German Center for Art History
Here French and German intellectual traditions engage in a fruitful dialogue with international currents of thought, promoting innovative interdisciplinary research on the arts of both countries, viewed in a global context.
From mediaeval to contemporary art, numerous topics are explored in research projects, fellowships and symposia; the results are then made available to a wider public through series published by the institute.
The financial aid programs of the DFK Paris include short-term scholarships, longer-term funding for PhD and postdoctoral researchers, and other formats, such as study trips, courses, and colloquia for specific educational purposes.
The resulting topics provide a starting point from which an international group of grant recipients conducts research in the framework of a study program.
The results of their research projects are made available to a wideraudience through specialized symposia, academic conferences, and series published by the German Center for Art History.
[2] Initially publishing conference proceedings and papers of the annual themes at the DFK Paris, the Passages/Passagen series was expanded to include broader areas of research, mostly from PhD and postdoctoral dissertations in art history.
In the Passages/Passagen series, equal attention is paid to the writing, critical apparatus, images, and graphic design, resulting in outstanding scholarly works, accessible to a wide readership.
[3] The DFK Paris fully supports the principle of open access, in order to make the results of its research quickly and easily available to an international readership.
In 2017, the two existing publication series, Passages/Passagen and Passerelles, were joined by Passages online, which presents the results of scholarly colloquia and annual themes in digital form.
[6] The decorative splendor dating from the reign of the Sun King remains visible in the façade, embellished with Bacchanalian masks—a registered historic monument—a bas-relief depicting musical symbols, and the ceiling paintings in the drawing room.
