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Wiki Pages from Previous Years (2010-2020)[]

For more information and answers to some questions about timing, materials requests, application numbers and fields, offers, etc. see previous years' postdoc wikis at:

Upcoming Deadlines[]

July 2020[]

  • 31 July 2020: University of Sussex (UK:Sx) - Research Fellow (I) in Digital Culture

August 2020[]

  • 3 Aug. 2020: Aarhus University (DK:Mid), Department of Archaeology and Heritage Studies, Moesgaard Postdoc
  • 3 Aug. 2020: NYU (USA:NY) - Jordan Center Post-Doctoral Fellowship Program
  • 3 Aug. 2020: Yale University (USA:CT) - Postdoctoral Associate in the Environmental Humanities
  • 4 Aug. 2020: Princeton University (USA:NJ) - Postdoctoral Fellowship in Humanities and Social Sciences
  • 12 Aug. 2020: University of Graz (AUT) - Two University Assistant positions (with/without doctorate) in Contemporary Global History
  • 24 Aug. 2020: Queen's University Belfast (UK:NI) - Research Fellow
  • 25 Aug. 2020: University of Cambridge, Jesus College (UK:Eng) - Arts Research Fellowship
  • 25 Aug. 2020: University of Bristol (UK:Eng) - Research Associate in Black Health and the Humanities
  • 30 Aug. 2020: University College London (UK:Eng) - Research Fellow: African Abolitionism: The Rise and Transformations of Anti-Slavery in Africa (AFRAB)

September 2020[]

  • 1 Sept. 2020: University of Leicester (UK:Eng) - Research Associate
  • 4 Sept. 2020: University of Cambridge, Kings College (UK:Eng) - Research Fellowship in the History and Culture of the Countries of the Silk Roads, 2021 - 2025
  • 4 Sept. 2020: University of Cambridge, Kings College (UK:Eng) - Research Fellowship in Slavery and its Impact, 2021-2025
  • 5 Sept. 2020: University of York (UK:Eng) - Postdoctoral Research Fellow
  • 22 Sept. 2020: University of Cambridge, St Johns College (UK:Eng) - Research Fellowships 2021
  • 23 Sept. 2020: University of Oxford (UK:Eng) - Postdoctoral Researcher on the 'Emptiness' Project (2 posts)
  • 30 Sept. 2020: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ESP) - Postdoctoral Researcher in the Aftermath of the Imjin War (Japan)
  • 30 Sept. 2020: University of Tokyo (JPN) - Postdoctoral Fellow

October 2020[]

  • 1 Oct. 2020: Cornell University (USA:NY) - 2021-22 Society for the Humanities Fellowships, Focal Theme "Afterlives"
  • 1 Oct. 2020: Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf (DEU) - Gisela Eisenreich Fellowship in History and Philosophy of Nature, the Art of Healing and Medicine
  • 1 Oct. 2020: Institute for Research in the Humanities (USA: WI) - 2021-2022 Kingdon Fellowship, Solmsen Fellowships, Ciplijauskaité Fellowships
  • 9 Oct. 2020: University of Glasgow (UK:Scot) - Research Associate
  • 14 Oct. 2020: Trinity College Dublin (IRL) - Postdoctoral Researcher in Early Modern Food History
  • 14 Oct. 2020: University of Liverpool (UK:Eng) - Research Assistant
  • 15 Oct. 2020: University of Pennsylvania (USA:PA) - Wolf Humanities Center Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships, 2021-2022 ("Migrations")
  • 18 Oct. 2020: European University Institute [ITL) - 50-60 Max Weber Post-doctoral Fellowships
  • 19 Oct. 2020: University of Basel (CH) - NOMIS Postdoctoral Fellowships, 2021-2022 (research on images)
  • 19 Oct. 2020: University of Michigan (USA:MI) - Frankel Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies, Postdoc ("Second Temple Judaism: The Challenge of Diversity")
  • 22 Oct. 2020: University of Cambridge, Christ's College (UK:Eng) - Junior Research Fellowships 2021
  • 23 Oct. 2020: Brown University (USA:RI) - Watson Institute Postdoctoral Fellows Program 2021-2023
  • 29 Oct. 2020: Trinity College Dublin (IRL) - Research Fellow (Postdoctoral Researcher) in Modern Chinese Studies
  • 30 Oct. 2020: University of Oxford (UK:Eng) - Post-Doctoral Researcher in Global Correspondent Banking 1870-2000 - European Networks
  • October (unspecified): Cold Spring Harbour Laboratory (USA:NY) - Historian of Life Science

November 2020[]

  • 01 Nov. 2020: Stanford University (USA:CA) - Mellon Fellowship of Scholars in the Humanities
  • 01 Nov. 2020: Library Company of Philadelphia (USA:PA) - Post-Doctoral Fellowships for 2021-2022
  • 3 Nov. 2020: University of Birmingham (UK:Eng) - Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2 posts)
  • 3 Nov. 2020: University of Cambridge, Magdalene College (UK:Eng) - Research Fellowships
  • 9 Nov. 2020: University of Cambridge, Fitzwilliam College (UK:Eng) - Isaac Newton Trust Rutherford Research Fellowship
  • 13 Nov. 2020: University of Southern California (USA:CA) - Society of Fellows in the Humanities 2021-23
  • 15 Nov. 2020: Lingnan University (Hong Kong) - Postdoctoral Fellowship at Centre for Film and Creative Industries
  • 15 Nov. 2020: University of Oklahoma, Norman (USA:OK) - Newman Post-Doctoral Fellow
  • 16 Nov. 2020: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (USA:NC) - The Carolina Postdoctoral Program for Faculty Diversity
  • 16 Nov. 2020: Princeton Universty (USA:NJ) - Fung Global Fellows
  • 19 Nov. 2020: University of Exeter (UK:Eng) - Postdoctoral Research Fellow
  • 20 Nov. 2020: Harvard University - Inequality in America Initiative 2021-22 Postdoctoral Fellowship
  • 20 Nov. 2020: Dartmouth University - Neukom Postdoctoral Fellowship - 2021-22
  • 23 Nov. 2020: University of Cambridge, Clare College (UK:Eng) - Junior Research Fellowship 2021

December 2020[]

  • 1 Dec: Northwestern University (USA: IL): Science in Human Culture Program Postdoctoral Fellowships
  • 1 Dec: Case Western Reserve University (USA:OH) - Nord Postdoctoral Fellow at the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities
  • 1 Dec: Dartmouth College (USA:NH) - Guarini Dean's Postdoctoral Fellowship in Afro-Latinx and/or Afro-Latin American Studies
  • 1 Dec: Microsoft Research New England - postdoc with the Social Media Collective
  • 1 Dec: Washington College (USA:MA) - Patrick Henry History Fellow
  • 3 Dec: Princeton University (USA:NJ) - Postdoctoral Research Associate, Latin American Studies
  • 4 Dec: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (USA:IL) - Latina/o Studies Postdoctoral Fellowships at Illinois
  • 4 Dec: Washington University in St. Louis (USA:MO) - Modeling Interdisciplinary Inquiry Postdoctoral Fellowship
  • 6 Dec: Brown University (USA: RI) - Pembroke Center Research Seminar Postdoctoral Fellowship
  • 14 Dec: Washington University in St. Louis (USA:MO) - American Culture Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship in American Ethnic Studies
  • 14 Dec: Washington University in St. Louis (USA:MO) - American Culture Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Study of the St. Louis Region
  • 15 Dec: Amherst College (USA:MA) - Center for Humanistic Inquiry Postdoctoral Fellowship and Visiting Lecturer
  • 15 Dec: Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine (USA:PA) - Postdoctoral Fellowships
  • 15 Dec: Princeton University (USA:NJ) - Postdoctoral Research Associate, Hellenic Studies
  • 15 Dec: University of Michigan (USA:MI - Forsyth Postdoctoral Fellowship (African Diaspora or Native American Arts and Visual Cultures
  • 15 Dec: University of Pittsburgh (USA:PA) - UCIS Postdoctoral Fellowship in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
  • 15 Dec: Indiana University, Bloomington (USA:IA) - Postdoctoral Fellowship, Center for Research on Race and Ethnicity in Society
  • 18 Dec: Brown University, Providence (USA:RI) - Presidential Diversity Postdoctoral Fellowship
  • 21 Dec: University of Oxford, Nuffield College (UK:Eng) - Postdoctoral Researcher, International NGOs in the Long Humanitarian Century
  • 23 Dec: University of Kent (UK:Eng) - Postdoctoral Research Associate
  • 30 Dec: University of Illinois, Chicago (USA:IL) - Bridge to Faculty Postdoctoral Fellow, LatinX history
  • 30 Dec: University of Illinois, Chicago (USA:IL) - Bridge to Faculty Postdoctoral Fellow, Sociology

January 2021[]

  • 1 Jan. 2021: Dartmouth College (USA:NH) - César Chávez Pre- to Postdoctoral Dissertation Fellowship
  • 1 Jan. 2021: Princeton University (USA:NJ) - Princeton-Mellon Fellows in Architecture, Urbanism, and the Humanities
  • 4 January 2021: Southern Methodist University (USA:Tx) - Clements Center for Southwest Studies Fellowships (3x)
  • 4 Jan. 2021: University of Pennsylvania (USA:PA) - Perry World House Postdoctoral Fellowships (multiple positions)
  • 4 Jan. 2021: University of Warwick (UK:Eng) - Research Fellow
  • 4 January 2021: Tulane University, New Orleans (USA:LA) Mellon Sawyer Seminar "Sites of Memory" Postdoctoral Fellowship
  • 4 January 2021: Yale University (USA:CT) Agrarian Studies Program Fellowship
  • 5 January 2021: University of Illinois, Chicago (USA:IL) - Bridge to Faculty Postdoctoral Fellow, Sociocultural Anthropology
  • 7 January 2021: Stanford University (USA: CA) - Clayman Institute for Gender Research
  • 10 Jan. 2021: University of Copenhagen (DNK) - POSTDOCTORAL POSITION IN CARIBBEAN HISTORY, c. 1650-1850 (enslaved mobility)
  • 11 Jan. 2021: Washington University in St. Louis (USA:MO) - Friedman Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Jewish Studies
  • 11 Jan. 2021: Harvard University (USA:MA) - Postdoctoral Fellowships (History; Literature and Culture)
  • 11 Jan. 2021: Haverford College (USA: PA)- The Senses and the Sensible - Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Humanities, 2021-2023
  • 11 Jan. 2021: University of Oxford, Nuffield College (UK:Eng) - Postdoctoral Researcher: History of Slavery in the City of London
  • 15 January 2021: California Institute of Technology (USA:CA) 2021-2023 "STEM and Inequality" Postdoctoral Instructorship
  • 15 January 2021: Linda Hall Library (USA:MO) - Virtual Fellowship
  • 15 January 2021: New York Historical Society (USA:NY) - 2021-22 Helen and Robert Appel Fellowship in History and Technology
  • 15 January 2021: New York Historical Society (USA:NY) 2021-22 National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship
  • 15 January 2021: New York Historical Society (USA:NY) 2021-22 Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation / Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellowship
  • 15 January 2021: New York Public Library (USA:NY) 2021-22 National Endowment for the Humanities Long-Term Fellowships
  • 15 Jan. 2021: Boston University (USA:MA) - Postdoctoral Associate in Jewish Studies
  • 15 Jan. 2021: Emory University (USA:GA), Two-Year Post-Doctoral Fellowship
  • 15 Jan. 2021: University of Virginia (USA:VA) - Postdoctoral Fellowship, Age of Jefferson (1776-1860)
  • 15 Jan. 2021: Georgetown University (USA:DC) - Postdoctoral Fellowship in Global Media and Film Studies
  • 15 Jan. 2021: GIGA, German Institute for Global and Area Studies (DEU) - Postdoctoral Research Fellow India / Asia
  • 15 Jan. 2021: GIGA, German Institute for Global and Area Studies (DEU) - Postdoctoral Research Fellow Middle East and North Africa
  • 15 Jan. 2021: GIGA, German Institute For Global and Area Studies (DEU) - Postdoctoral Research Fellow Middle East and North Africa and / or Asia
  • 15 Jan. 2021: Reed College (USA:OR) - One-Year Visiting Position in the Religions of China
  • 15 Jan. 2021: Princeton Writing Program (USA:NJ) - Postdoctoral Lectureship
  • 21 Jan. 2021: Northumbria University (UK:Eng) - Post-Doctoral Research Assistants in History
  • 22 Jan. 2021: North Arizona University (USA:AZ) - Post-Doctoral Fellowship (Martin Springer Institute)
  • 22 Jan. 2021: University of Cambridge, Gonville and Caius College (UK:Eng) - Research Fellowship in the Study of Race and Anti-Racism
  • 22 Jan. 2021: University of Oxford (UK:Eng) - ERC Research Fellow
  • 29 Jan. 2021: American Philosophical Society (USA:PA) - 2021-2022 Fellowship Opportunities in Native American and Indigenous Studies; Early American History & Culture; and History of Science, Technology, and Medicine, Library & Museum of the American Philosophical Society
  • 29 Jan. 2021: Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Department I (DEU) - Postdoctoral Fellow]
  • 20 Jan. 2021: University of Southern California (USA:CA) - Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Humanities and Academic Administration
  • 30 January 2021: Trinity College Dublin (IRL) - HUMAN+ Postdoctoral Fellowships

February 2021[]

  • 1 Feb. 2021: Center for Italian Modern Art (USA:NY) - Summer/Fall 2021 Fellowship
  • 1 Feb. 2021: University of Notre Dame (USA:IA) - Public Humanities Postdoctoral Fellowship
  • 1 Feb. 2021: University of Notre Dame (USA:IA) - Byzantine Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship
  • 1 Feb. 2021: The University of Hong Kong (HK) - Society of Fellows in the Humanities
  • 1 Feb. 2021: Stanford University (USA:CA) - Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society
  • 1 Feb. 2021: University of York (UK:Eng) - Postdoctoral Research Associate
  • 1 Feb. 2021: Brown University (USA: RI) - Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship, Department of Modern Media and Culture
  • 1 Feb. 2021: Brown University (USA: RI) - Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship, Department of American Studies
  • 2 Feb. 2021: Stanford University Thinking Matters/COLLEGE Fellowship
  • 11 Feb. 2021: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ESP) - Postdoctoral Researcher in the Aftermath of the Imjin War (Korea)
  • 12 Feb. 2021: University of Cambridge, Kings College (UK:Eng) - Stipendiary Research Fellowship in the Late Roman and Early Medieval Archaeology of Britain, 2021-2025
  • 15 Feb. 2021: Harvard University (USA:MA) - Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies An Wang Postdoctoral Fellowship
  • 16 Feb. 2021: Stanford University (USA: CA) - Stanford Introductory Studies Fellowship to Diversify Teaching and Learning
  • 21 Feb. 2021: University of Sheffield (UK:Eng) - Research Associate: Priests in a Post-Imperial World [[1]]
  • 24 Feb. 2021: University of Cambridge, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research (UK:Eng) - Research Assistant
  • 24 Feb. 2021: University of the West of England (UK:Eng) - Research Fellow (Feminist Labour History)
  • 25 Feb. 2021: Emory University (USA:GA), 2021-22 Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellowships.
  • 28 Feb. 2021: University of Strathclyde (UK:Scot) - Research Associate

March 2021[]

  • 1 Mar. 2021: Harvard University (USA:MA) - Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies Hou Family Fellowship in Taiwan Studies
  • 1 Mar. 2021: Siena College (USA:NY) - Postdoctoral Teaching and Research Fellowship in Revolutionary Era Studies
  • 5 Mar. 2021: University of Oxford, Oriel College (UK:Eng) - Turpin Junior Research Fellowship
  • 6 Mar. 2021: Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship in Women’s History and Public History
  • 8 Mar. 2021: Arizona State University (USA:AZ) - Postdoctoral Research Scholar
  • 11 Mar. 2021: Università Ca' Foscari Venezia (ITL) - Assistant Professor in the area of Modern History
  • 11 Mar. 2021: Università Ca' Foscari Venezia (ITL) Assistant Professor in the area of History of Religion
  • 11 Mar. 2021: Università Ca' Foscari Venezia (ITL) - Assistant Professor in the area of History of Science and Technology
  • 12 Mar. 2021: Birkbeck, University of London (UK:Eng) - Five Year Postdoctoral Position in the History and Memory of the Holocaust for the Alfred Landecker Lecturer Program
  • 14 Mar. 2021: University College London (UK:Eng) - Research Fellow in Hungarian History
  • 15 Mar. 2021: University of New South Wales (AUS) - 3 x Laureate Postdoctoral Fellows, Centre for History & Population
  • 15 Mar. 2021: University of Oxford, Pembroke College (UK:Eng) - Junior Research Fellowship
  • 15 Mar. 2021: University of Oxford, St Annes College (UK:Eng) - The Plumer Junior Research Fellowship in History
  • 15 Mar. 2021: Rutgers University, New Brunswick (USA:NJ) - Postdoctoral Associate for the Scarlet and Black Project
  • 15 Mar. 2021: Temple University (USA:PA) - Postdoctoral Fellow
  • 15 Mar. 2021: Parsons, The New School (NYC) - Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship/Assistant Professor in Black Visual Culture
  • 15 Mar. 2021: Washington College - Part-time Fellowship in Literature, History, Culture, Art of the Americas before 1830
  • 17 Mar. 2021: University of Strathclyde (UK:Scot) - Research Associate (Strathclyde Business School)
  • 21 Mar. 2021: University of Minnesota (USA:MS) - Mellon Just Futures - Minnesota Transform Postdoctoral Associate
  • 23 Mar. 2021: Kalamazoo College/Kalamazoo Institute of Art- Post-Doctoral Curatorial Fellow, Visit https://www.kiarts.org/page.php?menu_id=65
  • 24 Mar. 2021: University of Birmingham (UK:Eng) - Research Fellow (x2) School of Social Policy, College of Social Sciences
  • 25 Mar. 2021: University of Warwick (UK:Eng) - Resarch Fellow x2

April 2021[]

  • 1 Apr. 2021: University of Toronto Scarborough - Postdoctoral Fellow - Arts, Health, and Social Wellness
  • 1 Apr. 2021: Queen's University (CAN) - Buchanan Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Canadian History
  • 1 Apr. 2021: Tufts University (USA:MA): Center for the Humanities Postdoctoral Fellowships
  • 9 Apr. 2021: British School At Athens (GRC) - 1821 Fellowship in Modern Greek Studies (Early Career)
  • 9 Apr. 2021: University of Oxford (UK:Eng) - Researcher
  • 14 Apr. 2021: Newcastle University (UK:Eng) - Research Assistant/Associate History
  • 15 Apr. 2021: Masaryk University (CZE) - 3 Postdocs in History/Social Science, 20th Century Europe
  • 16 Apr. 2021: University of Zurich (CHE) - Postdoctoral Fellow - History of Medicine
  • 16 Apr. 2021: Case Western Reserve University (USA:OH) - Post-Doctoral Fellow African American History
  • 18 Apr. 2021: New York Public Library (USA:NY) - Diamonstein-Spielvogel Fellowship Program
  • 19 Apr. 2021: University of Manchester (UK:Eng) - Research Associate in History (2 posts available)
  • 20 Apr. 2021: Oxford Brookes University (UK:Eng) - Post Doctoral Research Assistant
  • 23 Apr. 2021: University of Oxford, Rothermere American Institute and Mansfield College (UK:Eng) - Junior Research Fellow in Nineteenth-century United States History
  • 26 Apr. 2021: University of Oxford, Queens College (UK:Eng) - Career Development Fellowship in Early Modern History
  • 26 Apr. 2021: University of Oxford, Pembroke College (UK:Eng) - Junior Research Fellowship in Black British Studies
  • 30 Apr. 2021: University of Cambridge, Trinity College (UK:Eng) - Research Post in the History of Race

May 2021[]

  • 6 May 2021: American Council of Learned Societies - 41 Leading Edge Fellowships for Recent PhDs
  • 7 May 2021: University of Oxford, St Catherine's College (UK:Eng) - Canon Murray Fellowship in Irish History
  • 10 May 2021: University of Idaho (USA:ID) - Postdoctoral Fellow - North American Western History; Indigenous History & Public History
  • 13 May 2021: University of Southern California (USA:CA) - Postdoctoral Fellowship in early modern Americas
  • 14 May 2021: University of Cambridge, Faculty of History (UK:Eng) - Mellon Research Fellow in American History
  • 15 May 2021: Cornell University (USA:NY) - Global Racial Justice Post-Doctoral Fellow
  • 15 May 2021: University of Pennsylvania (USA:PA) - Post-Doctoral Fellow, Environmental Humanities
  • 17 May 2021: Fordham University (USA:NY) - Postdoctoral Fellowship in Critical Race Studies
  • 21 May 2021: University of Edinburgh (UK:Scot) - Post-Doctoral Research Assistant
  • 24 May 2021: Freie Universität Berlin - 2 Positions Research Assistants (postdoc), Global History, (m/f/d) Full-time job limited to 5 years
  • 30 May 2021: University of Central Florida (USA: FL) - 2 Postdocs in Violence Against Women Cluster
  • 31 May 2021: McGill University (CAN) Postdoctoral Fellowship in Taiwan Studies 2021-2022 (renewable)

June 2021[]

  • 1 Jun. 2021: University of Tulsa (USA:OK) - Post Doc in 20th Century U.S. and the World History
  • 4 Jun. 2021: University College London (UK:Eng) - Research Fellow, The Nahrein Network/Oracc
  • 13 Jun. 2021: Kings College London (UK:Eng) - Research Associate in History
  • 13 Jun. 2021: Leibniz Universitat Hannover (DEU) - Postdoctoral Researcher in Philosophy of Biology
  • 14 Jun. 2021: University of St Andrews (UK:Scot) - Research Fellow in Modern History: St Andrews and the legacies of Empire
  • 15 Jun. 2021 (applications accepted till position filled) - Pennsylvania State University (USA: PA) Post Doc in Engaged Ethics (Children, Media & Conflict Zones; Democracy & Disinformation; Moral Agency & Development; Neuroethics) : https://psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic/job/University-Park-Campus/Postdoctoral-Scholar-in-Engaged-Ethics_REQ_0000013637-1
  • 18 Jun. 2021: Purdue University (West_Lafayette, IN, USA) Visiting Instructor
  • 18 Jun. 2021: University of St Andrews (UK:Scot) - Research Assistant (History)
  • 18 Jun. 2021: University of Cambridge, Robinson College (UK:Eng) - Fellowship in the History of Political Thought
  • 24 Jun. 2021: University of Sheffield (UK:Eng) - Research Associate - Civil War Paths (3 posts)
  • 30 Jun. 2021: University of Cambridge, Pembroke College (UK:Eng) - Mark Kaplanoff Research Fellowship in History
  • 20 Jun. 2021: National Park Service (USA) - Postdoctoral Fellowship in Women’s History in the Pacific West
  • 30 Jun. 2021: Universitat Bonn (DEU) - Postdoctoral Research Associate

July 2021[]

  • 2 Jul. 2021: University of Oxford (UK:Eng) - Research Associate, Recovering Europes Parliamentary Culture, 1500-1700
  • 2 Jul. 2021: University of Oxford, Balliol College (UK:Eng) - Early Career Fellowship in Early Modern British History
  • 6 Jul. 2021: University of St Andrews (UK:Scot) - Research Assistant (Divinity)
  • 8 Jul. 2021: University of St Andrews (UK:Scot), Research Fellow (Chinese Cultural History)
  • 9 Jul. 2021: University of Birmingham (UK:Eng) - Cadbury Postdoctoral Fellow in African Studies
  • 9 Jul. 2021: University of Oxford, Pembroke College (UK:Eng) - Smithsonian Junior Research Fellowship
  • 14 Jul. 2021: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (USA:CA) - Postdoctoral Fellowship - History of Medicine
  • 15 Jul. 2021: University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, Canada -- Postdoctoral Fellow in Economic Geography & China
  • 19 Jul. 2021: University of Manchester (UK:Eng) - Postdoctoral Research Associate
  • 30 Jul. 2021: University of Cambridge, Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (UK:Eng)

Postdocs[]

Aarhus University (DK:Mid), Department of Archaeology and Heritage Studies, Moesgaard - Postdoc, "Disturbance ecologies and the social organisation" - Deadline: 3 August 2020[]

fThe School of Culture and Society at Aarhus University invites applications for a two-year postdoctoral fellowship. The position is full-time and is expected to begin on 1 November 2020 or as soon as possible thereafter. The successful applicant will be based in Aarhus at the Department of Archaeology and Heritage Studies, Moesgaard.

Link: arts.au.dk/en

Updates:


American Philosophical Society (USA:PA) - 2021-2022 Fellowship Opportunities in Native American and Indigenous Studies; Early American History & Culture; and History of Science, Technology, and Medicine, Library & Museum of the American Philosophical Society - Deadline: 29 Jan. 2021[]

The Library & Museum of the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia invites applications for postdoctoral, predoctoral, and short-term research fellowships for projects pertaining to Native American and Indigenous Studies, Early American History & Culture, and the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine.

Links:

Updates:

  • NASI Post-Doc Fellowship: Received rejection email on 4/20/2021


UBC Postdoc Fellow on China's Greater Bay Area (GBA), Application deadline: July 15, 2021

Applications are invited for a three-year postdoctoral research fellowship to work in association with the project “Breaking new ground,” focused on the political economy of regional transformation in China’s Greater Bay Area (GBA).  The fellowship, which will be based in the Department of Geography at UBC in Vancouver, Canada, will begin in September 2021 or as soon as possible thereafter.

The fellowship is linked the SSHRC-funded research program, “Breaking new ground: economic integration and regulatory transformation in China’s Greater Bay Area,” led by Jamie Peck at UBC and Jun Zhang at the University of Toronto.  In addition to contributing to collaborative research on the GBA project, the successful candidate will be encouraged and supported to develop their own research and publishing program, preferably in dialogue with the broad objectives of the “Breaking new ground” project.

Renewable annually, the fellowship will be awarded to an applicant holding (or about to receive) a PhD in the area of economic geography, heterodox political economy, economic sociology, or a related field.  Research experience in China will be a significant advantage. Facility in Mandarin or Cantonese is also an advantage, although not a requirement.  The fellowship comes with a stipend of Cdn$55,000 per year (plus benefits).

Further details on the “Breaking new ground” project can be found here. https://blogs.ubc.ca/peck/gba/

Applicants should submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, a writing sample (of article or chapter length), and contact information for three academic references, to Jamie Peck at [[2]].  Consideration of applicants will begin on July 15, 2021, continuing until the position is filled.  Informal inquiries and further details can be obtained from: Jamie Peck ([[3]]) or Jun Zhang ([[4]]).

How to apply?

Please send applications to [[5]] and refer to reference number PDFO-55127. Application deadline July 15.

Desired start date: 08 Sep 2021

Duration: Fixed term / Temporary

Contract Type: Full Time


Amherst College: Faculty Search: Center for Humanistic Inquiry Review begins Dec. 15[]

The Center for Humanistic Inquiry (CHI) at Amherst College seeks scholars from across the disciplines for full-time, two-year appointments as CHI Fellows and visiting lecturers. In colloquy with one another and the Amherst community, CHI Fellows will explore the theme “Black: Here and Now.” We invite applications from scholars whose research or creative work takes up some aspect of our theme (described in more detail below).

Link: https://apply.interfolio.com/80165

Updates:

Applied 5x

Any updates?

Nothing yet 1/11/21

Northing either. 1/12

Nothing: 1/12

Anyone hear anything? Nope x1

1/29/21: Email notifying me that I am a finalist and to schedule an interview between February 2-February 12.

  • Did anyone else hear that they were finalists today? (1/29)
  • 2/2/21: Received same email as well notifying me that I'm a finalist and to schedule an interview
  • Had anyone else heard anything either way? And do finalists happen to know how many are on the short list?
  • Not sure about shortlist, but there are 5 spots and finalists should hear back in early March.
  • Has anyone who was interviewed heard back yet? (3/12) <-- No, I haven't. I've been contemplating what "early March" means lol. Were you also told early March for when you'd hear back? I might reach out if we haven't heard anything by Monday...<--*sigh of relief* Yes, I was also told early March and I also have been contemplating what that means. <-- Major sigh of relief. I feel like March 15 is officially not early March anymore, so we'll see. Fingers crossed for us!
  • 3/15/21: Offer received via phone<—Congratulations! Did they give you a timeline for giving your response? --> Thank you! They told me it would take a day or two to get the official offer sent out and I would have a week from that date to respond. So, it sounds like a decision will need to be made sometime mid next week. I would not give up hope yet if you haven't heard anything as I get the sense they're still in the process of calling people back. Best of luck to everyone still waiting to hear back!!!
  • Congrats!!!! How long after the interview did it take for you to receive an offer? <-- Thank you! Interview request was 2/2 and interview was 2/11 so just a little more than a month.
  • Congratulations! I'm salty that they didn't send out rejections. (Why are committee like that?) But good for you!
    • A lot of committees are either bound by arcane HR rules or wait until the position has been accepted to send out rejections, if they send them out at all.
    • Please try not to take it personally. At many, if not most colleges, rejection notices aren't sent until the position has been filled and the person being offered the position has officially signed the contract. This more often than not takes a long time. The amount of red tape for academic positions is ridiculous.
  • Some news: In the course of asking them some logistical questions, I found out they're still in the process of making offers. Thought you all might want to know! <--May I ask, was this over email? Or did they talk to you on the phone? <-- Through email
  • (3/26) Official rejection, final cohort chosen.
  • (3/29) All fellowships have been filled. The position has been officially closed.




ACLS Leading Edge Fellowships - Deadline: 6 May 2021[]

The American Council of Learned Societies has opened the third competition of the Leading Edge Fellowship program, which places recent humanities PhDs with nonprofit organizations committed to promoting social justice in their communities. Fellows take the lead on 12-month projects with leading organizations tackling significant social issues: from unequal access to childcare, education, and elder services, to the disproportionate impacts of incarceration, petrochemical pollution and climate change. Fellows will research, collaborate, and advocate alongside colleagues at the Environmental Law Policy Center, Center for Popular Democracy, Hunger Free America, Freedom Project Network, and many more.

The application consists of a résumé, cover letter, professional references, and an application questionnaire. (No reference letters are required.) Fellows receive stipends of $60,000 per year, plus health insurance and professional development funding. Fellowships begin in September 2021, and will be held remotely for the duration of the fellowship term.

Applicants may be considered for up to two of the fellowship projects offered in this competition. To be eligible, applicants must have a PhD that was/will be conferred by their university between September 1, 2016, and October 1, 2021. Applicants’ PhDs may be in any field in the humanities or humanistic social sciences. Please visit https://www.acls.org/Competitions-and-Deadlines/Leading-Edge-Fellowships for complete project descriptions, eligibility criteria, and application information. Applicants should not contact any of the organizations directly.

Application deadline: May 6, 2021, 9pm EDT

  • 5/10 - Does anyone have a sense of the timeline for the three stages of review and selection?
  • 5/21 - No, I wish! It seems like they'd have to move quickly in order to select/confirm people by September. If anyone knows anything, please share.
  • 5/21 - I emailed to ask, and received the following info: They will only notify candidates who proceed to the finalist round, letting unsuccessful applicants know only at the conclusion of the entire competition. Each project has a slightly different timeline, but finalists are generally notified by early June. They expect to conclude the process by early July.
  • 5/24 - Received confirmation I am a finalist for the Center for Popular Democracy fellowship
  • 5/24 - Rec'd confirmation that I'm a finalist for the NPS fellowship
  • 5/25 - Anyone heard about the ACLS Emerging Voices fellowship? The application deadline was one week after the Leading Edge fellowship, but this timeline makes me think those finalists will be notified soon too. (x6)
    • 6/18 - ACLS-EV probably needs a separate heading, but just FYI I received word that I'm a finalist for two of the EV postdocs. Interviews will be set up directly by host institutions next week, and final selections will be made after July 7th.
    • 6/18 - Also just received word I'm a finalist for ACLS Emerging Voices as well. Anyone know the odds for this one? The turnaround is so tight that if there's a decent chance I need to start preparing now.
    • 6/21- I received word as well. I think the odds are just dependent on how many people are matched with different positions and how institutions rank them.
    • 6/21 - Do we think this means if you haven't heard that you are a finalist that you're out of the running or do we anticipate others hearing positively in the next few days?
    • 6/21 - Yes, given that we're expected to interview sometime in the next week, I'm sorry to say that if you haven't heard by now it's probably a no go. A shame they don't provide immediate notification for people who don't advance.
    • 6/28: Any other updates on this fellowship?
    • 6/29 - I have had both of my interviews, for two positions, as of yesterday. I think we are not supposed to hear from ACLS until after July 7. (x3)
    • 6/30: Does anyone know how the matching process works?
    • 7/7: any news?
    • 7/8: I really hope that we will be notified, whatever the result, by the end of the week.
    • 7/8: All I know about the matching process is the decisions are made by ACLS based on host feedback, not the host institutions themselves. One of my interviews was barely 20 minutes! The other one was over an hour.
    • 7/9: Still nothing here! It's a shame they will keep us waiting during the weekend. Anyone hear anything? (x4) —seriously, say after July 12, not July 7, if we’re going to have to wait over the weekend.
    • 7/10: Just seen a tweet congratulating someone on getting the ACLS-EV, posted yesterday.
    • 7/10: Thanks for sharing. So, should we assume that all offers were made?
    • 7/10: Tried combing through Twitter and saw that tweet as well, nothing else. Hard to say if it means all offers were made or if they might be lagging due to the fact that it's different positions and institutional affiliations...The fact that they said to start checking after the 7th makes me think that they don't send them all out at once, but maybe that's wishful thinking.
    • 7/10: I agree, I don't think it's a done deal yet. Perhaps wishful thinking, but I was in the group that received their finalist notifications on Monday, rather than Friday, so I know they do these things in waves. Plus, last year I received a fellowship that only had 10 awards and I still heard two days later than some of the fellows. ACLS has a lot going on right now - fingers crossed that they're just delayed!
    • Hello fellow postdoc seekers! I agree that it’s not a done deal yet, but I came across another post on Facebook about someone being offered 2 positions for EV and having to choose. I think if they actually give some candidates choices, we are not going to get rejection letters for weeks. Hope that’s not the case. I just want closure on this one at this stage.
    • 7/12: Any update on this?
    • 7/12: Nothing here!
    • 7/12: Nope! And I hate holding out hope but: I just have a *really* hard time believing that not even ONE of the 40+ awardees would come here and say something. That seems extremely unlikely to me. No news on Twitter. Nothing else on Facebook. All is as silent as Christmas Night :-{
    • Both posts on fb and twitter seem to have been taken down, so it seems there's maybe a request to not make offers public until the selection process is complete.
    • 7/13: If I do not hear anything today, I will take it as rejection. I have to move on.
    • ^Same. Need to find a way to get paid this fall.
    • 7/13: Still no word here either :/
    • 7/14: I have also not heard anything. It seems likely to me that they notified recipients, then a couple people posted about it and were asked to take down their posts.
    • 7/14: It looks like there’s four of us on here waiting to hear back. Just out of curiosity, is one of us four also the person who interviewed for two different positions and posted about it above?
    • 7/14: Yes, I interviewed horribly for two positions. I'm on here because on the off chance I'm chosen I'll have to defend my dissertation immediately. It's stressful, but on the other hand I'm so happy to have learned I'm competitive for postdocs and grateful to have had trial runs with this process. My institution is not elite and there is zero support or even mild encouragement for postdocs/f'ship apps! We never talked about them once in my entire graduate career!
    • 7/14: I interviewed for two positions as well. I do not expect to get any positive result at this point. But still it is hard to let it go.
    • 7/14: I’m on the same boat, except I only got one interview. I haven’t defended yet either, but I notified my committee that this might be a possibility as soon as I received the initial email. It’s been a difficult year for all of us, but I want to echo the sentiment that this was a confidence boost at this late stage.
    • I was thinking that maybe those who interviewed for two different positions had a higher likelihood of having heard back already, but it doesn't seem to be the case. I also have to let this go until I get a definitive answer, the overall uncertainty is very disruptive to writing at this stage.
    • Just to add my experience: I interviewed for 2 positions, and actually thought the interviews went well--which is why the silence is so puzzling. I too thought multiple interviews for a limited number of finalists would increase chances of success for all. I feel for those of you rushing to finish. No idea who you are, but I believe in you! You are not alone!
    • 7/14: I just wanted to add my two cents since I have been lurking on here waiting to hear anything (I'm guessing I'm not the only lurker). One interview, went decently well, my dissertation downloads shot up (how obsessive does this process make us?), and then crickets. Just waiting to hear one or another. No bueno.
    • 7/14: I mentioned above that I assume they have notified recipients by now. I also feel for everyone scrambling to finish up. It's a difficult position. I had two interviews, I thought both went pretty well. I similarly hoped that interviewing for multiple positions meant there would be a good chance for placement. The job market is pretty tough :-(.
    • 7/15: Any news?
    • 7/15: No. I'm pretty sure that's a wrap.
    • 7/21: I received the official rejection letter. Oh well! It says that I will get $500 grant in recognition of my finalist status. I guess now we can include the finalist status on our CV’s because of the grant. (x2)
  • 5/24 - Received notification of finalist status with ELPC, interviewed with host organization on 5/25
    • How soon after learning you were a finalist did you interview? I learned I was a finalist on 5/24 but haven't heard from host organization yet...
    • It seems to really depend on the org. I interviewed the next morning after learning I was a finalist, but that struck me as very unusual.
  • Has anyone heard from PEN America by any chance?
    • 5/28 Not me! I am also very curious to know this...(x3)
    • 6/13 Still nothing here. Anyone hear anything?
      • 6/13 Nope. I keep thinking, "If it's before June 15, then technically it is still 'early June,' sooo..." At what point should we assume they've moved forward?
      • FWIW, I interviewed with a different org that said ACLS had them on a tight timeline and they needed to complete their final round of interviews by the end of last week. Might be different with PEN but sounded like it was a pretty standardized process once finalists were notified.
      • 6/13 ^This is very helpful—thank you for sharing! The ACLS website says they will do the final round of interviews, so maybe all of the orgs had a deadline by which to send their top candidates. I wonder if any orgs opted not to do their own interviews. Seems very unlikely, lol, but ah well.
  • 5/31: Also curious if anyone has heard from Hunger Free America? Thanks!
  • 5/31: I applied for the Southwest Folklife Alliance but haven't heard anything yet. (x2)
  • 6/7: Any word from Historic Germantown?
  • 6/8: Completed two rounds of interviews plus a written exercise with my org. I was told I'd hear about next steps from ACLS. Unclear whether any finalists were eliminated during host organization interviews, or whether there's a final round of interviews with ACLS. We will see
    • Please, no more interviews. Just put us out of our misery! :/ (x3)
      • Which org was this?
      • Center for Popular Democracy
  • Any offers made yet? [6/9]
  • Heard that ACLS will be contacting recipients in July
  • 6/14 - has anyone heard anything from ACLS since finishing up interviews with host organizations? > dead silence for a week since interviews here. Not sure what to think 6/16)
  • 6/18: Emailed to check since I have another opportunity and needed to know my status after interviewing with host organizaiton. Received the following reply: "ACLS are still in the final stages of review for the fellowship selection process. We hope to make all final decisions by the end of this month, so that all applicants will be notified of their status by the end of June, if not sooner." Assuming ACLS are doing final interviews with candidates (per the website), guessing I'm out based on this timeline.
    • 6/18 The host organization I interviewed with seemed to suggest that there wouldn't be another round of interviews with ACLS. Fingers crossed that's the case!
      • Hope so - the interview process with my org was multi-round and pretty intense. Wish we had a better idea!
  • 6/22: Received rejection email: "I am writing with an update on your application for the ACLS Leading Edge Fellowship. ACLS received a record-high response to our call for applications and competition for this year’s awards was steep. I am sorry to report that you have not been selected as one of this year’s fellows." (I was a finalist for one of the positions.) (x4)
    • Ugh, I'm sorry to hear that. Still no word on my end. Not sure if that's good or bad.
    • did anyone have a second interview with ACLS?
    • All 41 Leading Edge Fellows have been announced (Source: Tweet from ACLS on July 7th).

American Council of Learned Societies Fellowships - Deadline: 30 Sep 2020[]

ACLS invites research proposals from scholars in all disciplines of the humanities and related social sciences. Given the disproportionate effect the current economic downturn has on emerging, independent, and untenured scholars, in the 2020-21 competition year the awards are designated solely for untenured scholars who have earned the PhD within the past eight years. ACLS welcomes applications from scholars without faculty appointments and scholars off the tenure track.

In 2020-21, the program will award up to 50 fellowships. ACLS invites applications from scholars pursuing research on topics grounded in any time period, world region, or humanistic methodology. ACLS aims to select fellows who are broadly representative of the variety of humanistic scholarship across all fields of study. We also believe that diversity enhances scholarship and seek to recognize academic excellence from all sectors of higher education and beyond. In ACLS’s peer review, funding packages, and engagement with fellows, we aspire to enact our values of equity and inclusion.

Link: https://www.acls.org/Competitions-and-Deadlines/ACLS-Fellowships

Updates:

  • added this entry to see if/when anyone hears anything.
  • 3/4: Nervously awaiting the response! I've read online that the dissertation fellowships historically tend to announce on the second Monday in March, but I am not sure about these...
  • I think they do a big press release at some point, but presumably the recipients will know somewhat earlier than that and could put people out of their misery here...
  • 3/8: The past few years (2017–20) it has been announced between 3/30 and 4/10.
  • Last year, individuals were announcing on Twitter in late Feb/early March prior to official acceptances/press releases.
  • I second the above comment: someone already knows if the fellowships were awarded or not, so please put us all out of our misery here if you have information.
  • Chosen fellows were emailed on 2/26 and given until 3/5 to respond. I'm assuming they'll let alternates know very soon if they haven't already.
  • Thanks so much for sharing this information. We can let go.
  • Worth noting here that there's a difference b/w the dissertation awarads and the postdoctoral fellowships. I beileve dissertation awards come out in late Feb., while the postocs get notified in March.
  • Last year's timeline may or may not correlate to this years, but last year individuals were announcing dissertation fellowships and special/named awards in late Feb, and regular fellowships as early as March 5. I'm guessing the offers are out (at least, it feels good to assume as much and have it off my mind!).
  • I agree. I read the comment above and felt some degree of relief thinking: ok, I am out! I still believe they should be kind enough to send an email saying you did not get it this year, at the same time they send the good news to the awardees, right? No reason to wait.
  • With this year's emphasis on nontenured scholars, there's likely additional lag time between offer and acceptance as applicants have more details to iron out before accepting an award. Just a hunch.
  • Agree with last post. Wondering if anyone has seen any posts on social media from awardees?
    • Haven't seen anything organically, and can't find anything from searching either.
  • To be fair, I see on the other wiki thread that the dissertation fellows were notified this past Monday (3/15). So, if those typically go out before the postdocs, it seems possible that the postdocs haven't been notified yet. Alternates for the diss fellowships seemingly haven't even been contacted yet. I'm not holding my breath, but it seems like there is still a chance. How many others are awaiting results?
  • I am :(
  • 3/17: I heard from a friend who was notified about an acceptance of an ACLS Fellowship (not dissertation) on the dates indicated above ("emailed on 2/26 and given until 3/5 to respond"). Don't know about alternates, though.
  • Was the friend mentioned just above notified on 3/15 of a regular ACLS fellowship or a dissertation fellowship?
  • i find it hard to believe that that folks had to respond by 3/5 and two weeks later, we haven't seen in a single post on Twitter. perhaps this is for one of the named acls's? or something else entirely? also, in the past, yes/no/waitlist notifications went out at. the same time
    • 3/18: Based on two people saying notifications went out 2/26, and the fact that they only awarded 50, I find not seeing it on twitter/here before the formal announcement very easily believable?
    • 50 untenured people who are going to be disproportionately highly online? i don't
  • "Was the friend mentioned just above notified on 3/15 of a regular ACLS fellowship or a dissertation fellowship?" I also want to know this. In particular based on the comment above stating yes/no/waitlist come out at the same time. I am not sure what is what, really, so just asking for clarity.
    • Seems like the report is that notification for some ACLS fellowship (non-dissertation) went out 2/26. (Not sure if the two above references to a 2/26 notification were by the same poster or 2 different ones.) There remains the question of whether this/these were regular ACLS Fellowship or one of the various named awards that, historically, have sent notifications before those for the regular fellowships.
  • Not sure if this question above is for me, as I am the only one who mentioned anything happening on 3/15? But in my original post I didn't mention a friend and I specifically said dissertation fellowships...But the people who say their friend got a notification said they were notified on 2/26. Just to add even more confusion - to the person who wrote that comment about the friend on 2/26, is this two people saying the same thing, or one person clarifying and reiterating their previous comment? And either way, do you know which specific fellowship? Because even outside of the dissertation fellowships, there are multiple different fellowship programs.
  • I am personally asking for the non-TT postdoctoral fellowship: if these have already been awarded or not.
  • 3/19 So, I received an email on 2/26 that I've been awarded a Fellowship (the non-TT postdoc fellowship) and given until March 5 to informally respond via email. But awardees have until March 23 to actually sign and accept the award. I think because of the unique circumstances of this award i.e., that it's for non-TT it's created more of a lag with folks trying to figure out if they can double up on fellowships or whatever else. So I would imagine that alternates still have a good chance of hearing something in the next couple of weeks. They told me they plan to publicly announce awardees online in April. Hope this helps a bit!
  • It absolutely does help. Thanks so much for your clarity and your honesty. Ciongrats to you :)
  • 3/22 Any word on the Getty-ACLS Fellowships? They said late March but no word yet.
  • 3/23 Finally, a rejection email (For the non-TT / precarious labor one).
  • 3/23 Did other people's rejection messages indicate that they'd made it to the final round of the competition? Mine did, but this might just mean that it wasn't desk-rejected and went onto some main review stage. ("Although your application advanced to the final round of review, ultimately it was not chosen for an award.")
    • Mine did not mention that
    • 3/26 Rejection received for the main fellowship (the one that was only going to untenured and contingent and independent scholars). Mine also mentioned that my proposal "advanced to the final round of review."
  • 3/23 I finally summoned the courage to email them asking about results this morning, less than two hours later I get a rejection email (for the Getty one). My email did not mention whether I made it into a finalist stage. It did mention they received 175 applications and only had 10 awards, and I could request feedback, which I did. Congrats to all who got an award!
  • 3/23 The main fellowship had 1300 apps for 55 spots.
  • 3/23 Has anyone else not received any notification including a rejection for the main fellowship (ACLS fellowship for non-TT employment including several named fellowships)?
  • 3/24 I applied to Getty/ACLS and the normal ACLS fellowship. Received rejection for Getty one yesterday (3/23). Still waiting for rejection from normal one-- expect it today. I think they personalize them (to include project title), which may account for the slow rollout.
  • 3/26 Has anyone been notified of alternate status? I still haven't received rejection for the non-TT ACLS fellowship and can't get an answer via email.
    • 3/29 last Friday I was notified that review of my application was "ongoing" and that they hoped to notify me by end of month after I pestered them via email, I haven't heard anything since but I think this means they aren't giving official alternate notifications.
  • 3/26 As a follow-up to a previous post in which I reported a rejection to my app, I requested the reviewers' feedback and was told reviewers did not submit any. I feel really disappointed about this, makes me feel my topic is not worthy if it doesn't even merit any feedback.
    • Anecdotally, there's lots of stories this year of inadequate peer review likely thanks to pandemic-increased work & anxierty loads; a lack of feedback likely says more about our current conditions than your project
      • Thanks, that's an encouraging comment.
    • What I heard from one reviewer (not sure for which fellowship): They had a stack of 50 applications or so, and she said 49 were all easily viable and worth pushing forward. These decisions are almost entirely lottery based.
      • I don't doubt it, but what determines that the one proposal gets the award? Perhaps toss the applications up in the air and see which one lands on the table?
    • Odd! Did anyone else already get a reply (whether w/actual feedback or with a report that there was no feedback) to their request for reviewer feedback? (Website says this doesn't get processed 'til summer.)
    • I emailed a request for reader feedback on 3/23 and received a reply on 4/12 telling me that they would send out reports in the summer after all competitions have closed. They also warned that not all readers submit reports. This is standard procedure according to the website, so I'm a bit surprised anyone has heard definitely about their reader reports.
  • 3/26: Rejection via email for non-TT fellowship; email noted that my project advanced to the final round of review
  • 3/31: Still haven't heard anything either way. Has anyone else gotten a late-coming rejection?
  • 7/14: Has anyone received feedback that you requested yet?


Arizona State University (USA:AZ) - Postdoctoral Research Scholar- Deadline: 8 Mar. 2021[]

The School of Historical, Philosophical & Religious Studies (SHPRS) at Arizona State University (ASU) invites applications for a postdoctoral research scholar in social thought, political history, and/or political institutions to begin Fall 2021. Preference will be given to candidates whose research and teaching focuses on European, British, or American political history. This is a full-time, benefits-eligible, fiscal-year (July 1-June 30) appointment. Renewal is possible on an annual basis contingent on satisfactory performance, availability of resources, and needs of the program.

Link: http://apply.interfolio.com/82071

Updates:


Birkbeck, University of London (UK:Eng) - Five Year Postdoctoral Position in the History and Memory of the Holocaust for the Alfred Landecker Lecturer Program - Deadline: 12 Mar. 2021[]

he Department of History, Classics and Archaeology and the Pears Institute for the Study of Antisemitism, (School of Social Sciences, History and Philosophy) Birkbeck, University of London are seeking a candidate to support in an application for the Alfred Landecker Lecturer Program: https://www.alfredlandecker.org/en/article/call-for-applications-alfred-landecker-lecturer-program This prestigious programme offers postdoctoral researchers funding for five years to undertake a significant, cutting-edge research project on the history and aftermath of the Holocaust and the social political transmission of memory of the Holocaust. We particularly welcome applications that deal with these issues in any part of Europe, including Russia and the United Kingdom.

Link: https://www.alfredlandecker.org/en/article/call-for-applications-alfred-landecker-lecturer-program

Updates:

Boston University (USA:MA) - Postdoctoral Associate in Jewish Studies - Deadline: 15 Jan. 2021[]

The Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies invites applications for a one-year Postdoctoral Associate in Jewish Studies, with a possible renewal for a second year.

Link: https://networks.h-net.org/node/28655/discussions/6697640/featured-job-postdoctoral-associate-elie-wiesel-center-jewish#:~:text=Postdoctoral%20Associate%20in%20Jewish%20Studies&text=The%20Fellowship%20provides%20a%20stipend,the%20subject%20of%20their%20research.

Updates:

British School At Athens (GRC) - 1821 Fellowship in Modern Greek Studies (Early Career) - Deadline: 9 Apr. 2021[]

The British School at Athens is pleased to announce the inaugural “1821 Fellowship in Modern Greek Studies”. This three-year (fixed term) Fellowship is tenable at post-doctoral level and is generously supported by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation. The Fellow will have the lead academic responsibility for delivering the objectives of the BSA research project, Unpublished Archives of British Philhellenism During the Greek Revolution of 1821, carried out in collaboration with the National Library of Greece and as outlined in the Further Particulars.

Link: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CEE761/1821-fellowship-in-modern-greek-studies-early-career

Updates:


Brown University - Pembroke Center Research Seminar Postdoctoral Fellowship - Deadline December 6[]

In 2021-22, the Pembroke Center is awarding one-year residential postdoctoral research fellow positions to scholars from any field whose research relates to the theme of "Color". Fellows are required to participate weekly in the Pembroke Seminar, teach one undergraduate course, and pursue individual research.

Link: https://www.brown.edu/research/pembroke-center/research-pembroke-center/postdoctoral-fellowships

Updates:

Applied (12/06)

Request for writing samples (12/16)

-Any news? (1/29) x2 I sent a writing sample and haven't heard since (2/10)

-I emailed them to ask last week, they said they are expecting to have decisions by the end of this week, but I haven't heard anything yet (2/12)

-Rejection, after sending writing sample (2/16) x3

Brown University - Postdoctoral Research Associate in Racial Inequality​ - Deadline January 8th[]

Brown University invites applications for a two-year Postdoctoral Research Associate in Racial Inequality to be jointly shared by the Watson Institute for International & Public Affairs and the Center for the Study of Race & Ethnicity in America. We seek a scholar with interests in racial inequality/structural racism in the post-1970s U.S. in areas such as: urban poverty, social and cultural theories of racism, gender, segregation, housing or welfare.

Link: https://apply.interfolio.com/80616

Updates:

Applied: 1x

Brown University–Postdoctoral Research Fellow in International Humanities[]

The Department of Hispanic Studies, the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, and the Department of American Studies and Ethnic Studies jointly invite applications for an International Humanities Fellowship offered by the Cogut Institute for the Humanities at Brown University for a term of two years beginning July 1, 2021.

https://joblist.mla.org/job-details/2952/postdoctoral-research-fellow-in-international-humanities/?porder=Postdoctoral+fellow&so=Date&ix=1#top-pagination

Applied: 1X1

3/1–Any updates?

3/3–Rejection received x1

3/5-Rejection receieved x1 (total:2)

Brown University - Post-doctoral Fellowship Mellon Sawyer Seminar Rethinking the Dynamic Interplay of Migration, Race, and Ethnicity in the Caribbean and Latin America - Deadline February 1st[]

The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, the Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice (CSSJ), and the Department of Africana Studies at Brown University invite applications for a one-year non-renewable postdoctoral fellowship as part of the 2021-2022 Mellon Sawyer Seminar on Rethinking the Dynamic Interplay of Migration, Race, and Ethnicity in the Caribbean and Latin America.

Link: https://apply.interfolio.com/80507

Updates:

Applied: 1x

3/1–Any updates?

3/12–Anyone hear anything?>> Nothing over here (3/16)

3/22–How about now?

3/23- Believe offer was made, not sure if they accepted

Brown University Presidential Diversity Postdoctoral Fellowship - Deadline: December 18, 2020[]

The Presidential Diversity Postdoctoral Fellowship program identifies promising Ph.D. graduates from underrepresented groups and/or those who have demonstrated support for underrepresented groups through their teaching and research to spend up to 2 years at Brown University. The program continues to be a priority for Brown in bringing diverse scholars to the university with the ultimate goal of changing the professoriate here and beyond.

Link: brown.edu/about/administration/institutional-diversity/initiatives/presidential-diversity-postdoctoral-fellowship

Updates:

  • Applied 4x
  • 2/10 Has anyone heard about this fellowship?
  • 2/22 I wrote to ask about decisions, and they said they might be announced as early as tomorrow, and definitely sometime this week.
  • 2/23 Does anyone know if they did interviews or requested more materials? i.e. if we've heard nothing are we still in the running? << I have heard nothing since I applied.
  • 2/25 Offer received << Congratulations!
  • 2/25 Has anyone received a rejection?
  • 2/26 Rejection received (in spam folder). (x2)


Brown University Watson Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship 2021-2023 - Deadline: October 23, 2020[]

The fellowship competition is open to candidates from across the social sciences on issues that can be understood in a comparative global context.

Updates:

  • Any news? (01/26) --> I think they said mid-March on the website (1/26)
  • 1/29 rejection email received x 2
  • offer received 1/5

Brown University (USA: RI) 2021-2023 Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship, Department of Modern Media and Culture - Deadline: February 1, 2021[]

link: https://main.hercjobs.org/jobs/14193587/mellon-postdoctoral-fellowship-department-of-modern-culture-and-media

Updates: Anyone know anything on this one?

Nothing yet.

*Same, nothing yet. Since it seems limited to a Dept + Institute, most likely fewer applicants so we should hear something in March (4-6 weeks has been standard for me unless otherwise noted).

3/1 - anything?

3/2- nothing yet

3/2 -- request for interview (happening 3/8)

3/24 - rejection

Brown University (USA: RI) 2021-2023 Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship, Department of American Studies (Disability Studies)- Deadline: February 1, 2021[]

Link: https://main.hercjobs.org/jobs/14189448/mellon-postdoctoral-fellowship-2021-23-disability-studies

Updates:

Applied: x2

Any news? (3/4)a

No news here. I'd love to say that I've courage to just email & ask for an update on the search, but I'm not quite there yet. Maybe by the end of the week. (3/9)

Any update on that? (3/13)

Nope (3/16)

Got an email saying the status of the search was changed to "Reviewing Finalists." It's a little unclear, but I assume it means I'm not a finalist. (3/17)

Got the same message and wondering the same thing. Love it when the only search updates come from automated Interfolio emails. Anyone named a finalist? (3/17)

Also same here. I wish it was a bit clearer, but like you both said, I'm just assuming I'm not a finalist at this point. But good luck & solidarity to everyone on the market this year! (3/17) (ditto 3/17)

I hit "reply" on the auto-message from Interfolio and was told by the Brown admin that finalists have already been notified. (3/18)

I had an interview on 3/19 as a finalist but so far no word or timeline proposed. (3/22)

California Institute of Technology (USA:CA) 2021-2023 "STEM and Inequality" Postdoctoral Instructorship - Deadline: January 15, 2021[]

The Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences at the California Institute of Technology invites applications for a two-year Postdoctoral Instructorship on the topic of "STEM and Inequality in the Twentieth Century," beginning Fall 2021.

Link: https://www.hss.caltech.edu/about/job-opportunities/stem-pd

Updates:

Any news? (01/25)

Candidates selected for interview (not me, I just inquired after not having heard anything). They say official notices for those who didn't make it will go out by the end of Feb.

Case Western Reserve University (USA:OH) - Nord Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Humanities - Deadline: December 1, 2020[]

The Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities at Case Western Reserve University seeks applicants for The Virginia and Walter Nord Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Humanities.

Link: https://apply.interfolio.com/78160

Updates:

Any word?

  • I haven't heard anything. 1/12 (x1)

Anyone here anything?

2/4: I reached out to an admin a few days ago about the status of my application, or a timeline for any of the applications. There's been no response so far. /// Oof. Thanks to the poster below. Another one bites the dust. Best of luck.

2/4: First-round interviews are scheduled for next week. <-- All the best! Any chance you/anyone else knows if they are doing this discipline-wise? They had 3 mentioned in the CFA. <-- Thanks! Mine is in English.

Case Western Reserve University (USA:OH - Postdoctoral Scholars in the Humanities, Humanities in Leadership Learning Series - Deadline: 26 March 2021[]

The College of Arts and Sciences at Case Western Reserve University seeks applicants for three postdoctoral scholars in the humanities. Funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the scholarships support research in the humanities by scholars in the early stages of their careers and provide them with opportunities to explore leadership in higher education as participants in the Humanities in Leadership Learning Series (HILLS). Scholars will join a community of postdoctoral researchers, CWRU faculty, and graduate students and be affiliated with one or more of the humanities departments in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Link: https://apply.interfolio.com/83795

Applied: x 4

Interviews week of April 12. They may have decisions the following week.

04/26: Offer received

Case Western Reserve University (USA:OH) - Post-Doctoral Fellow African American History - Deadline: 16 Apr. 2021[]

The History Department of Case Western Reserve University is offering a postdoctoral fellowship in African American History, with subfield and period open, beginning August 1, 2021. The two-year appointment in the History Department carries a competitive stipend plus medical benefits and a generous relocation/research expense fund for the first year, and a research fund for the second year. The fellow is expected to teach one (1) history course per academic year (coordinated with programs in African and African-American Studies and in Ethnic Studies), and to give one public presentation at the beginning and one at the end of the fellow’s tenure. Completed applications must include a brief cover letter, a 1-2-page diversity statement, CV, three confidential letters of recommendation, an article or chapter-length sample of scholarly writing, and a project proposal (not to exceed five double-spaced pages) outlining the applicant’s research and writing agenda for the fellowship period. Fellows must have defended and completed their Ph.D. requirements at the time of appointment, August 1. We also welcome applicants who seek pre-tenure funded leave to complete their book manuscript. Submit all materials and request letters of recommendation online: https://apply.interfolio.com/84789


Link https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=61156

Updates

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (USA:CA) - Postdoctoral Fellowship - History of Medicine - Deadline: 14 Jul. 2021[]

The Program in the History of Medicine at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center seeks an outstanding candidate for a two-year fellowship, with appointment to be taken up by the end of September 2021. The appointee will be proposed for an academic title of Instructor. This is expected to be a joint venture with the History Department at the University of California Los Angeles, where the successful applicant will hold a Visiting academic appointment, if justified by the qualifications of the appointee. The area of specialization is the history of medicine, broadly conceived, but preference will be given to applicants who have embarked on deeply researched projects emphasizing the history of human disease and medical practice in the 19th and 20th centuries that would especially benefit from being situated in a contemporary medical institution.

Link: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=61504

Updates:

Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication Postdoctoral Fellowship (University of Pennsylvania) - Deadline: Feb 1, 2021[]

The Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication (CARGC) produces and promotes scholarly research on global communication and public life. CARGC postdoctoral fellows work on their own research, typically a book manuscript, and collaborate with staff and postdoctoral, doctoral and undergraduate fellows. They may design and teach one undergraduate course during their second year. They present a CARGC Colloquium and publish one CARGC Paper with CARGC Press.

Link: https://cargc.asc.upenn.edu/application-instructions/

Updates

Applied - 1x

4/1 - Application states they expect to contact finalists for interviews by mid-March. Has anyone heard anything?

Center for Italian Modern Art (USA:NY) - Summer/Fall 2021 Fellowships - Deadline: February 1, 2020[]

Each year the Center for Italian Modern Art (CIMA) awards multiple CIMA Fellowships to support research and study of Italian modern and contemporary art for doctoral and post-doctoral scholars. Citizens of all nationalities are eligible. CIMA offers a unique experience to its fellows: the annual exhibition serves as a hub for scholars from diverse academic backgrounds to share research derived from the artworks on view with each other and the public. Emphasis is split between individualized study—gaining an intimate knowledge of artists represented through close looking and through researching in depth a topic raised by the installation—and public discourse, as represented by collaboration on public programming and leading interactive exhibition tours. During their residency, fellows also have the opportunity to pursue their own research and connect with scholars and other professionals in and around New York.

Summer-Fall 2021 Fellowships

The exhibition for CIMA’s next season focuses on the early body of work created by the painter Mario Schifano (1934–1998) between 1960 and 1965. Originally planned for October 2020-June 2021, the exhibition has been rescheduled to January-November 2021 in order to maintain the necessary safety and weather the logistical disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. As institutions worldwide are cancelling fellowship opportunities, CIMA is reaffirming the vital importance of new scholarship through the expansion of its fellowship program.

Link: https://cdn.italianmodernart.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CIMA_Call-for-Fellows-2021_Updated_v3.pdf

Updates:


Cold Spring Harbour Laboratory (USA:NY) - Historian of Life Science - Deadline: January 7, 2021[]

One year Historian of Science position (with a possibility of extension), to assess historical collections of original materials in our archive, participate in writing grants for history of science projects, and contribute to the activities of our Center for Humanities & History of Modern Biology.

Link: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=60485

Updates:


Columbia University (USA:NY) - Postdoctoral Research Scholar - Deadline: 15 Mar. 2021[]

  • The Department of History at Columbia University invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Scholar position in Slavery and the American University, beginning September 1, 2021. The initial term of appointment is September 1, 2021, to August 31, 2022, with the possibility of renewal for a second year contingent on satisfactory performance. The scholar will support the work of the Columbia and Slavery project, an on-going effort to examine Columbia University’s connections to slavery and its aftermaths. We welcome applicants from a variety of academic backgrounds, including (but not limited to): African American history, the history of North American slavery and emancipation, the history of American higher education, the history of abolition, and New York City history. Experience in digital humanities and/or public humanities a plus. Applicants must have a Ph.D. in hand by August 31, 2021, and have completed the Ph.D. no sooner than January 1, 2018. To apply, please submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, a 25-50 page writing sample, and contact information for three academic references.

Link https://pa334.peopleadmin.com/postings/7032

Updates

Columbia University Society of Fellows in the Humanities (USA:NY) - Deadline: October 5, 2021[]

Fellows are appointed as Postdoctoral Research Scholars (Mellon Fellows) in the Society of Fellows at Columbia University and as Lecturers in appropriate departments at Columbia University.

Link: https://sofcolumbia.onlineapplicationportal.com/misc/guidelines/

Updates:

  • Applied: 4x
  • Any updates? (12/07)
  • Nothing yet here (12/14) 3x
  • No updates yet (12/18)

Anything? (12/22)

heard from a friend they got an interview invitation (12/27)


1/4 - Anyone else hear anything? 1/11 - Nothing here yet. It's probably a rejection as website says you should assume so if you don't hear by end of December.

1/11 - no word so also assuming rejection based on website statement.

1/25 - Rejection (x6) "Many of our Fellows have received an offer to join us on a second try." Great but WTF did they do to sustain themselves in the meantime? <good point


Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine (USA:PA) - Consortium NEH Postdoctoral Fellowships - Deadline: 15 December, 2020[]

The Consortium offers four-month and nine-month postdoctoral fellowships for scholars in the history of science, technology or medicine who would like to conduct research in the collections of two or more Consortium member institution. Fellows have offices in the Consortium’s facility in Center City Philadelphia and have ready access to events and activities throughout Philadelphia’s vibrant academic and cultural communities.

Link: https://www.chstm.org/fellowships/chstm-fellowships

Updates:

Cornell University (USA:NY) - Global Racial Justice Post-Doctoral Fellow - Deadline: 15 May 2021[]

The fellowship will be conferred to the selected applicant with a Ph.D. completed within the last five years. The scholar will be housed within the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, working closely with the GRJ faculty task force and GRJ graduate student fellows. While holding this appointment, the scholar will work to generate new knowledge that addresses key themes and concerns in this thematic priority area and contribute to strategic planning for the future of the initiative. We are open to research on a variety of related topics, including land/dispossession, health and well-being, locally defined racisms, unequal justice, the role of the police and the carceral state, accountability and policy mechanisms, systems, structures, and institutions that perpetuate racial inequality and violence, and applied applications toward racial healing and a more just world. We also support public scholarship, thought leadership, exhibitions and installations, community extension work, and advocacy campaigns for antiracism and racial justice in education, migration and citizenship regimes, climate and land policy, economic opportunities, food systems, health, politics, and policing.


Link: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/18464

Updates: 06/15: Has anyone heard back about interviews?

Dartmouth University (USA:NH) - 2021-22 Neukom Postdoctoral Fellowship - Deadline: 20 Nov. 2020[]

Neukom Fellows are interdisciplinary positions for recent PhDs, 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 part of the work that is pursued.

Link: https://neukom.dartmouth.edu/funding/faculty/postdoctoral-fellows

Updates:

  • 12/17: Email saying decision would be made around the new year.
  • 12/17: Email: asking to confirm my availability; would be in contact after Jan 1
  • 12/22: 2nd poster here. Did anyone else got a similar email: asking to confirm availability/interest + notifications will be sent after Jan 1st? I'm wondering if I am reading too much into the wording of the email. -I got the exact same email, it didn't seem like there was any action we needed to take, right?
  • Any news for this position?
  • Same person who received + posted about 12/17 email = I haven't heard a thing and have been refreshing my inbox more times per day than I would like to admit. Was it just myself and other 12/17 poster who got that email from the dept? Any others?
  • I received the same email (12/17) but haven’t heard from them since then. Let’s hope we aren’t all out!
  • 01/22 Any news... anyone?


Cornell University (USA:NY) - 2021-22 Society for the Humanities Fellowships, Focal Theme "Afterlives" - Deadline: 1 Oct. 2020[]

The Society for the Humanities at Cornell University invites applications for residential fellowships from scholars whose research projects reflect on the 2021-22 theme of AFTERLIVES.

Link: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=60246

Updates:

  • Rejected Dec 14
  • Accepted Dec 14
  • Applied x1


Cornell University (USA:NY) Klarman Postdoctoral Fellowships - Deadline: October 15, 2020[]

Klarman Fellowships are awarded to emerging researchers of exceptional promise in any of the disciplines in the College of Arts & Sciences at Cornell University.

Link: https://as.cornell.edu/KlarmanFellows

Updates:

  • Applied: 3X
  • Accepted: x1
  • Any news??? Last year, finalists were invited by now.
  • Nothing here yet (11/23). Website says finalists will be contacted for interviews in early December.
  • Any day now ... Anyone got invited?
  • Haven't heard anything yet (12/05)
  • No word from them (12/09)
  • --Should we assume that we aren't selected if we haven't heard back by now (12/14)? It says "mid-December 2020 – mid-January 2021 Successful candidates are notified." I want to think that they are delayed due to covid, but we probably would have heard something by now. Has anyone tried contacting them?
  • Got interviewed on 12/09. They finalized the interview schedule by contacting shortlisted candidates right before thanksgiving. Good luck to those on the short list. Commiserations to those who couldn't make it.
  • Acceptance offer received (12/18)
  • Congratulations on getting the acceptance! Did they say anything about a timeline to accept the offer? I haven't heard anything yet and am probably on a waitlist. They usually send out rejections after acceptances have been approved

Received rejection email on January 19. Was interviewed on December 08.


Cornell University (USA:NY) Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in Comparative Literature - Deadline Nov. 15th

With the sponsorship of the Society for the Humanities, the Department of Comparative Literature invites applications for a two-year Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship position beginning August 1, 2021.

https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/16904

Applied: 2X

01/14–Any updates?

01/23- Has anyone heard anything? Any Rejections or Offers?

-- If they are reviewing comp lit at the same time as music it may take more time as the application deadline for music was a week ago. Just my two cents.

01/25 - Spoke with the Department - an offer was made in December and three alternates were also notified then.

Thank you for finding out!


03/06- Any rejection letter? If an offer was made in December (as said on 01/25) we should at least have received a rejection letter...

Dartmouth College, Society of Fellows - Deadline Sept 14, 2020[]

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.

Link: apply.interfolio.com/77464

Updates:

  • 11/2 - Anybody gotten first round rejections yet?
  • 11/2- Not yet, last year they came late November iirc.
  • 11/19 - Posting here since I don't see a separate listing for the Dartmouth Leslie Center for the Humanities postdoc, but received an email rejection for that today. (x4)
  • 11/23 - Rejection email received. "Given the number of applicants, we can offer less than one percent a fellowship." x11
  • Huge fan of the five rejection emails received in a row, too. Really hammered home the absurdity of it all for me. lol! (<-- seriously... message received...) [glad to hear I wasn't the only one who got that bug. I jokingly thought they really hated my application] --- That bug was R2 energy.
  • ---Hey! So, listen, for what it's worth, even though I'm sure you know this already, these things are total lotteries and really not meritocratic; it's all about who's on the committee in a given year and if they're interested in what you do. Example: I was a finalist for Princeton Society of Fellows in 2018, and the way they do things is the Society of Fellows committee cuts the pool down to about 600 and sends those applications to faculty readers. The faculty readers pick 1-2 of their favorites and those people get shortlisted. If the people reading my year hadn't been interested in my work (and it seemed to me to be very coincidental that they were!), I'd never have been shortlisted. For the fellowship I have now, I got it largely because there happened to be an opening in my field because someone got a job and left the program. Total lottery! Keep at it, keep your head up, it'll be alright. :-)
  • 12/1--Any updates from people who did not receive rejection email? Have not received a call or any other emails, either. x5 [The next round probably won’t happen until January.]
  • - 12/15 I was told that there's currently a list of 37 (out of 1100 applicants) and that they're still receiving input in order to decide on interviews. Offers will be made in mid- to late-January. RESPONSE: Is this to say that if a rejection email was not received, one can assume they are in that list of 37<--Yeah, I think it's safe to assume so. That was the case for me. I only reached out recently since I was given another postdoc offer and wanted an update, upon which they confirmed my inclusion in the 37. -01/07/21 - Any further update?
  • 1/11 - Writing sample request; interviews to be held over the next several weeks. <-- Odd question, but when/what time was the email sent? [3:22 PM EST today, asking us to submit a writing sample by this Friday]
  • 1/11 - If writing samples were requested, I assume those of us who have not been contacted, have not been selected. I am also guessing we will be held in there so that they have more options in case candidates end up rejecting offers? < I wouldn't necessarily assume so. Judging from past threads for this postdoc, writing samples are not usually requested, so they might be using it for additional decision making. To those who received writing sample requests, what was the wording (in a nutshell)? < The email stated that I was on a list for potential interviewees and that a writing sample was requested to help with the process. They also mentioned the interviews would take place over the next few weeks.
  • -12/10 - Responding to the brief mention of the Leslie Center for the Humanities Postdoc above. Has anyone heard anything after the first round of rejections? It's been crickets over here... 12/18 Crickets here too. 1/11 - still nothing here, anyone heard back about the Leslie postdoc? 1/14 Nothing here
  • -1/13 Any of the list-of-37 people hear anything yet? 1/13 Nothing yet x2 1/13 Judging from the above, interview invitations will probably go out next week? 1/13 Email them today to ask status of my application (I had not received any email from them), they quickly responded that they have a list they are still narrowing and that unfortunately, I am not in that list. I do believe only those who were requested writing samples are. 1/14 sent them an email regarding my candidacy, but only received an automated email.
  • Writing sample requests: x1 << did you just receive that request yesterday or last Friday? <--Is this the same person who mentioned writing samples earlier?
  • 1/15 - Rejection email received x4
  • 1/15 - Zoom interview request (to be conducted 1/23-1/24) <—— Is this for the Leslie Center or The Society of Fellows Postdoc? <--SoF, not Leslie.
  • 1/25 - Has anyone else still not heard anything one way or the other? << Re SOF they told interviewees offers would be out this week. Has anyone gotten a call yet? <<- Not yet (1/26)
  • 1/27 - Anyone hear back from the Leslie Center? <<- 1/28 No, I even emailed them a few days ago to ask but didn't get a response <<- For what it's worth, I received a rejection email from the Leslie Center way back in December or January (sorry, I can't find the email now so can't specify exact date).
  • 1/27 - Has anyone got a call as of Wednesday?<-- I haven't heard anything, and actually reached out yesterday but no response as of yet. I'm not very hopeful at this point...
  • 1/27 - 5 offers went out on Monday and they have until Feb. 4th to accept, so still a chance that others will still hear in the next week. <-- I'm assuming this is SOF? <---do you know how many candidates were interviewed? at this point I'm just curious about the ratio <-- Yep SOF, and not exactly sure. 19 slots were presented, so I'd guess somewhere between 10-15 interviews.
  • 2/4 - Is anyone still waiting on a status report from the Leslie Center? I'm wondering how many folks are still under consideration at this point or if I'm just in limbo and others have heard positive news. <---I have not heard anything from them.

2/5: - Leslie center gave respective departments their top few picks for the depts to interview; today was the last interview day. Next week, they'll gather the reports and choose their final cohort. Hoping we'll hear from them next next week at the latest.

2/8 - Received Leslie center rejection (x2)

Dartmouth College, Guarini Dean's Postdoctoral Fellowship in Afro-Latinx and/or Afro-Latin American Studies - Deadline: 1 Dec. 2020[]

Dartmouth College invites applications for a Guarini Dean’s Postdoctoral Fellowship in Afro-Latinx and/or Afro-Latin American Studies.

Link: https://apply.interfolio.com/79418

Updates:

  • Applied 2x
  • Any updates? (1/18)>> Nothing over here, but keep in mind that they did extend the application deadline for January, so I wouldn’t expect anything before February.
  • Candidates invited on January 28 for an interview on February 1 or 2.
    • 02/10: Any updates post-interview?
    • 15 March: Offer extended


Dartmouth College, César Chávez Pre- to Postdoctoral Dissertation Fellowship - Deadline: 1 Jan. 2021[]

Dartmouth College invites applications for the César Chávez Dissertation Fellowship. The fellowship supports scholars whose research addresses aspects of Latinx experience and culture.

Link: http://apply.interfolio.com/79467

Updates:

  • Applied 2x
  • Any news? (1/15)
  • 1/15 - nothing yet
  • Candidates invited for first-round interviews (26 Jan.)
  • 14 Feb - Offer made


Dartmouth College Modern Intellectual History Postdoctoral Fellowship - Deadline: May 7, 2021[]

The Department of History at Dartmouth College seeks to appoint a Modern Intellectual History Postdoctoral Fellow for a two-year term beginning July 1, 2021. The successful applicant will combine a teaching assignment (typically offering two courses every four-term year) with the part-time duties of Managing Editor for the journal Modern Intellectual History. Research support is provided for this position, which is one of a growing number of Dartmouth-based post-doctoral opportunities.

Responsibilities for the journal include: managing manuscript submissions; corresponding with authors, editors, and the publisher; maintaining basic records and a small budget; light copy-editing; and carrying out publicity on social media. Although prior publishing experience is welcome, it is not a prerequisite.

The historian’s geographic area of specialization is open. Successful past candidates have worked on Islamic Africa and Europe, but given that MIH aspires to be a truly global journal, scholars working in all regions will be considered as long as their work is anchored in the cultural and intellectual history of the modern period, spanning roughly the mid-17th century to the present.

Qualifications: The PhD must be conferred by the start of the fellowship.

Instructions: The position is a Dartmouth College benefits-eligible position and the annual salary is competitive. To apply for this fellowship, please submit a CV and letter of interest, including a description of research and teaching interests, via Interfolio by May 7, 2021.

  • 05/12/21: Any word on this? I understand it might be a short turn-around application?

Emory University (USA:GA), 2021-22 Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellowships - Deadline: 25 Feb. 2021[]

  • eThe James Weldon Johnson Institute of Emory University invites applications for its Visiting Fellows Program. Supported by a generous grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Visiting Fellows Program provides two post-doctoral fellowships for scholars who have completed their Ph.D.’s in the last two years. We welcome applications from scholars in the humanities. We are interested in research projects across the spectrum of the humanities that examine the origins, evolution, impact and legacy of race, difference, and the modern quest for civil and human rights. We also support research projects that examine race and ethnicity and its points of intersection with other identities and movements addressing differences along gender, class, religious, or sexual lines.
  • Link: http://jamesweldonjohnson.emory.edu/home/fellowship/index.html
  • Updates: Applied 2x
  • 4/5/21: Got an email that was sent to my spam that said they were still reviewing applications and that they'd notify by April 15 x2
  • 4/14/21: Notified selected as alternate
  • 4/15/21: Rejection email


Emory University (USA:GA), Two-Year Post-Doctoral Fellowship - Deadline: 15 Jan. 2021[]

Two-Year Post-Doctoral Fellowship at The Bill and Carol Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry, Emory University

Link: www.fchi.emory.edu

Updates:

anyone know anything? <--- Last year, they notified me of rejection in *early April* but pandemic might have caused delay. Will probably be a while.

Applied 3x

3/10 - Any word on interviews??z

3/17 do we know that they do interviews?

3/18 - apparently they don't! they just select someone at the beginning of April!

4/1 - anyone hear about this one or the one-year fellowship?

4/5- Not a peep.

4/5 - same. but notifications with offers should be early april

4/6 - Received notification of alternate status for 1-year postdoc; letter states that awardees have "already accepted."

4/6 - Notification of alternate status for 2-year postdoc; as above, letter says awardee has already accepted. (x2: It sounds like they've accepted only one person and e-mailed two alternates...)

4/6 - Rejection

European University Institute (ITL) - 50-60 Max Weber Post-doctoral Fellowships - Deadline: 18 Oct. 2020[]

Max Weber Post-doctoral Programme at the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence, Italy.

Link: https://www.eui.eu/ServicesAndAdmin/AcademicService/Fellowships/MaxWeberFellowships

Updates:

  • Any updates? (12/14)
  • 12/15 - acceptance letter
  • 12/15 - reserve list (x1)
  • 16 Dec - rejection by email


Fordham University (New York City, NY). Postdoctoral Fellowship in Critical Race Studies (Department of Sociology and Anthropology). - Deadline: 17 May 2021[]

  • Description: The Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Fordham University invites applications for a postdoctoral position in critical race studies. This is a one-year position beginning September 2021, with the possibility of renewal for a second year. The successful candidate will be an early career scholar with a promising research program, and will also be able to add to the department’s undergraduate course offerings. This is an exciting time to join the Fordham community. The Department of Sociology and Anthropology has recently added several faculty who focus on race and ethnicity. Fordham University is actively strengthening diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout the Arts and Sciences, including faculty and curricular offerings. In addition, our cosmopolitan setting in New York City offers unparalleled opportunities for research with diverse populations. The selected candidate will have access to professional development funding. The position’s annual teaching load is 1-1, plus additional service including a public lecture, delivering occasional guest lectures in courses, and participating in anti-racist pedagogy workshops or curricular design efforts. Fordham is preparing for a fully in-person fall semester, and candidates must be able to relocate to the New York area and teach on campus. Teaching responsibility will initially be in the undergraduate program at Fordham College at Rose Hill (Bronx), with the possibility of teaching at Fordham College at Lincoln Center (Manhattan) for the second year.
  • Qualifications: Candidates should be recent Ph.D. recipients (2018–2021), or expect to have the degree in hand by August 2021. We welcome applications from scholars who hold degrees in sociology, as well as those trained in interdisciplinary fields (such as, but not limited to, African and African American Studies, Asian and Asian American Studies, and Latinx Studies). Candidates must be capable of teaching sociology courses on race. Demonstrated excellence in teaching, evidence of a strong and promising research agenda, and an enthusiasm for working with a diverse student population are required.
  • Application Instructions: Applications should be submitted online at Interfolio and should include a cover letter, CV, writing sample (no more than 50 pages), sample syllabi, teaching evaluations and the names and contact information for three references. We will begin reviewing applications by May 17th and continue until the position is filled. Please direct inquiries to the Committee Chair, Dr. Matthew Weinshenker (weinshenker@fordham.edu).
  • Application link: https://apply.interfolio.com/86875

Fred and Dorothy Chau Postdoctoral Fellowship at Pomona College - Deadline November 16, 2020[]

pThis 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.

  • 1/7/21 Has anyone heard anything yet?
  • Nothing yet on my end. Anyone else? (x5) (Jan. 16)
  • Nothing over here, but in the past years the results came two months after the application deadline.
  • Update email sent out on 1/25 (x7) - "Dear Applicant, Thank you for submitting your letter of application for the Chau Mellon position at Pomona College. We received an unusually large number of applications this recruiting cycle—several hundred more than last year. As such, our review process has been slower than expected. We sincerely apologize for the delay. You can anticipate a follow-up message later this week notifying you of the status of your application."
    • Did everyone receive this email who applied? 1/25
    • In answer to the above comment, yes? I think that that is a safe assumption since the message wasn't a rejection. They appear to be giving folks a heads-up that the responses are coming. I bet they were getting messages asking where they were in their evaluation process. I'd be interested to hear if there were any folks who didn't get the message.
  • Later this week, eh? 1/30
    • seriously! did anyone hear yet?
    • lol nothing over here
    • Nada? Nothing? Really? :(
  • Why send us an email with a timeline to hear back if they weren't going to stick to it? It would have been better to just say nothing...
  • I completely agree with you. And I really don't know why if they can't stick to it.
  • 2/1 any possibility of limiting the kvetching here to ensure readability? Completely empathize and am in the same spot but real updates are more helpful.
  • 2/1 rejection (x5) -- I thought the rejection was really nice!

Freie Universität Berlin - 2 Positions Research Assistants (postdoc), Global History, (m/f/d) Full-time job limited to 5 years - Deadline: not stated[]

Starting on September 1, 2021, or a mutually agreed date thereafter, successful candidates will pursue a research project in global history (18th to 20th centuries) in the frame of the Einstein Strategic Professorship Global History of Professor Michael Goebel. They will teach 2 courses per semester (4 hours per week) and they will be involved in the activities of the History Department. Ph.D. in hand at time of interview/received within the last five years. Please send the following documents in one pdf (not exceeding 10MB) file to michael.goebel@fu-berlin.de: Cover letter including names and contact information of two referees; curriculum vitae including list of publications; 300-word abstract of Ph.D. thesis; research proposal (one page); teaching proposal (one page); writing sample (e.g. of journal article or Ph.D. chapter). Applications are to be submitted with the relevant documents under the reference code in PDF format by email to Prof. Dr. Michael Goebel: michael.goebel@fu-berlin.de , who you can also contact with queries ahead of your application.

Link: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=61330

Updates:

George Washington University (USA: DC) - Institute for Korean Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship - Deadline January 17, 2021[]

The George Washington University Institute for Korean Studies (GWIKS) is now accepting applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow (with the title of Assistant Research Professor of International Affairs) in academic year 2021-22. This fellowship is open to scholars in the social sciences focusing on a Korea-related research topic.

2/10 Applied 1x

3/2 Any word?

3/2 No word yet! They said mid-February. I've been assuming I'm an alternate and that they're waiting for their top choice to respond....

3/5 Rejection received. Tell us if you got it.. and if so congrats!

Georgetown University (USA:DC) - Postdoctoral Fellowship in Global Media and Film Studies - Deadline: 15 Jan. 2021[]

The Culture and Politics Program invites applicants for a one-year Postdoctoral Fellowship in Global Media and Film Studies, beginning August 2021.

Link: https://apply.interfolio.com/81654

Updates:

1/17: Applied x3

2/9: Any word?

-Nothing here. I wonder if they're going to interview or just select someone? -2/10: Nothing here either./////Emailed them and heard they don't expect to make a final decision until March 15th (no additional information on the process)

2/22 - Anyone heard anything about finalists, requests for more materials, or any news at all?

3/12 - Any movement here yet?

3/15 - Any news today?

3/16 - Nothing yet. x3

3/19 - I'm wondering if this position already notified the winner and just hasn't sent rejections yet.

3/19 - They have conducted interviews already, about two weeks ago. Not sure if an offer has been made & accepted yet.

- Good to know. Thanks. I'll move this one to the rejection pile.

3/20: Interviews took place on the last week of Feb.

Georgia Tech - Marion K. Brittain Postdoctoral Fellowship - Deadline: March 15, 2021[]


Links: https://wcprogram.lmc.gatech.edu/brittain-fellowship/brittain-fellowship-application-process[]


Applied - 1x[]

Updates:

2/26 - Anyone know how this one typically operates? Interviews, when we hear back?? Running out of options this year...

-3/31: Received request for interview and additional materials

^^ were you part of the cohort that was interviewed last year but never hired?

GIGA, German Institute for Global and Area Studies (DEU) - Postdoctoral Research Fellows- Deadline: 15 Jan. 2021[]

The German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) / Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien is an independent social-science research institute based in Hamburg. Applications are invited for a full-time position, with a contract of 3 years, starting 1 April 2021.

Links:

Updates:

2/4: Any news?

2/23: Has anyone heard anything yet? Rejections, or interviews?

3/18: Has anyone heard anything about this?

Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellowship - Deadline November 17, 2020[]

This program aims to support suitably qualified applicants in any discipline to pursue a postdoctoral fellowship at an eligible higher education institution in Ireland. Fellows will hold a Govt. of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellowship. These fellowships can be held for either one or two years.

Updates:

Applied x1 (Geography)


Harvard University (USA:MA) - College Writing Program - Deadline: 7 Jan. 2021[]

The Harvard College Writing Program at Harvard University has several openings for preceptorship positions for the 2021-2022 academic year. These positions are multi-year eligible appointments at the level of Preceptor in Expository Writing, beginning on July 1, 2021.

Link: https://academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/9929

Updates:

2/10 -- Request for additional materials

3/12 -- Anyone been contacted for interviews yet?

3/23 --Nothing since add'l materials submitted

3/28 -- Based on previous years, they usually reach out for interviews late March/first week of April and send out rejections in the summer; so, if we don't hear anything pretty soon, it's probably safe to scratch this one out...

3/29 --I received a message back last week from the position contact, and he said that they would be reaching out about interviews likely this week. Good luck all!

4/6 -- Anyone hear anything yet?
4/13 -- Nothing since request for additional materials. Anybody contacted for interviews yet?

5/12 -- Accepted an offer this week.


Harvard University (USA:MA) - Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies An Wang Postdoctoral Fellows - Deadline: 15 Feb. 2021[]

The Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University is pleased to announce the 2021-2022 competition for the An Wang Postdoctoral Fellowships in Chinese Studies. This year the Fairbank Center is offering two fellowships to support postdoctoral participants in an interdisciplinary research group that will focus on Meaningful Ageing and End of Life in China: A Multidisciplinary US-China Collaboration.

Link: https://academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/9932

Updates:


Harvard University (USA:MA) - Center for the Environment Fellows Program - Deadline: 11 Jan. 2021[]

Link: https://environment.harvard.edu/environmental-fellows-program

Updates:

  • Will probably hear back for interviews in middle/late February
  • Anyone hear back? (2/21)

Harvard University (USA:MA) - Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies Hou Family Fellowship in Taiwan Studies - Deadline: 1 Mar. 2021[]

The Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University is pleased to announce the 2021-22 competition for the Hou Family Fellowship in Taiwan Studies. The fellow is expected to be in residence at Harvard for at least one semester (five months), between August 1, 2021 and July 31, 2022. A longer period of residence up to the full year is encouraged.

Applications are welcome from recent Ph.D.s in a relevant discipline of the humanities or social sciences focusing on Taiwan. Please note that the Fairbank Center is only accepting applications from North America-based scholars; a separate search committee in Taiwan will review local applications.

A strong working knowledge of English and Chinese and/or Taiwanese is required.

Applicants with Ph.D.s may not be more than 5 years beyond its receipt at the start of the fellowship. Harvard University doctoral degree candidates and recipients are not eligible for this fellowship.

Total stipend for one year: $35,000, plus $3,000 for research support.

Link: https://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/grants/non-harvard-affiliates/#hou-family-fellowship-for-taiwan-studies

Harvard University (USA:MA) - Harvard Society of Fellows: Junior Fellowships - Nomination Deadline: 7 Aug. 2020[]

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

Link: https://socfell.fas.harvard.edu/about

Updates:

  • Has anyone heard back re an interview? They said they'll go till the end of Nov but not sure if they've already gone out.
  • Have interviews been ongoing? I guess it is too late now to hope for a call for interview (11/12)
  • - I heard that not all interviews have gone out yet, so I'm thinking calls will probably continue until Thanksgiving; no certainty though.
  • (12/1) Anyone heard from them?
  • (12/9) Rejection email (no interview) x 5
  • - What about people who had interviews but haven't heard anything? Should one assume rejection?
  • (12/13) I got an offer today (by phone).

Harvard University (USA:MA) - Postdoctoral Fellowships (History; Literature and Culture) - Deadline: 11 Jan. 2021[]

The Davis Center Postdoctoral Fellowship Program offers comprehensive research, training, and professional development opportunities for scholars advancing their careers in history and the humanities.

Link: https://daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu/research/individual-research/postdoctoral-fellowships/how-apply

Updates: (1/11) Applied

  • Any updates? (2/12)
  • Recommendation letters never requested, so presumed rejection (2/12)
  • A few days after I submitted my application, I asked them about the letters. I was not sure if they request letters only for long/short-listed candidates or for all applicants. They wanted my references to send their letters by e-mail "asap". It might be better to check with them; there could be a technical reason. (2/12)
  • Re: Recommendation letters: The following information could and can be found on the application website: "Letters of Recommendation: Please arrange to have up to three references evaluate your work and proposal. All letters of reference must be submitted through the online application portal directly. Recommendation letters should be submitted by your references as soon as possible after you apply. Your references will receive an email from the application system prompting them to send their recommendation letters only after you submit the fellowship application. References will have until the end of January to submit letters of recommendation through the online system. You may wish to personally ask your references now whether they are willing to provide you with a recommendation."
  • Anyone heard anything? (2/23)
  • I experienced the very same issue. My recommenders never received an invitation to submit their letters of rec. Today, on March 1 2021, I contacted Research Programs Coordinator at the Davis Center. I informed them about the problem. They were dismissive at first. I sent them several screenshots from Harvard’s online portal for academic hiring, which confirmed that recommendation invitations in support of my fellowship application have never been solicited. After an exchange of few more emails and me sending them several more screenshots, they thanked me for reaching out and said that they are "looking into it," whatever that means. I wonder how many applications have been disqualified/rejected on account of the system's failure to solicit letters of recommendations? Also, the Research Programs Coordinator informed me that "The competition is currently concluded. Letters will be going out shortly." (3/01/2021) P.S. Harvard sucks. 3/2 - Just lurking here, but I applied to a different program at Harvard and had the same issue. I could see that one of my recommenders hadn't submitted close to the deadline, and he said he did, and then he tried to do it again, and it didn't go through then, either. Thankfully the program administrator was communicative and on top of things so she accepted a letter directly from the referee over email. This is to say, it is NOT you, it is their system, and the administrator even notified me that a lot of people were having trouble with it. (And I got the fellowship... A true miracle.) - 3/2 Thank you for your input and congrats on getting that fellowship! That's really awesome! Unfortunately, the administrator at the Davis Center did absolutely nothing.
  • It seems increasingly clear that the integrity of the selection process for this year's application cycle at Davis Center has been compromised. There are too many folks who applied but whose applications have not received a fair review because of the glitches in the application portal. So, if you will receive a rejection letter, remember that it's NOT the quality of your proposal but the combination of technical failures and the administrative decisions to ignore these problems may have resulted in the rejection. If you experienced issued with letters of recommendation, I strongly encourage you to contact the Research Programs Coordinator at the Davis Center to let them know about this issue to make sure that at least next year the folks who will apply for this fellowship will have a fair shot at this opportunity and everyone's application will receive a fair and transparent consideration (3/2).
  • If this is the case, it is extremely unfair and cruel. They ask for a 2500 word proposal, and these applications take a lot of time. I am not even talking about the emotional cost of this process. And it is not unique to this program. Academia, especially social sciences and humanities, should be doing way better than the current picture (3/2).
  • Rejection letter received (3/22). (x2)




Harvard University (USA:MA) - Inequality in America Initiative 2021-22 Postdoctoral Fellowship - Deadline: November 20, 2020[]

Social and economic inequality are urgent problems for our society, with implications for a range of outcomes from economic growth and political stability to crime, public health, family wellbeing, and social trust. The Inequality in America Initiative seeks applications from recent doctoral (or equivalent) degree recipients interested in joining an interdisciplinary network of Harvard researchers who are working to address the multiple challenges of inequality.

Link: https://inequalityinamerica.fas.harvard.edu

Updates:

  • Applied: 5x
  • Any updates? (1/15) >> No news, but yesterday I noticed this note on their page: NOTE (updated 11 January 2021): The initital review round will be completed by early February (reducing the pool by 90% or so); all applicants will be notified as to their status at that time. The second review round (leading to offers and a short waitlist) will be completed by early March.
  • Anyone heard anything? (2/9)
  • 2/10-Nothing over here!
  • 2/16 Still nothing!
  • 2/22: Rejection email
  • 2/24 Still nothing!!
  • 2/24 Still nothing as well. (x3) — are we sure the person who was rejected is referring to the correct postdoc?
  • 2/25 Responding to the question above: I learned that some fields have been faster in determining candidates for round two than others, hence the rejections some applicants have received. Final decisions will be reached by mid-/late-March.
  • 2/26 Thanks this is helpful.
  • 2/27 Mid/late-March is a quick turnaround time if they still haven't finalized their shortlist. Does this postdoc not conduct interviews?
  • 3/1: Rejection email (field is education) x2 (rejection: Work/Family/Opportunity)
  • 3/1: They updated their language on the website: "NOTE (updated 26 February 2021): The initital review round will be completed by early February March (reducing the pool by >90%); all applicants will be notified as to their status on a rolling basis at that time. The second review round (leading to offers and a short waitlist) will be completed in by early March."
  • 3/2: Seems like they are starting to e-mail updates to candidates. Received this e-mail an hour ago: "Dear Candidate, With apologies for the delay, this is just a quick note to let you know the first round review of applications to the Inequality in America Initiative Postdoctoral Program is still underway. I am following up with candidates on a rolling basis as the reviews come in, but due both to the large increase in the number of applications this year and to pandemic-related disruptions, everything is taking longer than it has in previous years, and longer than I originally anticipated, so I wanted to give a brief mid-process update. The first round is wrapping up, so you will hear from us again soon (but perhaps not for a week or so). I believe we are still on track to conclude the second round and make final decisions and offers this month, but it will be toward the end."
  • 3/8: received rejection email
  • 3/16 notified that I am a finalist. Selection committee will meet between March 29th and 31st for a final discussion of the candidates.






Harvard University (MA:USA) The Mahindra Humanities Center – Deadline: November 6, 2020[]

The Mahindra Humanities Center invites applications for one-year postdoctoral fellowships in connection with the Center’s Andrew W. Mellon Foundation seminar on the topic of migration and the humanities.

Link: https://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/postdoctoral-fellowships

Updates:

  • Applied: 3x
  • Any updates? (12/08)
  • 01/07–Has anyone heard anything?
  • Was contacted saying they are reviewing letters of recommendation for second stage (1/7)
  • Any updates? (1/14)
  • Any news yet? (1/27)
  • I haven't heard anything yet (1/28)
  • Any news? (2/8)
  • 2/9 Rejection Received
  • 2/12 Selected for finalist round
  • Did you receive an email letting you know you were a finalist? << No, I emailed the program assistant. (Thank you very much for the reply).
  • Has anyone heard back with updates on the finalist round? - Nothing here
  • 3/5–Notification of alternate status. Was told that offers have been made to 6 finalists.
  • 3/5: Rejection received. Good luck with the alternate status (it seems like there's a tiny chance that one candidate might not take an offer). << Thanks! No idea how many people were waitlisted, but we'll see. - Any updates on whether all offers were accepted?


Harvard University (USA:MA) - Committee on Degrees in History and Literature, 2021-22. Deadline Jan 7, 2021[]

The Committee on Degrees in History and Literature seeks applications for Lecturers in American and Ethnic Studies (especially Latinx Studies or Asian American Studies), and for Lecturers whose work focuses on imperialism and postcoloniality. We are particularly interested in candidates with expertise on race or ethnicity in global and transnational contexts, including those who work on diaspora, migration, colonization and decolonization, and who can teach a range of geographic areas and historical periods across History and Literature's fields of study.

Link: https://histlit.fas.harvard.edu/lecturer-positions

Updates: (1/31) Applied (3x)

02/01: Invitation to interview/Request for more materials (x3).

Note from search committee: We're scheduling rolling interviews and will schedule others as positions become available.

3/2: Any news?

3/11: Has any other applicant for this position noticed that their recommendations have neither been solicited nor received? Based on comments from another Harvard job application listed here, this is a glitch. Has anyone looked into this in regards to this particular position? Thanks!

^Did you get an interview? If yes, then you could have confirmed with the administrator. Recommendations were requested upon shortlisting for the interview.


3/12: Any updates post-interview and shortlisting?

3/12–Nothing here.

3/12–Nothing. Please post here if you hear back!

3/16–"O, thou’lt come no more/Never never never never never." (King Lear, V.iii)

3/18 - Still crickets (post-interview) anyone?

3/22- Any idea when they will send out the final decisions?

A quick note on HL from someone with direct experience. As with everything on the market, “fit” is tremendously important here. Ridiculously important actually. HL hires folks to match the research interests expressed by the rising juniors. I happen to have experience in a field far outside my specialty — apples and oranges, really — but was surprised to find myself supervising students in both. No surprise, really, now that I think of it. I was hired with these students in mind. All this is to say the decision on who gets hired has far less to do one’s competitiveness in the broader pool of applicants than with who they can pair up with students (who then get incredibly individualized teaching). This insight isn’t bound to allay anxieties, I imagine. But a little demystification can’t hurt, especially in the event that your research and teaching profile don’t happen to "fit" the current cohort of students. In solidarity. (3/22)

--Thanks for this super thoughtful note. I appreciate it and so does everyone probably. Quick question to you, though, as an insider: could you kindly fill us in about what is the FT teaching load and student mentorship like at HL if one gets hired?

(3/22) Thank you for the note. Does this mean that hiring decisions have been made and sent out? I have not yet received any communication.

(3/23) I have not either received any news post-interview. I was just asking of how HL teaching actually and typically works since it was unclear to to me.

3/23: I believe an offer was made already, but they declined it. Still hope out there

3/23: ^ Is this insider information or hearsay? Generally, most interviewees hear back around the same time for one particular job (whether it's acceptance, rejection, or waitlisted.)

3/23: Inside information. And no, most interviewees are not going to hear back at the same time. Interviewees will not hear back about rejections until someone has actually accepted the position. This is not a postdoc or some other position where someone will be waitlisted.

3/23: To the insider: Thanks! Do you know how many lecturers HL is planning to hire? One, several?

3/23: @Insider, thanks very much for the clarification. This is obviously a very bad year on the job market, and one hears so many things about different positions. For instance, I heard that HL hires more in other years, but this year it will be 3-4. From what you have very generously shared with us, it seems 1 offer was made. Very grateful that you took the time to post on wikia and allay our miseries. If you have any other information about the hiring, please do share!

3/25: received a kind personal note with a rejection (apparently they were impressed but did not have a position to offer ... this is painful!)

3/25: leaving this note for the ether. This was my second interview at Harvard. This one was more relaxed, kind and I was genuinely interested in this program. This is a terrible year and I appreciate the personalized rejection letter. But if there is no hiring in my field, could this not have been made clearer before the interview? Or conveyed sooner? (I agree 💯. I likewise had an excellent interview and felt confident in the outcome then was told no openings in my field)

4/19 - Rejection email (not interviewed) x2.

Harvard University - SBS Korean Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Social Sciences - Deadline January 10, 2021[]

With generous support from the SBS Foundation Research Fund, the Korea Institute at Harvard University invites applications for a Korean Studies postdoctoral fellowship in the social sciences. Applicants whose research focuses on Korea-US relations, international relations, and/or political economy are especially encouraged to apply.

2/9 - Applied 1x

Harvard University (USA:MA) - Global American Studies Post Doctoral Fellowship-- Charles Warren Center[]

The Charles Warren Center, Harvard’s research center for North American history announces next year of its Global American Studies postdoctoral fellowship. This postdoc, distinct from the Center’s long-standing faculty fellowship, will in fall/winter 2020/21 select its next cohort of two fellows. Appointments are for one year starting July 1, 2021, renewable for a second.

--2/1: Anyone heard anything?

2/1: Nothing

2/11: Anyone willing to reach out to the center to see if offers have gone out?

2/12: Call from director informing of award

-Congrats! You must be thrilled!

3/4: Rejection email







Haverford College (USA: PA)- The Senses and the Sensible - Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Humanities, 2021-2023 - Deadline: 11 Jan. 2021[]

The John B. Hurford ’60 Center for the Arts and Humanities at Haverford College invites applications for a two-year full-time Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Humanities to begin Fall 2021. We seek a scholar interested in the critical study of the senses and sensory experience. Candidates should have broad theoretical and interdisciplinary interests; intersectional and multimedia approaches rooted in Black studies, Indigenous studies, gender and sexuality studies, disability studies, visual studies, sound studies, and/or food studies are highly encouraged.

Link: apply.interfolio.com/80473

Updates: Applied (6x)

Any updates? (01/27)

Nothing yet x5

Any updates? 2/22

-Nothing over here x4

-Still waiting. Haven't bit the bullet to email and ask when we might expect to hear.

-Any brave soul out there want to email them? << Done. We should know by the end of the week "where there are in the process". <<Thanks for asking!

-Rejection (2/26) x6 << Same...with "great admiration" XD << lol I know

-Interview request (2/26) << Congrats! Do you work in any field listed above? <<<Ty! Yes, I work in African Diasporic literary studies, so Black studies & gender & sexuality studies << Thanks for your reply. Best of luck for your interview!

-Any updates post interview? (4/2)

-Anyone else who's neither been rejected nor asked to interview?

Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf (DEU) - Gisela Eisenreich Fellowship in History and Philosophy of Nature, the Art of Healing and Medicine - Deadline: 1 Oct. 2020[]

Fellows are given liberty to devote their full attention to research on a topic relating to the history or philosophy (including philosophy of science or ethics) of the interconnection and interplay of nature, the art of healing and medicine. The fellowship can be extended for a third year if the fellow completes and submits a substantial external grant application before the end of the second year and plans to hold the grant at the department. Applications must include a sketch of the research project envisioned.

Link: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=60269

Updates:

Rejection received 1/18/21

ICAS:MP, M.S. Merian – R. Tagore International Centre of Advanced Studies ‘Metamorphoses of the Political’, Deadline: Oct 31, 2020[]

(Postdoctoral) Fellowships can be awarded for up to 7 months. ICAS:MP will pay a stipend which includes allowances for housing and other costs in Delhi. Fellowship recipients will also be reimbursed for their travel costs. Fellows must have a PhD degree, and shall have successfully completed all requirements for their PhD by March 2021.

Updates: (1/31) - Applied

Ideal Provostial Fellowship, Stanford University - Deadline: November 1st.[]

The Office of the Provost at Stanford University is pleased to announce that it is seeking to appoint four to five early career fellows engaged in the study of race and ethnicity. This is an ambitious plan to support the work of early-career researchers, who will lead the next generation of scholarship in race and ethnicity and whose work will point the way forward for reshaping race relations in America.

Link: https://facultydevelopment.stanford.edu/ideal-provostial-fellows

Updates:

Applied 4x

Rejected 4x

  • Received generic but kind rejection email 1/11/21. Included info for a separate Stanford fellowship to apply to. (x3)
  • over 650 applicants.
  • Received the same email with the suggestion of a teaching fellowship to apply.
  • Can you say which teaching fellowship? I only ask because Stanford's usual Thinking Matters fellowship seemed to change to an "internal applicants only" (see: https://undergrad.stanford.edu/programs/thinking-matters/teach/open-fellowship-positions/clge-fellowship) and I am wondering if there is a different one I am missing. --> The Stanford Introductory Studies Fellowship to Diversify Teaching and Learning

Indiana University, Bloomington (USA:IA) - Postdoctoral Fellowship, Center for Research on Race and Ethnicity in Society - Deadline: 15 Dec. 2020[]

The Center for Research on Race and Ethnicity in Society (CRRES) at Indiana University, Bloomington, invites applications for up to two CRRES Postdoctoral Fellowships. These fellowships provide support to scholars studying race and ethnicity from a broad range of fields in the social sciences and humanities, especially in the areas of education, public and environmental affairs, art and design, public health, business, law, and media.

Link: http://indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/10134

Updates:

Applied 3x

Anyone hear anything?

Nothing: 2x (1/12)

Per CRRES website, deadline extended to January 4. I assume there won’t be news until mid-to-late February at the earliest

Still nothing?

Email from director informing me that I am on the short-list and asking if I would like to move forward in the process/if I am still interested (2/15) x 2

Interview Scheduled (2/23)

Any offers or updates since short-list interviews? <--Nothing on my end 3/15

Rejection email (no interview) (3/25) x2

Have the fellows announced on Twitter? (3/25)

The search has closed. Two offers accepted. Alternate informed. (4/6)

Kings College London (UK:Eng) - Research Associate in History - Deadline: 13 Jun. 2021[]

The Department of History in King’s College London invites applications for the position of Postdoctoral Research Associate to collaborate on a UKRI FLF project, Medicine and the Making of Race, 1440-1700, led by Dr. Hannah Murphy. This project aims to develop a global prehistory of race through the lens of medical encounters with enslaved and free Black Africans forcibly caught up with the early years of the slave trade. It asks key questions about the role of European medical practitioners in the increasingly systematic enslavement of African peoples both in Europe and in the Americas, as well as examining the way in which medical treatments of and encounters with ‘foreign bodies’ informed developing ideas of race. Applicants are asked to provide a CV, writing sample, and a statement (c.1200 words max), clearly articulating a proposal for their own research plans and how they would contribute to this project. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to present on their research plans in interview. It is understood that these plans may be preliminary and that there will be room for them to develop and change over the course of the project. This post will be offered on a fixed-term contract for 3 years.

Link: https://jobs.kcl.ac.uk/gb/en/job/021669/Research-Associate-in-History

Updates:

Leibniz Universitat Hannover (DEU) - Postdoctoral Researcher in Philosophy of Biology - Deadline: 13 Jun. 2020[]

This position is part of the research project “The Explanatory Scope of Generalized Darwinism: Towards Criteria for Evolutionary Explanations Outside Biology” (GenDar), which is funded jointly by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) and the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR). To qualify for the position, applicants should hold a PhD degree (or equivalent) in an area relevant to the research project (typically a degree in Philosophy, HPS, (Theoretical) Biology, or a related area). Applicants should be fluent in English and should clearly demonstrate an interest in the topics studied in the GenDar project (the epistemology and metaphysics of evolutionary theory, evolutionary explanations, evolutionary social science, the use of theories from the natural sciences in the social sciences, etc.). A demonstrable background in Philosophy of Biology and/or (Theoretical) Evolutionary Biology will be advantageous.

Link: https://www.uni-hannover.de/en/jobs/4261/

Updates:

Library Company of Philadelphia (USA:PA) - Post-Doctoral Fellowships for 2021-2022 - Deadline: 1 Nov. 2020[]

National Endowment for the Humanities Post-Doctoral Fellowships support research in residence at the Library Company 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.

Link: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=60342

Updates:

Linda Hall Library (USA:MO) - Virtual Fellowship - Deadline: 15 Jan. 2020[]

The Linda Hall Library offers virtual fellowships lasting between one and four months to doctoral students, postdoctoral scholars, and other researchers whose work would benefit from the Library’s collections. Fellowship funding is offered at a rate of $3,000 per month for doctoral students and $4,200 per month for postdoctoral researchers.

Although they will be working off-site, virtual fellows will be active members of Library’s social and intellectual community. Each fellow will receive:

  • A virtual introduction to the Library’s collections
  • Personalized research assistance from members of the Library’s reference staff
  • The ability to request complimentary scans of Linda Hall Library resources in accordance with the Library’s digitization policies
  • Opportunities to participate in the Library’s in-house works-in-progress seminar, as well as working groups organized by the Consortium for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine
  • Chances to share their projects with new audiences in Kansas City and around the world through the Library’s public lecture series, Hedgehog newsletter, or other online platforms
  • Invitations to Library programs and social events including coffee breaks, brown bag lunches, happy hours, etc.

Link: https://www.lindahall.org/fellowships/

Lingnan University (Hong Kong) - Postdoctoral Fellow - Centre for Film and Creative Industries - Deadline: 15 November, 2020[]

Centre for Film and Creative Industries (CFCI) is a research centre housed in the Department of Visual Studies at Lingnan University. The appointee’s job duties include publishing articles in venues of international standing, applying for external grants, and assisting in developing and teaching a taught MA curriculum in creative and media industries.

Link: https://www.ln.edu.hk/job-vacancies/current-job-openings/academic-teaching-and-related-posts/20-201

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Masaryk University (CZE) - 3 Postdocs in History/Social Science, 20th Century Europe - Deadline: 15 Apr. 2021[]

We seek highly motivated researchers for three postdoctoral and one doctoral positions in ExpertTurn, a project researching the comparative history of East-European human sciences under communism.

Link: https://expertturn.fss.muni.cz

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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Department I (DEU) - Postdoctoral Fellow - Deadline: 29 Jan. 2021[]

The Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin Department III, Artifacts, Action, Knowledge, Director: Prof. Dagmar Schäfer, seeks 1 Postdoctoral Fellow for Two Years, with employment contract, TVöD-Bund pay scales (E13 Starting date: September 1, 2021 for the working group “Out of Place, Out of Time” (https://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/research/projects/out-place-out-time).

Link: https://recruitment.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/position/17301512

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McGill University (CAN) Postdoctoral Fellowship in Taiwan Studies 2021-2022 (renewable) - Deadline: 31 May 2021[]

he Department of East Asian Studies, McGill University, welcomes applications for the Postdoctoral Fellowship in Taiwan Studies September 1, 2021-August 31, 2022, renewable for two subsequent years upon review. The successful candidate will be appointed in the Department of East Asian Studies, a vibrant interdisciplinary community of scholars and graduate students. In addition to conducting their own research, the candidate will be expected to teach one undergraduate course in Taiwan Studies (topic to be decided in consultation with the Departmental Curriculum Committee). The candidate will also present a talk on their research in the East Asian Speakers Series. They will also assist the Department in organizing the Faculty Excellence in Taiwan Studies Distinguished Lecture. Applicants should have received their PhD degrees since 2016 or will have completed their PhD degree requirements by August 2021 on studies related to Taiwan in any discipline. We particularly encourage applications from scholars who engage with interdisciplinary approaches to Taiwan studies, including cultural studies, gender studies, media studies, digital humanities, and historical inquiry. A valid work permit will be required from international postdoctoral scholars for registration. Additional information on Postdoctoral Fellows at McGill can be found at https://www.mcgill.ca/gps/postdocs.

Link: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=61394

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Metropolitan Museum of Art Fellowship Program - Deadlines: 6 Nov and 4 Dec. 2020[]

Applicants are international in background, diverse in focus, and varied in their perspectives and training. Each year The Met creates a closely knit community of scholars whose individual interests collectively illuminate the Museum's collection of artworks spanning 5,000 years of human creativity. Exploring new avenues of research in art history, visual culture, education and public practice, and critical theory, fellows expand, challenge, and actively redefine the very limits and purview of these disciplines by introducing fresh ideas drawn from philosophy, anthropology, museum studies, historiography, conservation, and the material sciences.

  • Fellowship in History of Art and Visual Culture
  • Conservation Fellowship and Scientific Research Fellowship
  • Leonard A. Lauder Fellowship in Modern Art
  • Research Scholarship in Photograph Conservation
  • Interdisciplinary Fellowship
  • Indian Conservation Fellowship Program

Link: https://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-met/fellowships/types-of-fellowships

Updates:

  • In the past two years, this is the week that the Met sends results for the History of Art/Visual Culture fellowships. Any news? (2/9/21)
  • I received a rejection for a Scientific Research/Conservation Fellowship on 2/2, which is the day when many people over on the Dissertation Fellowship page heard about acceptances, alternate status, and rejections for History of Art/Visual Culture Fellowships.
    • Huh! I applied to History of Art Fellowship and haven't gotten anything yet. Maybe good news for me, maybe not... (2/9/21)
    • Email acceptance for Senior Fellowship in History of Art an Visual Culture on 2/2

Microsoft Research, New England - 2021-2023 Postdoc with the Social Media Collective - Deadline: 1 Dec 2020[]

The Social Media Collective at Microsoft Research New England (MSRNE) is looking for a two-year social media postdoctoral researcher. This position is an ideal opportunity for a scholar whose work draws on communication, media studies, anthropology, sociology, and/or science & technology studies to bring empirical and critical perspectives to bear on complex socio-technical issues.

Link: https://socialmediacollective.org/smc-postdocs/

Updates:
(1/27/21) Invited for interview

Moravian College[]

  • The Modern Languages and Literatures Department at Moravian College invites applications for an ASIANetwork - Luce Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow.
  • FT / NT
  • This two-year position will begin in August 2021; a Ph.D. is required by this date.
  • This is a half-time teaching and half-time research position.
  • Candidates should have a Ph.D. in Asian Studies, Asian American Studies, or have a disciplinary degree with research focused on Asia.
  • Candidates should have demonstrated teaching effectiveness.
  • Deadline: Applications received by 15 March 2021 will be given full consideration.
  • Search Committee Email: asianculturesearch@moravian.edu

National Park Service (USA) - Postdoctoral Fellowship in Women’s History in the Pacific West - Deadline: 30 Jun. 2021[]

The National Park Service (NPS) and the National Park Foundation (NPF) invite scholars who are no more than three years beyond receipt of their doctorate to apply for a two-year National Park Service postdoctoral fellowship. The Postdoctoral Fellowship in Women’s History in the Pacific West will begin in October 2021. The NPS commemorated the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution through an extended effort that encouraged a comprehensive examination of the suffrage movement as well as the triumphs, struggles, and stories of those excluded. As part of this effort, the NPS, in partnership with the NPF, funded over 25 grants to parks and regional offices to research, document and interpret the stories of women associated with the units or programs of the National Park System. This fellowship is intended to build on the research, interpretation, and education programs funded by these grants and individual park efforts within the Pacific West, including oral histories, resource guides for interpreters, and biographies of women representing the region’s diversity of cultures. In addition, as the National Park Service has begun preparations to mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 2026, the stories of women related to themes exploring the meaning of “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” as it has evolved since 1776 will be a focus for the Fellowship. The struggle for civil rights, for example, has many stories associated with park units and National Historic Landmarks in the Pacific West.

Link: https://www.nationalparks.org/grant-applications

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Newcastle University (UK:Eng) - Research Assistant/Associate History - Deadline: 7 14 Apr. 2021[]

18 Mar: NB the deadline has been extended so tht it does not fall within the Easter break. The research assistant/associate will use archival research and oral history and/or other interview techniques research to explore the changing relationship between rights of way, accessibility, health and wellbeing in a historical context as part of the AHRC funded project ‘In All Our Footsteps: Tracking, Mapping and Experiencing Rights of Way in Post-War Britain‘. This post is a (maximum) 36-month fixed term Research Assistant/Associate in History, and a full-time appointment. You will start work as soon as possible after 1 April 2021. Flexible working is welcome, but you must be willing to travel for fieldwork and other research/engagement activities with the project team.

Link: https://jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastle-Research-AssistantAssociate-History/659181001/

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New York Historical Society (USA:NY) - Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship in Women’s History and Public History - Deadline: 6 Mar. 2021[]

Hired for a two-year term, one Mellon Fellow works as a public historian for the New-York Historical Society’s Center for Women’s History. The ideal candidate will have a strong scholarly background in women’s history and an interest in public history.

Link: https://apply.interfolio.com/78911

Updates:

  • Anyone heard anything yet?
  • 24/05 - still nothing, assuming that's a rejection?

New York Historical Society (USA:NY) - 2021-22 Helen and Robert Appel Fellowship in History and Technology - 15 Jan 2021[]

Research projects should be based on the collections of New-York Historical and explore the impact of technology on history.

Link: https://apply.interfolio.com/78861

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New York Historical Society (USA:NY) 2021-22 National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship - 15 Jan 2021[]

One fellowship for the length of a single year is supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities for the sake of research at the New-York Historical Society.

Link: https://apply.interfolio.com/78901

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New York Historical Society (USA:NY) 2021-22 Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation / Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellowship - 15 January 2021[]

Research projects should expand public understanding of New York State history and should include research based on the collections and resources of New-York Historical Society.

Link: https://apply.interfolio.com/78905

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New York Public Library (USA:NY) 2021 -Diamonstein-Spielvogel Fellowship Program - 18 April 2021[]

The New York Public Library is pleased to announce the Diamonstein-Spielvogel Fellowship Program to support advanced research at the Center for Research in the Humanities, located in the Library’s flagship Stephen A. Schwarzman Building. Fellowships are open to Ph.D. candidates, post-Doctoral scholars, and independent researchers studying the humanities and the history, literature, and culture of peoples represented throughout the collections housed at the Schwarzman Building.

Link: https://www.nypl.org/fellowships/diamonstein-spielvogel-fellowship-program

New York Public Library (USA:NY) 2021-22 National Endowment for the Humanities Long-Term Fellowships - 15 January 2021[]

The New York Public Library is pleased to offer National Endowment for the Humanities Long-Term Fellowships to support advanced research at the Center for Research in the Humanities, located in the Library’s flagship Stephen A. Schwarzman Building.

Link: https://www.nypl.org/fellowships/NEH-long-term-fellowships

Updates: Application period closed for 2021-22.

New York University (USA:NY) 2020-2021 ISAW Visiting Research Scholars- Due 20 November 2020[]

The Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW) is a center for advanced scholarly research and graduate education, which aims to encourage particularly the study of the economic, religious, political and cultural connections between ancient civilizations. In an effort to embrace a truly inclusive geographical scope while maintaining continuity and coherence, the Institute focuses on the shared and overlapping periods in the development of cultures and civilizations around the Mediterranean basin, and across central Asia to the Pacific Ocean. The approaches of anthropology, archaeology, geography, geology, history, economics, sociology, art history, digital humanities, and the history of science and technology are as integral to the enterprise as the study of texts, philosophy, and the analysis of artifacts.

Link: https://apply.interfolio.com/79025

Updates:

  • (1/11/21) Any news on this? Do they do interviews?

North Arizona University (USA:AZ) - Post-Doctoral Fellowship (Martin Springer Institute) - Deadline: 22 Jan. 2021[]

The Martin-Springer Institute attends to the experiences of the Holocaust in order to relate them to today’s concerns, crises, and conflicts. Its programs promote the values of moral courage, tolerance, empathy, reconciliation, and justice. Founded by Ralph and Doris Martin, the Institute fosters dialogue on local, national, and international levels.

Link: https://in.nau.edu/human-resources/current-job-openings/ look for "Postdoctoral Fellowship, The Martin-Springer Institute - 605154" under the category of “staff openings.”

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Northumbria University (UK:Eng) - Post-Doctoral Research Assistants in History - Deadline: 21 Jan. 2021[]

Northumbria University seeks to appoint TWO Post-Doctoral Research Assistants in History, for three years fixed term, from 1 September 2021. These opportunities arise through the successful award of a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship to Dr Felicia Gottmann, entitled ‘Migration, Adaptation, Innovation: A Comparative Global History, 1500-1800’

Link: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CCX107/post-doctoral-research-assistants-in-history

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Northwestern University (USA: IL): Science in Human Culture Program Postdoctoral Fellowships Deadline: 1 December 2020[]

The Science in Human Culture Program (SHC) at Northwestern University invites applications for two-year postdoctoral fellowships in the contextual study of science, technology, or medicine, to run September 1, 2021 – August 31, 2023.

  • Applied x 3
  • Feb 4 - Anyone heard back yet?
  • Feb 4 - Not yet, which seems suprising given the application deadline...
  • Feb 6 - email sent out on Jan. 6 announcing selection of "long short-list"; offers likely to be sent out in mid-February
    • Feb 7 - to confirm for those of us who didn't get one, that Jan 6 email was for those *on* the "long short-list"?
  • Feb 8 - Notice of "finalist" status sent out on Jan 27th (sorry just heard and posting now), said offers to be made in following two weeks, i.e. very soon or already
  • Feb 28 - Search concluded
  • Mar 1 - Rejection letter received

Northwestern University- Post-Doc in Business and Technical Writing--Deadline, May 15, 2021[]

Northwestern University’s Cook Family Writing Program invites applications for a postdoctoral fellow, beginning September 1, 2021. This is a full-time, benefits-eligible position. The initial contract for this position one year, with the possibility of renewal for up to a total of three years.

This is a teaching-focused post-doctoral position. Specifically, we are seeking recent PhDs in the humanities or qualitative social sciences who are interested in gaining experience as writing instructors for two courses offered by our program: (1) Writing and Speaking in Business and (2) Design, Thinking and Communication (a course co-taught with faculty in the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science). While successful candidates need not have prior experience teaching business or technical writing, candidates should have prior experience teaching writing as well as a strong interest in developing their teaching portfolios to include teaching business and technical writing.

Responsibilities include teaching two quarter-long undergraduate courses in Writing and Speaking in Business and two quarter-long undergraduate courses in Design, Thinking, and Communication per academic year (in a 1/1/2 schedule). (To learn more about the Cook Family Writing Program, please visit: http://www.writingprogram.northwestern.edu/.)

Requirements include a Ph.D. in the humanities or qualitative social sciences earned between 2019-September 2021. Preference will be given to excellent teachers who have two or more years experience teaching writing. All candidates must have an interest in co-teaching and in working collaboratively with colleagues to develop course materials and pedagogy.

Review of applications will begin on May 15 until the position is filled.

Application materials—to be submitted online—include a letter of application, CV, evidence of teaching excellence (e.g., statement of teaching philosophy, course syllabi, teaching evaluations from 2-3 recently taught courses, etc.), a diversity statement, and a letter of recommendation that addresses the candidate’s teaching abilities.

Northwestern University is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer and does not discriminate against qualified individuals on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, parental status, marital status, age, disability, citizenship status, veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected class. Individuals from all diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply. Hiring is contingent upon eligibility to work in the United States. For more information, please see the University’s Policy on Discrimination and Harassment at https://www.northwestern.edu/equity/documents/discrimination-harassment-policy-resources-procedures-final.pdf

Please read ALL instructions and make preparations before proceeding to the application page:

  • Applications will only be accepted via online submission (see link below).
  • Please prepare all documents in advance as Adobe PDF files, and please be sure all information is entered correctly and accurately (especially names and email addresses), as there will be no opportunity for online revision after your application has been submitted.
  • Please also prepare the name and email address for your academic reference; your reference will be contacted directly by the online system and invited to upload their letter on your behalf.
  • All required fields in the application form are marked with an asterisk and must be filled before clicking the “Submit” button.
  • Be aware that incomplete applications cannot be saved.



NYU Jordan Center (USA:NY) - Jordan Center Post-Doctoral Fellowship Program - Deadline: 3 August[]

The NYU Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia Post-Doctoral Fellowship program is designed to provide a transition to career independence for recent PhD recipients and to provide time to conduct post-PhD research.

Link: https://jordanrussiacenter.org/jordan-center-post-doctoral-fellowship-program/

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Oxford Brookes University (UK:Eng) - Post Doctoral Research Assistant - Deadline: 20 Apr. 2021[]

(see related post at the University of Newcastle) This post is a (maximum) 36-month fixed term Post-Doctoral Research Assistant in History, and a full-time appointment. The successful candidate will start work as soon as possible after 1 April 2021. Flexible working is welcome, but the postholder should be willing to travel for fieldwork and other research/engagement activities with the project team.We will be exploring the ways in which local government, civil society and the third sector were asked, and struggled, to record and establish the public ways network in England and Wales following the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act of 1949. We will also be considering the importance of an accessible and inclusive Rights of Way network in relation to access to nature and activities integral to human health and wellbeing, both in the past and the present. The project is led by Professor Glen O’Hara at Oxford Brookes University with Dr Clare Hickman at Newcastle University acting as Co-Investigator.

Link: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CEY667/post-doctoral-research-assistant

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Pennsylvania State University (USA:PA) - Humanities Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship - Deadline: 12 Apr. 2021[]

The Penn State Humanities Institute seeks applications for up to two newly available Post-doctoral Fellowships for the 2021-2022 Academic Year. Fellowships are for up to two years. Fellows will be in residence at the Humanities Institute at Penn State and will be afforded office space (assuming normal operations in Fall 2021) and support for ongoing research projects. No teaching is required for these Fellowships, however teaching opportunities may be available if the scholar wishes.

Links:

Updates:

  • Applied x3
    • Any word?
    • Nope (4/27)
    • Any updates on this? 5/10
    • Still a nope here (5/10) --> 5/11 rejected
    • Rejection email (5/11) X2
    • anyone hear positive news from this? I applied and did not receive a rejection on 5/11, but haven't heard anything at all --> X2
    • any updates on this? anyone with news on acceptances or rejections? (6/7)


Princeton Universty (USA:NJ) - Fung Global Fellows - Deadline: 16 Nov. 2020[]

During the academic year 2021-22, the Fung Global Fellows Program theme will be “Sustainable Futures.” We welcome applicants from all disciplinary and inter-disciplinary fields– humanities, social science, natural science, engineering, technology, law, architecture – to examine varied notions and workable practices of sustainability.

Links:

Updates:


Princeton University (USA:NJ) - Postdoctoral Fellowship in Humanities and Social Sciences - Deadline: 4 August[]

The Princeton Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts, an interdisciplinary group of scholars in the humanities, social sciences, and selected natural sciences, invites applications for the 2021-24 fellowship competition. Three fellowships will be awarded: Two Open Fellowships in any discipline represented in the Society and one Fellowship in Humanistic Studies.

Link: https://sf.princeton.edu/application/application-process

Updates:

  • (11/20) Have any interviews gone out yet? I know they won't send rejections till Dec. so would be grateful for some piece of mind...
  • On the website it says "Finalists invited for interviews can expect to be contacted in mid- to late November", so might be another week yet...
  • (11/30) Any updates?
  • (12/2) The last two years interviews went out on Friday of this week, though their site does say late November (but they may have been delayed).
  • (12/4) Anyone receive an interview request today, or maybe even before?
  • (12/4) ^^^ also came to ask this. not sure whether to keep hoping or not!
  • 12/4 Got a rejection email on 11/23 informing me I was an alternate; interviews taking place mid to late December.
    • 12/5 Guess that means rejected here, then! Sigh... thank you for the update, really wish programs would just send all their news out at once...
    • 12/6 ^^ I totally agree. thanks to the poster above for the update
  • 12/10 - Rejection email x1
  • 12/10 - received rejection email at ~5pm.


Princeton University (USA:NJ) - Postdoctoral Research Associate, Hellenic Studies - Deadline: 15 Dec. 2020[]

The Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies at Princeton University invites applications for two postdoctoral fellowships: (1) The Hannah Seeger Davis Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Hellenic Studies and (2) The Mary Seeger O'Boyle Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Hellenic Studies. These fellowships are awarded annually on a competitive basis. Scholars in all disciplines of the humanities and social sciences are eligible to apply. There is one online application form for these fellowships.

Link: https://www.princeton.edu/acad-positions/position/18201

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Princeton University (USA:NJ) - Postdoctoral Research Associate, Latin American Studies - Deadline: 3 Dec. 2020[]

The Program in Latin American Studies (PLAS) is seeking candidates from any discipline who are engaged in scholarly research on topics related to Latin American Studies, including the Caribbean and Brazil, to fill one to two Postdoctoral Research Associate or more senior positions.

Link: https://www.princeton.edu/acad-positions/position/16701

Updates:

  • 3x applied
  • Heard that short list of candidates will be contacted on the first week of January (12/11)
  • 01/07–Any news?
  • Nothing here.
  • 01/14–Has anyone heard anything? >> heard that the search committee is a bit late and we should be hearing from them by the end of January.
  • 01/31–Any news?
  • Nothing on my end. x4
  • heard that committee will meet to make the short list next week (2/2)
  • 02/09 email notification of finalist, interview request
  • 02/11 received rejection email x2
  • 02/25 offer received


Princeton University (USA:NJ) - Princeton-Mellon Fellows in Architecture, Urbanism, and the Humanities - Deadline: 1 Jan. 2021[]

The Princeton-Mellon Initiative in Architecture, Urbanism, and the Humanities is an interdisciplinary program supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation that combines the efforts of a diverse group of faculty, programs, and schools to develop a dynamic understanding of urban issues past, present, and future. Its theme, Cities on the Edge, encompass several interrelated concepts, including the juncture of built/natural environmental studies, center/periphery, hemispheric comparatives, migration, New Jersey urbanism, social justice, the humanities as a force of change, and the margin as a place of radical possibility. We seek to hire Mellon Fellows with an abiding interest in multi-disciplinary work focused on the intersection of architecture, urbanism, and the humanities.

Link:

Updates: Reference letters requested from 'a limited number of applicants' (01/05)

  • That was fast (considering we had until the 4th to revise the applications)! Was this for the postdoc or the visiting position?
  • I was also surprised! This is for the postdoc, and the recommenders have until 02/01 to submit letters.
  • Out of curiosity, did you submit your application near the deadline or earlier? I can't believe they would have enough time to read through the applications, let alone organize and distribute them to the committee (1/8)
  • I submitted it on Dec 29th, so not too early. Not sure how they managed to do this either!
  • Hmmm, any development on this? Nothing here.
  • [3/5] Any updates?
  • (3/9) Besides letters requested back in January, no updates on my end.
  • 3/19 - interview request sent out via email
  • Interview request for the postdoc or the visiting position?
    • request on 3/19 was for the postdoc
  • 4/14 - Rejection email. 260 applicants.


Princeton Writing Program (USA:NJ) - Deadline: 15 Jan. 2021[]

The Princeton Writing Program invites applications for Lecturers to teach topic-based, multidisciplinary Writing Seminars to first-year students. The Writing Seminars are designed to help students learn how to frame compelling questions and problems, position an argument within an academic debate, substantiate and organize claims, and purposefully integrate a variety of source materials. Every first-year student completes a Writing Seminar to fulfill the University writing requirement. The transferable skills to which students are introduced in their Writing Seminars serve as a foundation for their ongoing development as critical researchers and writers across the university.

Link: https://writing.princeton.edu/about/teaching-opportunities/writing-seminars/postdocs-anywhere-world

Updates:

  • 02/03: an email stating that while I was not in the first round of interviews, my application remains under consideration (a good model for teaching postdoc notifications). (x2 - kind of feels like a rejection more than anything else, doubt they don't find enough through their first round <-- 02/04: maybe so, but if you look at other teaching postdocs like H&L at Harvard and the Harper & Schmidt, it seems like positions *can* become open on a rolling basis. I don't have my hopes up, but it would have been easy enough to reject us if there were no chance...).
  • 02/26: Rejection email.
  • 2/26: email that I won't be advancing to 2nd-round interviews now, though they say they want to keep my application active til April--not sure if they say that to everyone; seems unlikely that somethign will open up (2/26: I just got rejected after receiving that email at the beginning of Feb. So, who knows).


Queen's University (CAN) - Buchanan Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Canadian History - Deadline: 1 Apr. 2021[]

The Department of History at Queen’s University invites applications from suitably qualified candidates for the Buchanan Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Canadian History. Temporal and thematic area of specialization is open and includes approaches that place Canadian history in comparative or transnational perspective. The position provides opportunities to participate in an intellectually stimulating environment with a strong faculty and graduate-student complement to conduct research, write, and teach in Canadian history. The fellowship is for a two-year appointmentbeginning 1 July 2021. A postdoctoral supervisor will be named depending on the successful candidate’s field ofspecialization. The successful applicant will be expected to maintain an active scholarly profile and to teach a one-term course per year in Canadian history, broadly defined, in the Department of History. The value of the fellowship in 2021-2022 will be $35,601. The teaching stipend is determined by the collective agreement and is approximately $8,200 per one-term course for a total of approximately $43,800 per year. An additional $2,000 per year has been allocated for academic travel and research. The Nugent Bequest Committee has set aside $5,000 for the successful candidate toorganize a workshop or symposium in the Department in their field in either year of the fellowship. Applicants must have completed a PhD in History or a cognate discipline prior to beginning the fellowship. Previous teaching experience and evidence of scholarly research and publication related to the terms of the position will also beconsidered an asset.


Link: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=61055

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Queen's University Belfast (UK:NI) - Research Fellow - Deadline: 24 Aug. 2020[]

Queen’s University Belfast and the University of Kent are embarking upon a three-year project funded by the Leverhulme Trust to investigate the theory that London citizens created new programmes of religious education for both the City’s clergy and for literate lay communities that have hitherto gone largely unnoticed by scholarship. The project aims to radically complicate understanding of fifteenth-century literary culture in London and beyond, and the team now seeks to appoint two Research Fellows to join them, one based at each University..

Link: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CAW042/research-fellow

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Reed College (USA:OR) - One-Year Visiting Position in the Religions of China - Deadline: 15 Jan. 2021[]

Reed College seeks applications for a one-year visiting position in the religions of China for the 2021-22 academic year, to commence August 2021. Although the subfield within is open, expertise in non-Abrahamic Chinese religions is desired, as is facility with the religious cultures of the Han and Song dynasties.

Link: http://apply.interfolio.com/81663.

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Rollins College - istinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship Latin American Studies Rollins - Deadline January 9th[]

The Latin American and Caribbean Studies program at Rollins College seeks a scholar of Latin American and the Caribbean for a two-year postdoctoral fellowship. Eligible scholars are those who have earned a doctorate within the last three (3) years in any academic discipline and with a geographical focus on Latin America and/or the Caribbean.

Link: https://jobs.rollins.edu/en-us/job/493061/alfred-j-hanna-distinguished-postdoctoral-fellowship

Updates:

Applied: 2x

Interview Request (1/17)

Rutgers University, New Brunswick (USA:NJ) - Postdoctoral Associate for the Scarlet and Black Project - Deadline: 15 Mar. 2021[]

The Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice at Rutgers University (New Brunswick Center) and the School of Arts and Sciences, invite applications for the 2021-2023 Scarlet and Black Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. Scholars engaged in the examination of the global dimensions of anti-Black racism and its impact upon the Americas (1580-to the present) are invited to apply. We are interested in research projects that examine the origins, evolution, impact and legacy of race, difference, and the modern quest for civil and human rights. The successful applicant must have the doctorate in History at the time of application and be no more than five years beyond receipt of the Ph.D. This two-year fellowship carries an annual salary of $60,000, health benefits, and a $5,000 research allowance. In addition to teaching one course per year within the Department of History at New Brunswick, fellows will participate in weekly seminars and contribute to ongoing projects connected to the Scarlet and Black Project. (https://scarletandblack.rutgers.edu) Fellows will be expected to participate in the intellectual life of the ISGRJ, and to acknowledge the support of the ISGRJ in publications and lectures that stem from work conducted during the fellowship term. All fellows will be expected to offer one public presentation during their tenure at Rutgers. Applications should include the following materials: letter of interest, C.V., research proposal, writing sample (no longer than fifteen pages), and at least three confidential letters of reference.

link: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=61021

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School of Advanced Studies (Siberia, Russia) -- PostDocs in Multiple Fields - Deadline: 1 Nov. 2020[]

The School of Advanced Studies of the University of Tyumen invited applications for postdoctoral positions for the 2020-21 academic year. Candidates from the fields of Economics, IT, Film & Media Studies, Sociology, HIgher Education, Academic Writing, Mathematics, Psychology and Global Affairs will be given priority of consideration. Scholars from other fields are also welcome to apply.

Link: https://sas.utmn.ru/en/academic-vacancies-en/

Updates:


Siena College (USA:NY) - Postdoctoral Teaching and Research Fellowship in Revolutionary Era Studies - Deadline: 1 Mar. 2021[]

Siena College’s McCormick Center for the Study of the American Revolution will award a one-year Postdoctoral Teaching and Research Fellowship for the academic year 2021-2022. The fellowship supports an early-career scholar whose research and teaching advance the McCormick Center’s mission to foster greater appreciation, interest, and awareness of the events and ideals behind the struggle for American independence.

Link: http://siena.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdetails.jsp?JOBID=126819

Updates:

SRCD Federal Policy Fellowship Program Deadline 4 January 2021[]

There are two types of federal fellowships: SRCD Congressional Policy Fellowship and SRCD Executive Branch Policy Fellowship. Both fellowships provide opportunities for researchers to come to Washington, D.C. to learn about policy development, implementation and evaluation and to use developmental science outside of the academic setting to inform public policy.

Link: https://www.srcd.org/professional-advancement/srcd-us-policy-fellowship-programs/federal

Updates: 2/17 Rejection email


SRCD State Policy Post-doctoral Fellowship Deadline 4 January 2021[]

The SRCD State Policy Post-doctoral Fellowship places early career developmental scientists in state executive branch offices that focus on early childhood.

Link: https://www.srcd.org/professional-advancement/srcd-us-policy-fellowship-programs/state

Updates:

  • 2/2 Invited to submit full application
  • 4/19 Rejection email

Southern Methodist University (USA:Tx) - Clements Center for Southwest Studies Fellowships (3x)- Deadline: 4 January 2021[]

For nearly a quarter-century, the William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies at Southern Methodist University has promoted research, publishing, teaching, and public programming in a variety of fields of inquiry related to Texas, the American Southwest, and the U.S.-Mexico borderlands. Central to our mission is the annual sponsorship of four postdoctoral fellows, and we are thus pleased to announce the competition for our 2021-22 cohort.

Link: www.smu.edu/swcenter/fellowships

Updates:


Stanford University (USA: CA) - Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Clayman Institute for Gender Research - Deadline: 7 Jan 2021[]

The Clayman Institute offers a two-year postdoctoral fellowship. Recent Ph.D.'s in the humanities or social sciences whose research focuses on gender with an intersectional perspective are eligible.

Link: https://gender.stanford.edu/fellowships/postdoctoral-research-fellowships

Updates:

Any updates (is it too early)? (2/11)

Semi-finalist notification (2/11) (x6)

  • Do we know how many semi-finalists were named?
    —no but I would also love to know! Anyone know anything from previous years?
  • 3/29: Has anyone heard any updates on this? Or know what the process looks like? I was told I'm a semifinalist but haven't heard anything since — I'm assuming there's a finalist stage, possibly interviews? Just wondering how much hope to have...
  • 3/31: I think they said in an email that they would announce the result in early April. I have no hope and bracing for rejection hahaha
  • 3/31: Right there with you— bracing myself for a rejection. I imagine we'll hear by the end of the week.
  • 4/7: Rejection via generic email from Interfolio.

Stanford University - Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society[]

The Digital Civil Society Lab and the Program on Democracy and the Internet at Stanford PACS bring promising new scholars to Stanford University for 1 year appointments (renewable once, for total of two years) as postdoctoral fellows.

The following information applies to applications for the 2021-22 cohort of postdoctoral fellows. Applications for the PDI fellowship are due on February 1, 2021. Applications for the DCSL fellowship are due on February 15, 2021.

The annual fellowship stipend is $67,000, plus the standard benefits that postdoctoral fellows at Stanford University receive, including health insurance and travel funds. The fellowship program falls under U.S. Immigration J-1 Exchange Visitor Visa activities.

The start date of the fellowship will be September 2021, unless otherwise agreed. To assume a postdoctoral fellowship, scholars must have a PhD in hand by July 1, 2021. We cannot consider applications from scholars who earned a PhD earlier than September 1, 2018.

We encourage applications from candidates representing a broad range of disciplines including the social sciences, humanities, law, computer science and engineering.


ABOUT THE DIGITAL CIVIL SOCIETY LAB

The Stanford Digital Civil Society Lab seeks to understand, inform, protect and promote civil society in a digitally dependent world. Our goal is to foster a thriving and independent digital civil society rooted in a democratic commitment to freedom of association and assembly, freedom of speech and privacy. Our approach is interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral:

  • We conduct and catalyze research across disciplines,
  • We develop learning opportunities for civil society and philanthropic organizations,
  • We support an emerging generation of community advocates, technologists and policymakers through teaching and fellowships,
  • We promote efforts to better integrate civil society and digital policy advocacy.

The Digital Civil Society Lab is investigating key research themes that include:

· The key dimensions of digital infrastructure and data and how they influence the role of civil society in democracies; 

· The challenges and opportunities for assembly and association in a world of pervasive data-collecting, digital infrastructure;

· The possibilities for decolonizing technology and developing alternative political economies around digital connectivity

· The nature of digital data donations and/or the governance mechanisms, enterprise forms, or legal constructs that such donations require; 

· Understanding interactions between global digital networks, digital activism, and traditional and emergent forms of association in civil society.

DCSL is an initiative of the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (Stanford PACS) and is led by Lucy Bernholz, senior research scholar at Stanford PACS, and Rob Reich, professor of Political Science and faculty co-director of Stanford PACS. 


ABOUT THE PROGRAM ON DEMOCRACY AND THE INTERNET

The Program on Democracy and the Internet (PDI) envisions digital technologies supporting rather than subverting democracy by maximizing the benefits and minimizing the threats through changes in policy, technology, and social and ethical technological norms.

Digital technologies are having a profound impact on democracy in the United States and around the world. New communication platforms that give voice to the previously unheard also empower nefarious actors who seek to undermine democracy, silence journalists and minority groups, manipulate search engines, sow distrust, and more. Concerns about virality, deception, anonymity, echo chambers, and platform information monopolies pose new challenges for democracy in the digital age. Current research to understand these challenges and, on the basis of theory and evidence, craft solutions, remains nascent, fragmented, and incomplete. A strong knowledge base is critical for policy makers, corporate leaders, and technologists to make decisions that protect and promote democracy in the digital age.

The Program on Democracy and the Internet is investigating key research themes which include:

· Reform options for platforms to combat hate speech, bots, and disinformation.

· Algorithmic bias

· Deteriorating health of digital information ecosystems and its effect on democracy and civil rights

· Changes in the media landscape due to shifts caused by digital innovation.

· Impact of the internet on election campaigns and voting.

· The Program on Democracy and the Internet’s work draws from the social sciences, humanities, engineering, computer science, and the law to understand the challenges digital technologies pose to liberal democracies around the world.

The program is led by Principal Investigators Nathaniel Persily, James B. McClatchy Professor of Law at Stanford Law School and Co-Director of the Cyber Policy Center, Francis Fukuyama, Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute, and PACS Faculty Co-Director and Professor of Political Science, Rob Reich.


TIMELINE

December 1, 2020: Application period opens

February 1, 2021: PDI fellowship applications DUE

February 15, 2021: DCSL fellowship applications DUE

February, 2021: Interviews with shortlisted candidates

March, 2021: Offers extended to finalist(s)


HOW TO APPLY

Submit an application via https://stanfordpacs.slideroom.com/


Applicants will be asked to include the following:


· Cover letter detailing the reasons for the applicant’s interest in the fellowship;

· Curriculum Vitae;

· Fellowship proposal detailing the research that the applicant would undertake while at Stanford, and how it fits within the research agenda of the specific initiative to which the applicant is applying. In this section, please disclose if you have additional funding arrangements.

· Writing sample consisting of either a dissertation chapter or a recent published paper. There are no specific page length or formatting requirements for this sample;

· Graduate transcript with proof that the applicant has completed all the requirements for the PhD, or a letter from their PhD advisor stating when they will do so;

Two (or more) Letters of Recommendation. These should be submitted via the application portal.

Stanford University (USA: CA) - Mellon Postdoc in the Humanities (French & Italian, Religion, Comp Lit) - Deadline: 1 Nov. 2020[]

The Mellon Fellowship of Scholars in the Humanities program is a unique opportunity for the best recent PhD recipients in the humanities to develop as scholars and teachers. For fellowships beginning Fall 2021, applications will be accepted from the following fields of study: Comparative Literature, French and Italian, and Religious Studies.

Link: https://shc.stanford.edu/fellowships/mellon

Updates:

  • 11/29 - any response yet?
  • I'd be surprised to hear anything before February
  • nothing yet (1/12)
  • 1/25 - spoke with the admin, they had ~600 applicants, folks will be notified in March << Thanks for finding out! Is that when final decisions will be made, or when shortlisting will begin? Based on previous years they seem to reach out by February after first-round cuts.
  • What does the second round mean? An interview/additional documents?
    • It seems from previous years that second round just means your file is advanced to the final round for final review and selection. So no interviews/more materials.
    • Thanks!
  • Selected as a finalist (Field: Comparative Literature). 568 applications, 11 finalists << Congrats! Was it by email or phone call? <--Email (Field: Religious Studies) --> E-mail as well. It said 11 finalists have been selected already and only 4 will be offered fellowships + a short waiting list from the finalist pool.
  • 2/3 - anyone else heard yet? Figuring on assuming rejection if we haven't been contacted as a finalist by now << I agree, it seems that both CompLit and Religious Studies have been selected.
  • 2/3 Selected as finalist (Field: French & Italian). Email. Best of luck to everyone!
  • Congrats to the finalists! It's faire to assume that we're going to receive a rejection letter soon if we didn't hear from Stanford yet.
  • 2/23 - Any of the finalists hear back yet?
  • 2/23 - Nothing yet. x2, trying to keep calm
  • 2/25 - Just received an email with an offer --> x2 (French and Italian)
  • 3/5 email rejection

Stanford University Shorenstein APARC Postdoctoral Fellowship on Contemporary Asia- Deadline January 4, 2021[]

Each year the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC) offers two postdoctoral fellowship positions to junior scholars for research and writing on contemporary Asia. The primary research areas focus on political, economic, or social change in the Asia-Pacific region (including Northeast, Southeast, and South Asia), or on international relations and international political economy in the region.

Applied x1

Stanford University Shorenstein Korea Program Postdoctoral Fellowship - Deadline January 20, 2021[]

This fellowship is in conjunction with a separate application for the Korea Foundation Fellowship for Postdoctoral Research (deadline January 31, 2021)

Stanford University - Stanford Introductory Studies Fellowship to Diversify Teaching and Learning- Deadline February 16, 2021[]

Stanford Introductory Studies (SIS) at Stanford University is now accepting applications for teaching fellowship positions in the new first-year requirement, the Civic, Liberal, and Global Education requirement program (the COLLEGE requirement), a program that honors the educational tradition established at Stanford in 1923. Courses are frequently interdisciplinary and represent a range of fields within the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. We are especially interested in candidates whose backgrounds and life experiences bring additional perspectives and dimensions to the University's teaching mission.

Applicants should provide evidence of experience with and a commitment to teaching and mentoring a broadly diverse undergraduate student body. Other desired qualifications are intellectual flexibility; familiarity with team teaching, and demonstrated experience with developing students' skills in critical thinking, writing, discussion, and analysis. In the application process, all candidates must identify at least two COLLEGE courses that fit their teaching experience and training. We seek candidates from all fields in the Humanities, Social Sciences, and STEM. Eligible candidates will have earned a doctorate in a relevant field, conferred no earlier than 2015 and no later than June 2021. We intend to hire between 2 and 3 fellows.

Fellows will be placed on teaching teams with Stanford faculty and other fellows in three different courses, one each in autumn, winter and spring quarters. There are two types of course formats in the COLLEGE requirement: stand-alone seminars and lecture courses with sections. Depending on their placement, a fellow will either teach two seminars in the same subject (averaging 15 students each) or they will lead two discussion sections attached to a faculty-led lecture. Teaching in the COLLEGE fellowship is highly collaborative, with weekly teaching team meetings to plan sections and design assignments, and regular all-fellows pedagogy workshops. The fellowship also encourages a research community among fellows and offers programs and individual support for professional development. The appointment begins August 1, 2021 for a two-year term that is renewable for one additional year depending on programmatic need and job performance. Annual starting salary will be approximately $71,000 with a supplemental stipend of $2,000 for research and scholarship.

Applications will close February 16, 2021, and must be submitted through Interfolio. Offers of employment are made contingent upon the successful completion of a background check and ability to demonstrate eligibility to work in the US.

UPDATES:

  • Applied (x1)

Stanford University Thinking Matters/COLLEGE Fellowship - Deadline February 2, 2021[]

The Office of the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education (VPUE) at Stanford University is now accepting applications for teaching fellowship positions in the new Civic, Liberal, and Global Education requirement program (COLLEGE), a program that honors the freshman educational tradition first established at Stanford in 1923. First-year requirement courses foster intellectual curiosity and the development of critical inquiry skills and support first-year students in achieving a successful transition to college-level learning. Courses are frequently interdisciplinary and a range of fields are represented within the Humanities, Social Sciences, and STEM. We encourage applications from candidates whose backgrounds and life experiences bring additional perspectives and dimensions to the University’s teaching mission. (The COLLEGE Fellowship replaces the earlier Thinking Matters Fellowship as we are in transition.)

The COLLEGE fellowship is only open to internal Stanford candidates. You must either hold a PhD from Stanford or currently be a postdoc at Stanford to qualify. We invite applications from Stanford candidates who are interested in teaching in the framework of a liberal education requirement for first-year students. In the application process, all candidates must identify at least two COLLEGE courses that fit their teaching experience and training, and should also indicate their intellectual flexibility. We seek candidates from all fields in the Humanities, Social Sciences, and STEM. Eligible candidates will have earned a doctorate in a relevant field, conferred no earlier than 2015 and no later than June 2021. We intend to hire between 6 and 8 fellows.

  • Any updates on this?
  • 3/18: Rejection x2

Temple University (USA:PA) - Postdoctoral Fellow - Deadline: 15 Mar. 2021[]

The Department of History at Temple University invites applications for a one-year Postdoctoral Diversity Fellowship. This year we seek to hire a scholar of race and crime, policing, and incarceration in the United States, broadly defined, since 1787. Applicants must hold or be completing a doctorate in History, or a related discipline, including but not limited to, African American Studies, American Studies, Ethnic Studies, and Urban Studies. The Postdoctoral Diversity Fellowship Program supports the development of early career scholars from diverse backgrounds with particular attention to historically under-represented groups among the professorial faculties of colleges and universities in the United States as well as to increase the diversity of the community of scholars devoted to academic research at Temple University. Candidates must have completed all requirements for the Ph.D. by September 1, 2021. Please submit a CV and a cover letter outlining your qualifications for the position, research interests, and ideas for a graduate seminar to be taught in the spring 2022 to http://apply.interfolio.com/84132 The review of applications will begin March 15. Writing samples and letters of recommendation will be requested after that date. The current postdoctoral fellowship is non-renewable. The award includes a salary of $50,000, full Temple University employee benefits, a research/travel fund of $3,000, and a $2,000 moving allowance. The postdoctoral fellow will teach one course during the year of appointment and will have the opportunity to meet regularly with other postdocs and faculty in the department and college through participation in seminars, colloquia, and teaching workshops.

Link: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=61059

Updates:

Terra Foundation for American Art Postdoctoral Teaching Fellowship, Berlin[]

Link: https://www.kunstgeschichte.hu-berlin.de/institut/terra-foundation-for-american-art-postdoctoral-teaching-fellowship/

Deadline: 15 November 2020

Updates: [any news? 1/7] --1/28 nothing

Rejection: 3/11 email

The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)-Department of Fine Arts & Art Museum-Postdoctoral Fellow - Deadline: Until filled[]

The Art Museum (AM), along with the Department of Fine Arts (FAA), is recruiting a Postdoctoral Fellow with an expertise in Chinese Buddhist art to examine the rubbings taken from various Buddhist sites and monuments located in China.

Link: https://cuhk.taleo.net/careersection/cu_career_non_teach/jobdetail.ftl?job=200001DE&fbclid=IwAR3wvoQeCW1urMvuq9tlGEZlq_R3jENNy7PrlCo6nS9sbUZ5wy-OWvTX3PQ

Updates:

The University of Hong Kong: Society of Fellows in the Humanities, Faculty of Arts - Deadline: 1 Feb 2021[]

The Society of Fellows in the Humanities is a prestigious initiative that aims to attract exceptional, early-career postdoctoral scholars from around the world to Asia's global university. Located in one of the world's most dynamic cities and on Mainland China's doorstep, the University of Hong Kong offers unique opportunities to engage in cutting-edge research through its commitment to innovation and interdisciplinarity.

Link: https://jobs.hku.hk

Updates:

  • Applied (x1)
    • Has anyone heard anything?
    • No (x1)
    • No +1: is it safe to assume selected ppl already received offer by march?
      • Hard to say -- I went back through older humanities postdoc wikis and it seems they've usually only alerted successful candidates on a Monday. However, many wiki years found no applicants reporting success back to the group. Another case of Schrödinger's rejection.
      • I wrote to them on April 1. Got a rejection. I was not shortlisted, but it seems that they have not decided.
  • rejection email 6/16


Trinity College Dublin (IRL) - HUMAN+ Postdoctoral Fellowships - Deadline: 30 Jan. 2021[]

The HUMAN+ fellowship programme will appoint up to 18 fellows for two-year periods between 2021 and 2025. The programme is seeking world leading researchers who understand technology as well as humanistic principles to address human centric approaches to technology development.

Link: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=60604

Updates:

Trinity College Dublin (IRL) - Postdoctoral Researcher in Early Modern Food History - Deadline: 14 Oct. 2020[]

Applications are invited for a 30-month research position as part of the European Research Council FoodCult project. The project uses interdisciplinary methods to explore food, culture and identity in Ireland, c. 1550-1650.

Link: www.foodcult.eu

Updates:

Trinity College Dublin (IRL) - Research Fellow (Postdoctoral Researcher) in Modern Chinese Studies - Deadline: 29 Oct. 2020[]

The Irish Research Council Laureate Award-funded project CHINACHILD: Slave-Girls and the Discovery of Female Childhood in Twentieth-Century China is seeking to appoint a Research Fellow (Postdoctoral Researcher) in Modern Chinese Studies. The successful applicant will undertake research and analysis on literary, visual media and/or other cultural representations of children and childhood in twentieth-century China, focusing particularly on the Republican era (1912-1949), with scope to expand the period to the late Qing and/or the early PRC according to their interests.

Link: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CBW844/research-fellow-postdoctoral-researcher-in-modern-chinese-studies

Updates:

Tufts University (USA:MA), Center for the Humanities Postdoctoral Fellowships: Deadline April 1, 2021[]

tThere are five postdoctoral fellowship openings at the Center for the Humanities for 2021-2022. There are three separate calls for applications. You may apply to more than one fellowship position.

Review of applications begins on April 1, 2021, and continues until all positions are filled.

Center for the Humanities Postdoctoral Fellowships (General), 2021-2022

The Center for the Humanities invites applications for two general one-year humanities postdoctoral fellowships, beginning August 15, 2021. We seek junior scholars whose research broadly engages new comparative and/or relational methodologies for thinking of the humanities in a global framework. We are interested in work that crosses national and disciplinary boundaries to reconceive the objects, methods, material culture and archives for research. The area of specialization is open and may involve one, or ideally more, of the following disciplines: history, comparative literature, religion, art history and architecture, anthropology, material and visual culture, critical theory, or other humanities fields.

Link: https://apply. .com/85295

  • Applied: x4
  • Any updates? <----none here, but my guess is that these late season postdocs will be moving quickly.
  • 4/23 - Applications are under review, and they plan on reaching out to finalists to schedule interviews next week
  • Thanks for that update.
  • Anyone been invited for an interview?
  • Should one assume selected candidates were already notified for interviews and move on? Anyone have any insider info? (5/3 - No news here; I second these questions)
  • ffs someone say something (5/4)
  • lol. It's possible they just haven't notified, and the user above was wrong. One month since the deadline isn't THAT long.
    • Hi, I'm the person who wrote that comment on 4/23. I don't have any insider info; I just emailed them two weeks ago and received a response from the program administrator on 4/23 that said: "Applications are currently under review. We are hoping to reach out to finalists next week in order to schedule interviews." She replied less than an hour after I sent my email, so someone else feel free to reach out to them...
  • Hello, friends. I emailed the Center for the Humanities earlier today (5/4) to ask whether finalists had been notified. I will report back if I hear anything.
  • Hi all -- emailed to ask and got reply saying: ""The committee is currently reaching out to finalists to schedule interviews. That is all the information I can provide"
  • 5/12 Any news on any of these?

- 5/16 - I was interviewed for this position at the beginning of the month, but have not heard back from them.

Tufts Postdoctoral Fellowships with the theme: Translating Race, 2021-2022

The Center for the Humanities at Tufts University invites applications for two one-year postdoctoral fellowships, beginning August 15, 2021. The fellows will take a leading role in the launch of a new “Translating Race” lab at the Center for the Humanities, a project funded by the Office of the Vice Provost for Research at Tufts under its Research and Scholarship Strategic Plan. We seek two junior scholars whose research offers innovative, transdisciplinary approaches to concepts of race across established fields and disciplines. We also welcome Humanities scholars whose research and methods explore critical intersections with Social Science or STEM fields. This project considers the place of race in longer histories of connection, exchange, and interdependency in ways that unsettle discretely bounded territories and recast received historical periods, by reconsidering formerly studied “areas” such as: the global study of European empires, transoceanic studies, hemispheric American studies, global Black diaspora studies, Indigenous mobilities, archipelagic Asian studies, and transregional Arabic studies, among others.

- Has anyone heard anything on this one?

Link: https://apply.interfolio.com/85296

Cultural History of the Modern Middle East Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2021-2022

The Center for the Humanities invites applications for one one-year “Cultural History of the Modern Middle East” humanities postdoctoral fellowship beginning August 15, 2021. We seek junior scholars whose research broadly engages new comparative and/or relational methodologies for thinking of the cultural history of the modern Middle East and North Africa.

  • 4/23 Request for interview

Link: https://apply.interfolio.com/85294

Tulane University Mellon Sawyer Seminar Postdoc "Sites of Memory" - Deadline January 4, 2021[]

Tulane University invites applications for a one-year postdoctoral fellow for 2021-2022 one-year postdoctoral fellow for 2021-2022 in conjunction with “Sites of Memory: New Orleans and Place-based Histories in the Americas,” an interdisciplinary John E. Sawyer Seminar funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The fellow will be affiliated with the Newcomb Art Department, and may choose to affiliate with relevant Tulane programs or centers, e.g., Africana Studies, Environmental Studies, Gender and Sexuality Studies, the Stone Center for Latin American Studies.

Link: https://apply.interfolio.com/80935

Updates:

  • 1/12 - Request for further materials
  • 2/21 - Any updates since the request for more materials?
  • 2/21 - I got advanced to round 2 on 1/12, haven't heard anything new since turning everything in.
  • 2/23 - received request to interview with dates/times to choose from
  • 4/23 - accepted offer

UC Santa Cruz (USA:CA) Primate Ecology and Molecular Anthropology (PEMA) Lab Postdoctoral Researcher - Deadline 1 March 2021[]

The Primate Ecology and Molecular Anthropology (PEMA) Lab (https://www.pema-lab.com/) in the Anthropology Department (https://anthro.ucsc.edu/index.html) of the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) invites applications for a postdoctoral researcher position dedicated to the development of a strontium isotope (87Sr/86Sr) map of equatorial Africa under the direction of Dr. Vicky M. Oelze. The PEMA lab is specialized in the behavioral and stable isotope ecology of living primates, particularly African great apes, and well as the use of a variety of stable isotope systems (87Sr/86Sr, δ34S, δ18O, δ15N, δ13C, δ66Zn, δ56Fe, δ65Cu) in archaeological science.

The postdoctoral researcher will analyze ~500 environmental samples (snail shell, plants, soil) from more than 40 field sites and nationwide surveys in equatorial Africa to develop the first 87Sr/86Sr isoscape map for this region, which will provide a foundation for future investigations of historic human displacement from and within Africa during the transatlantic slave trade. This new isoscape ranging from West to East Africa, with a strong representation of geological units in the West and Central African coast, will also be relevant for wildlife forensics as isotopes are increasingly used in identifying hotspots of poaching and wildlife trafficking. This project has the potential to have significant impact on the archaeology of Africa and the transatlantic slave trade, as well as for wildlife conservation.

Besides experience with 87Sr/86Sr analysis involving the operation of a TIMS or ICPMS, the ideal candidate should be fluent in the programing language R, have substantial experience with mapping large datasets (GIS) and a record of scientific publications. Applicants with experience in developing large-scale isoscapes are particularly qualified for this position. Candidates with a strong research emphasis on mobility in past African societies and/or forced migration during the transatlantic slave trade are strongly encouraged to apply, even if they may not have a substantial track record in isotope analysis, but feel confident in data analysis and mapping. The successful candidate is expected to actively engage with international colleagues working on the archeology of slavery and to engage in public outreach on behalf of the project.

Link: https://recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF00983

Università Ca' Foscari Venezia (ITL) - Assistant Professor in the area of Modern History - Deadline: 11 Mar. 2021[]

Ca’ Foscari is looking for a researcher in the area of History of Modern History capable of inspiring students to become game-changers in their own fields and to make a genuine difference in the world. The selected candidate will possess expertise of a general nature in Modern History. They will carry out research in the context of the ERC Advanced Grant "Water Cultures - The Water Cultures of Italy, 1500-1900". Given this, an important evaluation criterion will be experience developed in research projects relative to forms of human-water interaction in early modern Italy, in particular as concerns themes such as rural history, urban history, material realities, beliefs and practices, social differentiations (gender, hierarchies), the professions and trades, political power and conflicts, the circulation of knowledge.

Link: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CEE705/assistant-professor-in-the-area-of-modern-history

Updates:

Università Ca' Foscari Venezia (ITL) Assistant Professor in the area of History of Religions - Deadline: 11 Mar. 2021[]

Ca’ Foscari is looking for a researcher in the area of History of religions, capable of inspiring students to become game-changers in their own fields and to make a genuine difference in the world. The teaching activity will consist in teaching a course in “History of Judaism”. Research activities: The research activities include focused studies and publication of at least one peer-reviewed article on Jewish Babylonian Aramaic incantation bowls in comparison with other Mesopotamian artifacts as well as with the Greek and Coptic magical materials from Egypt. The researcher will situate this comparative work within the broader study of early Jewish-Christian relations. They must have not only knowledge of at least some of the languages that are relevant to the study of early Jewish and Christian magic (e.g., Greek, Latin, Jewish Aramaic, Syriac, and Coptic), but also at least a basic knowledge of the study of ancient magic.

Link: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CEE669/assistant-professor-in-the-area-of-history-of-religions

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Università Ca' Foscari Venezia (ITL) - Assistant Professor in the area of History of Science and Technology - Deadline: 11 Mar. 2021[]

Ca’ Foscari is looking for a researcher in the area of History of Science and Technology, capable of inspiring students to become game-changers in their own fields and to make a genuine difference in the world. The assistant professor will carry out research aimed at analysing history of early-modern geology, its connection with cosmology and cosmography, and the function of natural knowledge for the transformation of the world, especially in relation to geo-environmental management and hydroengineering. The selected candidate will conduct the research in Venice. They will collaborate with fellow team members of the projects ERC EarlyModernCosmology (GA 725883) and FARE EarlyGeoPraxis (ID R184WNSTWH) toward the projects goals, and develop an original, independent and integrated research project within the ERC and FARE projects. They will be teaching ‘History of science’ in the BA, MA and doctoral degrees.

Link: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CEE649/assistant-professor-in-the-area-of-history-of-science-and-technology

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Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ESP) - Postdoctoral Researcher in the Aftermath of the Imjin War (Japan) - Deadline: 30 Sept. 2020[]

The position: Applications are invited for a three-year postdoctoral position as part of the European Research Council funded project (H2020-ERC CoG 758347), Aftermath of the East Asian War of 1592-1598, led by ICREA Professor Rebekah Clements and hosted by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. The successful candidate must be willing to work on the aftermath of the Imjin War as it relates to Japan, from the perspective of one or more of the Aftermath project’s three themes: environment, technology, or society.

Link: https://aftermath.uab.cat/vacancy-postdoctoral-researcher-in-the-aftermath-of-the-imjin-war-japan/PENDING

Updates:

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ESP) - Postdoctoral Researcher in the Aftermath of the Imjin War (Korea) - Deadline: 11 Feb. 2021[]

Applications are invited for a three year postdoctoral position in Korean history as part of the European Research Council funded project, Aftermath of the East Asian War of 1592-1598 (H2020-ERC StG 758347) at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. The successful candidate must be willing to work on the aftermath of the Imjin War as it relates to Korea, from the perspective of one or more of the Aftermath project’s three themes: environment, technology, or society. Applicants are advised to familiarize themselves with the description of the Aftermath project provided on the website (https://aftermath.uab.cat/) and to consider how their proposed research would contribute to the aims of project. The successful candidate will have access to a stimulating research environment as part of an established team of researchers, as well as generous funding for fieldwork, the purchase of books, and conference travel. The working language of the project is English and candidates are not required to speak Spanish or Catalan. However, the successful candidate will be encouraged to acquire a basic competence in one of these languages during their tenure so as to be able to participate in locally organized events. link For further details of the position, and to apply, please click here: https://aftermath.uab.cat/vacancy-postdoctoral-researcher-in-the-aftermath-of-the-imjin-war-korea/ updates

Universitat Bonn (DEU) - Postdoctoral Research Associate - Deadline: 30 Jun. 2021[]

From 1 October 2021 onwards, the Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies seeks to employ for up to 6 (3+3 years), max. until 30 September 2027 one Postdoctoral Research Associate (100%) The successful candidate will be employed at the Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies (BCDSS): and will be working in the research team of Prof. Dr. Julia Hillner. The BCDSS is a German Research Council funded "Cluster of Excellence". We are looking for applicants whose research focuses on forms of durable, asymmetrical individual, social and spatial dependency in societies in the period between c. 200 and c. 700 CE. By this we mean dependencies which are primarily connected to labour (slavery, serfdom, debt bondage, etc.) or linked to wider social dynamics (e.g. law, religion, family etc). Preference will be given to applicants interested in gender and intersectionality (BCDSS Research Area E) and/or norms, institutions, and practices (BCDSS Research Area C), but applications that align with other BCDSS research areas are also welcome.


Link: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CGU666/postdoctoral-research-associate-100

Update:

University of Basel (CH) - NOMIS Postdoctoral Fellowships, 2021-2022 - Deadline: 19 Oct. 2020[]

The Center for the Theory and History of the Image at the University of Basel. The NOMIS Fellowship Program supports groundbreaking research projects related to how images act as models or paradigms in scientific and aesthetic contexts. We are interested in the fundamental ways images serve as instruments for making complex structures visible and accessible to interpretation.

Link: https://eikones.philhist.unibas.ch/en/news/open-positions/

Updates:

University of Birmingham (UK:Eng) - Cadbury Postdoctoral Fellow in African Studies - Deadline: 9 Jul. 2021[]

The Department of African Studies and Anthropology (DASA) at the University of Birmingham seeks a postdoctoral fellow in African Studies to contribute to our research and teaching for 18 months. This post is funded by an endowment that enables members of the staff at sub-Saharan African Universities to spend a period of time at the University of Birmingham. The post is therefore limited to applicants currently based on the African continent and affiliated with an African Higher Education Institution

Link: https://bham.taleo.net/careersection/external/jobdetail.ftl?job=210000XE&tz=GMT%2B01%3A00&tzname=Europe%2FLondon

Updates:

University of Birmingham (UK:Eng) - Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2 posts) - Deadline: 3 Nov. 2020[]

Two 36 month postdoctoral research fellowship to work with Professor Karen Harvey on the project, ‘Material Identities, Social Bodies: Embodiment in British Letters c.1680-1820’, funded by the Leverhulme Trust.

Link: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CBU561/postdoctoral-research-fellow

Updates:

University of Birmingham (UK:Eng) - Research Fellow (x2) School of Social Policy, College of Social Sciences - Deadline: 24 Mar. 2021[]

We are recruiting two postdoctoral researchers to play significant roles within the Wellcome Trust Collaborative Award ‘Border Crossings: Charity and voluntarism in Britain’s mixed economy of healthcare since 1948’. This award involves collaboration between four universities and the postholders will work under the direction of Professor John Mohan (Third Sector Research Centre, University of Birmingham) on studies of the place of charity, and voluntary and charitable organisations, in the NHS since 1948.

Link: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CEL386/research-fellow-x2

Updates:

University of Bristol (UK:Eng) - Research Associate in Black Health and the Humanities - Deadline: 25 Aug. 2020[]

The Centre for Black Humanities is seeking a full-time Research Associate to work on a two-year Wellcome Trust funded project ‘Black Health and the Humanities' led by Dr Josie Gill.

Link: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CBC603/research-associate-in-black-health-and-the-humanities

Updates:

University of California, President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program -- Deadline: Nov 1st[]

The University of California President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program was established in 1984 to encourage outstanding women and minority Ph.D. recipients to pursue academic careers at the University of California. The current program offers postdoctoral research fellowships, professional development and faculty mentoring to outstanding scholars in all fields whose research, teaching, and service will contribute to diversity and equal opportunity at UC.

Updates:

  • Website says "Finalists will be notified and awards announced no sooner than March 31st each year"
  • Yes, although based on the previous years, the finalist ended up knowing in the first two weeks of February and the alternate/Chancellor much later.
    • Applied x6
    • There is also a separate post specifically for the University of Michigan President's Postdoc.
    • 2/6 - I saw a post on twitter suggesting only 30 finalist and announcement will be out soon. Good luck everyone.
    • 2/6 Tweet by Tanya Golash-Boza said 1,183 applicants and "about thirty" awards will be announced!
    • 2/8 Thanks! Any finalist received a phone call/email?
    • 2/8 heard a friend received a phone call as a finalist.
    • 2/9 Lucky friend! I'd be curious to know if they also email...I'm abroad and my phone doesn't work..although I'm probably keeping a sliver of hope for nothing!
    • 2/9 someone posted on Twitter that they got the call today
    • 2/10 it looks like the lucky friend on twitter got into UCSB. anyone heard from other campuses? any UCLA news?
    • 2/10 friend was offered a position at UCLA via email. Any updates on Berkeley? << I applied at Berkeley as well. I emailed them, I didn't get it and she said the official results will be in March. << 2/11 So hang on, they're telling all these people they got it, and those people are announcing it on Twitter, etc, but those 1,000+ of us who didn't get it have to wait until March to get a rejection, assuming we are not alternates? Or are you saying you can email the postdoc and ask about your application status? Hella confusing.
    • 2/12 to clarify for the above poster, based on previous years, finalists are notified first. Rejections are sent out about a week later. If you’re still in the running as an alternate or for a chancellor’s, you won’t hear anything until late March. But yes, if you email them, the office will usually give you an update about the status of your application.
    • 2/16 Missed a phone call from a 510 area code # I didn't recognize last Monday (2/8), followed by an e-mail from the Assistant Director of the UC PPFP requesting that I call her back asap. Called the following morning and was notified I had been offered a postdoc for 2021-22!
    • 2/17 Congrats to all the winners! I'm not sure about other people's experience but I asked the fellowship office for an update (for ppfp/chancellor's) last week. Even though we all know winners are being notified already, I still received a standard reply today saying that "Finalists will be notified and awards announced no sooner than March 31st each year." Hope others have better news! Good luck to those still in the pool!
    • 2/17: I received a similar email today in response to my inquiry, which read in part: "Successful candidates are notified first. Alternates are notified if awardees do not accept or if current fellows do not renew their terms. Additional fellowships may be awarded to candidates on the alternate list as late as June, if resources become available." Has anyone receive a rejection?
      • 2/17: Yes, I sent an inquiry email just received a response today with a rejection. "Unfortunately, we are unable to offer you a fellowship this year... Official notification will go out by March 31st." So maybe it's good news for you if they're vague? << I second this. I received the same rejection email. It's better if they're vague but after being an alternate the first time and being kept on hold for many months the second time, I'm afraid they keep a large pool of alternates who do not receive the fellowship. Sorry for being a joykiller (or hope killer I should say).
      • Oh, I'm sorry! But thanks for sharing this - that's what I was wondering, whether they're sending this message to everyone or just those who are still in the running.
    • 2/19 - rejection e-mail received x5
    • 2/19 - I have still heard nothing x6. <<It seems like rejections are being sent by discipline or campus. The email I received with 'no news' (before the rejection a couple of days later) said that math notifications went out in January.
    • 2/20 - Wondering if anyone has heard anything about UCSD? 2/20 - I also applied UCSD (History mentor) and have not heard.
    • I was rejected from UCSD on 2/19 via email (Anthropology)
    • Has anyone heard from Berkeley? It is 2/20, and I have not heard anything (mass rejection e-mails sent 2/19, sorry y'all, hope other good opportunities come your way).
      • 2/26 Any word from UC Berkeley? Any acceptances or rejections?
      • 3/1 I know people who got rejections from UC Berkeley on 2/19. I applied as a biologist and have not received any word. Inquired via e-mail and got an automated response saying to be patient, that winners are notified first, then Chancellors and alternates. I have not heard/seen anybody post about getting a PPFP to work at Berkeley in any field (3/1/2021).
    • 2/20: Anyone heard from Davis? << I applied to Davis (NAS) and received a rejection 2/19. << Thanks for the update!
      • Hi there - my friend who is a biologist tweeted that he got a PPFP offer from Davis. Tweet was on 2/19.
    • 2/20: So it seems safe to assume that the first-choice President's Postdocs have been notified and given a deadline (anyone know what that is?); a large cut has been made (2/19); and those who have not heard back are in the nebulous space somewhere between Chancellor's and alternate (with no sense of where one falls in that hierarchy) and won't be notified for several more weeks? Does that seem right? << Yes, except it could be even longer than weeks. Sometimes funding opens up when existing postdocs choose not to renew for the second year (if they accept a permanent position, for example). So some alternates might receive offers months from now.
    • 2/23: Has anyone heard from Riverside? Waiting to hear back still.
      • I got my PPFP rejection email on 2/19 and had applied for UCR
    • 3/5: Anyone hear from UC Irvine? I sent them an email asking for an update, and I received a response saying to "consider restraint when contacting the program office about the selection results" lol
      • 3/5: lol what a response. I got a rejection from UC Irvine, History in the first wave of emails in February.
      • 3/10: That's rude, lol. So, is the general advice not to reach out to the program office? Even if you're considering another offer? This waiting period is ridiculous.
      • 3/10: Yeah, it's a form email they send to everyone that inquires. I tried to get a response by suggesting that I needed to know because of other offers and received the same email, lol. But agreed: this waiting period is ridiculous.


3/11: I don't understand why they have to make us wait so long. First, they make us feel like second-class, as we were not their first options. They should at least let us know if we're in the alternative list or getting the Chancellor's. Why don't they know how many Chancellor awards they will give out? This whole system is such a mess; they should work to fix it.

3/15: Received email saying that while I won't be awarded a President's Postdoc I'm a finalist for the Chancellor's. This happened to me last year and I didn't get final word until May saying I didn't get anything. Hopefully we'll hear sooner this year.

  • 3/15 email received saying: "While we cannot offer you a President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship award at this time, you are a finalist and will be considered if there are additional openings in the next few weeks. In addition, some applications will be forwarded to individual UC campuses for consideration for a UC Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellowship award. The Chancellor’s awards are closely affiliated with the President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program and the recipients are eligible to participate in program activities and the UC hiring incentive. If an opportunity occurs to offer you a fellowship, we will notify you immediately." I applied to UCI.
  • I got the same message on 3/15 as well - I applied to Berkeley. (Did you email the PPFP then receive word about being a finalist in the response email? Or is the PPFP notifying finalists through email? 3/15)
    • Didn't initiate contact; notification email from PPFP director.
  • (3/15)
  • I also got the same email above on 3/15, but mine says "alternate" instead of "finalist." Everything else is identical. Not sure if there is a difference between being a "finalist" vs. "alternate." I applied to Berkeley. (3/16).
  • Some folks have received emails about being finalists or alternates, but I wonder if the PPFP has awarded any UC Berkeley applicants? If not then is it possible that they will do so soon? (3/16).
  • Anyone hear from UCLA? And like the person above mentioned: Is it safe to assume that no contact (no rejection or finalist update) = rejection waiting in the wings? (3/16)
    • I applied to UCLA and received the same email above on 3/15
  • (3/17): After not receiving neither a rejection nor a notification of being a finalist/alternate, I emailed PPFP about application to Berkeley and received same generic response as earlier emails: "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 on the UC campus where the proposed UC faculty mentor is located. Finalists will be notified and awards announced no sooner than March 31st each year..."
  • 3/18: Received an email yesterday that I've been awarded the Chancellor's postdoc at UCSC. It seems to be moving quicker than in years past hopefully all awardees will be notified soon.
    • 3/18: Congrats! Did you receive a notification beforehand of a finalist status?> Thanks! Yeah, so similar to other folks on 3/15 I got an email notifying me that I'm a finalist.
    • 3/20: There is a difference between alternate and finalist. An alternate is ranked and a finalist is part of a pool. Alternates are awarded a fellowship if awardee declines. Hope this helps y'all and good luck.
  • 3/24: Has anyone heard from the Chancellor's Postdoc at UCSB?
  • 3/31: Hopefully another set of updates today...
  • 3/31: Last week some folks heard back from UCLA chancellor's postdoc. Recipients posted their notification on twitter on 3/24.
  • 3/31: Has anyone heard back today? It's already 4:30pm in southern Cali. Do they notify you if you don't get it?
  • 4/1: Still haven't heard anything, and a little surprised - I thought we were supposed to be officially notified yesterday
    • My understanding is that it's "no sooner than March 31st" — I've heard that in past years, people have heard as late as June, especially if they're an alternate or being considered for a Chancellor's or other cmapus-based fellowship
    • I sent an email asking about my application, and they responded, "individual campuses are in the process of making their decision for Chancellor’s Fellowships and should be complete soon." My guess is that if you are like me and haven't heard back yet, you are probably being considered for the Chancellor's. I was confused because others have gotten emails stating they were alternates or finalists, which I didn't get. Could be that different campuses just work a little differently?
  • 4/5 - I am hopeful today << A little optimism never hurt on a Monday. Best to all of us still waiting, and especially those who are trying to determine if they're supposed to finish up that diss or not.
  • 4/5 Seriously haha I just want to know so that either I calm down and resign myself to another year, or start buying my energy drinks to finish this dissertation. Please if you hear anything, keep us posted!
  • 4/6 Just read on the Presidents's Fellowship site "Fellowship Awards will be announced in July 2021." You will find that legend if you go to the contact tab.
  • 4/9 I sent an email asking my application, and they responded that they extended the the award date to April 30th to accommodate COVID-related delays. << Thanks for letting us know. Can you clarify what that means? Extending the award date?
    • That is all the email said. I assume that means they moved the "no sooner than March 31st" to April 30th.
  • 4/20 - Any updates? I inquired and was told: "The selection process for the Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowships is still ongoing. We are extending the award date to April 30 to accommodate our campus partners who may be experiencing COVID-related delays."
    • 4/20- No updates yet. Still waiting on UC San Diego Chancellor's Postdoc. Anyone heard back from San Diego?
    • 4/20 No updates. As we all know, the PPFP is an INSANE machine of destruction.
    • 4/20 No updates. Waiting to hear back on UCR Chancellor Postdoc. Anyone hear from them? The only Chancellor award acceptances I have seen on twitter are from UCLA, UCSB, and UCSC. <<Where did you see the tweet about UCSC? I applied to Santa Cruz and haven't heard anything at all yet.
    • I don't think it matters if they have awarded some Chancellor Postdocs from a specific UC. They don't say exactly how many they are awarding from each UC. It appears that every department has a different timeline. Some Chancellor awards seem to have been given super early, whereas others are taking forever. So, you may still have a chance. How stressful that students have to wait so long, especially during these times.
  • 4/25 - I received a phone call notifying me that I was offered the Chancellor's at Berkeley on 4/12 (I was previously notified by email back in March that I was an alternate for the President's). I finally got the official offer letter for the Chancellor's 4/23. I believe I am the lone incoming Chancellor's at UCB this year. Wishing everyone luck during this application season!
  • 4/23 Rejection
  • 4/26 Did rejections go out already? I have not hear any news.
  • 4/27 I haven't heard anything either. Waiting to hear back from UCSD's Chancellor's. x2
    • Same here. Nothing from UCSD Chancellor's as of today. I wonder if anyone else heard back?
  • 4/27 I just got a rejection from UCSB too
  • 4/28 Waiting to hear back from UCR Chancellor's
  • 4/30 Today's supposed to be the award date deadline for campuses. Wishing all well. I personally would like to be released from this holding pattern and move on--a rejection would be sweet relief at this point.
  • 4/30 - Applied to UCSD and never heard a single thing back! x3
    • Same here. No response to my email.
  • 5/3 Any Updates?

5/6 Still waiting from UCSD. Although my mentor did share that UCSD and UCLA are still in process of making decisions. Curious if anyone has heard anything.

  • Also still waiting on UCSD (5/6). I thought UCLA had already made decision (ethnic studies centers).

5/12 Received a response to my status inquiry that my application is still being considered (UCSD Chancellor's) and decisions should be make by next week.

5/17 - Rejected from UCSD. I have something else lined up, thankfully, but WOW, if my hopes all hinged on this, a rejection after 6 1/2 month would leave me devastated. This system must be reformed to be more humane especially given that it targets underrepresented people.

  • Who sent you the notice? If you don't mind sharing.
  • ^^^ Waiting is so hard. I am so glad that you have something secured for next year. Who else is still waiting to hear back? 5/19






Christ’s College, Cambridge invites applications for three stipendiary Junior Research Fellowships (four-year fixed term) in specified areas of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, tenable from not later than 1 October 2021 and non-renewable.

  • Stipendiary Junior Research Fellowship: Asian & Middle Eastern Studies; Anthropology; Archaeology; English; History & Philosophy of Science; Modern & Medieval Languages; Music; Philosophy; Theology
  • A H Lloyd Junior Research Fellowship: Archaeology; English; Modern & Medieval Languages.
  • W H D Rouse Junior Research Fellowship: Classics; Indian Languages; Indo-European Philology.

Link: www.christs.cam.ac.uk/vacancies.

Updates:

  • 4 Nov, Shortlist Notification


University of Cambridge, Clare College (UK:Eng) - Junior Research Fellowship 2021 - Deadline: 23 Nov. 2020[]

Applications for the Junior Research Fellowship competition are invited from candidates in any arts and humanities discipline. The successful candidate will be selected by Clare College on the basis of their excellent record of research in their chosen subject and the potential to pursue that research at the highest level.

Link: http://www.clare.cam.ac.uk/JRF-Competition/

Updates:

07.01.21 - Any updates?

Nothing yet. Website says that shortlisted candidates will be contacted by 1/19.

13 January 2021: shortlisted; request for additional materials (20,000 words).

13 Jan 2021: rejection email.

16 March 2021: rejection e-mail ("more than 890 applications from around the world").

University of Cambridge, Faculty of History (UK:Eng) - Mellon Research Fellow in American History - Deadline: 14 May 2021[]

Applications are invited for the Mellon Research Fellow post in American History, based in central Cambridge. The position is tenable for three years, starting on 1 October 2021. This is a post-doctoral Fellowship and it is expected that candidates will either have completed, or be about to complete, a PhD dissertation. Successful candidates who have not been awarded their PhD by the appointment date will be appointed as a Research Assistant at Grade 5 (£26,715 - £30,942 per annum). Upon award of the PhD the individual will be promoted to Research Associate, Grade 7 (£32,816 - £40,322 per annum). The post is designed to enable a scholar to make significant progress in turning his/her PhD dissertation into a book, and to conceptualise a second research project. The Mellon Research Fellow will be asked to write an annual report on research undertaken. He or she will be expected to become a regular participant in and contributor to the Cambridge American History Seminar and to make a presentation to the seminar at some point during his/her tenure. The postholder will also be expected to convene the American History Workshop, a weekly seminar in which PhD students present dissertation chapters and advance their professional development.

Link: http://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/29288

Updates:

  • Recommendations requested 3/17

University of Cambridge, Fitzwilliam College (UK:Eng) - Isaac Newton Trust Rutherford Research Fellowship - Deadline: 9 Nov. 2020[]

Applications are invited for one stipendiary Isaac Newton Trust Rutherford Research Fellowship in Business & Management; Divinity; Economics; History & Philosophy of Science; Human, Social and Political Sciences; Land Economy; Law; or Philosophy.

Link: http://www.chu.cam.ac.uk/applying/fellows/jrf/

Updates:

applied - x1


University of Cambridge, Gonville and Caius College (UK:Eng) - Research Fellowship in the Study of Race and Anti-Racism - Deadline: 22 Jan. 2021[]

Gonville & Caius College gives notice of its intention to elect a Research Fellow in the study of Race and Anti-Racism. Research Fellowships are awarded to individuals with exceptionally strong academic records. The successful candidate may work in any discipline, including the sciences, arts, humanities and social sciences.

Link: https://www.cai.cam.ac.uk/vacancies

Updates: (1/31) Applied

University of Cambridge, Jesus College (UK:Eng) - Arts Research Fellowship - Deadline: 25 Aug. 2020[]

Applications are invited for two Research Fellowships in the Arts. The Fellowships are fixed-term three year Research Fellowships normally commencing on 1 October 2021.

Link: http://www.jesus.cam.ac.uk/fellows-staff/vacancies/

Updates:

  • October 5 - not longlisted

University of Cambridge, Kings College (UK:Eng) - Research Fellowship in the History and Culture of the Countries of the Silk Roads, 2021 - 2025 - Deadline: 4 Sept. 2020[]

King’s College Cambridge is able to invite applications for a four-year Research Fellowship from those who are completing or have recently completed a doctorate and who intend to pursue a research project on some aspect of the Silk Road countries, societies, and cultures of Asia from the Western borders of China to the Mediterranean Sea, as well as their relationships with China in the East and Europe in the West, since 1400CE. The research project’s discipline may be, but is not limited to, politics, geography, anthropology, comparative literature, social/political aspects of economics, history and archaeology.

Link: https://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/research/research-fellowships

Updates:

  • any news?
  • October 3 - longlist notification


University of Cambridge, Kings College (UK:Eng) - Research Fellowship in Slavery and its Impact, 2021-2025 - Deadline: 4 Sept. 2020[]

King’s College Cambridge invites applications for a four-year Research Fellowship from those who are completing or have recently completed a doctorate and who intend to pursue a research project on some aspect of the study of slavery and its impact.

Link: https://app.casc.cam.ac.uk/fas_live/slavery.aspx

Updates:

  • 3 October - notified not longlisted
  • 3 October - notified longlisted x1, writing sample requested
  • 18 December - notified not shortlisted

University of Cambridge, Kings College (UK:Eng) - Stipendiary Research Fellowship in the Late Roman and Early Medieval Archaeology of Britain, 2021-2025 - Deadline: 12 Feb. 2021[]

Four-year Research Fellowship from those who are completing or have recently completed a doctorate to pursue a research project on some aspect of the study of the material from the excavation in the context of late Roman and early Medieval archaeology of Britain. This post-doctoral Fellowship is intended to enable the successful candidate to complete a substantial research project focused on this material and the questions that it raises. Such a project might comprise studies of demography, diet, migration and mobility, mortuary practices, palaeopathology, trade etc., both in the context of the local landscape and in the broader context of British and European history. The successful candidate will be expected both to pursue their own individual research and to co-ordinate further research activity in both scientific and historical aspects, including externally funded projects, so as to enable the full research potential of the material to be realised. The ideal candidate for this Research Fellowship will have a strong background in a relevant area of archaeology or biological anthropology and have completed an outstanding doctoral thesis. It is not a requirement that the candidate’s doctoral studies, or the work that they submit in support of their application, should have concerned late Roman or early Medieval Britain, but candidates will be expected to show in their applications how their proposed project relates to existing studies of the period and current research in bioarchaeology. The successful candidate will be expected to engage broadly with the whole college community and to organise academic activities in the form of seminars/workshops/conferences (for which the College is able to provide modest funding).

Link https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CDP320/stipendiary-research-fellowship-in-the-late-roman-and-early-medieval-archaeology-of-britain-2021-2025

Updates

University of Cambridge, Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (UK:Eng) - Deadline: 30 Jul. 2021[]

The Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (CFI) invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Associate to work on the project The Major Transitions in the Evolution of Cognition, which spans multiple disciplines including machine learning, cognitive science and philosophy. The appointment will be for two years in the first instance, and is based in Cambridge.The successful candidate will be required to adapt theories on major transitions into algorithms or neural network models whose capacities can be tested using the Animal-AI testbed. Animal-AI is a testbed and platform for measuring cognitive skills and can be used to compare human, animal, and AI capabilities. The Major Transitions project will collaborate with ongoing work to improve Animal-AI and the candidate will be expected to propose and facilitate the incorporation of new ideas for the testbed. The candidate should have experience and interest in cognitively inspired deep reinforcement learning or closely related approaches, especially those that have the potential to be applied in 3D environments. It is also important that the candidate can translate ideas between disciplines, taking ideas from computational and comparative neuroscience and philosophy, and implementing them in AI systems

Link: http://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/30097

Updates:

University of Cambridge, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research (UK:Eng) - Research Assistant (Fixed Term) - Deadline: 24 Feb. 2021[]

The McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research invites applications for a fixed-term, full-time Research Assistant to work within the international multi-partner research project Mapping Africa's Endangered Archaeological Sites and Monuments (MAEASaM). The project is generously supported by Arcadia - a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin (https://www.arcadiafund.org.uk/). Key tasks of this position will include: the identification of archaeological sites and monuments through the use of remote sensing analyses and desk-based research on existing site registers and from published and grey literature; the creation of digital records of these sites and monuments following a standardised format; the identification of past, present and potential future threats to the integrity of these sites; assistance with field visits to ground-truth features identified using remote sensing. The geographical scope of the work will be Sudan and parts of Kenya... The funds for this post are available for 3 years in the first instance. Starting date: 1st April 2021, or as soon as possible thereafter.

Link https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CDV112/research-assistant-fixed-term

Updates:

University of Cambridge, Magdalene College (UK:Eng) - Research Fellowships - Deadline: 3 Nov. 2020[]

The Governing Body of Magdalene College expects to elect two stipendiary (Junior) Research Fellows with tenure for three years from 1 October 2021. (The Nevile Fellowship, endowed through the generosity of Trinity College, Cambridge, will be in the Sciences; the Lumley Fellowship, endowed through the generosity of H R L Lumley, will be in the Humanities or Social Sciences).

Link: https://www.magd.cam.ac.uk/about/vacancies/academic

Updates:

07.01.21 - Any updates?

  • 7 January - previously they have notified long-listed candidates in mid-Dec
  • Invited to submit work (20/1/21)
  • Has anyone received a rejection? I haven't heard anything since November, applied for Lumley.
    • 2/12 - No, I also applied to Lumley and haven't heard back anything at all.
    • 2/13 - I was asked to submit work for Lumley in mid-January. The email said that the process had been delayed by the current situation.
    • 2/17 - Was not shortlisted. Received rejection.
    • Just to note that they waited until after their interviews (on 15 Feb) to reject those not even longlisted...

University of Cambridge, Pembroke College (UK:Eng) - Mark Kaplanoff Research Fellowship in History - Deadline: 30 Jun. 2021[]

The tenure of the Fellowship will be for three years, starting 1 Oct. 2021. Candidates should have recently completed or be about to complete a doctoral degree. The holder will be expected to conduct research in any aspect of History (with a preference for the period since 1500), and to do a limited amount of teaching for the College; but would require the permission of the Governing Body to undertake other paid work. The main teaching required is for the various papers on general historical argument and practice that students are required to take for the Cambridge History degree. The stipend will be at least £23,754 p.a. and is reviewed annually.

Link: https://www.pem.cam.ac.uk/college/job-vacancies

Updates:

University of Cambridge, Robinson College (UK:Eng) - Fellowship in the History of Political Thought - Deadline: 18 Jun. 2021[]

The Fellowship is tenable for a fixed term of three years and is designed as a 50:50 teaching/research position. It is envisaged that the successful candidate will be an outstanding researcher in the early stages of their career with an infectious enthusiasm for the teaching of their subject. They should hold a PhD on a subject within the history of political thought, or be on track to submit their dissertation by the end of June 2021 at the latest.

Link: https://www.robinson.cam.ac.uk/about-robinson/job-vacancies/fellowship-history-political-thought

Updates:

University of Cambridge, St Johns College (UK:Eng) - Research Fellowships 2021 - Deadline: 22 Sept. 2020[]

St John’s College invites applications for up to four Research Fellowships, tenable for up to four years from 1 October 2021. 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.

Link: https://sjcamrf.flexigrant.com

Updates:

  • Any news? (31 Oct 2020)
  • Nothing yet... (1 Nov 2020)
  • Notified of shortlisting (3 Nov 2020)

University of Cambridge, Trinity College (UK:Eng) - Research Post in the History of Race - Deadline: 30 Apr. 2021[]

hThe College is seeking to appoint an exceptional scholar to contribute to the exploration of the construction, uses or experience of race, and/or the nature and history of anti-racism. The successful candidate may work in any discipline, and the research may relate to any region or historical period.The salary for the post is set at £28,214 per annum. In addition, the postholder will be offered a residential set of rooms in the College free of rent (if available and subject to certain conditions); otherwise, a housing allowance of £6,660 per annum and the opportunity to rent a College‐owned flat; free meals at the High Table; access to funds for the support of research and attendance at conferences; and use of all the College’s facilities. NB: the advertising period for this job may mean the university is not able to sponsor work visas. Check before applying.

Link: https://app.casc.cam.ac.uk/fas_live/trinrace/.

Updates:

5/20 - Rejected

University of Central Florida (US: FL) - Postdoctoral Scholars: Violence Against Women Cluster - Deadline: 30 May 2021[]

The Violence Against Women Cluster (VAW Cluster) at the University of Central Florida is looking for up to two, full-time, benefits eligible, 12-month postdoctoral research scholars. Contract renewal is possible on an annual basis for up to 3 years. Postdoctoral scholars will collaborate on research studies examining domestic violence transitional housing, testing the predictive validity of risk assessments intended to predict intimate partner violence and intimate partner homicide, and related victimization research.

Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uAq5H5EJxpdNYqNzjARmAwixwqo_omC-/view?usp=sharing

Updates:

University College London (UK:Eng) - Research Fellow: African Abolitionism: The Rise and Transformations of Anti-Slavery in Africa (AFRAB) - Deadline: 30 Aug. 2020[]

The Department of History is recruiting to the post of Research Fellow - African Abolitionism: The Rise and Transformations of Anti-Slavery in Africa (AFRAB).

Link: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CAX913/research-fellow-african-abolitionism-the-rise-and-transformations-of-anti-slavery-in-africa-afrab

Updates:

University College London (UK:Eng) - Research Fellow in Hungarian History - Deadline: 14 Mar. 2021[]

Duration of the role is fixed term for 1 year in the first instance and the successful candidate is to start no later than 1st June 2021.The appointee will join a project team based in the UK and Slovenia to investigate how central European peasants experienced, and shaped, the era of world wars. In particular, the appointee’s research will be focused on the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in rural Hungary and peasant responses to the 1919 Hungarian Soviet Republic. The Research Fellow's further professional development will be supported through conference attendance and publication opportunities. The successful candidate will have a PhD in modern European history, or in a related discipline, and will preferably have research experience in central Europe. Fluency in Hungarian and high-level proficiency in English are essential. The appointee will join a project team based in the UK and Slovenia to investigate how central European peasants experienced, and shaped, the era of world wars.

Link: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CEC856/research-fellow-in-hungarian-history

Update:

University College London (UK:Eng) - Research Fellow, The Nahrein Network/Oracc - Deadline: 4 Jun. 2021[]

The post is funded for 24 months (in the first instance). Since 2017 Oracc and the Nahrein Network have partnered with UCL’s Research Software Development Group (RSDG) to create the infrastructure needed to edit and display Arabic-language and other right-to left script content on Oracc, in small-screen formats. In this next phase of work (2021–23), the appointee will work with Robson, the OSC and RSDG to operationalise these developments for the benefit of Oracc’s users and content creators, especially in the Middle East. They will also contribute to a wider research stream on the history, heritage and legacy of the Babylonian city of Kish, south of Baghdad, conducted in collaboration with the Iraqi State Board of Antiquities and Heritage (SBAH), through creating an Oracc corpus of the cuneiform tablets from Kish now housed in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford and elsewhere. The successful candidate will hold a PhD in cuneiform studies (or a related subject); will possess the ability to read and edit cuneiform tablets; the ability to produce research papers of a publishable standard; possess excellent communication skills with a high level of proficiency in English and Arabic (written and verbal); experience of, or a willingness to be trained in, Oracc's open-access content-creation tools.


Link: https://atsv7.wcn.co.uk/search_engine/jobs.cgi?SID=amNvZGU9MTg3NjM5MyZ2dF90ZW1wbGF0ZT05NjUmb3duZXI9NTA0MTE3OCZvd25lcnR5cGU9ZmFpciZicmFuZF9pZD0wJmpvYl9yZWZfY29kZT0xODc2MzkzJnBvc3RpbmdfY29kZT0yMjQ=

Updates:

University of Chicago (USA:IL) - Collegiate Assistant Professor/ Harper and Schmidt Fellow - Deadline: Oct 16, 2020[]

The College at the University of Chicago is now accepting applications for four-year postdoctoral teaching appointments as Harper and Schmidt Fellows who hold the rank of Collegiate Assistant Professor. Collegiate Assistant Professors are members of the College Faculty whose primary professional responsibility is to teach in the general education (Core) program.

Link: http://fellows.uchicago.edu

Updates:

  • Request for additional materials. 11/19 (Humanities) x8.
  • It seems like the requests went out early this year... I wonder if they are sending requests out based on track. Do you mind me asking to which track those who received a request applied to teach?
  • I applied for the Human Being & Citizen and the Readings in World Literatures tracks. I got notified of the request for additional materials on 11/19.
  • I applied for Human Being and Citizen and Philosophical Perspectives. I also was notified on 11/19 even though I originally posted it here on 11/20.
  • Thanks. Good luck with the next round!
  • [11/30] Late response, but mine was Greece and Rome and Human Being & Citizen.
  • I also received a request for additional materials on 11/19. Applied for Greece and Rome and Readings in World Literature. Good luck, all!
  • Does anyone have info on how many Humanities positions are open this year? Last year I know they didn't make any Humanities offers.
  • If they didn't make any Humanities offers last year (why would they do that?), then perhaps they are only taking Humanities this year and no Social Science. Has anyone in a social science track heard anything?
    • From what I understand, last year no Humanities post-docs left Chicago, so no new positions were available. Also, the two searches (Hum and Social Sciences) are usually on different timelines.
    • 12/6 ^^^ this is good to know, thank you! I applied in Social Sciences (History of European Civilizations, Classics of Social and Political Thought) and haven't seen/heard anything anywhere yet, plus the official timeline they gave was 'additional materials requested in December' so I'm still hoping...
    • 12/21 - I don't really understand how no one can leave, can someone explain this? These are not indefinite positions, so unless they are on a cycle of not hiring anyone new every four years, mustn't there always be a small cohort for whom this is their fourth and final year as a Fellow?
    • 12/21-This is only conjecture, but Chicago has a number of faculty (and maybe even UC grad students) that also teach in the core program. There may be one fellow in a particular area but 5 faculty at Chicago who are employed to teach those same classes, so even if a fellow leaves they may not need another fellow in that area (especially if undergrad demand decreases, if enrollment is uncertain, or if they want to add more sections in other areas).
  • 12/8 Request for additional materials (Philosophical Perspectives on the Humanities) x 1
    • To the person above, did you receive the email request on 12/8? I'm wondering if this was part of a newer batch of requests...
    • It was a newer batch.
  • 12/14 Anyone heard anything from the Social Sciences tracks?
  • Has anyone gotten a request for Media Aesthetics?
    • Nope, I've been waiting on/hoping for Media Aesthetics, too. They seem to have many graduate students and departmental postdocs available to teach this sequence though, so I'm not getting my hopes up they'll hire any fellows...
  • 12/16 How about "Reading Cultures"? Anyone hear anything?
    • 12/16 Yes, I applied to Reading Cultures and received a request for additional materials last week (12/8).
  • Is is a stupid question to wonder why they take applications for positions that do not exist? I understand there's a prestige factor in being able to say something like "we only accepted 2% of applicants," but surely that can't be the only reason...
    • Adding to the selectivity prestige of "we only accepted 2% of applicants," it is also a way for UChicago to advertise its program to the 1000+ first-round letter of reference writers (last year there were 300+ applicants) who had to learn about the program first before writing. Good advertising among a prestigious in-group! However, requiring 3 first-round letters during this difficult year seems mean, especially given that some sequences won't even have positions open up...
    • Not a stupid question, but an immensely frustrating issue to be sure. If they advertised in tracks they're not planning to pursue it's grossly unprofessional of them, prestige or no prestige.
    • Additionally, some of these sequences are much less popular than others; Human Being & Citizen and Philosophical Perspectives are really popular. Language & the Human and Poetry & the Human are less so. This might affect hiring, as might availability of grads/postdocs in departments to take on this teaching.
    • Also frustrating that they require a teaching statement "describing your methods and goals in teaching a text in a general education course." This writing isn't really usable for other applications. Do they really need it to make the first cut?
    • FYI for future applicants to this position: I just submitted the same teaching statement I use for all of my applications, and I still received a request for additional materials. My statement is not oriented to one text but uses several different textual examples to demonstrate my approach.
    • You didn't answer the prompt for the teaching statement? I am impressed by this bold move.
    • I applied to a track that accepted no one last year, and if luck has it, I'll have applied to a different track that also accepts no one this year.
  • Did anyone apply to "Media Aesthetics"? I noticed that no one currently in the fellowship is even currently listed in that track so you'd think they would want to fill something! (12/16) [See above for discussion re: Media Aesthetics; no one has reported hearing back]
  • 12/16 has anyone heard from "poetry & the human"?
    • Yes (12/8)
  • 12/17: What about Power, Identity, Resistance or Self, Culture, Society?
    • 12/17 Doesn't sound like anyone from Social Sciences has heard anything yet
    • I wonder at what point it becomes safe to assume they aren't hiring anyone in social science...
    • In years past, Social Sciences have heard in January.
  • 12/30: Any update re: Social Sciences?
    • I haven't heard anything (1/4)
    • Nothing here either (1/8)
    • Wonder if they're not doing Social Sciecnes this year after no Humanities last year? But if that's the case, why not just say so and save us all the application effort??
    • Just IMO, I suspect "preventing others from doing unnecessary work" isn't a principle that guides much of anything in academia. We actually seem to value the opposite.
    • 1/8 - Anyone tenacious enough to reach out and inquire?
    • 1/8: I asked (Social Sci.). Will update if they reply...
    • 1/8: Chicago's winter quarter hasn't started yet, so that may be why updates haven't been sent.
    • 1/8 Request for additional materials
      • Can I ask for more details on this? Which track did you hear from? // Adding on: was it via email and personalized? Thanks!
      • Social sciences, Classics of Social and Political Thought, generic-ish email from the school.
    • 1/8: Is it safe to assume that no contact = rejection? And does anyone know how many fellowships were available for the Social Sciences?
      • I don't think that no contact necessarily means rejection at this point. I can't speak for Social Sciences, specifically, but for Humanities, it looks like requests for additional materials were not sent out all at once. Also, as others have said, the Winter quarter for U of Chicago hasn't started yet, which may be causing some delays. In terms of the number of fellowships available, that's anyone's guess at this point.
      • 1/14: For Social Sciences it doesn't seem like all requests have gone out yet (unless there are only positions for CSPT). For Humanities if you didn't receive a request for additional materials already, based on the posts above it's unlikely, but not impossible, that you're still in the running.
  • 1/11: Anyone have info on whether HUM interview notifications will go out this week?
  • 1/14: May I ask those who have received requests for additional materials what those materials were? (Slightly ridiculous anxiety behind this question - I have a full teaching portfolio and provided a link to it in my application, so I'm holding out meager hope that the lack of a request comes down to that.)
    • I was asked for a writing sample and teaching materials (syllabi, evals, etc). I applied for HBC (Humanities).
  • 1/15: Request for additional materials (writing sample, syllabus, evaluations), 6:57 pm EST, form email from the Society's program coordinator. I applied in History of European Civilizations and Classics of Social and Political Thought. x 2 for History of European Civilizations and Self, Culture and Society

So... three months just to be asked for additional materials. In complete seriousness, I wonder why. < Because academia is a culture of cruelty.

01/22: Anyone who applied for Human Being & Citizen, have you heard any news on interviews? When they requested supplemental materials on November 19, 2020, they mentioned that they would let us know mid-January for an interview in late January or early Februrary. 01/22 I'm on the same boat. Just reread the email and in mine (also from 11/19) it said selected candidates would be contacted mid to late Jan so still hoping for an interview. Good luck!

1/22: Anything at all for Global Society? Crickets here.

1/24: Interview Request (Human Being & Citizen).

  • Did you get the email today (Sunday, 1/24) or sometime during the week?
  • I'm wondering the same thing. Have all HUM interview notifications gone out or are they rolling out today?

1/23: Interview request (Humanities; Greece & Rome and Human Being $ Citizen)

1/24: Former Harper-Schmidt fellow here, I thought I could pay forward some information by answering some of the questions above. Do the same if you get hired! First, further requests can be extremely slow because they involve getting the heads of the various Cores to sit down and agree on candidates, then get agreement from the heads of the College. They also get deluged with applications, and to my knowledge do go through every one, so it takes time. Humanities is usually much quicker to turn things around than Social Sciences, and no news in the latter does not necessarily mean bad news, even if you're hearing about hires in the former (I don't want to get anyone's hopes up, though). Are there always positions available in every Core? No. But if they like your file they will consider you for other courses on your ranked list, so if your first choice isn't hiring and they think you'd be a good fit for another then you're not immediately rejected (I certainly wondered about this). It does seem absurd (and cruel) to allow applications to teach Cores that don't have open spots. The reason (from their perspective) is that current Fellows are often searching for TT jobs during the same cycle, and fairly often leave (before their time, at short notice) at the end of any given academic year. If that happens then they already have an applicant pool from which to fill the position. Let's be honest though: it's a buyer's market and if it were otherwise it seems fair to say that there would be strong pressure to come up with a better or at least more transparent system. It's not even liked internally because the search committee has to trawl through hundreds of applications that might be moot. In other words, the explanation is probably found at the level of labor continuity rather than prestige pumping, etc. It's not undergraduate admissions. Be warned that no matter how long the delay in reply things usually move quite fast once you do hear back (Can't say how the pandemic will affect interview timing this cycle). Finally, a couple of years ago UChicago changed the funding structure of their grad programs, with effects for the number of grad students available to teach. I'm not in the loop enough to know if that meant there was a glut or dearth of grad students who wanted or needed to teach in the Core, but the current and past couple of cycles are either relatively lucky or relatively unlucky in terms of the number of applicants they might want to hire. Wish I could say which, but I won't speculate and it's probably possible to find this out. Best of luck to all, it's a good gig if you can get it. [NB—Based on comments below I want to clarify that I am *not* involved in the search committee or administration for this position, so please treat the above as *anything but* authoritative or official. I am not speaking for the administration or the Society in any capacity. My goal was to try to answer a few questions posed above, not least because I wondered about them myself when applying and would have appreciated the insight. I honestly sympathize with the frustration over the requirements but doubt they will change anytime soon. Either way, the chances of anyone with that kind of institutional authority seeing this are low to nil, so I doubt treating this as the cahiers de doléances will have much effect. I may be wrong about this (and much else) but I at least don't enjoy that authority. Good luck to all.]

  • Thank you! Very helpful.
  • Am I right in assuming that since Human Being and Citizen was the first to send out requests for additional materials, Philosophical Perspectives interview requests will come later? Has anyone received a PP interview request?
    • Not me. I listed both HBC and PP. Received earlier request for additional materials but no interview yet. Hopefully more interviews will roll out soon.
  • If anyone who is part of the Harper-Schmidt search committees or administration is reading this: if you know you routinely receive a significant number of applications for positions you do not fill, stop requesting the teaching statement in the first round of applications. Consider requesting it in a later round instead. It is a document that is time-consuming to create (and for the search committee, an additional document to read) and is so custom tailored to the position that it cannot be submitted anywhere else. +1

I don't see these comments as similar to the French revolution, and I didn't read anyone as expecting the process to mimic undergraduate admissions. (I just assumed people are comparing the process to other similar teaching scholars programs, which is a fair comparison) However, having read the insights into the process, it actually does sound a lot like undergraduate admissions, which is helpful to know. Some people are early decision, another group follows, and the rest are rolling admissions until the what sounds like it could be the very last moment. That's certainly not the only way to do things, and I agree with all the other people suggesting this process is a little meaner than average for various reasons (including the requirement of a personalized teaching statement). Unfortunately, it's not too far above average, but meaner none the same.

[Response: Of course, I don't disagree. Having been in your same position I hoped to share unvarnished information about the process as I knew it (recently but not currently), itself part of a bigger, structural collapse of the academic job market. I did that because I wish I'd had these things clarified when I was going through the process and think it helps equalize the playing field for those without the insider networks. But this appears to have been misread as an official comment tinged by nastiness, or endorsement of the current process, or as an invitation to argue about how the system works, none of which is true. I could have given advice on a different application system, perhaps a better one, but would that help? This seems pointless for all but: (1) Cahiers de doléances was not to liken this to the French Revolution, which would be absurd, although no doubt big changes to academia are needed and they're not coming from on high. It meant that listing complaints here in the hope that the relevant higher powers would read and them and then change the admissions process seems quixotic. Nobody was petitioning for changes before that post, suggesting I had been mistaken for someone in a position to make the system better, which is untrue. (2) "It's not undergraduate admissions" was meant in the limited context that they do not publish acceptance rates and have no incentive to artificially boost applications just to massage those rates - - a common practice among colleges. Someone had asked why they let you apply to tracks that might not have open slots - -"Is is a stupid question to wonder why they take applications for positions that do not exist? I understand there's a prestige factor in being able to say something like "we only accepted 2% of applicants," but surely that can't be the only reason..." (see above). I'm saying that the best explanation for this quirk is in terms of labor: Fellows are often on the market in the same cycle and leave before their years are up; having an applicant pool means continuity of teaching staff without waiting a year to fill a position that becomes vacant between October and the end of the year. You might disagree with that analysis but it helps explain some of the otherwise bizarre features (or injustices) of the process without reducing them to caprice, sadism, or prestige. In any case, I thought would be useful to hear from someone who has been in your shoes and gone through this particular application system and then seen it for four years from the inside, but apparently I'm not helping. I'll delete the original post to avoid confusion. Good luck and let future applicants know your experiences and insights if you make it.]

-Response to response: I'm not OP, but I just wanted to say that your original post was indeed very helpful, as was your response. The real problem, we should all recognize, is a problem of labor. I encourage you to keep your original post up in the hopes that others now or in the future will find it useful. Thank you for taking the time to share your experience.

I said the thing about undergraduate admissions, but added the phrase "which is helpful to know" to clarify that multiple people are appreciative of the information received.

--Anyone know if more Humanities interviews will be going out? I only see two HBC interviews for all of the Humanities. Email for additional materials said mid to late Jan.

  • It seems plausible that they will, but I have no idea. I was thinking of sending them an email on Friday (provided there are no updates).
  • I have emailed twice, called almost every day last week: no one responded to my emails, no one picked up the phone. If you have a different experience, please share (and lucky you!).

-- Response to email about application status 02/03/21: "We received a record number of applications for a limited number of positions. The search is on going, though they have begun to interview for some of the positions."

So... it's an adjunct pool. It's not a postdoc or a fellowship and it's not like undergraduate admissions either. They collect applications for positions that may or may not exist, and will contact you if/when a need arises. The positions pay really (really) well if you get one, but it's a lecturer spot dolled out on a rolling and as-needed basis. AKA... an adjunct pool. Personally, I would have loved to have this info just for some context, but hopefully the next cycle can benefit! I am also certainly going to stop using terms like "collegiate assistant professor" or "Harper fellow" to describe an adjunct pool. That's just silly :)

Not exactly, it's a fixed term postdoc fellowship with a set teaching requirement. It's not a lecturer spot (which also exist at UChicago and are subject to periodic renewal), and it's not doled out on a rolling basis (there is a single cycle of applications once a year and a stable number of fellows in total, but the precise number and disciplinary focus of spots in any one cycle fluctuates as people leave). It's a non-renewable four year contract that includes benefits (pension, healthcare, etc), sabbatical, research budget, publishing grant, full faculty status, and even (a new development) union membership. The best general comparison might be the lower rung of a tenure-track position but without the chance to move up the ladder, but really it's just a different kind of position, albeit not totally unique. Compare with the Society of Fellows at Princeton, Michigan, Columbia and USC, some on this board, and you will notice a set of structural similarities (UChicago SoF has a heavier teaching load than its peers but better benefits and the fellowship is longer by 1-2 years; Princeton pays more but the cost of living there is much higher. Harvard Society of Fellows is exceptional in that Fellows don't teach, but this is not the rule and hardly means they are the only ones worthy of the name). Universities rely on lots of kinds of teaching labor, from full professors to undergraduate peer tutors and everything in between, each with its relative pros and cons to employer and employee alike. To assume that "academic labor" means adjuncts and only adjuncts would be to misunderstand this particular position while mystifying other kinds of university teaching work.

Any news on Media Aesthetics? Request for additional materials? Interviews? Even, I dare say, the boot? Crickets be chirpin' here.

-Nothing here. It seems there's been no movement since the HBC interviews reported above. Either no one is reporting here, or they're taking it slow.

Is it safe to assume that if we haven't been contacted for an interview yet that we're no longer in the running (specifically for those of us who received additional materials requests for HUM)?

  • 2/20 - as stressful as this is, I wouldn't say so; see the various notes above about how slow the consensus process is among the committees, plus the application website lists the interview/campus visit stage as taking place "February-April."
  • 2/22 - campus visits for humanities sequences have already happened.
  • 2/22 - to the above poster, for which humanities sequences? All of them? No one has posted anything about the Philosophical Perspectives track.
  • 2/22 - I wonder if the above post is from the University... If they are correct, it could be that the society only ended up being able to hire for HBC. It could also simply be that no one who advanced in the other tracks was a poster on this board...
  • 2/22 - Agree with poster directly above that we should take the post about visits being over seriously. There was a slow-down of interview updates on this page after HBC interviews, and it's unlikely that there are many people leaving Chicago in HUM for TT jobs this year. Although I was asked for additional materials, I'm marking this one as a rejection.
  • I'm the first 2/22 poster: apologies for not being specific enough. I was interviewed for HBC/Greece and Rome sequence and I got the feeling those two were the only open positions this year, but of course I might be wrong. In any case, campus visits for those tracks were supposed to be over on 2/19, so as you can imagine I'm now being busy dying of anxiety.
  • 2/22 - Thanks for the added info and good luck! I do wonder if anyone from the second round of materials requests ended up being interviewed...
  • 2/22 Offer made (HBC); not the one who received the offer, but I heard one was made.
  • Congrats to the selected applicant!
  • Ah, is this confirmed information? Who did you hear it from?

2/22 - I applied in the Social Sciences and hadn't heard anything at all, so I emailed last week to inquire if my application was still under active consideration. Just received a response: "At this time, the search is on going so I don't have an update right now."

2/22 - Despite not being a finalist for this job, this message board has been pretty entertaining (and informative).

3/8 - Have heard diddly. Global Society. Are people here receiving rejections or just silence?

  • 3/9 - I have heard nothing. I applied in Self, Culture and Society and Global Society
  • 3/9 - Haven't heard anything new after sending additional materials on 1/20 for Euro Civ and Classics of PoliSci.
    • Update - emailed program coordinator to inquire on 3/10 and got response that social sciences search is still ongoing and there is no information to give about interviews or timelines. (I can imagine the staff there could also be pretty fed up with this drawn-out process.)
  • 3/16 - No rejections yet for Humanities. I'm assuming there's possibility for another hire until notified otherwise? The job market is moving slow. < I appreciate your optimism but at this point they probably won't make any offers for humanities. It seems unlikely the current fellows would leave their positions and this will probably be situation like last year where they won't make any hires in the humanities. Sorry– you poured all that work into an application for nothing. In AY1920 they sent out notifications about not making hires on 4/30. I hope, though, that my cynical prognostications are wrong.
  • 3/18 - According to an above post, there was already one humanities offer made.

3 April 2021: Request for additional materials (Power, Identity, and Resistance, Classics of Social and Political Thought).

  • Congrats! This makes me think that they a) have discarded the previous rounds of folks they got additional materials from or b) are still working their way through a first pass of all the Social Sciences applications. Either way, it's a crazy process they've got going on. Good luck to everyone still waiting...

5/12 - Still no news out there about updates or rejections?

5/12 - No news here. Usually rejections go out by now. It is an unusually late and ongoing job market this year.

6/12 - Long awaited rejection email sent at 10 pm on a Saturday. 1400 applications, 7 offers across humanities and social sciences.

----shocked that they hired 7 people considering the very few interview posts here.



University of Copenhagen (DNK) - POSTDOCTORAL POSITION IN CARIBBEAN HISTORY, c. 1650-1850 (enslaved mobility)- Deadline: 10 Jan. 2021[]

The Saxo Institute at the University of Copenhagen is pleased to announce a call for applications for a 3-year postdoctoral position in Caribbean history. The position is available from May 1, 2021 and is funded by the research project IN THE SAME SEA financed by the European Research Council from 2020-2025.

Link: https://employment.ku.dk/faculty/?show=153083

Updates:

University of Edinburgh (UK:Scot) - Post-Doctoral Research Assistant - Deadline: 21 May 2021[]

Fixed term available from 01/09/21 to 31/08/24 We are looking for a: Post-Doctoral Research Assistant for the Leverhulme funded project “Beyond Walls: Reassessing Iron Age and Roman Encounters in Northern Britain” An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Archaeology Department of the School of History, Classics and Archaeology as a PDRA for the Leverhulme funded project “Beyond Walls: Reassessing Iron Age and Roman Encounters in Northern Britain”. The successful candidate will collate and analyse the evidence for settlement patterns in the study area, including aerial and field survey research as well as archival investigation of excavated sites. The PDRA will co-author the final project monograph as well as contribute to journal articles.

Link: https://elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1001/job/969/?utm_medium=jobshare

Updates:

University of Exeter (UK:Eng) - Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Deadline: 19 Nov. 2020[]

The College wishes to recruit a Postdoctoral Research Fellow for a Leverhulme Research Project Grant, ‘Warnings from the Archive: A Century of British Intervention in the Middle East’, led by Dr Owen Thomas and Prof Catriona Pennell. This interdisciplinary project encompasses International Relations, History, and Political Science.

Link: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CCE216/postdoctoral-research-fellow

Updates:

University of Glasgow (UK:Scot) - Research Associate - Deadline: 9 Oct. 2020[]

We are seeking to recruit a post-doctoral Research Associate to the 3-year AHRC-funded project Iona's Namescape: place-names and their dynamics in Iona and its environs. The core of the project is a full place-name survey of Iona and Staffa; the project will also investigate the earliest records of Iona; the names of its monuments; how Iona's place-names relate to the neighbouring island of Mull; and issues of authority and authenticity relating to place-names and heritage. There will be extensive public engagement work, both with local communities and with the two heritage bodies most responsible for Iona, the National Trust for Scotland and Historic Environment Scotland.

Link: https://my.corehr.com/pls/uogrecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobspec?p_id=041031

Updates:

University of Graz (AUT) - Two University Assistant positions (with/without doctorate) in Contemporary Global History - Deadline: 12 Aug. 2020[]

At the University of Graz, researchers and students work across a broad disciplinary spectrum to enlarge our knowledge, and find strategies to deal with challenges our society is confronted with and to shape tomorrow’s world. Develop and undertake a research project in contemporary global history; the job holder is given the opportunity to write a habiliation thesis or a comparable scholarly qualification, Independently carry out teaching duties and advise students, Participate in developing new research projects as well as conceptualizing workshops and other events, Help further the online presence of the department, Contribute to departmental administration.

Link: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=60237

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University of Idaho (USA:ID) - Postdoctoral Fellow - North American Western History; Indigenous History & Public History - Deadline: 10 May 2021[]

The Department of History and the Idaho Society of Fellows is now accepting applications for a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in North American Western History to begin July 1, 2021. Fellows will pursue their own research and teach one course per semester.The department is particularly interested in recruiting candidates (1) with expertise on Public History, (2) Indigenous History, and (3) whose work complements existing departmental research strength.

Link: https://apptrkr.com/2240677

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University of Illinois, Chicago (USA:IL) - Bridge to Faculty Postdoctoral Fellow, LatinX history - Deadline: 30 Dec. 2020[]

The UIC Department of History, through UIC's Bridge-to-the-Faculty Postdoctoral Scholars Program, seeks to hire an exceptional scholar of Latinx history. Successful candidates will balance our current offerings in Latinx history and take note of the fact that during the past few years the Department of History at UIC has become a central crux of migration history.

Link: https://jobs.uic.edu and reference job #139227

Updates: Applied (x1)

01/15-Request for diss/book manuscript and letters

(2 Mar) Have there been any updates since the request for more materials?

(4 Apr) I haven't heard anything. I'm assuming at this point it's a rejection.


University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (USA:IL) - Latina/o Studies Postdoctoral Fellowships at Illinois - Deadline: 4 Dec. 2020[]

The Department of Latina/Latino Studies in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign invites applications for two Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Research Associates.

Link: http://go.illinois.edu/LatinaLatinoStudiesPostDocFellowshipApplication

Updates:

Applied - x2

Any updates? (01/15/2021)

No word yet (1/19/2021) x2; Response: Same here, thanks.

Does anyone have an update? (02/10)

No word yet (2/11). Update: Rejection email received (2/15) x2

University of Kent (UK:Eng) - Postdoctoral Research Associate - Deadline: 23 Dec. 2020[]

Are you an experienced researcher in the field of twentieth century British history? The University of Kent seeks to appoint two full-time Research Associates to conduct research as part of the Wellcome Trust funded project, ‘Living Assessment: understanding the experiences and impact of health and social care assessments on children and families’.

Link: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CCX075/postdoctoral-research-associate-ahum-005-20

Updates:

  • Intend to interview 14 January 2021
  • NB: the advertising period for this post means the university is unlikely to be able to sponsor work visas; please check before applying.


University of Leicester (UK:Eng) - Research Associate - Deadline: 1 Sept. 2020[]

The School of Archaeology and Ancient History, University of Leicester, is seeking to appoint a Post-doctoral Research Associate for the research training team of the Endangered Archaeology of the Middle East and North Africa (EAMENA) Project, funded by the British Council Cultural Protection Fund. The overall project is a collaboration between the Universities of Oxford, Durham and Leicester, searching for and recording significant archaeological sites in the Middle East and North Africa (from Mauretania to Iran), using satellite imagery and aerial photography, in order to aid understanding for their future protection and management.

Link: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CAZ209/research-associate

Updates:

  • We anticipate that interviews will take place on either 16 or 17 September 2020


University of Liverpool (UK:Eng) - Research Assistant - Deadline: 14 Oct. 2020[]

Applicants are invited to apply for the position of Research Assistant (RA1) to support Dr Ruth Nugent at the University of Liverpool, as part of her UKRI Future Leader’s Fellowship Digital Library of British Historic Mortuary Science and Investigation.

Link: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CBU137/research-assistant

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University of Manchester (UK:Eng) - Postdoctoral Research Associate - Deadline: 19 Jul. 2021[]

  • The University of Manchester invites applications for a fixed term Postdoctoral Research Associate tenable for 30 months. The Postdoctoral Research Associate will support the Arts and Humanities Research Council project Understanding Displacement Aesthetics and Making Change in the Art Gallery with Refugees, Migrants and Host Communities led by Professor Ana Carden-Coyne. You will have completed a PhD in the Arts or Humanities that demonstrates an area of research expertise pertinent to this project. The project analyses the impact of artistic responses to forced displacement and refugeedom, focusing on three areas: history, contemporary art, and museum practice. It connects academics, artists and curators working in countries affected by displacement, to investigate the historical and contemporary significance of the visual arts for communities of refugee heritage. The project identifies the contours and consequences of ‘displacement aesthetics’, connecting cultural and art history, and museum studies, with refugee and humanitarian studies It uncovers the limited understanding of displacement as an aesthetic culture arising from historical foundations and visual records. It addresses the challenges faced by artists and curators from refugee/migrant backgrounds, and seeks to make curatorial and infrastructural changes in art institutions.

Link: https://www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/displayjob.aspx?jobid=20325

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University of Manchester (UK:Eng) - Research Associate in History (2 posts available) - Deadline: 19 Apr. 2021[]

The University invites applications for a fixed term Postdoctoral Research Associate, tenable for four years from 1st October 2021.You will have a completed PhD or equivalent in early modern history which demonstrates an area of research expertise pertinent to this project, for example: environmental history; medical history; social history; material culture; food history; early American history. The Postdoctoral Research Associate will support the Wellcome Trust Investigator Award project ‘Sleeping well in the early modern world: an environmental approach to the history of sleep care’, coordinated by Professor Sasha Handley. This project will be the first to define and analyse sleep habits as historically-situated environmental practices. It investigates how and why communities in Britain, Ireland and England's emerging American colonies c.1500-1750 self-consciously engaged with their physical surroundings in an effort to sleep well and safeguard their health. The project will uncover an environmentally informed culture of 'sleep care', its conceptual underpinnings, and its manifestation in a range of everyday 'sleep care' practices from the preparation of soporific tonics to the composition of bedding materials. As such, it will demonstrate that 'sleeping well' involved much more than simply avoiding sleep disorders or coping with sleep loss

Link: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CEW388/research-associate-in-history-2-posts-available

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University of Maryland, President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program - Deadline: 15 Nov 2020[]

The University seeks applicants whose research, teaching, and service will contribute to diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunity in higher education and at the University of Maryland. The President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program is interested in scholars with the potential to bring to their research and teaching the critical perspective that comes from their educational background or understanding of the experiences of groups historically underrepresented in higher education. The program, in particular, encourages applicants who would increase representation in campus units where women and minorities are underrepresented. Although the Program is open to all fields and disciplines, preference will be given to applicants whose research interests fall within the biomedical sciences.

Link: https://faculty.umd.edu/presidentspostdoc

Updates:

  • 2/19/21 - Anyone hear anything about this one yet?
    • 2/22 - I have not.
    • 3/2- I haven't heard anything. Weren't we supposed to hear back on 3/1?
      • 3/4 - I suppose the website says "around" March 1...
      • 3/11 - Offer extended.
      • 3/25- Offer extended
    • 4/5 - Anyone get a rejection for UMD President's yet? <-- 4/20 - So, any rejections? I haven't been rejected or notified of any sort of alternate status, and no one has replied to my inquiry emails sent over the past two months.
    • 4/21 - Received rejection email, which also said I was a finalist. x2


University of Michigan (USA:MI - Forsyth Postdoctoral Fellowship (African Diaspora or Native American Arts and Visual Cultures) - Deadline: 15 Dec. 2020[]

The Department of the History of Art at the University of Michigan invites applications for the Forsyth Postdoctoral Fellowship, dedicated this year to Afro-Diasporic, African American, and Native American/ Indigenous/First Nations arts and visual cultures.

Link: https://apply.interfolio.com/77637

Updates: Has anyone heard anything either way?? (3/16)

University of Michigan (USA:MI) - Frankel Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies, Postdoc ("Second Temple Judaism: The Challenge of Diversity") - Deadline: 19 October 2020[]

The Frankel Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan provides residential fellowships for scholars to conduct research around an annual theme. Position offers pending final approval, we are currently accepting applications for the 2021-22 Theme Year, "Second Temple Judaism: The Challenge of Diversity." Diversity of ethnicity, religion, social status, gender, age, and ability was as much a feature of the ancient Mediterranean world as it is in the present. We aim to explore the diversity of religious, cultural, and political life during the period of the Second Temple, from after the Babylonian Exile up to and including the Bar Kokhba Revolt.

Link: https://lsa.umich.edu/judaic/institute/applications.html

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University of Michigan President's Postdoctoral Fellowship - Deadline: 1 Nov. 2020[]

The University seeks applicants whose 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 research and undergraduate teaching the critical perspective that comes from their non-traditional educational background or understanding of the experiences of groups historically underrepresented in higher education.

Link: https://presidentspostdoc.umich.edu

Updates:

-Applied (x1)

-Any news? It may be a bit early.

-Emailed 1/15/21 to ask when notifications will be sent out. Received response 1/19/21 stating that notifications would sent in approximately three weeks (so around the second week of February).

Has anyone heard anything? (2/5)

University of Michigan - Society of Fellows (USA:MI) - Deadline: 15 Sep. 2020[]

MEach Fellow has a three-year appointment as Assistant Professor in an affiliated department of the University and a three-year appointment as a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Society of Fellows.

Link: http://societyoffellows.umich.edu/the-fellowship/application-guidelines/

Updates:

  • 11/29 - Any word yet? [11/30: website says final review occurs in January, which I read to mean of applications. Sounds like rejections won't go out until Feb/March; 11/30 in past years a first round of rejections went out in mid-December]
  • 12/14 - emailed them a few days ago and was told that letters were being sent out in the next few weeks
  • 12/26 - rejection by letter mail. Happy Holidays! (x6) --- quick question: Was the mail sent to your home or university department? --(12/28) delivered to home address
  • 1/4 - Why can't they join the 21st century and just email rejections? << Agree.... I live in an area whose mail has been totally torpedoed in recent months, and knowing this is being sent via USPS and will arrive god knows when adds a whole new layer to the anxiety :-|
  • Rejected via email (1/4) after I asked for application status. < -- so frustrating that you had to reach out!!!
  • 1/5 - Also rejected via email after reaching out. I'm on the east cost but never received a letter. (x4)
  • 1/5 - e-mailed this afternoon and was told my application is still under consideration. The final round of reviews will happen at the end of the month.
  • 1/8 - finally got rejection letter (dated 12/21) by mail (i live on West coast) (x2) <--me too, rejected in a letter postmarked 12/18 received 1/14 on the east coast. (x3) Insane that it took this long for the letter to reach me.<-- also weird us east coasters are all getting the letters on the same day
  • 1/19: any update? It seems that the university sent out some rejection letters, but is there anyone who has received an offer so far? <-- you can e-mail and ask the status of your application
  • 1/22 - anyone hear anything?
  • 1/22 - Received offer via phone call <-- did they give you a deadline to decide? thanks! <-- Feb 5
  • 1/26 Any rejection emails this week? <-- emailed them yesterday, received a response today (1/26) indicating that "the society continues to evaluate finalists".X2
  • Any idea how many finalists there are, and how many offers have been extended? Looking forward to this waiting to be over.<--200-300 semi-finalists, 35-40 finalists, 5-10 winners, between 800 and 1000 submissions.
  • 2/8 I have not received anything in the mail or email. Are they still reviewing applications?
  • 2/13 Haven't received anything, either. I assume they've send out first offers and waiting on acceptances?
  • 2/18 Received offer. Unfortunately I had to decline. Good luck to anyone who was alternate!
  • 3/1 rejection with note that I was one of 36 finalists. x2

University of Michigan Critical Translation Studies Postdoc - Deadline: 15 Oct 2020[]

The Department of Comparative Literature at the University of Michigan announces a one-year Postdoctoral Fellowship in Critical Translation Studies. The fellowship is funded by the Mellon Foundation in conjunction with a Mellon Sawyer Seminar on Sites of Translation in the Multilingual Midwest . The candidate will have the opportunity to pursue independent scholarship related to translation, gain teaching experience, and engage with interdisciplinary translation initiatives across the university and in the community beyond the university.

  • 1/27 Anyone hear anything?


University of Minnesota (USA:MS) - Mellon Just Futures - Minnesota Transform Postdoctoral Associate - Deadline: 21 Mar 2021[]

The Minnesota Transform initative invites applications for a postdoctoral fellowship for 2021-22. The fellowship is open to scholars whose work is based in the humanities and focuses on the issues of redress, reparations, or abolition regarding racial justice and/or settler colonialism. Preference will be given to those who engage these issues in relation to higher education or universities. Expectations for this fellow are that they will (1) advance their research; (2) give at least one presentation or workshop focused on their scholarship and/or public engagement practice; (3) teach one class or lead a major public humanities initiative project that addresses historical injustice and contemporary processes of abolition, reparations, or redress; and (4) consult with and advise the Minnesota Transform leadership team.


Link: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=61161

Updates: Anything? 04.09.2021 < I applied for the PPFP (below) and also have heard nothing, and emails asking for status have not been answered (4/9)

Any updates? I interviewed in early May. (5/18)

University of Minnesota President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program - Deadline 16 November 2020[]

minneThe University of Minnesota is pleased to offer postdoctoral fellowship opportunities in disciplines represented at the university, coupled with faculty mentoring, professional development, and academic networking opportunities.

Link: http://ppfp.umn.edu/

Updates:

  • Applied (x1)
  • [25 Feb.] Has anyone heard anything? I wrote to them on 2/18 asking when decisions would be announced and they haven't responded yet.
  • 4/2 Has anyone received an offer, rejection, any communication at all since applying? The website says "Finalists will be notified and awards announced close to April 1st each year." 5 months seems like an awfully long time to make a decision.
  • 5/11 rejection email

University of New South Wales (AUS) - 3 x Laureate Postdoctoral Fellows, Centre for History & Population - Deadline: 15 Mar. 2021[]

Applications are currently open for three Laureate Postdoctoral Fellows (link to: https://external-careers.jobs.unsw.edu.au/en/job/500861/laureate-postdoctoral-fellow) at the Laureate Centre for History & Population at UNSW, Sydney. Successful candidates will undertake independent and collaborative research on aspects of the modern (post 1800) history of population policy; the intellectual history of population and political economy; and/or the international history of population debate, including environmental history dimensions. Preference may be given to historians or historical geographers of India, China or Japan, or of the United Nations’ engagement with population matters. The Laureate Centre for History & Population (link to: https://historyandpopulation.com/) is a 5-year Australian Research Council-funded research centre directed by Professor Alison Bashford. Working with Professor Bashford, Laureate Postdoctoral Fellows will contribute to a reassessment of modern world history by centrally analysing population change and population policy, at national, regional and international levels within a ‘multiple modernities’ framework, and by analysing Malthusian theories, their uptake, translation and critique, across a range of modern polities. Environmental, economic, and intellectual historians, as well as historians of gender and health are invited to apply.

Link: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CEC195/3-x-laureate-postdoctoral-fellows-centre-for-history-and-population

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (USA:NC) - The Carolina Postdoctoral Program for Faculty Diversity - Deadline: 16 Nov. 2020[]

UNC Chapel Hill is soliciting applicants for the Carolina Postdoctoral Program for Faculty Diversity. The Department of English and Comparative Literature encourages qualified applicants to apply online and list our department as your primary interest. We encourage applications from scholars in any field, with a particular interest in Latinx literature and studies.

Link: http://research.unc.edu/carolinapostdocs/applicants/

Updates:

  • Any updates??? (1/4)
    • Nothing over here (1/4) x3
    • 01/11–Notification of department nomination (English and Comparative Literature). On to the central committee. / Congratulations! (1/12)/ Thanks!
    • 01/12--I've heard nothing. Applied for English so ...yeah... / Do they always notify nominated candidates? (1/12) /
      • I have no idea. But since the other poster stated s/he/they were notified, I figured that the ENGL Dept is notifying this year at least. Based on my understanding of the info on the UNC-CH site, they only take about 5 ppl. for the entire uni. so I doubt ENGL gets more than 1 person. But I'm totally guessing and also being pessimistic. (1/12) / Yes, the email I received supports that view.
    • 1/14--Any one heard back from other departments?
    • 1/15--I haven't heard anything, I applied to gender studies and polisci
    • 1/15--Nothing over here either, I applied in anthropology
    • 1/15--I got an email from the department chair (Linguistics) for a short interview.
      • 2/3 -- Just received notification of department nomination. Now waiting on university committee's decision./ Congrats! (02/5) / Thank you!!
    • 1/18–For those of you who haven't heard about department nominations, central committee decisions won't be announced until February 26 (at the earliest) so you still have plenty of time to secure a nomination
    • 1/31 - Anyone applied to History and heard back?
    • 2/1 - Anyone who applied to Romance Languages (Brazilian and/or Lusophone African Studies) and heard back?
    • 2/8 - It looks like not every department informs their top candidate that they are being forwarded to the central committee. I just read on a previous year's page that a candidate learned they were nominated by the department only via the rejection letter.
    • 02/11–Received email confirming department nomination. The email also included the following information: "Selected scholars for the program will be notified with a follow-up e-mail by the end of February. All scholars will receive notification regardless of the results by March 1, 2021." x3
    • 2/21-- Somebody announced on Twitter (2/19) that they received an offer. Do they email all of the selected scholars at the same time?
      • No idea. I was nominated by a department but haven't been contacted about final decisions. x3
        • 2/24–Any updates? There's still no news on my end.
        • 2/26-Any rejection received? Today's the last workday of Feb...
        • Nothing here... (2/26): x3
        • 2/26: Rejection received (was in spam folder) x3 (rejection email in spam folder)
        • 2/26: Nothing over here, no notification about nomination but no rejection yet either. Did anyone hear about a nomination in Anthro?
        • 2/26: I received a confirmation of nomination but did not receive a rejection. x3
          • FYI All of my emails from UNC-CH have been going to spam. Be sure to check your spam folder.
    • 3/1-- So anyone know what the deal is with this? It seems like rejections and offers have gone out for some people, but I've heard nothing at all (and I do check my spam folder as compulsively as I check this forum). Someone posted on 2/8 about how not all people who are nominated by departments necessarily know about it, but I couldn't find that anywhere on last year's forum and that may just be wishful thinking at this point...
      • I have no idea. I was nominated by a department but have received neither an offer nor a rejection. My sense is that you would've at least heard about a nomination, but who knows?
      • I also received notification of nomination, first from the department (which I think was their choice) and then from the central committee (which I also get the sense was sent to all the nominees)? I got the same email mentioned above that said all applicants would know their status by today, but I haven't received an offer or rejection either...
    • 3/2: Received email that they are awaiting a final decision and will have an update by 3/5
    • 3/2: Rejection email
    • 3/2: Received offer! <- Congratulations! Are you comfortable stating which dept/or college? << Thank you! I received an offer for Linguistics.


University of Notre Dame (USA:IA) - Byzantine Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship - Deadline: 1 Feb. 2021[]

Following substantial investment in the area of Byzantine Studies at the University of Notre Dame, including the acquisition of the Milton V. Anastos Library of Byzantine Civilization and generous support from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, the Mellon Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Medieval Institute at the University of Notre Dame is delighted to invite applicants for a nine-month Postdoctoral Fellowship in Byzantine Studies.

Link: http://apply.interfolio.com/80877

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University of Notre Dame (USA:IA) - Public Humanities Postdoctoral Fellowship - Deadline: 1 Feb. 2021[]

The Medieval Institute at the University of Notre Dame invites applications for a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in public humanities, supported by a previous endowment grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to the Institute. The fellow will devote the majority of the fellowship time to working closely with the Institute’s staff, especially its director of undergraduate studies and engagement, in the Institute’s outreach and engagement efforts directed at local schools as well as potential donors, alumni, and undergraduate majors and minors. The Institute will be celebrating its seventy-fifth anniversary in 2021–22, and the fellow will be an integral part of the planning and execution of events connected to that celebration. The remainder of the fellow’s time may be devoted to research and/or teaching.

Link: http://apply.interfolio.com/81010

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University of Oklahoma, Norman (USA:OK) - Newman Post-Doctoral Fellow - Deadline: 15 Nov. 2020[]

We seek to hire a Newman Post-Doctoral Fellow with an abiding interest in multi-disciplinary work focused on China’s growing influence around the world and the role of American multinational corporations in U.S.-China relations. The individual will assist with the research initiatives of the Institute for U.S.-China Issues, support the Institute’s biannual symposia, help to organize and participate in the Institute’s events, teach one interdisciplinary course on China in a comparative or global context in the Department of International and Area Studies (IAS) per year, and deliver a research presentation per semester.

Link: https://www.ou.edu/cis/sponsored_programs/institute-for-us-china-issues

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University of Oxford (UK:Eng) - ERC Research Fellow - Deadline: 22 Jan. 2021[]

Applications are invited for a full-time Research Fellow at the Faculty of Philosophy, in association with The Queen’s College, Oxford, to conduct research in a subject relevant to Roots of Responsibility ERC project.

Links:

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University of Oxford (UK:Eng) - Researcher - Deadline: 9 Apr. 2021[]

12 month post starting 1 Oct. 2021. We are seeking to appoint a post-doctoral researcher to support the Nolloth Professor of the Philosophy of the Christian Religion, Mark Wynn, in his project ‘God-Concepts and Spiritual Wellbeing’, funded by the John Templeton Foundation. This strand of the project will draw on philosophical, theological and empirical methods, and make use of interviews as well as textual and other sources. Based in the Faculty of Theology and Religion at the University of Oxford, you will be part of a team working with scholars from a wide range of disciplines. You will hold or be close to completion of a doctorate in philosophy, theology or the study of religion, and will have expertise relevant to the use of empirical methods of research, especially interview-based research.

Link: https://my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit/erq_jobspec_details_form.jobspec?p_id=150085

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University of Oxford (UK:Eng) - Research Associate, Recovering Europes Parliamentary Culture, 1500-1700 - Deadline: 2 Jul. 2021[]

This post will be fixed-term until 30th September 2022, and it is anticipated that the appointee will start on 1 October 2021 or as soon as possible thereafter. Applications are invited for a full time Research Associate to work with Professor Kewes and her Co-Investigators on the project ‘Recovering Europe’s Parliamentary Culture, 1500-1700: A New Approach to Representative Institutions’. The post holder will be a member of an interdisciplinary, international research team undertaking a pilot study of the English Parliament, the Polish Sejm, and the Dutch States General with specific responsibility for research in the area of the project centring on the Dutch States General, and will liaise in Holland with Dr Oddens. Intend to interview 19th July.

Link: https://my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.display_form?p_company=10&p_internal_external=E&p_display_in_irish=N&p_process_type=&p_applicant_no=&p_form_profile_detail=&p_display_apply_ind=Y&p_refresh_search=Y&p_recruitment_id=151198

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University of Oxford, Balliol College (UK:Eng) - Early Career Fellowship in Early Modern British History - Deadline: 2 Jul. 2021[]

This is a full-time fixed-term, non-renewable post available for the period 1 October 2021 to 30 September 2025, the first three terms of which will be probationary. The area of the post is Early Modern British History, understood as the history of the British Isles from 1450 to 1700. You may specialise in any part of this field, and focus on any theme, but we would particularly welcome applications from historians working in social, cultural or intellectual history. The post is intended to provide opportunities for an excellent early-career historian to develop teaching and research skills, and also to gain experience in administrative tasks.

Link: https://www.balliol.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/ecf_fps_-_final.pdf

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University of Oxford, Nuffield College (UK:Eng) - Postdoctoral Researcher, International NGOs in the Long Humanitarian Century - Deadline: 21 Dec. 2020[]

Nuffield College intends to appoint a Postdoctoral Researcher to support the work of the International NGOs in the Long Humanitarian Century: Legacy, Legitimacy and Leading into the Future research programme. Directed by Andrew Thompson (Professor of Imperial and Global History, Nuffield College) and Sir Mike Aaronson (Honorary Fellow, Nuffield College), the programme explores contemporary challenges facing the aid and the International aid sector, with a focus in the domains of geopolitical change; international relations; institutional leadership, development and ambition; political economy and market factors; and state behaviors and relationships to the state. We seek a researcher whose interests and experience fit into these broad domains.

Link: https://www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/media/4329/jd-ingos-pr.pdf

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University of Oxford, Nuffield College (UK:Eng) - Postdoctoral Researcher: History of Slavery in the City of London - Deadline: 11 Jan. 2021[]

Nuffield College seeks a Postdoctoral Researcher to research the role of the City of London and its commercial institutions in the eco-system of the transatlantic slave trade and ownership. Co-funded by the global law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, and under the supervision of Professor Andrew Thompson (Professor of Imperial and Global History, Nuffield College), the researcher will contribute to the growing body of scholarly literature on British imperialism and its intersection with transatlantic slavery, exploring the past and bringing it into close dialogue with the present.

Link: https://www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/media/4370/jd-pr-hsc.pdf

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University of Oxford, Oriel College (UK:Eng) - Turpin Junior Research Fellowship - Deadline: 5 Mar. 2021[]

NB: the short advertising period may mean the university is unable to sponsor work visas. Please check before applying Oriel College seeks applications for the Turpin Junior Research Fellowship in History in the field of Black History post 1800 (Black British History post 1800 OR Black Atlantic or Caribbean post 1800 OR Black African history post 1800) for a fixed term of almost 3 years, from 1st October 2021 to 30th September 2024. It is anticipated that applicants will be at an early stage of their academic career, taking into consideration career breaks for maternity leave and family leave etc. The Fellow will pursue post-doctoral level study in History. The Fellow may be asked to play a part in the undergraduate admissions process (weeks 9 and 10 of the Michaelmas Term). Admissions training will be provided. The stipend will be £21,900 per annum.

Link https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CEI494/turpin-junior-research-fellowship

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University of Oxford, Pembroke College (UK:Eng) - Junior Research Fellowship in Black British Studies - Deadline: 26 Apr. 2021[]

Pembroke College, in partnership with The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH), wishes to appoint a Junior Research Fellow (JRF) in Black British Studies. The fellow’s primary research interests should focus on people of African and/or Caribbean descent in Britain and/or Ireland, and this may include the interaction between Britain and the Caribbean, the Atlantic, and the African diaspora more widely. Preference will be given to candidates who work in the fields of history, literature, economics, law, politics or religion. The appointment will be from 1 September 2021 for three years.

Link https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CFB462/junior-research-fellowship-in-black-british-studies

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University of Oxford, Pembroke College (UK:Eng) - Junior Research Fellow - Deadline 15 Mar. 2021[]

  • Pembroke College wishes to appoint two Junior Research Fellows to the ‘Religion and Frontier Challenges’ research programme. These are full-time fellowships offered to early career researchers of any nationality and will be appointed with effect from October 2021 or as soon as thereafter for three years
  • Applicants should hold, or be close to completion of a doctorate before taking up the post. Applicants should have experience of research at doctoral level or above in theology and religious studies or in any other related discipline. The successful candidate will be expected to propose, plan and manage a high quality programme of original academic research which relates to the wider agenda of the research programme. Please read the further particulars which are available at http://www.pmb.ox.ac.uk/about-pembroke/vacancies along with the terms and conditions.

Link https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CDZ764/junior-research-fellow

updates

Rejection by email (4/15/21)

University of Oxford, Pembroke College (UK:Eng) - Smithsonian Junior Research Fellowship - Deadline 9 Jul. 2021[]

Pembroke College and the Smithsonian UK Charitable Trust wish to appoint a Junior Research Fellow, from 1 October 2021 for three years. You would be expected to spend 90% of your time pursuing your own research, and 10% of your time working to further the bonds between the Smithsonian Institution and Oxford University, including meeting with and hosting visitors to Oxford from the Smithsonian Institution and being involved in arranging events on an occasional basis. We would particularly welcome candidates whose research is in an area represented amongst Pembroke’s fellowship (https://www.pmb.ox.ac.uk/fellows-list), though applications are welcome from all disciplines related to the Smithsonian Institution.

Link: https://www.pmb.ox.ac.uk/vacancies/smithsonian-junior-research-fellowship-0

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University of Oxford (UK:Eng) - Post-Doctoral Researcher in Global Correspondent Banking 1870-2000 - European Networks - Deadline: 30 Oct. 2020[]

We are seeking a Post-Doctoral Researcher to join the team working on a major 5-year research project, Global Correspondent Banking 1870-2000, funded by the European Research Council Advanced Grant scheme. The Researcher will join the team from January 2021, or as soon as possible thereafter. The project is led by Professor Catherine R. Schenk at the University of Oxford. The overall objective is to analyse the changing shape of international banking networks across the 20th century using an innovative methodology that allows greater specificity and inclusion than ever before.

Link: https://my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobspec?p_id=147765

Updates:

University of Oxford (UK:Eng) - Postdoctoral Researcher on the 'Emptiness' Project (2 posts) - Deadline: 23 Sept. 2020[]

We are seeking up to two postdoctoral researchers for the European Research Council project "Emptiness: Living Capitalism and Democracy After (Post)Socialism." The project will study the emptying cities, towns, and villages in Eastern Europe and Russia through the lens of "emptiness" as a concrete historical formation that has emerged in conditions when socialist modernity is gone and promises of capitalist modernity have failed. More specifically, it will: (1) study the experiences and narratives of emptiness and emptying; (2) examine the politics and governance of emptying and emptiness; and (3) use postsocialist "emptying" and "emptiness" as lenses for analysing global reconfigurations of relations between capital, the state, people, and place at a time when capital flows and statecraft are increasingly concentrated in "global cities," with the rest of urban and non-urban spaces becoming radically disconnected.

Link: https://my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobspec?p_id=146862

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University of Oxford, Queens College (UK:Eng) - Career Development Fellowship in Early Modern History - Deadline: 26 Apr. 2021[]

fixed-term (non-renewable) Career Development Fellow (CDF) in Early Modern History for three years with effect from 1 October 2021. The Fellow will be required: (i) to pursue a programme of advanced research in early modern History; (ii) to teach six contact hours per week for the College or, should the hours required by Queen’s be less, for other colleges, either under an exchange arrangement or in return for tuition fees to be remitted to the College; (iii) to mark College examinations, play a full part in the admissions process, and to assist in the pastoral care of undergraduates reading the subject; and (iv) to contribute to College Open Days and outreach activities (v) to contribute to the development of the subject within the College, and to undertake such other duties as the Governing Body may direct. The Fellowship is intended to support those at an early stage of their academic careers. Candidates must have completed their doctorate (i.e. passed the doctoral examination) no earlier than 31 August 2018 and no later than 31 August 2021.


Link https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CEX152/career-development-fellowship-in-early-modern-history

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University of Oxford, Rothermere American Institute and Mansfield College (UK:Eng) - Junior Research Fellow in Nineteenth-century United States History - Deadline: 23 Apr. 2021[]

The Rothermere American Institute and Mansfield College are seeking to recruit a Junior Research Fellow in Nineteenth-century United States History. The post is fixed-term for two years. This is an opportunity for an early career historian to develop their own research and publications while also working with Professor Adam Smith to develop a new collaborative research project with a strong potential for external funding. The Research Fellow will have expertise related to the problem of political legitimacy in the nineteenth-century United States...Alongside a completed, or close to completion, doctorate in a relevant subject, some undergraduate teaching experience and specialist knowledge in the areas of research specified, the Junior Research Fellow will have the ability to manage their own academic research and will have a least one research publication. Excellent communication skills, professionalism, and a proven track record of working with others are essential to the role, as is the ability to contribute ideas for a new research project. Experience of writing grant applications will be an advantage.

Link: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CEW797/junior-research-fellow-in-nineteenth-century-united-states-history

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University of Oxford, St Annes College (UK:Eng) - The Plumer Junior Research Fellowship in History - Deadline: 15 Mar. 2021[]

he Governing Body of St Anne's College invites applications for the Plumer Junior Research Fellowship in History, starting sometime between 1 September and 1 October 2021, for two years. The JRF is open to those at an early stage of their academic career. Applicants are expected to have submitted their PhD thesis by 31 July 2021, or to be post-doctoral researchers who on 1 October 2021 are within three years of the award of their PhDs or equivalent professional training. Career breaks do not count towards this limit. Applications are particularly welcome from women and black and minority ethnic candidates, who are under-represented in academic posts in St Anne’s College and in the University of Oxford. Applications will be judged on the basis of the candidate’s potential to undertake a significant and exciting programme of research in an area of History, as evidenced by their research proposal, publication record and academic references.


Link https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CDZ688/the-plumer-junior-research-fellowship-in-history

Updates: Not selected for inerview (3/26)

University of Oxford, St Catherine's College (UK:Eng) - Canon Murray Fellowship in Irish History - Deadline: 7 May 2021[]

This post is funded from the Murray Fund, the result of a bequest by Canon Reverend Robert Henry Murray to fund fellowships in British or European history from the beginning of the Christian era to modern times. The successful applicant will also contribute to the wider research culture in Oxford, and explore opportunities for connecting the study of the Irish past with other scholarly fields. This is a full time, fixed term contract for 3 years.

Link: https://my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit/erq_jobspec_details_form.jobspec?p_id=150570

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University of Pennsylvania (USA:PA) - Post-Doctoral Fellow, Environmental Humanities - Deadline: 15 May 2021[]

The Penn Program in Environmental Humanities (PPEH) at the University of Pennsylvania invites applications for a one-year postdoctoral fellowship. Application materials will be accepted until May 15, 2021. We seek applicants whose research, teaching, and public engagements support and complement PPEH’s core commitments: 1) broadly interdisciplinary, collaborative inquiry across the arts and sciences 2) arts-driven inquiry into place, particularly our campus and the City of Philadelphia as well as urban ecology in other global contexts 3) public engagement, particularly in and with environmental justice communities and concerns 4) the creation and growth of “living archives” via practices of “urgent collection” PPEH Postdoctoral Fellows are expected to pursue their own research agendas as well as actively participate in the Program’s signature public environmental humanities projects, in Philadelphia and beyond. The ideal candidate’s application materials will explicitly address how their research and teaching intersects with ongoing public initiatives to expand the right to research; we are especially interested in candidates whose work engages with the digital and medical humanities.

Link: https://apply.interfolio.com/86807

Updates:Any news since request for additional materials?

6/1--Notification of finalist status & interview request

University of Pennsylvania (USA:PA) - Postdoctoral Fellowships for Academic Diversity; Penn Provost's Postdoctoral Fellowships - Deadline: Nov. 15 2020[]

The Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellowships and CHOP’s Postdoctoral Fellowships are competitive programs intended to increase the diversity of the academic research community at the University of Pennsylvania and The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). While the Penn and CHOP programs have a common application form, they are independently funded and have separate review processes.

Both organizations seek to attract promising researchers and educators from different backgrounds, races, ethnic groups, and other diverse populations whose life experiences, research experiences and employment backgrounds will contribute significantly to their academic missions.

Fellowships are available for postdoctoral training in all areas of study at either Penn or CHOP. STEM applications are encouraged. Successful candidates will receive mentored scholarly and research training as well as courses and workshops to enhance their research success skills and prepare them for a faculty position in a major university.

Updates

Has anyone heard anything on these? The website says they will decide in March.

Also applied, heard nothing (3/14)

  • Haven't heard anything either 3/15
  • Thanks for adding this! Nothing here either. Hopefully soon 3/18
  • Not sure about the provost one, but a person announced that they got a CHOP's fellowship back in January on Twitter. (3/24)
  • Saw 2 persons posted on Twitter this week and last week that they got the provost's fellowship. congrats to them and now we can move on... (3/26)
  • 3/31 - any rejections? ---> nothing yet (1x)
  • 4/2- Rejection email received; Semi-personalized email.
  • 4/2 - still nothing. looks like the mass rejections are still not out yet.
  • 4/5 Rejection received.
  • 4/14 - I'm still waiting to hear anything, anyone else in this boat? It's gonna be a rejection, obviously, but I still wanna know...

University of Pennsylvania (USA:PA) - Perry World House Postdoctoral Fellowships (multiple positions) - Deadline: 4 Jan. 2021[]

Applications are now open for three different postdoctoral fellowship programs sponsored by Perry World House for the 2021-2022 academic year, and one junior faculty sabbatical program.

Global Innovation Program

  • The Global Innovation Program at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perry World House invites applications for its postdoctoral fellowship program during the 2021-2022 academic year. The Global Innovation Program is the research arm of Perry World House, the University of Pennsylvania’s hub for global engagement and interdisciplinary international policy research. Perry World House connects Penn to the international policy world through research, student engagement, and public programming, bringing the university’s intellectual resources to bear on the urgent global challenges of the 21st century.
  • Link: http://apply.interfolio.com/80778.

- Mar 3, 2021 rejection email

Borders & Boundaries in World Politics

  • The Project on Borders and Boundaries in World Politics is looking to fill two postdoctoral fellow positions. Both are one-year and renewable. Partially supported by the National Science Foundation, the Project is concerned with boundaries between organized human communities, broadly understood.
  • Link: http://apply.interfolio.com/80777

- Does anyone have any news on this one?

- 2/22 rejection email indicating the position has been filled

Penn Identity & Conflict Lab

  • The Penn Identity & Conflict (PIC) Lab, led by Professor Nicholas Sambanis at the Department of Political Science of the University of Pennsylvania, seeks exceptional candidates for a one-year, full-time, renewable, residential appointment as a postdoctoral research fellow. The Lab is dedicated to addressing a broad range of critical questions focused on inter-group conflict.
  • Link: http://apply.interfolio.com/80726.

Lightning Scholars Sabbatical Residency

  • The Global Innovation Program at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perry World House invites applications for its 2021-2022 Lightning Scholars Program. This program brings untenured, but tenure-track, faculty at either the assistant or associate level from around the world to Philadelphia for a semester or year of writing, fellowship, and bridging the gap between academia and the policy world.
  • Link: http://apply.interfolio.com/80840.


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University of Pennsylvania (USA:PA) - Wolf Humanities Center Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships, 2021-2022 ("Migration") - Deadline: 15 October 2020[]

The Wolf Humanities Center awards five (5) one-year Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships each academic year to junior scholars in the humanities who are no more than five years out of their doctorate. Preference will be given to candidates not yet in tenure track positions, whose proposals are interdisciplinary, who have not previously enjoyed use of the resources of the University of Pennsylvania, and who would particularly benefit from and contribute to Penn's intellectual life. The programs of the Wolf Humanities Center are conceived through yearly topics that invite broad interdisciplinary collaboration. For the 2021-2022 academic year, our topic will be MIGRATION.

Link: https://wolfhumanities.upenn.edu/annual-topics/migration

Updates:

  • Applied: 2X
  • any news? (12/16)
  • Rejection letter received (12/18): 3X
  • Offer received (12/18)


University of Pittsburgh (USA:PA) - UCIS Postdoctoral Fellowship in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies - Deadline: 15 Dec. 2020[]

The University of Pittsburgh is offering a postdoctoral fellowship in the arts and humanities to begin in August 2021 for scholars whose work focuses on Russia, Eastern Europe, or Central Asia. This fellowship is a non-renewable appointment that ends in July 2022. The Fellow will be expected to pursue their own scholarly work and participate in the academic and intellectual activities of the University Center for International Studies (UCIS) and the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (REEES), as well as the department with which they become affiliated.

Link: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=60576

Updates:

any news? (1/30)

  • Nothing yet (1/30)
  • Status changed on the portal to "Candidate no longer under consideration" but have not received an email (2 Feb)
    • Update: An offer has already been made.


University of St Andrews (UK:Scot) - Research Assistant (Divinity) - Deadline: 6 Jul. 2021[]

This Research Fellow will work closely with the Principal Investigator in the New Visions in Theological Anthropology project (https://set.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk) to continue the development of the research community in science-engaged theology. The Fellowship will focus on writing and researching in areas connected to science-engaged theology and/or theological anthropology. They will contribute to all aspect of the New Visions in Theological Anthropology project, including event organisation and management, contributing entries to the online resource (www.theo-puzzles.ac.uk), and supporting the team in other administrative tasks. The Fellow will also provide research support to the Principal Investigaton. The role start date is 2nd August 2021 or as soon as possible thereafter. The role end date is 31st July 2022.

Link: https://www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/ViewVacancyV2.aspx?enc=mEgrBL4XQK0+ld8aNkwYmCikWirlFFeI1rrXUM52Er5TglfRWYmqavXnfgFPQ8G5Sb467zMezJMbWzNQiCFtaiao2luN/v4jgB56XR9QGrzNdAt7yEzS3Kh8gAcz8xM3

Updates:

University of St Andrews (UK:Scot) - Research Assistant (History) - Deadline: 18 Jun. 2021[]

This is a full-time position, for a fixed-term of two years, beginning on 1 September 2021 or as soon as possible thereafter. The successful candidate will require experience working within the field of the history or literature of Continental Europe in the Early Modern period, and to have prior experience of working with early printed books. Advanced skills in digital humanities, programming experience and web design would be a further advantage.

Link https://www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/ViewVacancyV2.aspx?enc=mEgrBL4XQK0+ld8aNkwYmN0Vds4xR2i4TVG4x8bpqYP6GR1tJ3OY0Dwh6lATuFHHrfpb+gddUTASDtxe4rY8P5QcCldvyYv/1+gAzjzhjCjNwWqBImAXCgdBZeL/v6ya

Updates

University of St Andrews (UK:Scot), Research Fellow (Chinese Cultural History) - Deadline: 8 Jul. 2021[]

The successful applicant will contribute to a long-term project led by the Founding Chair of Chinese Studies, Professor Gregory B. Lee, on the Cultural History of the People’s Republic of China 1975-2025. Applicants must hold a doctoral degree in contemporary (post-1949) Chinese cultural studies - literature, visual culture, cultural and intellectual history. Applicants should have experience of working or carrying out research in China as well as in the use of research methodologies and techniques relevant to work within the area.

Link: https://www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/ViewVacancyV2.aspx?enc=mEgrBL4XQK0+ld8aNkwYmFarXdwNxJHA+9DYRZkk4eVrgjMGxConI7ja+VpxUZLrK8U/UfrRObcyirw1d4LJl6dzjUxahSlDL09OuoSD9S7UPwB+FjOW44kwhXdkKg3T

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University of St Andrews (UK:Scot) - Research Fellow in Modern History: St Andrews and the legacies of Empire - Deadline: 14 Jun. 2021[]

This is a full-time position, on a fixed term contract of 12 months. You will be expected to pursue historical research into St Andrews’ formal and informal connections with empire in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. As well as pursuing research of your own design, you will play a major role in setting the agenda for the development of the University’s plans to investigate and recognize the legacies of its involvement in imperial projects, including historic slavery and colonial violence, and to act upon that knowledge.

Link: https://www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/ViewVacancyV2.aspx?enc=mEgrBL4XQK0+ld8aNkwYmL9u9IEXZKqLmsD+NwRlQrZnRwewu3KdXZ+P3+b0ZTgJJU3MVpmZ/Auyclo8mldQwPcBA+JEUIS5rtlh0uXSlmKNQjR5DqkdEht+wcdK0Xyw

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University of San Diego Diversity Postdoctoral Faculty - Deadline February 2nd[]

The College of Arts & Sciences at the University of San Diego seeks to hire three faculty members for the Postdoctoral Program who have a commitment to advance the perspectives of African Americans through teaching opportunities, research/creative work, and mentoring. We are committed to the development of scholars who empower students from U.S. communities that are underrepresented in academia.

Link: http://higheredjobs.com/faculty/details.cfm?JobCode=177321418

Updates:

Applied 1x

Email confirming my application has moved from the committee to the department I applied for—Women’s Studies and Philosophy (2/23)

Echoing above (that my application has been submitted to the department), Communications Studies department (2/23)

Interview scheduled w/ the Communications Studies department- 3/2

Has anybody NOT received the message above confirming that search process has moved to the second stage (i. e. selection of candidates at the department level)?

Offers will be made by the end of the month


University of Sheffield (UK:Eng) - Research Associate - Civil War Paths (3 posts) - Deadline: 24 Jun. 2021[]

Fixed term for 3 years, starting 1 October 2021. Working as part of a vibrant research team, you will be generating cutting-edge insights on civil war from pre- to post-war stages through fieldwork-intensive qualitative comparison. This work will shape new understandings of the paths civil wars follow and inform policy on this dominant form of armed conflict.You should have or be nearing the completion of a PhD in Politics, Development Studies, Geography, History, Journalism or another relevant field, preferably on a topic related to civil war, and have substantial expertise and experience of qualitative data collection and analysis, preferably based on in-depth interviews, on cases of civil war. You will have excellent organisational skills and ability to adapt to new circumstances and will need to be able to work independently and collaboratively to deliver high-quality research outputs.

Link https://jobs.shef.ac.uk/sap/bc/webdynpro/sap/hrrcf_a_posting_apply?PARAM=cG9zdF9pbnN0X2d1aWQ9NjA0RkVFNTU0RkQzMUIzOEUxMDAwMDAwQUMxRTg4NzgmY2FuZF90eXBlPUVYVA%3d%3d&sap-client=400&sap-language=EN&sap-accessibility=X&sap-ep-themeroot=%2fSAP%2fPUBLIC%2fBC%2fUR%2fuos#

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University of Sheffield (UK:Eng) - Research Associate: Priests in a Post-Imperial World 900-1050 - Deadline: 21 Feb. 2021[]

Fixed-term until 10th January 2024 We are looking for a highly motivated individual to work with Dr. Charles West on the AHRC/DFG-funded project ‘Priests in a post-imperial world 900-1050’. The project will assess the ‘life worlds’ of rural priests in Europe in the long tenth century....As a Research Associate, your primary task will be to draw on published Latin charter evidence from areas such as Lotharingia, Tuscany and Bavaria to elucidate the kinship connections of priests in the period. You will analyse both geographical and chronological variation in the nature of clerical families, the extent to which family relations are represented, and the relevance of the distinction between minor and major orders. You will be expected to produce a single-authored article on this topic as well as to contribute to collective publications and other tasks. The successful applicant will be based at the Department of History in Sheffield, mentored and line-managed by Dr. West, though it is also expected that they will spend up to three months during the project at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen in Germany, mentored by Professor Steffen Patzold. You will have a doctorate (or equivalent experience) in medieval history, research experience with Latin primary sources, excellent communication skills, and the ability to read in one or more of French, German and Italian.

Link: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CDU306/research-associate-priests-in-a-post-imperial-world-900-1050

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University of Southern California (USA:CA) - Society of Fellows in the Humanities Postdoctoral Fellowship - Deadline: 13 November 2020[]

The USC Society of Fellows in the Humanities invites applications for our 2021-2023 cohort of postdoctoral fellows. The USC Society of Fellows is an interdisciplinary community that supports advanced research by postdoctoral fellows and faculty members, promoting intellectual exchange and interdisciplinary approaches to research and teaching in the humanities and humanistic social sciences.

Link: https://uscdornsife.usc.edu/societyoffellows/index.cfm

Updates:

Applied 3x

anyone heard from them yet? (1/4)

  • Website says first screening doesn't even take place until end of February. <-- actually, it says early February.
  • Why do they have November deadlines and don't start review for almost 3 months later?
  • They say they will finish the first screening by early February. I'm guessing it probably takes 3 months to read close to 1,000 applications...
  • I can't wait to hear news from this! (1/27)
  • 1/29 - email notification of selection as semifinalist. (x3) They had 1187 applications.
  • 1/29 - email rejection x3
  • 2/1 - email rejection
  • To the above poster, was this rejection received this morning? Can I ask what discipline?
    • Yes, received this morning (Comparative Lit was my first choice). The email seems to have been originally sent yesterday but it bounced back to them and they resent this morning.
  • Odd - I haven't received anything. Anyone else not received a notice either way yet? (X1, 1/3)
    • I haven't received anything ether. To the semifinalist, was your email from the department (or faculty) who nominated you or from the society in general? For those who were rejected was it a generic rejection or individualized? ---> semifinalist email was also generic.
      • it was a generic rejection.
      • The email notifying selection as semifinalist was also very generic. It didn't even have my name on it. It said "We received a staggering total of 1187 applications this year and only 7% were selected as semifinalists." ... "The review of semifinalists takes place in the first half of February. Applicants will be notified of whether they have been selected as finalists or not by February 22nd. Offers will be communicated on the first week of March. Finalists who were not selected for the fellowship will receive an email notification once all positions have been accepted, which is normally by late March."
    • I have not heard anything either but based on the number above, one's chance of getting a rejection is 99.7%!!!! This job market is a fucking nightmare.
    • Agree with the person above. Got my rejection today. You can't fight those statistical probabilities.
    • I have to say, this is a bit perplexing! Did anyone else receive a semifinalist email yesterday? Perhaps they just haven't sent them all out yet (likely wishful thinking).
    • Perhaps they're sending notifications department by department? I'm assuming each department submits their rankings to the society and then the society notifies.

^W/R/T this point; most likely since some departments most likely submitted the candidate they would support and others probably had the deadline on Friday. Generally if acceptances and rejections are going out and you haven't received anything, most likely by end of next week since your department/school is just behind. Alas, like most Society of Fellows, it's not really about the research but your pedigree (most winners are from Ivy League or top tier private schools and their research is more philosophical (looking at last year winners) than community, political, or socially based; so don't take it personally when one gets rejected!

  • I haven't heard anything yet. No rejection, no semifinalist email. Are there others that haven't gotten anything? (Feb. 9)
      • I haven't received an email either (re: rejection/semifinalist) (1/3)
      • I haven't gotten any e-mail updates either as of 2/15. My discipline is history.
  • 2/16 Was notified I was a semifinalist on 1/29 like others stated above, but no further updates beyond that (though the e-mail does say "Applicants will be notified of whether they have been selected as finalists or not by February 22nd"). I do not have an "Ivy League" pedigree by any means, so I imagine it's still quite unlikely I will be selected as a finalist. My discipline is Communication.
  • 2/19 was notified of status as a finalist via email. Only 2% of 1187 applicants were selected. Final decisions will be made next week with offers out the first week of March. [ +1: my field is Anthropology, if that is somehow helpful]
    • 2/21 Thanks to whoever posted the above, I was a semi-finalist and it's so helpful to know that finalist emails seem to have gone out!!! <--Of course! I can't understand for the life of me why we all don't properly update one another. Everyone of us is checking this thing constantly, and if the institutions don't have the sense to update applicants, we have to at least look out for our own. Sorry for the bad news, but I'm sure something good will come of it all soon, so stay positive!
  • 2/22 Official rejection received x2. Best of luck to the finalists! E-mail language for reference: "Thank you for applying for the postdoctoral position with the USC Society of Fellows in the Humanities, and congratulations once more on your selection as a semifinalist. We regret to inform you that your application did not advance to the final round of review. We received a staggering total of 1187 applications this year and, unfortunately, only have five fellowships to award. We appreciate the time and effort it takes to apply. There was great interest in your file, and the merit of your scholarship and promise you hold as a scholar are clear to the reviewers. We truly regret that we are unable to offer positions to all deserving applicants. We wish you the very best." 

  • 2/24 I still haven't gotten any emails from them (no semifinalist or finalist e-mail, no rejection either). Is anyone else still in this boat?
  • 2/26 - Email with an offer! It said that "An offer letter will be prepared by the University next week and will require you to accept or decline the position within two weeks of the offer date, but I did not want to delay sharing this good news with you. "
  • 3/17 - I received an offer yesterday, which I declined, so it ain't over!


University of Southern California (USA:CA) - Postdoctoral Fellowship in early modern Americas - Deadline: 7 May 2021[]

The USC-Huntington Early Modern Studies Institute (EMSI) invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship from scholars whose research is in any area of the humanities or humanistic social sciences with a focus on early modern Americas, c. 1500-1800. To apply, candidates must have completed all requirements for their doctoral degree after June 30, 2016, and before July 1, 2021.

Link https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=61307

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University of Southern California (USA:CA) - Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Humanities and Academic Administration - Deadline: 29 January 2021[]

The USC Mellon Humanities and the University of the Future Program seeks applications for two-year Postdoctoral Research Fellowships from scholars whose research is in any area of the humanities or humanistic social sciences and who have interest in academic administration. The annual salary will be $75,000, plus benefits and a yearly $2000 research/travel allowance. To apply for the 2021–2023 cohort, candidates must have completed all requirements for their doctoral degree after June 30, 2016 and before July 1, 2021. The Program seeks to address the need for more humanities or humanistic social science scholars in academic administration by opening potential new career paths. Each postdoctoral fellow will spend one semester working closely with a divisional dean; another with either the college dean of undergraduate education or the college dean of graduate education; a third in either the media office, the Academy in the Public Square, or the office of Advancement; and a fourth semester free of any responsibilities to enable fellows the chance to work full-time on revising and publishing their research. Fellows will attend meetings and contribute to policy decisions, working as liaisons between dean-level offices and faculty members, meeting with potential donors and program officers from foundations, and advancing the mission of USC Dornsife. During the time of the fellowship, a divisional dean will serve as a mentor and provide assistance for the fellows’ research and writing, including support for grant applications, review of book proposals, draft articles, or chapters of works-in-progress. Our goal is to provide mentoring so that the shift to greater administrative responsibilities does not come at the expense of research productivity. Applicants’ research must be based in the humanities or humanistic social sciences. We welcome proposals from applicants with interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary projects. Proposals may focus on any period and geographic region. Applicants will be evaluated based on their academic accomplishments, the significance and intellectual merit of their research project, and their potential to contribute to the goals of USC Dornsife. To apply, submit all materials via our application portal. The application deadline is Friday, January 29, 2021. Applicants must complete the application form, provide names and email addresses of two recommenders, and upload separate pdf files of the following documents: Cover letter / Research statement (not exceeding 3 pages); Writing sample; CV. Our application portal is unable to accept documents submitted by Interfolio or similar dossier services.

  • Applied (x4)
  • Had an email from the program head asking me to clarify when I started my graduate program. Genuinely unclear if that "means" anything. (2/18) < Given the current state of the acadmic job market, this is basically an interview. Congrats.
  • To the applicant above: Has there been any additional follow up after you were contacted by the program head? (Follow up: No nothing since then).
  • Haven't heard anything. For what it's worth, website states awardees will be contacted by the end of March 2021. And so...we wait. (3/3) Also wonder it they received over 1K applicants as with case of their Society of Fellows. Good luck everyone! << I'm speculating here but I think that's unlikely given the more narrow scope of this postdoc and its relative obscurity compared to more visible SOF programs that run annually. But then the job market is so disastrous this year that even marginal opportunities like this one attract substantial pools of applicants.
    • That update on the website is new, so presumably there's still another couple of weeks, at least, to wait on this one (3/3)
    • I think these kinds of post-docs are way less popular as many people don't want to do admin-type work, but then again, this is such an atypical year that who knows. I'm glad to know that things are moving if slowly (3/04)
    • any news? (3/19)
    • nothing here (3/20)
    • The website update states that selected fellows will be contacted by the end of March, does this mean they already interviewed or that they didn't interview at all? Does anyone know? (3/25)
      • 3/25 No particular knowledge here but it seems a short period of time overall to accommodate an interview process, and there's no mention of them planning on holding them on the fellowship description's page...
  • anything?
    • 3/29 1pm nothing here
    • I wonder if the school's $1 billion settlement with victims of abuse put this fellowship on the chopping block.
      • I had a similar thought when I saw that headline, but it's funded by Mellon (until the end of the two years for the cohort being selected this spring). What's more likely is that the rejections will go out long after the selections are made - USC has recent history of that. Unfortunately I suspect we will get to end of business on Wednesday hearing crickets.
    • given that some people end up declining offers too, I agree with ^^ that rejections might take a while to come out as they find people who accept. It seems that there is a handful of us interested in it so hopefully we will update this page.
    • The exhausted cynical part of me senses that they've already contacted the successful applicants and those people are now drafting their "Thrilled to announce..." tweets. If they wanted us they would have been in touch by now. Long waits almost always seem to indicate rejection with these kinds of things. (update 3/31: I'm crossing this one off as a rejection on my spreadsheet. Like I said, I suspect the successful candidates have already been notified.)
    • Ehh, I understand the sentiment but I think they haven't reached out to anyone yet. The website says they'll contact fellows at the end of March, not that they will announce who the fellows are at the end of March. Maybe I'm picking nits but I think there's hope. In any case, I'm still hoping because what else is there to do.
    • And then there's always the possibility that they're running behind schedule if they received more applications than in previous years. In any case, nobody should make their career planning dependent on getting one of these increasingly unreachable postdocs. The alt-ac route is becoming more and more attractive these days.
      • Lol what's sad is this is essentially a postdoc designed to help create alt-ac careers, the problem is finding a good alt-ac job thanks to the pandemic has made that almost as difficult as any of these academic positions.
    • 3/31 Now I am hoping for an April's Fools' email. Re ^^^ and alt-ac, it's definitely less crowded and therefore, less competitive. The nice thing about alt-ac is that it's not on a specific timeline so jobs are posted throughout the year and the hiring process is a lot shorter too. So at least there is no waiting around for months to hear back.
    • 4/5 any news? I haven't received any correspondence (no rejection either), wondering if anyone here might have heard anything.
    • 4/5 finally emailed and got back the response "Email notices went out to applicants earlier today" which is honestly unclear. To those selected? Including rejections? I've got nothing in my inbox so.
      • Nothing received on my end either. My guess is that their email referred to all successful applicants. It's been my understanding that most search committees do not send out rejection emails until all available positions have been filled.
      • Nothing here either. Man, I really hate multi-step notification; whatever happened to having a waitlist/alternate list so you could at least send out all the notifications at once?
      • Not to belabor this point, but I think everyone interested in alt-ac careers in the academy should consider applying for staff jobs rather than putting all their hopes in one of these increasingly rare postdoc opportunities. Every major university in your area should have staff openings on a rolling basis. Many of these entry-level jobs might offer very similar career opportunities over the long term and even better perks than TT jobs.
      • Generic rejection received. (x4 - at 6:24 Pacific)
      • Also rejected but no time to grieve, kiddies. UVA Engagements Program Postdoc is due on 4/16. Gotta keep scraping!
      • Good luck everyone!
      • 4/6 also got a rejection. Before I stop looking at this thread, I want to echo the point above about staff positions and how to find them. The POD network is a great resource for finding staff positions, as well as individual schools' HR sites (but more time consuming). All the best!

University of Strathclyde (UK:Scot) - Research Associate (Strathclyde Business School) - Deadline: 17 Mar. 2021[]

Term: Fixed Term (36 months) Applications are invited for the post of Research Associate to work on the inter-disciplinary project entitled "The entrepreneurs who made Glasgow: the city and its businesses 1861-1901". The project takes some of the factors that are key to understanding city centres in the 21st century and apply them to Glasgow's historical data in order to buildore holistic understanding of the 19th century city. The project will collect large scale data from historical sources i.e., valuation rolls, town directories, and censuses in order to identify business premises, ‘work from home’ entrepreneurs, and demographic details of individuals over time and space. In doing so a detailed picture of Glasgow's spatial, economic and social development during this period will be created.

Link: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CEE165/research-associate-352153

Updates:

University of Strathclyde (UK:Scot) - Research Associate- Deadline: 28 Feb. 2021[]

  • The School of Social Work and Social Policy at the University of Strathclyde wishes to appoint a Research Associate to undertake research into the relationship between voluntarism and health care within the National Health Service. The research forms part of a collaborative programme entitled ‘Border Crossings: charity and voluntarism in Britain’s mixed economy of health care since 1948’ and is funded by the Wellcome Trust. The successful candidate will be expected to possess a PhD or equivalent in History, Social Policy or a related social science discipline. The post will be available from 1 April 2021 onwards and will last for three years.

Link: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CDY363/research-associate-352368

Updates:

University of Sussex (UK:Eng) - Research Fellow (I) in Digital Culture - Deadline: 31 July 2020[]

The School of Media, Arts and Humanities at the University of Sussex wishes to appoint a Research Fellow in Digital Culture from 1 September 2020 to contribute to developing research in digital media cultures in the school.

Link: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CAN608/research-fellow-i-in-digital-culture

Updates:

University of Tokyo (JPN) - Postdoctoral Fellow - Deadline: 30 Sept. 2020[]

Postdoctoral Fellow (Project Researcher) at Tokyo College, the University of Tokyo Field of Expertise: Tokyo College is looking to invite researchers from a broad range of fields under the research theme, "The Earth and Human Society in 2050", and carry out interdisciplinary collaboration to contribute to the realization of a sustainable and inclusive future of humanity. Applicants’ field of expertise should be related to at least one of the following five research foci; topics that range across multiple themes are also welcome.

  1. Digital Revolution and Future of Humanity
  2. Tackling the Planetary Boundaries through Interdisciplinary Approaches
  3. Japan Viewed from Inside and Outside
  4. Humanities in 2050 - World Philosophy, World History and World Literature -
  5. Life and its Value for Future Society


Link: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/16616

Updates:

  • 11/14/20: Anyone hear anything yet? (@__@)
  • rejection (11/17)

University of Toronto - Arts & Science Postdoctoral Fellowship Program - Deadline: 1 Dec. 2020[]

The Arts & Science Postdoctoral Fellowships provides outstanding recent doctoral students advanced training in their field of study. These fellowships are not discipline specific, but rather can be held in any department or research unit across the Faculty of Arts & Science at the University of Toronto. Applicants must secure sponsorship of a full-time supervisor, or supervisors, from the professoriate within the Faculty of Arts & Science (St. George Campus).

Link: https://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/faculty-staff/research-supports-services/find-funding#as-postdoctoral-fellowship-program

Updates:

  • Anyone hear anything? (1/25)
  • Anything? (2/21)
  • Email rejection (3/4)


University of Toronto Scarborough - Postdoctoral Fellow - AfroSonic cultures across the African diaspora - Deadline: 31 March 2021[]

The Department of Arts, Culture and Media at the University of Toronto Scarborough seeks a dynamic emerging scholar, with PhD in hand, to take up the position of Postdoctoral Fellow in our department, with a focus on music and music cultures from within a Black Studies framework. We welcome applicants from a variety of traditional disciplines such as Sociology, Geography, Musicology, English Literature, Philosophy as well as interdisciplinary scholars working across a number of fields such as, but not limited to Cultural Studies, the Digital Humanities, Theatre & Performance Studies, Gender Studies or Caribbean Studies.

Link:https://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/acm/employment

Updates:


University of Toronto Scarborough - Postdoctoral Fellow - Arts, Health, and Social Wellness - Deadline: April 1 2021 (application review begins March 15)[]

“Flourish: Community-Engaged Arts for Social Wellness”, is one of four new funded flagship programs for supporting the pursuit of strategic initiatives at UTSC launched in Fall 2020. Based in the Department of Health and Soceity, the “Flourish” research cluster exists to advance our understanding of creative arts engagement as an impactful intervention for enhancing social connection and wellness across the life-course.

Alongside the Principal Investigator and with the support of a dedicated Cluster Coordinator, the successful postdoctoral candidate will also serve as Associate Director of this Cluster of Scholarly Prominence for the duration of their appointment. The Postdoctoral Fellow will play a central role in furthering the research goals of this research cluster, with flexibility to pursue their own and additional projects related to community-engaged arts as a method for social wellness. For more details, see below.

Salary: $50,000 per year, plus benefits, for up to two years. An additional annual research stipend of $5,000 will be available to support the Postdoctoral Fellow’s research activity.

Application instructions. We are looking for someone to start the Fellowship as soon as possible. A review of applications will begin on March 15, 2021, and the closing date for this position is April 1, 2021. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.

Link: https://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/healthsociety/employment (see "Postdoctoral Fellow).

Updates:

University of Tulsa (USA:OK) - Post Doc in 20th Century U.S. and the World History - Deadline: 1 Jun. 2021[]

The University of Tulsa’s Department of History seeks applications for a one-year Jay T. Walker 20th Century U.S. and World History Postdoctoral Fellow. Research interests may include--but not be limited to—historical U.S./global perspectives on race, comparative imperialism, transnational migration, postcolonial studies, and popular culture.

Link: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=61410

Updates:

University of Virginia (USA:VA) - Postdoctoral Fellowship, Age of Jefferson (1776-1860) - Deadline: 15 Jan. 2021[]

The Center for the Study of the Age of Jefferson at the Jefferson Scholars Foundation at the University of Virginia invites applications for a postdoctoral fellow in the history of the Age of Jefferson (ca. 1776-1860).

Link: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=60693

Updates: [any news? 3/8]

  • Interviewed on 3/2. The chair described it as a "finalist" interview, but it felt like a first round.

University of Virginia (USA:VA) - Rising Scholars Postdoctoral Fellows Program - Deadline: April 12[]

As part of an ongoing commitment to diversifying our programs, the professoriate and the research workforce, the College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences at the University of Virginia solicits applications to the Rising Scholars Postdoctoral Fellows Program.  This program seeks to recruit postdoctoral scholars who have the potential to assume a tenure-track faculty position and who would benefit from a mentored professional development opportunity.  

Updates:

  • 4/27 - Any news?
  • 5/10 - any news?
  • 5/18 - anything? any insider info?
  • I haven't heard anything yet (5/19)
  • 5/18 - offer received (humanities) [eta: Mellon component, no interview]
    • congrats! what department, and for the race and equity focus or the underrepresented groups one?
    • there are two competitions within the fellowship which were you? also, no interview?
  • 5/24 any rejections?
  • 6/4 still no rejection.... --> dunno why it's taking them this long to send out rejections...it's been like 3 weeks since they sent out the offers. (6/5)


University of Virginia (USA: VA) - Engagements Postdoctoral Fellows Program - Deadline: April 16

Updates?

5/10 - Anything?

5/11 - Any offers?

5/20 - any news?

5/24 - any word or insider info on timeline? interviews supposedly this spring...

- the first and second round of interviews took place in early May, so offers should have gone out already


University of Warwick (UK:Eng) - Resarch Fellow x2 - Deadline: 25 Mar. 2021[]

The University of Warwick seeks to appoint two full-time Research Fellows for a fixed-term period of 36 months commencing on 1 June 2021 as part of the Wellcome Trust Investigator Award project, ‘The Last Taboo of Motherhood?: Postnatal Mental Disorders in Twentieth-Century Britain’, led by Principal Investigator Professor Hilary Marland of the Warwick History Department. If you have not yet been awarded your PhD but are near submission or have recently submitted your PhD, any offers of employment will be made as Research Assistant on level 5 of the University grade structure (£30,046). Upon successful award of your PhD and evidence of this fact, you will be promoted to Research Fellow on the first point of level 6 of the University grade structure (£30,942 pa).

Link: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CEN348/research-fellow-x-2-103729-0321

Updates:


University of Warwick (UK:Eng) - Research Fellow - Deadline: 4 Jan. 2021[]

The RACOM research project (full title: 'Rome and the Coinages of the Mediterranean 200 BCE - 64 CE') is a five-year European Research Council funded project headed by Professor Kevin Butcher running from September 2019 to August 2024. The project is hosted by the Department of Classics & Ancient History at the University of Warwick.

Link: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CCU404/research-fellow-103344-1120

Updates:

  • Interview date: w/c 18 January 2021

University of the West of England (UK:Eng) - Research Fellow (Feminist Labour History) - Deadline: 24 Feb. 2021[]

The Faculty of Business and Law at UWE, Bristol wish to recruit a Research Fellow to work on a major AHRC funded project ‘Gender Equalities at Work: an Interdisciplinary History of 50 years of Legislation’. The project is a collaboration between University of Edinburgh, University College London and UWE, Bristol. The project will produce the first comprehensive history (from the 1960s to the present) of the Equal Pay Act 1970 and Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (now integrated in the Equality Act 2010) covering the four nations of the UK. Combining archival research with oral history interviews, it will examine the law in action, as agency, and as personal experience. The Research Fellow at Bristol will be working under the guidance of Professor Hazel Conley...We are looking for a Post-Doctoral researcher in Feminist Labour History or a related field who is skilled at locating and analysing historical documents and conducting oral history interviews. Experience of academic publication is also desirable.

Link https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CDU866/research-fellow-feminist-labour-history

Updates

University of York (UK:Eng) - Postdoctoral Research Associate - Deadline: 1 Feb. 2021[]

Following the award of a UK Research Innovation Future Leader Fellowship to Dr Fay Bound Alberti for the project entitled ‘About face: The affective and cultural history of transplants', the Department of History seeks to appoint a Postdoctoral Research Associate to contribute to the project. The post is full-time and available as soon as possible until 30 September 2022. The project will explore the social, ethical and emotional history of face transplants in the context of the wider histories of facial 'disfigurement', reconstruction and transplantation. It will consider the historical emergence of facial transplantation surgery and its emotional meanings for those affected by it, as well as its portrayal in policy debates, works of fiction and media coverage. Working with other members of the project team, the Postdoctoral Research Associate (PDRA) will play a significant role conducting research and collecting data for the project, including carrying out structured, semi-structured and narrative interviews with surgical teams, face transplant patients and their families.

link https://jobs.york.ac.uk/wd/plsql/wd_portal.show_job?p_web_site_id=3885&p_web_page_id=434305

Updates

University of York (UK:Eng) - Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Deadline: 5 Sept. 2020[]

The University of York wishes to appoint a 2-year Postdoctoral Fellowship, generously funded by the Leverhulme Trust as part of its Research Leadership Award (2016) to Dr. Timothy Stanton for his project Rethinking Civil Society: History, Theory, Critique. The successful applicant will join a team of eight doctoral and postdoctoral researchers working on this five-year project, which explores the origins and development of ideas of ‘civil society’ in Western political thought since Aristotle.

Link: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CBA112/postdoctoral-research-fellow

Updates:

Washington College (USA:MA) - Patrick Henry History Fellow - Deadline: 1 Dec. 2020[]

The Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience invites applications for its full-time residential fellowship, which supports outstanding work on American history and culture by both scholars and nonacademic authors. The deadline for applications for the 2021-2022 Patrick Henry Writing Fellowship is December 1, 2020. Link: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=60595

Updates:

Washington State University (USA: WA)- Postdoctoral Partnership Faculty Fellowship, Digital Culture and Technology Program - Deadline 13 Dec 2020[]

The Digital Technology and Culture program at Washington State University (WSU) invites applications for an ACLS-Washington State University Postdoctoral Partnership Faculty Fellowship, made possible by a generous grant from the American Council of Learned Societies with funds provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The duration of the postdoctoral fellowship is two years beginning August 2021, with the intent to transition into a tenure-track faculty position upon the completion of the fellowship period. The Postdoctoral Partnership Initiative is designed to increase the diversity, broadly conceived, of faculty in the humanities and to support fellows within fields of the humanities for members of groups that have been historically underrepresented. The College of Arts and Sciences and the Digital Technology and Culture program particularly encourages applications from individuals who identify as members of traditionally underrepresented groups including, but not limited to Indigenous, Native American, First Nations, Black, African diaspora, and Latin(x) populations.

Updates:

  • Applied x2
  • Has anyone received word that their referees were contacted? (1/12/21)
  • 1/15/21 I haven't heard anything
  • 1/29/21: Received response that they are still reviewing applications
  • any news since zoom interviews?
  • 3/25/21 rejection email

Washington University in St. Louis (USA:MO) - Friedman Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Jewish Studies - Deadline: 11 Jan. 2021[]

Washington University in St. Louis invites applications for the Friedman Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Jewish Studies. Applications will be accepted from scholars in any field of Jewish Studies. Preference will be given to applicants in American Jewish Studies and/or whose work engages such issues as Judaism and pluralism; or Judaism and gender and/or race relations, social movements and community practices. Link: http://apply.interfolio.com/80175

Updates:

2/22 - any word?

Washington University in St. Louis (USA:MO) - American Culture Studies: Postdoctoral Fellowship in American Ethnic Studies - Deadline: 14 Dec. 2020[]

The Program in American Culture Studies (AMCS) at Washington University in St. Louis invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellowship in American Ethnic Studies for the academic year 2021-2022 with the possibility of renewal for a second academic year, contingent upon satisfactory performance. AMCS is an endowed program in Arts & Sciences that fosters cross-disciplinary intellectual exchange and transformative scholarship at the intersections of the humanities and social sciences. Link: https://amcs.wustl.edu/news/american-culture-studies-postdoctoral-fellowships

Updates:

Applied 1x: Haven't heard anything as of 1/20. Any updates?

2/8: Request for additional materials.

Thanks

3/26: Anyone heard anything on decisions?

3/27: No word here.

Washington University in St. Louis (USA:MO) - American Culture Studies: Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Study of the St. Louis Region - Deadline: 14 Dec 2020[]

The Program in American Culture Studies (AMCS) at Washington University in St. Louis invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellowship focused on the study of the St. Louis region for the academic year 2021-2022 with the possibility of renewal for a second academic year, contingent upon satisfactory performance. AMCS is an endowed program in Arts & Sciences that fosters cross-disciplinary intellectual exchange and transformative scholarship at the intersections of the humanities and social sciences. Link: https://amcs.wustl.edu/news/american-culture-studies-postdoctoral-fellowships

Updates:

  • Applied 12/14/2020. Job listing on the WUSTL AMCS site says they'd contact applicants who advance to the next round by late December; haven't heard anything as of 1/5/2021.
  • Also applied, heard nothing as of 1/15.
  • Received invitation as semifinalist to submit additional materials and schedule Zoom interview, 1/19/2021


Washington University in St. Louis (USA:MO) - Modeling Interdisciplinary Inquiry Postdoctoral Fellowship - Deadline: 14 Dec. 2020[]

Washington University in St. Louis announces the twentieth year of Modeling Interdisciplinary Inquiry, a postdoctoral fellowship program endowed by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, designed to encourage interdisciplinary scholarship and teaching across the humanities and interpretive social sciences. Link: https://mii.wustl.edu/how-to-apply/

Updates:

  • Applied: 7x
  • Based on previous years we should hear something last week of January.
  • Has anyone heard anything?
  • Nothing 1/28
  • Also nothing 1/28 - I have never gotten an interview or advanced on a postdoc app, but that does not keep me from obsessively checking this thread at least 3 times a day. Best wishes to everyone!!! <-- This resonates. (x3) yikes I definitely check more than 3 times a day ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
  • Oh, give it another year and you'll be, like the rest of us, empty enough inside to check only once a day.
  • 1/31 - Anyone heard back?
  • Feb. 1, haven't heard anything (x4)
  • 2/3 Rejection email (x5). According to the rejection email, this was the largest applicant pool in this program's history: 633 applicants.

2/3 4:45 pm - gah has anyone NOT heard anything? Did next round notices go out/is that even a thing?

  • Previous years indicate that rejections go out over two or three days. We're not in the clear yet. We won't know if we made the cut until we get a rejection now, a rejection in two or so weeks, or a request for interview around that time, I believe.

Right, we're not in the clear yet. Any one of us could be next. Don't check your email or make any loud noises. Situation precarious.

Lol. So confirming that we will not be updated on status for 2 weeks one way or ther other? ugh

2/3 Notification that application is "still under consideration" (x4). [They also included a bit of a timeline: "We’ll reduce the short list we now have to a shorter list of candidates whom we will hope to interview at the end of February by Zoom. We’d like to complete the selection process by mid-March."]

Anyone else still not receive either email? Schrödinger's postdoc... )x6!!! <-- Curious if anybody in this category has reached out to them? If we are not still being considered, why not send out the rejections at the same time? <-- Rejection on Feb 5. Guessing this is the second round of emails.

  • I'm in this category and I reached out. Will update if/when they respond
  • 2/5: Rejection x2

2/14 Anyone else still in a Schrödinger's postdoc position?

2/24 Has anyone been notified they made the short list? I have yet to hear anything since the email on 2/3...

2/25 Rejection from short list.

  • 2/26: Anybody else hear anything re: the short list? I've been compulsively refreshing this page and my inbox since seeing this update yesterday, but nothing yet...
  • 2/27 - Interviews happened yesterday

Williams College (Williamstown, MA) –Latinx Literatures[]

Deadline: Jan. 15th

The English Department at Williams College invites applications for a two-year Mellon post­doctoral fellowship in Latinx Literatures, beginning July 1, 2021.

https://www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/details.cfm?JobCode=177353069&Title=Latinx%20Literatures

Applied: 1X

02/05–Request for Interview

14 March, offer extended

Yale University (USA:CT) - Agrarian Studies Program, MacMillan Center - Deadline January 4, 2021[]

We aim to be the crossroads for the best work in the humanities, the social sciences, environmental studies, and related professional fields that breathes new life into the study of farmers, agriculture, and rural society and captures the texture of lived experience as well contributing to theoretical and conceptual advances. The Agrarian Studies Program appoints three fellows annually, chosen for the promise of their research; they are in residence for the year, present a paper, and attend the weekly colloquium. Emerging as well as established scholars are encouraged to apply. We also receive applications from knowledgeable “activists” and “public intellectuals” whose work on rural life transcends the academy.

  • 01/26 - Request for additional materials
  • 04/02 - Rejection letter from second round. For those applying in future years, this is how I think the process works. Second round people asked for more materials around 01/26. People probably get offers on Friday of the last week of February. I know from another fellowship that Yale takes forever to actually write up offer letters for you to sign. So they make you an informal offer on email, and ask for you to say whether you plan to accept. Then they take about a month or so to write up the letter, so you end up formally accepting about a month or so after, at which point Yale will finally send rejection letters to everyone they haven't rejected yet. I have some suspicions that there are actually two rejection letter waves sent to people from the second round. I think that in the last week of February when Yale makes offers, Yale sends a wave of rejection letters but reserves a small group of alternates who only get their rejection in the first week of April, when finalists have formally signed and accepted their offers. This last bit is primarily speculation, but the earlier dates I mention have some data to back them up.

Yale University (USA: CT) - Council on East Asian Affairs - Deadline: January 8, 2021[]

Inaugurated in the 1999-2000 academic year, the Postdoctoral Associates Program at the Council on East Asian Studies provides promising young scholars specializing in East Asia one year at Yale University in which they can prepare their dissertations for publication, pursue research projects, gain experience teaching advanced seminars to undergraduates, and utilize Yale’s resources. Proposals with single region or transregional emphasis on China, Japan, and/or Korea are welcome.

Applied 2x

Anyone heard anything? --> Nothing here yet!

Nothing yet (Mar 26)

  • 3/26 same here.
  • 4/4 also same here (that makes three of us)
  • 4/6 Rejection received

Does anyone know whether they conducted interviews this year?

Yale University (USA:CT) - Postdoctoral Associate in the Environmental Humanities - Deadline: 3 Aug. 2020[]

The Council on East Asian Studies at Yale University seeks applications for the CEAS Postdoctoral Associate in the Environmental Humanities. The postdoctoral associate will collaborate with a faculty member to facilitate the yearlong Environmental Humanities workshop, a seminar discussion group that meets six times per semester as part of the Environmental Humanities Graduate Certificate Program. Link: http://apply.interfolio.com/77562 Updates:

Yale University (USA:CT) - Yale Institute of Sacred Music - Post-doctoral Associate in Christian Music Studies - Deadline: 15 February 2021[]

The Yale Institute of Sacred Music, an interdisciplinary graduate center for the study and practice of sacred music, worship, and the related arts, invites applications for a post-doctoral associate position in Christian Music Studies. The subfield is open and can include ethnomusicology, music history, or music theory and is not limited by musical tradition or geography. Broad knowledge of the liturgical and theological contexts of sacred music is also expected.

The successful candidate would typically teach two courses per year, along with some student advising, participation in ISM academic gatherings, and other service. Some team-teaching with other areas in the ISM is expected, and courses can be hosted in the Department of Music, Divinity School, and School of Music. Interdisciplinary collaborations with other departments and research centers at Yale are also welcomed.

Candidates must hold the Ph.D. or equivalent degree, earned since 2015, in a relevant discipline, and should have strong potential as an instructor. A letter of application with curriculum vitae and three letters of reference should be submitted through Interfolio at http://apply.interfolio.com/82569. Review of applications will begin on February 15, 2021. The position will remain open until filled.

Yale University (USA:CT) - Institute of Sacred Music / Yale Divinity School - Post-doc in Religion and Literature - Deadline: 1 Feb. 2020[]

The Yale Institute of Sacred Music and Yale Divinity School invite applications for a post-doctoral associate position in Religion and Literature. Candidates must hold the Ph.D. or equivalent degree, earned since 2015, in a relevant discipline, and should have strong potential as an instructor. The subfield within this specialization is open, though preference will be given to candidates with expertise in African American, Latinx, and/or Indigenous literatures. Knowledge of the theology/history of Christianity along with its contemporary expressions is also expected. Link: https://apply.interfolio.com/81697

Yale University (USA:CT) - Institute of Sacred Music - Interdisciplinary Fellowships - Deadline: 15 Oct. 2020[]

The Yale Institute of Sacred Music is an interdisciplinary center where scholars and artists engage in academic and creative work across a variety of fields at the intersection of religion and the arts. Each year the Institute brings a diverse cohort of Long-term Fellows to Yale to pursue scholarly and creative projects that connect with the mission of the Institute and are informed by various interdisciplinary perspectives. Link: https://ism.yale.edu/ism-fellows

Updates: Has anyone heard anything?

  • Applied last year - was rejected, but did not hear anything until mid February.
  • 2/8: Email rejection (x2)


University of Illinois, Chicago (USA:IL) - Bridge to Faculty Postdoctoral Fellow, Sociology - Deadline: 04 Dec. 2020[]

The Bridge to the Faculty Postdoctoral Research Associate program seeks to advance diversity on the permanent faculty level by encouraging the recruitment, retention, and promotion of outstanding scholars from different backgrounds, with an emphasis on attracting individuals from groups who have been historically underrepresented. Information about the Department of Sociology can be found at https://soc.uic.edu/.

Link: https://jobs.uic.edu

Updates:

University of Illinois, Chicago (USA:IL) - Bridge to Faculty Postdoctoral Fellow, Sociocultural Anthropology - Deadline: 05 Jan. 2020[]

The Department of Anthropology at the University of Illinois at Chicago invites applicants for a “Bridge to the Faculty” postdoctoral research associate position in sociocultural anthropology beginning August 16, 2021.We seek to hire an exceptional emerging scholar with broad and innovative theoretical interests in sociocultural anthropology that address contemporary global issues. We are particularly interested in anthropologists who work at the intersections of health, medicine and the environment; and race, politics and carceral geographies. We have a strong preference for regional expertise in the Caribbean/Latin America, Africa and its Diasporas.

Link: http://anth.uic.edu/, job ID #139262

Updates:

Request for Interview (1/29)

Invited for (virtual) campus visit (2/19)

University of Zurich, Switzerland - Postdoctoral Fellow - History of Medicine - Deadline: 16 April 2021[]

The History of Medicine Group within the Institute of Biomedical Ethics and History of Medicine and the Center for Medical Humanities at the University of Zurich, led by Professor Flurin Condrau, seeks to appoint a postdoctoral fellow (60-80 % FTE, competitive salary based on experience) for a period of three years, to start as soon as possible but no later than 1 September 2021.

Link: https://jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stellen/postdoctoral-fellow/c0e9af5e-ee9c-431b-a691-3d78cb68f7e9


Washington College Part-time Fellowship in Literature, History, Culture, Art of the Americas before 1830 - Deadline: March 15 2021[]

Washington College's Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience and the John Carter Brown Library invite applications for the Hodson Trust - John Carter Brown Fellowship, a unique research and writing fellowship. The Hodson Trust - John Carter Brown Fellowship supports work by academics, independent scholars and writers working on significant projects relating to the literature, history, culture, or art of the Americas before 1830. Candidates with a U.S. history topic are strongly encouraged to concentrate on the period prior to 1801. The fellowship is also open to filmmakers, novelists, creative and performing artists, and others working on projects that draw on this period of history.Yale

The 2021-2022 fellowship award supports two months of research and two months of writing. The stipend is $5,000 per month for a total of $20,000, plus housing and university privileges.

The research is conducted at the John Carter Brown Library on the campus of Brown University in Providence, R.I., which has one of the world’s richest collections of books, maps and documents related to North and South America and the Caribbean between 1492 and 1830. The research must be completed within the academic year (September to May). Housing will be provided convenient to the library.

The writing period of the fellowship will be at the Starr Center at Washington College in Chestertown, Md. The Starr Center is dedicated to innovative approaches to the nation’s past and present, and to fostering outstanding writing on American history and culture. (Chestertown is located on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, approximately 90 minutes from Washington D.C. and Philadelphia, and three hours from New York City.) The two-month writing term will be during the summer following the research term (June-August). The Hodson Trust - John Carter Brown Fellow will be provided with an office in the Starr Center’s c. 1745 waterfront Custom House, as well as exclusive use of its Fellows’ Residence in Chestertown’s historic district. (The house is large enough to accommodate a family.)

Deadline for the 2021-2022 fellowship is March 15, 2021. Link: https://www.washcoll.edu/learn-by-doing/starr/index.php

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