Jay and Deborah Last Fellowship
Jay and Deborah Last Fellowship supports scholars researching American art and visual culture or using graphic primary sources to advance historical and cultural inquiry through the Society’s collections.
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Funder: American Antiquarian Society
Due Dates: January 15, 2027 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: $2,400 per month for one to two months
Summary: Supports research on American art and visual culture, or projects making substantial use of graphic materials as primary sources.
Key Information: Fellows must reside in Worcester, Massachusetts, to use the AAS library’s resources.
Description
The Jay and Deborah Last Fellowship supports research on American art and visual culture, as well as other scholarly projects that make substantial use of graphic materials as primary sources. Funded through a gift from Jay and Deborah Last, it is administered by the American Antiquarian Society (AAS) as part of its one- to two-month residential academic research fellowship program.
The fellowship provides time in Worcester, Massachusetts, for research and writing using the Society’s library collections. Its scope includes both the study of visual culture itself and broader historical and cultural inquiries grounded in graphic evidence. Past projects have explored nineteenth-century art, photography and the Civil War press, fortune-telling cards, book illustration, political caricatures, typography, performance cultures, and relationships between text and image.
