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For the Study of Modern & Contemporary Art of the Arab World. Deadline for applications: 15 November 2013
Oct 2013Darat al Funun-The Khalid Shoman Foundation is pleased to announce the 2014-15 dissertation fellowship. The fellowship was established in 2011 to encourage research on modern and contemporary art of the Arab world. The fellowship provides financial support of up to ten thousand US 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.
Darat al Funun is a home for the arts and artists from the Arab world. It organizes exhibitions, talks, film screenings and educational programs, hosts performances and concerts, offers artist residencies, and publishes books and catalogues. It also houses an arts library with Arabic and English sources 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 more information, see www.daratalfunun.org For specific questions about the fellowship contact fellowship(at)daratalfunun.org
Applications are welcome in Arabic or English by 15 November 2013 with notice of award by 15 March 2014. Applicants should send a research proposal specifying their desired period of stay during the academic year 2014-15, 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 fellowship(at)daratalfunun.org
or mailed to:
Darat al Funun Dissertation Fellowship
Darat al Funun-The Khalid Shoman Foundation
P.O. Box 5223
Amman, Jordan 11183
Darat al Funun Dissertation Fellowship
for the Study of Modern and Contemporary
Art of the Arab World.
Deadline for applications: 15 November 2013