Short Description
Each year, the Advisory Group of the Center for the Art and Architectural History of Port Cities “La Capraia” invites applications for Research Residencies for PhD students in the earlier stages of their dissertations. Projects may focus on art and architectural history, music history, archeology, the digital humanities, or related fields, from antiquity to the present. Projects should address the cultural histories of Naples and southern Italy as a center of exchange, encounter, and transformation, and, most importantly, make meaningful use of local research materials, including artworks, sites, archives, and libraries.
Eligibility
Applications are welcomed from doctoral students of any nationality who are currently pursuing their research. The opportunity is ideally suited for those in the earlier stages of their dissertation work.
Submission Requirements
Applicants are invited to submit a letter of interest, a CV, and a research proposal of c. 1,500 words. The research proposal should frame the central questions, methods, and scholarly contributions of the project, situate the project within existing scholarship, and provide a plan of work for the academic year, indicating the resources that will be used while on site in and aroundNaples.
How to Apply
Materials should be sent in a single PDF file (with last name as the title of the file) to the Center Coordinator, Dott.ssa Francesca Santamaria francesca.santamaria@utdallas.edu
Program Benefits & Awards
Research Residents are granted free lodging at La Capraia (private bedroom/study/bath and communal study/living/kitchen spaces) and a modest stipend of 7,000 EUR, administered by the Amici di Capodimonte, to help defray the cost of living. During their time in Naples, Research Residents are expected to work on their projects full-time and in residence, and to participate in scholarly programs that La Capraia organizes over the course of the year. La Capraia advises Research Residents on access to collections, sites, archives, and libraries as needed for their projects; at Capodimonte, we arrange access to collections and research resources insofar as possible during the museum’s current renovation.
Entry Fee
None
Location
Naples, Italy
Timeline
- Application Deadline: 31 January 2026
- Residency Period: 8 September 2026 through 7 June 2027
Website Link: https://arthistory.utdallas.edu/port-cities/residencies/
