01-08-2014

The call for applications for the Prix Marc de Montalembert 2015 is published on the INHA’s website.

Applications will be accepted from October 1st, 2014 to November 30, 2014, either directly online on the INHA’s website or through postal mail.
Application deadline: November 30, 2014

25-04-2014

nnual opening of the Foundation in Rhodes on the day of Saint Marc : presentation of the 2014 Marc de Montalembert grant to Alessia Leofreddi, Italy, for her project « The liturgy as “ musical drama ” of the Eastern Orthodox church in Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina e Montenegro ». On this occasion Pandora Dourmisi, Greece, winner of the 2013 grant presented the results of her project Derelict earthen architecture in the west Balkan region in particular a series of photographs from her observations in Albania, Montenegro, Bosnia Herzegovine and Croatia.

31-03-2014

The 2014 Marc de Montalembert grant was awarded to Alessia LEOFREDDI, Italy, for her project « The liturgy as “ musical drama ” of the Eastern Orthodox church in Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina e Montenegro ». The aim of the project is to study the Eastern Orthodox church’s liturgy and the symbolic function of ceremonial gestures as a language expressing popular mystical experiences.

19-03-2014

At the seat of the Institut national d’histoire de l’art (INHA), in Paris, the 2014 Prix Marc de  Montalembert was presented by Mr. Jean Pierre Van Staëvel, professeur d’archéologie des pays d’Islam and directeur adjoint de l’UFR d’Histoire de l’art et archéologie à l’Université de Paris Sorbonne, to Allegra IAFRATE, art historian from Italy for her research entitled “The Wandering Throne of Solomon : a study of a  shared cultural symbol in the Medieval Mediterranean”. On this occasion Silvia ARMANDO, Prix Marc de Montalembert 2013 presented the results of her research on  “Art and archeology in the medieval Mediterranean world through the correspondence and photographic archives of Ugo Monneret de Villard”. These results will be presented subsequently in a publication.

16-01-2014

The winner of the 2014 Marc de Montalembert Prize is Dr Allegra IAFRATE, from Italy, PhD in art history of the Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa, Italy, for her research entitled “The Wandering Throne of Solomon : a study of a  shared cultural symbol in the Medieval Mediterranean“.

The Prize will make possible the completion of a research project on the influence of the Solomonic heritage on Christian, Jewish and Islamic art during the Middle Ages. By focusing on King Solomon’s throne, the study aims at outlining a shared “Solomonic aesthetic”, quite widespread between the tenth and the thirteenth century, and by so doing, elaborate an interpretation of how objects of strong visual impact interact with written sources. The Prize will enable the author to prepare an illustrated publication on the subject.

01-10-2013

Call for applications to the 2014 Marc de Montalembert grant

01-07-2013

Call for applications for the Prix Marc de Montalembert 2014, deadline for submission 1st November 2013

08-05-2013

Annual opening of the Foundation in Rhodes on the day of Saint Marc : presentation of the 2013 Marc de Montalembert grant to Pandora Dourmisi, Greece, for her project Derelict earthen architecture in the west Balkan region. On this occasion Camille Oarda winner of the 2012 grant presents in an exhibition the monotypes and engravings that she made as the result of her project Impressions in the Mediterranean.

30-03-2013

The 2013 Marc de Montalembert grant was awarded to Pandora Dourmisi, Greece, for her project Derelict earthen architecture in the west Balkan region : the objective of the project is to identify local traditional styles and techniques of earthen architecture and prepare a photo archive and catalogue.

26-03-2013

t the seat of the INHA, in Paris, the 2013 Prix Marc de  Montalembert was presented by Mr. Jean Michel Mouton, Directeur d’études à l’EPHE – Histoire et archéologie des mondes musulmans, to Silvia Armando, art historian from Italy for her research Art and archeology in the medieval Mediterranean world through the correspondence and photographic archives of Ugo Monneret de Villard. On this occasion Rihda Moumni Prix Marc de Montalembert 2012 delivered a lecture entitled Discours et contre-discours carthaginois : la découverte des antiquités dans la Régence de Tunis.

18-01-2013

The Prix Marc de Montalembert 2013 is awarded to Silvia Armando, art historian from Italy. Her research is entitled ”Art and archeology in the medieval Mediterranean world through the correspondence and photographical archives of Ugo Monneret de Villars”. It focuses on the reknown scholar in Islamic art who was active in the first half of the XXth century. The Prix 2013 will be presented towards the end of March 2013 at the INHA, in Paris.

25-11-2012

From November 22nd to 25th 2012 the Foundation hosted at its siege of Rhodes the training workshop on “ The art of participatory leadership ” organized by Systemic Innovation Zone Hellas and by Harah Practice. The workshop was attended by 28 participants of whom 13 young Greek. The focus of the workshop was on building the capacities of the participants to take initiatives in a context of crisis which calls for added social cohesion and individual participation and for approaches geared at systemic adaptation/transformation.

30-09-2012

On the occasion of the European day of Culture the Foundation participates in the ”Open Doors” initiative in the Medieval Town of Rhodes and opens the garden to the public. Over 1500 persons visit the garden.

25-04-2012

Annual opening of the Foundation in Rhodes on the day of Saint Mark :  the 2012 Marc de Montalembert grant is presented to Camille OARDA, France.

30-03-2012

The 2012 Marc de Montalembert grant was awarded to Camille OARDA, France, for her project Impressions in the Mediterranean, for a series of engravings, prints and drawings.

20-03-2012

The winner of the Marc de Montalembert 2012 Prize is Ridha Moumni, from Tunisia, a doctor in archeology, specialized in Punic, Phoenician and Roman architecture and religious history. He was a fellow at Villa Medicis, in Rome. His research is entitled « Quêtes carthaginoises : la redécouverte de Carthage et sa réception dans la Régence de Tunis », an essay of rewriting a story of excavations of Carthage from their beginning at the end of the XVIIIth century to the independence of Tunisia. The Prize will presented to him by M. Noël Duval, professor emeritus at the Paris Sorbonne University on March 20th, 2012 at the Institut national d’histoire de l’art.

15-06-2011

Launching of the call for applications to the 2012 Marc de Montalembert Prize
https://www.fondationmdm.com/usr_file/2012Prize_ENG.pdf

01-04-2011

The 2011 Marc de Montalembert grant was awarded to Omar S. Ghiani from Italy for his project Christian Arabs as a connection between East and West.

22-03-2011

2011 Marc de Montalembert Prize was presented in Paris on March 22nd by the Ambassador of Albania to France to Ms Belisa MUKA, archeologist from Albania with the Institute of Albanology in Tirana, for her research Terra cotta of greek type in southern Illyria and northern Epire. This annual prize is awarded by the Fondation Marc de Montalembert in association with the Institut National d’Histoire de l’Art (INHA) in Paris.

14-01-2011

The 2011 Marc de Montalembert Prize is awarded to Ms Belisa Muka researcher at the Archeological Institute of the Centre of albanological studies of the  Albanian Republic for her research on terra cotta of a greek type in southern Illyria and northern Epire.