Compagnia di san Paolo Fellowship 2009-2012

Piedmont and the Savoia (1537-1743)

The Medici Archive Project (MAP) is offering a three-year fellowship (15 September 2009 – 15 July, 2012) with twenty months of fulltime document assessment and description for the Documentary Sources database onsite at the Archivio di Stato in Florence and ten months of independent research on a topic related to Piedmont and the Savoia during the period 1537-1743, carried out in two 5-month segments in the second and third year of the fellowship period.

Fellows will have the following qualifications: a completed Ph.D. or the equivalent in a humanities field relevant to Early Modern European history and culture (an expertise in the history of the Savoia family is desirable); fluency in English and Italian (as well as knowledge of other languages including French and Latin); substantial research experience with original documentary material; the ability to work with computer database programs and commitment to a scholarly career involving archival research.

The fellowship stipend is Euro 30.000 plus an allowance for travel expenses. This fellowship is supported by the Compagnia di San Paolo.

Applications should be submitted electronically to http://www.medici.org/fellowship-program-florence-application

The application deadline is May 8, 2009