Yavarhoussen grant - INHA
To build the future, it's best to know your history...
Four years ago, the Yavarhoussen Fund joined forces with the Institut national d'histoire de l'art (Inha) in Paris to set up a grant to encourage a young art historian to undertake research into the history of Madagascar's art.
Each year, a jury of Madagascan and French professionals selects the winner, who will be supervised during his or her research by the Inha team.
In this way, the Yavarhoussen Fund is helping to write the country's artistic and cultural history.
Composition of the Jury :
- - Ms Juliette Trey, Chief Curator of Heritage, Deputy Director of the Department of Studies and Research (DER) - INHA.
- - Ms Bako Rasoarifetra, teacher-researcher, Institute of Civilizations, Antananarivo Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Antananarivo
- - Ms Marian Nur Goni, lecturer, Université PARIS 8 ~ Vincennes - Saint-Denis, co-director of the 'Art contemporain et sciences humaines' master's program
- - Mr. Alexandre Girard-Muscagorry, curator, in charge of collections from Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Americas Cité de la musique, Paris
- - Mr Hasnaine Yavarhoussen, Chairman of the Yavarhoussen Fund
Winner 2024
Mr. Rakotomalala Hajanirina Joachim
Research topic:
"The work of Pierre Razafy-Andriamihaingo (1914-1997), architect-urbanplannerand director of architecture, urban planning and housing in Madagascar from 1946 to 1960".
Mr. Rakotomalala Hajanirina Joachim holds a Master's degree in History and Archival Research on the theme of the circulation of architectural models, from the University of Antananarivo, directed by Madame Rajaonarison Helihanta. Long interested in documentation and archival research, he is currently working as a research assistant on a project concerning modern architecture in Madagascar. In April 2023, he was invited to take part in an international university colloquium organized by the History department of the University of Antananarivo in partnership with the Ecole nationale des chartes, PSL-Paris, where he presented a paper entitled "Between architectural syncretism and assertion of identity in the Kingdom of Madagascar (1810-1896)".
Since 2023, he has been pursuing a thesis project on the work of Pierre Razafy Andriamihaingo, a project that the Yavarhoussen Fellowship will enable him to launch in a decisive way.
