Funder: Villa I Tatti, The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies
Due Dates: November 1, 2026 (Application) | November 1, 2026 (Recommendations)
Funding Amounts: I Tatti: $5,200/month for six months plus relocation support; Dumbarton Oaks: $17,500 plus $6,000 research award
Summary: A joint residential fellowship supporting early- and mid-career scholars researching exchanges between Italy and the East Christian world.
Key Information: Fellows must hold a PhD when applying and commit to residential research in Florence and Washington, DC, without other obligations.
Description
Villa I Tatti and Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection offer this joint fellowship for the 2027–2028 academic year. It supports research on cross-cultural contacts in and beyond the late medieval and early modern Mediterranean, focusing on exchanges between Italy and the East Christian world. This includes Byzantium, the Post-Byzantine Greek world, North and East Africa, the Near East, the Caucasus, the Balkans, India, Russia, and contact zones between Eastern and Western Christianity.
Supported fields include art, architecture, archaeology, history, literature, material culture, music, philosophy, religion, and science. Preference goes to projects drawing on the history and cultural patrimony of both Italy and the East Christian world. Fellows divide the academic year between the two institutions, using their research resources and participating in their scholarly communities.
