Fellowship: Jill Franklin Fellowship in Romanesque Architectural History, British Archaeological Association, deadline 31 December 2024

Applications are invited for the inaugural Jill Franklin Fellowship in Romanesque Architectural History at the British School at Rome. The fellowship is tenable for one month and must be taken in June 2025. The fellowship is a joint responsibility of the BSR and British Archaeological Association.

Find out more on the BAA website.

RATIONALE

The fellowship has been established in memory of Jill Franklin (1945-2023), a scholar best known for her work on the architecture of the Augustinian canons, principally of the 11th and 12th centuries, and for her contributions to the study of Anglo-Norman architectural sculpture. Jill was a council member and fieldworker for the Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, and joint author of the catalogue of paintings in the collection of the Society of Antiquaries. Though undertaking work at or for various institutions, Jill spent most of her career as an independent scholar.

The aim of the fellowship is to provide an opportunity to spend a month in Rome pursuing research into Romanesque architecture and allied arts (architectural sculpture, fittings and furnishings, monumental painting). Architectural history is here interpreted broadly, to encompass settlement and distribution patterns, institutional and documentary histories (monastic, episcopal, urban), as well as research into specific and/or groups of buildings. Romanesque is similarly interpreted loosely, and although the core chronological range is c. 1000-1200, applications that run into the 10th or 13th centuries will be considered. Proposals do not need to be specific to Rome or central Italy. Indeed, the purpose could be to enjoy a month’s thinking and writing time with access to first-class libraries in pursuit of a research objective whose geographical parameters lie outside Italy.

ELIGIBILITY

Applications are open to British and Commonwealth citizens, and/or those attached to a British or Commonwealth university. The Fellowship is primarily aimed at independent scholars, students undertaking research degrees and early career art/architectural historians. Academics for whom research is a requirement of their employment contract are ineligible.

DURATION AND BENEFITS

The fellowship lasts for the month of June 2025 (30 nights). The British School will provide bed and board at the BSR (Via Gramsci), together with full access to the School’s facilities. A modest pot of spending money (approximately €900) is also provided, though successful applicants are responsible for their own travel to and from Rome.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE

Applications are assessed by the British Archaeological Association, and are to be sent as email attachments to secretary@thebaa.org All applicants should provide a research proposal, a short CV (no more than one page A4) and the name and contact details of a referee. The closing date for applications is 31 December, 2024. Interviews with applicants will be held by Zoom in January 2025.