{"id":108486,"date":"2026-02-09T17:29:55","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T16:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/palazzoducale.genova.it\/?p=108486"},"modified":"2026-02-10T10:45:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T09:45:08","slug":"gianni-franzone-fellowship-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/palazzoducale.genova.it\/en\/gianni-franzone-fellowship-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Gianni Franzone FELLOWSHIP 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide py-3\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>The Centro Studi Wolfsoniana announces the<strong> Forth edition<\/strong> of the international call for the&nbsp; Fellowship in memory of Gianni Franzone (1964-2022), twentieth-century art historian and curator&nbsp; of the Wolfsoniana in Genoa, promoted and supported by the family Franzone.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/palazzoducale.genova.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/wolfsoniana-gianni-franzone.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-103074\" srcset=\"https:\/\/palazzoducale.genova.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/wolfsoniana-gianni-franzone.jpg 900w, https:\/\/palazzoducale.genova.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/wolfsoniana-gianni-franzone-768x459.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The fellowship is destinated to <strong>under 35 <\/strong>researchers in the history, culture and visual arts of the&nbsp; period pertaining to the Wolfsoniana collection (1870-1950), with special attention to aspects&nbsp; related to decorative and propaganda arts and to architecture.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Terms and conditions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The applicants are invited to present research projects pertaining to the main themes documented&nbsp; by the collection, library and archives of the Wolfsoniana, aimed both to elaborate an in-depth&nbsp; study of these materials, and to trace the new perspectives of those historical problems whose&nbsp; legacy still sets a strict critical confrontation, as in the case of colonial history or totalitarianisms of&nbsp; the twentieth century.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The main topics on which the candidates&#8217; proposals will be evaluated are the following:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Tradition and modernity in art and architecture between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries;&nbsp; <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Transformations of production processes: from decorative arts to design;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Languages of propaganda;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Colonies and colonialism;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mobility and tourism in the industrial age;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Exhibitions, fairs and international exhibitions.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>At the time of application, scholars must be under 35 years old a be graduated or follow or have&nbsp; finished the post-graduate course, dottorato di ricerca, specializzazione or an equivalent degree&nbsp; (the certificate should be provided). They must be conversant in both English and Italian and able&nbsp; to understand both languages. They should be in the early stages of their career, have a solid&nbsp; background in the late nineteenth and the twentieth century Italian art and architecture, confirmed&nbsp; by publications, participation at the conferences and \/or exhibition curating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The application must be accompanied by the research project (up to 4000 characters), the&nbsp; candidate&#8217;s curriculum vitae and letter\/s of presentation, and sent<strong> within April, 16 2026,<\/strong> to the&nbsp; following e-mail address:<strong> info@wolfsoniana.i<\/strong>t, indicating as a subject Gianni Franzone&nbsp;Fellowship.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The grant provides the stipend of 2500 euros, a support for round trip expenses and offers the&nbsp; winning candidate priority access and a reserved workstation at the Wolfsoniana Study Center at&nbsp; the Palazzo Ducale in Genoa for a period of three continuous weeks (from the end of May 2026),&nbsp; to consult the collection, the library and the archives. During the period of stay, it will be possible,&nbsp; at the request of the candidate, to visit the museum and the depository of the Wolfsoniana.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fellow is expected to consign the research results after four months from the end of the work&nbsp; at the Centro Studi Wolfsoniana. The results will be evaluated by the members of the scientific&nbsp; committee and the final essay, once approved, will be published in the review &#8220;Quaderni della&nbsp; Wolfsoniana&#8221;.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Organizing Committee<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Matthew Fochessati<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Annalisa Franzone<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anna Vyazemtseva<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Honorary committee<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Sara Armella, President, Palazzo Ducale Foundation for Culture, Genoa<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Francesco Berti Riboli, Vice-President, Palazzo Ducale Foundation for Culture, Genoa<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ilaria Bonacossa, Director, Palazzo Ducale Foundation for Culture, Genoa<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mitchell (Micky) Wolfson Jr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Scientific jury &#8211; 2025<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The scientific jury, in addition to Matteo Fochessati and Anna Vyazemtseva &#8211; respectively curator&nbsp; and assistant curator of the Wolfsoniana &#8211; Palazzo Ducale Foundation for Culture, Genoa &#8211; will be&nbsp; composed of three external members; the commission will be announced on April 30, 2026; the&nbsp; results of the competition will be published on the Wolfsoniana \u2013 Palazzo Ducale website<strong> on May&nbsp; 15, 2026<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Centro Studi Wolfsoniana announces the Forth edition of the international call for the&nbsp; Fellowship in memory of Gianni Franzone (1964-2022), twentieth-century art historian and curator&nbsp; of the Wolfsoniana in Genoa, promoted and supported by the family Franzone.&nbsp;&nbsp; The fellowship is destinated to under 35 researchers in the history, culture and visual arts of the&nbsp; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/palazzoducale.genova.it\/en\/gianni-franzone-fellowship-2026\/\">Continue<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":108496,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art","category-wolfsoniana-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Gianni Franzone FELLOWSHIP 2026 -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/palazzoducale.genova.it\/en\/gianni-franzone-fellowship-2026\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gianni Franzone FELLOWSHIP 2026 -\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Centro Studi Wolfsoniana announces the Forth edition of the international call for the&nbsp; 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