Terra Foundation University Teaching Programs


The John F. Kennedy Institute, at the Freie Universitat Berlin, is home to the largest research library for North American Studies in Europe.

One of the ways we realize our global mission is by supporting visiting professorships and postdoctoral teaching fellowships at important academic institutions worldwide, thereby expanding opportunities for the study of historical American art. These opportunities include:

From 2009 to 2015, the Terra Foundation also offered visiting professorships and postdoctoral teaching fellowships at the Courtauld Institute of Art, in London, and the Institut National d’Histoire de l’Art, in Paris. Please view past recipients of these awards.