Humanities and Social Sciences Postdocs 2011-12

This page is for post-doctoral positions that start in 2012

To keep this page consistent and easy to read, please adhere to the following guidelines (taken from last year's page): For more information and answers to some questions about timing, materials requests, application numbers and fields, offers, etc. see last year's postdoc wiki at: Humanities &amp; Social Sciences Postdocs 2010-11
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University of Birmingham (UK) - Birmingham Fellowships

 * 50 five-year postdoctoral research fellowships, some of which will become tenured positions
 * There are 20 'priority areas' covering arts, social sciences, humanities and sciences, but other 'exceptional' candidates will be considered
 * priority areas: Cognitive Psychology; Computation, Mathematics and Theory; Environmental Pollution; Engineering and Physical Sciences for Biomedicine and Imaging; Europe; Genetics and Personalised Medicine; Global Economy; Health and Population Sciences; Health, Well-Being and Ethics; High Energy Physics; Hormones/Metabolism; Household Wealth and Personal Finance; Immunology; Liver and Blood-Related Cell Therapy; Materials & Manufacturing; Memory & Exile; Microbiology; Molecular Cell Biology; Public Services and Third Sector; Security and Conflict; Socio-Legal Studies and Criminology; Sustainable Energy; Transnationalism and Superdiversity; Twentieth Century Music.
 * As well as a PhD, candidates should have "Extensive and successful research experience and scholarship within subject specialism. Proven ability to devise, advise on and manage research"
 * Effective Deadline: 1 Sept. 2011

University of Pennsylvania - Penn Humanities Forum Mellon Postdocs

 * Topic for 2012-3 is 'Peripheries'
 * For "untenured scholars in the humanities who received or will receive their Ph.D. between December 2003 and December 2011."
 * Deadline: 15 Oct 2011

University of Freiburg (Germany)

 * 12 x 1-year Research Fellowships in History at the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies
 * 18th - 20th C history addressing the theme of Comparative European History
 * PhD must be in hand by the time of application and applicants must have "an international research profile, and a substantial publication record."
 * Deadline: 24 June 2011

Yale University - Whitney Humanities Center - Andrew W. Mellon Postdoc Fellowship

 * 3 Fellowships for a two-year period, to begin July 2012
 * Salary: $51,000 plus benefits (including health coverage) and a research/travel allowance of $1500.
 * Applicants must have received the PhD degree in Humanities* after September 2010 and before July 1, 2012. If the PhD is not in hand at the time of application, a letter of confirmation must be received from the committee chair stating that the degree will have been granted before the term of the fellowship begins on July 1, 2012.
 * Deadline: December 21, 2011