Berenson Fellowship 2027-2028 (Funded) – YOA

Deadline: November 16, 2026

Applications are open for the Berenson Fellowship 2027-2028. This Fellowship, made doable by The Lila Wallace – Reader’s Digest Fund, is designed for students who discover “Italy in the World.” Projects ought to deal with the transnational dialogues between Italy and different cultures (e.g. Latin American, Mediterranean, African, Asian and many others.) in the course of the Renaissance, broadly understood traditionally to incorporate the interval from the 14th to the seventeenth century.

It is known as after Bernard Berenson, who in his 1956 assertion ‘On the Future of I Tatti’ expressed the hope that not solely would students come from many international locations, however that they might additionally journey in “what was the ancient Oecumene, not going farther East than the Euphrates and not farther South than Egypt and the great desert of North Africa” and be intimately acquainted with the Mediterranean international locations and their “Hinterland.” Taking a broad geographic view of the Renaissance greater than half a century in the past, Berenson was a pioneer of the geographically expansive strategy to the early fashionable world that this Fellowship needs to encourage. Scholars working in all of the fields supported by I Tatti—structure and the humanities, historical past, philosophy, literature, music and historical past of science—are inspired to apply.

I Tatti presents Fellows the dear time they should pursue their research with a minimal of obligations and interruptions along with a most of scholarly assets—a mixture that distinguishes the Harvard Center from comparable establishments. Each 12 months, a restricted variety of actions organized at I Tatti are reserved for the Fellows, and they’re anticipated to hitch the broader group at conferences, lectures, and concert events. This is a residential fellowship of 4 or 6 months in size. Up to 4 fellowships will probably be awarded yearly.

Benefits

• The grant is USD $5,200 monthly, plus a one-time complement (most USD $1,800) in direction of relocation bills. 
• In mild of the residential nature of the fellowship, Fellows should reside within the Florence space and spend no less than three days per week on the middle. When doable, an residence will probably be put aside for the Fellow’s use, hire free, however with fees for utilities. If an residence shouldn’t be accessible, a housing subsidy will probably be supplied to assist offset rental prices.

Eligibility

• At the time of application, students will need to have a PhD in hand and will probably be requested to add a scan of the certificates.
• They might not be engaged on a second PhD on the time of application.
• They ought to work solely on the mission with which they utilized and are usually not permitted to work concurrently on modifying different ebook or article initiatives. The proposed analysis mission might characterize a section of a bigger mission.
• Applicants should be acquainted with English and have familiarity with Italian.
• Priority will probably be given to early and mid-profession students. 
• It should be doable for candidates to hold out most of their analysis in Florence.
• I Tatti welcomes functions from students from all nations and offers particular consideration to candidates with out common entry to analysis supplies and services in Italy. 

Application

Applications might be written in English or Italian and should be submitted electronically by midnight (Cambridge, MA time) on November 16, 2026. Scholars can apply for just one sort of fellowship at I Tatti Fellowship per tutorial 12 months.

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For extra info, go to Berenson Fellowship.