GRADUATE STUDENTS! The Fondation Hardt is an international research centre for the study of Classics and Ancient History. It is located in an elegant 18th c. villa in a park with views of what is generally mistaken for Mont Blanc, and the accommodation has recently undergone extensive and very successful modernisation. It has an excellent and beautiful library, particularly strong in texts and commentaries, and provides a peaceful environment for a period of uninterrupted research and writing. It also provides the opportunity to meet scholars of all ages and all nationalities: there are up to eight in residence at any one time. The food is excellent! Through the generosity of the Classical Association and the Societies for the Promotion of Hellenic and of Roman Studies, seven bursaries of up to 500 pounds sterling are once again this year being offered to graduate students in the U.K. to enable them to take advantage of a stay at the Fondation in 2014. Stays are normally of two, three or four weeks. The costs of accommodation and full board per week are 350 Swiss francs. One can get to Geneva easily by Easyjet or British Airways. The beneficiaries of such bursaries since the scheme was established have reported back with utmost enthusiasm about every aspect of their stay. If you wish to apply for one of these bursaries, please let Robert Parker ([email protected]) know by e-mail (not letter), by December 20: state what degree you are reading for at what university and what year you are in, what your academic qualifications to date are, and why you would benefit from a stay at the Fondation; if you are writing a thesis give the title and a brief description of it (not more than 750 words). Please also ask your supervisor or someone else who knows your work to write on your behalf to me (at [email protected]) by the same date. If you use attachments, please send them as word documents, not pdfs, and ask your supervisor to do the same. The decision will be made by a committee of representatives of the sponsoring societies chaired by me. Preference will probably be given to doctoral students. The library at Vandoeuvres is excellent for texts (including epigraphic texts, and much early Christian material) and commentaries, and has the main Classics and ancient history periodicals; it is less strong in archaeology. While staying at the Fondation you also have access to the excellent library of the University of Geneva.
Posted on: Tue, 03 Dec 2013 11:26:53 +0000
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