The Novo Nordisk Foundation recently awarded the 2018 Mads Øvlisen art scholarships: five PhD scholarships of up to DKK 2 million over 3 years and four postdoctoral fellowships of up to DKK 1.5 million over 2 years.
For the second time, the Foundation also awarded two Investigator Grants for research in art history of up to DKK 4 million over 4 years.
The grants have been awarded based on applications in open competition and assessment by the Committee on Research in Art and Art History.
The eleven researchers will officially receive their grants at an event at the Foundation, Tuborg Havnevej 19 in Hellerup on 7 May 2018 from 14:30 to 18:00. Participants can meet the researchers, who will briefly introduce their research projects.
MADS ØVLISEN PHD SCHOLARSHIPS (FIVE):
Name: Lise Hindsberg, Master of Arts, art history
Grant: Mads Øvlisen PhD scholarship in art history before 1900
Project title: The Imaginary Resonance and Transmission of Energeia in the visual arts of the Renaissance
Institution: Department of Arts and Cultural Studies, University of Copenhagen
Name: Aliya Say, Master in History and Business of Art and Collecting
Grant: Mads Øvlisen PhD scholarship in art history before 1900
Project title: Art, Humans, and Plants: On Corporeal Experience in the Anthropocene
Institution: School of Communication and Culture, Aarhus University
Name: David Hilmer Rex, MFA, artist
Grant: Mads Øvlisen practice-based PhD scholarship in curating
Project title: Artistic practice and systems change
Institution: The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts/Copenhagen Business School
Name: Christian Danielewitz, MFA, artist
Grant: Mads Øvlisen practice-based PhD scholarship in art
Project title: Hidden Flow: The Production of Invisible Territories in the Age of Digital Visibility
Institution: The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts/University of Copenhagen
Name: Helene Nymann, MFA, artist
Grant: Mads Øvlisen PhD scholarship with an extraordinary potential in practice-based art
Project title: Memories of Sustainable Futures: Remembering in the Digital Age
Institution: School of Communication and Culture, Aarhus University
MADS ØVLISEN POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS (FOUR):
Name: Kerry Greaves, Postdoc
Grant: Mads Øvlisen postdoctoral fellowship in art history
Project title: Otherwise: Women Artists in Denmark, 1920-1955
Institution: Department of Arts and Cultural Studies, University of Copenhagen
Name: Ruth Noyes, PhD
Grant: Mads Øvlisen postdoctoral fellowship in art history
Project title: Blood & fire/Ray & curve: Engraving, etching, and imprinting knowing in the age of Tycho and Galileo
Institution: National Museum of Denmark
Name: Daniela Agostinho, Postdoc
Grant: Mads Øvlisen practice-based postdoctoral fellowship
Project title: Archival Encounters: Towards an Ethics of Care in Curatorial Practice
Institution: Department of Arts and Cultural Studies, University of Copenhagen
Name: Dehlia Hannah, PhD
Grant: Mads Øvlisen postdoctoral fellowship in art and natural sciences
Project title: The Imaginary Museum of Philosophical Monsters
Institution: Center for Bio-Science and Techno-Anthropology, Aalborg University
INVESTIGATOR GRANTS IN ART HISTORY RESEARCH (TWO)
Name: Mikkel Bolt, Assistant Professor
Grant: Investigator Grant in Art History Research
Project Title: Aesthetic Protest Cultures: The Avant-Garde after the Avant-Garde
Institution: Department of Arts and Cultural Studies, University of Copenhagen
Name: Chris Fischer, Senior Researcher
Grant: Investigator Grant I Art History Research
Project Title: From Bartolommeos paintings and drawings
Institution: The National Gallery of Denmark
In addition to the eleven grants, the Foundation also awarded DKK 2 million in project grants for research in art history. See the names of the grant recipients and their projects, click here.
For the first time ever the Foundation also awarded two visiting professorships to Danish art and art history educational institutions with the purpose of inviting international guest professors to Denmark for up to one year. See the host institutions and the names of the visiting professors, click here.
