Wolfsonian-FIU Fellowship Program

The Wolfsonian-Florida International University is a museum and research 
center that promotes the examination of modern material culture. The focus 
of the Wolfsonian collection is on North American and European decorative 
arts, propaganda, and industrial and graphic design of the period 1885-
1945. The Wolfsonian library has approximately 50,000 rare books, 
periodicals, and ephemeral items, as well as standard reference materials.

The Wolfsonian holds the most outstanding collection of Italian Stile 
Floreale furniture and decorative art outside of Italy.  Equally notable is 
the Wolfsonian’s collection material from the Fascist period, including 
political and war propaganda (such as an archive of propaganda material 
from the Italian Social Republic), aeropittura, objects relating to the 
Duce cult, publications on art and rationalist architecture, and superb 
collections of Futurist decorative and graphic art.

Besides material from Italy, the Wolfsonian also has extensive holdings 
from the United States, Great Britain, Germany, and the Netherlands. There 
are also smaller but significant collections of materials from a number of 
other countries, including Austria, Czechoslovakia, France, Japan, the 
former Soviet Union and Hungary. 

Fellowships are intended to support full-time research, generally for a 
period of three to five weeks The program is open to holders of master’s or 
doctoral degrees, Ph.D. candidates, and to others who have a significant 
record of professional achievement in relevant fields.  Applicants are 
encouraged to discuss their project with the Fellowship Coordinator prior 
to submission to ensure the relevance of their proposals to the 
Wolfsonian’s collection.

The application deadline is December 31, for residency during the 2006-2008 
academic years. 

For information, please contact:

Jonathan Mogul
Fellowship Coordinator/Research Associate
The Wolfsonian-FIU
1001 Washington Ave.
Miami Beach, FL 33139
305-535-2613 (phone)
305-531-2133 (fax)
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http://www.wolfsonian.fiu.edu/education/research/index.html