Humanities and Social Sciences Postdocs 2015-16

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Upcoming Deadlines

 * 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
 * 12 Oct. 2015: NYU Abu Dhabi (AE) - Research Fellowships in the Humanities
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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 (PA) - Program in Early American Economy and Society Long-term Fellowships for 2016-2017
 * 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'
 * 2 Nov. 2015: Pomona College (CA) - Fred and Dorothy Chau Postdoctoral Fellowship
 * 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: Wesleyan University (CT) - Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in Native American Studies
 * 15 Nov. 2015: Wesleyan University (CT) - Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in Latin American Studies
 * 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 Toronto (CAN) - Jackman Humanities Inst. - Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships in the Humanities, 2016-2018
 * 27 Nov. 2015: Columbia University (NY) - Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Positions: Presidential Scholars in Society and Neuroscience
 * 1 Dec. 2015: Princeton University (NJ) - Davis Center for Historical Studies Fellowships ("Risk and Fortune")
 * 1 Dec. 2015: University of California, Irvine (CA) - Mellon Sawyer Seminar Postdoctoral Fellowship - Documenting War
 * 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: Washington University in St. Louis (MO) - Modeling Interdisciplinary Inquiry Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship
 * 15 Dec. 2015: Northwestern University (IL) - African American Studies, Postdoctoral Fellow
 * 15 Dec. 2015: University of Colorado Boulder (CO) - Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
 * 6 Jan. 2015: Valparaiso University (IN) - Lilly Fellows Program
 * 8 Jan. 2016: Rutgers University (NJ) - Center for Cultural Analysis - 2016-2017 Postdoctoral Fellowship
 * 11 Jan. 2016: Center for Jewish History (NY) - 2016-17 Prins Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship
 * 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: Stanford University (CA) - Postdoctoral Fellow in Chinese Studies
 * 15 Jan. 2015: University of Michigan (MI) - Emerging Democracies Postdoctoral Fellowship
 * 16 Jan. 2016: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MA) - Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships in the Humanities, 2016-2018
 * 1 Feb. 2016: University of Michigan (MI) - Post-doctoral Fellows in Study of China

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 [mailto:fellowships@bgc.bard.edu 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) - 2016-17 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 (RI) - Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs Postdoctoral Fellowships - Deadline: 15 Oct. 2015
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.

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 [mailto:daf96@case.edu 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'

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: [mailto:humctr-mailbox@cornell.edu 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/.

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

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 [mailto:FellowshipPrograms@doaks.org 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.

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.

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

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)

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

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.
 * 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.)

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)

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.

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.

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.

===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 (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 (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.

===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 [mailto:fellowships@nyhistory.org fellowships@nyhistory.org].
 * Also posted at Womens/Gender/Queer Studies 2015-2016

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 [mailto:s-denose@northwestern.edu 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

NYU Abu Dhabi (AE) - Research Fellowships in the Humanities - Deadline: 12 Oct. 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 October 12, 2015.

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.

Pomona College (CA) - Fred and Dorothy Chau Postdoctoral Fellowship - Deadline: 2 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 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.

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) - Postdoctoral Research Associate in 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 [mailto:fellows@princeton.edu 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.

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

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

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) - 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/

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.

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

 * 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.

===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 [mailto:masters-assistant@christs.cam.ac.uk 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 [mailto:masters-assistant@christs.cam.ac.uk 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, 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.

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 [mailto:administrator@divinity.cam.ac.uk 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 (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 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.

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 [mailto:wced.postdoc@umich.edu 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 [mailto:wced.postdoc@umich.edu 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: 29 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.

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 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.

===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 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

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 ([mailto:j.harvell@sussex.ac.uk j.harvell@sussex.ac.uk] tel: 01273 877831) or Fiona Courage ([mailto:f.p.courage@sussex.ac.uk 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 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.

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.

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.