{"id":110870,"date":"2024-11-19T09:45:29","date_gmt":"2024-11-19T08:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cini.it\/institutes-and-centres\/vittore-branca-international-center-for-the-study-of-italian-culture\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T11:38:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T09:38:47","slug":"vittore-branca-international-center-for-the-study-of-italian-culture","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cini.it\/en\/istituti-e-centri\/vittore-branca-center\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cVittore Branca\u201d International Center for the Study of Italian Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content_no_spaces&#8221; bg_type=&#8221;bg_color&#8221; bg_override=&#8221;full&#8221; bg_color_value=&#8221;rgba(234,234,234,0.57)&#8221; el_class=&#8221;bottom_border&#8221;][vc_column css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1725970601337{background-color: #ffffff !important;}&#8221;]<div class=\"dinamic_sticky_main_cnt\"><div class=\"dinamic_sticky_menu_cnt\"><ul class=\"dinamic_sticky_menu_ul\"><\/ul><\/div><\/div>[vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;\u201cVittore Branca\u201d International Center for the Study of Italian Culture&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h1|text_align:center&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1734361559354{padding-top: 2.62% !important;padding-bottom: 4.2% !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;cini_font_huge custom_cini_heading&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content_no_spaces&#8221; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; el_class=&#8221;bottom_border&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; el_class=&#8221;right_border&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1731603359801{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}&#8221;]<div class=\"ult_row_spacer\"><div class=\"ult-sticky-anchor\"><div class=\"ult-sticky-section ult-sticky \"  data-stick_behaviour= 'stick_with_scroll_row'  data-sticky_position= 'top' data-mobile='no' data-support='no'>[vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; el_class=&#8221;cini_font_medium&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"63\" data-end=\"359\">Dedicated to the renowned Italianist, who served for many years as the Secretary General of the Fondazione Giorgio Cini, the Centre is a residential hub for humanities studies that hosts research projects on Italian civilisation, spanning art, history, literature, music, theatre, and rare books.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"361\" data-end=\"604\">Since 2010, Italian and international scholars have been able to plan research residencies on the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore, working in the Foundation&#8217;s libraries and those of the city, contributing to the promotion of humanities studies.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<\/div><div class=\"ult-space\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-6a2cb36cec8dc\" data-id=\"6a2cb36cec8dc\" data-height=\"30\" data-height-mobile=\"30\" data-height-tab=\"30\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1731603364831{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}&#8221;]<div class=\"ult_row_spacer\"><div class=\"ult-sticky-anchor\"><div class=\"ult-sticky-section ult-sticky \"  data-gutter= '50' data-stick_behaviour= 'stick_with_scroll_row'  data-sticky_position= 'top' data-mobile='no' data-support='no'>[vc_single_image image=&#8221;105464&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; add_caption=&#8221;yes&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221; el_class=&#8221;width-100&#8243;][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; el_class=&#8221;cini_font_small_sans&#8221;]\u00a9 Fondazione Giorgio Cini[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner]<\/div><div class=\"ult-space\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content_no_spaces&#8221; el_class=&#8221;bottom_border&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1731923289249{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1731603497350{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;The Centre is intended for university students, doctoral candidates, post-doctoral researchers, professors, writers, and artists of all ages who are interested in spending a period of study in Venice.&#8221; 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css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1733842585973{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;padding-reset&#8221;]    <div class=\"accordion-container \" >\n        <div class=\"title-wrapper\">\n            <div>\n                                <div class=\"accordion-title-container\">\n                    <span class=\"accordion-header-text-span\">Residential Scholarships<\/span>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"accordion-icon-container\">\n                <span class=\"accordion-icon-span\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cini.it\/wp-content\/themes\/cini\/icons\/Plus.svg\" alt=\"plus\" style=\"transform: rotate(0deg);\">\n                <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"accordion-content\">\n            <div class=\"accordion-content-inner\">\n                <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Foundation offers residential scholarships aimed at PhD candidates, PhDs, and postdoctoral researchers under 40, to attend the \u201cVittore Branca\u201d International Center for the Study of Italian Culture. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The scholarships cover the cost of accommodation and are intended for both Italian and foreign scholars interested in topics related to Italian civilisation, with a particular focus on Venetian civilisation.<\/span><\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"accordion-container \" >\n        <div class=\"title-wrapper\">\n            <div>\n                                <div class=\"accordion-title-container\">\n                    <span class=\"accordion-header-text-span\">Research Projects<\/span>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"accordion-icon-container\">\n                <span class=\"accordion-icon-span\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cini.it\/wp-content\/themes\/cini\/icons\/Plus.svg\" alt=\"plus\" style=\"transform: rotate(0deg);\">\n                <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"accordion-content\">\n            <div class=\"accordion-content-inner\">\n                <p data-start=\"51\" data-end=\"233\">Candidates also have the opportunity to propose independent research projects, provided they focus on the materials held in the libraries and archives of the Giorgio Cini Foundation.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"51\" data-end=\"233\">To apply for admission, please send an email to <a rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"283\" data-end=\"303\">centrobranca@cini.it<\/a>, including the following: application form, curriculum vitae, and research project.<\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content_no_spaces&#8221; 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css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1733755105258{padding-right: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;padding-reset&#8221;]<div class=\"arrow-item-wrapper bottom_border\" style=\"padding: rem rem rem rem;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cini.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260413-Benno-Geiger-2026-ENG.pdf\" class=\"arrow-item-link\"><div class=\"arrow-item-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"arrow-item-text\"><p>\u201cBenno Geiger\u201d 3-month scholarship for literary studies<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"arrow-button\"><div class=\"right_arrow img_navigation_arrows cini_arrow cini_next_arrow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/cini\/icons\/RightArrow.svg\" alt=\"Next page\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"arrow-item-wrapper\" style=\"padding: rem rem rem rem;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cini.it\/en\/cini_news\/the-vittore-branca-international-center-residential-scholarship-announcement\/\" class=\"arrow-item-link\"><div class=\"arrow-item-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"arrow-item-text\"><p>Residential Scholarships \u201cVittore Branca\u201d International Center for the Study of Italian Culture 2027<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"arrow-button\"><div class=\"right_arrow img_navigation_arrows cini_arrow cini_next_arrow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/cini\/icons\/RightArrow.svg\" alt=\"Next page\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content_no_spaces&#8221; 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el_class=&#8221;padding-reset&#8221;]    <div class=\"accordion-container \" >\n        <div class=\"title-wrapper\">\n            <div>\n                                <div class=\"accordion-title-container\">\n                    <span class=\"accordion-header-text-span\">Comparative Studies of Cultures and Spiritualities<\/span>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"accordion-icon-container\">\n                <span class=\"accordion-icon-span\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cini.it\/wp-content\/themes\/cini\/icons\/Plus.svg\" alt=\"plus\" style=\"transform: rotate(0deg);\">\n                <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"accordion-content\">\n            <div class=\"accordion-content-inner\">\n                <ul>\n<li data-start=\"71\" data-end=\"235\">Intersections between mysticism, esotericism, spirituality, and popular religion: an interdisciplinary analysis between philosophy, social sciences, and theology.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"236\" data-end=\"379\">Exploration of the boundaries between science, religion, and culture: the interaction between scientific conceptions and religious phenomena.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"380\" data-end=\"521\">The construction of religious boundaries and the perception of the Other: identity, alterity, and borders in social and political contexts.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"522\" data-end=\"617\">Between New and Old Age: the relationships between old and new trends in religious phenomena.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"618\" data-end=\"739\">Phenomenology of the religious body: perception, emotion, and cultural construction of the body in spiritual practices.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"740\" data-end=\"878\">Study and enhancement of the Tiziano Terzani Archive: personal documents and photographs as testimonies of his experience and worldview.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"accordion-container \" >\n        <div class=\"title-wrapper\">\n            <div>\n                                <div class=\"accordion-title-container\">\n                    <span class=\"accordion-header-text-span\">Ethnomusicology<\/span>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"accordion-icon-container\">\n                <span class=\"accordion-icon-span\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cini.it\/wp-content\/themes\/cini\/icons\/Plus.svg\" alt=\"plus\" style=\"transform: rotate(0deg);\">\n                <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"accordion-content\">\n            <div class=\"accordion-content-inner\">\n                <ul>\n<li>Study of the manuscripts on Indian music theory from the Alain Dani\u00e9lou Collection held at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini<\/li>\n<li>History of the European Seminar on Ethnomusicology (ESEM)<\/li>\n<li>Review and in-depth analysis of the materials from the B\u00eer\u00fbn project. Seminars on Ottoman music<\/li>\n<li>The Intercultural Institute of Comparative Music Studies at Fondazione Giorgio Cini and the dissemination of Indian music in Italy: a history of 40 years of courses, seminars, and concerts<\/li>\n<li>Towards a history of the IISMC: the birth and development of a new idea of dissemination and research on world music<\/li>\n<li>The Intercultural School of Music: new perspectives on intercultural music education in Venice<\/li>\n<li>The oral music tradition of the Veneto region. The sound memories of the research recordings of the Conati-Camellini Collection and the Chioggia Collection 1983-1984<\/li>\n<li>Research on the IISMC discographic collections concerning the oral tradition music of the world<\/li>\n<li>Specific research on sections or thematic areas of the archive IISMC events<\/li>\n<li>Study of interactions with those who consult the IISMC&#8217;s online publications and social media<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"accordion-container \" >\n        <div class=\"title-wrapper\">\n            <div>\n                                <div class=\"accordion-title-container\">\n                    <span class=\"accordion-header-text-span\">Literature<\/span>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"accordion-icon-container\">\n                <span class=\"accordion-icon-span\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cini.it\/wp-content\/themes\/cini\/icons\/Plus.svg\" alt=\"plus\" style=\"transform: rotate(0deg);\">\n                <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"accordion-content\">\n            <div class=\"accordion-content-inner\">\n                <ul>\n<li>Benno Geiger in dialogue with Italian poets and writers<\/li>\n<li>Benno Geiger in dialogue with German-speaking poets and writers<\/li>\n<li>Benno Geiger translator and poet<\/li>\n<li>Gabriele D\u2019Annunzio and the \u201cFiume exploit,\u201d based on the documents in the Frumi Bequest<\/li>\n<li>Art and literature in Italy, Germany and the rest of Europe in the mid-20th century, based on the documents in the Geiger Bequest<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"accordion-container \" >\n        <div class=\"title-wrapper\">\n            <div>\n                                <div class=\"accordion-title-container\">\n                    <span class=\"accordion-header-text-span\">Ancient and rare books<\/span>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"accordion-icon-container\">\n                <span class=\"accordion-icon-span\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cini.it\/wp-content\/themes\/cini\/icons\/Plus.svg\" alt=\"plus\" style=\"transform: rotate(0deg);\">\n                <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"accordion-content\">\n            <div class=\"accordion-content-inner\">\n                <ul>\n<li>Ancient book collections in the 20th century<\/li>\n<li>Illustration and mise en page of Venetian 15th and 16th century books<\/li>\n<li>17<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0century printed books held in the Fondazione Giorgio Cini<\/li>\n<li>Personal libraries (Munoz, Dudan, Salvadori); illustrated books<\/li>\n<li>Book illustration<\/li>\n<li>Exchanges, relations and collaborations among typographers in 15<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0and 16<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0century-Venice<\/li>\n<li>Modern antiques: the book trade through sales catalogs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"accordion-container \" >\n        <div class=\"title-wrapper\">\n            <div>\n                                <div class=\"accordion-title-container\">\n                    <span class=\"accordion-header-text-span\">Musicology<\/span>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"accordion-icon-container\">\n                <span class=\"accordion-icon-span\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cini.it\/wp-content\/themes\/cini\/icons\/Plus.svg\" alt=\"plus\" style=\"transform: rotate(0deg);\">\n                <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"accordion-content\">\n            <div class=\"accordion-content-inner\">\n                <ul>\n<li data-start=\"63\" data-end=\"190\">Historical-critical or philological research projects aimed at enhancing the <a href=\"https:\/\/archivi.cini.it\/istitutomusica\/home.html?lang=en\">archival collections of the Institute for Music<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"191\" data-end=\"268\">History of the Egida Sartori Early Music Seminars from 1976 to the present.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"accordion-container \" >\n        <div class=\"title-wrapper\">\n            <div>\n                                <div class=\"accordion-title-container\">\n                    <span class=\"accordion-header-text-span\">Art History<\/span>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"accordion-icon-container\">\n                <span class=\"accordion-icon-span\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cini.it\/wp-content\/themes\/cini\/icons\/Plus.svg\" alt=\"plus\" style=\"transform: rotate(0deg);\">\n                <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"accordion-content\">\n            <div class=\"accordion-content-inner\">\n                <ul>\n<li>Vittorio Cini as art collector and the Fondazione Giorgio Cini art collections<\/li>\n<li>Prisco Bagni\u2019s photographic collection: study, reorganization and inventory<\/li>\n<li>Emilian drawings of architecture, perspective, quadratura and decorations: study and cataloguing of the Antonio Certani collection in the Fondazione Giorgio Cini<\/li>\n<li>Drawings for the decorative arts in the Fondazione Giorgio Cini collections: study and cataloguing<\/li>\n<li>Landscape drawings: study and cataloguing of the works in Fondazione Giorgio Cini collections<\/li>\n<li>Sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Emilian and Bolognese figurative drawings: study and cataloguing of the works in the Antonio Certani collection in the Fondazione Giorgio Cini<\/li>\n<li>Nicol\u00f2 Cipriani\u2019s \u201cItalian Photo Library\u201d in the Fondazione Giorgio Cini: study, reordering, inventorying (and cataloguing) of a section of the photo library<\/li>\n<li>Giuseppe Fiocco\u2019s photographic collection in the Fondazione Giorgio Cini: study, reordering, inventorying (and cataloguing) of a section of the collection<\/li>\n<li>Rodolfo Pallucchini\u2019s photo library: study and cataloguing of a section of the photo library<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>N.B. Candidates are invited to contact the Institute (<a href=\"mailto:arte@cini.it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">arte@cini.it<\/a>) to view the collections and archives involved in their chosen research themes.<\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"accordion-container \" >\n        <div class=\"title-wrapper\">\n            <div>\n                                <div class=\"accordion-title-container\">\n                    <span class=\"accordion-header-text-span\">History of the Venetian State and Society<\/span>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"accordion-icon-container\">\n                <span class=\"accordion-icon-span\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cini.it\/wp-content\/themes\/cini\/icons\/Plus.svg\" alt=\"plus\" style=\"transform: rotate(0deg);\">\n                <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"accordion-content\">\n            <div class=\"accordion-content-inner\">\n                <p>The Archive of the History of the Venetian State allows for a detailed and multifaceted study of the role played by Venice in European diplomacy, with reference \u2013 among others \u2013 to the following specific topics:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The \u201cego-documents\u201d: papers of a lifetime. The \u201cTenenti\u201d Bequest. 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Milloss<\/li>\n<li>Luigi Squarzina as stage director and playwright<\/li>\n<li>History of drama, based on opera librettos in the Ulderico Rolandi\u2019s Bequest \u2013 specifically focused on Veneto and Venetian opera production<\/li>\n<li>Stage design in the Veneto from 17th to 20th century<\/li>\n<li>20th- century Italian author\u2019s set design in Pierluigi Samaritani and Mischa Scandella&#8217;s works<\/li>\n<li>Theatre and Movie Direction in the archives of Maurizio Scaparro, Giovanni Poli, Paolo Poli, Arnaldo Momo and Gianfranco de Bosio<\/li>\n<li>Iconography as a study source for the history of theatre<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"accordion-container \" >\n        <div class=\"title-wrapper\">\n            <div>\n                                <div class=\"accordion-title-container\">\n                    <span class=\"accordion-header-text-span\">Digital Technologies for the Enhancement of Cultural Heritage<\/span>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"accordion-icon-container\">\n                <span class=\"accordion-icon-span\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cini.it\/wp-content\/themes\/cini\/icons\/Plus.svg\" alt=\"plus\" style=\"transform: rotate(0deg);\">\n                <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"accordion-content\">\n            <div class=\"accordion-content-inner\">\n                <ul>\n<li>Digitisation of archival materials in various formats (paper, photographic, magnetic).<\/li>\n<li>Digitisation of bound bibliographic materials, both ancient and modern.<\/li>\n<li>Automation of post-production processes for images.<\/li>\n<li>Data representation systems.<\/li>\n<li>Linked Open Data for Cultural Heritage.<\/li>\n<li>Online dissemination of content and sources: technologies, methodologies, opportunities, challenges.<\/li>\n<li>Digital technology for accessibility and inclusivity within cultural institutions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content_no_spaces&#8221; 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