Bourse Mennour / Phd Grants

Each year, a jury of eminent academics award two grants of € 5,000 each to two PhD students to support them in developing their projects.  These grants are designed to support, for example, a research phase in France or abroad, the writing phase or to enable the publication of the thesis.

Research topics can cover all fields related to the history of artistic creation from the late 19th century to the present day, the history of exhibitions and the art market, as well as issues relating to artistic circulation, exchange, and transfer on a global scale.

Bourse Mennour 2024-2025

LYDIA HADDAG

“The Maghrebian art world in the 20th century: a comparative reading of the history of  Algerian and Tunisian art collectives, 1930-1990”, conducted at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. Attached to the InVisu research laboratory (CNRS/INHA), under the supervision of Mercedes Volait, Director of research at the CNRS, in co-direction with Alain Messaoudi, Lecturer in contemporary history (HDR).  The jury was impressed by the project to reconstruct networks of Maghreb art and artists that were overlooked or forgotten by a history that has favored the analysis of individual trajectories, in key times of Algeria and Tunisia, before and after decolonization. 

MONICA SEICEANU

“Weaving, exhibiting, resisting: a new history of the Cold War through fiber art and  the international Tapestry biennials in Lausanne (1962-1995)”  conducted at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, part of the HiCSA (History of culture and social. art) research laboratory and École doctorale 441, under the supervision of Sophie Delpeux, Associate Professor (HDR) in contemporary art history. The jury was impressed by the choice of this little-studied subject, which complements a more inclusive art history by integrating textile practices that have long been sidelined but have been revalued in recent years.

Bourse Mennour 2023-2024

OLIVIA DELPORTE

“Les marchandes d’art à Paris dans l’entre-deux-guerres : au cœur d’un réseau de femmes” [Women art dealers in Paris during the interwar period: at the heart of a women’s network], conducted at the University of Tours under the supervision of Julie Verlaine, Professor of Contemporary History. The jury was impressed by the novelty of her research into these art-world players, which will enrich our knowledge of the Paris modern art market between 1920 and 1939, while at the same time addressing contemporary issues such as gender studies. 

MAGALI OHOUENS

“Penser l’art et la culture dans le contexte des Indépendances : approche comparative des politiques culturelles du Sénégal et du Ghana des années 1950 aux années 1970” [Thinking art and culture in the context of Independence: comparative approach of Senegal’s and Ghana’s cultural policies from the 1950s to the 1970s], conducted at the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne under the supervision of Maureen Murphy, . The jury was impressed by the transnational approach of her project, which will contribute to a better understanding of the art scenes of Senegal and Ghana, within the framework of global and post-colonial studies in art history.

Eugène Carrière Prize

Mennour sponsors the Eugène Carrière Prize, awarded by the Académie française to two art-history books on the visual arts up to the 21st century.  The two prizes are officially announced at the annual public session of the Académie Française in Paris.