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Call for applications Fellowships Fondazione 1563 (Turin, Italy) – deadline 17 February 2025
Fondazione 1563 has launched the fifth call for applications to award up to 4 two-year fellowships for advanced studies on ‘Rethinking the Origins of Political Economy in the European World: Needs, Justice, and the Wealth of Nations’. The Director of Studies for this programme (2025-2027) will be Sophus Reinert, T.J. Dermot Dunphy Professor of Business Administration and of History in the Business, Government, and the International Economy Unit at Harvard Business School and in the History Department and Harvard University. This call forms part of the Turin Humanities Programme, a research initiative that allows junior scholars to work on interrelated research projects under the guidance of especially appointed Senior Fellows. The call is open for researchers obtaining their PhD before 30 September 2025 or having obtained their PhD within the past 7 years.
Applicants are invited to submit research project proposals of a maximum of 3000 words, plus bibliography. Projects are expected to engage with one or more aspects of the general research framework ‘Rethinking the Origins of Political Economy in the European World: Needs, Justice, and the Wealth of Nations’.
Candidates are invited to propose projects addressing any aspect of the cultural, economic, political, social, and intellectual implications of the evolving relationship between human needs, rights, and the commercialization of society in the long eighteenth century. The broader objective of the project is not merely to deepen our understanding of the origins of political economy as a historical phenomenon, but to examine the diverse historical canons through which it was shaped and the processes of international competition, emulation, and translation that enriched and transformed its development. Proposals should engage thoughtfully with the complex and often contentious dimensions of this history, recognizing its enduring significance for contemporary debates and practices.
Applications should be submitted ultimately 17 February 2025. Details on submission criteria are to be found on the website of Fondazione 1563.
