Musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac Doctoral Scholarship for the Study of Colonial Slavery

The musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac and the Fondation pour la mémoire de l'esclavage are offering a doctoral scholarship designed to help a young doctoral student carry out original and innovative research projects. The grant covers research projects in the following disciplines: history, social anthropology, ethnomusicology, art history, archaeology, sociology, performing arts. It encourages research on specific themes or approaches: cultural history and representations, museology and heritage, the study of post-slavery societies and their tangible and intangible social and cultural heritage, African perspectives on slavery, the study of social dynamics and resistance. Projects that are particularly likely to benefit from the environment of the musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac (collections, archives, media library, scientific community) will be examined with the greatest attention. This doctoral scholarship is intended to support a doctoral student at the end of his/her thesis, enrolled in at least the third year of study (at a French or foreign university). This grant is intended as a writing aid and excludes field and archival research. This doctoral fellowship is awarded for a non-renewable 12-month period, from September 1 to August 31.