The conference is supported by The Samuel H. Kress Foundation and The Lila Wallace – Reader’s Digest Special Project Grant from I Tatti, The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies.
Call for Applications: romeyne robert and uguccione sorbello fellowship 2024 | Deadline: october 12, 2024
Fellowship Grant promoted by the Romeyne Robert and Uguccione Sorbello Foundation
(USA) and the Fondazione Ranieri di Sorbello (Perugia, Italy).
The grant is co-sponsored with the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute (CUNY).
The grant is also in partnership with the University for Foreigners (Perugia, Italy)
Center for Italian Studies, Stony Brook University (SUNY)
This fellowship seeks to strengthen and make visible scholarship on U.S.-Italy relations and on issues of cultural exchange.
Honoring the legacy of both Romeyne Robert and Uguccione Ranieri, the grant will be awarded to researchers of any nationality working on projects involving (but not limited to) themes and topics related to institutions active in fields such as:
The Romeyne Robert and Uguccione Ranieri Fellowship Grant selection committee particularly welcomes applications from post-doctoral students and scholars in the early stage of their academic career.
The research should result in original scholarship; e.g., an academic essay, a book chapter or a book-length manuscript. The John D. Calandra Italian American Institute has first rights of acceptance for intended publication.
Deadline for applications is October 12, 2024.