Funder: Gerda Henkel Foundation
Due Dates (Anticipated): June 2027 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: Scholarships of up to three months in the 2023 call
Summary: Supports research on the history of knowledge and science at IZEA in Halle (Saale), Germany, through an academic partnership with the Gerda Henkel Foundation.
Description
The Gerda Henkel Fellowship on the History of Knowledge and Science is a fellowship programme at the Interdisciplinary Centre for European Enlightenment Studies (IZEA) in Halle (Saale), Germany. Supported by the Gerda Henkel Foundation, it forms part of the Foundation’s international commitment to promoting research collaboration through partnerships with academic institutions.
The programme focuses on the history of knowledge and science. Past fellows have investigated intellectual networks and cross-cultural knowledge exchange, the circulation of knowledge in the Enlightenment, natural-history collections, and the rise of German science. These projects illustrate the programme’s historical research focus and its connections with Enlightenment studies.
