[oberlist] JO* grant/search: The Darat al Funun Dissertation Fellowship for the Study of Modern and Contemporary Art of the Arab World

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Amman, Jordan
perioada: 2012-2013

Darat al Funun-The Khalid Shoman Foundation
The Darat al Funun Dissertation Fellowship

for the Study of Modern and Contemporary Art of the Arab World
www.daratalfunun.org

Darat al Funun-The Khalid Shoman Foundation is honored to announce the
establishment of a dissertation fellowship to encourage research on modern
and contemporary art of the Arab world. The fellowship provides financial
support of up to ten thousand dollars to Ph.D. candidates in the
humanities and social sciences. One to three fellowships will be granted.
The fellowship duration can range from 4-12 months of residency at Darat
al Funun in Amman, Jordan.
Fellows are expected to pursue their own research, give at least one
public lecture, and participate in Darat al Funun’s cultural and artistic
activities. Upon completion of the fellowship, fellows are required to
submit a five to seven page research report that will be available on
Darat al Funun’s website.

Fellowship funding is intended to compensate travel and stipend expenses.
Darat al Funun will provide housing and office space. Fellows are
responsible for their own health insurance.

Established in 1993, Darat al Funun is a home for the arts, dedicated to
promoting art from the Arab world. Darat al Funun functions as an
exhibition space and artists’ hub, organizing workshops, residencies,
performances, film screenings, artists’ talks, and lecture series. It also
houses an arts library with over 3700 Arabic and English volumes and an
archive that includes video and photographic documentation of Darat al
Funun’s activities and files on Arab artists. In addition, Darat al Funun
hosts the Khalid Shoman Private Collection.

For specific research queries in regards to the fellowship, contact us at
the e-mail address below.

Applications are welcome in Arabic or English by November 15 2011 with
notice of award by March 15th.

Applicants should send a research proposal specifying desired period of
stay, two letters of recommendation, a writing sample, C.V., and official
transcript.

Priority will be given to proposals that indicate the role of Darat al
Funun’s archive. Applicants must have advanced to candidacy by the start
of the fellowship. Applications are welcome from students enrolled in any
university worldwide.

Application materials should either be emailed in PDF format to the e.mail
address below, or mailed to the postal address below.


data limita: 15/11/11

Kontakt:
Darat al Funun Dissertation Fellowship
Darat al Funun-The Khalid Shoman Foundation
P.O. Box 5223
11183 Amman
Jordan
tel: 962-6 4643251
sarah at thekhalidshomanfoundation.org
http://www.daratalfunun.org

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