Funding available in Medical Humanities
Institutio Santoriana – Fondazione Comel, in cooperation with the Centre for the Study of Medicine and the Body in the Renaissance (CSMBR)
- Pisa, announces an international scheme entitled to the Italian
physician Santorio Santori (1561-1636), who introduced the quantitative
method to medicine and is considered the father of experimental
physiology.
The fellowship
aims at encouraging cooperation amongst scholars across the Europe and
is awarded each year to students (MA and PhD) and early career
researchers (within 3 years from their PhD viva)
whose interests in the field of History of Medicine and Medical
Humanities (History of Medicine and Biology, History and Philosophy of
Science, History of Ideas, Classics) are particularly strong and well
recorded. The
scheme works in connection with the CSMBR activities.
For the academic year 2018, the Santorio Fellowship will support participants to the International Summer School The Kiln, the Alembic and the Clockwork. Early Modern Representations of the
Body and its Changing Matter (29-31 March 2019, Domus Comeliana – Pisa) organised by Fabrizio Bigotti.
Five Santorio Fellowships, worth of € 300 each (plus a gratuity of € 200 to join the Summer School) will be offered throughout by means of an application process.
Applicants should send a title a Cover letter (max. 300 words), CV (max. 2 pages) and a reference letter to santoriofellowship@
The deadline is 31 December 2018 with successful applications notified in mid-February 2019.
Five Santorio Fellowships, worth of € 300 each (plus a gratuity of € 200 to join the Summer School) will be offered throughout by means of an application process.
Applicants should send a title a Cover letter (max. 300 words), CV (max. 2 pages) and a reference letter to santoriofellowship@
The deadline is 31 December 2018 with successful applications notified in mid-February 2019.
For further details or queries please contact csmbr@fondazionecomel.