Humanities and Social Sciences Postdocs 2015-16

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• 20 Jul. 2015: Case Western Reserve University (OH) - Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods - Post-Doctoral Fellowship
• 7 Aug. 2015: University of Cambridge (UK) - Faculty of Divinity - British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow
• 14 Aug. 2015 (Nominations): Harvard Society of Fellows (Junior Fellowships)
• 21 Aug. 2015: Durham University (UK) - Postdoctoral Research Associate for REFIT project
• 21 Aug. 2015: University of Sussex (UK) - Research Fellow in Digital Humanities
• 21 Aug. 2015: University of Herefordshire (UK) - Research Fellowship (History)
• 31 Aug. 2015: Humboldt University, Berlin (DE) - "Work and Lifecycle in Global History" Fellowships
• 31 Aug, 2015: Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge - Research Associate in Modern East Asian History
• 1 Sept. 2015: Victoria University of Wellington (NZL) - John David Stout Research Fellowship
• 1 Sept. 2015: Leiden University (NL) - Two to three positions for postdoctoral researchers at the Institute for History
• 7 Sept. 2015: University of Warwick (UK) - Research Fellowships in History of Medicine (4 positions)
• 15 Sept. 2015: Princeton University (NJ) - Princeton Society of Fellows - 2016-2019 Fellowship Competition
• 21 Sept. 2015: Dumbarton Oaks (DC) - Post-Doctoral Fellow in Byzantine Art History, Image Collections and Fieldwork Archives
• 23 Sept. 2015: SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowships (CAN)
• 29 Sept. 2015: University of Michigan (MI) - Michigan Society of Fellows
• 30 Sept. 2015: University of Freiburg (DEU) - Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies - Fellowships for AY 2016-17
• 30 Sept. 2015: University of Rochester (NY) - Humanities Center Spring 2016 Post-doctoral or Junior Faculty Fellowships
• 30 Sept. 2015: University of Cambridge, Gonville and Caius College (UK) - Research Fellowships
• 1 Oct. 2015: Baylor University (TX) - Postdoctoral Fellowships in English
• 1 Oct. 2015: Cornell University (NY) - Society for the Humanities Fellowships 2016-2017
• 1 Oct. 2015: Duke University (NC) - Thompson Writing Program Lecturing Fellows
• 1 Oct. 2015: Harvard University (MA) - Harvard Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship
• 1 Oct. 2015: University of California, Irvine (CA) - Digital Pedagogy Postdoctoral Fellowship: UCI Humanities Core
• 1 Oct. 2015: University of Cambridge - St John's College (UK) - Research Fellowships (Hist Sci Tech Med)
• 1 Oct. 2015: University of Cambridge - St John's College (UK) - Research Fellowships (Hist Art)
• 1 Oct. 2015: University of Cambridge, Emmanuel College (UK) - Research Fellowships
• 5 Oct. 2015: Columbia University (NY) - Society of Fellows in the Humanities 2016-2017 Competition
• 7 Oct. 2015: British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships (UK) - 2015-16 Call for Proposals
• 7 Oct. 2015: Hebrew University of Jerusalem (ISR) - Mandel Postdoctoral Fellowships in Humanities and Jewish Studies for 2016-2019
• 8 Oct. 2015: Volkswagen Foundation (DEU) - Postdoctoral Fellowships in the Humanities at Universities and Research Institutions in Germany
• 13 Oct. 2015: New-York Historical Society (NY) - Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in Women’s History
• 15 Oct. 2015: Brown University (RI) - Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs Postdoctoral Fellowships
• 15 Oct. 2015: Dartmouth College (NH) - Leslie Center for the Humanities - Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship
• 15 Oct. 2015: Dartmouth College (NH) - Postdoctoral Fellowships at the Society of Fellows
• 15 Oct. 2015: University of Chicago (IL) - Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts, 2016-2017
• 15 Oct. 2015: University of Pennsylvania (PA) - Penn Humanities Forum: Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Humanities, 2016-2017
• 15 Oct. 2015: Volkswagen Foundation (DEU) - ‘Freigeist’ Fellowships
• 16 Oct. 2016: Harvard University (MA) - Weatherhead Center for International Affairs Canada Program - King Postdoctoral Fellowships
• 21 Oct. 2015: Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) - Postdoctoral Fellowships, 2016-2017
• 23 Oct. 2015: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (MA) - Visiting Scholars Program, 2016-2017
• 25 Oct. 2015: European University Institute (ITA) - Max Weber and Jean Monnet Postdoctoral Fellowships
• 28 Oct. 2015: Harvard University (MA) - Warren Center - Global American Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship
• 29 Oct. 2015: University of Cambridge, Christ's College (UK) - Junior Research Fellowship
• 29 Oct. 2015: University of Cambridge, Christ's College (UK) - Lady Wallis Budge JRF in Egyptology
• 30 Oct 2015: University of Pennsylvania (PA) - Price Lab for Digital Humanities - Andrew W Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Digital Humanities
• 31 Oct. 2015: Purdue University (IN) - Postdoctoral Fellowship for Quantitative Analysis
• 1 Nov. 2015: Bard Graduate Center / American Museum of Natural History (NY) - Postdoctoral Fellowship in Museum Anthropology
• 1 Nov. 2015: Cornell University (NY) - Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Near Eastern Studies, AY 2016-18
• 1 Nov. 2015: Library Company of Philadelphia (PA) - NEH Post-Doctoral Fellowships - 2016-2017
• 1 Nov. 2015: Library Company of Philadelphia (USA:PA) - Programme in African American History Long term Fellowships 2016-17
• 1 Nov. 2015: Library Company of Philadelphia (PA) - Program in Early American Economy and Society Long-term Fellowships for 2016-2017
• 1 Nov. 2015: NYU Abu Dhabi (AE) - Research Fellowships in the Humanities
• 1 Nov. 2015: University of California (CA) - President’s and Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship Programs
• 1 Nov. 2015: University of Chicago (IL) - Provost's Career Enhancement Postdoctoral Scholarships
• 1 Nov. 2015: University of Pennsylvania (PA) - Post-Doctoral Fellowship 2016–2017 - Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies: ‘Political Ramifications: Expanding Jewish Political Thought'
• 1 Nov. 2015: Yale University (CT) - ISM Fellows in Sacred Music, Worship and the Arts
• 2 Nov. 2015: Rice University (TX) - Postdoctoral Fellow in Transnational Asian Studies
• 2 Nov. 2015: University of Wisconsin-Madison (WI) - Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
• 6 Nov. 2015: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (IL) - IPRH–Andrew W. Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Bio-Humanities, 2016–18
• 9 Nov. 2015: American Philosophical Society (PA) - Mellon Foundation Post-Doctoral Curatorial Fellowship
• 10 Nov. 2015: Indiana University (IN) - Center for Research on Race and Ethnicity in Society - Postdoctoral Fellowships
• 12 Nov. 2015: Johns Hopkins University (MD) - Mellon Postdocs for 2016-2017 - Religious Culture and the Arts: Christianity, Judaism and Islam
• 15 Nov. 2015: Dartmouth College (NH) - Neukom Fellows
• 15 Nov. 2015: Pennsylvania State University (PA) - Postdoctoral Fellowship in African-American History
• 15 Nov. 2015: Pomona College (CA) - Fred and Dorothy Chau Postdoctoral Fellowship
• 15 Nov. 2015: Purdue University (IN) - Honors College - Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow
• 15 Nov. 2015: Wesleyan University (CT) - Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in Native American Studies
• 15 Nov. 2015: Wesleyan University (CT) - Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in Latin American Studies
• 15 Nov. 2015: Uppsala University (Sweden) - Old Testatment / Hebrew Bible Postdoctoral Research Position
• 16 Nov. 2015: Max Planck Institute for Religious and Ethnic Diversity Postdoc (Refugees in Germany)
• 16 Nov. 2015: Princeton University (NJ) - Postdoctoral Research Associate in Values and Public Policy
• 16 Nov. 2015: Southern Methodist University (TX) - Center for Presidential Histories Post-Doctoral Fellow
• 16 Nov. 2015: Stanford Humanities Ctr. (CA) - Mellon Fellowship of Scholars in the Humanities
• 16 Nov. 2015: University of Cambridge, Churchill College (UK) - Bodossakis Research Fellowship
• 16 Nov. 2015: University of Cambridge, Magdalene College (UK) - Lumley Research Fellowship
• 16 Nov. 2015: University of Cambridge, Trinity Hall (UK) - Junior Research Fellowship
• 16 Nov. 2015: University of Toronto (CAN) - Jackman Humanities Inst. - Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships in the Humanities, 2016-2018
• 20 Nov. 2015: Brown University (RI) - Mellon Sawyer Post-Doctoral Fellowship: Displacement and the Making of the Modern World
• 27 Nov. 2015: Columbia University (NY) - Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Positions: Presidential Scholars in Society and Neuroscience
• 30 Nov. 2015: University of Oregon (OR) - 2016-18 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Ethnic American Literatures and Cultural Productions
• 30 Nov. 2015: Pennsylvania State University (USA:PA) - Postdoctoral Fellowship in Holocaust Studies and Modern Jewish History
• 1 Dec. 2015: German Historical Institute (USA:DC) - Gerde Henkel Postdoctoral Fellowship for Digital History
• 1 Dec. 2015: German Historical Institute (USA:DC) - Postdoctoral Fellowships in the History of Knowledge, Race & Ethnicity, Religion & Religiosity, Family & Kinship, and Migrant Knowledge
• 1 Dec. 2015: Harvard University (MA) - Mahindra Humanities Center Postdoctoral Fellow
• 1 Dec. 2015: Princeton University (NJ) - Davis Center for Historical Studies Fellowships ("Risk and Fortune")
• 1 Dec. 2015: Princeton University (NJ) - Postdoctoral Research Associates: American Studies
• 1 Dec. 2015: Princeton University (NJ) - Program in Gender and Sexuality Studies - Postdoctoral Research Associates
• 1 Dec. 2015: University of California, Irvine (CA) - Mellon Sawyer Seminar Postdoctoral Fellowship - Documenting War
• 2 Dec. 2015: University of Bradford (UK) - Research Assistant in Urban Sociology and Social History (Public Parks)
• 3 Dec. 2015: Brown University (RI) - 2016-17 Pembroke Center Postdoctoral Fellowships
• 4 Dec. 2015: Rice University (TX) - Mellon Postdoctoral Fellows - Rice Seminar 2016-17: Chronotopic Imaginaries
• 4 Dec. 2015: University of Southern California (CA) - Provost's Postdoctoral Scholar in the Humanities
• 4 Dec. 2015: Washington University in St. Louis (MO) - Modeling Interdisciplinary Inquiry Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship
• 7 Dec. 2015: University of California, Berkeley (CA) Postdoctoral Scholar Fellowships - Natural Resource Economics and Political Economy
• 9 Dec. 2015: University of South Florida (FL) - "Global Change in a Dynamic World” - Renewable Postdoctoral Scholarships for 2016-17
• 11 Dec. 2015: University of Cambridge - Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology (UK) - Postdoctoral Research Associate
• 15 Dec. 2015: Northwestern University (IL) - African American Studies, Postdoctoral Fellow
• 15 Dec. 2015: Occidental College (CA) - Two-year Postdoctoral Fellowship in American Studies
• 15 Dec. 2015: University of Colorado Boulder (CO) - Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
• 18 Dec. 2015: University of Sheffield (UK) - Leverhulme Early Career Fellows
• 20 Dec. 2015: Washington University in St. Louis (MO) - Postdoctoral Fellowship in Inequality and Identity - American Culture Studies (AMCS)
• 20 Dec. 2015: University of Warwick (UK) - Research Fellow (Hispanic Studies)
• 21 Dec. 2015: Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin (IRL) - Assistant Professorship in Medieval Environmental History
• 31 Dec. 2015: University of Pittsburgh, UCIS Postdoctoral Fellows in Russian and East European Studies - http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/crees/
• 1 Jan. 2016: Brown University (USA:RI) - Postdoctoral Fellowship, Migration & Displacement in Asia
• 2 Jan. 2016: Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY) - Center for Place, Culture and Politics Post-Doctoral Fellow
• 4 Jan. 2016: Northwestern University (IL) - ACLS Postdoctoral Fellowship: Native American and Indigenous Studies in the Humanities
• 4 Jan. 2016: Princeton University (NJ) - Faith & Work Initiative Postdoctoral Research Associate
• 6 Jan. 2016: Valparaiso University (IN) - Lilly Fellows Program
• 7 Jan. 2016: Stanford University (CA) - Clayman Institute for Gender Research - 2016-18 Postdoctoral Fellowship
• 8 Jan. 2016: Rutgers University (NJ) - Center for Cultural Analysis - 2016-2017 Postdoctoral Fellowship
• 8 Jan. 2016: University of California, Santa Cruz (CA) - One-Year Postdoctoral Scholar - Non-citizenship Sawyer Seminar
• 11 Jan. 2016: Center for Jewish History (NY) - 2016-17 Prins Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship
• 11 Jan. 2016: Haverford College (PA) - 2016-2018 Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship
• 11 Jan. 2016: Rutgers University (NJ) - Postdoctoral Fellowship in Critical Caribbean Studies 2016-2017
• 11 Jan. 2016: Yale University (USA:CT) - Postdoctoral Fellowship in South Asian Studies
• 14 Jan. 2016: Emory University (GA) - Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry - Post-Doctoral Fellowships
• 15 Jan. 2016: Caltech-Huntington Humanities Collaborations Postdoctoral Instructorship
• 15 Jan. 2016: Chemical Heritage Foundation (PA) - Beckman Center for the History of Chemistry 2016-17 Fellowships in the History of Science, Technology, Medicine, & Industry
• 15 Jan. 2016: Duke University (NC) - Perilman Post Doctoral Fellowship 2016-2017
• 15 Jan. 2016: Harvard University (MA) - Program on U.S.-Japan Relations Postdoctoral Fellowship
• 15 Jan. 2016: Pennsylvania State University (PA) - Visiting Fellows - Center for Humanities and Information
• 15 Jan. 2016: Stanford University (CA) - Postdoctoral Fellow in Chinese Studies
• 15 Jan. 2016: University of California - Davis (CA) - Mellon/ACLS Visiting Assistant Professorship in Comparative Border Studies
• 15 Jan. 2016: University of Michigan (MI) - Emerging Democracies Postdoctoral Fellowship
• 15 Jan. 2016: Washington University in St. Louis (MO) - John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics - Postdoctoral Research Associates, 2015-2016
• 15 Jan. 2016: Washington University in St. Louis (MO) - Postdoctoral Fellowship in Islamic Art
• 16 Jan. 2016: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MA) - Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships in the Humanities, 2016-2018
• 16 Jan. 2016: Rutgers University (NJ) - Postdoctoral Fellowships - Sawyer Seminar on Ethical Subjects
• 19 Jan. 2016: Rice University (TX) - 2016-18 Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Energy Humanities
• 22 Jan. 2016: Rice University (TX) - Postdoctoral Fellow - Center for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality
• 30 Jan. 2016: Florida State University (FL) - Postdoctoral Associate, Chinese Buddhist Studies
• 1 Feb. 2016: University of California, Berkeley (CA) - Postdoctoral Fellowship in Public Theology
• 1 Feb. 2016: University of Michigan (MI) - Post-doctoral Fellows in Study of China
• 15 Feb. 2016: Rutgers University (NJ) - Postdoctoral Fellowships in African American Literature
• 31 Mar. 2016: Institute of Historical Research, University of London (UK) - Past & Present Fellowships (Social History)

Postdoctoral Positions

American Academy of Arts and Sciences (MA) - Visiting Scholars Program, 2016-2017 - Deadline: 23 Oct. 2015

The Academy’s Visiting Scholars Program provides residential fellowships for junior faculty members and postdoctoral scholars in the humanities and social sciences. The fellowship program offers scholars a year for research and writing free from teaching and administrative duties, a collaborative work environment, and the opportunity to interact with Academy members. It also creates a national network for these scholars, assisting them in their research and professional development.

The Academy seeks proposals in the humanities and social sciences relating to American history, culture, and public policy from the founding period to the present.

Apply to the Visiting Scholars Program. The Academy is accepting applications for the class of 2016-2017. Download the submission guidelines (PDF).

Housed at the headquarters of the Academy in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Visiting Scholars participate in Academy-sponsored conferences, seminars, and informal gatherings while advancing their scholarly research. The Academy provides office space and computer services as well as library privileges in cooperation with the Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard University.

Preference will be given to untenured faculty; postdoctoral scholars are also eligible. Candidates who are completing scholarly manuscripts are especially welcome. Junior faculty members receive up to $65,000 for the academic year (usually the equivalent of one-half salary); postdoctoral students receive up to $45,000.

• Application Deadline: October 23, 2015.

American Philosophical Society (PA) - Mellon Foundation Post-Doctoral Curatorial Fellowship - Deadline: 9 Nov. 2015

The American Philosophical Society (APS), the nation’s first learned society, invites applications for its two-year Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Post-Doctoral Curatorial Fellowship. The APS seeks applications from recent PhDs in the fields of history of science, art history, 18th- or 19th-century American history, museology, or any other related humanities disciplines. The Fellowship, based in the APS Museum, will provide hands-on experience in curatorial work and the opportunity to pursue an independent research project, preferably one related to the collections or programs of the Society’s library and museum.

The Mellon Fellow will conduct research in the APS collections in preparation for the APS Museum’s exhibitions exploring the intersections of history, art, and science. The exhibitions take place in Philosophical Hall, located within Independence National Historical Park. As the public face of the APS, the museum researches and interprets the APS’s extensive collections for the regional, national, and international visitors who converge on Philadelphia’s historic district. Upcoming exhibitions include (working titles):

April – December, 2016: Gathering Voices: Thomas Jefferson and Native America

April – December, 2017: The Artistic and Scientific Family of Charles Willson Peale

April – December, 2018: Franklin to the Moon: 250th Anniversary Exhibition

The Fellow’s primary responsibility will be to conduct scholarly research for exhibitions, programs, and other related activities. The Fellow will be fully integrated into the APS Museum staff, working closely with others on the curatorial team. He or she will select objects for exhibition and develop thematic narratives. The Fellow will gain extensive experience in planning and implementing exhibitions as well as researching and writing interpretive materials for non-scholarly audiences (exhibition labels and text panels, website text, etc.). Depending on the Fellow’s interests and the Museum’s needs, he or she may also participate in public programming, museum education, collections management, website development, and grant-writing. Twenty percent of the Fellow’s time will be reserved for his or her own independent research, ideally using resources at the APS or kindred regional institutions. The Fellow will also have the opportunity to network with APS Library staff and other post-doctoral Fellows in the region’s cultural institutions.

This two-year Fellowship begins September 1, 2016 and ends August 31, 2018. Compensation is $45,000 a year plus benefits, along with additional funds for research support, travel, and relocation. The Fellowship may not be held concurrently with any other fellowship or grant.

• The application deadline is November 9, 2015. Notification is in early spring 2016.

Bard Graduate Center / American Museum of Natural History (NY) - Postdoctoral Fellowship in Museum Anthropology - Deadline: 1 Nov. 2015

Bard Graduate Center and the American Museum of Natural History invite applications for a two-year postdoctoral fellowship jointly appointed at Bard Graduate Center and in the Anthropology Division at the Richard Gilder Graduate School of the American Museum of Natural History. The fellow’s project focuses on a specific area of material culture: Southeast Asian textiles, including textiles from Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Singapore, Brunei, East Timor, Philippines.

Past areas of specialization have included the indigenous cultures of the Pacific Northwest, Oceania, South American textiles, and Australian Aboriginal cultures. The project makes use of the AMNH collection. A PhD in Anthropology or a related field is required.

The fellow teaches one graduate course each year and mounts an innovative small exhibition, ideally drawing on the collections of the AMNH, in Bard Graduate Center’s Focus Gallery. A major purpose of the Bard Graduate Center-AMNH Fellowship is to promote mutual scholarly interest and interaction among our fellows, faculty, and students, and the AMNH academic community.

To apply, please submit the following materials via email as a single PDF to fellowships@bgc.bard.edu: cover letter, curriculum vitae, sample publication, and a list of three references. Candidates will be judged primarily on their research abilities, experience, and on the merits and scope of the proposed research. The Fellow will have office space and be expected to participate fully in the intellectual life of both institutions. Salary is $35,000 per year. Housing is available, as is a small research/travel fund while the Fellow is in residence.

• The deadline to submit the application is November 1, 2015 and the position commences in the fall of 2016.

Baylor University (TX) - Postdoctoral Fellowships in English - Deadline: 1 Oct. 2015

Baylor University is a private Christian university and a nationally ranked research institution, consistently listed with highest honors among The Chronicle of Higher Education’s “Great Colleges to Work For.” Chartered in 1845 by the Republic of Texas through the efforts of Baptist pioneers, Baylor is the oldest continuously operating university in Texas. The university provides a vibrant campus community for over 15,000 students from all 50 states and more than 80 countries by blending interdisciplinary research with an international reputation for educational excellence and a faculty commitment to teaching and scholarship. Baylor is actively recruiting new faculty with a strong commitment to the classroom and an equally strong commitment to discovering new knowledge as we pursue our bold vision, Pro Futuris (http://www.baylor.edu/profuturis/).

Baylor seeks to fill the following non-tenure-track faculty positions within the College of Arts and Sciences:

Postdoctoral Fellowships

The Department of English seeks two dynamic and creative scholar-teachers to teach undergraduate courses in literature and first-year courses in writing. These fellowships are two-year, non-renewable appointments. Candidates must have the Ph.D. in hand at the start of the appointment. Salary is commensurate with experience and qualifications.

• Send a letter of application, c.v., official transcripts, writing sample, and three letters of recommendation to Dr. Kevin Gardner, Chair, Department of English; One Bear Place #97404; Baylor University; Waco, Texas 76798-7404. Applications will be screened beginning 1 October 2015. We aim to bring finalists to campus before semester’s end; however, these fellowships will remain open until filled. Materials may also be sent electronically to Julie_Sherrod@baylor.edu . To learn more about the above position, the College of Arts and Sciences, and Baylor University, please visit the appropriate URL: http://www.baylor.edu/artsandsciences/; or http://www.baylor.edu/hr/facultypositions.

British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships (UK) - 2015-16 Call for Proposals - Deadline: 7 Oct. 2015

2015-16 call for proposals will be open from 26 August 2015 to 7 October 2015. The aim of the British Academy in making these awards is to offer opportunities for outstanding early career researchers to strengthen their experience of research and teaching in a university environment which will develop their curriculum vitae and improve their prospects of obtaining permanent lecturing posts by the end of the Fellowship. The primary emphasis is on completion of a significant piece of publishable research, which will be assisted by full membership of an academic community of established scholars working in similar fields.

Eligibility: Applicants must be supported by the UK host institution in which they wish to hold the Fellowship; Applicants must be within three years of the award of a doctorate (for the 2015-16 competition this means either already having been awarded a doctoral degree following a viva voce examination held on or after 1 April 2013; or having a reasonable expectation that they will have submitted and had their thesis examined by 1 April 2016); Applicants in the 2015-16 competition awarded a PhD following a viva voce examination held prior to 1 April 2013 who are unable to offer extenuating circumstances, such as interruption to their academic career for maternity leave or illness, will not be considered; Applicants must be a UK or EEA national, or have completed a doctorate at a UK university. Any applicant who does not fall into one of these categories must demonstrate a strong prior association with the UK academic community, for example through already having been employed in a temporary capacity (longer than twelve months) at a UK university.

Number of Awards: 45 awards are expected to be offered. Duration of Award: Awards are for 3 years.

Funding: Awards are offered on a Full Economic Costing basis. There is no fixed amount awarded for the Fellowships and the value of award will vary depending on the host institution. Awards cover the salary of the Postdoctoral Fellow to work full-time on the Fellowship, small-scale research expenses (up to a maximum of £6,000), costs towards the time of a mentor (equivalent to one hour per month for the 36 months of the Fellowship) and the host institution's estates and indirect costs.

Referee: Applicants must be supported by one self-nominated referee. The referee should normally be the external examiner or, if not available, someone else who is as external to the applicant as possible.

• Closing Date : Application is via a two-stage selection process. The deadline for outline applications for award in 2015-16 is at 5pm on 7 October 2015. Applicants invited to Stage Two, will complete that application in early 2016.

• See full guidelines: http://www.britac.ac.uk/funding/guide/pdfells.cfm

Brown University (RI) - 2016-2017 Mellon Sawyer Post-Doctoral Fellowship: Displacement and the Making of the Modern World - Deadline: 20 Nov. 2015

Middle East Studies at Brown University invites applications for the 2016-2017 Andrew W. Mellon Visiting Postdoctoral Fellowship. The position is open to all regions, all time periods since the Fifteenth Century, and all disciplines in the humanities and social sciences.

This postdoctoral fellowship aims to create an interdisciplinary commons for the exploration of displacement as an engine for the formation of the modern world since the fifteenth century. This Mellon Sawyer Seminar addresses three overarching themes (1) Histories: Displacement as a global and historically enduring phenomenon; (2) Ecologies: Displacement as an environmental and technological phenomenon; and (3) Subjectivities: Displacement as an affective and discursive phenomenon. A common thread is a focus on displacement as formative of power relations of inclusion and exclusion. The Seminar pushes at the seams of the humanities, social sciences, and the natural and physical sciences by exploring long-term drivers of displacement.

The fellowship pays a salary of $58,000 plus benefits, and provides a research fund of $2,000. The Fellow will teach one course on displacement and help organize a series of monthly workshops and other activities relating to the theme of the Mellon Sawyer Seminar in collaboration with other University units. In addition to the Steering Committee, the Fellow will work with two graduate students whose time is dedicated to the Seminar.

The search committee welcomes applications from candidates whose work is theoretically and historically informed, and who have working knowledge of one or more languages other than English for comparative purposes. Candidates must have PhD in hand by the time this appointment begins on July 1, 2016.

To apply, please submit to http://apply.interfolio.com/32509 :

A brief cover letter stating your academic field, area of specialization, interest in the theme, and proposed research and writing during the fellowship period; Curriculum vitae; Three letters of recommendation; A writing sample; A course proposal relating to the theme of the Seminar.

• Applications submitted by November 20, 2015 will receive full consideration, but the search will remain open until the position is closed or filled.

Brown University (USA:RI) - 2016-17 Pembroke Center Postdoctoral Fellowships - Deadline: 3 Dec. 2015

In 2016-2017, the Pembroke Center will award residential postdoctoral fellowships to scholars from any field whose research relates to the theme of "Anti-War! Theaters of War/Politics of Refusal". Fellows are required to participate in a weekly research seminar and teach one undergraduate course. Candidates are selected on the basis of their scholarly potential and the relevance of their work to the research theme. Recipients must have a PhD at the start of the fellowship and may not hold a tenured position. Fellowships are awarded to postdoctoral scholars who have received their degrees from institutions other than Brown within the last five (5) years. The term of appointment is July 1, 2016-June 30, 2017. The stipend is $50,000, plus a supplement for health insurance and $1,500 for research expenses. For full consideration, applications must be submitted by 11:59 pm (EST) on Thursday, December 3, 2015.

In 2016-17, Bonnie Honig, Professor of Modern Culture and Media and Political Science at Brown University, will lead the Pembroke Research Seminar on "Anti-War! Theaters of War/Politics of Refusal". The seminar will explore anti-war activism through a theoretical lens, drawing especially on the contemporary turn to a "politics of refusal," an emerging body of theoretical literature that has not thus far been extended to – or tested by – antiwar activism. The politics of refusal (promoted by what we might call the Bartleby Left) tends to focus on General Strike or inoperativity, and has not really addressed the issue of antiwar politics. What are the promises and limits of drawing on conscientious objection versus a politics of refusal for theorizing antiwar politics? And how might a focus on antiwar politics broaden or challenge the contemporary fascination with a politics of refusal?

Since war resistance is often fueled by theater – most predictably, the Antigone, but also (among the many others) the Lysistrata -- this seminar will also explore possible connections between theatricality and refusal, spectatorship and destituency. Reading a tragedy and a comedy in which women engage in antiwar politics, one by way of what is often seen as conscientious objection (the Antigone) and the other by way of what might well be called a politics of refusal – a sex strike (Lysistrata), calls our attention, as well, to the politics of gender and genre, topics of relevance to all seminar readings.

See full seminar description on the Pembroke Center website.

The Pembroke Center invites applications from scholars working in all disciplines and fields, including Anthropology, Political Science, History, Philosophy, Literary Studies, Classics, History of Art, Cinema and Media Studies, Music, Gender and Women’s Studies, Science Studies, Religious Studies, and across all historical periods and traditions.

QUALIFICATIONS: Candidates are selected on the basis of their scholarly potential and the relevance of their work to the research theme. Recipients must have a PhD and may not hold a tenured position. Fellowships are awarded to postdoctoral scholars who have received their degrees from institutions other than Brown within the last five (5) years.

• Applications for the 2016-17 Pembroke Center Postdoctoral Fellowships will be accepted starting in July, 2015. For full consideration, applications must be submitted via Interfolio by 11:59 pm (EST) on Thursday, December 3, 2015. APPLY USING INTERFOLIO: http://apply.interfolio.com/29894

Brown University (USA:RI) - Postdoctoral Fellowship, Migration & Displacement in Asia - Deadline: 1 Jan. 2016

• Brown University invites applications for a 2-year Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in History, with a specialization in the study of displacement and migration in early modern and modern Asia. This position is to be held jointly at the Cogut Center for the Humanities and the Department of History, effective July 1, 2016
• Our goal is to appoint an exceptional scholar of displacement and migration, with priority given to candidates whose research and teaching offer historical and theoretical approaches to the role of radical economic and environmental transformation in the movement of peoples within Asia. The successful candidate will teach two courses per year in the Department of History cross-listed in the Cogut Center's Humanities course offerings. The fellow will also be affiliated with the Cogut Center and is expected to participate in the weekly Tuesday seminars as well as other activities of the Center. PhD must be in hand by July 1, 2016 and must have been awarded in the last five years. Applicants from outside North America are strongly encouraged to apply. Stipend of $61,500 with an increase to $63,907 the second year plus benefits and a research budget of $2,000 per year.
• Candidates should send a letter of application, curriculum vitae, writing sample, two sample course descriptions, and three letters of recommendation via  http://apply.interfolio.com/33013.
• Review begins 1 Jan. 2016 and continues until position filled.

Brown University (RI) - Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs Postdoctoral Fellowships - Deadline: 15 Oct. 2015 - SKYPE INTERVIEW SCHEDULED

The Thomas J. Watson Jr. Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University seeks to promote a just and peaceful world through research, teaching, and public engagement. The Watson Post-Doctoral Fellows program invites applications from exceptional early career scholars whose work contributes to one or more of the Institutes’ three core research areas: security, development, and governance. Successful candidates will join an interdisciplinary community of scholars in the social sciences engaged in theoretically and substantively important research that seeks to understand and address pressing global issues. Fellows receive two years of support, which need not be consecutive, and have access to all facilities at Brown University as well as regular opportunities to engage with faculty and other researchers across the University. Fellows are expected to complete research projects, are required to be in residence for most of their appointment, and may undertake additional training. In addition, Watson Post-Doctoral Fellows will teach one course per year in one of the Institute's interdisciplinary concentrations, or affiliated social science departments.

The fellowship competition is open to candidates from the social sciences, including anthropology, economics, geography, history, political science, and sociology. Scholars of all nationalities who received PhDs within three years of the application deadline are eligible to apply. Residence in the Providence area is required for most of the two-year appointment, unless approval for research-related travel is obtained in advance. Fellows will participate in monthly seminars and other regular events with faculty and scholars at Brown and nearby institutions, and teach one class a year. The annual stipend is $55,000, plus a health insurance subsidy. Additional funding for conference-related travel and other research expenses is available as well as research-related programming on campus. Candidates selected for the Post-Doctoral Fellows program who have not completed their dissertations by July 1, 2016 will be paid a reduced salary until the dissertation is completed.

To receive full consideration, the following materials should be submitted by October 15, 2015, to the application portal (http://apply.interfolio.com/30448): A brief cover letter stating the applicant's academic field, area of specialization, and a short summary of the proposed work during the fellowship period. An up-to-date curriculum vitae. A statement describing the applicant's proposed research for the duration of the fellowship: this may emphasize the preparation of a book manuscript for publication, but should also include a summary of the research questions, goals, and methodological approaches of additional research. The statement should not exceed 2,000 words, including all bibliographic references and supplementary material, and should make clear where in the Institute's core areas of security, development or governance the proposed research best fits. A class proposal suitable for inclusion in any of the Watson Institute's interdisciplinary undergraduate concentrations and/or affiliated social science departments. The one-page proposal should consist of title, level, 200 word description and a core reading list of up to 15 books or articles. An official copy of each graduate transcript. (Three letters of recommendation from scholars familiar with the applicant’s research will be requested only from long-listed candidates)

• Review of applications will begin on October 15th; to receive full consideration applications should be received by that date. Awards will be announced in January 2016.
• Request for letters of recommendation 10/23 (x7 total it seems)

• Also recieved a request 10/23 x3
• x4 [10/24]

• Do we know if they're done requesting recommendations?

• ^No idea; but wouldn't that be nice. They could hire all three of us!

• Request for writing sample 11/2  <-- Oh congrats! Did your request come in the form of a personalized email, or an Interfolio email? [11/4]
• Received an email that they had problems with Interfolio, and are extending the deadline for recommendation letters to 11/10 (mine were already sent in) [posted 11/4]
• To above: the request for writing sample was through email (non personalized). But they gave an email to submit the writing sample --not through interfolio. Such a roulette, all of this.
• Interesting, I guess this means I'm out. Thanks for the update, and good luck!

Caltech-Huntington Humanities Collaborations Postdoctoral Instructorship (CA) - Deadline: 15 Jan. 2016

The Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences at the California Institute of Technology and the Research Division of The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens invite applications for a two-year Postdoctoral Instructorship in medieval or early modern studies under their joint research program known as the Caltech-Huntington Humanities Collaborations (CHHC). The position is open to scholars whose research broadly relates to the theme "Violence and Order in the Pre-Modern World." We seek applicants whose work engages issues of violence, power, and political and/or social order in Europe, the Mediterranean, or the Islamic world between ca. 500 and 1600 C.E. Scholars working in all humanities fields are encouraged to apply; interdisciplinary and comparative work is especially welcome. For additional information go to http://bit.ly/CHHC-Program for the CHHC program statement.

The position begins Fall 2016. Appointment is contingent upon completion of the Ph.D. The successful applicant will be expected to conduct research at The Huntington, teach two (ten-week) undergraduate courses per year at Caltech, and contribute to the intellectual activities of the CHHC program at both institutions. Together with a senior fellow, he or she will also organize seminars and a conference related to the theme.

Interested candidates should submit a letter of application, vita, a statement of research interests, a writing sample of no more than 25 pages, and three letters of recommendation by email to: chhc@hss.caltech.edu or by mail to CHHC Search, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, 101-40, Caltech, Pasadena, CA 91125.

• Application deadline is January 15, 2016.

Case Western Reserve University (OH) - Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods - Deadline: Review begins 20 Jul. 2015

The CDC-funded Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio is seeking a post-doctoral fellow to contribute to our Core Research focused on improving access to nutritious foods in low-resource urban neighborhoods. This dissemination and implementation study seeks to increase the reach, adoption, and impact of farmers’ markets among people receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. The five-year study includes an intensive formative research phase using both survey research and ethnographic methods that will combine to inform the development of a peer-to-peer intervention to promote farmers’ market use. The post-doctoral fellow will join a vibrant research team that includes a strong community-university partnership and will have an opportunity to develop independent research goals within the scope of this larger project. The ideal candidate will have a PhD in public health, nutrition, community psychology, social work, sociology, anthropology, and/or related fields; a strong background in both qualitative and quantitative research; experience in community-engaged research, and a record of translating research findings.

RESPONSIBILITIES: The post-doctoral fellow will: 

• Contribute to team science approach through regular interaction with investigators, community partners, and other research staff;
• Conduct qualitative research in neighborhoods in Cleveland focused on food-related habits among people receiving SNAP benefits;
• Coordinate team-based analysis of qualitative data;
• Manage quantitative databases related to cross-sectional surveys conducted among SNAP recipients, surveillance of SNAP enrollment rates, and surveillance of farmers’ market utilization patterns through establishment of cleaning and organizing protocols, descriptive statistics, and multivariate analysis; 
• Assist with the development of a peer-to-peer dissemination intervention aimed at increasing use of farmers’ markets among people receiving SNAP benefits;
• Provide leadership to the development of presentations and publications related to research serving as lead author on at least two manuscripts;
• Collaborate with investigators on data analysis related to the research aims; Participate in weekly interdisciplinary seminars focused on population health promotion.

Preference will be given to candidates with experience with qualitative data collection and analysis, management of quantitative databases, analysis of survey research data, and evidence of capacity to translate findings for public dissemination. Experience with food related research, community-based research, intervention research, and research with SNAP populations preferred. Preference given to candidates with PhD on or before October 1, 2016. In some cases, a candidate near completion of the PhD will be considered.

It is expected that the fellow will develop content expertise and a publication track record based on this experience. A competitive salary, benefits, and travel/research opportunities in the interdisciplinary environment of the Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods are available.

WORKING CONDITIONS: Given the field-based nature of the research, the candidate must be physically present at the Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods in Cleveland, Ohio. There are no special health or safety hazards, environmental conditions or hazardous equipment or supplies. Must have personal, reliable transportation to travel to community sites throughout the project, documented mileage will be reimbursed. Must be able to work a flexible schedule, including evenings and weekends as needed.

• To apply, please send a statement of qualifications and research interests, CV, dissertation abstract (500 words), contact information for three references, and one sample publication by email to daf96@case.edu. Initial review of applications will occur on July 20, 2015 and then on a rolling basis until the position is filled.

Center for Jewish History (NY) - Prins Foundation Postdoctoral and Early Career Fellowship for Emigrating Scholars - Deadline: 11 Jan. 2016

The Center for Jewish History is pleased to offer a fellowship for emigrating postdoctoral and early career scholars through a grant from the Vivian G. Prins Foundation. We invite foreign scholars who seek permanent teaching and research positions in North America to apply for this award, which will support 10-month fellowships for scholars who are at the beginning of their careers. Fellows will be provided with a stipend of $35,000 to conduct original research in the collections of the Center’s partners – American Jewish Historical Society, American Sephardi Federation, Leo Baeck Institute, Yeshiva University Museum, and YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. This award allows the Center to serve as the gateway for emerging scholars seeking to begin a new academic life in North America.

• Full eligibility requirements and application guidelinese are posted at fellowships.cjh.org
• Deadline: 11 Jan. 2015.

• Also posted at Jewish Studies 2015-2016

Chemical Heritage Foundation (PA) - Beckman Center for the History of Chemistry 2016-17 Fellowships in the History of Science, Technology, Medicine, & Industry - Deadline: 15 Jan. 2016

The Beckman Center for the History of Chemistry at the Chemical Heritage Foundation (CHF), an independent research library in Philadelphia, PA, invites applications for short-term and long-term fellowships in the history of science, medicine, technology, and industry.

Short-term fellows are particularly meant to use the collections, while long-term fellows' work must help to support the mission of the institution and fit with collections more generally. The research collections at CHF range chronologically from the fifteenth century to the present and include 6,000 rare books, significant archival holdings, thousands of images, and a large artifact and fine arts collection, supported by over 100,000 reference volumes and journals. Within the collections there are many areas of special strength, including: alchemy, mining & metallurgy, dyeing and bleaching, balneology, gunpowder and pyrotechnics, gas-lighting, books of secrets, inorganic and organic chemistry, biochemistry, food chemistry, and pharmaceuticals.

We support roughly 25 fellows each year, creating a vibrant international community of scholars whose work is in some way tied to the history of materials and materiality, chemistry, and all related sciences. Applications come from scholars in a wide range of disciplines across the humanities and social sciences. To see this year's list, go to: http://www.chemheritage.org/research/beckman-center/fellows-and-staff.aspx. Senior Fellowships: 1 or 2 Semesters in Residence available to those who received their PhD before July 2011 • $30,000/Semester

Postdoctoral Fellowships: 9 Months in Residence available to those who received their PhD before July 2011 • $45,000

Dissertation Fellowships: 9 Months in Residence; open to graduate students at the dissertation stage • $26,000

Short-Term Fellowships: 1–4 Months in Residence; open to all scholars and researchers • $3,000 per month

• Application Deadline: January 15, 2016. For more information visit: http://www.chemheritage.org/BeckmanCenter

Columbia University (NY) - Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Positions: Presidential Scholars in Society and Neuroscience Program - Deadline: Review begins 27 Nov. 2015

The Center for Science and Society at Columbia University invites applications for a postdoctoral research scholar/scientist or associate research scholar/scientist position to begin July 1, 2016. Columbia University is pleased to announce three interdisciplinary postdoctoral positions in the Presidential Scholars in Society and Neuroscience program for researchers who have earned the doctorate, or its equivalent, in (1) a humanities, arts, or social science discipline ― such as psychiatry, psychology, public health, law, history, economics, literature, philosophy, anthropology, sociology, journalism, music and the arts ― and who have extensive acquaintance with, and critical understanding of, neuroscience research; OR (2) neuroscience or a related discipline in the natural sciences and who have extensive acquaintance with, and critical understanding of, another discipline in the arts, humanities, or social sciences. These Scholars will join an innovative program, Presidential Scholars in Society and Neuroscience, which will eventually include nine postdoctoral positions and a large group of mentors and affiliated faculty from the arts, humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences.

Candidates must hold a doctoral level degree (PhD, DPhil, EdD, JD, etc.) by July 1, 2016, and must have received this degree after July 1, 2011.

Please visit our online application site at academicjobs.columbia.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=61328 for further information about this posting and to submit your application. For more information about the Presidential Scholars in Society and Neuroscience program, please visit presidentialscholars.columbia.edu.

• Review of applications will begin on November 27, 2015 and will continue until the positions are filled.

Columbia University (NY) - Society of Fellows in the Humanities 2016-2017 Competition - Deadline: 5 Oct. 2015

The Columbia Society of Fellows in the Humanities, with grants from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the William R. Kenan Trust, will appoint a number of postdoctoral fellows in the humanities for the academic year 2016-2017. Fellows newly appointed for 2016-2017 must have received their PhD between 1 January 2014 and 1 July 2016. The Fellowship Stipend for 2016-2017 is $62,000. Medical benefits are provided, and subsidized housing is available. There is a $6,500 research allowance per annum.

Applicants may apply by clicking the "Go to Application" button or link on any of the Fellowship-related pages on this site. The "Application Materials (PDF)"-- which includes detailed application instructions-- may be downloaded at "Application Materials (PDF)" or from any Fellowship-related page.

Please be sure to read the instructions carefully before submitting your application.

We do not accept recommendations delivered via dossier services (e.g. Interfolio).

• All applications are due October 5, 2015.

• Includes "$30.00 application processing fee."
• Is anyone else having trouble with the online application page?  Every time I try to submit it goes to 'page not found'
• I am also having trouble with submitting.

Cornell University (NY) - Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Near Eastern Studies, AY 2016-18 - Deadline: 1 Nov. 2015

With the sponsorship of the Society for the Humanities, the Department of Near Eastern Studies at Cornell University welcomes candidates in the area of Near Eastern Studies for a two-year Mellon Postdoctoral fellowship, 2016-18. We are particularly interested in candidates with interdisciplinary interests the Humanities writ large. Possible areas of interest include: environmental humanities, gender and sexuality studies, media studies, digital humanities, materiality; and diaspora and migration studies. Postdoctoral fellows teach one course per semester, a lower-level survey course and one upper-level seminar.

Eligibility Requirements Guidelines: Applicants for the Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship for the 2016/17-2017/18 academic years must have received the Ph.D. degree after September 2010. Mellon Fellowships are no longer restricted to citizens of the US and Canada. International applicants are welcome to apply. Applicants who will have received the Ph.D. degree by June 30, 2016 are eligible to apply. Applicants who do not have the Ph.D. in hand at the time of application must include a letter from the committee chair or department stating that the Ph.D. degree will be conferred before the term of the fellowship begins.

Apply at: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/6073

• Deadline: 1 November 2015.

Cornell University (NY) - Society for the Humanities Fellowships 2016-2017 - Deadline: 1 Oct. 2015

The focal theme for 2016-2017 is “SKIN.” Six to eight Fellows will be appointed. 

FOCAL THEME 2016-17: SKIN

The Society for the Humanities at Cornell University seeks interdisciplinary research projects that reflect on philosophical, aesthetic, political, ecological, religious, psychoanalytical, and cultural understandings of skin. Thinking skin calls upon cultural horizons, religious traditions, flesh, haptics, signs, texts, images, biopolitics, screens, sounds, and surfaces. From the earliest writings on medicine and religion to more recent theories of race, sexuality, gender, class, and ethnicity, how might thinking or making skin inform the global cultural experience from North to South, East to West, South to South. We invite research projects across historical periods, disciplinary boundaries, geographic territories, and social contexts.

For classical traditions, skin plays a role in representing the breadth of mythological empowerment, from the Occidental classics and Ancient Egypt to Navajo culture. Theoretical and philosophical approaches might dwell on the contrasts between tactility and opticality or skin as a membrane of intersubjective and global connectivity. Psychoanalysis theorizes skin as the figure of touch, desire, trauma, and “the skin-ego,” while theorists of affect and haptics might study configurations of aging, sexuality, gender, queer and transgender studies.

Also welcome are biopolitical considerations ranging from torture and subjugation to race, eugenics, and genomics whose representations have been central to the arts. Scholars of the arts and technology might emphasize tattooing, surface architecture, technoskins, prostheses, nanotechnologies, and the touch of mobile devices, connectivity, gaming, and mobile media.

Scholars of “medical humanities” might study questions of the complex place of skin in disease, contamination, and contagion, just as these problematics are important in the history of travel literature, geopolitical tensions, and literary and artistic fascinations with the viral.

The David R. Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future co-sponsors one fellowship to support scholarly work addressing TIME as it relates to energy, the environment or economic development. For more information about the Atkinson Center, please visit http://www.acsf.cornell.edu/.

Qualifications Fellows should be working on topics related to the year’s theme. Their approach to the humanities should be broad enough to appeal to students and scholars in several humanistic disciplines.

Applicants must have received the Ph.D. degree before January 1, 2015. The Society for the Humanities will not consider applications from scholars who received the Ph.D. after this date. Applicants must also have one or more years of teaching experience, which may include teaching as a graduate student.

Please submit the following application materials:

1. A curriculum vitae and a copy of one scholarly paper no more than 35 pages in length.

2. A one-page abstract in addition to a detailed statement of the research project the applicant would like to pursue during the term of the fellowship (1,000 - 3,000 words). Applicants are also encouraged to submit a working bibliography for their projects.

3. A brief (two-page) proposal for a seminar related to the applicant’s research. Seminars meet two hours per week for one semester (fourteen weeks) and enrollment is limited to fifteen graduate students and qualified undergraduate students.

4. Two letters of recommendation from senior colleagues to whom candidates should send their research proposal and teaching proposal. Letters of recommendation should include an evaluation of the candidate’s proposed research and teaching statements. Please ask referees to submit their letters directly through the application link. Letters must be submitted on or before October 1, 2015.

For further information: phone: 607-255-9274 or 607-255-4086 email: humctr-mailbox@cornell.edu

Awards will be announced by the end of December 2015. Note: Extensions for applications will not be granted. The Society will consider only fully completed applications. It is the responsibility of each applicant to ensure that all documentation is complete, and that referees submit their letters of recommendation to the Society before the closing date.

Fellows include scholars from other universities and members of the Cornell faculty released from regular duties. The fellowships are held for one academic year. Each Society Fellow will receive $50,000. Applicants living outside North America are eligible for an additional $2,000 to assist with travel costs.

Fellows spend their time in research and writing, participate in the weekly Fellows Seminar, and offer one seminar related to their research. The seminars are generally informal, related to the Fellow's research, and open to graduate students, suitably qualified undergraduates, and faculty members. Fellows are encouraged to explore topics they would not normally teach and, in general, to experiment freely with both the content and the method of their courses.

• Deadline: Oct. 1 2015. Apply at: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/5588

Dartmouth College (NH) - Leslie Center for the Humanities - Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships - Deadline: 15 Oct. 2015

With the generous support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Dartmouth is pleased to accept applications for two postdoctoral fellowship in the humanities and humanistic social sciences from Fall 2016 to the end of Spring 2018. These fellowships foster the academic careers of scholars who have recently received their Ph.D. degrees, by permitting them to pursue their research while gaining mentored experience as teachers and members of the departments and/or programs in which they are housed. The program also benefits Dartmouth by complementing existing curricula with underrepresented fields.

We are currently NOT accepting applications for Anthropology, Art History, Asian/ Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures, Philosophy, Religion, Russian, Theater, and Women's and Gender Studies.

Applicants must focus on materials customarily associated with research in the humanities or employ methods common in humanistic research.

Fellows are expected to teach two courses in their home department(s) or program(s) in each year of their residency. At least one of the four courses should contribute something new to the Dartmouth curriculum, and at least one should be an introductory lecture course. Fellows will not, however, be asked to teach basic language courses.

The appointed fellows will enjoy full use of such college resources as the library, computing center, the Leslie Center for the Humanities, Rockefeller Center for Public Policy and the Social Sciences, the Dickey Center for International Understanding, the Hood Museum of Art, and the Hopkins Center. The 2015-2017 fellows received an annual stipend of $57,528 plus benefits, an annual research allowance of $2,000, and a first-year-only computer allowance of $2,500. The terms for the 2016-2018 fellows will be similar.

Fellowship applications and departmental requests to house a fellow will be evaluated by the Leslie Center's Advisory Committee, in consultation with the Associate Deans of the Faculty for the Arts & Humanities, Social Sciences, and Interdisciplinary & International Programs. Strong fellowship applications will be circulated to relevant departments and programs, which will then be invited to apply for one of the candidates. Departments and programs will be expected to justify requests for a fellow by detailing the benefits expected from, and afforded to, that fellow, and by indicating how the fellow might contribute something new, or currently lacking, to the intellectual life of the college. There is no requirement that the fellows be U.S. citizens, but the Mellon Foundation does want to see the fellowships awarded to individuals who seem likely to make their careers in the United States.

QUALIFICATIONS: Applicants for the 2016-2018 fellowships must have completed a Ph.D. no earlier than January 1, 2014. Candidates who do not yet hold a Ph.D. but expect to by June 30, 2016 should supply a letter from their home institution corroborating such a schedule.

• APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: Applications for the 2016-2018 fellowship must be received on Interfolio on or before October 15, 2015. That deadline includes all supporting documentation and reference letters. Incomplete dossiers will not be reviewed. In addition to a completed application form, three confidential letters of reference, a CV, and official academic transcripts, candidates should submit a personal statement (of no longer than 2,000 words) outlining their completed research (including dissertation), work in progress, professional goals and plans for publication, and any other information relevant to their candidacy. All documents are required electronically via Interfolio by October 15, 2015 at 12 midnight EST. Please note that even if you have begun the submission process before that date, Interfolio will cut you off from further submissions after that date and time, and we will only review files that are complete by our stated deadline. Should you have questions, please direct them to humanities.center@dartmouth.edu.
• Link to Apply: http://apply.interfolio.com/30399

Dartmouth College (NH) - Neukom Fellows - Deadline: 15 Nov. 2015

The Neukom Institute for Computational Science at Dartmouth College is pleased to announce the Neukom Postdoctoral Fellows competition for positions starting September 1, 2016.

Neukom Fellows are interdisciplinary positions for recent Ph.D.s, DMAs, or MFAs whose research interests or practice cuts across traditional disciplinary boundaries, and has some computational component, whether it be a framing concept for intellectual exploration or an explicit component of the work that is pursued. The successful candidate should have a history of collaborative work across disciplines, but still show good evidence of independence and initiative. The Fellowships are two- to three-year appointments, with the third year extension considered upon request after a review early in the second year. Neukom Fellows will be mentored by faculty in two departments at Dartmouth College, take up residence in one department, and will teach one seminar course each year on a subject of their interest. Beyond that there are no additional duties. Neukom Fellow stipends are $60,000 for 2016-2017. Additional funds are available for equipment, travel, and research materials.

Requirements: 1. Ph.D. in any discipline or DMA or MFA (or expected by September 2016). 2. Research interests that strongly intersect the theme of computation. 3. A proven ability to work independently and collaboratively 4. A demonstrated interest in multidisciplinary research. 5. Evidence of the ability to think outside traditional paradigms.

Application Materials: Interested candidates are strongly encouraged to contact prospective mentors at Dartmouth College and must submit the following materials:

1) Curriculum vitae (including publications list).

2) Statement of research interests (max. 2 pages) including a short description of the research you would like to pursue and why.

3) Description of which departments (and even better, which Dartmouth faculty) you would be interested in working with and why the opportunity to engage with multiple departments would enhance your work. Applicants are strongly encouraged to seek out connections with and contact potential Dartmouth mentors as they draft their applications.

4) Three referees whose letters of recommendation speak to the aims of the Fellowship. 

5) (Optional) A copy of one paper you have written in English (or some comparable kind of creative work), either published or unpublished.

You can apply for this position online at https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/5826

• Completed applications received by November 15, 2015 will receive first consideration. Materials received after that date or those that do not fulfill the above requirements stand the chance of not being considered. General inquiries should be directed to the Neukom Institute Manager, Victoria Smith Victoria.H.Smith@dartmouth.edu

Dartmouth College (NH) - Postdoctoral Fellowships at the Society of Fellows - Deadline: 15 Oct. 2015

These fellowships foster the academic careers of scholars who have recently received their Ph.D. degrees, by permitting them to pursue their research while gaining mentored experience as teachers and members of the departments and/or programs in which they are housed. The program also benefits Dartmouth by complementing existing curricula with underrepresented fields. Applications will be accepted in the various fields of humanities, social sciences, interdisciplinary programs, sciences, engineering, business and medicine.

Society Postdoctoral Fellows: participate in the activities of the Society, including presenting their own work; hold appointments as a Lecturers in a department and/or program as well as Postdoctoral Fellows in the Society; this appointment is not tenure-track; teach one course each of the second and third academic years; are in residence for the fall, winter and spring terms, and during one of two summer terms; receive training in teaching via the Dartmouth Center for the Advancement of Learning (DCAL); off-campus research leave during academic terms is permitted only in rare cases, only for brief periods of time, and only upon written application to the Faculty Director of the Society well in advance of the proposed leave. are not asked to teach basic language courses; have access to college resources such as the library and computing center; do not control dedicated laboratory or studio space.

Stipend and resources: Society Fellowships normally run for up to 34 months, beginning on September 1 and ending on June 30th of the final year. Fellows receive a monthly stipend of $4,600 plus benefits, and $4,000 annually to support computing, travel and research needs.

The departments and/or programs where fellows are appointed Lecturers have the primary responsibility for providing office and working space for Fellows, as well as access to other research needs or equipment. The Society helps to assure the cooperation of departments in providing the requisite setting for the scholarly and creative work of each Fellow.

Eligibility: Applicants for the 2016 – 2019 Society Fellowships must have completed a Ph.D. no earlier than January 1, 2014. Candidates who do not yet hold a Ph.D. but expect to by June 30, 2016, should supply a letter from their home institution indicated that the applicant is expected to receive the degree before November 1, 2016.

Application and process: Applicants are expected to consult with a relevant colleague at Dartmouth before submitting their application. A complete application packet consists of the following: a personal statement (of no longer than 1,500 words) outlining their completed research (including dissertation), work in progress, professional goals and plans for publication, and any other information relevant to their candidacy, a statement answering the question “What can Dartmouth do for me?” (250 word limit), a statement: “I think I can contribute to Dartmouth in the following ways” (250 word limit), a curriculum vitae, three confidential letters of recommendation, and relevant academic transcripts. Incomplete dossiers will not be reviewed. Fellowship applications are evaluated by the Society of Fellow’s Advisory Committee, which makes recommendations for appointments to the Provost.

• Applications are accepted through Interfolio apply.interfolio.com/30641 and must be received on or before October 15, 2015. For more information about the Society, the fellowships and the application process please visit http://www.dartmouth.edu/sof/.
• God these application questions are utterly inane. And why have some thousand people bother "a relevant colleague at Dartmouth" when less than 1% of us actually will get this fellowship? (x3)

• Agree entirely about the application questions. Please don't give desperate applicants more work. "Less than 1%" is accurate but generous; if 5 applicants out of 1700 got the fellowship last year the odds are approximately 0.294%, unless I'm mistaken. 
• How many Humanities PhDs does it take to screw in a light bulb?  One, but seven hundred applied.

Duke University (NC) - Perilman Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Jewish Studies 2016-2017 - Deadline: 15 Jan. 2016

The Center for Jewish Studies at Duke University invites applications for the Perilman Post-Doctoral Fellowship in any field of Jewish Studies for the academic year, with the possibility of renewal for the following year. The Fellowship provides a stipend of $45,000 per year, as well as benefits, for one full year.  The Fellow will be expected to present a public lecture on his or her research in the Fall, to teach one undergraduate course in Spring, and participate in the intellectual life of the Center.  The Fellow may not undertake any other sustained teaching or employment during his/her tenure at Duke. Preference will be given to candidates whose area of research and teaching most enriches the offerings already available on campus and whose presence in the Research Triangle promises the greatest contribution to the faculty and student intellectual community, as well as those for whom the use of the Duke library holdings and Special Collections will be most profitable.  This postdoctoral fellowship honors the memory of Rabbi Nathan Perilman, who, after serving at Temple Emmanu-El in New York City, joined the Triangle-area Jewish community in his retirement.

Applicants must have earned the PhD within the past three years. Advanced doctoral students applying must include a statement from their dissertation supervisor indicating that they will have the PhD in hand by July 1, 2016. Applicants should submit the following materials electronically, in .pdf form:

-   A letter of intent stating how applicant would use the year to further his/her research and scholarly publication (not to exceed five pages);

-   A current CV;

-  A writing sample, not to exceed 20 pages;

-   Three letters of recommendation, including one that speaks to applicant's teaching ability, emailed directly to Duke in .pdf form;

-  A teaching portfolio, including statement of teaching interests, syllabi, and evaluations as available;  

- An official transcript from the applicant's doctoral-granting institution.

Duke welcomes applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, disability, age, sex, national origin, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other factors as prohibited by law. Previous applicants are eligible to re-apply.   Candidates from all American and foreign universities are welcome.

Applications should be sent to serena.elliott@duke.edu.

Phone interviews may be conducted for finalists.

Further information about the Duke Center for Jewish Studies may be found on our website: http://jewishstudies.duke.edu.   Further information about post-doctoral services at Duke may be found at: http://postdoc.duke.edu/. Please send any questions to serena.elliott@duke.edu

• Deadline: Applications received by January 15, 2016 will be given full consideration.

Duke University (NC) - Thompson Writing Program Lecturing Fellows - Deadline: 1 Oct. 2015

We anticipate offering several postdoctoral fellowships on a multidisciplinary faculty charged with teaching an innovative first-year course in Academic Writing. We seek candidates with a Ph.D. in any field and a demonstrated commitment to undergraduate teaching. Fellows are asked to draw on their disciplinary training and interests to design a seminar-style course introducing students to academic writing. Teaching load is five sections of Academic Writing per year, with each section limited to 12 students. Appointment is at a level of Lecturing Fellow (non-tenure-track), starting July 1, 2016. Contract is for an initial three years, renewable after successful review for two more years. Salary is competitive with a strong benefits package, and with opportunities for professional development. Applications from ABDs are welcome; however, candidates who are not scheduled to complete their dissertations by May 2016 will not be considered.

To apply use our online application form at: http://twp.duke.edu/fellowships/apply-for-a-fellowship You will be asked to upload as a single pdf document a CV, a letter in which you discuss your aims in teaching Academic Writing, and a brief proposal for a writing seminar modeled on course synopses posted on our website: http://twp.duke.edu/writing-101 We may subsequently ask you to provide other supporting materials, including a more detailed course outline, other course materials, and recommendations. Persons with disabilities requiring accommodations in the application and/or interview process please contact Dr. Marcia Rego, Chair, Lecturing Fellows Search, Thompson Writing Program, Duke University, Box 90025, Durham, NC 27708-0025.

• Application period begins September 1, 2015 and ends October 1, 2015. Applications must be received by 11:59 pm EDT (Eastern Daylight Time) October 1, 2015. DEADLINE IS FIRM. IMPORTANT: You WILL NOT be able to change your application information after you have applied for a position. We will inform you of the status of your application by December 15, 2015. No phone calls please. Those with PhDs in STEM disciplines or the quantitative social sciences are especially encouraged to apply. Duke is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, genetic information, gender, gender identity, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, or veteran status.

• Also posted at Rhetoric/Composition 2016
• Has anyone heard anything? [11.16.2015] -->Check out the previous years' wikis. They tend not to notify anyone until very close to 12/15.

Dumbarton Oaks (DC) - Post-Doctoral Fellow in Byzantine Art History, Image Collections and Fieldwork Archives - Deadline: 21 Sept. 2015

The Post-Doctoral Fellow will develop and implement research and curatorial projects related to ICFA’s collections in Byzantine Art and Architecture. The Fellow will work closely with Library staff and with the Dumbarton Oaks research community, to provide greater access to ICFA’s collections by establishing intellectual control over ICFA’s multi-media holdings and by devising and implementing research projects that make the collections available to both scholarly audiences and the general public. Projects may take the form of digital humanities projects, publications, and curated exhibitions (onsite and online). The Fellow will also assist with setting priorities for the cataloging, processing, and digitization of collections, based on their scholarly significance and potential use by scholars and researchers.

The Fellow will work under the general supervision of Jan Ziolkowski, Arthur Kingsley Porter Professor of Medieval Art at Harvard and Director of Dumbarton Oaks; and in close collaboration with the management of ICFA and the Director of the Library.

Qualifications

PhD in Art History, Architecture, or Archaeology, with a specialization in Byzantine, ancient, or medieval art

Well-developed research skills, particularly in the use of archival and photographic collections

Reading knowledge of one or more of the following languages: Modern Greek, Ancient and Medieval Greek, Latin, Turkish, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Italian, French, German, or Arabic

Preferred: Experience in an academic library, archive, special collection, museum, or comparable environment

Strong computer skills, including experience using relational databases, collection management software, and electronic library resources

Experience with digital photography or digitization of photographs, slides, negatives, and other media, including working knowledge of Adobe Photoshop and Bridge or comparable software

Term: This is a one-year fellowship, with the possibility of renewal for two additional years. As a Post-Doctoral Fellow, the incumbent will have access to the outstanding resources of the Dumbarton Oaks Library, and become part of the larger community of research scholars at Dumbarton Oaks.

• To Apply: The deadline for applications is September 21, 2015. Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis. Please send a résumé and cover letter to FellowshipPrograms@doaks.org. Candidates should also arrange for three letters of recommendation to be sent by referees, one of whom should be the Ph.D. thesis advisor, to the email above or to: Emily Gulick Jacobs, Manager of Academic Programs, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 1703 32nd Street NW, Washington, DC, 20007.

• Also posted at Art History 2015-2016

Durham University (UK) - Postdoctoral Research Associate for REFIT project - Deadline 21 Aug. 2015

• 20 month post doctoral research associate position on the  research project ‘REFIT: Resituating Europe’s first towns: A case study in enhancing knowledge transfer and developing sustainable management of cultural landscapes’.
• Through research on European Late Iron Age oppida this project focuses on understanding and engaging under-represented users of cultural heritage (SMEs/Wildlife groups/farmers). The overall aim is to explore ways of better understanding current perceptions of these landscapes whilst developing novel strategies to integrate and engage non-archaeological heritage partners and other stakeholders in research on Iron Age oppida. Focusing on 4 key sites in Europe (Bagendon & Salmonsbury in the UK; Bibracte in France and Ulaca in Spain), the project will act as case study exploring methodologies for enhancing engagement and creating sustainable management practices for archaeological heritage more generally. Working jointly with the project’s associate partners (Cotswold Archaeology; Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust; Natural Parc du Morvan; Reseau Grands sites de France; Diputacion Provincial Avíla) and a board of experts (in e.g. heritage management; farming; tourism) this project seeks to make stakeholders active participants in research rather than passive recipients of disseminated archaeological findings.
• The post-holder, under the supervision of the Principal Investigator, will be one of 3 Research Associates (with the others based at Bibracte and Madrid) working as a team to engage in key aspects of the project. This post will focus on assessing current perceptions and management of oppida landscapes as well as developing and implementing engagement strategies. This will include interviewing stakeholders; assessing digital media; developing engagement events and participating in fieldwork at the case study oppida. The post holder will have a key role in organising, and presenting the project research at 3 core workshops. The role will also involve jointly producing high-impact research outputs from the project’s results.
• Essential criteria: -A PhD in archaeology or an equivalent subject that demonstrates experience of British and/or European cultural heritage. -Experience in liaising with heritage stakeholders and other groups -Excellent interpersonal communication skills -Experience of engagement with, and communication to, non-archaeological community and/or heritage agencies -In-depth knowledge and experience of theoretical approaches to heritage management, engagement and presentation -High standard of research writing in academic publications -Adaptability, self-motivation and excellent time management skills.- Excellent written and oral communication in English language. -Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Desirable criteria: -Experience of dissemination of specialist knowledge through innovative digital media -Knowledge of landscape archaeology- Experience of web design -Familiarity with archaeological fieldwork techniques -Familiarity with European Iron Age archaeology -Competence in communicating in French and/or Spanish -Proficiency in using GIS software

• Deadline: 21 Aug. 2015.

Emory University (GA) - Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry - Post-Doctoral Fellowships - Deadline: 14 Jan. 2016

The Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry of Emory University is accepting applications for up to three Post-Doctoral fellowships for an academic year of study, teaching, and residence in the Center. The FCHI Fellows Program offers research opportunities to those trained in the humanities as traditionally defined and to others seriously interested in humanistic issues; research projects must be humanistic, but fellows may hold the Ph.D. in any discipline. We especially seek applicants and projects that will benefit from and contribute to the interdisciplinary nature of the group of Fellows and the work of the FCHI.

Post-Doctoral Fellows, who must have the Ph.D. in hand before the submission of their applications, are awarded to those who have held the Ph.D. for no more than six years before receiving the fellowship.

Besides being an active member of the Center’s intellectual agenda through the academic year, Fellows will be expected to offer an upper-level interdisciplinary undergraduate seminar on a subject of their choice during the spring of the fellowship year. Stipends of $45,000 will be offered to Post-Doctoral Fellows, along with a research budget of $2,000, shared office space in the Center, and library access.

• The deadline for submission of completed applications is January 14, 2016. Announcements of awards will begin in mid-April and will continue until all positions are filled. More information and application instructions are available from the Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry at 404-727-6424 or foxcenter@emory.edu, on the web at http://www.fchi.emory.edu, or write to: Fox Ctr. for Humanistic Inquiry, Emory University, 1635 North Decatur Road, Atlanta, GA 30322.

European University Institute (ITA) - Max Weber and Jean Monnet Postdoctoral Fellowships - Deadline: 25 Oct. 2015

50-60 Max Weber Post-doctoral Positions: Applications are now open for the Max Weber Programme at the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence, Italy. Amongst the largest, most prestigious and successful post doctoral programmes in the historical and social sciences, and located in one of the most beautiful settings, with truly outstanding research facilities, we offer from 50-60 fully funded 1 and 2 year post doctoral fellowships to applicants within 5 years of receiving their PhD from anywhere in the world in the fields of economics, history, law and social and political sciences. All areas and types of research within these fields are considered. Last year 98% of Fellows found an academic position on completing the Fellowship. To find out more about the programme and how to apply, go to:

http://www.eui.eu/ProgrammesAndFellowships/MaxWeberProgramme/AboutTheProgramme/whyapply2015.aspx

http://www.eui.eu/ServicesAndAdmin/AcademicService/Fellowships/MaxWeberFellowships/HowToApply.aspx

Up to 20 Jean Monnet Fellowships at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies: The Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies offers Jean Monnet Fellowships for the academic year 2016/17 for scholars who have obtained their doctorate more than 5 years prior to the start of the fellowship, i.e. before 1 September 2011. The Fellowship programme is open to post-docs, tenure track academics and those wishing to spend their sabbatical at the Robert Schuman Centre, a lively and creative academic community.

Jean Monnet Fellows are selected on the basis of a research proposal and of their CV. The research proposal should fit well with one of the Centre’s main research themes, programmes and projects. The three main research themes of the RSCAS are:

Integration, Governance and Democracy;

Regulating Markets and Governing Money; and

21st Century World Politics and Europe.

More information about the Centre’s research programmes and projects and about the Jean Monnet Fellowships can be found on the RSCAS web site: http://www.eui.eu/DepartmentsAndCentres/RobertSchumanCentre/Index.aspx

• Deadline for applications: 25 October 2015.
• Is anyone else finding that the application website for the Max Weber is acting weird? I'm trying to sign up and register for the website so I can fill out the application, but the website keeps saying I'm already registered; when I try to request my username and password, nothing cames through to my email . . . Not sure if others are having similar problems? 

Florida State University (FL) - Postdoctoral Associate, Chinese Buddhist Studies - Deadline: 30 Jan. 2016

Sheng Yen Postdoctoral Fellowship in Chinese Buddhist Studies: Fellows are expected to teach one undergraduate course and one graduate course during the academic year under the Buddhist Studies Program at FSU. In addition, Fellows will give a public lecture on their research as part of the Sheng Yen Lecture Series in Chinese Buddhist Studies, and they are expected to take part in regular Buddhist Studies events and workshops.

Qualifications: Applicants must have their doctoral degrees in hand by June 30, 2016, and must be no more than six years out of their doctorate. Candidates who do not yet hold a Ph.D. but expect to by June 30, 2016, should supply a letter from their home institution confirming their schedule to completion. In addition to doctoral students approaching completion or recently graduated, those currently serving as assistant professors, lecturers, or postdoctoral scholars in other programs are welcome to apply, provided they have earned their degree within six years of the date of application. A Doctorate in Arts (D.A.), honorary doctorate, or any other degree equivalent is not considered a qualified Ph.D. for the purpose of application to this fellowship.

Preferred: Preference will be given to applicants whose work also addresses Chinese Buddhism's historical interactions with other religious traditions and in other regions, including but not limited to South, East, Central, and Inner Asia. The Fellowship will provide them with time and funding to pursue their research along with the opportunity to gain teaching experience.

Other Information

Candidates must be able to show valid U.S. work authorization at the time of hire.

Contact Info

Questions may be sent to REL-Search@fsu.edu.

Anticipated Salary Range

Anticipate hiring at $42,000 plus benefits.

Criminal History Background Ck

This position requires successful completion of a criminal history background check.

How To Apply: If qualified and interested in a specific job opening as advertised, apply to Florida State University at https://jobs.fsu.edu.

Applicants are required to complete the online application with all applicable information. Applications must include all work history up to ten years, and all education details even if attaching a resume.

• For full consideration, a cover letter, curriculum vitae, statement on statement on research, writing sample, and a teaching dossier must be submitted by January 30, 2016. Three confidential letters of reference and unofficial transcripts must also be submitted by that date to REL-search@fsu.edu.

German Historical Institute (DC) - Gerde Henkel Postdoctoral Fellowship for Digital History - Deadline: 1 Dec. 2015

• 12-month postdoctoral fellowship in digital history
• The fellowship will provide a unique opportunity for the recipient to develop an innovative research project at RRCHNM, where she/he will be in residence for one year. One of the Center's Associate Directors will work with the fellow to develop a project further and help her/him develop the skills needed for that project. The fellow will also have the opportunity to join teams working on projects in development at RRCHNM as well as to sit in on graduate digital history classes at GMU. Depending upon qualifications and visa status, the fellow might teach or co-teach undergraduate courses involving digital history.
• The fellow is also expected to cooperate with the GHI on a regular basis. She/he will participate in the Institute's scholarly activities and its digital projects. Moreover, the fellow will have the opportunity to get in contact with other North American Centers for Digital History or Digital Humanities. The Max Weber Foundation - International Humanities will invite the fellow to organize a workshop on new perspectives in the field of Digital History after completing the fellowship.
• Starting August 29, 2016, the successful applicant will be in residence at the RRCHNM and will also participate in GHI activities, events, and digital projects. The fellow will be expected to plan and convene a joint conference or workshop at the end or shortly after the fellowship, which will be funded by the Max Weber Foundation.
• Funding will be provided for a 12-month stay for postdoctoral scholars, who are currently affiliated with a German research institution. The monthly stipend will be € 3,000. The fellow will also receive reimbursement for his or her round-trip economy airfare to the US and a grant for travel to other North American institutions up to € 5,000.
• The deadline for applications is December 1, 2015. To apply, please send a cover letter, a CV, a copy of the certificate of your most recently earned degree, the names and contact details of two referees, and a research project proposal (5 pages or 2,000 words max.). The proposal should outline a research question, the main sources to be used, and ideas about what digital tools and methods could be used to analyze those sources. We can accept applications in electronic form only. Please submit your documents as a single PDF file to: fellowships@ghi-dc.org.
• All candidates will be notified in early February 2016 of the result of their application.

• Deadline: 1 Dec. 2015.

German Historical Institute (DC) - Postdoctoral Fellowships in the History of Knowledge, Race & Ethnicity, Religion & Religiosity, Family & Kinship, and Migrant Knowledge - Deadline 1 Dec. 2015

• The German Historical Institute, Washington, DC, is now accepting applications for a 6 to 12-month fellowships in 1) The History of Knowledge; 2) The History of Race and Ethnicity; 3) The History of Religion and Religiosity; 4) The History of Family and Kinship; 5) The History of Migration - Focus: Migrant Knowledge, to begin 1 Sept. 2016
• The Fellow is expected to be in residence at the GHI and participate in GHI activities and events. The Fellow will have the opportunity to make use of the resources in the Washington, DC area, including the Library of Congress and the National Archives, while pursuing his or her own research. Travel within the US to work in archives and libraries will also be possible. Candidates doing original research for a dissertation or a second book project will be preferred.
• The fellowship is open to both doctoral and postdoctoral scholars. The monthly stipend is € 1,700 for doctoral students and € 3,000 for postdoctoral scholars from European institutions; students and scholars based at North American institutions will receive a stipend of $1,900 or $3,200 respectively. In addition, fellowship recipients based in Europe will receive reimbursement for their round-trip airfare to the US.
• To apply please send a cover letter, a CV, a copy of your most recent diploma or transcripts, two letters of reference, a research project proposal (5-pages or 2,000 words max), and a writing sample (only required for postdocs applicants), such as a published article or a book chapter, no later than December 1, 2015. Applicants may write in either English or German; we recommend that they use the language in which they are most proficient. Submission of documents by email is strongly preferred. Please send an email with your application (as a single PDF) to Bryan Hart (fellowships@ghi-dc.org).

• Deadline: 1 Dec. 2015.

Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY) - Center for Place, Culture and Politics Post-Doctoral Fellow - Deadline: 2 Jan. 2016

As a Post-Doctoral Fellow, conducts research, teaches at undergraduate and/or graduate levels, contributing to academic programs in a specialized discipline. This is a non-tenure track position of limited duration.

The Center for Place, Culture and Politics at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY) announces a post-doctoral position for academic year 2016-2017, with the possibility of renewal for a second year. The Center seeks applicants who work on issues related to the theme, Consciousness and Revolution, in the context of a general concern for understanding processes of uneven geographical development at different scales.

The Center, established in 2000, is interdisciplinary and strives to provide an intellectual forum for the discussion of a wide range of vital contemporary issues. Each academic year, faculty and graduate student fellows from different disciplines explore a specific theme at the Center through a weekly seminar. The Center also hosts prominent national and international scholars and activists who have done significant work related to the theme and invites distinguished outside lecturers to present their work. Over the past several years the Center has sought to work more closely with social movements in New York City and beyond on the theme of The Right to the City and other contemporary urgencies.

The role of the post-doctoral fellow is integral to the yearly running of the Center. In addition to conducting their own research, the post-doc will be expected to attend and contribute to the weekly seminar at the Center. Duties will also include active involvement with other Center initiatives, such as organizing conferences and symposia, and liaising with community organizations and scholars. During the year the fellow may be invited to offer a graduate level course on a topic of their own choosing. The incumbent will share responsibility for committee and department assignments, performing administrative, supervisory, and other functions as may be assigned. Visiting faculty are individuals with a primary commitment to another accredited college or university who possess advanced scholarship or professional achievement. The incumbent will report to the Director of Center for Place, Culture and Politics.

QUALIFICATIONS: Ph.D. degree in area(s) of experience or equivalent. Also required are the ability to teach successfully, demonstrated scholarship or achievement, and ability to cooperate with others for the good of the institution.

Candidates should have their doctoral dissertations in hand and must have completed their dissertations within five years of taking up the Fellowship.

COMPENSATION: Competitive

HOW TO APPLY 1. Please apply using the link below:

https://home.cunyfirst.cuny.edu/psp/cnyepprd/GUEST/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM.HRS_CE.GBL?Page=HRS_CE_JOB_DTL&Action=A&JobOpeningId=13891&SiteId=1&PostingSeq=1

Click on "Apply Now", create or log in to a user account, and provide the requested information. If you already have a user ID, please use your existing ID to apply.

Candidates should upload a cover letter, CV/resume and statement of scholarly interests along with 3 professional references (name, title, organization, and contact information) by the closing date.

OR

2. Go to http://cuny.jobs/ and search for Job ID 13891.

• CLOSING DATE: January 2, 2016.

Harvard University (MA) - Harvard Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship - Deadline: 1 Oct. 2015 - SEMIFINALISTS NOTIFIED

The Academy Scholars Program identifies and supports outstanding scholars at the start of their careers whose work combines disciplinary excellence in the social sciences (including history and law) with a command of the language, history, or culture of non-Western countries or regions. Their scholarship may elucidate domestic, comparative, or transnational issues, past or present.

The Academy Scholars are a select community of individuals with resourcefulness, initiative, curiosity, and originality, whose work in non-Western cultures or regions shows promise as a foundation for exceptional careers in major universities or international institutions.

Academy Scholars are appointed for two years by the Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies and are provided time, guidance, and access to Harvard University facilities. They receive substantial financial and research assistance to undertake sustained projects of research and/or acquire accessory training in their chosen fields and areas. The Senior Scholars, a distinguished group of senior Harvard University faculty members, act as mentors to the Academy Scholars to help them achieve their intellectual potential.

Terms: The competition for these awards is open only to recent PhD (or comparable professional school degree) recipients and doctoral candidates. Those still pursuing a PhD should have completed their routine training and be well along in the writing of their theses before applying to become Academy Scholars; those in possession of a PhD longer than three years are ineligible.

• For applicants applying for the October 1, 2015 deadline, you must have completed your PhD or equivalent after September 30, 2012.

Each year four to five Academy Scholars are named for two-year appointments. Academy Scholars are expected to reside in the Cambridge/Boston area for the duration of their appointments unless traveling for pre-approved research purposes.

Postdoctoral Academy Scholars will receive an annual stipend of $67,000, and predoctoral Academy Scholars will receive an annual stipend of $31,000. This stipend is supplemented by funding for conference and research travel, research assistants, and health insurance coverage. Some teaching is permitted but not required. Applications are welcome from qualified persons without regard to nationality, gender, or race.

• How to Apply: All application materials need to arrive by the deadline of October 1. We do not accept late applications.

• For full application details and link to online application, see: http://academy.wcfia.harvard.edu/programs/academy_scholar
• See also: H-NET Announcement (07/23/15)

• Notification of semi-finalist status 40 of 754 applicants (11/2)
• Notification of semi-finalist not selected for interviews and, I assume, also of finalist (11/10)

Harvard University (MA) - Harvard Society of Fellows (Junior Fellowships) - Deadline: 14 Aug. 2015 (Nominations) - INTERVIEWS REQUESTED

Candidates are nominated for Junior Fellowships, generally by those under whom they have studied. Applications are not accepted from the candidates themselves. A letter of nomination should include an assessment of the candidate's work and promise, i.e. a full letter of recommendation, and also provide complete contact information for the candidate, including current residential address and email address, and the names, mailing addresses, and email addresses of three additional people who agree to write letters of recommendation by the date requested when they are contacted by the Society. Men and women interested in any field of study are eligible for these fellowships. Nominees should be of the highest calibre of intellectual achievement, i.e. comparable to the most successful candidates for junior faculty positions at leading universities.

Upon receipt of the mailed nomination, the Society will request letters of recommendation from the referees listed, and ask the candidate to submit samples of written work (dissertation chapters, articles, papers) along with a one or two-page proposal describing the studies he or she would like to pursue while a Junior Fellow:

• The Society will request that the three additional letters of recommendation be submitted electronically - not by email, but through a link which we will provide in our correspondence with the referees. After receipt of the nomination, the referees will be contacted by our office both by regular mail and email and asked to submit their letters within three weeks of the date of our email. (This is why full and accurate email addresses are necessary to process the nomination.) Instructions for uploading letters will be provided to each referee, along with a password to enter the secure site.
• Our communication with the candidate will request that written materials be submitted both electronically through a link to our submission portal and by mail or express mail within three weeks from the date of our initial email contact. Full instructions for uploading the C.V., list of publications, research proposal, and three samples of work will be provided, along with a password to enter the secure site.

• The candidate is requested to provide official transcripts of both undergraduate and graduate records. (Ideally, transcripts should be forwarded directly to the Society from the universities involved; however, candidates who have sealed transcripts may submit them with their mailed materials.)

On the basis of the materials submitted, the Senior Fellows select a certain number of candidates for interview. It is from this number that the final selection is made. The Society pays the traveling expenses of those candidates interviewed.

Please note: If still pursuing the Ph.D., candidates should be at the dissertation stage of their theses and be prepared to finish their degrees within a year of becoming fellows. If already a recipient of the degree, they should not be much more than a year past the Ph.D. at the time the fellowship commences. Most Junior Fellows receive the Ph.D. just prior to the start of the fellowship.

• The deadline for receiving nominations for Junior Fellowships that begin July 1, 2016, is Friday, August 14, 2015. No nomination will be accepted with a postmark past the deadline. Nominations will not be accepted by email. All letters should be sent to: The Society of Fellows, Harvard University, 78 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138.

• 7/16 - request for materials.
• 8/25-Request for Material (History)
• 8/25 - Request for material (English)
• 8/26-Request for material (sociology)

• Does anyone know how many nominations they accepted (or how many they normally accept)?

• They "accept" all nominations. The nominating process is just a formality.
• Thanks! But I think I posed my question poorly: how big is the total pool of applicants for this?

• I ask because I assume the nominating process and earliness of the nomination deadline reduces the number of applicants fairly significantly (from, say, the 1700 applications the Dartmouth SoF received last year!), and I'm curious about the figure...
• Right, that is a good question, and I haven't personally seen an answer anywhere, other than something murky like 1,000ish. That's what Princeton gets, and it seems about right. Dartmouth is clearly the outlier. I, too, have wondered about nominations cutting down on the numbers, and I suspect the hurdle is in place precisely to do so. But I also think it might not have that much effect over all, given the quality of the opportunity and the surfeit of willing nominators (not to mention nominatees). I could be wrong about all of this.
• When I apply for any Society of Fellows, I generally assume it is far more likely to be eaten by a shark while getting struck by lightening than to actually win one of the positions.   
• Do people know when the last invitations to interview will go out for this? 
• They seem to call to schedule the last ones in early to mid november.

• That's great! Thank you for the update on this. A sliver of hope exists. 
• Does this mean that you or someone you know has received an invitation to interview?
• Yes--just as in years past, interviews have been happening since at least three or four weeks ago. That's no reason to panic, though. There seems to be no discernible rhyme or reason to when you are called.

• They interview 45 people. Interviews have been ongoing since mid-September. 
• They will continue until end of November to contact candidates for interviews. (11.3.15)
• Are they later than usual this year? (11.3.15)
• I know they began in the middle of September, which is normal. Usually the last invites seem to go out in the coming week, with sometimes an outlier group called around November 15 or a little later. I would imagine it varies year to year, but nothing seems particularly abnormal this year so far.

Harvard University (MA) - Mahindra Humanities Center Postdoctoral Fellow - Deadline: 01 Dec. 2015

The Mahindra Humanities Center invites applications for one-year postdoctoral fellowships in connection with the Centers Andrew W. Mellon Foundation seminar on the topic of violence and non-violence. The call to arms and the politics of non-violent resistance are often represented as polarities. There are, however, many gray areas that define the dialectical relationship between violence and non-violence. The Mellon seminar, in which the postdoctoral fellows play a central role, explores a different dimension of the interrelationship between violence and non-violence—as disciplinary formation, historical event, ideological or ethical discourse—each year.

Following on the themes of war (2014-15) and everyday violence (2015-16), the seminar will focus on slow violence in 2016-17.

We intend to focus on practices and processes of violence involved in large-scale historical and political transformations. The ongoing, incremental processes of slow violence may be manifested in the degradation of social and economic structures, the violation of cultural forms and practices, and the fraying of ethical and political systems. Slow violence endangers the security and sustainability of the quality of life.

We welcome applications from scholars in all fields whose work innovatively engages with slow violence in relation to areas such as: environment; labor practices; human rights; privacy and security; migration; citizenship civil society; cultural transmission; secularism; fundamentalisms.

The aims of the seminar are twofold: To study violence/non-violence in a comparative global context to advance our knowledge of their complex relationship and with a view to understanding the role played by violent and non-violent engagements in different historical, cultural, and political contexts. To provide an occasion for a pedagogical inquiry into the construction of knowledges of violence/non-violence relative to the scholarly disciplines—to consider the double movement by which disciplines are both compelled to conserve their authority and impelled by historical and institutional change to open up to emergent, interdisciplinary forms of knowledge. TERMS AND CONDITIONS: In addition to pursuing their own research projects, fellows will be core participants in bi-weekly seminar meetings. Other participants will include faculty and graduate students from Harvard and other universities in the region, and occasional visiting speakers.

Fellows will be joined at the Center by postdoctoral fellows from Germany, who will be coming as part of a collaboration between the Mahindra Humanities Center and the Volkswagen Foundation. Fellows are expected to be in residence at Harvard for the term of the fellowship.

Fellows will receive stipends of $65,000, individual medical insurance, moving assistance of $1,500, and additional research support of $2,500.

ELIGIBILITY: Applicants for 2016-17 fellowships must have received a doctorate or terminal degree after May 2013. Applicants without a doctorate or terminal degree must demonstrate that they will receive a doctorate or terminal degree in a related discipline in or before August 2016.

• Applications must be completed by December 1, 2015. For more information, please refer to our website: http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/postdoctoral-fellowships . For the online application, please visit: https://academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/6459

Harvard University (MA) - Program on U.S.-Japan Relations Postdoctoral Fellowship - Deadline: 15 Jan. 2016

Harvard University’s Program on U.S.-Japan Relations offers postdoctoral fellowships for social scientists in a broad range of fields, including anthropology, economics, education, history, law, political science, public health, public policy, and sociology. Projects that focus on Japan or Japan’s international role from a comparative, historical, or global perspective are welcome. Knowledge of the Japanese language is not required. The postdoctoral fellow has the option to teach one undergraduate course during the academic year. Awards are for the academic year and provide $50,000 over 10 months.

• The application deadline is 15 January 2016. Candidates must hold a doctoral degree by 1 August, prior to the start of the academic year. Application forms are available at http://programs.wcfia.harvard.edu/us-japan, or by contacting: Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, 61 Kirkland Street/Cambridge, MA 02138-2030 (e-mail: wnehring@wcfia.harvard.edu).

Harvard University (MA) - Warren Center - Global American Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship - Deadline: 28 Oct. 2015

The Charles Warren Center, Harvard’s research center for North American history announces the fourth year of its new Global American Studies postdoctoral fellowship. This postdoc position, distinct from the Center’s long-standing faculty fellowship, will in the fall/winter of 2015/16 select its fourth cohort of two fellows. Appointments are for one year starting July 1, 2016, renewable for a second.

We seek scholars with research interests in Global American Studies: the history of the United States in the world, and the world in the United States. Applications are welcomed from scholars with a variety of disciplinary backgrounds who bring a historical perspective to topics such as empire, migration, race, indigeneity, and ethnicity, and whose work investigates and/or interprets the history and experience in the United States of native peoples, or peoples of African, Asian, or Hispanic descent.

Along with access to Harvard’s library and other resources, the fellowship includes the requirement to teach one course per year (ideally in the fall term), to participate in a fellowship program conference each spring, and an organized faculty mentorship component. Residency at the Warren Center for the term of the appointment is therefore required.

Apply at http://academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/6306

• Deadline for applications: October 28, 2015. Deadline for recommendations: November 12, 2015.

Harvard University (MA) - Weatherhead Center for International Affairs Canada Program - King Postdoctoral Fellowships - Deadline: 16 Oct. 2015

The Canada Program at Harvard University’s Weatherhead Center for International Affairs invites applications for the William Lyon Mackenzie King Postdoctoral Fellowships. Two fellows will be appointed for the 2016–2017 academic year—conditional on the approval of the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, WCFIA associated faculty, and the co-hosting academic department.

The fellowships are open to scholars in all disciplines who are engaged in US-Canada comparative research and teaching, with preference given to individuals working within the social sciences and humanities. For postdoctoral candidates who will have completed the PhD within 12 months of the July 1, 2016 start date, verification of completion of the degree will be required prior to the appointment. Those in possession of a PhD for more than five years are ineligible.

Each fellowship provides an annual stipend of $68,000, which is supplemented by funding for research and for health insurance coverage. Fellows will be required to teach one course during the year, and will be expected to engage with the Canada Program and with the University's wider community. Fellows will receive shared office space at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, and will enjoy full access to the University’s library, archival, and computing resources.

TO APPLY: Candidates should submit: a letter of application describing their suitability for the fellowship; a curriculum vitae with a list of publications; a sample of their written work; a teaching portfolio, containing a statement on teaching experience and syllabi; and three letters of recommendation.

TO SUBMIT: https://academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/6267

• DEADLINE: OCTOBER 16, 2015.

Haverford College (PA) - Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship - Deadline: 11 Jan. 2016

We seek scholar/practitioners interested in the study of environment, intervention arts, sustainability, and design.

The area of specialization is open, but might include anthropology, geography, landscape design/architecture, or sustainability studies. Candidates should have broad theoretical and interdisciplinary interests.

During the first year of the program, the Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow will participate in a year-long faculty seminar led by Professors Markus Baenziger (Fine Arts) and Joshua Moses (Anthropology/Environmental Studies), entitled Environmental Design, Sustainability, and Artistic Intervention. Applicants should make clear the nature of their potential contributions to this interdisciplinary seminar. The seminar will focus on the intersection of arts with the politics of sustainability, and will explore relationships among pedagogy, practice and theory in response to current pressing environmental challenges. We are particularly interested in candidates who have applied skills and theoretical knowledge in permaculture, restoration ecology, or other ecological design principles.

Should you have any questions, please email to Kerry Nelson. knelson@haverford.edu.

• Apply at: http://apply.interfolio.com/32612
• Deadline for Applications: 11 January 2016.

Hebrew University of Jerusalem (ISR) - Mandel Postdoctoral Fellowships in Humanities and Jewish Studies for 2016-2019 - Deadline: 7 Oct. 2015

The Mandel Fellowships are intended for scholars, from Israel and abroad, who have shown exceptional excellence, depth, and originality, and whose research may enrich academic and cultural discourse.

Applications will be accepted from candidates who completed their doctoral degrees recently, no earlier than October 1, 2011. Candidates who have not yet graduated may apply if they have submitted their dissertations by October 7, 2015. If awarded the fellowship, their acceptance will be conditional upon approval of their degrees by April 1, 2016.

Mandel Scholars engage in research in optimal conditions and teach one annual course (2 hours per week). Teaching in English is possible.

Mandel Scholars receive approximately 150,000 NIS per year in addition to a research grant.

The fellowship is for three years, beginning October 1, 2016. There is an option for a two- or one-year tenure.

Scholars are selected on a competitive basis with no preference for a specific field of study.

Contact: Online application only, via the Humanities section of Hebrew University’s Scholarship System

Website: http://www.scholion.huji.ac.il/.upload/Kol_kore_full_details_english%202015.pdf

• Deadline for Applications: October 7, 2015.

• Also posted at Jewish Studies 2015-2016

Humboldt University, Berlin (DEU) - "Work and Lifecycle in Global History" Fellowships - Deadline: 31 Aug. 2015

The International Research Center "Work and Human Lifecycle in Global History" at Humboldt University in Berlin, funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) invites scholars to apply for international research fellowships (senior scholars and postdoctoral candidates) for the 2016-2017 academic year. Ten fellowships will be awarded. Applications are due in Berlin on 31 August 2015.

Candidates: We welcome candidates from various disciplines including history, anthropology, law, sociology, political sciences, geography, economics, and area studies. Applicants should be at the postdoctoral level or senior scholars. We would like the proposed projects to employ a historical and transregional perspective. Applications should ideally focus on work / labour in relation to changing patterns of life course. Possible topic areas are, among others, the household, loss of work, the relationship between work and non-work, work and gender, free and unfree labour. We welcome proposals about all regions of the world and especially those that look at comparisons, conflicts, relations between different regions. A global history perspective is not required; keeping an open mind to such ideas, however, is highly desirable. The fellowships will begin on 1 October 2016 and end on 31 July 2017. Shorter fellowship terms will be possible.

Fellows will receive a monthly stipend to be determined. This is a residential fellowship. Fellows are obliged to work at the research center in Berlin. A fully equipped office will be provided as well as organizational help for visa, housing, etc. During the fellowship, we also encourage fellows to introduce their work to wider audiences within Berlin’s scientific community.

Application procedure: Please use the electronic form on our website (or access the link directly https://rework.hu-berlin.de/de/call-for-appl.html). You will be asked to provide information regarding your biography, the research project you intend to work on during your fellowship as well as details on your current research. Applicants should provide the names of two referees in addition to that. Please note that we can only accept electronically submitted applications!

• Application deadline: August 31, 2015.
• Has anyone heard anything? The confirmation email noted that the committee would be meeting on 10/22 and that decisions would be communicated "immediately" thereafter. I haven't heard anything yet (10/23).
• No word here either. I also don't think they asked for my letters of support (10/27)
• I just received my email rejection this morning (11/6).  

Indiana University (IN) - Center for Research on Race and Ethnicity in Society - Postdoctoral Fellowships - Deadline: 10 Nov. 2015

Indiana University, Bloomington is pleased to accept applications for two Postdoctoral Fellowships for scholars studying race and ethnicity from a broad range of social science and humanities fields, including (but not limited to) African American Studies, American Studies, Asian American Studies, Anthropology, Comparative Literature, Cultural Studies, Economics, Geography, Gender Studies, History, Native American Studies, Latino Studies, Media and Communications, Political Science, Psychology, and Sociology. The CRRES Postdoctoral Fellowship Program aims to create a legacy of scholars who address issues related to race and ethnicity using a multidisciplinary lens. These fellowships are designed to nurture the academic careers of new scholars by providing opportunities to pursue research while gaining mentoring from CRRES affiliates and faculty in host departments. Strong applicants will demonstrate evidence of scholarship potentially competitive for tenure-track appointments at Indiana University and other research universities.

Terms of Agreement: Fellows are expected to pursue research activities and teach two courses during each year of residency. Fellows are also expected to participate in CRRES activities and in seminars in their home departments. These two-year positions begin on August 1, 2016 and end on May 31, 2018, at a 10-month annual salary of $51,500. Each postdoctoral fellow will also receive $3,000 each year in research support and Indiana University health benefits.

Application Process: We invite applications from qualified candidates at the beginning of their academic careers who do not yet hold tenure-track academic positions. Candidates who do not hold a Ph.D. but expect to by June 30, 2016 must provide a letter from the chair of their dissertation committee, confirming the timeline for completion. All applicants must file their dissertations no later than June 30, 2016. Applicants should submit a cover letter, CV, research statement (3,000 words describing dissertation project, work in progress, professional goals and plans for publication, and proposed major field[s] of teaching), writing sample, and three letters of reference. If available, applicants may also submit materials demonstrating their aptitude as teachers. We prefer that applications be submitted online at: http://indiana.peopleadmin.com. Materials sent by mail or any questions regarding the position or application process can be directed to: Prof. Dina Okamoto, Search Committee Chair, Center for Research on Race and Ethnicity in Society, Indiana University - Schuessler Institute for Social Research 209, 1022 E. Third Street, Bloomington, IN 47405 or crres@indiana.edu.

• Applications received by November 10, 2015 at 11:59 pm EST will receive full consideration. Information about the center can be found at: http://crres.indiana.edu.

Institute of Historical Research, University of London - Past & Present Fellowships (Social History) - Deadline 31 Mar. 2016

• up to three two-year postdoctoral Fellowships in History for 2016–18, tenable at the Institute. Preference will be given to applicants who demonstrate a broad interest in processes of social, economic, political and cultural change, as manifested in their particular field of study. The Society wishes to promote work of a kind that might be published in the journal Past & Present and its book series, which is published by the Oxford University Press.
• The Fellowships will be awarded to postdoctoral applicants who have recently completed a doctoral degree in history, or who will have submitted their thesis for examination by 1 October in the academic year in which the Fellowship is to be held. It is a strict condition of the Fellowship that the thesis should have been submitted by that date. Applicants may be of any nationality, and their PhD (or equivalent) may have been awarded in any country. Those who have previously held another postdoctoral research fellowship, or a full-time lectureship, will not be eligible. The Fellowship cannot be held in conjunction with any other substantial maintenance grant, nor can it be used to fund a sabbatical year for the holder of a permanent academic position.
• A condition of the award is that Fellows should undertake further historical research and writing. The Fellowships are envisaged as an opportunity for Fellows to develop their doctoral research for publication and to begin work on a postdoctoral project; applicants should clearly indicate their plans in both respects. Fellows will be encouraged to submit their articles or books to the editors of Past & Present for consideration. Fellows will not be required to be resident in London, but should participate in the activities of the Institute, by regular attendance at and presentation of papers to appropriate seminars and by giving information and help to fellow scholars working in the same field. Fellows are expected to develop their own ideas for collaborative activities while at the Institute and some limited funds will be available to help support these activities.
• At the discretion of the Director of the Institute, Fellows may engage in teaching or other paid work for up to six hours a week (note however that some categories of non-national may need to obtain a work permit in order to undertake this).
• pdf of further details & application procedure
• Applications open 1 Dec with hard deadline of: 31 Mar. 2016

Johns Hopkins University (MD) - Mellon Postdocs for 2016-2017 - Religious Culture and the Arts: Christianity, Judaism and Islam - Deadline: 12 Nov. 2015

The Krieger School of Arts and Sciences is currently accepting applications for the Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Humanities for two fellows, who will be appointed to two-year terms beginning July 1, 2016.

Each fellowship carries a departmental affiliation and the responsibility of teaching one course per semester. In addition, Fellows are expected to participate in the monthly Mellon Seminar and to present their work to the seminar at least once over the course of their two-year appointment. The initial stipend is $61,060, with an additional $2,000 available for research and travel expenses. Health insurance and a one-time moving allowance of $2,000 are also provided. Appointments are for one year, renewable for a second year.

Applicants should have completed the Ph.D. in one of the following fields: History, English, History of Art, Musicology, Classics, Anthropology, German and Romance Languages and Literatures, Philosophy, Comparative Literature, History of Science and Technology, Near Eastern Studies, no earlier than June 30, 2011 and no later than June 30th, 2016.

Incomplete applications are not considered for the fellowship. It is the applicants responsibility to make sure their application is received in full. Women and underrepresented minorities are especially encouraged to apply. The Johns Hopkins University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Please visit http://www.jhu.edu/ksas for more information.

• The deadline to submit applications is 11:59p.m. (EST) Thursday, November 12, 2015. Applications are submitted online at http://apply.interfolio.com/29991, and must include: Letter of interest; Full curriculum vitae; Three letters of recommendation; Academic statement that includes research and teaching proposal. For questions or concerns, please email Gabrielle Spiegel at: Spiegel@jhu.edu

Leiden University (NL) - Two to three positions for postdoctoral researchers at the Institute for History - Deadline: 1 Sept. 2015

We are seeking to develop emerging talent by providing a short-term (6-12 months) postdoc position (0.6 fte). During this time, the postdoc will dedicate his/her time to developing and writing a Dutch National (NWO), EU (ERC) or similar grant proposal. We will consider only the most competitive proposals, which will be evaluated primarily in terms of innovative potential and academic excellence.

We will consider any project within the humanities (area studies, history, linguistics, art history, literary studies, cultural studies, ancient languages and cultures), archaeology, or cultural anthropology. The proposal must demonstrate an innovative, preferably cross-disciplinary, approach (theoretical, methodological or both) and advance the study of a topic concerning global interactions. Ideally, the proposed research should complement existing research at Leiden. A condition of the postdoc is that if a grant application is successful, the candidate will agree to be based at Leiden (pending agreement with the relevant institute and faculty).

We offer support at two levels:

1. 6 month postdoc (0.6 fte) - New PhDs (up to 2 years beyond the PhD) Application target is the NWO VENI research grant (250,000 Euros for up to 4 years);

2. 12 month postdoc (0.6 fte) - Advanced postdocs (up to 7 years beyond the PhD) Application target is the NWO VIDI or ERC Starting/Consolidator research grant (800,000 – 2.75 million euros for 5 years).

We offer a vibrant international academic environment, a diverse range of expertise from scholars who have been on both sides of the grants process to aid you in your proposal development, and assistance from staff for budget development.

You are appointed for 0.6 fte for a period of 6 months or 12 months, starting on the 1st of January or February 2016. The appointment will be under the terms of the CAO (Collective Labour Agreement) of the Dutch Universities. Salary range from € 2.476,- to € 4.551,- (pay scale 10/11) gross per month based on a full time (1.0 fte) employment, commensurate with qualifications. An appointment at the University of Leiden entitles participation in a pension scheme and other benefits such as an annual holiday premium of 8 % and an end-of-year bonus of 8.3 %.

For more information, please contact Dr. Carolyn Nakamura Telephone: +31-(0)71 527 2655 Email: c.m.nakamura@hum.leidenuniv.nl.

• The application deadline is September 1st, 2015.

Library Company of Philadelphia (USA:PA) - NEH Post-Doctoral Fellowships - 2016-2017 - Deadline: 1 Nov. 2015

National Endowment for the Humanities Post-Doctoral Fellowships at the Library Company of Philadelphia for 2016-2017

NEH Post-Doctoral Fellowships support research in residence at the Library Company of Philadelphia on any subject relevant to its collections, which are capable of supporting research in a variety of fields and disciplines relating to the history of America and the Atlantic world form the 17th through the 19th centuries. NEH Fellowships are restricted to United States citizens or to foreign nationals who have been living in the United States for at least three years. Applicants must have completed all requirements a Ph.D., except for the actual conferral of the degree, by the application deadline, November 1, 2015.

Up to three fellowships of four to nine months each will be awarded, tenable from September 2016 to May 2017. Fellows must be in continuous residence at the Library Company for the duration of their fellowships. Senior scholars are particularly encouraged to apply. The Library Company’s Cassatt House fellows’ residence offers rooms at reasonable rates, along with a kitchen, common room, and offices with internet access, available to resident and non-resident fellows at all hours.

For more information visit our website at http://www.librarycompany.org/fellowships

Online Coversheet: http://www.librarycompany.org/fellowships/coversheet.htm

Online letters of recommendation submission: http://www.librarycompany.org/fellowships/letters.htm

• The deadline for receipt of all application materials is November 1, 2015. To apply, fill out an online coversheet and upload a single portable document format (PDF) containing a brief résumé, a two- to four-page description of proposed research, and a writing sample of no more than 25 pages. In addition, two letters of recommendation should be submitted online in PDF format.

Library Company of Philadelphia (USA:PA) - Programme in African American History Long term Fellowships 2016-17 - Deadline: 1 Nov 2016 (post-doctoral) 1 Mar. 2016 (dissertation)

• With generous funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Mellon Scholars Fellowship Program is designed to increase the participation of scholars from underrepresented backgrounds and others in the field of African American history prior to 1900. Fellowships promote research in the collections of the Library Company and enhance the production of scholarly work in African American history of the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries.
• Fellows are expected to conduct the majority of their research in the Library Company’s collections but may also use the collections of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Fellows must be in residence for the entire term of the award. The following research fellowships will be offered for 2016-2017:
• Post-doctoral fellowship, with a stipend of $50,000, is tenable from September 1, 2016 through May 31, 2017. The award may be divided between two applicants, each of whom would receive $25,000 for the period September 1, 2016 to January 15, 2017 or January 15, 2017 to May 31, 2017. Recent recipients of the Ph.D. as well as senior scholars may apply, but applicants must hold a Ph.D. by September 1, 2016; application deadline November 1, 2015 with a decision to be made by December 15.
• Dissertation fellowship, with a stipend of $25,000, is tenable from September 1, 2016 through May 31, 2017. The award may be divided between two applicants, each of whom would receive $12,500 for the period September 1, 2016 to January 15, 2017 or January 15, 2017 to May 31, 2017. Applicants must be in the later stages of research or writing; application deadline March 1, 2016, with a decision to be made by April 15.
• All long-term fellows must be in continuous residence at the Library Company for the duration of their fellowships. The Library Company’s Cassatt House fellows’ residence offers rooms at reasonable rates, along with a kitchen, common room, and offices with internet access, available to resident and non-resident fellows at all hours.
• To apply, fill out an online coversheet and upload a single portable document format (PDF) containing a brief résumé, a two- to four-page description of proposed research, and a writing sample of no more than 25 pages. In addition, two letters of recommendation should be submitted online in PDF format.

Library Company of Philadelphia (PA) - Program in Early American Economy and Society Long-term Fellowships for 2016-2017 - Deadline: 1 Nov. 2015

The Program in Early American Economy and Society (PEAES) at the Library Company of Philadelphia invites applications for two types of fellowship during 2016-2017. These research fellowships are designed to promote scholarship in early American economy and society, broadly defined, from its colonial beginnings to the 1850s. Possible research topics include Atlantic and global connections of the American economy; its commerce, business, technology, manufacturing, agriculture, internal development, or political economy; the history of race and the economy, capitalism, households, or gendered economies. All fellows are expected to be resident in Philadelphia and conduct research in the area for the duration of awards. Applicants for the post-doctoral and dissertation fellowships may submit proposals based not only on the extensive collections at the Library Company, but also on the printed and manuscript materials of other institutions in the Philadelphia area. Fellowships will be awarded as follows:

Post-doctoral fellowship tenable for nine consecutive months of residency from September 1, 2016 to May 31, 2017; or divided between two scholars, for the periods September 1, 2016 to January 15, 2017, or January 15 to May 31, 2017. The stipend is $40,000 for the full nine months, or $20,000 if the fellowship is divided. Applicants must have completed all requirements for the Ph.D. by September 1, 2016. Deadline for receipt of all materials (see below) is November 1, 2015.

Dissertation research fellowship, carrying a stipend of $20,000, tenable for nine consecutive months of residency from September 1, 2016 to May 31, 2017; or divided between two scholars, for the periods September 1, 2016 to January 15, 2017, or January 15 to May 31, 2017. Deadline for receipt of all materials (see below) is March 1, 2016.

To apply, fill out an online coversheet and upload a single portable document format (PDF) containing a brief résumé, a two- to four-page description of proposed research, and a writing sample of no more than 25 pages. In addition, two letters of recommendation should be submitted online in PDF format.

For more information visit our website at http://www.librarycompany.org/fellowships or contact program director, Cathy Matson at cmatson@udel.edu.

Online Coversheet: http://www.librarycompany.org/fellowships/coversheet.htm

Online letters of recommendation submission: http://www.librarycompany.org/fellowships/letters.htm

• Postdoc deadline: 1 Nov. 2015.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MA) - Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships in the Humanities, 2016-2018 - Deadline: 16 Jan. 2016

Thanks to the generous support of the Mellon Foundation, MIT's School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences awards two fellowships each year to promising young scholars working at the intersection of humanities disciplines, or between the humanities and other disciplines. This Fellowship is especially intended for scholars who work in more than one specialty within the humanities, or bridging from the humanities with other disciplines.

Terms of Appointment: The School of Humanities, Arts, and, Social Sciences has four departments participating in this search: Comparative Media Studies/Writing, Literature, Global Studies and Languages, Music and Theater Arts. Applicants must designate one of the four academic units in which they would like to be located. Appointments will be for two years, effective July 1, 2016. Fellows will teach one course in Spring 2017 and one per semester the following academic year, and will be in residence at MIT during this time. The salary will be $64,500 per year with standard benefits, and each Fellow will receive a research fund of $1,000 to cover travel and other costs associated with research and professional development.

Eligibility and Selection: To be eligible for the positions, applicants must have received their Ph.D. no earlier than July 1, 2013 and no later than July 1, 2016. If you have not earned your degree at the time you apply for the fellowship, we require an attached Letter of Certification from your institution's Registrar’s Office, Department of Graduate Studies, or your Department Head, to confirm that you are expected to be formally awarded your degree by July 1, 2016. Please make sure that your letter writer specifies the date of your expected conferral date. Applicants who have not been formally awarded their degree by July 1, 2016 will not be considered. Fellows may not hold other appointments throughout the duration of the Fellowship. Applicants must have received their degrees from institutions other than MIT. International scholars will be considered for the position, but fellowships are contingent upon eligibility to legally work within the United States. MIT will offer a J1 visa sponsorship if needed. The Mellon Selection Committee will announce the Fellows in April 2016.

Application Materials: Letter describing the applicant's teaching and research experience, and presenting a brief proposal for a new research project to be completed during the term of the fellowship; Curriculum Vitae; One-page description of an undergraduate class to be offered in Spring 2017; Three letters of recommendation; Letter of Certification from the Registrar’s Office, Department of Graduate Studies, or Department Head, certifying that the applicant will be formally awarded a PhD diploma by July 1, 2016. This requirement is only relevant for applicants who have not yet formally received a PhD at the time the application is due.

Questions? Please check out the FAQ page. Email shass-mellon@mit.edu, or call the SHASS Dean's Office at 617-253-0888.

• All applications and attached materials are due no later than Thursday, January 15, 2016, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. Late applications will not be considered. Online application will be available September 15, 2015.

Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity (DEU) - (Refugees in Germany) - Deadline: Nov 16 2015

The Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity (Department for Socio-Cultural Diversity) wishes to appoint a researcher at the postdoctoral level to develop and undertake a new project with Institute colleagues concerning the current refugee influx and its implications in Germany. Overall, the project will contribute to our understanding of forms and consequences of the diversification of migrant and local populations by way of ethnicity and nationality, religion, age, gender and legal status. Aspects of the research project might include: responses among local and other state authorities, the nature of voluntary engagement, the range of refugee experiences, and interactions between and among refugees and local residents.

Applicants should have a degree in sociology, anthropology, geography, political science or related fields. They need to have submitted the PhD thesis and defended by January 2016. Successful applicants’ research interests, experience and publications should be relevant to themes and topics within the Department for Socio-Cultural Diversity. Very good German and English is essential.

Salary is based on the German public service scale TVöD. The Max-Planck-Institute offers an excellent research environment with a well-equipped library, funds for travel and fieldwork, plenty of opportunities to discuss research-related issues in an international group of colleagues and visitors. There are no teaching obligations for staff, but teaching and other forms of co-operation with universities is possible.

The Max Planck Society wishes to increase the participation of women across the sciences. Applications from women are therefore particularly welcome. Following its commitment to an equal opportunities employment policy, the Max Planck Society als o especially encourages disabled people to apply.

• If you wish to apply, please send a cover letter and short description of your research ideas (1 to 3 pages) together with a CV, list of publications, final degree certificates, and the names and contact details of two referees. The closing date is 16 November 2015. We are planning to interview selected candidates in the week of 14 December. The position will begin on 1 February 2016 or soon thereafter. The initial contract will be for three years with an option for renewal.
• Please send your application electronically to Jutta Esser (email: esser@mmg.mpg.de) Max-Planck-Institut zur Erforschung multireligiöser und multiethnischer Gesellschaften Hermann-Föge-Weg 11
37073 Göttingen.

McGill University - SIMSSA Project - Postdoctoral Fellowship in Music Information Retrieval- Deadline: Adjudication will begin December 1, 2015 and continue until the position is filled (by September 1, 2016).

The Single Interface for Music Score Searching and Analysis (SIMSSA) project at McGill University seeks a Postdoctoral Fellow in music information retrieval with a demonstrable interest and strengths in developing software for musical searching and analysis. SIMSSA is a seven-year research partnership grant funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, headed by Ichiro Fujinaga, Primary Investigator and Julie Cumming, Co-investigator.

The goal of this project is to make digital images of musical notation searchable and analyzable. The team brings together cutting-edge researchers with the digital musical resources and expertise of partner institutions, including DIAMM, the Bibliothèque nationale de France, the British Library, and the Archives of the New York Philharmonic. The research team is divided into two axes—Content, headed by Ichiro Fujinaga, which is addressing the process of creating OMR (optical music recognition) systems for transforming digital images of music into searchable symbolic notation; and Analysis, headed by Julie Cumming, which is creating various tools for large-scale search and analysis. The Fellow will work with Julie Cumming on the Analysis axis, supervising a research group of graduate and undergraduate students, and also in close collaboration with the Content team.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Music Technology, Music Theory or Musicology, Information Science, or related fields

• Knowledge of music theory and analysis, especially for early music

• Fluency in programming and scripting

• Familiarity with music analysis toolkits such as music21 or Humdrum

• Experience with designing and managing websites and databases

• Track record of publications in relevant conferences and journals (e.g., ISMIR, SMT)

The fellowship stipend is $42,000 CAD per annum with a health and dental plan. The one-year position will begin any time before September 1, 2016 and there is a possibility of a 1-year renewal.

• Adjudication will begin December 1, 2015 and continue until the position is filled. Applications should consist of:

1. a cover letter
2. Curriculum vitae
3. an article-length writing sample
4. three reference letters, sent by the referees (ask that they include the candidate’s name in the subject line)

• Materials should be addressed to Ichiro Fujinaga and Julie Cumming, but sent to Emily Hopkins, SIMSSA Project Manager, at emily.hopkins@mcgill.ca. Referees should send their letters to the same address.

McGill University - SIMSSA Project - Postdoctoral Fellowship in Optical Music Recognition - Deadline: Adjudication will begin December 1, 2015 and continue until the position is filled (by September 1, 2016).

The Single Interface for Music Score Searching and Analysis (SIMSSA) project at McGill University seeks a Postdoctoral Fellow in optical music recognition (OMR) research with a demonstrable interest and strengths in developing software. SIMSSA is a seven-year research partnership grant funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, headed by Ichiro Fujinaga, Principal Investigator and Julie Cumming, Co-investigator.



The goal of this project is to make digital images of musical notation searchable and analyzable. The team brings together cutting-edge researchers with the digital musical resources and expertise of partner institutions, including DIAMM, the Bibliothèque nationale de France, the British Library, and the Archives of the New York Philharmonic. The research team is divided into two axes—Content, headed by Ichiro Fujinaga, which is addressing the process of creating OMR systems for transforming digital images of music into searchable symbolic notation; and Analysis, headed by Julie Cumming, which is creating various tools for large-scale search and analysis. The Fellow will work with Ichiro Fujinaga on the Content axis, supervising a research group of graduate and undergraduate students, and also in close collaboration with the Analysis team.



PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• 

PhD in Computer Science, Music Technology, Software Engineering, Information Science and related fields

• Fluency in programming and scripting: Python, JavaScript, etc.

• Familiarity with image processing and machine learning
• 
Knowledge of music notation, especially of early music



The fellowship stipend is $42,000 CAD per annum with a health and dental plan. The one-year position will begin any time before September 1, 2016 and there is a possibility of a 1-year renewal.

• Adjudication will begin December 1, 2015 and continue until the position is filled. Applications should consist of:



1. a cover letter

2. Curriculum vitae

3. an article-length writing sample

4. three reference letters, sent by the referees (ask that they include the candidate’s name in the subject line)



• Materials should be addressed to Ichiro Fujinaga and Julie Cumming, but sent to Emily Hopkins, SIMSSA Project Manager, at emily.hopkins@mcgill.ca. Referees should send their letters to the same address.

Nanyang Technological University (SGP) - Postdoctoral Fellowships, 2016-2017 - Deadline: Oct 21, 2015

Postdoctoral Fellowships in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences – Applications are now open! As a young and dynamic institution, the School of Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) at Nanyang Technological University is pleased to announce that six Postdoctoral Fellowships (Five for the Research Clusters and a theme for the Centre for Chinese Language and Culture) are to be awarded in November/December 2015. These fellowships are to be hosted by the School-level research clusters and also a theme for the CCLC as follow:

• Humanities, Science, and Society (HSS@HSS)
• Environment and Sustainability
• Global Asia
• Literary and Cultural Studies
• Cognition and Neuroscience
• Chinese Diaspora and China (To be funded by CCLC)

Click here for more details.

• Closing Date: 21 October 2015.

New-York Historical Society (NY) - Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in Women’s History - Deadline: 13 Oct. 2015

To celebrate the opening of our groundbreaking Center for the Study of Women’s History, the New-York Historical Society is inaugurating new fellowships devoted exclusively to the study of women’s history. This program will support the Center’s vision and enrich its intellectual network to include a diverse group of dedicated fellows and scholars. Together with New-York Historical staff, the selected fellows will explore four centuries of New York women’s history, offering a vibrant series of scholarly talks, rotating exhibitions, and new research opportunities.

Complementing the existing suite of research fellowships currently offered at New-York Historical, the new Andrew W. Mellon Fellowships in Women’s History will be specifically focused on the field of public history. Through this initiative, New-York Historical enriches its public reach by engaging a community of eminent scholars who serve as advisers and collaborate with curators and historians. We work with colleges and university faculties nationwide to produce and incorporate the latest scholarship in our programs and exhibitions for general audiences.

Applicants for the Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship must hold a Ph.D.—ABDs or other pre-doctoral candidates will not be considered. Fellows will be in-residence, full-time staff members for a period of two years between January 4, 2016, and December 31, 2017, with a stipend of $50,000 per year and full benefits.

Application requirements for both fellowships include: A completed cover sheet (download here); A two- to three-page proposal describing the theme of the research project and the New-York Historical Society resources critical to the project; A curriculum vitae; An unofficial graduate school transcript; A short writing sample of no more than 3,000 words or ten pages. Three letters of recommendation that must be sent digitally to: Fellowships Coordinator at: fellowships@nyhistory.org, with the subject line: “WOMEN’S HISTORY MELLON FELLOWSHIP- [LAST NAME]” before the deadline.

• COMPLETED APPLICATIONS WITH ALL OF THE ABOVE ELEMENTS MUST BE SUBMITTED: Via e-mail with the subject line WOMEN’S HISTORY MELLON FELLOWSHIP- [LAST NAME], no later than 11:59 pm on July 31, 2015, for Pre-doctoral Fellowship and 11:59 pm on October 13, 2015, for the Postdoctoral Fellowship, to fellowships@nyhistory.org.
• Also posted at Womens/Gender/Queer Studies 2015-2016
• Has anyone heard from NYHS yet? 11/10

Northwestern University (IL) - African American Studies, Postdoctoral Fellow - Deadline: 15 Dec. 2015

• The Department of African American Studies in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences at NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY invites applications for a two year Postdoctoral Fellowship.  PhD must be completed by September 1, 2016.  Recent Ph.D.s (degree granted during or after 2014) with a commitment to the field of African American and/or African Diaspora studies are encouraged to apply.
• This two year fellowship is residential and provides a competitive stipend and benefits, a visiting appointment in the Department of African American Studies (including teaching two classes in the Department), and participation in the intellectual life of the Department and University.
• All inquiries should be addressed to Suzette Denose at 847-491-5122 or s-denose@northwestern.edu.  AA/EOE.  Northwestern University is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer of all protected classes including veterans and individuals with disabilities.  Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.  Hiring is contingent upon eligibility to work in the United States.

• Applicants should submit electronically via this link http://www.afam.northwestern.edu/ by December 15, 2015: 1) a current curriculum vitae, 2) a letter of application detailing the research project to be undertaken during the fellowship years, 3) a sample of scholarly writing, 4) evidence relating to the quality of teaching (syllabi and teaching evaluations), 5) three letters of recommendation (including one letter from the dissertation advisor) to: Post Doctoral Search Committee Chair.

Northwestern University (IL) - ACLS Postdoctoral Fellowship: Native American and Indigenous Studies in the Humanities - Deadline: 4 Jan. 2016

As part of Northwestern University’s Indigenous Studies Research Initiative, the Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities invites applications for a two-year post-doctoral fellowship in Native American and Indigenous Studies, to begin September 1, 2016. We seek a scholar, writer, or artist with expertise in the cultures, cultural production, and/or history of indigenous peoples, particularly, but not limited to, the native peoples of North America. The Fellow will be jointly appointed between the Humanities Institute and an appropriate humanities-related department. Candidates must complete all degree requirements for a PhD or MFA before September 1, 2016.

The fellow will pursue a program of independent scholarship under the guidance of a faculty mentor and will teach two undergraduate courses per year. The fellow will also give one public lecture per year. This position is a two-year, full-time fellowship with benefits.

Northwestern’s home region—the Greater Chicago area—is full of rich potential for scholars working in the field of Native American and Indigenous Studies, including close collaboration with the Newberry Library’s D’Arcy McNickle Center for American Indian and Indigenous Studies, The American Indian Center of Chicago, the Mitchell Museum of the American Indian, and Great Lakes native communities.

For more information, including instructions for how to submit an application, visit the Kaplan Institute’s website: http://www.humanities.northwestern.edu/people/open-positions/

Applications will be accepted online only. Application materials include a research statement of the project to be undertaken during the fellowship period, CV, writing sample of approximately 25 pages or comparable evidence of scholarly or artistic accomplishment, a sample syllabus, graduate transcripts, and the names and e-mail addresses of three references—including the dissertation advisor—whom we will contact for letters of recommendation.

• For full consideration, applications should be submitted by January 4, 2016. Inquiries about the search may be sent to thomas.burke@northwestern.edu.

NYU Abu Dhabi (AE) - Research Fellowships in the Humanities - Deadline: EXT to 1 Nov. 2015

NYU Abu Dhabi has started a research fellowship program in the Humanities. This program invites scholars who wish to contribute to the vibrant research culture of NYUAD’s new Saadiyat campus to apply for a one- or two-semester residential fellowship at the NYUAD Institute, starting September 2016. The Institute welcomes applications from scholars working in all areas of the Humanities related to the study of the Arab world, its rich literature and history, its cultural and artistic heritage, and its manifold connections with other cultures. Both distinguished scholars with an established reputation and promising young scholars who are in the beginning of their career can apply for a – senior, or postdoc - research fellowship.

Each fellow receives a competitive stipend commensurate with experience, housing, work/office space on campus, full access to NYUAD's library facilities (with its close connections to NYU's main library in New York), a personal research allowance, administrative support, an opportunity to host a small workshop funded by the NYUAD Institute, and support for travel to and from Abu Dhabi.

• Interested scholars can learn more here: http://nyuad.nyu.edu/research/centers-institutes/research-fellowships-in-the-humanities.html.
• Applications are due November 1, 2015.

Occidental College (CA) - Two-year Postdoctoral Fellowship in American Studies - Deadline: 15 Dec. 2015

The American Studies Department of Occidental College seeks a two-year postdoctoral Fellow to teach four courses annually in a Mellon Foundation funded program intended to encourage undergraduate research-based pedagogies in the arts and humanities. In addition to teaching, Fellows will participate in a number of mentoring collaborations with faculty and students. Candidates should hold the Ph.D. in American Studies or an aligned discipline, with a research/teaching focus on “the global U.S.”: transnational concerns (diaspora, immigration, sociopolitical interconnections, human rights, etc.) involving modern and/or contemporary U.S. culture. Those with experience in mentoring undergraduate research, particularly involving community-based teaching, and/or digital technologies, are preferred.

For more specific information about the position, please go to http://www.oxy.edu.

Candidates should submit (1) a letter of interest, which should include discussion of (a) the uses of undergraduate research in teaching first- and second-year students in a liberal arts institution, as well as thoughts about (b) how personal research interests might intersect with community-engaged pedagogies and community partnerships in Los Angeles, and (c) what part digital technologies and scholarship might play in teaching and undergraduate research; (2) a current CV; and (3) three confidential letters of recommendation.

Application review will begin in late November and will continue until the positions are filled. For full consideration, please submit materials by December 15. Electronic submissions are preferred. We are especially interested in candidates who will have a degree in hand and can start at Occidental in summer 2016.

For Submissions and More Information Contact Ms. Patricia Micciche, Program Administrator, at amstpostdoc@oxy.edu or visit http://www.oxy.edu/human-resources/working-oxy/faculty-positions

Pennsylvania State University (PA) - Postdoctoral Fellowship in African-American History - Deadline: 15 Nov. 2015

The Africana Research Center and the Richards Civil War Era Center invite applications for a one-year postdoctoral fellowship in African-American history, beginning August 2016. All research interests spanning the origins of slavery through the Civil Rights movement will receive favorable consideration. Proposals that mesh with the Richards Center’s interests in slavery, abolition, and emancipation, as well as comparative or Atlantic history, are especially welcome. During their residency, the fellow will have no teaching or administrative responsibilities. He or she will be matched with a mentor, attend professional development sessions and other relevant events, and will be expected to take an active part in Penn State’s community of Africana researchers. The fellow also will invite two senior scholars to campus to read and comment on the fellow’s project. Successful applicants must have completed all requirements for the Ph.D. within the previous four academic years. Salary/benefit package is competitive. To be considered for this position, submit complete application packets including a cover letter describing your research and goals for the fellowship year, a curriculum vita (6 page maximum), and a writing sample of no more than 30 double-spaced pages at https://psu.jobs/job/59296

• Review of materials will begin November 15, 2015 and continue until the position has been filled. Three letters of reference should be addressed to the attention of the ESSS Selection Committee and submitted as email attachments to africanacenter@la.psu.edu. Please direct questions about the process via e-mail to africanacenter@la.psu.edu.

Pennsylvania State University (USA:PA) - Postdoctoral Fellowship in Holocaust Studies and Modern Jewish History - Deadline: 30 Nov. 2015

• The Pennsylvania State University Jewish Studies Program announces a search for a Postdoctoral Fellow/Lecturer in Holocaust Studies and Modern Jewish History for the 2016-2017 academic year, with an option for renewal.
• Duties will include teaching two courses each semester, for a total of four courses over the academic year: likely two sections of our foundation Holocaust History class and two sections of our required-for-the-major-and-minor introduction to Jewish Civilization and Identity course (though circumstances might dictate slight revisions to this plan).
• The successful applicant will be expected to be in residence in the State College area during the academic year. Competitive salary and benefits; in addition, the Program’s accomplished faculty will provide mentoring to the successful applicant to get the first book project moving out the door toward publication.
• We’d prefer Ph.D. in hand by the start of the 2016-2017 academic year, but we’re happy to consider accomplished and qualified ABD applicants (however, accordingly, a successful pre-doctoral applicant will hold the title simply of “Lecturer”).
• Please upload a letter of application, CV, and dissertation or book abstract at https://psu.jobs/job/60223. In addition, please arrange for three letters of reference to be sent to Sandra Moyer at sjm1@psu.edu. Feel free to contact Program Director Ben Schreier (bjs44@psu.edu) with any questions. Information about the Penn State Jewish Studies Program can be found at http://jewishstudies.la.psu.edu.
• Review of applications will begin on 30 November 2015 and continue until the position is filled. We hope to conduct interviews with the finalists at the AJS conference in Boston in mid-December.

Pennsylvania State University (PA) - Visiting Fellows - Center for Humanities and Information - Deadline: 15 Jan. 2016

The Center for Humanities and Information at The Pennsylvania State University seeks up to four visiting fellows for the 2016-17 and 2017-18 academic years.

Taking “information” in its broadest possible senses, the Center aims to bring together a diverse, interdisciplinary group of scholars who read and think widely across fields, geographical space, and historical time. Fellowships are awarded at two levels: Senior Fellowships, appropriate for scholars employed in tenure-track positions at any level, are for one year, and carry no teaching obligation; Junior (postdoctoral) Fellowships are for two years, and require fellows to teach one course per year. Salaries for both Senior and Junior Fellows are $50,000; support also includes research/travel funding and a benefits package. Fellows have access to research design support, as well as to grant-writing and job market workshops, career mentoring, and archival/library support and research consultation. Fellows are expected to be in residence at Penn State’s University Park campus and to participate in the Center’s weekly lunches and lecture series.

Applicants must have a PhD or equivalent scholarly credentials (obtained by July 30, 2016) and a record of peer-reviewed work. Emerging scholars as well as senior scholars are encouraged to apply. CHI welcomes co-applications from groups of two or more people working on a single project. The fellowships are also open to projects oriented towards library and information science; for such projects a master’s degree in library/information science qualifies as “equivalent scholarly credentials.”

• Screening of applications will begin January 15, 2016, although all applications will be considered until the search is concluded. To apply, upload a letter of application, a CV (please include names/emails of three references), and a writing sample of 25-30pp. Applicants for Junior Fellowships should also upload a one-page description of an undergraduate course they might teach in their field of expertise. Apply online at https://psu.jobs/job/60224 Visit the CHI website at http://chi.la.psu.edu.
• 11/15 - Anyone else having trouble accessing the application page?
  • No, but I submitted awhile ago. Have you tried again today? [11/16]

Pomona College (CA) - Fred and Dorothy Chau Postdoctoral Fellowship - Deadline: 15 Nov. 2015

Pomona College seeks applications for the Fred and Dorothy Chau postdoctoral fellowship, a two-year position, beginning July 2016. This fellowship is open to scholars in any field in the arts, humanities or social sciences whose research engages race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality, or transnational studies. We are especially interested in scholars who will complement our curriculum in Art History, Dance, English, Linguistics, Politics or Theater. Successful candidates will teach two courses per year. Fellows are also responsible for giving one public presentation each year. Salary is commensurate with a visiting full-time faculty position.

• Please submit letter of application, CV, writing sample, short description of dissertation, statement about teaching at a liberal arts college, a statement addressing the candidate’s demonstrated ability to mentor a diverse student body, and three letters of recommendation by November 2, 2015 November 15, 2015 to https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/6164 . Pomona College, a member of the Claremont Colleges, supports equal access to higher education and values working in a richly diverse environment.
• The Academic Jobs Online site says the deadline for this is Nov 15.  Does anyone know which is right?

• http://www.pomona.edu/administration/academic-dean/faculty-jobs   The college says Nov 15, pretty sure that means Nov 15.

• Just FYI, an email that was widely distributed to English departments mentioned that the "English department will be using the college's Chau postdoc to search for a 19th century American scholar.... The search is being conducted both through the office of the Dean of the College, but much of the review will happen at the departmental level." 

Princeton University (NJ) - Davis Center for Historical Studies Fellowships ("Risk and Fortune") - Deadline: 1 Dec. 2015

During the academic years 2016/17 and 2017/18, the Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Historical Studies will focus on the topic of “Risk and Fortune.” Notions of risk have been important to human societies for centuries. Soothsaying, insurance, medical prognostication, financial investment, and gambling all contend with—or try to contain—possible losses. Conversely, good fortune has had its talismans and theorists throughout history. How have different cultures tried to tame chance, or comprehend its whims? To what degree have the practices of commerce relied upon, or alternatively reified, risk? Do technological systems generate hazards they are not capable of controlling? This two-year seminar will bring together scholars working on risk and fortune in historical societies around the world in all time periods, on topics including (but not restricted to) economics, science, religion, industry, statistics, and agriculture.

The Center will offer a limited number of research fellowships for one or two semesters, running from September to January and from February to June. Early career scholars must have their doctoral degrees in hand at the time of the application. Fellows are expected to live in Princeton in order to take an active part in the intellectual interchange with other members of the Seminar. Funds are limited, and candidates are, therefore, strongly urged to apply to other grant-giving institutions as well as the Center if they wish to come for a full year.

• To apply please link to: http://jobs.princeton.edu, requisition #1500396. The deadline for receipt of applications and letters of recommendation for fellowships for 2016/2017 is December 1, 2015. Please note that we will not accept faxed applications. Applicants must apply online and submit a CV, cover letter, research proposal, abstract of proposal, and contact information for three references. For further information about the Davis Center, please go to http://www.princeton.edu/dav.

Princeton University (NJ) - Faith & Work Initiative Postdoctoral Research Associate - Deadline: 4 Jan. 2016

Princeton University's Faith and Work Initiative (FWI) within the Center for the Study of Religion (CSR) invites applications for a postdoctoral or more senior research position. Initial appointment is for one year, with possibility of renewal pending satisfactory performance. Position is open to recent PhD graduates interested in studying the area of Faith and Work/Workplace Spirituality. Possible research focus might include, but not be limited to, critical reflection on: organizational impact of workplace spirituality; historical or current issues in the faith and work movement; and methods, models, or scales regarding the integration of faith in the workplace; and other areas of research pertaining to the intersection of faith and work. Successful candidate will conduct his/her own research (33%) and work closely with FWI's director to support his research projects (66%). S/he will also participate in a weekly interdisciplinary workshop with other CSR pre-and post-doctoral scholars, and in FWI and CSR-sponsored events. Candidate must have strong organizational, research, and writing skills and previous research experience on faith at work/workplace spirituality or a related field (e.g., sociology, religion, business, ethics/moral philosophy, behavioral economics), and commensurate experience with relevant research tools, methods, and technology. This position is subject to the University's background check policy. Applicants must apply online and submit a CV; cover letter describing interest in this position and this area of research; a brief (3-5 page) description of proposed research project and reference to existing FWI research projects (http://www.princeton.edu/faithandwork/research/) that s/he wishes to engage in; a relevant writing sample (published or unpublished paper) in English, preferably in the field of workplace spirituality/faith at work; and contact information for three references.

• For full consideration, applications should be submitted by January 4, 2016. Applications will continue to be reviewed until position is filled. For more information, contact Princeton University Center for the Study of Religion at csr@princeton.edu.

Princeton University (NJ) - Postdoctoral Research Associates - American Studies - Deadline: 1 Dec. 2015

In 2016-17, the Program in American Studies is pleased to award two residential Postdoctoral Research Associate positions, renewable annually for three years contingent upon satisfactory performance. Research topics of special interest include but are not limited to “Law and Comparative Culture,” “Citizenship and the Humanities,” “Race and Visuality,” “Race and Disability,” “Race and the Senses,” “Race, Food, and Animal.” Scholars with expertise in Asian American, Latino/a, and/or Indigenous Studies are especially welcomed.

One of the postdoctoral fellowships is shared with the Program in Gender and Sexuality Studies and supports a scholar working at the intersection of race/ethnicity and gender/sexuality.

The Program in American Studies Postdoctoral Research Associate Program aims to create a legacy of scholars who address issues related to race and ethnicity using a multidisciplinary lens. These fellowships are designed to nurture the academic careers of new scholars by providing opportunities to pursue research while gaining mentoring from Princeton faculty. To that end, we are interested in scholars of unusual promise who plan to pursue faculty positions and who demonstrate promising teaching skills. It is our expectation that, with three years of postdoctoral teaching and research experience at Princeton, these postdocs will be highly competitive for tenure-track appointments.

Terms of Agreement: Postdoctoral Research Associates will be expected to pursue research, teach two undergraduate courses per year upon the approval of the Dean of the Faculty, and to participate in the Program’s bi-monthly Lunch Workshop series. We are interested in scholars who are committed to developing an academic community in the area of race, ethnicity, and migration. We thus expect the fellows to engage outside the classroom with faculty members, graduate students, and undergraduates. Fellows are expected to reside in or near Princeton during the academic year in order to participate fully in the intellectual life of the Program in American Studies, the Program in Gender and Sexuality Studies, and the University more broadly.

The expected term of appointment is July 1, 2016-June 30, 2019, renewed annually. Postdoctoral research associates will receive a 12-month annual salary of $60,000 with Princeton health benefits and an annual research fund of $5,000.

Application Process: We invite applications from qualified candidates in the early years of their academic careers who do not yet hold tenure-track academic positions. Ph.D. required. Candidates who do not hold a Ph.D. but expect to by June 30, 2016 must provide a letter from the chair of their dissertation committee confirming the timeline for completion. Applicants should submit a cover letter, CV, research statement (3,000 words), writing sample (no more than 25 pages), 1-page teaching statement, proposals for two undergraduate courses, and names and contact information for three references. Applications must be submitted online at: https://jobs.princeton.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/Welcome_css.jsp.

• Applications received by December 1, 2015 at 11:59 pm EST will receive full consideration. Information about the Program in Gender and Sexuality Studies can be found at: http://gss.princeton.edu/. Information about the Program in American Studies can be found at: http://www.princeton.edu/ams/. These positions are subject to the University’s background check policy.

Princeton University (NJ) - Postdoctoral Research Associates - Program in Gender and Sexuality Studies - Deadline: 1 Dec. 2015

Princeton University's Program in Gender and Sexuality Studies is pleased to announce two residential Postdoctoral Research Associate positions, renewable annually for three years contingent upon satisfactory performance. One will be awarded to a scholar in the field of Disability Studies. We welcome applications from scholars studying disability from a broad range of social science and humanities fields engaged with gender and sexuality studies. One of the postdoctoral research associates is shared with the Program in American Studies and will support a scholar working at the intersection of race/ethnicity and gender/sexuality.

The Program in Gender and Sexuality Studies Postdoctoral Research Associate Program aims to support scholars who address issues related to gender, sexuality, disability, race, and ethnicity using a multidisciplinary lens. These fellowships are designed to nurture the academic careers of new scholars by providing opportunities to pursue research while gaining mentoring from Princeton faculty. To that end, we are interested in scholars of unusual promise who plan to pursue faculty positions and who demonstrate promising teaching skills. It is our expectation that, with three years of postdoctoral teaching and research experience at Princeton, these postdocs will be highly competitive for tenure-track appointments.

Postdoctoral Research Associates will be expected to pursue research, teach two undergraduate courses per year upon the approval of the Dean of the Faculty, and to participate in the intellectual life of the Programs in Gender and Sexuality Studies, American Studies, and the university. They are expected to reside in or near Princeton during the academic year in order to participate fully in the intellectual life of GSS, AMS, and the University more broadly.

The expected term of appointment is July 1, 2016-June 30, 2019, renewed annually. Postdoctoral research associates will receive a 12-month annual salary of $60,000 with Princeton health benefits and an annual research fund of $5,000.This position is subject to the University's background check policy.

Applicants should submit a cover letter, CV, research statement (3,000 words), writing sample (no more than 25 pages), 1-page teaching statement, proposals for two undergraduate courses, and names and contact information for three references. Applications must be submitted online (this site) at: http://jobs-princeton-edu.careerliaison.com.

• Applications received by December 1, 2015 at 11:59 p.m. EST will receive full consideration.

• Also posted at Womens/Gender/Queer Studies 2015-2016

Princeton University (NJ) - Postdoctoral Research Associate - Values and Public Policy - Deadline: 16 Nov. 2015

The University Center for Human Values and the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs invite applications for postdoctoral positions in Values and Public Policy. We aim to support highly promising scholars trained in moral and political philosophy, political theory, normative economics and related areas to develop a research agenda in the ethical dimensions of public policy.

Candidates selected will undertake a research project exploring a normative problem arising in an area of public policy in which the Woodrow Wilson School conducts research. They will be affiliated with a unit of the School that can inform and support their work. They will also be invited to participate in programs of the University Center for Human Values. Candidates will be expected to contribute one course each year to the School's undergraduate or graduate program on a topic related to ethical issues in public policy, subject to sufficient enrollment and approval by the Dean of the Faculty. This position is subject to the university's background check policy.

Essential Qualifications: Applicants must have completed the requirements for the Ph.D. by September 1, 2016 and must not have held the degree for more than three years by that date. They may not be employed by another institution during the term of their Princeton appointment. Applicants' dissertation research need not be specifically in values and public policy, but they will be expected to demonstrate a commitment to working on a research project in this area during their time at Princeton. Projects must be related to an area in which the School has a Center or Program (such as science and environmental policy, health and well-being, democratic institutions and processes, information technology policy or globalization and governance). For more information about these areas, please consult http://wws.princeton.edu/centers-programs.

Applications will be evaluated on the basis of the applicant's previous accomplishments, the promise of the proposed research project in values and public policy, and the likelihood that the project will be enhanced by being carried out at the Woodrow Wilson School. The capacity to contribute to the University's teaching program will also be taken into account.

Complete the online application and click "Apply to this Posting" at the top of the posting details page.

A complete application will include the following materials: 1. A current curriculum vitae; 2. A research proposal (not to exceed 1,500 words), conforming to the expectations stated above. Please identify the Woodrow Wilson School center or program with which you wish to be associated and briefly describe what you hope to gain from carrying out the project there. Also please supply an indicative title for the project at the beginning of the proposal; 3. A scholarly paper or dissertation chapter (not to exceed 12,000 words) representing your scholarly achievement or potential; 4. Contact information for two referees, who will be asked to comment specifically on your qualifications for the proposed research project. Referees will be contacted directly by email with instructions for uploading letters of reference.

• These materials should be submitted online by Monday, November 16, 2015. We cannot accept application materials by any other method. Letters of reference are to be submitted by end of business day on Thursday, November 19, 2015. The selection committee will begin reviewing applications immediately and applications lacking any of the elements listed above may be at a disadvantage. Decisions will be announced by Friday, March 4, 2016.

• Online App. Form: http://www.Click2apply.net/6j7wst8

Princeton University (NJ) - Princeton Society of Fellows - 2016-2019 Fellowship Competition - Deadline: 15 Sept. 2015

The Princeton Society of Fellows, an interdisciplinary group of scholars in the humanities, social sciences, and selected natural sciences, invites applications for the 2016-2019 Fellowship competition.

Four three-year Postdoctoral Fellowships will be awarded this year. The stipend for each of the three years of the fellowship will be approximately $82,000. In addition, fellows are provided with a shared office, a personal computer, a research account of $5,000 a year, access to university grants, benefits and other resources.

Fellows are expected to reside in or near Princeton during the academic year in order to attend weekly seminars and participate fully in the intellectual life of the Society.

If you have already applied to the Princeton Society of Fellows, you may not apply a second time.

All candidates will be informed of the status of their application by the end of January, 2016. Interviews will take place in early February. The Society will reimburse the cost of travel and lodging associated with the interview. Names of fellowship winners will be posted on the Society of Fellows' website in July 2016.

Applicants may apply for one or more fellowship(s) pertinent to their research and teaching.

Three Open Fellowships in the Humanities and Social Sciences (OPEN)

Open to all disciplines represented in the Society of Fellows. The fellowship’s responsibilities include both teaching (one course each semester for two years, one course in the third year) and research. The Fellow will either participate in a team-taught course or offer a self-designed course, in the host department or in an interdisciplinary Program. In addition, the Fellow normally does some advising in his/her specialty or related areas.

One Fellowship in Humanistic Studies (HUM)

This fellowship is sponsored jointly by the Humanities Council and Society of Fellows, and is open to candidates in humanities disciplines represented in the Society of Fellows (see list in section below). The fellowship’s responsibilities include both teaching (one course each semester for two years, one course in the third year) and research.

In each of the first two years, the Fellow will join faculty from various fields in the humanities to teach the interdisciplinary sequence "Approaches to Western Culture" in either the Fall semester (Antiquity to the late Middle Ages) or the Spring semester (Renaissance to Modernism). Also in the first year, the Fellow will offer a self-designed course in the host department or interdisciplinary Program. In the second and third years, the Fellow also will offer an interdisciplinary undergraduate course in Humanistic Studies. This course might take a more intensive look at materials from the first-year sequence or offer an interdisciplinary approach to the Fellow's own area of humanities expertise.

The Fellow will be called upon to lead or contribute to occasional activities designed to build a sense of community among undergraduates in the Humanistic Studies Program—the Program offers local and international field trips, an undergraduate society, workshops and other opportunities.

Eligibility: PhD degree requirements. Please note the Society's dates of degree eligibility. These are firm dates with no exceptions:

a) Candidates already holding the PhD degree at time of application: You must have received your degree between January 1, 2014 and September 15, 2015. The receipt of the PhD is determined by the date on which you fulfilled all requirements for the degree at your institution, including the defense and filing of the dissertation.

b) Candidates who are ABD (all but dissertation) at time of application: If you will not meet the September 15, 2015, deadline for receipt of PhD but are expected to have fulfilled all conditions for the degree, including defense and filing of dissertation, by June 15, 2016, you may still apply for a postdoctoral fellowship provided you have completed a substantial portion of the dissertation (approximately half). We ask that you include in your dossier a letter confirming your “progress to degree” from either your Department Chair or your Director of Graduate Studies (see details of letter below).

Please note that candidates awarded a fellowship will be asked to provide a document from either the Registrar or Dean of their Graduate School by June 15, 2016, to confirm completion of all requirements for the PhD. Recipients of doctorates in Education (EdD or PhD degrees), doctorates of Jurisprudence, and holders of PhD degrees from Princeton University are not eligible to apply. If you have already applied to the Princeton Society of Fellows, you may not apply a second time. We therefore recommend that candidates wait until they have completed a substantial portion of the dissertation (approximately half) before applying.

Priority will be given to candidates who have received no more than one year of research-only funding past the PhD degree. Fellowships will be awarded to candidates at the beginning of their academic career. Candidates must have already demonstrated outstanding scholarly achievement and excellence in teaching. Their work should also show evidence of unusual promise. The Society has a particular interest in fostering innovative interdisciplinary approaches in the humanities and social sciences. US citizens and non-US citizens, regardless of race, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability, are eligible to apply. Fellows must reside in or near Princeton during the academic year of their fellowship term in order that they can attend weekly seminars and other events on campus. Princeton University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Finalists to whom an offer has been made must successfully pass a background check.

Please submit the following dossier items, single-sided, in the order listed below. Number and staple pages for each item, and include your name and title of the item at the top of the first page of each. Please submit only the requested items (without binders or folders). Transcripts of courses and grades are not necessary.

Please note that we are not able to accept any substitutions of dossier components after the postmark deadline. However, if you need to make small updates to your current CV (e.g. new publication, change of referee), please email these changes only to fellows@princeton.edu and we will add the message to your dossier.

Checklist of dossier items (See below for Details)

Confidential letters of recommendation should be emailed directly to the Society by three referees, or by a dossier service, on or before the postmark deadline.

Dossier items (below, single-sided) should be mailed by the candidate: Completed application form; Cover letter; Curriculum vitae; For ABD (All But Dissertation) candidates only: letter of “Progress to Degree” from either department chair or director of graduate studies (see text below) Dissertation abstract; Writing sample: one chapter of the dissertation or one published article; Research proposal; Two course proposals.

• Mail the complete dossier by September 15, 2015 (postmark deadline) to: Search Committee, Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts, 10 Joseph Henry House, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544. NB. Candidates outside the USA must use a trackable mail service to ensure prompt delivery.

• See http://www.princeton.edu/sf/fellowships/ for full details of dossier items.

• Is this an appropriate place to complain that expecting a 1.5 page DOUBLE SPACED cover letter is asinine? Come on, Princeton.

• Yes! Thank you!! I wrote a standard 2-page, single-spaced cover letter and had to hastily butcher it on the morning of my submission.
• Email confirmation of receipt of dossier (10/29); interviews to be scheduled by end of Jan.; fellowship winners' names to be posted on website by July 2016

Purdue University (IN) - Honors College - Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow - Deadline: 15 Nov. 2015

The Honors College at Purdue University seeks a dedicated, innovative teacher to offer courses in our interdisciplinary honors curriculum and to develop programming for high-ability students. Specialty open; candidates must demonstrate both interdisciplinary range and experience in writing instruction. Ph.D. required and honors teaching experience preferred. Appointment as Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow will be for two years, and duties will include: teaching in the first-year honors course series; offering sections of interdisciplinary writing; and working with the Honors College staff to develop and support a vibrant residential college program. A portion of the job includes programmatic duties, such as assisting with student recruitment. Applicants should demonstrate experience and openness to teaching from a variety of theoretical/disciplinary/methodological approaches and interest in working with a diverse student population. The position begins August 2016; the nine-month salary will be based on education and experience. For more information, see www.purdue.edu.honorscollege.

Qualifications: A Ph.D. in any field is required, as is demonstrated excellence in writing instruction. Experience in leading discussion-based seminar courses and/or project-based courses in an interdisciplinary environment is also needed as our majors span the sciences, engineering, agriculture, technology, education, liberal arts, health and human studies, and pharmacy.

Application: Please send: (1) a letter of application detailing teaching philosophy and experience, disciplinary training and research, how you can contribute to honors education, and your experience/interest in programming for high-ability students; (2) a C.V.; (3) a sample interdisciplinary writing syllabus including course objectives and outcomes; and (4) three letters of reference. Send your application materials to: Postdoctoral Search Committee, Purdue University-Honors College, Windsor Halls, 205 N. Russell Street, West Lafayette, IN 47906-4238, or electronically to sahardebeck@purdue.edu. Questions about the search should be addressed to Dr. Emily Allen, Associate Dean of the Honors College, at the same address.

• Review of applications will begin on November 15, 2015 and continue until the search is closed. A background check will be required for employment in this position.

Purdue University (IN) - Postdoctoral Fellowship for Quantitative Analysis - Deadline: 31 Oct. 2015

The Center on Religion and Chinese Society (CRCS) at Purdue is seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow for Quantitative Analysis to start in January 2016. The Postdoctoral Fellow’s primary responsibility will be quantitative analysis of survey data, writing reports, and preparing manuscripts. The position requires proficiency in statistical analysis software packages such as STATA and SPSS; ability to work independently as well as in cooperation with others; and willingness to travel for fieldwork research and presenting at professional conferences. Ph.D. degree in sociology, statistics, or some other related discipline is required. Knowledge of religions in China and Chinese reading ability are preferred. This is a full time position with benefits; salary is competitive.

• To ensure full consideration, please send your application letter and curriculum vitae, including names and contact info of three references by October 31, 2015 to donge@purdue.edu. Search will remain open until filled. The position is for one year and renewable if additional funding is available. (http:///www.purdue.edu/crcs)

Rice University (TX) - 2016-18 Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Energy Humanities - Deadline: 19 Jan. 2016

Rice University’s Humanities Research Center, in collaboration with the Center for Energy and Environmental Research in the Human Sciences, will host a two-year residential postdoctoral fellowship for outstanding junior scholars in the emergent field of energy humanities. The program is designed to encourage interdisciplinary teaching and research, facilitate new research communities, and prepare junior scholars for future faculty positions. Along with faculty and students, the Fellow will engage in humanistic inquiry into questions of energy transition, bringing the insights and expertise of the humanities into debates over how to address the profound energy challenges facing the planet and its environments in the 21st century.

The position is for July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2018. Fellows receive a $50,000 salary, benefits eligibility, and an allowance for research and relocation to Houston.

• Deadline: January 19, 2016. Details: http://hrc.rice.edu/call_energypostdoc

Rice University (TX) - Mellon Postdoctoral Fellows - Rice Seminar 2016-17: Chronotopic Imaginaries - Deadline: 4 Dec. 2015

The Humanities Research Center hosts yearlong residential postdoctoral fellowships at Rice University for outstanding junior scholars. The program is designed to encourage interdisciplinary teaching and research, facilitate new research communities at Rice, and prepare junior scholars for future faculty positions. In 2016-17, Mellon postdocs will participate in the Rice Seminar, a yearlong research seminar designed to study a particular topic from an interdisciplinary perspective.

For a description of the 2016-17 Rice Seminar in Spatial Humanities Chronotopic Imaginaries: The City in Signs, Signals, and Scripts please click here.

The position is for July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017. Fellows receive a $50,000 salary, benefits eligibility, and an allowance for research and relocation to Houston. Primary obligations include an active participation in all aspects of the Rice Seminar and collaborating on spatial humanities projects currently underway at Rice. In addition, fellows will develop or continue their own research projects and give a presentation to colleagues at Rice. Fellows will also design and teach (or co-teach) two semester-long undergraduate courses, the topics of which will be determined in consultation with the HRC and/or appropriate department.

Eligibility: Applicants from any humanistic discipline or interdiscipline including, but not limited to, art history, architecture, computer science, geography, history, legal studies, library science, literary studies, or philosophy and whose research and teaching interests focus on issues related to spatial humanities are eligible to apply. Applicants must have received a PhD between July 1, 2013 and June 30, 2016 and should have theoretical and/or practical experience working with geospatial technologies or 3D modeling software.

Rice University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer. Scholars who are members of traditionally under-represented groups are encouraged to apply. There is no citizenship requirement or restriction for this fellowship. Non-U.S. nationals are welcome to apply.

Application Materials: Letter of interest, outlining applicant’s interest in the topic of the 2016-17 Rice Seminar; Two page CV [please list the three references who are submit recommendation letters by the deadline]; Research project abstract of no more than 200 words; Research project description of no more than 1000 words; Course proposal for a one-semester course to undergraduate students; Submission Instructions: Click here. (Link will be activated late September 2015.)

[reference letters should, however, be emailed directly to melba@rice.edu by the December 4 deadline]

Contact: Melissa Bailar (melba@rice.edu), 713-348-5968

• Deadline: Friday, December 4, 2015.

Rice University (TX) - Postdoctoral Fellow - Center for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality - Deadline: 22 Jan. 2016

The Center for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality at Rice University in Houston, Texas announces two postdoctoral fellowships in the humanities or social sciences for scholars pursuing research and publication projects that focus on gender and health; gender and urban studies; women in the global economy; sex, race, and nation; or sexuality studies. The Center is particularly interested in applicants who demonstrate a record of innovative teaching and the potential to make a solid contribution to the Center’s program in engaged feminist research.

A PhD must be conferred on or before June 30, 2016. Each fellowship has a term of one year, beginning July 1, 2016, renewable for a second year upon successful completion of the first year. Fellows teach two courses per academic year in women’s/gender/sexuality studies, play an active role in the intellectual life of the Center, and are expected to make significant progress in their research. They receive an annual salary of $50,000 plus benefits, and up to $3,000 for relocation reimbursements and/or research expenses. Rice University is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.

Required documents include letter of interest, curriculum vita, a minimum of two letters of reference, and a writing sample (about 25 pages), plus a working list of key texts and themes for the course SWGS 101 “Introduction to the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality.” This course surveys issues in the study of gender and of feminist perspectives on sexuality, race, the body, globalization, labor, and culture; in addition, it introduces the concept of engaged research. Please visit http://cswgs.rice.edu/courses for more information about SWGS 101.

• Deadline for on-line applications is Friday, January 22, 2016. For more information about these positions, please contact Rice Human Resources at jobs@rice.edu.

Rice University (TX) - Postdoctoral Fellow in Transnational Asian Studies - Deadline: 2 Nov. 2015

The Chao Center for Asian Studies (CCAS) at Rice University is currently accepting applications for the Annette and Hugh Gragg postdoctoral research fellowship in Transnational Asian Studies. By “transnational,” we mean an approach that devotes particular attention to the movement of people, products, ideas, technologies, etc. across established borders and boundaries. The search is open to geographical areas within Asia and historical time of research, but applicants with a focus on transnational South Asia will be given priority.

The annual stipend is $50,000, with an additional $5,000 for research and travel expenses and a one-time relocation allowance of $3,000. Renewal for the second year will be contingent upon the appointee’s performance in the first year.

• The deadline to submit applications is Monday November 2, 2015. Applications must include the following documents as one single PDF under 'Other Document': • One course proposal and sample syllabus for an undergraduate course • Academic statement that addresses one’s research agenda and publication strategy • Writing sample (or online site link for online publications), preferably published In addition, applicants must arrange for (1) an official transcript clearly indicating conferral of a PhD degree and (2) three signed letters of recommendation to be sent to the following address: Chao Center for Asian Studies Rice University 6100 Main Street, MS 475 Houston, TX 77005 Alternatively, letters may be submitted electronically through a third-party organization (such as Interfolio) to chao.center@rice.edu.

Rutgers University (NJ) - Center for Cultural Analysis - 2016-2017 Postdoctoral Fellowship - Deadline: 08 Jan. 2016

Arts and aesthetics have been integrally linked since the eighteenth century, but this was not always the case. Aesthetics, originally denoting knowledge through sense perception, only later became concerned with taste and judgment, or value and beauty, and integral over time to what we now call criticism. Art, initially describing craft, practical skill or technique with matter, language and sound, later migrated to embrace formalism and individual as well as cultural expression. The 2016-17 CCA seminar Arts and Aesthetics will explore the divergences and convergences of these related but fundamentally different ideas, approaching them from the perspectives of philosophy, literary history, art history, the fine arts, the history of science, and political and cultural theory. Topics are likely to include form and formalism; the history of criticism and critique; theories of perception; and questions of representation generally, ranging from photography, to painting, sculpture, music, architecture, performance, and conceptual as well as outsider art. Throughout, the idea of the liberal arts and their status in 2016—Rutgers University's 250th year—will be an abiding concern.

In 2016-17, CCA will sponsor two external post-doctoral fellowships with awards of $45,000. CCA also awards non-funded associate fellowships. All fellows will have access to the Centers resources during the tenure of the fellowship and will be expected to participate in and to present their work to the Center seminars, which meet regularly throughout the academic year, and to teach one advanced undergraduate course in their core discipline.

• You can apply for this position online at http://apply.interfolio.com/30721

• Closes: Jan 8, 2016 at midnight Eastern Time.

Rutgers University (NJ) - Postdoctoral Fellowship in African American Literature - Deadline: 15 Feb. 2016

The Department of English at Rutgers University, which has a long history of scholarship and teaching in African American Literature and Literature of the African Diaspora, announces two Postdoctoral Fellowships for scholars pursuing research in these fields. The Fellowship is for one year and includes a salary of $60,000, health benefits, and a $5,000 research stipend. Each recipient will teach one course, serve as an informal mentor to graduate students in the field, and participate in the intellectual life of the department. Applicants must have the doctorate in hand at the time of application and be no more than six years beyond the Ph.D.

• Please submit a letter of interest, c.v., dossier with at least three letters of reference, and research proposal to Interfolio. Applications must be submitted by February 15, 2016. Interested parties may direct inquiries to Professor Cheryl Wall, Board of Governors Zora Neale Hurston Professor of English at cwall@rci.rutgers.edu.

Rutgers University (NJ) - Postdoctoral Fellowship in Critical Caribbean Studies 2016-2017 - Deadline: 11 Jan. 2016

Critical Caribbean Studies at Rutgers, in collaboration with the Department of Latino and Hispanic Caribbean Studies, is pleased to announce a one-year competitive postdoctoral fellowship for a humanities or social science scholar pursuing research in Caribbean Studies. Scholars working on comparative colonial, postcolonial and/or decolonial Caribbean studies with focus on the Dutch or the French Caribbean, transnationalism, migration and/or queer feminist studies, are especially encouraged to apply, but we welcome applications from all scholars who feel that their work would benefit from affiliation with the Rutgers Advanced Institute for Critical Caribbean Studies. The selected fellow will receive a stipend of $65,000 as well as an annual research allocation of $3,000 and Rutgers University health benefits. The successful candidate must have the doctorate in hand no later than May 31, 2016, be no more than three years beyond the Ph.D. (Ph.D. received on 2012 or later), and be able to teach one undergraduate introductory course in Caribbean Studies during their tenure at Rutgers. Position begins on July 1, 2016 and ends on June 30, 2017.

The Rutgers Advanced Institute for Critical Caribbean Studies http://criticalcaribbean.rutgers.edu/ aims to foster multi-disciplinary research about the Caribbean to allow a better understanding of the region and its people from a variety of perspectives. Affiliates conduct research on such diverse areas as diaspora and transnational studies, migration and immigration, cultural and performance studies, critical race theory, gender and sexuality studies, psychoanalysis, colonial and postcolonial studies, decoloniality, political theory, critical epistemology, intellectual history, history of New World slavery, social movements and revolution, eighteenth century studies, the urban Atlantic, contemporary urbanization, environmental studies, insularity, and the archipelagic Americas. Our postdoctoral fellow will have the opportunity to participate in the faculty/graduate student Working Group on Critical Caribbean Studies, Theory and the Disciplines that will be held in the Fall 2016.

The Department of Latino and Hispanic Caribbean Studies (http://latcar.rutgers.edu/) is a space for cutting-edge interdisciplinary research and teaching. The department’s mission includes the study of the Anglo, French and Hispanic Caribbean. Department faculty include 11 core, and 32 affiliate members, enriched by specializations in Africana Studies, Art History, Anthropology, Geography, History, Philosophy, Sociology Women’s and Gender Studies, and Comparative Literatures in English, French, and Spanish.

There will be opportunities for the postdoctoral fellow to connect with broader academic and community-minded research units at the University, including the Center for Cultural Analysis, the Rutgers Center for Historical Analysis, the Center for Race & Ethnicity, the Center for African Studies and the Institute for Research on Women.

QUALIFICATIONS The successful candidate must have the doctorate in hand no later than May 31, 2016, be no more than three years beyond the Ph.D. (Ph.D. received on 2012 or later), and be able to teach one undergraduate introductory course in Caribbean Studies during their tenure at Rutgers. Position begins on July 1, 2016 and ends on June 30, 2017.

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS Candidates should submit their applications, consisting of a CV, a 1,500-word statement and 3 letters of recommendation, electronically via interfolio. The statement should address the following: (1) the significance of the candidate’s research and the specific project that will be developed during the one year postdoctoral fellowship, (2) a brief description of the Intro to Caribbean Studies course the candidate could offer in the Department of Latino and Hispanic Caribbean Studies, and (3) how and why Rutgers can advance the candidate’s areas of research.

• Applications must be received by Monday, January 11, 2016.

Rutgers University (NJ) - Postdoctoral Fellowships - Sawyer Seminar on Ethical Subjects - Deadline: 16 Jan. 2016

The Rutgers Center for Historical Analysis and the School of Arts and Sciences of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick), invite applications from all disciplines for post-doctoral resident fellowships to be held during academic year of 2016-2017. Fellows will take a leading role in the John E. Sawyer Seminar, sponsored by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, on the subject of Ethical Subjects: Moralities, Laws, Histories. (For details, see http://rcha.rutgers.edu). The Seminar will be directed by Professors Seth Koven and Judith Surkis, Rutgers Department of History.

This Sawyer Seminar explores who and what counts as an ethical subject. It brings together two sets of inquiries: how certain domains of deliberation come to be topics of ethical scrutiny, and how people claim recognition as moral agents in the world. In different times and places, moral argument and moral feeling have been mobilized in the name of many causes, from “civilizing missions” to civil disobedience. They continue to figure prominently in debates about “development,” humanitarian intervention, bioethics, inequality, civil and human rights. In these debates cynicism and sincere conviction can jostle one another uneasily. In attending to multiple perspectives, “Ethical Subjects” challenges methodological divides between “bottom-up” and “top-down” approaches. We hope to explore an overlapping terrain between the study of lives, subjects and practices, on the one hand; and legal, ethical, political, and religious frameworks, on the other.

The Sawyer Seminar continues and deepens our preliminary year of investigation in 2015-2016. It is guided by several key questions. Under what historical conditions do particular issues (e.g., unfree and exploitative labor, hunger, inequality, discrimination, women’s and children’s rights) first become a focus of ethico-political debate, humanitarian intervention, and legal regulation (state or international)? Why do others remain in the shadows? How are morality and law disarticulated and rearticulated when people and ideas move across borders? Can humanist inquiry help to negotiate the complex interrelations between morality and law when these come into conflict? What new kinds of politics and ethical practices emerge out of such disjunctures? “Ethical Subjects” will explore such questions through seminars, public conversations, and international conferences over the course of the academic year.

One Sawyer Fellow and two RCHA fellows will each receive a stipend of $50,000 and an annual research allocation of $2,000; they will also receive Rutgers University health benefits. Fellows will teach no more than two courses total during the academic year.

Applicants must have received the Ph.D. between July 1, 2011 and June 30, 2016.

• Applications consisting of a CV, a project abstract (200 words), a three to five page description of your research project and its significance to the theme, and 3 letters of recommendation should be submitted electronically via Interfolio to http://apply.interfolio.com/32674 by January 16, 2016.

Southern Methodist University (TX) - Center for Presidential History Post-Doctoral Fellow (Two-Year Program) - Deadline: 16 Nov. 2015

The Center for Presidential History at Southern Methodist University invites applications for a two-year Postdoctoral Fellowship, to begin in September 2016. The successful candidate will couple their own research and publishing agenda with their contributions to the Center’s Collective Memory Project, a wide ranging oral history of the George W. Bush Presidency. Fellows receive a competitive salary and benefits, funds to support independent research, and are initially appointed for one year with expectation of renewal for a second year in residence.

Essential Functions: Individual research within the fellow’s own area of interest leading to publications in scholarly and/or public history venues. Contribute to Collective Memory Project of the George W. Bush Presidency; Participate in the academic life of the Center. Education and Experience:

Applicants from all fields and topics pertaining to the presidency, executive power, or the federal government are welcome, but are anticipated to derive from the disciplines of history, political science, sociology, or communications. The Center defines “Presidential History” in the broadest terms possible.

Fellows must be in residence at SMU during the term of the fellowship and must have successfully defended their doctoral dissertation before the appointment begins. Preference will be given to applicants for whom additional time and resources will culminate in the completion of a publishable book-length manuscript. Fellows seeking additional teaching experience may have opportunity to offer courses in their field of expertise.

For full consideration, applicants must submit the following: CV, letter of interest outlining applicant's research agenda and proposed contribution to the Collective Memory Project, chapter-length writing sample, and three letters of reference. All documents should be combined and submitted through the website of SMU’s Department of Human Resources at http://www.smu.jobs. Click on "Staff Career Opportunities" and apply to Job ID#: 900817. If the writers of the applicants’ recommendation letters prefer, they may email letters directly to the Center for Presidential History at CPHinfo@smu.edu.

• Full review of applications will begin on November 16, 2015, and continue until the position is filled. Further information on this CPH fellowship and the Collective Memory Project may be found at http://www.smu.edu/CPH

SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowships (CAN) - Deadline: 23 Sept. 2015

• To apply to this funding opportunity, the applicant must be a citizen or permanent resident of Canada (by the application deadline).
• See SSHRC 2016-2017 for updates.

Stanford University (CA) - Clayman Institute for Gender Research - Postdoctoral Fellow - Deadline: Jan. 7 2016

The Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University invites applications for a two-year postdoctoral fellowship for the 2016-17 and 2017-18 academic years. Recent Ph.D.'s in all disciplines of the humanities and social sciences whose research focuses on gender are eligible. We encourage scholars with a strong interest in interdisciplinary methods to apply. The postdoctoral scholars will focus on the Institute's theme, "Beyond the Stalled Revolution: Reinvigorating Gender Equality in the Twenty-first Century.”

While in residence at the Institute, postdoctoral scholars are expected to participate in Clayman Institute activities throughout the academic year in addition to pursuing their own research.

Postdoctoral scholar responsibilities will include, but are not limited to: Writing articles for our research publication, Gender News. Working with Graduate Dissertation Fellows. Participating in our leadership program for graduate students. Attending our regularly scheduled faculty luncheon discussions. 50% percent of the postdoctoral scholars' time is dedicated to her or his own research.

Additional information and a FAQ can be found on the Clayman Institute website.

QUALIFICATIONS: The appointment is for two years. Applicants must have their doctoral degree in hand no later than 30 days prior to the appointment start date, and the start date must be no more than three years after the awarding of their degree. Postdoctoral scholars will receive a stipend and benefits, set and adjusted in accordance with Stanford University rules, and must be in residence for eight academic quarters, beginning in the fall quarter of the 2016-17 academic year. The Clayman Institute is committed to the principles of equal opportunity and fair and open competition.

• Apply at: http://apply.interfolio.com/31152
• Deadline for applications is January 7, 2016 at 9 pm PST (midnight EST). Note that you will not be able to add documents to your application after the deadline. To keep the application process equitable, we are unable to make exceptions to this deadline.

• Also posted at Womens/Gender/Queer Studies 2015-2016

Stanford University (CA) - Postdoctoral Fellowship in Chinese Studies - Deadline: 15 Jan. 2016

The Center for East Asian Studies at Stanford University is pleased to offer one postdoctoral fellowship in Chinese Studies. This award is open to scholars in the humanities and social sciences studying any historical period. Applicants must have been awarded their Ph.D. no later than August 31 the year in which the fellowship begins, and may not be more than four years beyond receipt of the doctoral degree. This fellowship may be awarded to those who hold continuing, assistant professor-level teaching positions. U.S. citizenship is not required. Those who have received their Ph.D. from Stanford University will not normally be considered. This award carries a 12-month stipend of approximately $60,000, from September 1, 2016-August 31, 2017. Fellows are required to be in residence in the Stanford area during the appointment period; to teach one course during the academic year; and to participate in all regular Center activities. Stanford University Press will have first right of refusal for manuscripts produced during the postdoctoral appointment.

• Apply at: http://apply.interfolio.com/30710
• Application Deadline: January 15, 2016 at midnight Eastern Time (GMT-4 hours)

Stanford University (CA) - Stanford Humanities Ctr. - Mellon Fellowship of Scholars in the Humanities - Deadline: 16 Nov. 2015

Ad Text from Chronicle Announcement 09/09/15:

Stanford University invites applications for postdoctoral fellowships in the Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship of Scholars in the Humanities, a unique opportunity for the best recent Ph.D. recipients in the humanities to develop as scholars and teachers. Up to five fellowships will be awarded for a two-year term (with the possibility of a third). Fellows teach two courses per year (or the equivalent) in one of Stanford's fifteen humanities departments or through an interdisciplinary program or project. They are also expected to participate in the intellectual life of the program, which includes regular meetings with other fellows and faculty to share work in progress and to discuss topics of mutual interest. Fellows will also be affiliated with the Stanford Humanities Center and will have the opportunity to be active in its programs and workshops.

The Mellon Fellowship provides postdoctoral fellowships in all the fields represented by Stanford's fifteen humanities departments. Program admissions focus on selected fields of scholarship in each application year (on a rotating basis).

Eligible fields for the 2015 competition (for fellowships beginning autumn 2016):

Art & Art History

English

East Asian Languages and Cultures

Theater and Performing Arts

In addition, this year we invite applications for an interdisciplinary fellow, to be associated with a Stanford interdepartmental program or special project. Applications will be considered from scholars working in:

Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity

Digital Humanities

More information about the programs and projects to which the interdisciplinary fellow would be expected to contribute can be found here (http://csre.stanford.edu/), (http://ccsre.stanford.edu/), and here (http://cesta.stanford.edu/labs-projects/).

We invite applicants for these fellowships from any fields where their work has demonstrable relevance to teaching and research in the designated Stanford department, program, or project. Candidates may wish to specify in the application cover letter the primary eligible field or interdisciplinary area in which they would like to be considered.

Candidates for this competition must have received their Ph.D. between January 1, 2013 and June 30, 2016. Fellowships will begin on September 1, 2016.

The stipend for 2015-16 is $70,000, and compensation will include additional support for computer assistance, research, and relocation expenses, depending on the needs of individual fellows.

• Deadline: Applications must be submitted by November 16, 2015. To apply, complete the online application process via the link at http://mellonfellows.stanford.edu/apply/

Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin (IRL) - Assistant Professorship in Medieval Environmental History - Deadline: 21 Dec. 2015

• 5 Year, Fixed Term Contract
• The School of Histories and Humanities at Trinity College Dublin is looking to appoint an Assistant Professor in Medieval Environmental History from 12 September 2016.  This position is available for five years and arises following the award of an ERC Advanced Grant to Professor Poul Holm. It forms part of a major expansion in the field of environmental history: a similar post for a specialist in the period after 1800 will also be advertised.
• The post holder will be expected to maintain a research interest in any aspect of the environmental history of the Middle Ages (c.500-c.1500).
• The successful applicant, together with other appointments in the area, will be expected to develop a taught Masters course in Environmental History. In addition, s/he will be expected to teach a Broad Curriculum module on environmental history (i.e. a module open to students of all disciplinary backgrounds) and Honours modules reflecting research interests. Contributions to other undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, as appropriate, is also expected, as is supervision of appropriate undergraduate and postgraduate dissertations.
• Candidates should submit a full curriculum vitae to include the names and contact details of 3 referees (email addresses if possible) together with a cover letter (2x A4 page) that specifically address the application procedure set out above  by e-Recruitment:
• Further information and full application details are available on https://jobs.tcd.ie
• Applications will only be accepted by e-recruitment.
• Deadline: 21 Dec. 2015

University of Bradford (UK) - Research Assistant in Urban Sociology and Social History (Public Parks) - Deadline: 2 Dec. 2015

• 1 year Research Assistantship for a candidate with a background in social and/or urban history or social science.
• You will work in close collaboration with a small team of researchers, based in Bradford and Leeds, on the Arts and Humanities Research Council funded project ‘The Future Prospects of Urban Parks: The Life, Times and Social Order of Victorian Public Parks as Places of Social Mixing’.
• The Principal Investigator (PI) is Dr Anna Barker (University of Bradford) and Co-Investigators (Co-Is) Dr David Churchill and Professor Adam Crawford (University of Leeds). Your principal responsibilities will involve working with the PI and Co-Is to collect and analyse a range of historical and contemporary data on three urban parks in Leeds and as such requires willingness to travel within the region.
• Applicants must hold either a PhD or have equivalent research experience, and have very good written and oral communication skills. This post requires experience of research using historical documents. Previous experience of conducting and analysing qualitative one-to-one and/or focus group interviews is desirable, and would be an advantage
• The appointed Research Assistant will be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service (previously CRB) as this role requires doing research with vulnerable groups. Please include a covering letter with your application.
• Deadline: 2 Dec. 2015.

• Interview date 15 Dec.

University of California (CA) - President’s and Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship Programs - Deadline: 1 Nov. 2015

Applications for the President’s and Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship Programs must be submitted via the online application. The online application for the next award cycle is available each year from September through October. The application deadline is November 1.

All applications submitted to the University of California President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program will automatically be included in the competition for Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship Programs if there is one at the UC campus where the proposed UC faculty mentor is located. Applicants may apply to only one University of California campus.

The following UC campuses sponsor chancellor's fellowships:

UC Berkeley Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

UC Davis Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

UC Irvine Chancellor's ADVANCE Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

UC Irvine Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship in Criminology, Law & Society

UCLA Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

UC Riverside Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

UC San Diego Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

More details at 2016-17 Call for applications

• DEADLINE: November 1, 2015.
• For those of you who juggle with two or more projects, do you write about only one in the proposal, or mention both? (I ask because I have both the dissertation project and a newer project that is well under way, and I want to do both in the postdoc period.)
• Is anyone else having trouble with this application? The online portal is not letting me upload any of my pdfs (it doesn't even recognize the file as being in pdf format).

• Yes. Most files worked, but one didn't (and I make pdfs all the same way). I emailed in my last file and gave them what info they needed that way.

University of California, Berkeley (CA) - Postdoctoral Scholar Fellowships - Natural Resource Economics and Political Economy - Deadline: 7 Dec. 2015

• The University of California, Berkeley invites applications for the 2016-2017 S.V. Ciriacy-Wantrup Postdoctoral Fellowships in Natural Resource Economics and Political Economy; The S.V. Ciriacy-Wantrup Postdoctoral Fellowships in Natural Resource Economics and Political Economy will be awarded for the 2016-17 academic year to support advanced research at the University of California, Berkeley.
• For the purposes of this fellowship,natural resources are defined broadly to include environmental resources. The fellowship encourages, but is not limited to, policy-oriented research. Applications are open to scholars from any social science discipline and related professional fields such as law and planning, who will make significant contributions to research on natural resource economics broadly defined. Preference will be given to proposals whose orientation is broadly institutional and/or historical, and which are conceptually and theoretically innovative. Proposals whose primary emphasis is on advancing statistical or econometric theory are not eligible for consideration.
• For more information, please visit: https://nature.berkeley.edu/academics/ciriacy-wantrup
• Basic Qualifications: Candidates must have completed all degree requirements except the dissertation or be enrolled in an accredited PhD or equivalent degree at the time of application.
• Additional Qualifications: Candidates must have a PhD or equivalent degree in Natural Resource Economics and Political Economy or a related field by the appointment start date
• Appointment: The expected start date for the Fellowship is September 1, 2016. The initial appointment is for one year, with renewal based on performance and funding availability. This is a full time appointment.
• Salary and Benefits: The fellowship is $58,040 annually. Generous benefits are included: (http://vspa.berkeley.edu/postdocs).
• To Apply: http://apptrkr.com/674656
• Interested individuals must include: a 1-2 page cover letter indicating your preferred Departmental affiliation and/or faculty mentor; your current C.V.; 1 paragraph abstract; research proposal not to exceed 10 pages; 1 or more recent publications and 3 letters of reference. The deadline for applications is 12/7/15. All completed applications received by this date will be given full consideration. Questions regarding this recruitment can be directed to Ruxin Liu at ruxinl@berkeley.edu All letters will be treated as confidential per University of California policy and California state law. Please refer potential referees, including when letters are provided via a third party (i.e., dossier service or career center), to the UC Berkeley statement of confidentiality (http://apo.berkeley.edu/evalltr.html) prior to submitting their letters.
• Deadline: 7 Dec. 2015.

University of California, Berkeley (CA) - Postdoctoral Fellowship in Public Theology - Deadline: 1 Feb. 2016

The Berkeley Center for the Study of Religion at the University of California, Berkeley seeks applications for a one-year postdoctoral scholar to join its Public Theology Program at 100 percent time with an expected start date of July 1, 2016.

Funded by the Henry Luce Foundation, the Berkeley Public Theology Program brings together a group of scholars from fields across the humanities and social sciences, with specializations in a wide array of religious traditions. Our three-year initiative is dedicated to exploring the place of theology in public life, past and present. Theology is here meant broadly as the constellation of conceptual commitments and modes of inquiry that together enable communities to investigate and understand the world in religious terms. We propose to open this subject up to varied disciplinary approaches. Subjects might include, but are not limited to: theology and the institutions of secular life; theological aspects of politics; theology and law; art, literature, and theological inquiry; theology and social formations, and so on. We will consider applicants from all relevant disciplines whose work promises to advance the research aims of the Berkeley Public Theology Program.

Responsibilities: The postdoc is expected to participate in the Luce initiative, including its annual workshop. The postdoc may also elect to teach a course in a relevant UC Berkeley department. The postdoc also is expected to reside in or near Berkeley in order to participate fully in the intellectual life of the Center and the campus.

Minimum/Basic Qualifications Required (By the time of application): To be considered for this position, applicants must have completed all degree requirements except the dissertation for receipt of their Ph.D. or equivalent degree.

Additional Required Qualifications (By the start date): The successful applicant must complete all degree requirements for the Ph.D. or equivalent degree.

Appointment: The appointment will be for 100% time for one year.

Salary and Benefits: The salary for the fellowship is $51,250 annually. Generous benefits are included (http://vspa.berkeley.edu/postdocs). In addition, postdocs will be provided with an office, access to university libraries, and research funds.

To Apply: http://apptrkr.com/702288

Interested individuals should submit a cover letter, updated curriculum vitae, a description of the project to be pursued while in residence (1,500 words maximum), and two letters of recommendation. All application documents should be submitted as PDFs.

All letters will be treated as confidential per University of California policy and California state law. Please refer potential referees, including when letters are provided via a third party (i.e., dossier service or career center), to the UC Berkeley statement of confidentiality (http://apo.berkeley.edu/evalltr.html) prior to submitting their letters.

• Review Date: Feb. 1 2016.
• Please direct questions to: postdoc.bcsr@berkeley.edu

• Also posted at Religious Studies 2015-2016

University of California - Davis (CA) - Mellon/ACLS Visiting Assistant Professorship in Comparative Border Studies - Deadline: 15 Jan. 2016

The UC Davis Graduate Group in Cultural Studies is pleased to announce a two-year Visiting Assistant Professorship for 2016-2018 in Comparative Border Studies supported by grants from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the American Council of Learned Societies. Applicants should be specialists in research on one or more border zones, especially those of the Americas, Asia and the Middle East. We are interested in promoting comparative and transnational research so these perspectives are preferred, but not required. The specific field is open, but an interdisciplinary orientation in the humanities and/or arts is preferred.

Our new three-year Mellon Research Initiative in Comparative Border Studies focuses on the making, unmaking, crossing, and fortification of borders—national, regional, colonial--and aims to rethink notions of border crossing as well as containment within different regional studies contexts as a result of transregional, comparative dialogue (see http://borderstudies.ucdavis.edu/).

The initiative is organized around three major themes: 1) human rights, citizenship and racialized belonging; 2) mobility, militarization and containment; 3) protest cultures and transnational solidarities. Research interest in one or more of these areas is preferred. We will consider junior scholars including recent PhDs (awarded between 2013-2016) and ABDs (the degree must be completed by July 1, 2016).

The Mellon/ACLS Visiting Assistant Professor will participate in the activities of the Mellon Research Initiative in Comparative Border Studies. Duties include teaching three courses per year (graduate as well as undergraduate) related to border studies, and serving as co-organizer of conferences, colloquia, and other events as well as participating in dialogues involving faculty and graduate students. Ability to teach graduate seminars in the field of Cultural Studies is a plus. The appointment will be housed in an appropriate department or program in the Division of Humanities, Arts and Cultural Studies, in accordance with the background of the successful applicant.

The Mellon/ACLS Visiting Assistant Professor will receive an annual stipend of $57,600, plus health benefits, research funding, and relocation funds.

To apply, please send a letter of interest, CV, and contact information for three (3) references (we do NOT accept letters via Interfolio) through the online application form found at https://recruit.ucdavis.edu/apply/JPF00773.

• For full consideration applications must be received by January 15, 2016. The position is open until filled.

University of California, Irvine (CA) - Digital Pedagogy Postdoctoral Fellowship: UCI Humanities Core - Deadline: 1 Oct. 2015

The School of Humanities at the University of California, Irvine, would like to invite applicants to apply for a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Digital Pedagogy starting January 2016 for a year with expectation of renewal for a second year. The successful candidate will take a leading role in developing and implementing a coordinated approach to digital pedagogy for Humanities Core. This nationally recognized year-long integrated freshman program of lectures, discussions and intensive writing develops critical reading and writing skills while studying challenging texts and relevant issues in the humanities. This position will be funded through a Mellon Foundation grant.

Requirements: A Ph.D. is required in a humanities discipline and should be in hand by December 2015. Seeking candidates with experience with digital platforms and technologies, especially in the area of teaching. Excellent writing and oral communications. Strong interdisciplinary interests, skills and experience. Flexibility, nimbleness, and creativity, with the ability to work both collaboratively and independently. Experience in teaching undergraduates at the university level.

Preferred Qualifications: Strong computer skills, including fluency in platforms such as Omeka, Scripto, WordPress, Adobe Creative Suite, and video and audio editing software. Familiarity with coding and programming (Java Script/HTML) also desirable. Experience in a digital working environment, such as a library, digital lab, or center. Experience in project management and or in organizing workshops or conferences.

Application Procedure: To be considered for the position applicants will need to upload: Curriculum vitae; Statement of digital pedagogy (maximum 2 pages, double –spaced, 11 font); A 2 page or less letter of application that discusses areas of research and teaching, along with your experience with digital tools and pedagogy. (Be specific in noting the platforms and tools and your level of experience.). If you are selected for an interview you will be asked to provide additional materials including a digital portfolio, if available, and 3 letters of recommendation.

Additional information regarding available position can be obtained by contacting: Kazumo Washizuka, Program Manager, Humanities Core, kwashizu@uci.edu

The University of California, Irvine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer advancing inclusive excellence. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected categories covered by the UC nondiscrimination policy.

More information about the School Humanities: http://www.humanities.uci.edu/SOH/

Link to advertisement: http://recruit.ap.uci.edu/apply/JPF03095

• RECRUITMENT PERIOD: Open September 2nd, 2015 through October 1st, 2015.

University of California, Irvine (CA) - Mellon Sawyer Seminar Postdoctoral Fellowship - Documenting War - Deadline: 1 Dec. 2015

School of Humanities at the University of California, Irvine, invites applicants to apply for a one year Mellon Sawyer Seminar Postdoctoral Fellowship- Documenting War. The successful candidate will take a leading role “Documenting War,” a John E. Sawyer Seminar funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The fellow will be affiliated with the Humanities Commons, UCI’s humanities, as well as the appropriate academic department. The Mellon Fellow will participate in all activates associated with the Sawyer Seminar, have limited teaching duties and opportunities for scholarly work. The successful candidate will have a research agenda on documenting war (broadly defined) in the 20th century in the United States.

Requirements: A recent Ph.D. in a humanities discipline strongly encouraged and in hand by June 2016. Seeking candidates that have evidence of a research agenda concerned with “documenting war”. Excellent writing and analytical skills; experience in writing for different purposes and a diversity of audiences, including but not limited to scholarly audiences. Strong interdisciplinary interests, skills and experience. Flexibility, nimbleness, and creativity, with the ability to work both collaboratively and independently. Organizational skills that can be applied to a project with both academic and practical components.

Application upload at: https://recruit.ap.uci.edu/apply/JPF03096

• RECRUITMENT PERIOD: Open September 4th, 2015 through December 1st, 2015.

University of California, Santa Cruz (CA) - One-Year Postdoctoral Scholar - Non-citizenship Sawyer Seminar - Deadline: 8 Jan. 2016

The Chicano Latino Research Center at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC), invites applications for the position of One-Year Postdoctoral Scholar as a part of Non-citizenship, a year-long Andrew W. Mellon Foundation John E. Sawyer Seminar on the Comparative Study of Culture under the direction of Professor Catherine S. Ramírez. We welcome applications from scholars in any discipline or field in the humanities or humanistic social sciences who study migration, mobility, and/or (non-)citizenship in any region of the world or period.

The Non-citizenship Sawyer Seminar is a year-long series of events rethinking the categories of citizen and non-citizen, their connections, and their fissures. The seminar’s primary goal will be to foster a dialogue about belonging and rights, to shed light on the historical development of the category of the non-citizen, and to produce knowledge for a world being remade by human mobility.

Applicants should be able to contribute to the Chicano Latino Research Center and units in the Humanities, Social Sciences, and/or Arts Divisions in humanities-based investigations that are observational and/or theoretical in nature. The successful candidate will be expected to carry out original research, independently or in collaboration with faculty, students, or visiting scholars affiliated with the Chicano Latino Research Center and units with which we collaborate; to participate in seminar activities with faculty, students, and visiting scholars, such as workshops, film screenings, lectures, and colloquia; and to help build a research and teaching tool for scholars, teachers, and other researchers with an interest in migration, mobility, and/or (non-)citizenship, such as a syllabus bank. There are no teaching obligations.

RANK: Postdoctoral Scholar

SALARY: $42,840-$51,615 annually, commensurate with qualifications and experience.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS: Ph.D. or equivalent foreign degree in the humanities or humanistic social sciences is expected to be completed by July 1, 2016.

POSITION AVAILABLE: September 01, 2016 – August 31, 2017, Ph.D. must be conferred at the time of appointment.

TERM OF APPOINTMENT: The appointment is for one year. For appointments within the University of California, the total duration of an individual’s postdoctoral service may not exceed five years, including postdoctoral service at other institutions.

TO APPLY: Applications are accepted via the UCSC Academic Recruit online system and must include (1) a letter of application addressing how the applicant meets the qualifications; (2) a curriculum vitae; (3) a 1-2-page research statement; (4) a 20-30-page writing sample; and (5) three confidential letters of recommendation.* Documents/materials must be submitted as PDF files.

Apply at https://recruit.ucsc.edu/apply/JPF00327 Refer to Position #JPF00327-16T in all correspondence.

• All letters will be treated as confidential per University of California policy and California state law. For any reference letter provided via a third party (i.e., dossier service, career center), direct the author to UCSC’s confidentiality statement at http://apo.ucsc.edu/confstm.htm.

• CLOSING DATE: Review of applications will begin on January 08, 2016. To ensure full consideration, applications should be complete and letters of recommendation received by this date. The position will remain open until filled.

University of Cambridge, Christ's College (UK) - Junior Research Fellowhip - Deadline: 29 Oct. 2015 - SHORTLISTING

• Four year stipendary Junior Research Fellowship in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
• This award will be tenable from not later than 1 October 2016 and is restricted to applicants in one or more of the following subject areas:

Asian & Middle Eastern Studies; Architecture; Economics; Geography; History; History of Art; History & Philosophy of Science; Land Economy; Linguistics; Modern & Medieval Languages; Music; Theology

• Applications must be submitted online via the Christ’s College website at www.christs.cam.ac.uk/jrf by 12:00 noon on Thursday 29 October 2015. Reports from two referees must also be received by this date for the application to be eligible. Further details of the award and of the competition are provided on the website.
• Note: website states that PhD should be received after 1 Jan. 2015
• Deadline: 29 Oct. 2015.

• Has anyone heard back from them about shortlisting? No (09/11)
• Rejection received by email (Nov.10th) + 2
• First shortlist/request for writing samples (11/09)

University of Cambridge, Christ's College (UK) - Lady Wallis Budge JRF in Egyptology - Deadline: 29 Oct. 2015

• Christ’s College invites applications for a Lady Wallis Budge Junior Research in Egyptology. The Fellowship will be tenable for four years from not later than 1 October 2016 and is not renewable
• Applications, which should include a curriculum vitae with details of qualifications, publications and experience, a research statement and the names and addresses of two persons who have agreed to act as academic referees, must be submitted to masters-assistant@christs.cam.ac.uk to arrive no later than noon on Thursday 29 October 2015.
• Candidates must arrange for their referees to send their reference direct to masters-assistant@christs.cam.ac.uk by this deadline for the application to be eligible. Shortlisted candidates will be asked for copies of written work and may be invited for interviews, which are expected to be held during the week commencing 22 February 2016. Further details are available at www.christs.cam.ac.uk/jobs.
• Deadline: 29 Oct. 2015.

University of Cambridge, Churchill College (UK) - Bodossakis Research Fellowship - Deadline: 16 Nov. 2015

• Applications are invited for Bodossakis Research Fellowship in Contemporary Greek History, Comparative Law, and cognate fields. This will normally be tenable for two years from 1 October 2016, in exceptional circumstances, there may be the possibility of renewal for a third year. This Fellowship is open to graduates, men or women, of any University, with no age limit, but will normally be awarded to candidates who have recently completed their PhD or are close to completion.  The function of this Fellowship is as an initial (normally) post-doctoral position appropriate to the start of an academic career.
• Churchill College, Fitzwilliam College, Murray Edwards College, Selwyn College and Trinity Hall operate a Joint Application Scheme for Early Career Research Fellowships. Applications will be considered by all Colleges offering Fellowships in the relevant subject. A total of ten Fellowships is offered but candidates are advised that competition is likely to be intense; last year over 1000 applications were received.
• Full information regarding the Fellowships on offer, further particulars and registration details will be available at the Joint Application Scheme website from w/c 12 October 2015: http://www.chu.cam.ac.uk/applying/fellows/jrf/
• Deadline: 16 Nov. 2015.

University of Cambridge, Emmanuel College (UK) - Research Fellowships - Deadline: 1 Oct. 2015

• three stipendiary Research Fellowships in any subject; all three Fellowships are for a three-year fixed term, and will commence on 1 October, 2016.
• Applications will be accepted from any graduate of a university within or outside the United Kingdom. Eligibility is restricted to those for whom the Research Fellowship would be their first substantial paid academic or research appointment (other than as a doctoral student).
• These Fellowships are intended for outstanding researchers early in their careers: successful candidates are likely to be in the latter stages of their research leading to a PhD degree, or post-doctoral researchers who have been awarded their PhD degree after 1 October, 2014.  Candidates should note that these Fellowships are extremely competitive.
• For further details please visit http://resfell.emma.cam.ac.uk/rf_2016/
• Applications must be submitted online and received by 17.00 BST on Thursday 1 October, 2015.  Incomplete or late applications will NOT be accepted after this date.
• Received their e-mail today saying I was not shortlisted.

University of Cambridge (UK) - Faculty of Divinity - British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow - Deadline: 7 Aug. 2015

• 3 year position
• The aim of the scheme is "to offer opportunities for outstanding early career researchers to strengthen their experience of research and teaching in a university environment which will develop their curriculum vitae and improve their prospects of obtaining permanent lecturing posts by the end of the Fellowship. The primary emphasis is on completion of a significant piece of publishable research, which will be assisted by full membership of an academic community of established scholars working in similar fields". The closing date for the competition is likely to be in early October 2015 for fellowships beginning between 1 September 2016 and 1 January 2017. Further details about the scheme, including eligibility can be found at: http://www.britac.ac.uk/funding/guide/pdfells.cfm.
• The Faculty of Divinity will only be able to support a limited number of applications. Consequently expressions of interest are invited only for areas where the faculty has an existing research interest. These include, but are not limited to, biblical studies, history of Christianity, inter-faith relations, philosophical theology, islamic theology and world Christianities. Further details about the faculty and its research could be found at: www.divinity.cam.ac.uk. In order to be considered it will be necessary to submit an expression of interest by August 7 2015. Expressions of interest should be sent by email to Dr Peter Harland, Administrative Officer at administrator@divinity.cam.ac.uk.
• Expressions of interest should include the following information:

1 Title, institution and date of PhD (or anticipated date of submission/examination)

2 Proposed mentor within the faculty, and whether that mentor has been approached.

3 Confirmation of eligibility for the BA postdoctoral fellowship

4  Title of proposed post-doctoral research

5  A 1000 word summary of proposed research including planned outputs.

Please quote reference GF06607 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.

• Deadline: 7 Aug. 2015.

University of Cambridge - Gonville and Caius College (UK) - Research Fellowships - Deadline: 30 Sept. 2015

• The Fellowships will be tenable for four years from a date to be agreed between 1 July and 1 October 2016. Research Fellows are expected to spend the tenure of their Fellowship in Cambridge, and to contribute to the life of the College. Permission may be granted for periods of research away from Cambridge.
• Candidates should be university graduates or research students who will either be in their final year of doctoral research, or within one year of first submission of their PhD (note: submission and not award of the degree).
• Research Fellowships are awarded to men or women judged to be the most able with an exceptionally strong academic record who have demonstrated outstanding capacity to conduct original and innovative doctoral research in Science or the Arts. The College entertains applications in all academic disciplines.
• The current stipend of a Research Fellow resident in College who has no other emoluments except College teaching is £20,202 p.a., rising by three annual increments to £22,663 p.a. Assistance with housing is given to non-resident Research Fellows. Reimbursement of certain research expenses totalling up to £1,000 p.a. will also be available.
• Prospective candidates should be aware that the College requires the submission of the written work the candidates would wish to be read by assessors at the same time as the application; although there is some variation between disciplines, it is generally expected that the work submitted will be at least 30,000 words in length, including in some cases a complete PhD of about 80,000 words, and/or published work. The main body of written work must be submitted in English, apart from quotations.
• The initial review of applications will be undertaken by Fellows; this will involve consideration of the CV, research work to date, proposed area of study during the Research Fellowship and of the quality of the references provided. Applications are then considered by sub-committees in the Arts and Sciences with responsibility for drawing up a shortlist of candidates whose work is sent to expert readers for further assessment. A small number of strongly recommended candidates are then invited for interview.
• Full details of our application procedures for 2016 are now available online at http://www.cai.cam.ac.uk/jrf_vacancies

• Applications must be completed by Wednesday 30 September 2015. The election will be held on 15 January 2016 and candidates should ensure that they will be available for interview that day if so required. Candidates who are offered a Research Fellowship at Gonville & Caius College will be required to accept or decline the offer immediately.

University of Cambridge - Magdalene College (UK) - Lumley Research Fellowship - Deadline 16 Nov. 2015

• Three year research fellowship beginning 1 oct. 2016
• Applications are invited from graduates, male or female, from any university. Candidates should normally have completed two or three years of research and may have written a PhD dissertation.
• Short-listed candidates will be called for interview; and the expenses of travel within the United Kingdom only will be paid by the College. The current gross stipend (2015-16) for a Research Fellow is £21,165 p.a. (subject to annual cost of living award). A reduced scale of stipend will apply to Research Fellows who are full-time students. A service charge of approximately £800 p.a. will be made if the Fellow is resident in College. If a Fellow is resident outside the College precincts then rent and normal utility bills will be charged.  The net stipend paid to a Research Fellow will take into account any grant or stipend which the Fellow receives from other sources. A Research Fellow will receive all the privileges associated with an Official Fellowship and; in the case of a Research Fellow who has not yet taken the Ph.D. degree, the College may pay certain approved University Fees
• Deadline: noon (local time) 16 Nov. 2015.
• Anyone having trouble accessing the application site?

University of Cambridge - Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology (UK) - Postdoctoral Research Associate - Deadline 11 Dec. 2015

• ~2 year postdoctoral research associateship
• The Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology seeks to appoint a Postdoctoral Research Associate to work as part of a team led by Professor Nicholas Thomas for his European Research Council project Pacific Presences: Oceanic Art and European Museums. This five-year project, which commenced in 2013, researches collections of Pacific artefacts now housed in institutions across Europe.  The team will document, photograph and interpret collections in France, Russia, the Netherlands, the UK and Germany and, working with indigenous collaborators, will record contemporary responses to historic artefacts and mount exhibitions in the Pacific.
• The successful applicant will have a PhD in Anthropology, Museum Studies, Art History or a related discipline. Prior experience of working in a museum and preferably of working with collections from the Pacific would be a strong advantage. Candidates should be self-motivated, organised and work effectively as a member of a team. The post-holder will be expected to lead research with one or more of the project's partner institutions, oversee the project's exhibition programme, liaise with other team members and prospective venues around the scheduling and development of exhibits and the organization of linked workshops and seminars. They will also be expected to develop their own research interests within the scope of the project. Strong computer skills are essential.
• Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available until 31 March 2018 in the first instance.
• To apply online for this vacancy and to view further information about the role, please visit: http://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/8617. This will take you to the role on the University’s Job Opportunities pages. There you will need to click on the 'Apply online' button and register an account with the University's Web Recruitment System (if you have not already) and log in before completing the online application form.
• Informal enquiries about this vacancy may be addressed to the Museum's Director,Professor Nicholas Thomas (njt35@cam.ac.uk). For any queries about the application process please contact the Museum Administrator on wmb24@cam.ac.uk.
• Please quote reference JU07542 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.
• Deadline: 11 Dec. 2015.

• It is anticipated that short-listed candidates will be interviewed during week commencing 11 January 2016

University of Cambridge (UK) - Research Associate in Modern East Asian History - Deadline: 31 Aug. 2015

• Applicants are invited to apply for one fixed-term full-time post (one year) of Research Assistant/Research Associate to the project, The Dissolution of the Japanese Empire and the Struggle for Legitimacy in Postwar East Asia, 1945-1965. This project is funded by the European Research Council (ERC).
• The research assistant/research associate will examine East Asian relations concerning the dissolution of the Japanese empire and war crimes, widely defined. The research assistant/research associate will mainly focus on collecting, organizing and analyzing Japanese and Russian related archives dealing with this topic. He or she will also examine relevant published texts and secondary research in related languages and any appropriate bibliographical references. The research assistant/research associate will be expected to work toward producing his/her own monograph within their contract time and perhaps an additional peer-reviewed article. In addition to his/her own research, the research assistant/research associate will be required to assist in the administration of the project (including various symposia), especially with regard to organizing an international workshop and editing its proceedings. Supervisions in modern Japanese history may be required as well.
• Requirements: The successful candidate must have been awarded their PhD or be in the final stages of completion of their PhD. A demonstrable commitment to the aims of the project and genuine enthusiasm in such research will also be essential, as will the ability to work effectively as part of a team as well as on individual initiative. The research assistant/research associate will be expected to have a thorough knowledge of Japanese (having scored level one on the JLPT exam), as well as native level Russian and a native level of English language ability or the IELTS English language proficiency exam equivalent. The applicant’s research must be related to the end of the Japanese empire and early Cold War.
• Applications must be made online using the University's online application system (requires registration). Please ensure that you upload your Curriculum Vitae (CV) and a two to three page research project essay in the Upload section of the online application. If you upload any additional documents which have not been requested, we will not be able to consider these as part of your application.
• Please note that references will be taken up in advance of interviews unless the candidate states otherwise.
• Quote reference: GU050/GU06775 in any correspondence about this vacancy
• Closing date: 31st August, 2015. Interviews to take place in September, 2015.

University of Cambridge - St John's College (UK) - Research Fellowship (History of Art) - Deadline: 1 Oct. 2015

• Applications are invited for Research Fellowships in History of Art and related fields intended for outstanding researchers early in their careers. The Fellowships offer an opportunity to carry out independent research in a stimulating and supportive academic environment. Applications will be accepted from any graduate of a university within or outside the United Kingdom.
• All candidates should note that these Research Fellowships are extremely competitive and typically less than one candidate in 100 is successful.
• Successful candidates are expected to be either graduate students, probably in the latter stages of their research leading to a PhD Degree, or post-doctoral researchers who have been awarded their PhD Degree after 1 October 2014. Candidates who do not fulfil these criteria are unlikely to be considered.
• For details please see http://research-fellowships.joh.cam.ac.uk/rf
• Deadline: 17:00 BST 1 Oct. 2015.

University of Cambridge - St John's College (UK) - Research Fellowships (Hist Sci Tech Med) - Deadline: 1 Oct. 2015

• Applications are invited for Research Fellowships in Historical & Philosophical Studies and related fields intended for outstanding researchers early in their careers. The Fellowships offer an opportunity to carry out independent research in a stimulating and supportive academic environment. Applications will be accepted from any graduate of a university within or outside the United Kingdom.
• All candidates should note that these Research Fellowships are extremely competitive and typically less than one candidate in 100 is successful.
• Successful candidates are expected to be either graduate students, probably in the latter stages of their research leading to a PhD Degree, or post-doctoral researchers who have been awarded their PhD Degree after 1 October 2014. Candidates who do not fulfil these criteria are unlikely to be considered.
• For details please see http://research-fellowships.joh.cam.ac.uk/rf
• Deadline: 17:00 BST 1 Oct. 2015.

University of Cambridge, Trinity Hall (UK) - Junior Research Fellowship - Deadline: 16 Nov. 2015

• Applications are invited for a Research Fellowship in Economics, HPS (History and Philosophy of Science), Law, Philosophy, PPSIS (Politics, Psychology, Sociology and International Studies) and Theology, which will normally be tenable for three years from 1 October 2016. The Fellowship is open to graduates, men or women, of any University, with no age limit, but will normally be awarded to candidates who have recently completed their PhD or are close to completion.  The function of Fellowships is as initial (normally) post-doctoral positions appropriate to the start of an academic career.
• The prime duty of a Research Fellow is to engage in research; Research Fellows are also welcome to undertake supervision teaching, if they wish, within a limit of six hours per week. Research Fellows are not expected to undertake any additional administrative duties within a College, but should attend twice-termly meetings of the College’s Governing Body.
• The pensionable stipend of post-PhD Research Fellows is currently £21,470 (pre-PhD £19,050).
• Churchill College, Fitzwilliam College, Murray Edwards College, Selwyn College and Trinity Hall operate a Joint Application Scheme for Early Career Research Fellowships. Applications will be considered by all Colleges offering Fellowships in the relevant subject. A total of ten  Fellowships is offered across all Colleges in the scheme, of which one is offered at Trinity Hall, but candidates are advised that competition is likely to be intense; last year over 1000 applications were received.
• Candidates are warned that they are responsible for checking their eligibility to take up the post under UK immigration rules.
• Full information regarding the Fellowships on offer, further particulars and registration details will be available at the Joint Application Scheme website w/c 12 October 2015: http://www.chu.cam.ac.uk/applying/fellows/jrf/
• Deadline: 16 Nov. 2015.

University of Chicago (IL) - Provost's Career Enhancement Postdoctoral Scholarships - Deadline: 1 Nov. 2015

As part of an effort to promote a diversity of backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences among its faculty as set forth in the University of Chicago Diversity Statement, the University of Chicago invites applications for the Provost's Career Enhancement Postdoctoral Scholarships (PCEPS).

Number of Scholarships: Three two-year postdoctoral scholarships will be awarded for the term beginning fall 2016.

Salary and Other Support: Each postdoctoral scholarship will carry an annual salary of $60,000 and an annual research fund of $5,000. Postdoctoral scholars will be eligible for designated health-care and other benefit plans through the University of Chicago Postdoctoral Researcher Benefit Program.

Eligibility: Candidates must have completed the Ph.D., M.D., J.D., or foreign equivalent by September 1, 2016, and must have received their degree no earlier than November 1, 2012. Individuals currently holding a postdoctoral or faculty position at the University of Chicago are ineligible.

Application Process: Please visit the Provost's Postdoctoral Scholarship website at http://provostpostdoc.uchicago.edu/

• Applications will be accepted September 1, 2015 through November 1, 2015.

University of Chicago (IL) - Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts, 2016-2017 (Harper and Schmidt Fellows) - Deadline: 15 Oct. 2015

The University of Chicago Society of Fellows is now accepting applications for four-year postdoctoral teaching appointments as Harper and Schmidt Fellows who hold the rank of Collegiate Assistant Professor. The Fellows are members of the College Faculty whose primary responsibility is to teach in the general education (Core) program.

Core courses in the Humanities typically deal with fundamental issues and texts in history, philosophy, and literature. Currently, the Core is organized into seven year-long sequences: Readings in World Literature; Human Being and Citizen; Greek Thought and Literature; Philosophical Perspectives on the Humanities; Media Aesthetics; Reading Cultures; and Language and the Human. For a description of these sequences see: https://societyoffellows.uchicago.edu/page/humanities-course-descriptions

Core courses in the Social Sciences explore, on the basis of significant works, the fundamental concepts and the different modes of inquiry that have defined the social sciences in the modern period. Currently, Fellows teach in four of the year-long sequences into which the Core is organized: Self, Culture and Society; Classics of Social and Political Thought; and Power, Identity, and Resistance; and Social Science Inquiry. For a description of these sequences see: https://societyoffellows.uchicago.edu/page/social-sciences-course-descriptions

Some Fellows also teach in the History of European Civilization Core sequence. European Civilization is taught on the basis of intensive readings of significant primary source documents. For a description of the sequence see: https://fellows.uchicago.edu/history.shtml

The positions are open to scholars in all disciplines and areas of specialization who will have completed all requirements for their Ph.D. degree no later than August 31, 2016. Candidates must demonstrate excellence in their original scholarship as well as in teaching.

In most years, Fellows teach two courses (usually of identical preparation) for each of three quarters. Each Fellow also has the opportunity to design an independent course and each is eligible for one quarter of research sabbatical in the third year of residence. The annual salary for 2016-17 will be $66,000. The effective date for these teaching appointments is September 1, 2016.

To apply for these positions, please see our web site at http://fellows.uchicago.edu. The web site will be available to accept applications beginning August 31, 2015.

• On line application deadline: 11:59:59 PM CDT, Thursday, October 15, 2015. Deadline for receipt of letters of recommendations: 11:59:59 PM CDT, Thursday, October 29, 2015. This includes letters of recommendation from your three recommenders or those received from a dossier service.

University of Colorado Boulder (CO) - Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program - Deadline: 15 Dec. 2015

In 2014, the University of Colorado Boulder joined in a collaborative partnership with the University of California and the University of Michigan to offer postdoctoral fellowship opportunities at CU-Boulder. In this program, the University of Colorado Boulder offers postdoctoral research fellowships in all academic fields, coupled with faculty mentoring, professional development and academic networking opportunities.

The University of Colorado Boulder views these postdoctoral fellowships as providing an exceptional opportunity to recruit potential new faculty to the university by offering the possibility of either a postdoc alone or a combined postdoc and tenure-track faculty appointment.

The University seeks applicants whose creative work/research, teaching and service will contribute to diversity and equal opportunity in higher education. The program is particularly interested in scholars with the potential to bring to their academic careers the critical perspective that comes from their non-traditional educational background or understanding of the experiences of groups historically underrepresented in higher education.

APPLY: Applicants must obtain the sponsorship of a tenured faculty member other than their PhD dissertation advisor who is willing to serve as their primary mentor.

• DEADLINE: December 15, 2015.
• I'm confused about these fellowships: are you supposed to contact a faculty member who you don't know, from the host school, and ask them to mentor you? Or does this request generally stem from happening to know someone previously? Thanks for any help. [10/23]

• It's perfectly reasonable to contact someone who you have never met before with a request to mentor. I haven't looked at the details of this particular post-doc, but many of the applications require the prospective mentor to do little more than agree--sometimes they need to write a letter of support if your application gets to the final stage of review, and in some rare cases they require a letter from the prospective mentor before you can even apply. As long as it's not the latter requirement, professors tend to be fairly open to agreeing to these things, even if they've never met you. In most cases, they won't actually have to do any real work unless you are, in fact, a finalist--in which case you're worth doing a little work for. And it tends to look good both for themselves and their department if they've got a post-doc through one of these systems. [10/24]

• ^^Great, thank you! [10/25]

• So I started this process last year, and the inside scoop is that it's a waste of effort unless the department is likely to hire you afterward. The mentor will check with the department's head, and unless there's a gap that makes you likely to be permanent and TT afterward, the endorsement is pretty meaningless. Depressing, possibly, but might save time. Just to be clear though, this is just about this postdoc specifically. << If you don't mind my asking, what did you do this year instead? A different postdoc?
• ^^ Understood, thanks. I've decided to not apply, mainly because I find the whole nature of asking someone to sponsor you rather strange. So from my understanding, these programs ask for people who are traditionally underrepresented in higher education, but then expects people with these so-called "outsider" statuses within the academy to break through these insider circles and preemptively make the "right" connections. It just seems rather odd, and I too got the sense that some sort of insider connection was necessary for longterm results. Maybe I'm reading too much into it. At the very least, it's sociologically fascinating!

University of Freiburg (DEU) - Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies - Fellowships for AY 2016-17 - Deadline: 30 Sept. 2015

The Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies announces the following: Individual FCFP fellowships for the academic year 2016/17 (Fellowships start: September 1, 2016)

- Junior fellowships (completed PhD plus one to six years post-doctoral experience)

- Senior fellowships (completed PhD plus a minimum of six years post-doctoral experience or a tenured professorship or equivalent permanent position)

The FCFP is intended for current or future leaders in their fields. About 25 FCFP fellowships are awarded through a highly competitive, strictly merit-based selection process. Applications are invited from academics of all nationalities and all disciplines. Note, however, that during the 3-year period prior to the application deadline, applicants may not have resided or have carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc) in Germany for more than a total of 12 months.

Fellowships of 3 to 10 months in the Senior scheme and of 12 months in the Junior scheme may be applied for. They will allow researchers to conduct their own research projects. Fellowships are awarded to individuals with challenging and innovative research projects of high academic quality. The determining selection criteria are the academic excellence of both the applicant and of the project proposal. Personal qualifications with regard to international expertise, leadership skills and interdisciplinary interest are also taken into account during the evaluation of the applications. Application is open to proposals from all disciplines that can be supported at the University of Freiburg.

Successful applicants will become FRIAS fellows. Each fellow will receive an internationally attractive living allowance (Junior: E 13 TV-L, Senior: W3-equivalent professorial salary, additional regulations apply for applicants with unlimited work contracts at their home institution), mobility allowance and a research cost contribution (theoretical sciences: up to 450 € per month, experimental sciences: up to 1.050 € per month). A mentoring program is put in place for each Junior Fellow in her/his career development.

FRIAS unites research in the humanities and social sciences, the natural and life sciences, engineering and medicine. It is the aim of the Institute to support academic exchange across existing boundaries: between disciplines, between different cultures and countries, between established and younger researchers.

The institute provides its fellows with modern office space and an up-to-date infrastructure. Fellows have full access to all library services from one of the leading German university libraries. Special attention is given to fellows who plan to come to Freiburg together with their families.

The FCFP call for applications is co-financed by the European Union’s Seventh Framework Program (FP7) “Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions – People” (co-funding of regional, national and international programs) and the State of Baden-Württemberg.

Information on the application and selection process (required documents, guidelines on eligibility, evaluation criteria, timeline and stages of the selection process) is provided at: https://www.frias.uni-freiburg.de/en/routes-to-frias/cofund. More information on FRIAS is available at: http://www.frias.uni-freiburg.de.

• The completed FCFP application form together with the required documents has to be uploaded on the application website for External Senior Fellowships or Junior Fellowships and submitted by September 30, 2015.

University of Herefordshire (UK) - Research Fellowship (History) - Deadline: 21 Aug. 2015

• 16-month position: "Applications are sought for the position of Research Fellow working on the projects Ritual, Community, and Conflict and Axial-Age Religions and the Z-Curve of Human Egalitarianism. The successful applicant will be based at the University of Hertfordshire under the supervision of Dr. Pieter Francois, Lecturer in Digital History at the School of Humanities."
• [NB this position may be intended to start late 2015 not 2016]
• The Ritual, Community, and Conflict project is funded through an ESRC Large Grant and the Axial-Age Religions and the Z-Curve of Human Egalitarianism through a John Templeton Foundation grant. Both projects are part of the larger umbrella project ‘Seshat: Global History Databank’. The Seshat project brings together an international, interdisciplinary team of anthropologists, economists, historians, archaeologists, and evolutionary theorists. This Seshat project tests hypotheses about the evolution of social complexity, warfare, ritual, religion and long-term patterns of social inequality in human history by coding a set of theory-driven variables. This project involves working with historians, archaeologists and other relevant experts to build a large historical database detailing our best current knowledge about the characteristics and functioning of past human societies. In addition to working with Dr. Pieter Francois at the University of Hertfordshire, the successful applicant will also be expected to work closely together with Professor Harvey Whitehouse and his team at the Institute of Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Oxford.
• The Research Fellow will focus especially on testing hypotheses pertaining to the role of ritual in explaining the evolution of social complexity and on testing hypotheses pertaining to the role religion played in the evolution of egalitarianism during the Axial-Age.
• The successful applicant will possess the skills appropriate for analyzing data from historical, archaeological and/or ethnographic material (generally secondary sources) using both qualitative and quantitative methods. The successful applicant will hold a PhD degree in a relevant discipline (including, but not limited to, anthropology, history, sociology, political science, and economics).
• Apply online at http://www.herts.ac.uk/contact-us/jobs-and-vacancies  Applicants are strongly encouraged to contact Dr. Pieter Francois (p.francois@herts.ac.uk) to discuss the position prior to submitting the formal application. The University is required to meet UKVI visa regulations. Applicants who do not currently have the right to work in the UK will have to satisfy UKVI regulations before they can be appointed.
• Deadline: 21 Aug. 2015.

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (IL) - IPRH–Andrew W. Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Bio-Humanities, 2016–18 - Deadline: 6 Nov. 2016

The Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities, supported by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, seeks to hire two Post-Doctoral Fellows for two-year appointments commencing Fall 2016.

Bio-Humanities is an emerging field distinguished by its critical and creative appropriation of findings in the biological sciences for the purpose of reimagining and reconfiguring our sense of human being and of the meaning and significance of human undertakings.

Tbe IPRH–Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellows in Bio-Humanities will spend their two-year terms in residence at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and will participate in all activities of the Bio-Humanities research group, as led by the IPRH–Mellon Faculty Fellow in Bio-Humanities, Professor Samantha Frost. The Fellows will participate in a seminar aimed at developing methodologies for bio-humanities research; they will have the opportunity to audit courses in the life sciences at Illinois during the term of their fellowship; and they will work with the research group to develop several bio-humanities undergraduate courses. Each fellow will be required to teach one of the courses developed in the second year of the fellowship term.

This search for Mellon Fellows is open to scholars in all humanities disciplines, including the humanities-inflected social sciences, whose research and teaching interests lie in the area of Bio-Humanities.

Eligibility: Applicants should have received their Ph.D. in a humanities discipline between January 1, 2013 and no later than July 31, 2016. Only untenured scholars who have not held the title of “assistant professor” are eligible (visiting assistant professors are eligible); lecturers with indefinite appointments that renew (rather than terminate after a fixed term) are ineligible. PhDs are the only terminal degree accepted. Please note that these are external fellowships; current full- and part-time faculty members at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, as well as scholars who received their doctorates from the Urbana campus, are not eligible for these awards. Scholars who cannot legitimately anticipate the conferral of their degrees by July 31, 2016, should not apply.

The appointment will begin on August 16, 2016, and the successful applicants must be on the Illinois campus by that date for employment processing and orientation. The Post-Doctoral Fellows will be required to live within 20 miles of Champaign-Urbana during the academic years of the appointment.

The fellowship carries a $55,000 annual stipend, a $5,000 research account, a modest moving allowance, and a comprehensive benefits package. (Foreign nationals’ benefits eligibility is contingent upon meeting a “Substantial Presence Test,” as determined by IRS rules.)

• Applications must be submitted online at https://my.atlas.illinois.edu/submit/go.asp?id=935. Applicants will be asked to create a password-protected account, to which they can return multiple times. The application system opens September 1, 2015 (and will not be accessible before then). No paper or emailed applications will be accepted. The application portal closes at midnight U.S. Central Time on November 6, 2015. All materials, including letters of reference, must be submitted by that time. As IPRH staff will not be available for any trouble-shooting assistance after 5:00 p.m., applicants are strongly urged to submit their applications well prior to the close of business on November 6 (by 4:30 p.m. Central Time). Please be certain that you have reached the final section of the application system and clicked “submit” to complete your application.

University of Michigan (MI) - Emerging Democracies Postdoctoral Fellowship - Deadline: 15 Jan. 2016

Fellowship period: September 2016 – May 2017

Application deadline: January 15, 2016

The Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies (WCED) at the University of Michigan invites postdoctoral scholars to apply for the Emerging Democracies Postdoctoral Fellowship. The fellowship supports research on the broad historical, political, economic, and societal conditions under which democracies emerge—and autocracies endure.

Three awards are available in 2016-17. Emerging Democracies Postdoctoral Fellows are expected to focus on their own research, participate in WCED workshops and events, and present one public lecture during their fellowship year, while in residence at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Application: Candidates should send the following materials to the Fellowship Committee at wced.postdoc@umich.edu. The applications must include: A cover sheet, available at http://ii.umich.edu/wced. A two-page research plan that outlines the research project and how the fellow will spend his/her time during the fellowship year. Curriculum Vitae. A scholarly writing sample, such as a dissertation chapter, conference paper, or journal article. Two letters of recommendation, submitted directly to wced.postdoc@umich.edu. Please combine the required application materials into one PDF.

We welcome excellent applicants from all disciplines. Fellows must have successfully defended and filed their dissertation before beginning the fellowship. Eligibility is restricted to those who have received their PhD after January 1, 2014.

NOTES: 3 openings.

• Fellowship applications must be received by January 15, 2016. Applicants will be notified in March 2016.

University of Michigan (MI) - Michigan Society of Fellows - Deadline: EXT to 30 Sept. 2015

The Michigan Society of Fellows, under the auspices of the Rackham Graduate School, was established in 1970 with endowment grants from the Ford Foundation and the Horace H. and Mary Rackham Funds. Each year the Society selects four outstanding applicants for appointment to three-year fellowships in the social, physical, and life sciences, and in the professional schools. In 2007 the Mellon Foundation awarded a grant to add four Mellon Fellows annually in the humanities, expanding the number of fellowships awarded each year from four to eight. The newly appointed Postdoctoral Fellows join a unique interdisciplinary community composed of their peers as well as the Senior Fellows of the Society, who include many of the University’s leading scholars. Alumni Fellows of the Society have gone on to become distinguished scholars at institutions around the world.

The Society invites applications from qualified candidates who are at the beginning of their academic careers, having received the Ph.D. or comparable professional or artistic degree between June 1, 2013 and September 1, 2016. Applications from degree candidates and recipients of the Ph.D. from the University of Michigan will not be considered. Non-US citizens may apply.

The application form will be available July 7, 2015: https://societyoffellows.umich.edu/app/. See full guidelines here: http://societyoffellows.umich.edu/the-fellowship/application-guidelines/

• The application deadline is Tuesday, September 29, 2015, 1:00 PM EDT.

PSA: I just asked Michigan SOF whether they accept letters from dossier services (e.x., Interfolio), and they said they do. 

"Dear ***: Thank you for your message.  We will accept letters from a dossier service.  If the letters are sent as one submission, please make sure there are only two letters.  If they are sent individually, please let the dossier service know that they must come from two different email accounts." 

• New deadline: Wednesday, September 30, 2015, 1:00 PM EDT (Does anyone know why they extended it?) 

University of Michigan (MI) - Post-doctoral Fellows in Study of China - Deadline: 1 Feb. 2016

The Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies (LRCCS) at the University of Michigan (U-M) is pleased to announce the establishment of the LRCCS Postdoctoral Fellowships to support research in the study of China. This opportunity is open to scholars in the humanities or social sciences conducting well-designed research and writing projects. Two fellows are selected annually.

Program requirements: The fellowship appointment begins in September 2016 and concludes in August 2017. Fellows must physically reside in the University of Michigan vicinity during the academic year and actively participate in the events and the intellectual life of the Center. Each fellow is expected to give one presentation in the LRCCS Noon Lecture Series in the Winter academic term (January-April), be a guest-lecturer in at least one meeting of the Center’s interdisciplinary graduate seminar (CCS 501/CCS 502), and contribute to the greater Michigan community by mentoring or advising students. Stipend and benefits:

Total stipend for fellowship duration: US$45,000. Fellowship recipients and their dependents will be eligible for University of Michigan health-insurance and health-savings benefits. Up to US$10,000 of research funding is available to each fellow during the post-doctoral appointment (budget submission required in order to begin use of funds). While the fellowship does not require teaching, if a teaching opportunity is available, LRCCS will offer an additional teaching stipend.

Research topics can cover any historical period of China - including contemporary China - and involve any academic discipline in the humanities and social sciences. Candidates must be able to provide evidence of successful completion of their PhD degree by June of the year of appointment and may not be more than five (5) years beyond receipt of the PhD.

Applicants who do not have native command of English must include the date and score of the most recent TOEFL examination or other evidence of proficiency in English (such as a degree from a US university or a letter from an academic advisor). University of Michigan doctoral degree recipients are not eligible for this fellowship.

Candidates are required to apply through Interfolio. The required documents are as follows: (a) cover letter; (b) current CV; (c) research and/or writing plan for the appointment year; (d) recent writing sample; (e) other document (e.g. additional evidence of English proficiency); (f) two letters of reference. The application can be found here (http://apply.interfolio.com/31427). Notifications will be made by April 15, 2016.

• Application deadline is February 1, 2016 (11:59pm Eastern Time, USA).

University of Oregon (OR) - 2016-18 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Ethnic American Literatures and Cultural Productions - Deadline: 30 Nov. 2015

The University of Oregons English Department, in collaboration with the Ethnic Studies Department, invites applications for a 2016-18 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Ethnic American Literatures and Cultural Productions.

Applicants should have a demonstrated pedagogical and scholarly investment in the study of race and ethnicity and should hold a PhD in English, Folklore, Media Studies, American Studies, Ethnic Studies, or a related field by June 1, 2016. We particularly welcome applications from scholars who are from populations and/or work in fields of study historically under-represented in the academy and who will enhance the English Department's existing strengths in the study of African American, Native American/Alaskan/Hawai'ian and First Nations, Latino/a, and Asian American Literatures and Cultural Productions. We welcome comparative, interdisciplinary, queer, and intersectional research.

The fellow will be in residence at the University of Oregons English Department during academic years 2016-18. Fellows will teach 3 courses during that 2-year period. These courses will be developed and scheduled in consultation with the associate head of the English Department and cross-listed in Ethnic Studies. The fellow will make a research presentation to the English Department, Ethnic Studies Department, and other interested scholars. Further contributions may include offering a workshop for graduate students in the fellow's field of specialization or participation in student/faculty reading groups during their appointment. The fellow will offer mentorship to graduate students in English and, as a graduate program develops, Ethnic Studies. The fellow will work closely with a designated mentor or mentors who will be a senior faculty in English or Ethnic Studies. The fellows will earn a salary of $45,000 a year plus benefits, $1,000 a year in research funds, $750 a year for conference travel, a campus office, and up to $2,500 for a computer for use during the fellowship period. A budget for moving expenses may also be included in the fellowship package.

• Applications are due November 30, 2015. Please submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, 2 sample syllabi that illustrate the kinds of courses you are prepared to teach, a writing sample of no more than 25 pages, a one-page statement of your research goals and potential campus contributions during the post-doc period, and 3 academic letters of reference. Please submit materials to Academic Jobs Online (https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo). The fellowship selection committee will conduct interviews via Skype in January 2016. Applicants will be notified Spring 2016.
• Also posted at Other Ethnic American 2016

University of Pennsylvania (PA) - Penn Humanities Forum: Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Humanities, 2016-2017 - Deadline: 15 Oct. 2015

The Penn Humanities Forum is now accepting applications for its 2016-2017 Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Humanities on the general theme of Translation. The fellowship is open to untenured junior scholars who have received or will receive their Ph.D. (the only eligible terminal degree) between December 2007 and December 2015. Students who will defend any time after December 2015 are not eligible to apply, and no exceptions will be considered.

Research proposals from all humanistic disciplines and allied fieldse.g., anthropology, history of scienceare eligible, excluding educational curriculum-building and the performing arts (scholars of performing arts are eligible). Fellows teach one undergraduate course during the year in addition to conducting their research, and must be in residence during the fellowship year: September 1 - May 31. Stipend: $46,500 plus single-coverage health insurance and a $2,500 research fund.

Applications are accepted via secure online webform only. Any emailed submissions, including c.v's and questions about whether a proposed topic is viable, will not be considered. The committee cannot comment on the appropriateness of proposals in advance. A careful reading of the topic description and the application form itself generally answers most questions.

• Full fellowship guidelines, the downloadable application, and the Translation topic description are available on the Forum's website: http://www.phf.upenn.edu.
• Deadline: October 15, 2015.
• Does anyone know if there's a way to check and make sure that dossier letters arrived as promised?
• Has anyone figured out how to upload letters from interfolio? the instructions here on the phf website (http://www.phf.upenn.edu/andrew-w-mellon-postdoctoral-fellowships) refer to a "custom upload" button on interfolio's main page, but i haven't been able to find it. And the phf uplaod form requires that the letter be attached as a PDF. Anyone have ideas?
• I fear I'm too late to help you for this application, but in case you come up against this again in the future: When you go into your dossier, click "Start a New Delivery," and then type "Custom Upload" into the destination box.  You'll get the usual automated email from Interfolio- reply to that with (only) the link to the site where the letters must be uploaded.  Then someone on their end will log in and upload the letters to the site for you.  When I did it, it only took about 3 hours between when I submitted the request and when they confirmed that they had uploaded my letters.  

University of Pennsylvania (PA) - Post-Doctoral Fellowship 2016–2017 - Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies: ‘Political Ramifications: Expanding Jewish Political Thought' - Deadline: 1 Nov. 2015

Over the course of their history, Jews have championed a range of ideological views and operated within a variety of political contexts. These experiences have generated a rich body of political thought, but there is an ongoing need to advance such thought in light of new developments in political theory and a changing world beyond academia. One way forward is to continue to stretch the boundaries of Jewish political thought in ways that intersect with the study of law, religion, history, literature, and other subjects, or that approach the subject in a comparative framework.

During the 2016–2017 academic year, the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania seeks to expand the study of Jewish political thought. The Center seeks applications from scholars working in fields from ancient to contemporary, welcoming projects that enlist philosophy and theory to unsettle regnant paradigms of power and statehood, that draw on archival research to challenge established understandings of Jewish political history, or that make use of other less expected sources for political thought. Research themes may include but are not limited to:

Intersections with Religion and Culture. Recent years have seen a revived interest in the subject of political theology. How does Jewish political thought address the entanglement between religion and politics? Can and should political debates inform the development of Jewish theology, and can Jewish theology provide conceptual resources with which to tackle political problems?

Comparative Study. How do categories and concepts from general political theory inform Jewish traditions of authority and membership? And what, conversely, can Jewish thought contribute to wider debates about topics such as sovereignty, allegiance, and citizenship?

Law as Politics. Relevant projects could raise questions that span law and politics such as those concerning governance, jurisdiction, and Halakhah. They may investigate the politics of those who develop Jewish legal traditions or explore the relationship between those traditions and their political contexts.

Finding the Political in the Local and the Everyday. General political theory has identified political logics and structures not only in the state but also in a range of more local contexts, including family, city, school, and congregation. What insights emerge from applying this theoretical approach to Jewish life?

The Katz Center invites applications from scholars in the humanities, social sciences, and the arts at all levels, as well as outstanding graduate students in the final stages of writing their dissertations. Stipend amounts are based on academic standing and financial need with a maximum of $60,000 for the academic year. Recipients will be notified by March 1, 2016.

Applications are available on our website: http://katz.sas.upenn.edu

• Application Deadline: November 1, 2015.

• Also posted at Jewish Studies 2015-2016

University of Pennsylvania (PA) - Price Lab for Digital Humanities - Andrew W Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Digital Humanities - Deadline: 30 Oct. 2015

The Price Lab invites applications for the 2016-17 Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in Digital Humanities. One award is available to an untenured scholar in the humanities whose PhD must have been received between December 2007 and December 2015. The DH Fellow is required to spend the nine-month academic year (September 2016 – May 2017) in residence at Penn.

The PhD is the only eligible terminal degree. MFAs and other doctorates such as EdD are ineligible. In addition to scholars from the core humanities disciplines, those in related fields such as anthropology and the history of science are eligible to apply. Additional educational background in programming, library sciences, computer graphics, computational linguistics, or other fields relevant to digital humanities research is desirable but not required.

The Mellon Fellow will be affiliated with both the School of Arts and Sciences and the Penn Libraries, and will participate in the biweekly Price Lab Mellon Seminar. The fellow will pursue his or her own research project, presenting this work at the seminar, while also contributing to team-based projects at the Lab, and teaching one DH course during the year in the undergraduate College. (While the application requires a brief course description, actual specifications of the class will be worked out next spring with the Price Lab’s Managing Director.)

The Mellon DH Fellowship carries an annual stipend of $55,000 plus single-coverage health insurance (fellows are responsible for coverage of any dependents). Applicants from outside the US must be eligible for appointment under a J-1 visa (Research Scholar status); no exceptions will be made, and the Price Lab reserves the right to revoke a fellowship if the recipient is unable to meet this condition.

Applications are accepted via secure webform only. Requires three letters of recommendation, an application form, and a CV.

• Full fellowship guidelines, the downloadable application, and details on the Price Lab website: pricelab.sas.upenn.edu
• Application deadline: 30 October 2015.

University of Pittsburgh (PA) - Postdoctoral Fellowship Program - Humanities - Deadline: 12 Feb. 2016

DESCRIPTION: The University of Pittsburgh Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences is offering a postdoctoral fellowship in the humanities for the academic year 2016-2017. Fellows will teach one course each semester, complete scholarly work, and participate in the academic and intellectual communities of the departments with which they are affiliated and across the Dietrich School.  Within the Dietrich School, rich opportunities for interdisciplinary exchange are available in the Humanities Center, the World History Center and in a number of vibrant multidisciplinary programs. For more information visit our webpage.

BENEFITS: Fellows receive an annual stipend of $45,000, a $3,500 annual research/travel allowance, and a $1,500 one-time moving allowance.  Fellows may apply for an additional one-year renewal.  The University provides a relatively comprehensive package of fringe benefits, including medical insurance, participant-paid dental and vision insurance, life insurance, eligibility to participate in the University’s tuition scholarships program, and a retirement plan allowing personal tax deferral to TIAA/CREF with no University match. Domestic partner benefits are available for same or opposite sex partners. Fellows have access to additional benefits which currently include: University libraries and recreational facilities, computing and networking services, and fare-free public transportation.

• APPLICATIONS: We invite applications from qualified candidates who have satisfactorily completed all requirements for the PhD degree, including any oral defense, by June 1, 2016.  Individuals who graduated before September 1, 2014 are ineligible. Any offer of employment is contingent upon having the PhD degree in-hand prior to the appointment, and acquiring all proper visas (for international fellows). Applications must be received by 5 p.m. EST on February 12, 2016.  Letters of recommendation must be received by 5 p.m. EST on February 19, 2016.  No exceptions to deadlines are granted. Find more information about the application process here.
• Click here to apply for the Humanities Center Postdoctoral Fellowship.

University of Pittsburgh (PA) - UCIS Postdoctoral Fellows in Russian & East European Studies - Deadline: 31 Dec. 2015

The University of Pittsburgh is offering two postdoctoral fellowships—one in the arts and humanities, and one in the social sciences and professional disciplines—to begin in September 2016 for scholars whose work focuses on Russia, Eastern Europe, and the former Soviet regions of Eurasia. These fellowships are designed to offer junior scholars the time, space, and financial support necessary to produce significant scholarship early in their careers while simultaneously building their teaching records.

The UCIS Postdoctoral Fellowships in Russian & East European Studies are for two years, renewable for an additional (third) year. Fellows will be expected to pursue their own scholarly work and participate in the academic and intellectual activities of UCIS and REES, as well as the department or professional school with which they are affiliated.

Each of the UCIS/REES Fellows will teach one course in the first year, two in the second year, and two in the third year if the fellowship is extended. The specific courses to be taught will be determined according to fellows’ interests and the needs of their departments and REES. However, it is anticipated that each fellow will co-teach the interdisciplinary REES capstone course, through which undergraduate students undertake a major research project as part of the REES certificate program requirements, at least once during the fellowship period. Fellows will also be expected to support the Center’s annual graduate and undergraduate student conferences and other Center outreach activities.

The annual stipend will be $40,000, plus benefits. The UCIS/REES Fellows are eligible to apply for REES Faculty Small Grants, up to $3,000 annually, to support their research agenda.

Eligibility: We invite applications from qualified candidates in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and professional disciplines who have received the PhD or final professional degree from a university other than the University of Pittsburgh no earlier than December 2013. Applicants who do not have the PhD in hand at the time of application must provide a letter from their department chair or advisor stating that the PhD degree will be conferred before the term of the fellowship begins. The fellowship may not begin before the candidate has actually received the PhD or equivalent final degree in a professional discipline. Strong preference will be given to candidates whose application is supported by an agreement from a current University of Pittsburgh faculty member to serve as mentor for the candidate during the period of the fellowship.

• Apply by December 31, 2015 online at submittable (http://www.ucis.submittable.com/submit/48448).

University of Rochester (NY) - Humanities Center Spring 2016 Post-doctoral or Junior Faculty Fellowships - Deadline: 30 Sept. 2015

The University of Rochester Humanities Center invites applications for its inaugural external fellowships, which will be awarded to two scholars at the postdoctoral or junior faculty level. Applicants may be in any field of humanistic study, including anthropology, art and art history, English, history, modern languages and cultures, music, philosophy, or religion.

Fellows will participate in the bi-weekly Humanities Center seminar and in the Center’s other workshops, conferences, and programs. They are expected to be in residence in Rochester and to play an active role in the Center’s community of faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates. Fellows will present the results of their research at least once during their tenure at the Center.

The fellowship period is January 13 to April 27, 2016.

• The deadline for applications is September 30, 2015. Application info: http://www.rochester.edu/college/humanities/fellowships/index.html
  • Any word on when this will be decided? I assume since it starts in January, they'll have to let finalists know soon.
  • No idea, but my guess is that we'll know by early November. Anything later would really be pushing it. 
  • My sense from the email acknowledging receipt of application materials was that they may have been overwhelmed with applicant #s.
  • When did you get the acknowledgement?  I'm not sure I received one and I'm worried now.
    • I didn't get an acknowledgement either. (10/29)
  • Mine was simply a reply email that said "thanks." I wouldn't be worried about not getting one of those.
    • Same. Received email from Prof. Joan Rubin saying "Thank You" on Oct 1. Nothing formal.
  • FYI: I emailed for an update today 11/13 and got a kind rejection email stating they received 225 applications. 
  • Thank you for information and I am sorry to hear about the rejection. In the email did they mention whether or not fellows and/or or finalists have been notified? 225?! sheesh...
    • To the above: no other information re:selection process, timeline, finalists, etc. was included in the email rejection I received last Friday.
  • emailed today (11/16) and got form rejection response. I recommend thay anyone curious about their application status to send an email to Prof. Rubin. She was quite prompt in her reply.
  • Received kind rejection email (11/18).

Un iversity of Sheffield (UK) Leverhulme Early Career Fellow - Deadline: 18 Dec. 2015

• Fixed-term with a start date between 1 September 2016 and 1 May 2017 for a period of 36 months.
• Candidates are welcome to submit applications to hold this post in any of the schools or departments within the Faculty of Arts and Humanities
• The Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the University of Sheffield comprises four departments and two schools: Archaeology, History, Philosophy, Music, the School of English and the School of Languages and Cultures. We critically reflect on all aspects of human society and culture (past, present, and future) and on the process of reflection itself. We investigate cultures and languages near and far, their ideas, texts, artefacts and landscapes. We aim to create the cultural capital of the future. Working individually and collaboratively, we continually develop innovative methods of enquiry within and across disciplines. Our openness to enquiry and independence in asking and answering questions, enables further understanding, allows us to work creatively and enhances our disciplines.
• The Faculty of Arts and Humanities has committed to submitting up to five excellent quality applications for Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships in 2016. Applications are welcomed from candidates with a track record of the highest calibre research, but who have not yet held an established academic appointment. Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships aim to provide career development opportunities for those who are at a relatively early stage of their academic careers, but who have a proven record of research. Appointments are dependent on the successful award of the Leverhulme Fellowship.
• Leverhulme Fellows will undertake a significant piece of publishable work during their tenure and conduct a programme of high quality research in line with the Leverhulme project proposal.
• The ideal candidate will, by 1 September 2016, have a PhD in a relevant subject area, and have a track record of publication commensurate with their career stage. Those registered for a doctorate may apply only if they have submitted their doctoral thesis by the closing date of 4pm on 10 March 2016. Those who had their viva before 10 March 2011 are not eligible unless they have since had a career break. Applicants must either hold a degree from a UK higher education institution at the time of taking up the Fellowship or at the time of application must hold an academic position in the UK (e.g. fixed-term lectureship, fellowship). Candidates must not yet have held a full-time permanent academic post in a UK university or comparable UK institutio
• For further information about the Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship process please click here
• Deadline: 18 Dec. 2015

University of South Florida (FL) - "Global Change in a Dynamic World” - Renewable Postdoctoral Scholarships for 2016-17 - Deadline: 9 Dec. 2015

Renewable Postdoctoral Scholarships for 2016-17 beginning August 7. Teaching 1-1. Salary $40,000. Doctoral degree 2013 or later. Candidates who defend dissertations by June 1, 2016 considered.

Application should include: 1. Letter stating interest. Say (i) How your research and teaching would contribute to theme “Global Change in a Dynamic World.” Possible subtopics include sustainability, technology and information; communication and language development; cultural diasporas; ethnicity, gender, and aging issues; cultural heritage and histories; citizenship; identity; economic, educational, and environmental disparities; ethics; human rights; animal rights; and peace and conflict. Both past and contemporary perspectives may be considered. (ii) How you would contribute to goals of USF Strategic Plan (http://www.ods.usf.edu/Plans/Strategic/docs/USF-Strategic-Plan-2013-2018.pdf). (iii) Department with which you would like to be affiliated. (iv) Teaching experience and courses you would like to offer. (v) Your long-term goals. 2. A curriculum vitae. 3. Two reference letters. 4. Scanned copies of up to three published papers (max 50 pages). 5. Scanned copy of transcript from doctoral-granting institution. 6. Copies of teaching evaluations from most recent academic year.

• Send by December 9 to: USF Graduate School at postdoc@usf.edu
• See http://www.grad.usf.edu/provostinitiative2016.php for full information.
• See also: https://apply.interfolio.com/32347

University of Southern California (CA) - Provost's Postdoctoral Scholar in the Humanities - Deadline: 4 Dec. 2015

Provost's Postdoctoral Scholars Program in the Humanities is a key element in USCs distinctive contribution to scholarship and academic excellence in the realm of the humanities. Provosts Postdoctoral Scholars will play a pivotal part in fostering the strengths of the humanities at USC, and they will link the expertise of USC faculty and doctoral students with the knowledge and insights gained from their own research and scholarship.

These appointments are for two years, and begin in August of the academic year to which candidates are appointed. Provosts scholars will teach three courses over four semesters, with one semester free for full-time research. They are expected to reside in the Los Angeles area during the academic year and to participate in the scholarly life of the host department and the university through seminars and other scholarly activities.

The salary for Provosts Postdoctoral Scholars is $50,000 per year plus fringe benefits, with a research and travel account of $6,000 per year.

• You can apply for this position online at https://postdocs.usc.edu/provosts-postdoc-program/
• Deadline: December 04, 2015.
• For this one, does anyone know what the expectation for the cover letter is, as opposed to the research statement? Is the cover letter just supposed to briefly explain why you want to be affiliated with X department, and nothing more?
• To the above: http://theprofessorisin.com/2013/05/28/the-postdoc-app-how-its-different-and-why/

University of Sussex (UK) - Research Fellow in Digital Humanities - Deadline: 21 Aug. 2015

• The Sussex Humanities Lab (SHL) in collaboration with the Library at the University of Sussex wishes to appoint a fixed-term (4-year) fellowship (Research Fellow) in Digital Humanities. Based in the Library, the appointee will work across Sussex Humanities Lab projects in collaboration with colleagues in Media, Film, and Music, History, Art History and Philosophy, Informatics and Education and Social Work.
• The University of Sussex has recently committed to the creation of a new research centre, The Sussex Humanities Lab, bringing together staff with expertise in the digital humanities from across the University. The successful candidate will work with Lab members, individually and with colleagues in the wider University, to develop a portfolio of digital projects, both on their own, and collaboratively. You will work closely with the Library and Special Collections, and with the SHL teams directly through the project director.
• You will also have an opportunity to teach at undergraduate level, both in digital humanities, and in other areas suited to your expertise.
• Our ideal candidate will have a demonstrable track record of working with digitised archives or library collections and may have specialist skills in developing new form of archival capture or interrogation. We are looking for somebody who combines these curatorial skills with an innovative approach to engaging with digitised archives and an understanding of the potential for interrogating collections in different ways to support the research undertaken by the SHL. For instance engagement with digital humanities projects, computing and social media/socially committed projects, the arts and media user and media audience research.
• For an informal discussion of the post, please contact Jane Harvell (j.harvell@sussex.ac.uk tel: 01273 877831) or Fiona Courage (f.p.courage@sussex.ac.uk tel:01273 337518) For full details and how to apply see www.sussex.ac.uk/jobs
• Deadline: 12 August. 2015.

University of Toronto (CAN) - Jackman Humanities Inst. - Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships in the Humanities, 2016-2018 - Deadline: 16 Nov. 2015

Call for Applications - Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships in the Humanities, 2016-2018. Applications will be accepted starting on Monday 14 September 2015 at 9:00 a.m. (EDT). The Jackman Humanities Institute (JHI) at the University of Toronto is pleased to announce Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships designed to provide financial and intellectual support for outstanding scholars at the beginning of their professional careers. Four Fellows in the Humanities will be selected for a two-year fellowship in the JHI. Fellows will be selected on the basis of accomplishment appropriate to their stage in their career, the promise of excellence and the relevance of their research to the annual theme. The JHI interprets "Humanities" as a broad category, including political theory, interpretative social science, music, and the arts.

The theme for 2016–2017 is TIME, RHYTHM, AND PACE: The modern experience of time is often characterized by its “increasing speed,” its linearity, and its emphasis on “now.” But time does not have to be regarded as the flight of an arrow, a race track, or a forking path. If we consider the body, the planet, or the longue durée of history, it becomes clear that rhythm, cycle, pace, and temporality pervade the human condition, now as they have always done. Occurring at multiple scales (neuronal firing, diurnal habits, menses, calendars, life cycles, the rise and fall of civilizations), rhythm is concrete, existential, and profound. How do rhythm and cycle, rather than velocity, characterize human life? What are the politics of chronology? How can a deeper understanding of time, rhythm, and pace—from literary theorists, historians, phenomenologists, political scientists, and diverse other sectors of the academy—provide us with guidance in an increasingly frantic and fast-paced world?

The Fellows will pursue their individual research in the context of the JHI. They will have offices at the JHI and will participate in weekly seminars and other activities in the circle of fellows. In addition, each postdoctoral fellow will be affiliated with a Department and will teach one course in each Fall and Winter term of their two-year Fellowship. We are especially interested in candidates who have an interest in and capacity for interdisciplinary work of a high quality. The Fellowship provides an annual $50,000 Canadian stipend. 



Eligibility: PhD Completed 1 July 2013 — 1 May 2016. Applicants must have completed their degree within three years of the beginning of the fellowship (1 July 2016). Applicants who will defend their thesis before 1 May 2016 are eligible, but a letter from their supervisor or Chair may be requested. Any award will be conditional on a successful defense. Applicants who received their Ph.D. prior to 1 July 2013 are ineligible. Degree candidates and recipients of the Ph.D. from the University of Toronto are ineligible. Fellowships are open to citizens of all states. The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from visible minority group members, women, Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, members of sexual minority groups, and others who may further expand the range of ideas and perspectives.

Procedure: You must have a registered userID on the JHI website to apply. Click on Funding to see the description of the fellowship and application procedures. Scroll to the bottom of the description, and then click Apply Now to apply (this will not be visible until 14 September 2015).

You will be asked to upload the following documents in your application:

1.Letter of Application (outline your research at doctoral level and plans for the fellowship, emphasizing relevance to the Annual Theme.);

2.Curriculum vitae;

3.Statement of Teaching and Research Interests (outline what you would like to teach; show how your research can play out in the classroom.);

4.Writing Sample (normally a completed thesis chapter or published article of about 30 pages).

All documents must be in Word or .pdf format. The size limit for a complete application including all four documents is 4 mb. If your application is too large, you will see an error message; please adjust the size of your files and try again.

You will also be asked to provide the names and email addresses of three referees, and/or the name and email address of your dossier service. You may include both a dossier service and referee names if necessary. Please alert your referees to your intention to apply before you submit your application in order to allow them sufficient time to respond.

When you complete the application, click Submit. When you click on Submit, your application will be filed, and the referees that you have named will be contacted automatically to request letters of reference. Do not click Submit until you are ready for reference requests to go out.

You may check on the status of your application by going into your userID profile on the JHI website and clicking on Applications (left column). If your application says "complete", your dossier/references have been received. If your application says "pending", we are waiting for a dossier or reference letters. Your dossier and/or letters of reference should be received by 1 December 2015. You may edit your application before the deadline. In edit mode, you may not be able to see previously submitted materials, but they are still there. If you save new versions of any file, the new version will overwrite and replace the old one.

• Deadline: All applications must be made online at http://www.humanities.utoronto.ca by 16 November 2015 at 11:59 p.m. (EDT). Faxed, emailed, and paper applications will not be considered.

University of Warwick (UK) - Research Fellowships in History of Medicine (4 positions) - Deadline: 7 Sept. 2015

• 2 x 3 year research fellowships and 2 x 3 year Public Engagement Fellows (one full time, one 0.8 fte).
• You will be employed as Research Fellow as part of the Wellcome Trust Senior Investigator Award, ‘The Cultural History of the NHS’, a collaborative project between Principal Investigators Roberta Bivins and Mathew Thomson of the Warwick History Department.
• The project, which began in January 2015, runs for 5 years.
• Research Fellows: You will be based at Warwick, and should expect both to travel for research and to attend regular team meetings on campus. While you will have considerable freedom to shape your own topics, we encourage you to consult the project webpages about wider themes, and to contact the PIs to discuss the potential focus of your research in advance of application. You should include a short outline (no more than 650 words) of your proposed research with your application materials.
• Public Engagement: You will be based at Warwick, and should expect both to travel for research and public engagement activities and to attend regular team meetings on campus. Shortlisted applicants will be asked to demonstrate their approaches to public engagement on the cultural history of the NHS at interview. Applicants are welcome to contact the PIs to discuss the nature of the posts in advance of application.
• Deadline: 7 Sept. 2015

• Intend to interview week beginning 21 Sept.

University of Warwick (UK) - Research Fellow (Faith Schooling) - Deadline 17 Nov. 2015

• A two-year post-doctoral fellowship is available within the Project “Faith Schooling: Principles and Policies,” sponsored by the Spencer Foundation, to be conducted at the Politics and International Studies Department at University of Warwick under the supervision of Matthew Clayton, Andrew Mason and Adam Swift.
• The Project attempts to bridge the divide between abstract philosophical principles and concrete policy recommendations in the area of religious schooling. It involves innovative research on normative questions concerning the moral basis of the family, parents’ rights to raise their children in accordance with their own beliefs and values, children’s right to autonomy, and the state’s interest in social cohesion and the creation of future citizens. But the Project also aims to combine this philosophical enterprise with the best available relevant empirical studies, across a range of polities, to produce a morally defensible and politically feasible regulatory framework for the UK. Issues covered include whether faith schools should receive public funding and how they should be regulated with respect to admissions and curriculum.
• The post-doctoral fellow will work with the PIs to identify and analyse existing empirical work on religious schooling that is relevant to the Project’s normative questions. The postholder will be expected to co-author a policy pamphlet proposing a regulatory framework for schools with a religious character in England and Wales that is both politically feasible and sensitive to the normatively significant empirical literature. In collaboration with the (rolling) Director, the Fellow will also help to organize seminars and workshops. At the same time the successful candidate will pursue an independent research agenda within the field of religious schooling, broadly defined. The topic of that research will be a matter for negotiation but for example might involve any of the following: quantitative and qualitative social science research on access to schools with a religious character; the effects of such schools on students’ performance, social attitudes and sense of belonging; and recent policy developments in the field of religious schools, within the UK and/or comparatively across different countries
• Deadline: 17 Nov. 2015

University of Warwick (UK) - Research Fellow (Hispanic Studies) - Deadline: 20 Dec. 2015

• Fixed-term contract for up to three years, full-time; The post is for a postdoctoral research fellow to support an AHRC-funded project running for 36 months from 2016-2019.
• PhD in Modern Language, History or a related area
• ‘Imperial Entanglements: Transoceanic Basque Networks in British and Spanish Colonialism and their Legacy’ is an AHRC-funded project which investigates the place of the Basque inter-imperial subject in the entangled relations between the British and Spanish Empires during the 18th and 19th centuries. It reconstructs the histories and legacies of two Basque commercial families, the Larrinagas and the Zuluetas, and the dense web of economic and cultural connections they created between the five key port cities of Bilbao, Liverpool, London, Havana, and Manila.
• Working under the supervision of the project’s PI, Dr Kirsty Hooper, you will lead on the stream of activity focused on Bilbao and the Basque Country. You will carry out a programme of research and publication in one or more relevant areas. You will work closely with the PI on administrative and organisational tasks relating to the project, and you will actively participate in digital and face to face community engagement activities.
• You must have a strong background in Basque, Spanish, Iberian, transatlantic or transnational history and culture during the long nineteenth century. You will have a PhD in Modern Languages, History or a related discipline, be fluent in both English and Spanish, and have a hands-on approach to digital technologies and community engagement. Knowledge of Basque is desirable.
• If you have not yet been awarded your PhD but are near submission or have recently submitted your PhD, any offers of employment will be made as Research Assistant on level 5 of the University grade structure (£28,143). Upon successful award of your PhD and evidence of this fact, you will be promoted to Research Fellow on the first point of the level 6 of the University grade structure (£28,982).
• For more details and to apply see online
• Deadline: 20 Dec. 2015

University of Wisconsin-Madison (WI) - Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship Program - Deadline: 2 Nov. 2015

The University of Wisconsin-Madison Mellon Postdoctoral Program invites recent PhDs to apply for its three two-year postdoctoral fellowships.

The theme for 2016-18 applicants is "Climates and Natures." We seek applications from scholars across the humanities and humanistic social sciences whose research addresses the conceptions, representations, experiences, and transformations of the earth and its regions that is, work that reflects the environmental humanities, broadly conceived. How does a changing earth past, present, or future affect and become affected by society, culture, politics, and arts? Projects may focus on any area of the world, including cross-regional analyses, at any historical or pre-historical moment. They can treat human or nonhuman experiences and conditions, affirmative or destructive, anthropocentric or non-anthropocentric. Potential topics of interest include, but are not limited to health, agriculture, vitality, heat, isolation, drought, flood, scarcity, waste, justice, migration, extinction, pollution, and extremity. Projects that connect literal and metaphoric meanings of climates and natures are also eligible.

• Complete information about the fellowship, the competition theme, qualifications, and application requirements is available at our website. Applicants should complete the application at http://apply.interfolio.com/30287. All application materials, including reference letters, must be submitted by November 2, 2015 to receive full consideration.

Uppsala University (SE) - Old Testament / Hebrew Bible Exegesis - Deadline: 15 Nov. 2015

• The primary responsibility of the Postdoctoral Fellow is to pursue her or his own research project. A certain amount of teaching at the Department of Theology may also be included – but for not more than 20% of the working time. The Postdoctoral Fellow is expected to be present at the department at least three days per week and to actively participate in the ongoing academic debate within the discipline and at the department in general.
• A doctoral degree (PhD) in Theology / Religious Studies or an equivalent doctoral degree obtained a maximum of three years before the application deadline. Applicants who completed their doctoral degree at an earlier date may still be considered under special circumstances, namely if they have had periods of sick or parental leave or have occupied a leadership position in a trade union organisation. Documented knowledge of sources and recent research in the area, as well as competence in scholarly methods used in Old Testament / Hebrew Bible Exegesis. Proficiency in English, good communication skills and an ability to collaborate with colleagues are also important. Emphasis will be placed on personal suitability.
• The application may be written in Swedish or English and must include the following: a CV; a copy of the official academic transcript of the doctoral degree in Theology / Religious Studies or equivalent PhD; a copy of your doctoral thesis and any additional academic publications (maximum three additional publications); a description of the following: why you are interested in this position (around 500 words), how you plan to take part actively in the ongoing academic debate within the discipline and at the department (around 500 Words), your research project (including the problem addressed, theoretical perspective, methodology and a presentation of the materials you plan to analyse) and the project’s significance for Old Testament / Hebrew Bible exegesis (4,000–5,000 words); the names, e-mail addresses, and telephone numbers of three academic references; an indication of your earliest availability to begin the period as Postdoctoral Fellow; 1 March 2016 is the latest starting date.
• Criteria for selection: When assessing eligible candidates, particular importance will be paid to (1) academic skills; (2) assessment of the academic potential of the proposed project; (3) the relevance of the project in relation to ongoing research in the discipline; and (4) capacity and readiness to take part in the ongoing academic debate within the discipline and at the department in general.
• Deadline for applications is November 15.

• Also posted at Biblical Studies 2015-2016

Valparaiso University (IN) - Lilly Fellows Program - Deadline: 6 Jan. 2015

Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN 46383.

We offer up to three two-year residential postdoctoral teaching fellowships in all areas of the Humanities and the Arts for 2016-2018 for scholars seriously considering academic careers in church‑related institutions. Ph.D., D.M.A., D.F.A., M.F.A., or equivalent terminal degree must have been received no earlier than December, 2014. Fellows will teach eight courses over a two‑year period, engage in scholarship or creative work, participate in a two‑year colloquium, work with a VU faculty mentor, and interact with representatives from a national network of church‑related institutions. Faculty privileges, $47,300 stipend per year plus benefits, professional fund. For more information and to apply via Interfolio, visit http://www.lillyfellows.org and go to “Postdoctoral Fellows Program.”

• Application deadline: January 6, 2016.

Victoria University of Wellington (NZL) - John David Stout Research Fellowship - Deadline: 1 Sept. 2015

• This Fellowship provides a full-time opportunity to write within an academic environment for the year of tenure. The Fellowship is based in the Stout Research Centre, a multi-disciplinary research centre at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. It is open to researchers in any area of study relating to New Zealand society, history or culture, but is not intended to fund the writing of a novel, play or other literary work
• The Fellowship will not be awarded to anyone whose research is concurrently supported by their regular employment, nor for the writing of a PhD. Applications should include a CV and a short description of the research project (500 words).
• Further enquiries may be made to Professor Lydia Wevers, Director, Stout Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington, PO Box 600, Wellington, New Zealand, tel: +64 4 463 6434, fax: +64 4-463-5439, e-mail: lydia.wevers@vuw.ac.nz Please complete the online application form and submit your CV and cover letter by attachment.
• Deadline: Midnight, New Zealand time, 1 Sept. 2015.

Volkswagen Foundation (DEU) - ‘Freigeist’ Fellowships - Deadline: 15 Oct. 2015

The German Volkswagen Foundation is a completely independent non-profit foundation established under private law. With an annual funding volume of around 150 million euros it is among the country‘s largest foundations, and it is the largest private science funding foundation in Germany. Within its funding initiative ‘Freigeist’ Fellowships the VolkswagenFoundation is seeking for 10 - 15 outstanding Junior Researchers (Post-Docs) of all disciplines and topics with unique ideas and convincing personalities.

The ‘Freigeist’ Fellowship: pro­vides you with a reliable five-year timeline during which you are free to carry out highly innovative risk-taking research in projects located at the boundaries of established fields of research. includes, in addition to your own position (usually “TV-L 14”, German salary scale), family-related benefits for parents, positions for scientific personnel (e. g. doctoral students, postdocs) as well as non-personnel costs (e. g. consumables, travel expenses, equipment); Research stays abroad for up to two years can also be integrated into the fellowship; incorporates the possibility to apply for additional components during the funding period to ensure a high degree of flexibility; provides funding of up to one million Euro for the first five years.

Your qualifications: Any candidate can apply who identifies with the goals of a ‘Freigeist’ Fellowship and conforms to the following conditions: You hold excellent academic qualifications, have published articles or monographs and you pursue a creative, innovative and visionary idea. You wish to work independently and in an interdisciplinary field. You pursue an extraordinary perspective or new methodological approaches. You are able to react constructively to potential risks. The doctorate must have been obtained not longer than five years previously. The Fellowship must from the outset be inte­grated within a university or an extra-mural research institution in Germany. Candidates must already have changed their academic environment and moved to a new location—or do this at the latest when starting the Fellowship. Candidates need to have international experience—or include a research sojourn abroad in the proposed project.

• Applications must be submitted by: 15 October 2015. We highly recommend that you consult the respective information for applicants published on our website for further details: http://www.volkswagenstiftung.de/nc/en/freigeist-fellowships

Volkswagen Foundation (DEU) - Postdoctoral Fellowships in the Humanities at Universities and Research Institutions in Germany - Deadline: 8 Oct. 2015

Through its funding initiative "Postdoctoral Fellowships in the Humanities at Universities and Research Institutes in Germany and the USA" the Volkswagen Foundation aims to strengthen transatlantic academic relations, especially in the field of the Humanities. In this funding initiative, the Volkswagen Foundation works closely with the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, New York.

Scope of Funding: In the context of this initiative, the two foundations cooperate with several universities and research institutes of excellence in Germany and in the USA. In general, however, applicants are able to apply to a host university or research institute of their choice.

Call: Postdoctoral Fellowships in the Humanities at Universities and Research Institutions in Germany.

The Fellowships address postdocs based at American universities and research institutes working in the Humanities who wish to spend some time in Germany working on a research project. Details of conditions and the application procedure can be found under Information for Applicants 97 (pdf). Applications must be filed electronically via the electronic application system.

• Application deadline is October 8, 2015.

Washington University in St. Louis (MO) - Modeling Interdisciplinary Inquiry Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship - Deadline: 4 Dec. 2015

Washington University announces the sixteenth year of Modeling Interdisciplinary Inquiry, a postdoctoral fellowship program endowed by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and designed to encourage interdisciplinary scholarship and teaching across the humanities and social sciences. We invite applications from recent PhDs (within the last 5 years) for the position as Fellow. In September 2016, the two newly selected Fellow will join the University’s ongoing interdisciplinary programs and seminars. The Fellow will receive a two-year appointment with a nine-month academic year salary beginning at $52,575 per year. Postdoctoral Fellows pursue their own continuing research in association with a senior faculty mentor appointed by the Steering Committee at Washington University. Over the course of their two-year appointment, they will also teach three undergraduate courses and collaborate in leading an interdisciplinary seminar on theory and methods for advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students in the humanities and interpretive social sciences.

Applicants should submit, via Interfolio, a cover letter, a description of their research program (no more than 1800 words), a brief proposal for an interdisciplinary seminar in theory and methods of interest and use for students in a range of subfields, and a curriculum vitae. Applicants who have not completed their doctoral work should indicate, in their cover letters, how many chapters of their dissertation are complete and how complete the remaining chapters are. Applicants should also arrange for the submission of three confidential letters of recommendation.

• Submit materials via Interfolio at the following link by December 4, 2015. http://apply.interfolio.com/30137

• Posted at H-NET on 09/1/15.

Washington University in St. Louis (MO) - Postdoctoral Fellowship in Inequality and Identity - American Culture Studies (AMCS) - Deadline: 20 Dec. 2015

The Program in American Culture Studies at Washington University (AMCS) invites applications for our Postdoctoral Fellowship in Inequality and Identity position, renewable annually for up to two years contingent upon satisfactory performance; expected start date is July 1, 2016.  AMCS is an endowed program in Arts & Sciences that fosters cross-disciplinary intellectual exchange and transformative scholarship at the intersections of the humanities and social sciences.  It offers an undergraduate major, a PhD certificate program, a Master’s program, and a wide array of collaborative research and teaching activities, seeking to build community among students of American culture from many fields.

We are particularly interested in applicants whose research and teaching (1) have a strong theoretical emphasis, but at the same time are deeply engaged with ethnographic, material, and/or historical particulars; and (2) center on the study of inequality, hierarchy and power, especially as they pertain to matters of identity, membership, and exclusion.  Candidates must have received the Ph.D. since July 1, 2012, or be scheduled to defend the dissertation before July 1, 2016.  The Fellow will receive a salary of $50,000 per year, plus benefits and a $3,000 annual research/travel stipend.

• Applications are due by Dec. 20, 2015.  For more information and How to Apply, please see our website at http://amcs.wustl.edu

• Also posted in American Studies 2016, Interdisciplinary Humanities and Liberal Arts 2015-2016, Ethnic Studies 2015-2016, and Womens/Gender/Queer Studies 2015-2016

Washington University in St. Louis (MO) - Postdoctoral Research Associates, 2015-2016 - John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics - Deadline: 15 Jan. 2016

The John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics seeks applications from junior scholars and recent Ph.D. graduates for up to three postdoctoral fellowships in residence at Washington University in St. Louis. The appointment is for one year, renewable for a second year. Eligible applicants must have completed the Ph.D. by July 1, 2016, and no earlier than January 1, 2011. The research associates will spend most of their time pursuing research and writing on their own projects. They will also serve the intellectual life of the Danforth Center through participating in its biweekly interdisciplinary seminar. Their teaching responsibilities will include: 1) developing one course per year to augment the Center’s curricular offerings, and 2) possibly assisting in one additional course each year (depending on the particular teaching needs of the Center). Washington University in St. Louis is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer and especially encourages members of underrepresented groups to apply.

Required Qualifications: Applicants should hold a doctorate in religious studies, politics, anthropology, American studies, history, Jewish studies, sociology, or another relevant field. Scholars should be engaged in projects centrally concerned with religion and politics in the United States, historically or in the present day.

Application Instructions: Applicants must send all of the following information as a single pdf file to the Center at rap@wustl.edu: 1) Cover letter including an overview of the postdoctoral research project 2) Current curriculum vitae 3) Relevant writing sample (25-35 pages) 4) Two undergraduate course proposals (a summary paragraph for each will suffice)

Applicants should also arrange to have three letters of recommendation submitted on their behalf.

• Applications are due in full by January 15, 2016. Applicants will be notified of fellowship decisions by March 1, 2016. For more information, contact the Center at (314) 935-9345 or via e-mail at rap@wustl.edu.

• Also posted at Religious Studies 2015-2016

Washington University in St. Louis (MO) - Postdoctoral Fellow in Islamic Art - Deadline: 15 Jan. 2016

The Department of Art History and Archaeology at Washington University in St. Louis, and the Saint Louis Art Museum seek a specialist in Islamic Art, for a joint teaching-curatorial two-year position beginning July 1, 2016 (start date could be moved slightly later). The fellow will spend two semesters at Washington University in the Fall of 2016 and Spring of 2018, teaching two courses in each of those semesters. The fellow will spend the twelve-month period of 2017 working full-time at the Saint Louis Art Museum as the A. W. Mellon Fellow for Islamic Art. It is thus envisioned that the candidate will spend a year in total at each institution over the two-year period. Courses at Washington University, a leading research institution, will be offered to a combination of beginning and advanced undergraduates, and perhaps graduate students, in art history and/or religious and area studies. An introductory-level course will broadly address the field of Islamic Art; other classes may focus on traditions of miniature painting, the sacred arts of Islam, or the visual arts of Persia (Safavid) and/or India (Mughal). A course on modern or contemporary art in the Islamic world may be considered.

At the Saint Louis Art Museum, the fellow will study, catalogue and interpret a collection of 50 works on paper and related objects, primarily from Persia and India in the Safavid and Mughal periods. Scholarly expertise in these areas is highly desired. The fellow will curate the current gallery spaces for Islamic art, work with conservation staff on the collection, research possible acquisitions of miniature paintings and other works of art, give public gallery talks, and conduct docent training on the Museum’s Islamic collection.

The applicant should have no more than three years of postdoctoral teaching or curatorial experience in the field at the start of the appointment. Annual salary will be $50,000 a year, plus moving expenses, benefits, and generous research and travel funds. To apply, please go to http://jobs.wustl.edu and look up job posting #31932. Required materials which may be uploaded to the website include a letter of interest, current c.v., and a writing sample. The required three letters of recommendation and any writing samples too large to be uploaded should be directed to Prof. Elizabeth Childs, Chair, Department of Art History and Archaeology, Washington University, CB 1189, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130-4899 or emailed to artarch@wustl.edu.

• Review of applications begins January 15, 2016. Initial interviews will be conducted by Skype; some may be scheduled at CAA in Washington, D.C. Finalists will be brought to St Louis.

Wesleyan University (CT) - Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in Latin American Studies - Deadline: 15 Nov. 2015

Wesleyan University invites applications for an Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in Latin American Studies. We seek an historian of the twentieth century, with preference given to candidates whose research focuses on Central America or the Andean region. The successful candidate will offer courses originating in the Latin American Studies Program. The fellowship includes limited teaching duties and opportunities for scholarly research and professional development. Annual stipend of $50,000, research/travel funds, and health insurance. Renewable for a second year.

Minimum Qualifications: Ph.D. must be received before July 2016 and preferably since 2012.

• Link to Apply: https://careers.wesleyan.edu/postings/5039
• Applications received by November 15, 2015 will receive full consideration.

Wesleyan University (CT) - Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in Native American Studies - Deadline: 15 Nov. 2015

Wesleyan University invites applications for an Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in Native American Studies. We seek a scholar whose research focuses on the cultures and/or history of indigenous people in North America.

The successful candidate will offer courses originating in the American Studies Department. The fellowship includes limited teaching duties and opportunities for scholarly research and professional development. Ph.D. must be received before July 2016 and preferably since 2012. Annual stipend of $50,000, research/travel funds, and health insurance. Renewable for a second year.

Applications, including cover letter, CV, a writing sample (either a manuscript of no more than 30 pages or an article), and contact information for three referees must be submitted online at http://careers.wesleyan.edu/postings/5037. Inquiries may be directed to Professor Patricia Hill, Director, Center for the Americas, phill@wesleyan.edu.

• Applications received by November 15, 2015 will receive full consideration.

Yale University (USA:CT) - Agrarian Studies Program 2016-17 post-doctoral fellowships  Deadline: 4 Jan. 2016

• The Agrarian Studies Program appoints three fellows annually, chosen for the promise of their research; they are in residence for the year, present a paper, and attend the weekly colloquium. Emerging as well as established scholars are encouraged to apply. We also receive applications from knowledgeable "activists" and "public intellectuals" whose work on rural life transcends the academy. Graduate students who are working on their Ph.D.s may apply, but fellowship recipients must have completed their Ph.D. dissertations and present proof that they have received their Ph.D. degrees. Fellows are expected to be in residence in New Haven to take an active part in the intellectual exchange with other members of the Program.
• First-stage applications require a two-page proposal and a two-page CV. If more is submitted the selection committee will only read the first two pages of each of these two documents. Applicants short-listed for the second-stage will be asked to send no more than 25 pages of a writing sample and two letters from their referees. For details on Agrarian Studies, please consult the website: http://www.yale.edu/agrarianstudies/shadow/ashome.html
• Deadline: 4 Jan. 2016

Yale University (USA:CT) - ISM Fellows - Deadline: 1 Nov. 2015

The Yale Institute of Sacred Music is accepting applications for its interdisciplinary fellowship for the 2016-2017 academic year.  All scholars whose research involves the sacred and the arts are welcome to apply.  Specific disciplines represented include musicology, ethnomusicology, ritual studies, anthropology, religious studies, religion and literature, theater studies, art history, etc.

Completion of the PhD is required to begin the fellowship.  All fellows are also expected to be in residence in New Haven when classes are in session (subsidized housing is provided).  Fellows will have access to Yale's vast academic resources, and postdoctoral fellows will be required to teach at least one course.  Stipends of up to $52,000 are provided.  Applications are made online .  More information at ism.yale.edu/ism-fellows .

• Applications must be submitted by November 1, 2015.

Yale University (USA:CT) - Postdoctoral Fellowship in South Asian Studies - Deadline: 11 Jan. 2016

• The South Asian Studies Council (SASC) at the MacMillan Center invites applications for post- doctoral position at Yale University for AY 2016-2017. Candidates must have research and teaching experience relevant to modern and contemporary South Asia, in the humanities or social sciences. Candidates with a PhD in History are especially encouraged to apply.
• All applicants should have in-depth knowledge of at least one SA-related language and fluency in English; and must have completed the PhD by the time of appointment. The post-doctoral fellow will teach one course in each of two terms related to his/her interests, pursue his/her own research, and participate in the activities of the South Asian Studies Council. Applicants should submit a cover letter, one-page description of research plans; a draft of a course syllabus and a title and brief summary of a second course; a CV; names and contact information of two references.
• All information from the applicant should be submitted electronically through Interfolio: http://apply.interfolio.com/32701.  Uploaded PDF copies of signed reference letters will be accepted but signed hard copies should be mailed to the address below.
• Ms. Kasturi Gupta, Program Manager, South Asian Studies Council, The Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies, 34 Hillhouse Avenue, P.O. Box 208206 New Haven, CT 06520-8206 USA.  Email: kasturi.gupta@yale.edu
• Deadline: 11 Jan. 2016 'and continues until selection is final'