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Transregional AcademyThe Berlin-based Forum Transregionale Studien and the German Center for Art History in Paris (Deutsches Forum für Kunstgeschichte, DFK, part of the Max Weber Foundation – German Humanities Institutes Abroad) invite applications from doctoral and postdoctoral scholars of art history and related disciplines to participate in a Transregional Academy in São Paulo on the topic of modernisms. The academy will take place from July 17–24, 2016 at the Universidad Federal de São Paulo (Unifesp) and the Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo (MAC-USP) and will conclude with a conference, open to the public, on July 23.Application deadline: 28 November 2015Call for applications (pdf) in English, français, deutsch, español and portugûeshttp://academies.hypotheses.org/152Requirements for Participation and Application GuidelinesTransregional Academies promote intensive peer-to-peer dialogue and encourage new perspectives emerging from debates in small discussion groups. Participants actively contribute to the program’s structure and content. They present their individual research and co-design thematic discussion groups. While much of the work is conducted in an intense, small-group atmosphere, the academy also presents its work in a concluding conference that is open to the public.Up to 20 doctoral and postdoctoral scholars from different countries and various academic environments will be given the opportunity to present and discuss their current research in an international and multidisciplinary context. Participants will receive a stipend for travel and accommodation expenses. The program is aimed at scholars of art history and neighboring disciplines, such as postcolonial studies, literary and cultural studies, anthropology, architecture, history, political science, sociology, and media studies. The goal of the conference is to introduce ongoing projects in a comparative perspective in the context of the aforementioned questions. The research projects should be closely related to the topics addressed by the Academy; transregional, comparative approaches are especially welcome.The working language will be English.Applications, in English, must include the following documents:— a letter of motivation (1–2 pages)— a short biography in paragraph form (1,000 characters including spaces)— an abstract of your current research project (max. 1–2 pages)— the names of two university professors as references (letters of reference are not necessary)Please submit all documents as one PDF file via e-mail by no later than November 28, 2015 to: academies@trafo-berlin.deContact:Dr. Botakoz KassymbekovaForum Transregionale StudienWallotstr. 14, 14193 BerlinE-mail: academies@trafo-berlin.de