Humanities and Social Sciences Postdocs 2013-14

This page is for postdoctoral positions that begin in 2014.

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Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (Canada)
The Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships program provides funding to the very best postdoctoral applicants, both nationally and internationally, who will positively contribute to the country's economic, social and research‑based growth.

Scope 70 fellowships are awarded annually; a total of up to 140 awards are active at any time.

Fellowships are distributed equally among:


 * Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
 * Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
 * Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)

Value: $70,000 per year (taxable)

Duration 2 years (non‑renewable)

The Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships program is unique in its emphasis on the synergy between the following:


 * applicant – individual merit and potential to launch a successful research-intensive career
 * host institution – commitment to the research program and alignment with the institution's strategic priorities

An applicant to the Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships program must complete their application in full collaboration with the proposed host institution.
 * Link for full details about Application Process.
 * NOTE: "Canadian citizens, permanent residents of Canada and foreign citizens are eligible to apply."
 * Deadline for complete application submission: November 1 (8:00 pm EDT)

QUESTION: It seems the candidate (if in anthropology and thus applying for the SSHRC) must be a Canadian citizen? Can anyone confirm this?
 * I believe these are two different programs. Maybe inquiring with the Banting admin. would help?: Program information - [mailto:banting@researchnet-recherchenet.ca banting@researchnet-recherchenet.ca]. Or: maybe someone who has applied before can clarify?
 * Yes, they are two different programs. SSHRC graduate (predoc) fellowships and SSHRC Postdocs are for Canadian citizens only. Banting postdocs are open to anyone and can be taken to "Canadian and foreign universities, affiliated research hospitals, colleges, and not-for-profit organizations with a strong research mandate and capacity".

Brown University - Pembroke Center Postdoctoral Fellowship
Ad posted at the Chronicle

In 2014-15, the Pembroke Center is awarding one-year residential postdoctoral fellowships to scholars from any field whose research relates to the theme of “Aesthetics and the Question of Beauty”. Fellows are required to participate in the weekly research seminar and teach one undergraduate course. See full seminar description below.


 * “Aesthetics and the Question of Beauty”
 * Seminar Leader: Marc Redfield
 * Professor of English and Comparative Literature


 * The question of the beautiful has preoccupied Western thought since Plato, and remains a rich area of inquiry in today’s world. Manifestos affirming the cultural or ethical importance of aesthetic experience appear regularly; philosophers, artists and art historians, culture and media theorists, anthropologists, and sometimes even evolutionary biologists encounter—in various ways, of course, and with varying frequency and intensity—the question of what it means to say that someone or something is beautiful. This question can even be said to have inscribed itself in the workings of consumer society itself, where some of the most ancient problems and patterns of aesthetic discourse find themselves writ large, in neon. (Is there such a thing or event or experience as “the beautiful” that would be separable from rhetorical manipulation; from technical reproducibility; from commodity fetishism and acquisitive desire; from the objectification of the female body?)


 * In 2014-15 the Pembroke Seminar will explore the topic of the beautiful from as many disciplinary and discursive perspectives as possible. Traditional philosophical questions (such as, e.g., the degree to which the event or experience of beauty is culturally determined) will be taken seriously but submitted to counter-questioning from multiple angles. Can philosophical aesthetics and Darwinian evolutionary theory speak productively to each other? Do judgments or experiences of the beautiful inevitably refer back to being-human in a human body, or do they exceed anthropomorphic limits? To what extent does the question of the beautiful overlap with that of art, even after a century of anti-aesthetic avant-garde movements? How best to interpret the predilection of traditional aesthetic discourse for gender-marked binary oppositions and for metaphysical affirmations of the human?


 * We invite applications from scholars working in all disciplines and fields, including Anthropology, 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.


 * Applications must be submitted by Thursday, December 5, 2013. Interfolio link to apply: https://secure.interfolio.com/apply/21792


 * 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 received their PhD degrees from institutions other than Brown University

Columbia Society of Fellows in the Humanities (2014-15 Competition)
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 2014-2015. We invite applications from qualified candidates who have received the PhD between 1 January 2012 and 1 July 2014. 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.

In addition to teaching and research, the duties of Fellows include attendance at the Society's lectures and events as well as active participation in the intellectual life of the Society and of the department with which the Fellow is affiliated. The annual stipend will be $60,000. Each Fellow will also receive a research allowance of $5,000 per annum.
 * The Online Application Form can be accessed at http://www.columbia.edu/cu/societyoffellows/fellowship.html. Please follow the instructions carefully, noting that the deadline for submission of hard-copy materials is Monday, 7 October 2013. A select number of candidates will be invited to interview in January 2014. Fellowship decisions will be announced by 1 March 2014. Applicants who have not been contacted for interview by 4 January 2014 should assume that their candidacy is no longer active.
 * NOTE: as in previous years, there is a $30.00 processing fee associated with this application.
 * Also NOTE from FAQ: "We do not accept recommendations from dossier services (e.g. Interfolio)."

Cornell University - Society for the Humanities Fellowships (2014-15)
The focal theme for 2014-2015 is “Sensation.” Six to eight Fellows will be appointed. Selected Fellows will collaborate with the Director of the Society for the Humanities, Timothy Murray, Professor of Comparative Literature and English and Curator of the Rose Goldsen Archive of New Media Art, an international research center on new media. The Senior Invited Fellows will be Lauren Berlant, George M. Pullman Professor of English, University of Chicago, Saba Mahmood, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of California at Berkeley, and Susanna Siegel, Edgar Pierce Professor of Philosophy, Harvard University.
 * See full description of theme at: http://www.arts.cornell.edu/sochum/society_fellowships.html
 * 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, 2013. 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.
 * APPLICATION PROCEDURES: Candidates should inform the Society of their intention to apply by returning the attached form immediately. The following application materials must be postmarked on or before October 1, 2013. Faxed or emailed applications will not be accepted.
 * 1. A curriculum vitae and a copy of one scholarly paper no more than 35 pages in length. Applicants who wish to have their materials returned should enclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope.
 * 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 send their letters directly to the Society. Letters must be postmarked on or before October 1, 2013.


 * Send 3 copies of the full application and letters of recommendation to: Program Administrator, Society for the Humanities, A.D. White House, 27 East Avenue, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-1101. For further information: Phone: 607-255-9274; Email: [mailto:humctr-mailbox@cornell.edu humctr-mailbox@cornell.edu]; Website: http://www.arts.cornell.edu/sochum/


 * Awards will be announced by the end of December 2013. 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.

Dartmouth College, Leslie Center for the Humanities, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship 2014-2016
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 2014 to the end of Spring 2016. 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.

The 2012-2014 Fellows received an annual stipend of $53,045 plus benefits, and annual research allowance between $2,500 and $3,000, and a first-year only computer allowance of $2,500. The terms for the 2014–2016 fellow will be similar.
 * Applicants must focus on materials customarily associated with research in the humanities or employ methods common in humanistic research. This year we are currently NOT accepting applications for Asian/Middle Eastern Studies and Languages (AMES/ AMELL), Art History, Film and Media Studies, History, Italian, Music, Native American Studies, Philosophy, Religion, Russian, Theater, Women and Gender Studies.

Applicants for the 2014–2016 fellowships must have completed a Ph.D. no earlier than January 1, 2012. Candidates who do not yet hold a Ph.D. but expect to by June 30, 2014 should supply a letter from their home institution corroborating such a schedule.

Applications (hard copy only) for the 2014–2016 fellowship must be received in the Administrator's office on or before October 1, 2013. Incomplete dossiers will not be reviewed. In addition to a completed application form, three letters of reference, (in sealed signed envelopes if submitted with application materials) a CV, and academic transcripts (photocopies of undergraduate degrees are acceptable but original copies are required for post graduate degrees), 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 in hard copy ONLY to be received in the Administrator's office by October 1, 2013. For the official application from and more detailed description of how to apply go to http://www.dartmouth.edu/~lhc/fellowships/mellonfellowships.html. All application materials and other correspondence should be addressed to: The Administrator, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships, Dartmouth College, Leslie Center for the Humanities, 6240 Haldeman Center Room 263, Hanover, NH 03755

Harvard Academy Scholars Program, 2014-2015
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. Harvard Academy Scholarships are 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 3 years at the time of application are ineligible.

Academy Scholars are appointed for 2 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. Some teaching is permitted but not required. 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.


 * Post-doctoral Academy Scholars will receive an annual stipend of $65,000, and pre-doctoral Academy Scholars will receive an annual stipend of $31,000. Applications for the 2014-2015 class of Academy Scholars are due by October 1, 2013. Finalist interviews will take place in Cambridge on December 5. Notification of Scholarships will be made in January, 2014. For complete information on how to apply visit: http://www.wcfia.harvard.edu/academy/.

Harvard Society of Fellows (Junior Fellowships)

 * The deadline for receiving nominations for Junior Fellowships which begin July 1, 2014 is Friday, August 16, 2013. 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, 617-495-2485.
 * Full information on Nomination Procedure here: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/%7Esocfell/nominations.html
 * Can anyone explain to me what exactly is the deadline for nominations? Postmarked August 16th 2013?
 * A: Yes, that is the deadline stated above and at the link. Not sure what else needs to be explained, but maybe someone who has gone through the process of this fellowship before will weigh in.
 * That is the deadline that your professor (or nominating party) needs to send in a letter nominating you for the Society. After that, you will be contacted around early September to give you a personal deadline for your application materials.

Johns Hopkins University - Mellon Postdoc in the Humanities (Religious Culture and the Arts)
The Mellon Postdoctoral Program encourages innovative teaching, enriches educational and research opportunities in the humanities, and fosters the career development of a select group of promising young scholars. Fully one-third of the Krieger School’s faculty is engaged in humanities departments, where scholarly and pedagogical excellence has been the standard since the university’s founding in 1876.

Each fellowship carries a departmental affiliation and the responsibility of teaching one course per semester. The initial stipend is $57,000 with an additional $2,000 available for research and travel expenses. Health insurance and a one-time moving allowance of $2,500 are also provided. Appointments are for one year, renewable for a second year.

Humanities departments and an interdisciplinary committee of Krieger School faculty members will review applications and select fellows for 2014-15. Fellows will be selected based primarily on applicants’ scholarship and promise, as well as their abilities to fill research and teaching needs within the university’s humanities departments.

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, 2009 and no later than June 30, 2014.


 * NOTE fellowship focus: "Religious Culture and the Arts: Christianity, Judaism and Islam. The Mellon Fellowship Program on “Religious Culture and the Arts” is designed to explore, test and refine our understanding of the relationship between religious culture and the production of the arts, whether in literature, drama, music or the visual arts. We are seeking applications for Postdoctoral Fellowships among those whose work addresses the conceptual, philosophical, aesthetic and practical aspects of artistic endeavor in relation to the underlying religious cultures that guide such artistic activity." (Religious Studies, however, is not included as one of the eligible areas)


 * A complete application will contain the following: a letter of interest, (3) letters of recommendation, full curriculum vitae, and an academic statement which includes teaching proposals. To apply, click here: https://secure.interfolio.com/apply/21896


 * The deadline to submit applications is November 14, 2013. Incomplete applications are not considered for the fellowship. It is the applicant’s 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 Acting/Equal Opportunity Employer. Please visit http://www.jhu.edu/ksas for more information.

Mellon Dance Studies 2014-15 Postdoctoral Fellows
A consortium of three research universities—Brown, Northwestern, and Stanford—seeks to appoint Mellon Postdoctoral Fellows in Dance Studies for the academic year 2014-15. Fellows will be associated with humanities centers on each campus and will teach two undergraduate courses. In addition, fellows will attend intensive week-long seminars, held the summer before and after the fellowship year, devoted to strategies for interdisciplinary research and teaching. International applicants are welcome, as are applicants from Ph.D.s in all fields in the humanities and humanistic social sciences that border dance studies.

The initial appointment is for one year, renewable for a second year. Applicants must have completed all requirements for the Ph.D. no later than July 15, 2014 and no earlier than July 15, 2011. Campus placement and departmental affiliation will be determined by the Search Committee.


 * Please send a cover letter, curriculum vitae, writing sample, a sample syllabus for an introductory course in dance studies, and three letters of recommendation to Dance Studies Search Committee, Northwestern University, University Hall 215, 1897 Sheridan Road, Evanston IL 60208-2240. Electronic applications (in Word or pdf) may be emailed to project assistant Jennifer Britton (j-britton@northwestern.edu) with the subject line “Dance Studies Search.” AA/EOE. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. Deadline for applications is December 15, 2013.
 * Also posted at Theatre 2013-14

Princeton University - Society of Fellows (2014-2017 Fellowship Competition)
2014-2017 Fellowship Competition:
 * The Princeton Society of Fellows, an interdisciplinary group of scholars in the humanities, social sciences, and selected natural sciences, invites applications for the 2014-2017 Fellowship competition.
 * Four three-year Postdoctoral Fellowships will be awarded this year. The stipend for the academic year 2014-15 will be approximately $80,000. In addition, fellows are provided with a shared office, a personal computer, a research account of $5000 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 applications by the end of January 2014. 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 2014.
 * Applicants may apply for one or more fellowship(s) pertinent to their research and teaching.
 * 1. Two Open Fellowships in the Humanities and Social Sciences (OPEN): Open to all disciplines represented in the Society of Fellows. In each of the first two years, the successful candidate pursues research half-time and teaches one course each semester, either team-taught or self-designed, in the host department or in an interdisciplinary Program. In addition, the fellow normally does some advising in his/her specialty or related areas. In the third year, the fellow teaches one course in the fall semester and devotes the final semester to full-time research.
 * Targeted Fellowships
 * 3. Fellowship in LGBT Studies (LGBT): Fund for Reunion (the LGBT Alumni Association of Princeton University) and the Society of Fellows are co-sponsors of a fellowship to be awarded to a scholar working on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender issues in any of the disciplines represented in the Society, and particularly in new and emerging fields. The postdoctoral fellow will be expected to pursue research in any scholarly areas that will make a positive contribution toward public discourse around contemporary LGBT issues. In each of the first two years, the successful candidate pursues research half-time and teaches one course each semester, either team-taught or self-designed, in the host department or an interdisciplinary Program. In addition, the fellow normally does some advising in his/her specialty or related areas. In the third year, the fellow teaches only one course and devotes the final semester to full-time research. The LGBT fellow is also encouraged to share research interests with the wider campus community, with the aim of creating a sustained dialogue on issues related to LGBT equality.
 * 4. Fellowship in Humanistic Studies (HUM): This fellowship is sponsored jointly by the Humanities Council and Society of Fellows, and is open to candidates in all relevant disciplines represented in the Society of Fellows. The Fellow pursues research half-time. For one semester in each of the first two years, the Fellow joins faculty from different disciplines to teach the interdisciplinary year-long sequence Approaches to Western Culture: From Antiquity to the Modern Period, delivering lectures and leading discussion sections. For the other semester of the fellow’s first two years and one semester of the third year, the Fellow teaches a self-designed course in the host department. In addition, the fellow normally does some advising in his/her specialty or related areas. The final semester is devoted to full-time research without teaching.


 * See http://www.princeton.edu/sf/fellowships/ for more details on eligibility and application process.
 * Application Postmark deadline: October 1, 2013. The online application form will be available on August 30, 2013.

Rice University (TX) Post-doc Fellowship in History of Middle-East

 * One-year (with possibility of second year extension) in Ottoman and/or Middle-East History, to begin 1 Jul. 2014
 * "In addition to research, the successful candidate is expected to teach 3 courses per academic year and participate in the intellectual life of the department and other units on campus."
 * "Applicants must have received their Ph.D. within the last five years or at the latest by 1 July 2014."
 * Deadline: 1 Jan. 2014.

United States-Israel Educational Foundation - Fulbright Israel Post-Doctoral Fellowships for American Researchers
The United States-Israel Educational Foundation (USIEF), the Fulbright commission for Israel, offers 8 fellowships to American post-doctoral researchers in support of work to be carried out at Israeli universities during the course of the 2014/2015-2015/2016 academic years. The US Post-Doctoral Fellowship Program is open to candidates in all academic disciplines. Program grants total $40,000, $20,000 per academic year.

Program fellows must be accepted as post-doctoral researchers by Israeli host institutions, which agree to provide them with a standard post-doctoral grant, which they will receive in addition to their Fulbright Fellowship. Thus, the total financial support received by Program Fellows is likely to be in the range of at least $35,000-$40,000 per year.

Further details on the program and on application procedures may be found at


 * http://fulbright.org.il/en/?page_id=1024
 * http://catalog.cies.org/viewAward.aspx?n=4397&dc=IS
 * http://www.cies.org/us_scholars/us_awards/Application.htm


 * Applications for 2014/2015-2015/2016 Fulbright Post-Doctoral Fellowships must be submitted to the Council for International Exchange of Scholars by August 1, 2013.
 * Also posted at Jewish Studies 2013-2014

University of Exeter (UK) - Associate Research Fellow, Medical History

 * Two-year research fellowship "to work with Professor Mark Jackson on an interdisciplinary Wellcome Trust funded research project entitled 'Lifestyle, health and disease: changing concepts of balance in modern medicine’"
 * "Incorporating methods and approaches from across the humanities, arts and social sciences, this project explores three key aspects of formulations of balance in modern medicine: The development, application and reception of scientific theories of neurological balance as well as therapeutic strategies for attaining bodily balance / Scientific and clinical accounts and patient experiences of coping with mental illness and maintaining work-life balance / Arguments about the relationship between ecological balance and the prevention of chronic diseases, including mental illness, obesity and heart disease."
 * "This full time Wellcome Trust funded post is available from 1st January 2014 to 31st December 2016"
 * Deadline: 20 Sept. 2013
 * Intend to interview early mid-October

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - 2014–2016 Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellowships in the Humanities
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 starting in Fall 2014. The Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellows in the Humanities will spend the two-year term in residence at Illinois; will conduct research on the proposed project; and will teach two courses per year (both graduate and undergraduate) in the appropriate academic department. The Fellows will also participate in the IPRH Fellows Seminar, a yearlong interdisciplinary workshop, and will be encouraged to participate in activities related to their research available through IPRH, in the teaching department, and on the Illinois campus. Each Post-Doctoral Fellow will give a public lecture on his or her research.

The search for Mellon Fellows is open to scholars in all humanities disciplines, but we seek applicants whose work falls into one of the following broad subject areas:


 * Race and Diaspora Studies
 * History of Science/Technology
 * Empire and Colonial Studies
 * Memory Studies

Eligibility: Applicants must have received a Ph.D. in a humanities discipline between January 1, 2009 and August 31, 2013. In other words, applicants must have a Ph.D. in hand to be eligible to apply. 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 U of I are not eligible for these awards.

Terms: The appointment will begin on August 16, 2014, and the successful applicants must be on the Illinois campus by that date for 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 $45,000 annual stipend, a $2,000 research account, and a comprehensive benefits package.


 * Application Guidelines: Applications must be submitted online at this URL: https://my.atlas.illinois.edu/submit/go.asp?id=615. Applicants will be asked to create a password-protected account, to which they can return multiple times. The application system opens September 1, 2013 (and will not be accessible before then). No paper or emailed applications will be accepted. The application portal closes by midnight Central Time on October 28, 2013. 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 to submit their applications well prior to the close of business on October 28 (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.
 * Full application and eligibility guidelines HERE.
 * Also NOTE from H-Net: "Please do not contact IPRH about the status of an application; we are unable to answer questions about individual applications."

University of Konstanz - 2 JR. Fellowships at the Institute for Advanced Study
The University of Konstanz, with its “Institutional Strategy to promote Top-Level Research,” has been receiving continuous funding since 2007 within the framework of the Excellence Initiative by the German Federal and State Governments.

The “Cultural Foundations of Integration” Center of Excellence was established in 2006 at the University of Konstanz with funding from the Initiative. The Center views itself as an interdisciplinary, globally integrated network supporting original research projects centered on questions of integration and disintegration in a framework of cultural studies.At the Center of Excellence, research is brought together from the fields of history, literary and media studies, political science, law, and administration, and from philosophy, sociology, ethnology/cultural anthropology, and cultural theory.

The Center of Excellence at Konstanz invites applications for the following positions, to be filled as soon as possible: 2 junior fellowships at the Institute for Advanced Study Konstanz

The fellowship period ranges from a minimum of 6 months to a maximum of 12 months within 2014 or the academic year 2014/2015; full-time residence is required.

Start of residence: 1 April 2014 or 1 October 2014

Amount of fellowship: The fellowship is 2700 € monthly (or costs for home-university replacement; max. W2) plus 300 € housing supplement (an apartment is provided; co-payment 300-500 €); family/children allowance 500 €. Arrival and departure costs will be covered.

Konstanz Institute for Advanced Study: Each year the Konstanz Institute for Advanced Study invites 20 scholars from various disciplines to work on the theme of integration. The applications should be directly related to one of the Center’s four research fields (identification and the politics of identity; practices of knowledge and non-knowledge; the cultural modeling of hierarchy and violence; the cultural dynamics of religion) or the Institute‘s key topic for the academic year 2014/2015 “bureaucracy”. Applicants should have completed all Ph.D. requirements except thesis publication.

Required application documents as one single PDF file: Length: a maximum of 12 1.5-spaced page, Times Roman 12, not including bibliography. Cover letter Project-Outline: Summary (max. 15 lines) Short description of applicant (education; most important publications [max. 5]; current research focus; preferred length of stay) Detailed overview of planed research project at Konstanz. Overview of project’s contribution to the theme of the Center or to one of the Research Fields or the Institute’s focus on “Bureaucracy” (including description of planned publication strategy and indication of whether participation in publication projects at the Center is anticipated). Enclosures: Detailed CV; Detailed list of publications; Abstract of Ph.D. thesis or published full-length book(s) (each max. 1 p.) For questions concerning the fellowship profile, please contact Fred Girod, phone +49 (0)7531 3630411 or e-mail [mailto:exc16apply@uni-konstanz.de exc16apply@uni-konstanz.de].

Information on the “Cultural Foundations of Integration” Center of Excellence can be found at: http://www.uni-konstanz.de/exc16 about the Institute for Advanced Study Konstanz: http://www.exc16.de/cms/kolleg.html The University of Konstanz is an equal opportunity employer and tries to increase the number of women in research and teaching. The university has been certified by the Hertie Foundation as a family-oriented institution. It places special emphasis on the compatibility of family and professional life. The University of Konstanz offers a “Dual Career Program.” Information can be obtained from: http://www.uni-konstanz.de/dcc/. The University of Konstanz encourages disabled persons to apply. They will be given preference if appropriately qualified (contact + 49 (0) 7531 / 88 4895).


 * Please send your application together with completed documents, in German or English, specifying reference number 2013/123 by 30 September 2013 (24:00 hrs. CEST) at the latest, to: [mailto:exc16apply@uni-konstanz.de exc16apply@uni-konstanz.de]

University of Michigan - Society of Fellows
Each Fellow has a three-year appointment as Assistant Professor in an affiliated department of the University and a three-year appointment as a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Society of Fellows. This appointment is not tenure-track. The current annual stipend is $55,000. Fellows are eligible for participation in the University health, dental and life insurance programs. Each fellow is expected to teach the equivalent of one academic year, i.e., a total of two terms during the period of the fellowship. Any subsequent appointment of a Fellow to a position at the University of Michigan would be subject to the rules governing new appointments.

Fellows are expected to be in residence in Ann Arbor for the academic years of appointment (September to May) and to participate in the activities of the Society of Fellows. Off-campus research leave during academic terms will be permitted only in rare cases, only for brief periods of time, and only upon written application to the Chair of the Society well in advance of the proposed leave. Any leave granted will count as part of the fellowship tenure.

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, 2011 and September 1, 2014. Applications from degree candidates and recipients of the Ph.D. from the University of Michigan will not be considered. Non-US citizens may apply.
 * Fellowship Application: The 2013 application will be available July 2. Questions may be submitted to [mailto:society.of.fellows@umich.edu society.of.fellows@umich.edu].
 * Application Deadline: The application deadline is Tuesday, October 1, 2013, 1:00PM EDT. Full Application Guidelines here: http://societyoffellows.umich.edu/the-fellowship/application-guidelines/ (NOTE: there is a $30 application fee).
 * Also see the announcement in the Chronicle of Higher Ed (July 1): "Eight fellowships are available, with an annual stipend of $55,000. Four of these fellowships will be awarded in the humanities, with the support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation."

University of Pennsylvania Humanities Forum, Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Humanities
Five (5) one-year Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships are available for the 2014-2015 academic year for untenured scholars in the humanities who received or will receive their Ph.D. between December 2005 and December 2013. The PhD is the only eligible terminal degree.

The programs of the Penn Humanities Forum are conceived through yearly topics that invite broad interdisciplinary collaboration. For the 2014–2015 academic year, we have set Color as the theme. Humanists and those in related fields (e.g., anthropology, history of science) are invited to submit research proposals on any aspect of this topic. Exclusions are projects in social science disciplines, educational curriculum building, and work by performing artists (n.b., scholars of performance are eligible).

Fellows teach one undergraduate course in addition to conducting their research. The stipend is $46,500. Health insurance is provided for fellows but not for family and dependents. Fellows also receive a research fund of $2500. Fellows are required to be in residence during their fellowship year (September 1–May 31).
 * Application Deadline: Tuesday, October 15, 2013. Applications will be accepted via online webform only. Awards will be announced by the end of December 2013.
 * Application Guidelines: How To Apply.

University of Pennsylvania, Postdoctoral Fellowships for Academic Diversity
The Postdoctoral Fellowship for Academic Diversity Program is a multiyear competitive program whose goal is to increase the diversity of the community of scholars devoted to academic research. We seek to attract promising researchers and educators from different backgrounds, races, ethnic groups, and other diverse populations whose life experience, research experience and employment background will contribute significantly to the academic mission. Fellowships are available for postdoctoral training in all areas of study at Penn. Successful candidates will receive mentored scholarly and research training as well as courses and workshops to enhance their research success skills and prepare them for a faculty position in a major university.

Open to graduate students from PENN and other institutions who have completed, or will complete, their requirements for Ph.D. by the Fellowship start date; postdoctoral scholars from other institutions who have completed their dissertation within the last three years; professional applicants (M.D., D.M.D., V.M.D., J.D., etc) within a year of completing their post-degree professional training.

Stipend of $43,000 in year 1 with $2,000 increments in years 2 and 3. Also annual allowances for travel ($2,000) and research ($5,000), and one-time $5,000 relocation expense. The University also provides medical, vision, dental & life insurance.


 * Application Form
 * All application materials must be submitted by August 30, 2013. If you have questions or are unable to complete the online application please contact [mailto:pdfellow@exchange.upenn.edu pdfellow@exchange.upenn.edu].

University of Wisconsin - Madison - Kingdon Fellowship in Judeo-Christian Religious Studies
The Institute for Research in the Humanities will offer 1-2 Robert M. Kingdon Fellowships to be awarded to a scholar from outside the University of Wisconsin-Madison for 2014-2015. Robert M. Kingdon, a distinguished historian of early modern Europe, generously donated funds to the IRH to support scholarly research in historical, literary, and philosophical studies of the Judeo-Christian religious tradition and its role in society from antiquity to the present, broadly understood. Projects may focus on any period from antiquity to the present, on any part of the world, and in any field(s) in the humanities. Projects may range widely or focus on a particular issue. They may explore various forms of Jewish and/or Christian traditions; the interaction of one or both of these religious traditions with other religious traditions; and/or the relationship of one or both of these religious traditions to other aspects of society such as power, politics, culture, experience, creativity, nationality, cosmopolitanism, gender, sexuality, etc. Projects that incorporate consideration of religion’s interaction with society are especially welcome.

Kingdon Fellows are expected to be in residence at the Institute throughout the academic year (except for short research trips, lectures, conferences, etc.) and may extend this residency through the following summer on a non-stipendary basis. The award provides a stipend of $50,000, office space, support services, and access to all university facilities.

Kingdon Fellows are also expected to participate in the intellectual life of the Institute by attending the weekly Monday afternoon seminars (3:00-5:00pm) and presenting their work at a seminar. Monday seminars are followed by an informal Tuesday lunch discussion (noon- 1:15pm) based on the seminar for those who are interested in further discussion of the Monday presentation. Fellows are also encouraged to join the informal daily lunches at the Institute, as well as attend other Institute events, as time and interest permits. Please consult the Institute’s website (http://irh.wisc.edu) for more information about other Institute fellowships and activities.

The Institute accepts applications from senior scholars as well as young scholars with research projects well advanced. Applicants must be in possession of the Ph.D. or Th.D. at the time of application; we will not accept applications from graduate students expecting to have the degree by the beginning of the academic year. Independent scholars with the Ph.D. or Th.D. are eligible to apply. Faculty members at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are not eligible for the fellowship. Projects to revise the doctoral dissertation should involve substantial expansion, new research, and/or new conceptual frameworks; the proposal should clearly explain how the project relates to the dissertation.


 * NEW Application Submission Directions: The online application can be found at http://irh.wisc.edu/fellowships.php?menu=4. You will attach all other application materials (proposal, bibliography, and CV) to this form. Deadline: Application Materials: November 15, 2013. Letters of recommendation: November 15, 2013.
 * NOTE: See full application guidelines at Kingdon Fellowship Call.

Washington University in St. Louis - Modeling Interdisciplinary Inquiry Mellon Postdoc
Washington University announces the fourteenth 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 Ph.D.s for the position as Fellow. In September 2014, the selected Fellows will join the University’s ongoing interdisciplinary programs and seminars. Fellows will receive a two-year appointment with a nine month academic year salary beginning at $50,000 per year. Postdoctoral Fellows have an opportunity to plan and pursue their own continuing research in association with a senior faculty mentor at Washington University, and, over the course of their two-year appointment, to teach three undergraduate courses and to collaborate in leading an interdisciplinary seminar on theory and methods for advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students in the humanities and interpretive social sciences.

There is no application form. Applicants should submit a cover letter, a description of their research program (no more than 1800 words), a brief proposal for the seminar in theory and methods, and a curriculum vitae. Please include all relevant contact information on the first page of your cover letter, and your name on each page of your application. Applicants should also arrange for the submission of three confidential letters of recommendation.


 * Submit materials by email, post, or online document handler by December 2, 2013 to Joseph Loewenstein ([mailto:mii@artsci.wustl.edu mii@artsci.wustl.edu]). The mailing address is: Modeling Interdisciplinary Inquiry, Washington University, Campus Box 1029, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130-4899. For express mail, please send materials to: Modeling Interdisciplinary Inquiry, Washington University, Umrath Hall, Room 231, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130-4899.

DISCUSSION
Resources:
 * Grants / Fellowships Blog (University of Chicago).
 * Advice for Postdoc Applications: The Postdoc App: How It’s Different and Why ("Professor Is In" blog).