Humanities postdocs 2007-2008

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Note: These postdocs begin in 2008.

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AAUW American Fellowships
(Deadline: 11/15/2007, information)

ACLS Mellon Early Career Fellowship Program, Recent Doctoral Recipients Fellowship
(Deadline: 11/14/2007, information) Q: Were these e-mails in regard to the dissertation fellowship or the postdoc? A: The Post-doc.
 * 1/25 Received an e-mail from ACLS about possible affiliations with various humanities centers, but no indication was given about the status of the competition. (2)


 * 2/1: To the person looking for info on the predoc fellowship: Last year, the Diss Completion fellowship offer came in mid-April.

American Academy of Arts and Sciences Visiting Scholars Program
(Deadline: 10/15/2007, information)
 * Q: Does anyone know if they interview before making award decisions? If so, what is the timeline for interviews and annoucements?


 * A: They did not interview last year, and I believe notifications were made in late February/early March.

American Antiquarian Society Post-Dissertation Fellowship
(Deadline: 10/15/2007, information)


 * 11/28 additional material requested

Arche' Intuitions and Philosophical Methodology Fellowships
(Deadline: 2/15/08, information)

Brandeis University Digital Humanities Fellowship
(Deadline: 11/1/2007, information)


 * The "Film and Media Studies" page reports that campus visits have been scheduled.

British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship
(Deadline (first round): 10/15/2007, information)


 * 01/18 - received invitation via email to submit a second-stage application.

Brown University Pembroke Center Postdoctoral Fellowship
(Deadline: 12/7/2007, information)


 * 12/19 Writing sample requested. Deadline for WS 01/04/08

Clare College, Cambridge Junior Research Fellowship

 * according to their website, longlisting will take place on 28 January. If you don't get an email that day requesting further materials, you're out. (expect snail mail rejection to follow in next couple of weeks)
 * those on the longlist have been telephoned

Columbia University Committee on Global Thought
(Deadline: 1/15/08) 2/1 - Received email that interviews will be conducted in mid-March, and final decisions made at the end of March.

Columbia University Society of Fellows in the Humanities
(Deadline: 10/8/2007, information)

Commentary
 * Sooo... since Columbia charges a $30 "application fee," AND requires that you make and send them 5 copies of your application, what do you think they're doing with the money? Going out and drinking $24,000 worth of appletinis?
 * I LOOOOVE the fact that you did the math!
 * Anyone receive their postcard confirmation yet? For $30 you'd think they could drop it in the mail...
 * Last year recorded the interviews scheduled on 15 Dec. Maybe they'll keep the same schedule? Just as an aside, they still haven't charged my cc! Wonder if they'll do it after they reject me...
 * has anyone heard from Columbia? Here we are nearly in "mid-December."  I wonder when they'll start scheduling interviews.
 * Q. Want to echo the question on the Columbia Society of Fellows. I'm applying from overseas, and what with the seasonal rush on the international postage system, it may well only be here that I can find out anything . ..
 * I think all interviews are scheduled. THere are 14 finalists, to be interviewed near the end of January (first en masse, at a "mixer" (!) and then one-on-one the next day)
 * Congrats to the Columbia interviewee -- I hope it goes well for you!
 * Q. Does anyone know if Columbia read the applications and then bill your credit card?  I gave the wrong CC details so naturally didn't make the shortlist, but I do wonder if that's 'because I didn't pay the $30.
 * Q: What's the deal with rejection letters? In the past, have those gone out quite late?

Log
 * 10/23 I looked at my checking account, and they have not yet cashed my $30 check (as of 10/23).
 * 10/29 Received postcard confirmation
 * 11/8 Check cashed
 * 11/8 Mine too, apparently it's martini time up in Morningside Heights
 * 12/2 Is there still no update on this one? Anyone heard anything? - nothing here!
 * 12/14 Interview Scheduled: 12/ 14, over phone
 * 12/19 The Philosophy Wiki shows an on-campus interview invitation. Drats.
 * 1/25 Interviews occurring (heard from faculty advisor of an interviewee)
 * 1/31 Offers made by phone (3 offers total)

Carolina Postdoc Program for Faculty Diversity
(Deadline: 1/3/2008)


 * 1/7 Confirmation that complete application had been received. Promised final decision no later than 2/29


 * 1/10 Received an exception email detailing their review process and timeline. Decisions to be communicated by 2/29. Wow! Imagine if everyone took as much pride in their work as the Carolina folks!  Incredible.

Dartmouth Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Humanities and Social Sciences
(Deadline: 11/15/2007, information)


 * OK, so has anyone heard anything about this one??
 * 12/27 no acknowledgment, nothing
 * 1/07, I e-mailed them back in December and they said they expect to make a decision by the end of January. The finalists will be notified by e-mail. Everyone else will receive a letter.
 * 01/23: Has anyone heard anything?  Or did they mean midnight, January 31, by "the end of January"?
 * 01/24: Not a peep. Maybe next week?
 * 1/25 received snail-mail rejection letter (2)
 * 1/26 received snail-mail rejection letter (in midwest)
 * 1/27 Did anyone get the offer by email then? or only rejections were sent?
 * 1/28 received snail-mail rejection letter (in west)
 * 1/28 received snail-mail rejection letter (New York)
 * 1/30 received snail-mail rejection letter--in Japan, no less! Mine must have been the first out the door--at last, first at something!!
 * 1/29 it seems that only rejection letters have been mailed. I have yet to receive any communication. A glimmer of hope... (California)
 * 1/30 no news for me either in the northeast, is it the end of January yet, or what? fingers crossed!
 * 1/30 I emailed them, received a brief reply saying they will make a decision this week
 * 1/30 Thanks so much.
 * 2/02 I still haven't been contacted either way -- anyone, any news?

Downing College, Cambridge Research Fellowship

 * rejection letter, 1/21

Duke University Writing Program Fellowship
(Deadline: 11/2/2007, information)


 * 11/5 received ack. letter and AA form by snail mail (11/5)
 * 12/3 Rejection by snail mail 12/3, 12/4, 12/5, 12/10
 * 12/5 Rejection letter
 * 12/6 I haven't heard anything either. (12/6)
 * 12/6 I also haven't heard anything (12/6)
 * 12/7 I got the rejection letter 12/7 and don't live so far from Duke.
 * 12/10 Still haven't heard a word. Me too.
 * 12/17 I also haven't heard anything (12/17)
 * 12/18 Phone call on 12/18 scheduling interview in January.
 * 12/18 yes, phone call to schedule January campus visit
 * 12/18 Called to schedule on-campus interview for late January (12/18)

Duke Franklin Humanities Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship
(Deadline: 1/18/2008)

Grinnell College, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in Peace and Conflict Studies
(Deadline: 2/1/2008, information)
 * 2/1 email acknowledgment of receipt.

Harvard Center for the Environment Fellows
(Deadline: 1/15/08)

Harvard Expository Writing Program Fellowship
(Deadline: 11/9/2007, information)


 * 11/20 Request for additional material
 * 12/17 Scheduled MLA interview
 * 1/7  Request to schedule non-conference interview.
 * 1/28 Received snail-mail rejection (in Chicago)

Harvard History and Literature Program Fellows
(Deadline 2/1/2008, information)


 * anyone have any more info (link to an advertisement?) on this? The form linked above doesn't say anything about eligibility etc.
 * A: I do not have more info on this appointment. I did get an acknowledgment that my application has been received.
 * Received acknowledgment by email in the form of Affirmative Action questionnaire

Harvard Humanities Center
(Deadline: 1/15/2008, information)


 * Decisions will be made by February 22nd

Harvard International and Area Studies Fellowship
(Deadline: 10/12/2007, information)


 * 10/27 - received acknowledgment of complete application packet.
 * 11/14 - received rejection via email.

Harvard Newcomen Postdoc
(Deadline: 10/1/2007, information)

Harvard Program in Ethics and Health
(Deadline: 12/10/2007, information)

Harvard Society of Fellows
Deadline: 9/7/2007 (Nomination), information)

Log


 * 10/10 - received email confirming application had been received
 * 10/26 - interviews occurring.
 * 11/13 - The Philosophy Wiki notes someone claiming to have been short-listed
 * 12/9 - Offer Made
 * 12/11 - received rejection letter received via mail.

John Hopkins University Writing Program Lecturer
(Deadline 1/2/2008)

Lawrence University, Fellow in the Liberal Arts and Sciences
(Deadline: 1/28/2008, information)


 * 1/14 - Received USPS acknowledgement of application.


 * 2/2: They have a complete hiring timeline posted on their website. Finally, an organized and efficient search committee!
 * timeline

National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship

 * 12/15 - Received acknowledgement of application.
 * I saw in the Newsletter that the selection committee met on Jan 18th. Anyone heard anything yet?  Also, is it only the semifinalists who will receive any notification?

National Humanities Center
(Deadline: 10/15/2007, information)

National University of Singapore postdoctoral fellowships
(Deadline: 12/31/2007, information)


 * receipt of application email 12/27
 * has anyone heard anything? The original ad said they would tell us the outcome 'by February'

Northwestern University, Mellon Postdoctoral fellowship, linguistics
(Deadline: 12/1/07, information)
 * Has anyone heard anything?

Northwestern University, Science in Human Culture Program
(Deadline: 1/15/2008, information)


 * 1/31 receipt of application email

NYU, Center for Study of Gender and Sexuality
(Deadline: 4/1/2008, information)


 * CSGS does not seem to have an announcement on their site. My info sez deadline is 1/15 -- can anyone confirm 4/1 is the deadline?
 * My info also says 01/15; I haven't seen the 04/01 deadline anywhere, and it does seem a bit late, doesn't it? Better to apply by 01/15, IMHO.
 * if you go to the website, click on "visiting scholars" and then click on "how to apply to be a visiting scholar" it says the deadline is 4/1.
 * Aha, confusion resolved. I was thinking of this one: Assistant Professor/Faculty Fellow for the Department of Social and Cultural Analysis, The Gender and Sexuality Studies Program.  I'll put up a new entry.

NYU, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program Fellow/Asst. Prof., Dept. of Social and Cultural Analysis
(Deadline: 1/15/2008, information)

Penn Humanities Forum Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship
(Deadline: 10/15/2007, information)


 * 12/21 - received rejection ltr via mail (3)
 * 12/19 - received offer by phone

Penn McNeil Center for Early American Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship
(Deadline: 11/1/2007, information)


 * 12/17 - AHA Interview Request
 * 1/23 - received rejection letter by mail

Penn Mellon Postdoctoral Teaching Fellowship
(Deadline: 11/2/2007, information)


 * 12/20 - Was told they are meeting to discuss applications in early-mid January.
 * 1/24 - Offer made

Princeton Anschutz Distinguished Fellowship
(Deadline: 11/15/2007, information)


 * 11/15 - received email acknowledging receipt of application
 * 1/11 - received rejection letter

Princeton Society of Fellows
(Deadline: 10/9/2007, information)


 * 11/3 - received postcard acknowledging application
 * 12/7 - heard individual departments have been forwarded applications.
 * 1/9 - received interview invitation by email
 * 1/14 - rejection received in mail (4)

Princeton Writing Program
(Deadline: 2/1/2008)

(review starts mid-Feb. status notified no later than 4/15)
 * Ack. by snail mail 2/4

Rice University, Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in the Humanities
(Deadline: 12/10/2007, information)


 * 1/25 received email notification of semi-finalist status (2)

Rice University, Center for Women, Gender and Sexuality
(Deadline: 11/30/2007, information)


 * 11/20 - received email acknowledging receipt of application email
 * 1/29 - spoke to someone at Rice who said that the committee is about half-way through the apps and that it will likely take another month to get through them and make the decision.

Rutgers Center for Historical Analysis (Vernacular Epistemologies)
(Deadline: 12/15/2007, information)
 * Anyone gotten news about the Rutgers postdoc?
 * 1/24 - I haven't heard a thing.

Rutgers Center for Cultural Analysis (New Media Literacies, Gutenberg to Google)
(Deadline: 1/4/2008, information)
 * 2/1 - received offer by email
 * 2/4 - notified that I was an alternate (via email)

Rutgers Postdoctoral Fellow in Race and Gender
(Deadline 2/1/2008)

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
(Deadline: ??/??/????, information)

St. Catharine's College, Cambridge, JRF
(Deadline: 11/30/2007)
 * People who made the longlist were notified around December, I believe.

St. Joseph's University, David H. Burton Postdoctoral Fellowship
(Deadline 2/1/08)

Stanford Asia Pacific Research Center Postdoctoral Fellowship
(Deadline: various, information)

Stanford Humanities Fellows
(Deadline: 12/3/2007, information)


 * Q: 1/25 - any news?
 * A: Not really, but I heard that they had 600+ applications.

Stanford IHUM Fellows
(Deadline: 2/28/2008, information)

Stanford Program in Writing and Rhetoric
(Deadline: 11/16/2007, information)


 * 12/6 - received phone interview
 * 1/31 - received rejection

St John's, Christ Church and Merton JRFs, Oxford
(Deadline: 12/14/2007)


 * 1/11 - Request for materials for Merton.
 * Q: Did anyone get prompted by Christ Church?

Temple Center for Humanities External Fellowship
(Deadline: 1/21/2008)


 * 1/25 - received email confirming receipt of application.
 * Successful applicant will be notified by March 7.

Trinity College, Oxford, JRF
(Deadline: 1/11/2007)
 * 1/23: email request for writing sample

University of British Columbia, Killam Postdoctoral Fellowship
(Deadline: 11/1/2007, information)


 * 12/6 - received rejection letter
 * 12/22 - heard through the grapevine that individual depts have selected their candidates. It's down to ~50 candidates
 * 2/2  - heard second hand that offers have been made

University of British Columbia, Department of History, Postdoctoral Teaching Fellowship
(Deadline: 11/1/2007, information)

Unversity of California Los Angeles Mellon Postdoctoral Program "Cultures in Transnational Perspective"
(Deadline 2/1/2008)

University of California Los Angeles Mellon Postdoctoral Position in Jewish American Literature
(Deadline 2/1/2008)

University of California Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship
(Deadline: 11/15/07, information)


 * Awards will be announced on March 1, 2008. (heard by email after asking)

University of Chicago Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in Digital History
(Deadline: applications reviewed as received, information)

University of Chicago Society of Fellows in the Lib Arts
(Deadline: 10/15/2007, information)


 * 10/20 - Received email confirmation that my application was complete
 * 12/7 - Received e-mail request for writing samples (12/7) (4)
 * Humanities (2)


 * 1/9  - Received email asking for writing samples (Social Sciences)
 * 1/28 - Received e-mail notification of on-campus interview (Humanities) (2)

University of Miami Virtue Postdoc
(Deadline: 11/5/2007, information)


 * I see that one APA interview has been scheduled. Any others?

University of Michigan CAAS Dubois Mandela Rodney Fellowship
(Deadline: 12/01/2007, information)

University of Michigan Society of Fellows
(Deadline: 10/1/2007, information)


 * 1/24 - Rejection by email after I emailed them. Email said there are 35 finalists out of 432 applicants
 * 1/25 - offer made by phone in anthropology
 * 1/25 - offer made
 * 1/28 - rejection letter received via mail (2)

University of Michigan Sweetland Writing Center
(Deadline: ??/??/????, information)


 * 12/10 - received rejection letter

University of Minnesota Postdoctoral Fellowship
(Deadline: 11/1/2007, information)


 * has anyone heard anything yet?

University of Minnesota Quadrant Postdoc Fellowship
(Deadline: 1/4/08)


 * 1/7 snailmail materials confirmation

University of Texas Austin Postdoctoral Fellowship (English)
(Deadline: 12/1/07, link no longer on dept. website or ad list)


 * 12/18 - received email acknowledging application
 * 1/29 - received email notice of being on waiting list of 9

University of Texas at Austin, Institute for Historical Studies, Postdoctoral Fellowship
(Deadline: 2/15/2008, information)

University of Toronto, Jackman Humanities Institute, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship
(Deadline: 1/4/2008, information)


 * Q: Did anyone receive a confirmation after e-mailing their materials?
 * A1: nothing here. (ditto on 1/10, and I emailed my app on Dec 26, but classes only restarted 1/7)
 * A2: I emailed my application Dec 7, and recieved an email a few days later saying it had been recieved and promsing to notify me when my dossier was complete. But as of Jan 10 this promised confirmation still hasn't come.

University of Virginia, Woodson Institute
(Deadline: 12/01/2007, information)

University of Virginia, Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture Postdoc
(Deadline: 1/15/2008)

1/31 - received email acknowledging application

University of Washington Writing Center
(Deadline: ??/??/????, information)

Valparaiso University 3 Lilly Fellowships in the Humanities and Arts
(Deadline: 12/18/2007, information)


 * 12/6 - received email acknowleding application


 * 1/4 - received rejection letter via email

Washington Univ in St. Louis Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
(Deadline: 12/1/2007, information)

Commentary
 * 11/12 - Their website indicates they have two fellows hired for '06-'08.
 * 11/16 - No one was hired in 2007.

Log
 * 11/21 - received email confirming application was complete
 * 2/1  - received rejection letter via mail.

Washington University in St. Louis Post Doc in Queer Studies
(Deadline 10/15/07, posted on MLA joblist
 * - is there a website?

Washington University in St. Louis Post Doc in AFAS
(Deadline 1/15/08), information)

Wesleyan University Center for the Americas Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship
(Deadline: 12/4/2007, information)
 * Two fellowships: one in Latin American studies, one in Native American Studies
 * 1/31 - received email acknowledging application (2)

Wesleyan University Center for the Humanities Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship
(Deadline: 11/1/2007, information)


 * 12/13 - phone interview scheduled
 * 12/20 - campus interview scheduled

Williams Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship
(Deadline: 11/1/2007, information)


 * 12/9 - on campus interview scheduled

Yale Agrarian Studies
(Deadline 1/4/08)


 * 1/31 - received rejection letter by mail

Yale Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Humanities
(Deadline 2/1/08)
 * is this the Whitney Center fellowship?

Debate/Comments
Q: Hey 141.155.9.210: Thanks so much for cleaning up so many of the postings! Is there any chance you could go through the rest of the fellowship listings and clean up all the useless jibber-jabber on those, too?

Q: Is there a pre-doc page for this year (2007-2008)?

'''***Thanks to whomever consolidated and cleaned up the post-doc pages. You're a superstar!***'''

Yes, thank you!!

Absolutely, thank you!!

Kudos

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