The Wolfsonian-FIU Fellowship Program

The Wolfsonian-Florida International University is a museum and
research center that promotes the examination of modern visual and
material culture. The Wolfsonian's fellowship program is intended to
support research on the museum's collection, generally for periods
of three to four weeks. The program is open to holders of master's
or doctoral degrees, Ph.D. candidates, and others who have a
significant record of professional achievement in relevant fields.

The theme for the fellowship program for 2010-11 is Design and
Health. We welcome applications from scholars in any field in the
humanities who propose to investigate the links between design and
health from the late nineteenth century through the middle of the
twentieth century. We intend both of these terms to be understood
in a broad sense: "Design" to include a range of practices, such
as product design, graphic design, interior design, architecture,
and urban planning; "Health" to include such concerns as personal
hygiene and fitness, public health, medicine, body image, and
disability.

The focus of the Wolfsonian collection is on North American and
European decorative arts, propaganda, architecture, and industrial
and graphic design from the period 1885-1945. The United States,
Great Britain, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands are the
countries most extensively represented. 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. The collection includes works on
paper (including posters, prints, and design drawings), furniture,
paintings, sculpture, glass, textiles, ceramics, lighting and other
appliances, and many other kinds of objects. The Wolfsonian's
library has approximately 50,000 rare books, periodicals, and
ephemeral items.

The Wolfsonian's collection has many objects and publications that
may support research on the connections between design and health.
Among these are: books and periodicals about physical culture,
especially in the United States; publications on interior design,
architecture, housing reform, and urban planning; design drawings
for a great variety of building types; advertisements for health
resorts; personal or household objects, such as razors, massagers,
sunlamps, and vacuum cleaners; and publicity for health and fitness
campaigns.

Applicants are encouraged to discuss their project with the museum
staff prior to submission to ensure the relevance of their proposals
to the Wolfsonian's collection.

For more information about The Wolfsonian and its collection,
visit the website at
http://www.wolfsonian.fiu.edu<http://www.wolfsonian.fiu.edu/>,
call 305-535-2686, or email to
researchthewolf.fiu.edu<mailto:researchthewolf.fiu.edu>.

Applications for the 2010-11 academic year must be postmarked
by December 31, 2009.

Lisa Li
Curatorial and Exhibition Assistant
The Wolfsonian-FIU
1001 Washington Avenue
Miami Beach, Florida 33139
t 305-535-2623
f 305-531-2133
lisathewolf.fiu.edu<mailto:lisathewolf.fiu.edu>
www.wolfsonian.org<http://www.wolfsonian.org/>