Call for applications and contributions

African Arts during the Second World War: Spoliations, Destructions, Displacements

Invitation of researchers at INHA in 2026

The Institut national d'histoire de l'art (INHA), in Paris, is a public research institute and library specifically dedicated to art history. For the year 2026, in order to encourage national and international exchanges, the National Institute of Art History (INHA) will host researchers for a period of between 1 and 3 months. Researchers residing in metropolitan France are not eligible for this call. Priority will be given to senior researchers (having defended their thesis for at least 5 years) or history of art professionals having acquired equivalent professional experience, whether they are affiliated with an institution or independent.

Call for papers: “’Degenerate’ art. A French/German cross-history

In conjunction with the exhibition “'Degenerate' Art. Le procès de l'art moderne sous le nazisme" on view at the Musée national Picasso-Paris from February 18 to May 25, 2025, and the Répertoire des acteurs du marché de l'art en France sous l'Occupation (RAMA) program of the Institut national d'histoire de l'art, the Musée national Picasso-Paris, the Institut national d’histoire de l’art, the Musée d'art et d'histoire du judaïsme, the German Center for Art History (DFK Paris) are organizing an international colloquium on this theme in Paris on March 27 and 28, 2025.

Research Travel Grants for Art History Students for the Year 2025

The Institut national d'histoire de l'art offers several scholarships to support art history students at the master’s level who need to travel to France for research purposes. These scholarships consist of travel expense reimbursements, up to a maximum of 1000 euros for trips in 2025.

Research Travel Grants in Europe for Art Historians

The Institut national d'histoire de l'art offers financial support to established art historians who intend to conduct research in Europe in 2025. This support takes the form of expense reimbursements, up to 800 euros for trips in 2025.

Refinding the Past. Rotondes Congress (Third Edition)

Rotondes is a French congress created by and for young researchers in Art History and Archaeology. It is organised by the PhD students at the Institut national d'histoire de l'art (INHA) and targets the young professionals who think, create and contribute to the development of both our research fields.

Excellence postdoctoral contracts

To encourage excellence in postdoctoral projects, the INHA has been awarding postdoctoral contracts since 2022, thanks to a grant from the Ministry of Higher Education and Research (MESR).

Research residency: hosting researchers at INHA

The INHA can host researchers who already have funding in residence.

Research : Mobility Grants for Art Historians

INHA offers several grants to art historians to support their research missions across Europe.

Doctoral Research : Samuel H. Kress Foundation Grant

Under the auspices of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, INHA awards an annual doctoral research grant for a two-year stay in Paris.

Postdoctoral Research in Rome: André Chastel Grants

Since 2010, the National Institute of Art History (INHA) and the French Academy in Rome – Villa Medici award two grants annually for research on art from the Renaissance to the present day.

Hosting foreign professionals : profession culture program

In partnership with the Ministry of Culture, the INHA hosts foreign cultural professionals for a continuous period of one to three months.

DFK Paris INHA Research Grant

The German Center for Art History in Paris (DFK Paris) and the National Institute of Art History (INHA) jointly award a one-year grant starting from September 1, 2024. This excellence grant is aimed at early-career researchers in art history (Ph.D. students, postdoctoral researchers), coming from France, Germany, or any other country.

Research in Florence, Italy: Robert Klein Fellowship

For four consecutive years, between 2019 and 2022, the INHA and the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz - Max Planck Institute collaborated to award two post-doctoral research fellowships to researchers, both French and international, who wished to conduct research within the local institutions of Florence.

Yavarhoussen Scholarship for Art Research in Madagascar

The Yavarhoussen Fund and the INHA are launching the call for the fourth edition of the Yavarhoussen Fellowship. This fellowship is intended to encourage and consolidate academic research on the history of art in Madagascar from the 19th to the 21st century. This research topic is currently still too underexplored to be widely known.