Humanities and Social Sciences Postdocs 2010-11

This page is for post-doctoral positions that start in 2011.

Formatting
To keep this page consistent and easy to read, please adhere to the following guidelines (taken from last year's page):
 * 1) Please place new fellowship entries in alphabetical order. Note that "University of X" should be alphabetized by U as first sort, and X as second sort within the U listings.
 * 2) Please mark the title of the fellowship using the H3 header.
 * 3) Please include the deadline and a web link to the ad/website; PLEASE follow the format of other entries.
 * 4) For logging comments or updates, please begin your entry with a bullet point. Each entry should have a separate line.
 * 5) For substantive comments or updates about status, interaction, etc., please include the date at the beginning of your entry so that users can scan the info quickly for new entries.

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: http://academicjobs.wikia.com/wiki/Humanities_and_Social_Science_Postdocs_2009-2010

Columbia University Society of Fellows in the Humanities

 * Several postdoctoral fellowships in the humanities for the 2011-2012 academic year. "We invite applications from qualified candidates who have received the Ph.D. between 1 January 2007 and 1 July 2011. Fellows are appointed as Lecturers in appropriate departments at Columbia University and as postdoctoral research fellows. The fellowship is renewable for a second and third year."
 * Requires a $30 US application fee. Unconscionable.
 * I am not actively on the post-doc market, but I happened to see this. Charging a fee to apply for such a position is absolutely deplorable. If I were a post-doc candidate, I would refuse to apply for this. Seriously. I know the market is bad, but such exploitation of financially disadvantaged post-grads is wrong on a fundamental level and should not be countenanced. Ditto for Michigan Society of Fellows below.
 * Deadline: Postmark October 4, 2010.

Dartmouth College - Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship

 * One postdoctoral fellowship in the humanities and humanistic social sciences for the 2011-2013 academic years. PhD must have been completed between January 9, 2009 and June 30, 2011.
 * Applications due by October 10, 2010.
 * The following fields ARE NOT eligible: Anthropology, Art History, Film/Media Studies, French, History, Italian, Music and Native American Studies.

Harvard Society of Fellows

 * "Candidates are nominated for Junior Fellowships, generally by those under whom they have studied. Applications are not accepted from the candidates themselves."


 * Nomination letters accepted until September 3, 2010.

Penn Humanities Forum - Mellon Postdoc

 * "Five (5) one-year Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships are available for the 2011-2012 academic year for untenured scholars in the humanities who received or will receive their Ph.D. between December 2002 and December 2010."
 * The theme is "Adaptations."
 * Applications due October 15, 2010.

Princeton Society of Fellows

 * 5 3-year postdoctoral fellowships. Must have received degree between January 1, 2009 and October 1, 2010.
 * Applications accepted between August 16 and October 1, 2010.
 * 1 open; 2 in "Humanistic Studies"; 1 in LGBT Studies; 1 in Race and/or Ethnicity Studies.

Stanford University Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship of Scholars in the Humanities

 * Up to 6 2-year postdoctoral fellowships. Must have received between January 1, 2008 and June 30, 2011.
 * Eligible fields: Classics, History, Philosophy, and Religious Studies.
 * Applications due November 15, 2010.

University of Cambridge - Jesus College

 * Junior Research Fellowship (3 years) in 'Arts & Social Sciences'
 * "Candidates who have undertaken more than four years of full-time research are unlikely to be considered"
 * Deadline: 1pm BST 17 September 2010, with written work requested from shortlisted candidates by 21 October.

University of Michigan Society of Fellows

 * Postdoctoral fellowship in the humanities, must have "received the Ph.D. or comparable professional or artistic degree between June 1, 2008 and September 1, 2011."
 * Application fee of $30. Ridiculous.
 * The fee is deplorable. I would refuse to apply. Disgusting.
 * Applications due by 1pm Eastern Time October 18, 2010.

University of Oxford, All Souls College

 * Five year, non renewable post-doctoral research fellowship
 * For "Humanities, Social Sciences, and Theoretical Sciences (including Mathematics)
 * For candidates who started post-graduate education after 1 August 2003 (negotiable for career breaks etc)
 * Deadline: 24 September 2010
 * Decisions made 19 Feb 2011, appointments start 1 Oct 2011