My call for applications for bursaries to study at the Fondation Hardt
(repeated below) produced some strong applications, but substantially fewer
than last year; I fear that the timing of my call just before Christmas may
have been at fault. So I have decided to extend the deadline to January 15.
If you *have* already applied no need to do so again, of course,
Robert Parker
Fondation Hardt pour l' Etude de l'Antiquite Classique,
Vandoeuvres, Geneva
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 just gone 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, a number of bursaries of 400
pounds sterling [probable sum: exact amount to be confirmed] are this year for
the second time being offered to graduate students in the U.K. to enable them
to take advantage of a stay at the Fondation in 2005. Stays are normally of
two, three or four weeks. The costs of accommodation and full board per week
are 350 Swiss francs or about £150. One can get to Geneva easily by Easyjet or
British Airways. The five beneficiaries of such bursaries last year reported
back with utmost enthusiasm about every aspect of their stay.
If you wish to apply for one of these bursaries, please let me know,
by letter or e-mail, by December 31: state what degree you are reading for at
what university, give the title and a brief description of your thesis if you
are writing one, and also the name of your supervisor or someone else whom I
can contact about your work. The
decision will be made by a committee of representatives of the sponsoring
societies chaired by me. Preference may 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.
If you are successful in applying for a Bursary, you will also need
to apply to the Fondation for an invitation to come and stay, but you can
expect that application to succeed; I will send details to successful
candidates. If you have independent sources of funding you are most welcome
to apply to the Fondation with or without a bursary;
let me know if that is the case.
The period of opening in 2006 will be from approximately mid-February
to early December. The practical information given here replaces that on the
website at http:/www.fondationhardt.ch/, though this is still worth visiting
for views of the villa and library. Please don't hesitate to get in touch
with me if you have queries.
(Professor) Robert Parker,
New College,
OX1 3BN,
Oxford
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