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Positions with 2024 Application Deadlines[]

Cornell University (USA:NY) - Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship - Deadline: 1 Oct. 2024[]

With the sponsorship of the Society for the Humanities, the Department of History invites applications for a two-year Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship position beginning August 1, 2025. The fellowship carries a stipend of $62,000/year.

We seek a scholar with a PhD in History who is also grounded in theoretical and methodological public history approaches, in particular Museum Studies, Historic Preservation, or digital history. This position will involve developing new directions in public history teaching and research, and joining an interdisciplinary group of scholars and students whose projects focus on historic sites, digital media, museums, libraries, archives, and/or local communities. Geographic area and historical era open, but we prefer candidates who focus on climate or energy history, African American women’s history, or LGBTQ+ history in the Americas. The postdoc will teach a lower-level and an upper-level course each year that engage with public history topics and methods (involving, for instance, monuments, museums, oral history, historic preservation, walking tours, historically engaged performance, or documentary film). These courses would emphasize applied forms of historical engagement by undergraduates such as conducting archival research, learning and practicing oral history methods, developing curatorial skills, actively engaging with local and global individuals and communities, and asking theoretical questions about history as a process of knowledge production. The postdoc would play a central role in the Public History Initiative (PHI) and the Critical Inquiry into Values, Imagination, and Culture (CIVIC) initiative, by offering interdisciplinary courses and programming (such as lecture series) relevant to their specific field.

Applicants eligible for the Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship for the 2025-26 and 2026-27 academic years include those who have received the Ph.D. degree after August 1, 2021 and no later than June 30, 2025. Applicants who do not have the Ph.D. in hand at the time of application must include a letter from the committee chair or department stating that the Ph.D. degree will be conferred before the term of the fellowship begins. International applicants are welcome to apply, contingent upon visa eligibility.

Dartmouth College (USA:NH) 2025-2027 Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Department of Art History - Deadline: 18 Sept 2024[]

With the generous support of the Mellon Foundation, Dartmouth will be accepting applications for two postdoctoral fellowships in the humanities from Fall 2025 to the end of Spring 2027. These fellowships foster the academic careers of scholars who have recently received their Ph.D. degrees by permitting them to pursue their research while gaining mentored experience as teachers and members of the departments and/or programs in which they are housed. The program also benefits Dartmouth by complementing existing curricula with underrepresented fields.

For the current cycle of applications, we seek candidates for placement in the following department and program:

Department of Art History, with specialization in either of these two areas: 1. Trans-Pacific global exchanges between Polynesian/Melanesian cultures in Oceania, the Americas, Africa, or Europe; 2. Asian/American art history and its related diasporas from any chronological period that extends the category of Asian/American art and examines its historical depth and heterogeneity. For both of these areas, we will prioritize candidates whose research makes use of queer studies and/or transcultural approaches.
- For a complete description of the position and to apply visit: http://apply.interfolio.com/149909

Emory University (USA:GA) - Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry - 2025-26 Postdoctoral Fellowships: Life/Story - Deadline: 9 December 2024[]

Description

The Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry is pleased to open applications for our one-year postdoctoral research fellowships. We invite applications from candidates from any humanistic discipline who are eager to be part of a community of scholars engaged in innovative and interdisciplinary research and conversations around our 2025-26 theme, Life/Story. The Fox Center will appoint up to four postdoctoral fellows for the academic year 2025-26. Three positions are open field and one is in the field of poetics. Our postdoctoral fellowship in poetics reflects the importance of Emory’s Stuart A. Rose Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Book Library as a center for research in poetry.

Fellows will participate in a weekly interdisciplinary seminar, presenting their research at one of these meetings, and will teach one undergraduate course of their own design in the College of Arts and Sciences. They will also collaborate in the planning of Fox Center programming pertaining to the theme and engage in the Center's events.

Fellowships are for a period of ten months, August 1, 2025 – May 31, 2026, and carry a stipend of $60,000 and eligibility for a wide range of competitive benefits. All Postdoctoral Fellows are required to be in residence for the term of the fellowship. The application deadline for applicants to submit their materials is December 9, 2024. The deadline for receipt of letters of recommendation is December 13, 2024.

Life/Story

How do the humanities capture a life, and in what ways does this genre—the craft of unearthing and rendering a life story—shed light upon key moments in time, social and political movements, critical junctures in history, or elements fundamental to a particular culture and place? How are different methodologies and epistemologies mobilized in telling the story of a life that also offer broad social and political commentaries? How does a single biography, in any medium, shed light upon central themes of the human condition?

We invite scholars whose research interests are resonant with such a panoramic view of “writing” a life. We envision that fellows may pursue research employing a range of historical, contemporary, social, cultural, artistic, and philosophical approaches to capturing a life, including but not limited to oral and archival histories, ethnography, philosophy, creative writing and film.

Qualifications

All postdoctoral fellows must hold a PhD (or its international equivalent, such as the DPhil). Applicants may not have held a doctorate for more than five years. Preference will be given to applicants who have not held prior postdoctoral fellowships. Applicants applying without a degree in hand must receive it by August 1, 2025. Scholars from outside the United States are appointed under either the J-1 visa (Research Scholar status) or F-1 OPT (Optional Practical Training), depending on their circumstances. If awarded a fellowship, the term of appointment for international scholars is August 1, 2025, to May 31, 2026. The Fox Center reserves the right to cancel awards if the recipient is unable to meet these conditions of completion and visa status.

Application Instructions

To complete the online application, you will need to provide the following:

Cover letter (2 pages maximum)
Project description (1000 words maximum, including a timeline for the fellowship year)
Title and course description for your proposed undergraduate seminar
Curriculum vitae
E-mail information for three recommenders
Diversity and inclusion statement

For a complete description of the position and to apply visit: https://apply.interfolio.com/154532

Howard University - Black Queer Everything Fellowship - Deadline: 19 July 2024[]

Fellowship at Howard University - $50,000 Salary 9/1/2024 - 8/31/2025

Black Queer Everything (BQE) is a new project funded by the Mellon Foundation with a mission to cultivate opportunities for the development of innovative research and collaborative community projects led by Black queer and trans youth aged 18-25. The BQE Fellowship is a unique opportunity for its recipient to help support this next generation of Black queer and trans leaders by providing excellent administrative, programmatic, and communication assistance to co-founding director Dr. Anika Simpson and other members of the project. The BQE Fellowship will run from September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2025 with the opportunity to renew for one additional year.

We welcome applications from those whose research engages queer studies, Black studies, trans studies, Black feminism(s), and other fields related to Black queer studies. We are particularly interested in candidates who have experience with administration, event planning, and social media management.

The part-time fellowship will provide the recipient with $50,000 in salary ($50/hour), mentorship from the faculty collective, and more. The fellow should be located in the DC-Maryland-Virginia area, as they are expected to work on site at Howard University for up to 25 hours/week during the length of the fellowship, including the week-long Black Queer Everything Gathering, tentatively scheduled for July 2025.

Eligibility Requirements: BA/BS degree required; MA degree in an interdisciplinary or related field preferred. Advanced PhD candidates are eligible to apply, as are recent PhD recipients whose degrees were awarded in the last 3 years but who have not started a tenure track job.

To Apply: Fill out the online application form and upload a cover letter, CV or resume, writing sample, and a list of three references. For full consideration, please apply by July 19, 2024. All applicants will be notified of the outcome of the search by August 2, 2024.

Indiana University - Bloomington (USA:IA) - Center for Research on Race and Ethnicity in Society, Postdoctoral Fellowship - Deadline: 4 Oct. 2024[]

The Center for Research on Race and Ethnicity in Society (CRRES) at Indiana University, Bloomington, invites applications for a CRRES Postdoctoral Fellowship. The fellowship provides support to scholars studying race and ethnicity from a broad range of fields in the social sciences and humanities. We are particularly interested in candidates with disciplinary homes in Sociology, Criminology and Criminal Justice, and Geography. The CRRES postdoctoral fellowship program aims to create a legacy of scholars who will be positioned to address issues related to race and ethnicity using a multidisciplinary lens. We welcome candidates whose research intersects with African American and African Diaspora Studies, Native and Indigenous Studies, Latine Studies, and/or Asian American Studies. The Fellow is expected to pursue research activities associated with their primary area of work, as demonstrated by conference presentations and published works. CRRES fellowships are designed to advance the careers of new scholars by providing opportunities to research, teach, and connect with mentors and with faculty in host departments. Strong applicants will demonstrate evidence of scholarly potential that will make them competitive for tenure-track appointments at Indiana University and other research universities.

Terms of Agreement Fellows are expected to pursue research, teach one course during each year of residency, and participate in CRRES as well as host department activities and seminars. This two-year position begins on August 1, 2025 and ends on May 31, 2027, at a 10-month annual salary of $57,000. Postdoctoral fellows will also receive Indiana University health benefits and $3,000 each year in research support.

Application Process We invite applications from qualified candidates at the beginning of their academic careers who do not yet hold tenure-track academic positions. Applicants must have a Ph.D. in hand or a letter from the chair of their dissertation committee confirming the timeline for completion and filing by June 30, 2025. Applicants should submit a (1) cover letter; (2) CV; (3) research statement describing dissertation project, work in progress, plans for publication, and professional goals; (4) teaching statement; (5) writing sample; and (6) three letters of reference. Applications should be submitted online at: http://indiana.peopleadmin.com. Cover letters should be addressed to: Prof. Sylvia Martinez, Search Committee Chair, Center for Research on Race and Ethnicity in Society, Indiana University, Schuessler Institute for Social Research, 1022 E. Third Street, Bloomington, IN 47405. Queries should be sent to crres@iu.edu. Applications received by October 4, 2024 at 12:00 pm EST will receive full consideration. Information about the Center can be found at: http://crres.indiana.edu.

University of Wisconsin—Madison, (Madison: USA: WI) - Institute for Research in the Humanities - Solmsen and Kingdon Fellowships - Deadline: 24 October 2024[]

Through the generous bequests of Robert M. Kingdon and Friedrich and Lieselotte Solmsen, the Institute for Research in the Humanities at the University of Wisconsin–Madison is pleased to announce competitions for two Robert M. Kingdon Fellowships and four Solmsen Fellowships for the academic year 2025-2026, to be awarded to scholars from outside the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Kingdon Fellowships sponsor scholars working in the humanities in the historical, literary, artistic, and/or philosophical studies of Christian and/or Jewish religious traditions and their role in society. Projects may focus on any period from antiquity to the present, on any part of the world, and in any field(s) in the humanities. They may explore various forms of the Jewish and/or Christian traditions; the interaction of one or both of these with other religious traditions; and/or the relationship of one or both of these religions to other aspects of society within or outside of Europe.

Solmsen Fellowships are to be awarded to scholars working in the humanities on European history, literature, philosophy, politics, religion, art and culture in the classical, medieval, and/or early modern periods (before 1700). Projects on the relationship of pre-1700 Europe to other parts of the world are also welcome.

Kingdon and Solmsen Fellows are expected to be in residence at the IRH throughout the academic year (except for short research trips, lectures, conferences, etc.) and may extend this residency through the following summer on a non-stipendiary basis. However, the fellowship may not be deferred for any reason. The award provides a stipend of $60,000, office space, support services, and access to all university facilities. Fellows are expected to present their work at an Institute seminar and participate in the weekly seminars. Applicants must be in possession of the doctorate at the time of application.

Applications are due Thursday, October 24, 2024. Notification of awards will be made by early March. Scholars with projects applicable to both fellowship calls are welcome to apply to both the Kingdon and Solmsen competitions.

Access full calls and links to the digital applications here: https://irh.wisc.edu/irh-fellowships/ (scroll down to “External Fellowships”).

Max Planck Society (Germany) - Three-Year Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship, "Artificial Justice" - Deadline: 31 July 2024[]

The Max Planck Society awards one three-year post-doctoral research fellowship as part of the newly-established Minerva Fast Track Research Group "Artificial Justice" at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and Private International Law in Hamburg.

“Artificial Justice” applies interdisciplinary methods to the study of automated, artificial, and algorithmic reasoning in law. Group members research a wide array of topics ranging from pre-modern fantasies of “justice machines,” the transition from legal logic to legal information science, cultural attitudes towards courtroom tech, and the emerging “right to a human decision” to contemporary proposals for AI-powered “lawbots.” Collaboratively, Group members explore a set of more general issues, including the relationship between normative and empirical expertise, law’s epistemological status vis-à-vis technology and the natural sciences as well as limits and opportunities of legal interdisciplinarity.

The position is open to junior scholars of all disciplines, including law, literature, philosophy, linguistics, history and anthropology of science, media studies, and computer science. Candidates ought to hold a doctorate in their chosen field of study by the time they take up the fellowship.

Applications must be received by 31 July 2024. Materials will be reviewed immediatley, and interview requests for short-listed candidates will be sent out shortly after the deadline. The start date is flexible, the earliest possibility being 1 September 2024.

For questions about the Research Group, please contact Katharina Isabel Schmidt (k.schmidt@mpipriv.de). For questions concerning the terms of the fellowship, please contact the human resources department (job@mpipriv.de).

For further particulars, see: https://mpi-privatrecht-hh.softgarden.io/job/46457839/Post-Doctoral-Research-Fellow-m-f-d-?jobDbPVId=134134034&l=en

Northumbria University (UK:Eng) - Research Fellow - Deadline: 12 Aug. 2024[]

About the role

You will support the Principal Investigator, Dr Rebecca Wright, in the delivery of research activity on the Wellcome Trust-funded project, ‘Carbon Bodies: Warmth and Fuelling Health in Britain, 1918 to 2022’. This project examines the intersections between energy and health in twentieth-century Britain, focussing specifically on warmth, the most carbon intensive area of everyday health. It considers how far the body, and changing understandings of health, shaped energy infrastructures, and how energy in turn transformed expectations around everyday health and the body.

The Research Fellow will be responsible for leading an in-depth case study on the social history of heat in the North East which will document the regional specificity of the carbon body and chart its impact on national policy. They will be encouraged to conduct original research in this area determined by their own research interests and will be supported by the PI to publish this research in high-quality journals. They will work closely with the PI to co-author a methodological article related to the project, as well as co-edit a collection of essays with the PI examining the theoretical links between energy and health, drawing upon a network conference. They will lead the public engagement element of the project, which includes the development of an exhibition at the City Library in Newcastle and a series of public events at the Discovery Museum, Newcastle. They will also assist with the organisation of a policy workshop and the development of a policy toolkit. Career development will be at the heart of the position and the Research Fellow will be supported to publish independent work, build their academic profile, broaden their networks, attend skills training, and participate in other development opportunities.

For more information on specific duties and responsibilities and general duties and responsibilities please click the link below.

The role is fixed term for 36 months and will run from the 1^st of October 2024 to the 1st of October 2027.

About the team

The appointee will work within in the Department of Humanities, an 80-strong community of scholars focused strongly on excellence in research and teaching. Within the last Research Excellence Framework (REF2021), History outputs were ranked within the UK’s top 10, and the majority of our research environment was deemed ‘world-leading’.

About you

Applicants should hold a PhD in History, or an allied subject, and be able to demonstrate how their research background would feed into the project. Expertise might include, but is not limited to, research related to the medical humanities, environmental history, energy history, science and technology studies, urban studies, or cultural studies.

Further information about the requirements of the role is available in the person specification.

If you would like an informal discussion about the role, please contact Dr. Rebecca Wright (rebecca4.wright@northumbria.ac.uk).

Northumbria University (UK:Eng) - Research Fellow in History - Deadline: 18 Sept. 2024[]

This two-year post will support the international project ‘Global Governance, Trust and Democratic Engagement in Past and Present’ (GLO), which is run within the framework of the Trans-Atlantic Platform for the Humanities and Social Sciences.

Drawing on insights from History, IR, Political Science and Sociology, GLO pursues two major lines of enquiry. First, it examines campaigns that sought to create, reform, transform or abolish international organisations. In doing so, it highlights the democratic potentials and lacunae of international organisations while tracing broader efforts to democratise international relations. Second, the project investigates attempts by non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and social movements to enlist the support of international bodies, partly in response to the obstacles they encountered domestically.

As a Research Fellow, you will focus on the ‘Targeting’ work package of this project, undertaking research on instances in which activists addressed international organisations and deployed arguments about ‘democracy’. You will identify and develop case studies that align with your research interests and expertise. In doing so, you will contribute to a co-authored monograph and produce at least one separate journal article. You will participate in academic conferences held in Canada, Switzerland and the United States and support the preparation and running of a knowledge-exchange workshop in Newcastle upon Tyne.

The role is fixed term for 24 months.

Further information is available in the job description.

About you

You should hold a PhD in History or another relevant discipline. Your research background should equip you to handle the transnational and historical dimensions of this project. You should demonstrate the capacity to address questions of global inequality and marginalisation within the project context. The ability to incorporate perspectives from beyond the West and/or Global North will be an asset, as will be experience in handling sources in different languages.

Further information about the requirements of the role is available in the person specification.

If you would like an informal discussion about the role, please contact Daniel Laqua (daniel.laqua@northumbria.ac.uk).

To apply for this vacancy please click 'Apply Now'. Your application should include a covering letter and a CV

Penn State University (USA:PA) - Postdoctoral Scholar, African American History, 19th Century[]

The Richards Civil War Era Center and the Africana Research Center at The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, invite applications for a Postdoctoral Scholar in African American History, with an anticipated start date of July 1, 2025. All research interests spanning the origins of slavery through the Civil Rights movement will receive favorable consideration. Proposals that align with the Richards Center's interests in slavery, abolition, and emancipation, as well as comparative or Atlantic history, are especially welcome.
This is a one-year, term position with an excellent possibility of renewal for a second year.
To be considered for this position, submit a complete application packet including a cover letter describing your research and goals for the scholarship year, a curriculum vitae, and a list of three references online at Penn State's Job Posting Board. We will request writing samples and letters of recommendation from candidates who advance in the search process.
Review of materials will begin November 1, 2024

Penn State University (USA:PA) - Postdoctoral Scholar, Civil War Era[]

The Richards Civil War Era Center, in conjunction with the Department of History and the College of the Liberal Arts, at The Pennsylvania State University invites applications for a Postdoctoral Scholar in the history of the Civil War Era, with an anticipated start date of July 1, 2025.
During their residency, the scholar will primarily perform their research, which will contribute toward advancing research in the field of the Civil War Era. The scholar will have no teaching or administrative responsibilities. In addition, they will attend workshops, professional development sessions, and other relevant events, and will be expected to take an active part in Penn State's community of researchers.
This is a one-year, term appointment with an excellent possibility of renewal for a second year.
To be considered for this position, submit a complete application packet including a cover letter describing your research and goals for the scholarship year, a curriculum vitae, and a list of three references online at Penn State’s Job Posting Board. We will request writing samples and letters of recommendation from candidates who advance in the search process. In addition, successful candidates must either have demonstrated a commitment to building an inclusive, equitable, and diverse campus community, or be able to describe one or more ways they would envision doing so, given the opportunity.
Review of materials will begin November 1, 2024.

Queens University Belfast (UK:NI) - Research Fellow - Deadline: 4 Nov. 2024[]

The School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy, and Politics is seeking to hire a [12 month] full-time Research Fellow (Postdoc) for the ESRC New Investigator Resilient Civil Society Project (ReCiv). The project involves conducting surveys, interviews, and focus groups to examine the resilience of civil society organizations and other interest groups during crises in nine European countries. It also gathers unprecedented observational data on organizational changes, such as mergers and terminations, by coding website and social media content. The Research Fellow would join the project's Prinicipal Investigator, Dr. Michele Crepaz at Queen’s University Belfast, and also work alongside Co-Investigator Dr. Wiebke Marie Junk at the University of Copenhagen, as part of the ReCiv research team. This is a critical role, and the ideal candidate should be capable o f working independently while also collaborating effectively to carry out project tasks.

About the person

Essential critieria include:

Have or be about to obtain (post-viva or post thesis submission) a postgraduate degree at PhD level in a social science discipline
Relevant research experience to include:
- Undertaking research related to public policy, organisation studies or political science more broadly
- Proven track record of research experience with the use of common research design and methodologies of the social sciences
- Familiarity with academic research environment.
- Experience with engaging with academic audiences, presenting at national and/or international conferences.

To be successful at shortlisting stage, please ensure you clearly evidence in your application how you meet the essential and, where applicable, desirable criteria listed in the Candidate Information document on our website.

Sciences Po (FRA) - Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Economic and Environmental history - Deadline: 31 Oct. 2024[]

Applications are invited for a three-year Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at the Centre for History and Economics in Paris (https://histecon.fr/en/), Sciences Po, starting on 1 September 2025. The fellowship is in connection with the research programme Economic History, Climate and the Environment (https://histecon.fas.harvard.edu/ehc/), which is supported by the Cambridge, Harvard and Paris Centres for History and Economics. The fellow appointed will be expected to undertake research in the general fields of economic and environmental history, broadly defined. Applications are welcomed from scholars working on any part of the world or any period.

Candidates must have defended—or be due to defend—their PhD between 1 September 2021 and 31 August 2025.

The deadline for receipt of applications and letters of recommendation is 31 October 2024.

University of Aarhus (DEN) - Postdoctoral Position in Medieval History - Deadline: 12 Sept. 2024[]

The Department of History, School of Culture and Society, Aarhus University invites applications for a fixed-term postdoctoral position in medieval history, lasting for three years. The position is full-time (37 hours/week) and begins on 01.01.2025 or as soon as possible thereafter. Aarhus University is keen for its staff to reflect the diversity of society and thus welcomes applications from all qualified applicants regardless of their personal background. Members of the academic staff at the School of Culture and Society are expected to contribute to a vibrant, enjoyable and friendly work environment. We emphasise the importance of active participation in the daily life of the department.

Place of employment

Nobelparken, Jens Chr. Skous Vej, 8000 Aarhus C. The successful applicant is expected to be present at the department on a daily basis.

The position

The position is affiliated with the AUFF research project “Undeutsche - racism as social practice in Medieval Prussia and Livonia” (link) headed by Professor Cordelia Hess. The research project studies the development of concepts of race and racism in the colonial contact zones in Eastern Europe, namely, the historical landscapes and territories of Pomerania, Prussia and Livonia. The postdoc project will specifically work with the sources of the urban administrations in the region during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.

Qualifications and requirements

The successful applicant is expected to:

Develop their research within the general framework of the project, in close cooperation with the project team
Present their research at national and international events and publish results in peer-reviewed, international scientific journals in a timely fashion
Actively participate in the daily on-site working environment at Aarhus University
Contribute to research grant applications
Initiate and help to organize research workshops, conferences and other such activities.

Applicants for this position must hold a PhD degree in History or related fields (Medieval Studies, European Studies etc.) or be at PhD level, and must be able to document:

Language skills relevant for the project (Latin, German, and/or a Slavic language)
The ability and willingness to engage in close collaboration with the team and the local
Research environment, and
Fluency in written and spoken English

Ideally, applicants should also be able to document:

Experience of working with medieval manuscripts and archives
Familiarity with postcolonial theories and methods
Experiences in writing research grant applications

Teaching

The position will involve some teaching as agreed upon with the department head and the PI of the project.

University College London (UK:Eng) - Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Global Socialisms - Deadline: 15 Sept. 2024 PART TIME (0.5)[]

Applications are invited for the position of Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Global Socialisms within the framework of the ‘The Socialist Anthropocene in the Visual Arts’, a research project funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) under the UK government’s Horizon Europe funding guarantee. The Socialist Anthropocene in the Visual Arts (SAVA) sets out to radically transform current debates on the Anthropocene, addressing the major lacuna in existing accounts by establishing the Socialist Anthropocene as a novel conceptual framework that asserts the constitutive role of the twentieth century environmental histories of socialism in the formation of new geological times. It is the first large-scale interdisciplinary research project that institutes the Socialist Anthropocene as a new field of study within the critical corpus concerned with challenging and decentring the West-centric discourses of the Anthropocene. The approach of the project i s to reconstruct the histories of the Socialist Anthropocene through visual arts led interdisciplinary research, which entails analysing historical artworks and engaging with contemporary art practices that act as a catalyst to integrate the insights of multiple disciplines and as a critical agent to pose ambitious and expansive questions, challenging assumptions and engendering new cross-disciplinary paradigms to illuminate the specificities of the Socialist Anthropocene. The research incorporates insights from the fields of art history, environmental history, the history of science, anthropology and the history of global socialisms, along with the work of contemporary artists who contribute to the SAVA team as creative fellows. The distinctiveness, epistemologies, relationalities and potentialities of the Socialist Anthropocene are analysed through annual thematic streams. The focus of this cohort of research fellows and creative fellows will be on agrarian and botanical politics of socialism, animal husbandry and species under socialism and the cultures of the Socialist Anthropocene, from official to dissident and Indigenous approaches to the natural world.

The Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Global Socialisms is a 30-month 0.5 FTE role which begins on 1 January 2025 and ends on 30 June 2027. The Research Fellow will carry out an individual research project into an environmental aspect of global socialism. They will also contribute to investigation of the Socialist Anthropocene with a focus on the themes of agrarian politics, species under socialism and cultures of the Socialist Anthropocene, by engaging in an interdisciplinary dialogue with fellow members of the SAVA team.

The Postdoctoral Fellow in Global Socialisms will hold a PhD in history, anthropology, environmental humanities or a related field in the humanities and social sciences awarded within the last three years. Their research should be focused on non-European socialist geographies of Central, Northern or Eastern Asia, the former socialist states of Africa, or Latin American socialisms. Projects based on either case studies or comparative approaches to environmental perspectives of global socialism, that deal with ecological praxes, eco-epistemologies and the potentialities of eco-socialisms, or which relate to the SAVA thematic focus on beyond human ecologies and cultures of the Socialist Anthropocene are likely to be of particular relevance. The candidate will have a record of peer-reviewed publications or other equivalent research outputs. They will be expected to demonstrate an openness to interdisciplinary and artistic methodologies, as well as skills in dissemination and communica tion of research and a willingness to participate fully in public facing events.

University of Cambridge (UK:Eng) - two Postdoctoral Research Associates - Deadline: 22 Jul. 2024[]

The Department of History of Art is seeking two Post-doctoral Research Associates to work within the The Ax:son Johnson Centre for the Study of Classical Architecture (CSCA) full-time over 24 months. Candidates should prepare research proposals that will be deliverable within the two years of the post and that are in line with the Centre's mission statement, which can be found here: https://csca.aha.cam.ac.uk/mission-statement/ Based at Downing College, in the centre of Cambridge, as well as within the Department of History of Art, these exciting research roles will suit flexible and outgoing individuals with excellent communication skills and a specialist background (PhD) on an aspect of classical architectural history, design and/or urbanism. Applications are welcome from those with academic backgrounds in architectural/art history, architecture, history, design studies and other disciplines where they have developed a strong research record in architecture relating to the ancient Graeco-Roman world or to classical architecture of the Renaissance onwards. The aim of the Centre is to foster and promote research and scholarship in all aspects of classical architecture from the ancient Graeco-Roman world to the present day, in line with the general mission of its generous funder, the Swedish Ax:son Johnson Foundation for Public Benefit, to encourage open-ended exploration and discussion as a pre-requisite for open democracies and free, dynamic societies. The role-holder will not only research but also ensure that their research is embedded within the curriculum at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

The Department welcomes a pro-active approach to this position which will involve working independently and with the small Centre team to:

Develop research objectives and proposals
Conduct individual and/or joint collaborative research projects
Write up research work for presentation and publication
Build internal and external contacts
Prepare proposals and applications to external public/governmental bodies as appropriate
Assist with and attend the Centre's academic and public activities, including travel to Sweden to present research findings if requested to do so
Provide administrative support to the Centre's daily activities - such as the annual Summer School, academic conferences, term-time seminars
organize events, participate in the summer school as well as liaising with academic colleagues, students, and members of the public

The funds for this post are available for 24 months in the first instance. The closing date for applications is midnight (BST) on Monday 22 July 2024. Interviews of short-listed candidates are expected to take place on Tuesday 30 or Wednesday 31 July 2024. These may be held online. Informal enquiries are welcomed and should be directed to, Dr Frank Salmon, initially via csca@aha.cam.ac.uk If you have any queries regarding the application process please contact the Schools HR Team on sahhr@admin.cam.ac.uk To apply online for this vacancy and to view further information about the role, please visit : http://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/47291 Please quote reference GD42373 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.

University of Cambridge, Christ's College (UK:Eng) Lady Wallis Budge Junior Research Fellowship in Egyptology - Deadline: 24 Oct. 2024[]

NB the very low salary for this position may mean it is ineligible for some work visas in the UK. Please check before applying

4 years fixed term

Stipend £27,979 (with a PhD) £23,700 (without a PhD)

Christ’s College invites applications for the Wallis Budge Junior Research Fellowship in Egyptology. It will be tenable for four years from no later than 1 October 2025 and is not renewable.

A Junior Research Fellowship is intended for a researcher early in their career and offers an opportunity to carry out novel research in a stimulating academic environment. A successful applicant is expected to be either a postgraduate student, probably in the latter stages of research leading to a PhD degree (or equivalent), or a post-doctoral researcher who has completed their PhD degree after 1 January 2023.

The stipend for a Junior Research Fellow is currently £27,979 (with a PhD) and £23,700 (without a PhD) and the successful candidate will be afforded the full privileges of a Fellow of the College. Fellows living out of College receive a non-pensionable living-out allowance of £5,022 (with a PhD) or £2,298 (without a PhD).

Applications must be submitted online via the Christ’s College website by 12 noon on Thursday 24 October 2024 - please click the 'Apply' button to be redirected.

Reports from two referees must also be received by 12 noon on Thursday 24 October 2024 for the application to be eligible. Shortlisted candidates will be asked for copies of written work and may be invited for interview. Interviews are expected to be on or around Wednesday 15 January 2025. Further details of the Fellowship competition are provided on the website - please click the 'Apply' button to be redirected.

University of Cambridge, Christ's College (UK:Eng) Stipendiary Junior Research Fellowship - Deadline: 24 Oct. 2024[]

NB the very low salary for this position may mean it is ineligible for some work visas in the UK. Please check before applying.

Stipendiary; 4 years fixed term

Stipend £27,979 (with a PhD) £23,700 (without a PhD)

Christ’s College invites applications for a stipendiary Junior Research Fellowship in specified areas of the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. It will be tenable for four years from no later than 1 October 2025 and is not renewable.

A Junior Research Fellowship is intended for a researcher early in their career and, in this case, is restricted to applicants in one or more of the following subject areas: Anthropology; Archaeology; Asian and Middle Eastern Studies; English (limited to literature of 1800 to the present day); Law; Linguistics; Modern and Medieval Languages; or Philosophy (excluding Philosophy of Science).

A Junior Research Fellowship offers an opportunity to carry out novel research in a stimulating academic environment. A successful applicant is expected to be either a postgraduate student, probably in the latter stages of research leading to a PhD degree (or equivalent), or a post-doctoral researcher who has completed their PhD degree after 1 January 2024.

The stipend for a Junior Research Fellow is currently £27,979 (with a PhD) and £23,700 (without a PhD) and the successful candidate will be afforded the full privileges of a Fellow of the College. Fellows living out of College receive a non-pensionable living-out allowance of £5,022 (with a PhD) or £2,298 (without a PhD).

Applications must be submitted online via the Christ’s College website by 12 noon on Thursday 24 October 2024 - please click the 'Apply' button above to be redirected.

Reports from two referees must also be received by 12 noon on Thursday 24 October 2024 for the application to be eligible. Shortlisted candidates will be asked for copies of written work and may be invited for interview. Interviews are expected to be on or around Tuesday 14 January 2025. Further details of the Fellowship competition are provided on the website - please click the 'Apply' button above to be redirected.

University of Cambridge, Christ's College (UK:Eng) W.H.D. Rouse Junior Research Fellowship - Deadline: 24 Oct. 2024[]

NB the very low salary for this position may mean it is ineligible for some work visas in the UK. Please check before applying.

4 years fixed term

Stipend £27,979 (with a PhD) £23,700 (without a PhD)

Christ’s College invites applications for the W.H.D. Rouse Junior Research Fellowship for work in any of the following subject areas: Classics; Indian languages, including Sanskrit; or Indo-European Philology. It will be tenable for four years from no later than 1 October 2025 and is not renewable.

A Junior Research Fellowship is intended for a researcher early in their career and offers an opportunity to carry out novel research in a stimulating academic environment. A successful applicant is expected to be either a postgraduate student, probably in the latter stages of research leading to a PhD degree (or equivalent), or a post-doctoral researcher who has completed their PhD degree after 1 January 2024.

The stipend for a Junior Research Fellow is currently £27,979 (with a PhD) and £23,700 (without a PhD) and the successful candidate will be afforded the full privileges of a Fellow of the College. Fellows living out of College receive a non-pensionable living-out allowance of £5,022 (with a PhD) or £2,298 (without a PhD).

Applications must be submitted online via the Christ’s College website by 12 noon on Thursday 24 October 2024 - please click the 'Apply' button to be redirected.

Reports from two referees must also be received by 12 noon on Thursday 24 October 2024 for the application to be eligible. Shortlisted candidates will be asked for copies of written work and may be invited for interview. Interviews are expected to be on or around Thursday 16 January 2025. Further details of the Fellowship competition are provided on the website - please click the 'Apply' button to be redirected.

University of Cambridge, Emmanuel College (UK:Eng) - Research Fellowships- Deadline: 27 Sept. 2024[]

The Governing Body of Emmanuel College invites applications for stipendiary Research Fellowships in any subject; all Fellowships are for a three-year fixed term, and will commence on 1 October, 2025.

Applications will be accepted from any graduate of a university within or outside the United Kingdom. These Fellowships are intended for outstanding researchers early in their careers: eligibility for the competition will normally be restricted to Ph.D. candidates who are in the latter stages of their research and close to submission, or post-doctoral researchers who submitted their Ph.D. thesis on or after 1st October, 2023. Candidates should note that these Fellowships are extremely competitive.

The current stipends are £38,555 for post-doctoral Research Fellows and £36,804 for pre-doctoral Research Fellows. Pre-doctoral Research Fellows will be responsible for any University fee they incur up to the level of a UK post-graduate student; the College will contribute the difference if a higher fee is applicable. Fellows are permitted to receive additional remuneration for up to six hours College or University teaching a week.

Fully completed applications must be submitted online by 5pm on Friday 27 September, 2024. Incomplete or late applications will NOT be accepted after this date.

Candidates must also ensure that the two nominated referees have submitted their references online by no later than 5 pm (GMT) on Thursday 3 October, 2024. Any late references will NOT be accepted after this date.

University of Cambridge, Gonville & Caius (UK:Eng) - Research Fellows in Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences - Deadline: 30 Sept. 2024[]

NB: Please note that the low salary for this position may mean it is ineligible for some work visas. Please check before applying.

Gonville & Caius College intends to elect two Research Fellows in Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences in 2025. Candidates should be postgraduate students or post-doctoral researchers who will either be in their final year of doctoral research or not more advanced than one year since the first submission of their PhD. Research Fellowships are awarded to individuals with an exceptionally strong academic record who have produced innovative doctoral research in any branch of the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. The Fellowships will be tenable for four years from 1 October 2025. Research Fellows have the full entitlement of Fellows; they are expected to spend the tenure of their Fellowship in Cambridge and to contribute to the life of the College. Permission may be granted for periods of research away from Cambridge.

A Research Fellowship at Caius is compatible with a simultaneous appointment to a salaried post-doctoral position in a Cambridge Department or Faculty. Such a person appointed to a Research Fellowship would be entitled to all the benefits of a Research Fellow other than stipend. If the post-doctoral position comes to an end before the end of the four-year Fellowship, the College’s usual stipend will apply for the remainder of the time.

The current stipend offered is either (a) £27,003, rising by three annual increments to £30,039 if living in College accommodation as a single person, which is free, or in College couples’ or family accommodation, if available, which is subsidised, or (b) £30,327 rising by 3 annual increments to £33,364 if not living in College accommodation. All stipends are subject to an annual cost of living review each October. Other benefits include 10 free meals per week and certain research expenses may be reimbursed. There are also opportunities for College teaching (up to six hours per week), which attracts extra payment.

Candidates must submit written work for assessment amounting to a minimum of 20,000 words at the same time as their application. Apart from quotations, the work must be in English. If a complete PhD and/or published work is submitted, the applicant should indicate which parts are the most important. A maximum of 30,000 words will be assessed.

Applications open on Monday 2 September 2024 and must be completed by Monday 30 September 2024. Shortlisting will take place on Monday 13 January 2025. Those selected will be invited for interview on Friday 17 January 2025, so candidates should ensure that they will be available for interview on that day, if required. Offers will be made on Monday 20 January and must be accepted by 4.00 pm on Wednesday 22 January 2025 at the latest.

University of Cambridge, Magdalene College (UK:Eng) - The Neville Fellowship/The Lumley Fellowship[]

NB: the very low gross salary (supplemented with single accommodation) for this post may make the holder ineligible for some UK work visas. Please check before applying.

Stipendiary Research Fellowship Competition for October 2025 start

The Governing Body of Magdalene College expects to elect two stipendiary (Junior) Research Fellows with tenure for three years from 1 October 2025.

The Nevile Fellowship, endowed through the generosity of Trinity College, Cambridge, will be in the Sciences.
The Lumley Fellowship, endowed through the generosity of the late H R L Lumley, will be in one of the following subject areas:

History and Philosophy of Science, Philosophy, Archaeology, Theology and Religious Studies, Music, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, North and Latin American/Caribbean Indigenous Studies

The candidates will be expected to present original research. Details can be found in the further particulars document. Please note that candidates who applied in the 2023-4 round are not eligible for this competition.

Applications are invited from graduates from any university. This is an early career appointment. Candidates should be either graduate students in the final stages of their research and writing leading to a PhD, or post-doctoral researchers who have been awarded their PhD degree.

The current gross stipend (2024-25) for a Lumley and Nevile Research Fellow is £26,919 p.a.

The (Junior) Research Fellows may take advantage of single accommodation in College and will receive dining privileges. There is no payment in lieu of accommodation or meals not taken.

The deadline for complete applications is: 9AM GMT, Monday 30^th September 2024.

Late or incomplete applications without two references will not be considered.

Applications for the Lumley and Nevile Fellowships must be made through the CASC FAS online application system, including the submission of references. Please visit the Magdalene College website (via the ‘Apply’ button above) for additional information including the job description and application details.

University of Cambridge - Newnham College (UK:Eng) - Research Fellowship - Deadline: 4 Oct. 2024[]

Newnham College, Cambridge invites applications from women graduates of any university for a Research Fellowship in subjects falling within the general field of the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. The Fellowship is tenable for three years from 1 October 2025 and is not renewable or extendable.

The Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Research Fellowship is a stipendiary or non-stipendiary research fellowship, open to graduates working in a field covered by one of the following Faculties of the University of Cambridge: Business & Management, Divinity, Economics, Education, English (including Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic), History, Land Economy, Law. Further information about these Faculties may be obtained from the University of Cambridge’s website: www.cam.ac.uk. Newnham research students in the whole field of the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences may apply, regardless of the subject listing.

The College welcomes applications from women of diverse nationalities and socio-economic backgrounds. Applications are particularly welcomed from those who identify as being from Black, Asian or other minority ethnic groups. Stipend (for 2023/24): £36,024 (pay award pending)

Candidates are advised that a Research Fellowship is intended for a researcher early in their career. Applicants are expected to be either a graduate student, who has submitted their doctoral thesis at the time of application, or a post-doctoral researcher who has recently completed their PhD Degree.

Application information may be obtained from the College’s website by clicking the apply button above and applications must be submitted on-line via the Application Information document to be found there.

The closing date for applications is Friday 4 October 2024.

This appointment complies with legislation on sex discrimination, relying on the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 22, and Article 3 of the College Charter. Newnham College admits only those who are formally recognised as female on a birth certificate or gender recognition certificate. This means women graduates and Assigned Female At Birth non binary graduates identified as such on a birth certificate are eligible to apply for Newnham's Research Fellowships, as are transwomen graduates with a gender recognition certificate

University of Cambridge - Sidney Sussex College (UK:Eng) - Stipendiary and Non-Stipendiary research fellowships - Deadline: 1 Oct. 2024[]

NB the very low salary for this position may mean it is ineligible for some work visas in the UK. Please check before applying.

The College Council wishes to make elections to two Research Fellowships, each tenable for three years and not renewable, to commence on 1 September 2025. One Fellowship is intended for researchers in the Sciences (including Mathematics, Engineering and the Biological, Medical and Veterinary sciences) and the other for researchers in Historical Studies: History (ancient to contemporary); History of Art, Science or Music; Archaeology.

Research Fellowships provide opportunities for scholars at an early stage of their academic careers to establish a successful research profile. The successful candidates are expected to be either graduate students, who are expecting to submit their PhD thesis (or equivalent) no later than June 2025, or post-doctoral researchers who have completed their PhD within the last three years.

The starting stipend will be spine point 29 on the Cambridge University Pay Scale which currently equates to £25,742. There will be an increase of one spine point in each of the second and third years. If the Fellow does not hold a PhD, the stipend until the PhD is submitted will be spine point 23 which currently equates to £22,681 per year. The stipend is pensionable in the USS Pension Scheme.

Research Fellows who are keen to acquire teaching experience within the University will be supported to do so, with priority being given to undergraduate supervisions for the College, remunerated at the standard University rate. Teaching may not exceed four hours per week (up to 80 hours over the academic year). Prior permission of the College Council is required for other paid work, and all emoluments received must be disclosed to the Council, which may reduce the stipend in the light of other income. Applications for non-stipendiary positions are welcomed from those with an alternative source of funding.

The successful Research Fellows will be entitled to Fellows’ dining and other privileges. Single rent-free residential accommodation is usually offered which would be subject to a service charge of £109 per month. For a successful candidate not able to take advantage of the single rent-free accommodation, there is a non-pensionable annual living out allowance of £5,700. Research Fellows who do not live in College will be provided with an office. Research grants of up to £1,300 per year are available to cover research expenses, and there is an additional entertainment allowance of up to £445 per year.

The stipends quoted above are applicable to 2023-24, but are typically reviewed ahead of each academic year. The charges and allowances quoted are for 2024-25 and are also reviewed annually ahead of each academic year.

All applications, including references, must be made using the online application form on the College website: https://app.casc.cam.ac.uk/fas_live/sidrf/. The closing date is Tuesday 1 October 2024 (noon) for the receipt of the online application and Thursday 3 October 2024 for two supporting references. The latter must also be submitted using the online form. It is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure that both referees submit the form prior to the deadline. It is planned to interview short-listed applicants on Wednesday 27 November 2024.

If the successful candidate does not already have the right to work in the UK, the College may be able to sponsor them under the Skilled Worker Visa route. This will be subject to consideration of individual circumstances and details will be discussed at the offer stage.

All enquiries should be directed to the Research Fellowship Administrator and sent to the Research Fellowship Competition, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge CB2 3HU or by e-mail to research.fellowships@sid.cam.ac.uk.

University of Cambridge, St John's College (UK:Eng) - Research Fellowships 2025 - Deadline: 19 Sept. 2024[]

NB the salary for this position may mean it is ineligible for some work visas in the UK. Please check before applying.

Four Fellowships available

Fixed term, up to 4 years

Awards will be made in January 2025

St John’s College, in the University of Cambridge, invites applications for up to four Research Fellowship awards, tenable for up to four years from 1 October 2025. These prestigious awards offer a rare opportunity to devote yourself to independent research in a stimulating and supportive academic environment. We place great importance on the intellectual contribution our Research Fellows make to St John’s, and on creating the conditions to accelerate their progress towards outstanding academic careers.

Eligibility

We accept applications from a graduate of any university within or outside the United Kingdom, and welcome applications from all academic disciplines, to sustain a diverse community of award holders.

Our Research Fellowship awards are for early-career academics. Successful candidates will normally either be postdoctoral researchers who have been awarded their PhD within the last two years or graduate students in the latter stages of research leading to a PhD. Candidates holding a fellowship or other postdoctoral stipend (for example, awarded by a Research Council or other similar body) may apply, noting that any stipend or other funding received will be deducted from the Research Fellowship award.

Holders of a Fellowship at a Cambridge college may not apply. Candidates who accept a Fellowship from another Cambridge college will be deemed to have withdrawn from St John’s College’s Research Fellowship competition.

We typically receive between 600 and 800 eligible applications for Research Fellowship awards. More information about our College and current Research Fellows can be found at: St John's College Research Fellowships competition 2025 | St John's College, University of Cambridge

Terms of the award and accompanying Fellowship

The award offers a research stipend of £31,396 to £33,966 pa for up to four years, and award holders are elected to a Research Fellowship for this period. Award holders are permitted to receive additional pay for up to six hours' College or University teaching a week.

Research Fellows benefit from up to £10,000 in additional grants over their four-year tenure. These grants support the costs of academic materials, travel expenses, computer equipment, books and, where appropriate, the expense of extended periods of research outside Cambridge. Additionally, during their four-year tenure, we offer up to £5,700 towards the costs of organising a conference or workshop in St John’s.

Research Fellows can choose to live in College in single residential accommodation, with charges applying for services and supplies. Research Fellows who live outside College, including those who live with their partner/family, are eligible for a housing allowance worth up to £34,800 over their four-year tenure. This allowance is paid monthly and is capped at 50% of rent paid. Research Fellows living outside St John’s will have an office in College. Fellowships are held on condition of residence within the University of Cambridge, i.e. within 20 miles of the centre of Cambridge. Research Fellows are also entitled to take one meal each day in College, at College expense.

Subject to circumstances, we will consider:

a deferral for up to one year before the Research Fellowship award and associated Fellowship commences;
periods of working away from Cambridge for the purposes of research for up to one year;
a period undertaking a remunerated academic position that contributes to professional development (e.g. a temporary teaching position) of up to one year, during which the award holder will forgo the College stipend.

How to apply

Your application must be submitted online by 14.00 BST on 19 September 2024. Referees will have until 14:00 BST on 24 September to complete your references.

You can submit an application before getting all three references, but your application will be considered incomplete if the references are not added by the reference deadline. It is your responsibility to ensure that referees submit their references in time.

No interviews are held. Rigorous assessment of submitted written work, previous research achievements and research intentions are of primary importance.

University of Glasgow (UK:Scot) - Research Associate - Deadline: 14 Oct. 2024[]

We have an opportunity for a Research Associate to make a leading contribution to an AHRC project ‘Digital Knowledge: A New Framework for Digital Epistemic Virtues’ working with Prof J Adam Carter (PI, Glasgow) in collaboration with Prof Jesper Kallestrup (Co-I, University of Aberdeen).

The successful candidate will produce high-quality research in accordance with the project’s aims:

Project overview: ‘Digital Knowledge: A New Framework for Digital Epistemic Virtues’

Traditional theorizing in philosophy and cognitive science about our mental lives has focused on properties of innate, biological cognition. Mainstream epistemology (the philosophical theory of knowledge) has largely inherited this traditional brainbound approach to cognition. This - as the latest evidence from cognitive science and social psychology shows - is increasingly out of step with the way we nowadays often perform cognitive tasks previously executed entirely in the head - viz, by offloading and outsourcing tasks to do with storage, planning and computation to our gadgets, including online and in the cloud. This allows us to access information much more expediently and effortlessly than ever before, but at the cost of a cluster of increased epistemic risks, including online misinformation, 'fake news', polarization, echo chambers, and information overload.

A deeper understanding of how to better seek information and conduct inquiries in a digital world requires an epistemological framework free from the constraints of 'bioprejudice', and with the capacity to explain how we can be efficient and responsible digitally scaffolded thinkers.

For informal enquiries, please contact Dr J Adam Carter, Adam.Carter@glasgow.ac.uk.

This post is full time and has funding until 12 December 2025.

For more information on the role, the project, and to apply online: https://my.corehr.com/pls/uogrecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobspec?p_id=154829

Closing date: 14 October 2024

University of Kent (UK:Eng) - Research Associate - Deadline: 25 Aug. 2024[]

The School of Classics, English and History at the University of Kent seeks to appoint a Research Associate to work on an Arts and Humanities Research Council-funded (AHRC) Research, Development and Engagement Fellowship (2024-26) entitled Buzzers for Bedwetters: Incontinence and the Urinary Body in Britain, 1870-1970.

The project will focus on four key incontinent bodies prominent in the period - the child; the reproductive (including the postpartum woman and the male masturbator); the war veteran and the elderly. It will also build an international and multi-disciplinary research network with scholars in the humanities and social sciences and collaborate with Britain’s two main incontinence charities - Bladder and Bowel UK, and ERIC, The Children’s Bowel and Bladder Charity – who aim to reduce the stigma surrounding incontinence and to create public awareness of the distress and debilitation that stigmatisation causes. Research findings will be presented in academic publications; academic and non-academic conferences and workshops; printed and digital resources; webpages featuring blog posts; and an online exhibition.

With support from the Principal Investigator, the Research Associate will collect and analyse archival data, conduct literature reviews, deliver academic outputs, and collaborate with the project partners to deliver public outputs. Data collection will involve travel to archives and libraries in London, Essex, Lancaster, Sussex, Nottingham, Hull and other repositories as necessary, and partner collaboration will require travel to Bristol and Manchester. The Research Associate will also develop their own strand of independent research, disseminated in an academic journal, relevant academic conferences and blog posts.

More information on the project can be found here on the blog post here: Buzzers for Bedwetters: Incontinence and the Urinary Body in Britain, 1870-1970.

As a Research Associate you will:

Undertake research on the project, liaising and consulting regularly with the PI, project partners and stakeholders
Disseminate and publicise research findings via conferences, academic publications and blog posts
Produce high quality, publishable research relevant to the project objectives
Contribute to the intellectual development of the project
Co-organise partner and academic workshops
Carry out routine administrative tasks associated with the project to ensure that it is completed on time and within budget.

To be successful in this role you will have:

Hold a PhD/equivalent (or near completion) in a relevant area of modern British history (e.g. social and cultural history, medical history, history of science)
Experience of undertaking historical research and analysis (e.g. archival research, textual/ephemeral analysis, compiling bibliographies)
Knowledge of nineteenth and twentieth century British history
Experience in writing and publishing high quality academic publications
A record of giving research papers at conferences and seminars
Experience of collaboration with charities and/or other non-academic partners

Please see the links below to view the full job description and to apply for this post. If you require further information regarding the application process, please contact the People Services Team on peopleserviceshr@kent.ac.uk quoting ref number AHUM-320-24

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor (USA:MI) - Assistant Professor/Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Deadline: 16 Sept. 2024[]

SOCIETY OF FELLOWS

Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1070

announces

FELLOWSHIPS: 2025-2028

IN THE HUMANITIES, ARTS, SCIENCES, AND PROFESSIONS

The Michigan Society of Fellows was founded in 1970 through grants from the Ford Foundation and Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies to promote academic and creative excellence in the humanities, the arts, the social, physical, and life sciences, and the professions. The objective of the Society is to provide financial and intellectual support for individuals holding advanced degrees in their fields, who are selected for their outstanding achievement, professional promise, and interdisciplinary interests.

Candidates should be near the beginning of their professional careers. Those selected for fellowships must have received a Ph.D. degree or comparable artistic or professional degree between June 1, 2022, and August 25, 2025. Fellows are appointed as Assistant Professors in appropriate departments and as Postdoctoral Scholars in the Michigan Society of Fellows. They are expected to be in residence in Ann Arbor during the academic years of the fellowship, to teach for the equivalent of one academic year, to participate in the informal intellectual life of the Society, and to devote time to their independent research or artistic projects. This is not an artist-in-residence program but rather an opportunity to develop one’s work in conversation with fellows from a range of disciplines during the three years of the fellowship. We seek a diverse and international pool of applicants, especially welcoming candidates from underrepresented backgrounds. Applications from degree candidates and recipients of the Ph.D. or comparable artistic or professional degree from the University of Michigan will not be considered. Applicants from the following disciplines will not be considered: Anthropology, Classical Studies, Comparative Literature, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies (DAAS), Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB), and Slavic Languages and Literatures.

Applications will be reviewed by Society members and University faculty. Final selections will be made in March 2025. The annual stipend will be $63,000.

The online application is available at: http://societyoffellows.umich.edu

email: society.of.fellows@umich.edu

Application Deadline: Monday, September 16, 2024, at 1:00 PM EDT.

An Equal Opportunity Program

University of Oklahoma (USA:OK) - Postdoctoral Fellowship, Early American History - Deadline: 1 Oct. 2024[]

The Department of History at the University of Oklahoma invites applications for a two-and-a-half-year postdoctoral fellowship in Early American History, beginning January 2024. We welcome applications from scholars working in early American history, broadly conceived. Scholars with interests in the late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries, including those who focus on the American Revolution, the early American republic, the history of women and gender, and the history of race and slavery in North America and the Atlantic world, are especially encouraged to apply.

The fellow will teach two courses per semester. Among those courses will be both halves of the US history survey. The fellow will also have the opportunity to teach upper-level courses that align with their research interests.

The Department of History promotes the professional development and career advancement of all its members. The fellow will be paired with a faculty mentor in the Department of History for the duration of their time at the University of Oklahoma. The department, working with the University of Oklahoma Arts and Humanities Forum, will sponsor a manuscript development workshop to assist the fellow in preparing a book manuscript for publication. The fellow will be eligible to apply for funds for research and conference travel. The University of Oklahoma (OU) is a Carnegie-R1 comprehensive public research university known for excellence in teaching, research, and community engagement.

Please submit a cover letter, CV, a chapter-length writing sample, a one-page proposal for an upper-level course, including illustrative readings, a letter from your committee chair attesting to anticipated degree completion date (if required), and contact information for three references on the link here: http://apply.interfolio.com/153197

Review of applications will begin on October 1, 2024, and the position will remain open until filled. For inquiries, please contact department chair Dr. Elyssa Faison efaison@ou.edu

University of Oxford (UK:Eng) - Fellowships for Early Career Researchers / Career Development Fellowships 2025 - Deadline: 1 Nov. 2024[]

Merton College proposes to appoint two three-year, fixed-term Early Career Researchers from 1 October 2025 or as soon as possible thereafter in the fields of Philosophy, Politics, and Economics. The posts are available to early career researchers and are intended to provide opportunities for the successful applicants to establish a research profile and to help prepare postholders for academic careers

The Early Career Researchers are expected to undertake a high-quality programme of original research in one of the subjects specified above, to publicise outcomes and to engage in the academic life of the College. They may also undertake a limited amount of teaching

Candidates should hold a recently completed doctorate or be close to completion of a doctorate and will have submitted their thesis no later than 3 months before the start date of this post. Those who formally submitted their doctoral thesis for viva voce examination before 1 October 2023 are not eligible, unless they have since had a career break or if there are other exceptional circumstances.

Candidates must also have research expertise in their chosen field commensurate with the candidate’s career as demonstrated by a recently completed (or close to being completed) doctoral thesis, published or forthcoming books or articles in refereed journals (as relevant to the candidate’s field), or evidence of such future achievement. A coherent plan for the duration of the appointment of research expected to make a valuable contribution to the candidate’s field is required, as well as evidence of active participation in the successful dissemination of research findings.

The duties and skills required are described in more detail in the further particulars which also contain details of eligibility criteria, how to apply and allowances associated with the Fellowships. These are available at on our vacancies page, which you can access by clicking the 'Apply' button above. The closing date for applications is 12.00 noon on Friday 1 November 2024. Interviews are expected to be held in February 2025

University of Oxford, All Souls College (UK:Eng) - Five-Year Post-Doctoral Research Fellowships - Deadline: 6 September. 2024[]

All Souls College invites applications for six Post-Doctoral Research Fellows, one in each of the following subjects: Archaeology (excluding Classical Archaeology), Classics (excluding Ancient Philosophy), Mathematics, Modern Languages, Politics, and Theoretical Physics. Those elected will be expected to take up their Fellowships on 1 October 2025 or such other date as may be agreed in advance with the College. The Fellowships are for five years, fixed-term, and non-renewable.

All Souls is primarily a research institution with particular strengths in the Humanities and Social and Theoretical Sciences, and with strong connections to public life. It is strongly committed to supporting early career scholars. The Fellowships are intended to offer opportunities for outstanding early career researchers to establish a record of independent research. But, while the primary duty of a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow is the completion of a significant body of independent research for publication, they are also encouraged to undertake appropriate teaching and supervision of research in the University, develop their curriculum vitae, and improve their prospects of obtaining a permanent academic position by the end of the Fellowship.

Applicants must have been awarded their doctorates after 1 August 2022 or expect to have been awarded their doctorate by 1 October 2025. (The successful candidates must have completed their doctorates by the time they take up their Fellowships.) Candidates must be able to demonstrate, both through their thesis and other work published or submitted for publication, their capacity to undertake original publishable academic research in their chosen field. Where they have been working as part of a team, the College will wish to understand the significance of the candidate’s particular contribution to jointly authored papers.

For further particulars and to complete the on-line application, see the Appointments section of the College’s website: https://www.asc.ox.ac.uk/

Closing dates and times for:

Applications: 12noon (UK time), Friday 6 September 2024

References: 12noon (UK time), Friday 6 September 2024

Interviews: Thursday 16 January, Friday 17 January, or Saturday 18 January 2025

Elections to the Fellowships: Saturday 25 January 2025

University of Oxford, Magdalen College (UK:Eng) - Fellows by Examination (Junior Research Fellows) Competition - Deadline: 17 Oct. 2024[]

The College proposes to elect up to four Fellows by Examination (elsewhere known as Junior Research Fellows (JRFs)) in 2025. The successful candidates will already have demonstrated outstanding promise in their research.

Each Fellowship is tenable for three years at a stipend currently starting at £43,519 per annum, subject to an annual cost of living award. This stipend is subject to deduction if a scholarship or similar funding from another source is held concurrently by the Fellow by Examination.

For all three years of appointment, the Fellow is entitled to: free lunches and dinners in College; a research allowance to cover reimbursement of expenses (of up to £2,500 per annum).

During the first two years of appointment, the Fellow is a member of the Governing Body of the College (a Charity Trustee). Fellows by Examination are expected to live in the Oxford area, and their research base must be in Oxford. Fellows by Examination can benefit from flexible working conditions.

The main duty of a Fellow by Examination (JRF) is to engage full-time in research and its dissemination. The successful candidate will be expected to propose, plan and manage a high-quality programme of original research; publicise the outcomes of that research through presentation of papers and publications; and contribute to the communal life of the College. The Fellow may, with the leave of the Governing Body, engage in teaching and, if teaching, would normally be expected to give priority to the College’s own teaching needs.

Skills and experience required: research experience at doctoral level in an academic subject. Candidates should be able to manage their own independent research and should have excellent communication skills.

Details of how to apply and further particulars can be downloaded from www.magd.ox.ac.uk/job-vacancies The closing date is 12 noon (UK time) on Thursday, 17 October 2024, and applications must be completed at or before that time. Incomplete applications will not be accepted.

University of Oxford, Wolfson College (UK:Eng) - Guru Nanak Junior Research Fellow - Deadline: 20 Sept. 2024[]

Wolfson College, University of Oxford, proposes to appoint one stipendiary Junior Research Fellow in the culture of the Punjab from c. 1450 CE to the present with particular reference to the teachings of and the traditions established by Guru Nanak. Oxford has a rich history of engagement with the Indian subcontinent and a bustling academic life related to both the traditions and the present of South Asia. With the excellent library facilities of the Bodleian Library and the outstanding collection of Indian objects in the Ashmolean Museum and various degree courses on South Asia, the academic field flourishes in Oxford.

Wolfson College is one of the Oxford colleges with the highest concentration of expertise on South Asia. Current experts on the field include Nikita Sud, Professor of Politics of Development; Nayanika Mathur, Professor of Anthropology and South Asian Studies; John Lowe, Associate Professor of Sanskrit; Imre Bangha, Associate Professor of Hindi. Wolfson has a high number of students from South Asia or with roots in South Asia.

To further strengthen research on Punjab and to offer a scholarly home within a dynamic community of South Asian scholars, Wolfson College is seeking to appoint an outstanding scholar to a stipendiary Junior Research Fellowship in in the culture of the Punjab.

Main tasks of the Fellowship

to undertake research related to the culture of the Punjab from c. 1450 CE to the present with particular reference to the teachings of and the traditions established by Guru Nanak;
to publish in any disciplinary or interdisciplinary field of humanities and/or social sciences;
to participate actively in the academic life of the College, including organisation of events related to the field of their expertise;
to act as College Advisor to a number of Wolfson students;
to conduct some tutorial teaching and lecturing if an opportunity arises.

Further particulars

The College encourages the successful candidate to build a strong partnership with relevant departments. Details of the opportunities available to postdocs in Oxford are available at https://www.ox.ac.uk/research/support-researchers/researcher-hub;
The post brings with it no teaching obligations but the successful candidate may undertake teaching if and when invited to do so.

Qualifications and experience required:

Hold or be near completion to a PhD in a relevant discipline;
Demonstrate a high level of academic achievement, appropriate to the stage of the candidate’s career, with evidence of and potential for producing excellent research;
Evidence of high-quality publications (this includes papers or books published or accepted for publication);
Demonstrate a commitment to engage with current and forward-looking methodologies and theoretical approaches in the humanities or social sciences;
Have excellent communication and presentation skills;
Provide evidence of commitment to their own professional development.

The Fellowship will be for two and a half years starting on 1 January 2025, or as soon as possible thereafter, and is not renewable. Applications are particularly welcome from women, black and minority ethnic candidates who are under-represented in academic posts in Oxford.

The annual remuneration package comprises a stipend of £40,500 per annum and Common Table rights for the Fellow’s own meals in Hall (currently £58.00 per week).

Closing date is 20 September 2024, 4.00pm. Interviews will take place on the afternoon of Thursday, 24 October 2024.

University of Oxford (UK:Eng) - Research Associate: “Religion, Identity and Migration in the Global Middle East, 1850-1940” (The Moving Stories Project) - Deadline: 29 Jul. 2024[]

Applications are invited for the position of Research Associate (2 x posts) on the ERC-funded project ‘Moving Stories: Sectarianisms in the Global Middle East’ at the University of Oxford, Faculty of History, George Street, OX1 2RL. Reporting to the Principal Investigator, Professor John-Paul-Ghobrial, the post holder will be a member of a research project based at Oxford, and they will work independently to carry out research for a discrete area of the project related to ‘Religion, Identity, and Migration in the Global Middle East, 1850-1940’.

The Role

Middle Eastern migration was a phenomenon with global horizons, but it was also a reality that was experienced locally in different ways at the level of individual lives. This role provides early career researchers with an opportunity to conduct and publish groundbreaking research as part of a larger research team based at Oxford.

The responsibilities of the Research Associate fall under three main areas:

In consultation with the PI, the Research Associate will devise a feasible, specific project that will lead to the publication of a set of articles and/or a monograph related to the general objectives of the Moving Stories Project.
The Research Associate will contribute to the team’s collective work of preparation and publication of the project Sourcebook. This will involve the preparation of specific entries on sources as well as the chance to contribute an individually-authored essay to the book’s introduction.
The Research Associate will collaborate with other members of the team, particularly in the review and analysis of Arabic sources, for inclusion in project publications.

About you

You will hold a relevant PhD/DPhil, or evidence that a doctorate is close to completion, together with relevant experience, and will possess sufficient specialist and linguistic knowledge in the discipline to contribute research to the main questions of the project, in particular written Arabic. You will have sufficient historical and disciplinary knowledge to contribute relevant individually-authored publications in line with the project objectives and excellent communication skills

Application process

For an informal discussion about this opportunity or if you have any questions, please contact Professor John-Paul Ghobrial at john-paul.ghobrial@history.ox.ac.uk. All practical and procedural queries should be sent to our recruitments team: recruitments@history.ox.ac.uk. All enquiries will be treated in strict confidence; they will not form part of the selection decision.

As part of the online application process, you should provide a supporting statement setting out how you meet the selection criteria, a curriculum vitae and a statement of proposed research, with the names and contact details of two referees. Please see the How to apply section of the job description for more details.

Only applications submitted online and received before noon Monday 29^th July 2024 will be considered.

Please note that you will receive an automated email from our online recruitment portal to confirm receipt of your application. Please check your spam/junk mail if you do not receive this email. You may also receive updates on the status of your application via the same means.

University of Oxford (UK:Eng) - Researcher in Global Correspondent Banking 1870-2000 – European Networks - Deadline: 30 Aug. 2024[]

We are seeking a Post-Doctoral Researcher to join a major 5-year research project, Global Correspondent Banking 1870-2000, funded by the European Research Council Advanced Grant scheme, led by Professor Catherine R. Schenk and based at the University of Oxford, Faculty of History, George Street, Oxford.

The Role

The overall objective is to analyze the changing shape of international correspondent banking networks across the 20th century using quantitative and qualitative research methods. Alongside a cohort of up to five Post-Doctoral researchers, the Researcher will be attached to a research stream that will use archival research and advanced statistical analysis to explore the dynamics of correspondent banking relationships in Europe during this period, including the banks’ strategy and the impact of economic and political shocks.

The successful candidate will manage own academic research and administrative activities, which involves small scale project management, to co-ordinate multiple aspects of work to meet deadlines. They will also prepare working theories and analyse qualitative and/or quantitative data from a variety of sources, reviewing and refining theories as appropriate, and maintain good communication with the project administrator, report regularly to the Principal Investigator and contribute to the reporting requirements for the project funder.

About you

You will possess sufficient specialist knowledge in a relevant discipline, which may include expertise in financial history or another cognate discipline, and knowledge of European economic history from 1870-2000. You will have experience in managing data through spreadsheets and databases and applying statistical methods to data (e.g. R, Stata, GIS), as well as experience in archival research and collection of quantitative data. Fluency in reading more than one European language, with willingness to travel to archives in Europe where appropriate, is essential.

You will hold a relevant PhD/DPhil, or evidence that a doctorate is close to completion, together with relevant experience. You will have excellent communication and data handling skills, a demonstrable capacity for independent research, be capable of managing your own academic research and associated activities, and have previous experience of contributing to publications and/or presentations. Expertise in programming and geographic/networking software as applied to large databases, and experience of actively collaborating in the development of research articles for publication would be desirable.

This post is full time, fixed-term for one year.

Application Process

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Professor Catherine R Schenk: catherine.schenk@history.ox.ac.uk.

You will be required to complete a supporting statement, setting out how you meet the selection criteria, curriculum vitae and the names and contact details of two referees as part of your online application.

Only applications submitted online and received before noon Friday 30^th August 2024 can be considered.

Please note that you will receive an automated email from our online recruitment portal to confirm receipt of your application. Please check your spam/junk mail if you do not receive this email. You may also receive updates on the status of your application via the same means.

University of Pennsylvania (USA:PA) - Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Humanities, 2025–2026, theme 'truth' - Deadline: 3 Nov. 2024[]

The Wolf Humanities Center awards five (5) one-year Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships each academic year to 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 2025–2026 academic year, our topic will be Truth.

During their appointment, Wolf Humanities Center's Postdoctoral Fellows are required to teach one course rostered in one or more of the humanities departments or programs in Penn's College of Arts & Sciences (not the Wolf Humanities Center) and must participate in the Center's weekly Mellon Research Seminar (Tuesdays, 12:00–1:30). Fellows also collaborate on the planning of a public symposium on the Center's annual topic, participate in professional development workshops, and are appointed a faculty mentor.

The 2025–2026 Fellowship appointment is twelve months (July 1, 2025—June 30, 2026) and carries a minimum stipend of $66,300, a $3000 research fund, and discounted health insurance.

The PhD (and its international equivalent, such as the DPhil) is the only eligible terminal degree, and applicants must be humanists or those in such allied fields as anthropology or history of science. Ineligible categories include an MFA or any other doctorate such as EdD, social scientists, scholars in educational curriculum building, and performing artists (note: scholars of performance are eligible).
Scholars who received or will receive their PhD (or DPhil) between May 2020 and September 2025 are eligible to apply.
Scholars who received or will receive their PhD from the University of Pennsylvania during our noted window of eligibility are welcome to apply.
The fellowship is open to all scholars, national and international, who meet eligibility requirements. International scholars outside of North America are appointed under a J-1 visa (Research Scholar status). The Wolf Humanities Center reserves the right to revoke the offer if the recipient is unable to meet this condition.
Upon receiving the award, finalists who have not received their PhD must provide a letter from their department confirming that they have completed, or will complete, all requirements (i.e. dissertation defense) by June 30, 2025. A finalist’s failure to meet this deadline will result in the offer being withdrawn.
Fellows are required to be in residence for the term of the fellowship.
Fellowships will be announced in Feburary 2025.

University of Stirling (UK:Scot) Postdoctoral Research Fellowships - Deadline: 6 Oct. 2024[]

The Posts

We seek to appoint outstanding researchers to help form the Centre’s interdisciplinary team. We expect to appoint a combination of PhD graduates and more experienced postdoctoral researchers. Appointment at Grade 8 will reflect an outstanding record of high quality research in relevant fields, and potential capacity to lead one of the Centre’s six workstreams (listed below – see further information for details). Applicants should indicate whether they wish to be considered at Grade 7, Grade 8, or both.

The areas of specialization are open but must relate directly to the Centre’s focus on place and memory. The successful applicants will have a PhD and an established track record in one or more fields relevant to the study of place and memory. We expect to appoint a diverse group of researchers with a range of distinctive backgrounds to form a strongly collaborative interdisciplinary team. Possible areas of research background include (but are not limited to) philosophy, psychology, cognitive science, neuroscience, geography, anthropology, archaeology, sociology, urban policy and design, architecture, environmental studies, indigenous studies, public health, migration studies, international development, history, heritage, literature, museum studies, memory studies, politics, design, art history and theory, practice-based creative research, human-computer interaction, gaming and new media, and science studies. Applicants should indicate in their cover letter how their research experience and skill set relates to studies of place and memory, and (where possible) to specific workstreams as listed below.

Description of Duties

Grade 7/8:

Engage in individual and collaborative research which aligns to the strategic direction of the Centre and the University, develop a programme of research related to the Centre’s workstreams, and disseminate results through regular publication in high impact journals, books and conference proceedings
Identify appropriate sources of funding and prepare research proposals for funding bodies
Supervise research students and staff as required, providing direction, support and guidance

Grade 8:

Establish a distinctive programme of research related to the Centre’s workstreams
Lead one workstream, coordinating and maintaining operational management of workstream research activities
Play a leading role in the Centre’s development of novel research methods, interdisciplinary networks, and appropriate external links with community organizations or policy debates

Essential Criteria

Grade 7/8:

PhD in relevant discipline
Evidence of a publication record in fields relevant to the Centre’s research activities
Credible plans for the active pursuit of external research funding

Grade 8:

Established track record of high-quality published research
A record of involvement in applications for external funding for research and/or knowledge transfe

University of York (UK:Eng) Postdoctoral Research Associate - Deadline: 30 Jul. 2024[]

We are looking for a campus-based part-time research assistant in historical and contemporary political philosophy. The assistant will help work with Prof. Sandrine Bergès on a British Academy Global Professorship four-year project to recover the voices of marginalized authors in the 18th century British and French abolitionist debates, through independent and collaborative research in the form of publications, conference and workshop presentations and workshop and panel organization.

Role

The research assistant will be expected to assist in the identification and development of potential areas of research and the development of proposals for independent or collaborative projects within or adjacent to the main project. In particular:

Filling the gaps between 18th century republicanism and its antecedents, in particular in 17th century England, and the way in which Dissenters such as Price and Priestley used these antecedents to create their own arguments.
Helping to map out the philosophical arguments from 18th century authors with contemporary republican arguments, with a particular focus on forced immigration.
The relevance of the 18th century debates to contemporary issues in political philosophy.

Skills, Experience & Qualification needed

PhD in Philosophy
Familiarity with early modern and contemporary issues in political philosophy
Familiarity with the work of at least two 18th century women or marginalised philosophers
Ability to publish in contemporary and history of political philosophy
Experience in organising workshops and conferences
Experience in obtaining grants for organizing workshops and conferences

For informal enquiries: please contact Tom Stoneham (tom.stoneham@york.ac.uk) or Sandrine Bergès (sandrine.berges@york.ac.uk)

University of Wisconsin–Madison, Institute for Research in the Humanities - Deadline October 24, 2024.[]

The Institute for Research in the Humanities at the University of Wisconsin–Madison is pleased to announce competitions for two Robert M. Kingdon Fellowships, four Solmsen Fellowships, and one Biruté Ciplijauskaité Fellowship for the academic year 2025-2026, to be awarded to scholars from outside the University of Wisconsin–Madison. The awards provide a stipend of $60,000, office space, support services, and access to all university facilities. Fellows are expected to present their work at an Institute seminar and participate in the weekly seminars. Applicants must be in possession of the doctorate at the time of application.

Kingdon Fellowships sponsor scholars working in the humanities in the historical, literary, artistic, and/or philosophical studies of Christian and/or Jewish religious traditions and their role in society.
Solmsen Fellowships are to be awarded to any scholars working in the humanities on European history, literature, philosophy, politics, religion, art, and culture in the classical, medieval, and/or early modern periods (before 1700). Projects on the relationship of pre-1700 Europe to other parts of the world are also welcome.
Ciplijauskaité Fellowships are available to scholars with a Ph.D. (at any stage of career), working in Spanish literature of the Iberian Peninsula.

Please see IRH Fellowships page for more details and full calls for applications https://irh.wisc.edu/irh-fellowships/ (scroll down to external fellowships section). All applications should be submitted through Interfolio and are due on Thursday, October 24, 2024.

Yale Institute of Sacred Music - Interdisciplinary Fellowships - Deadline: 15 Oct. 2024[]

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. ISM Fellows are exceptional scholars and practitioners at all career stages whose projects range from studies of Buddhist chant to African American sacred music, and analyses of Medieval ritual to Jewish art. With access to Yale’s unparalleled resources, ISM Long-term Fellows join a vibrant interdisciplinary community for the academic year where they convene regularly with their cohort to share their work in progress. Fellows also have the option to teach interdisciplinary courses based on their area of research at Yale.

The work of the Institute touches a broad array of disciplines, including:

Anthropology ~ African American Studies ~ Area Studies ~ Art ~ Architecture ~ Composition ~ Creative Writing ~ Ethnomusicology ~ Film Studies ~ History of Art or Architecture ~ Latinx Studies ~ Literature ~ Liturgical Studies ~ Musicology ~ Native American and Indigenous Studies ~ Religious Studies ~ Ritual Studies ~ Sociology ~ Theatre Studies ~ Theology

The Long-term Fellowship application is due on October 15, 2024 for fellowships that begin in Fall 2025. In addition to a competitive stipend, fellows receive research funds and relocation costs. More information and the application can be found at https://ism.yale.edu/ism-fellows. The application will be available online beginning on August 1, 2024. For questions, please contact the ISM Fellows Coordinator at ismfellows@yale.edu.

The Yale ISM also offers Short-term fellowships to work in Yale libraries and collections. More information can be found at: https://ism.yale.edu/fellowships/short-term-collections-based-fellowships

Yale University (USA:CT) Postdoctoral Associate - Deadline: 1 Dec. 2024[]

ale University seeks to appoint a Postdoctoral Associate for a two-year position beginning in the academic year 2025-2026 within Archaia: the Yale Program for the Study of Global Antiquity. Archaia is a collaborative forum that brings together scholars and graduate students working on early and pre-modern cultures and civilizations at Yale in the Humanities and Social Sciences in addition to the Divinity and Law Schools and various University collections and libraries, including the Yale University Art Gallery, the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, the Peabody Museum of Natural History, and the Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage. Participating departments and disciplines include Classics, East Asian Languages and Literatures, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, History, Religious Studies, Archaeology and Anthropology, History of Art, and the Divinity School. In addition to hosting conferences and colloquia, the year-long Ancient Societies Workshop (ASW), and study tours, Archaia offers a graduate qualification for students interested in research beyond departmental lines. For additional information, see https://archaia.yale.edu/certification. Information about past post-doctoral fellows can be found here.

Past Archaia seminars and ASW topics have included ancient music, comparative linguistics in pre-modern languages, ancient comparative law, ancient ritual, antiquity through the digital humanities, and the archaeology of Dura Europos. Anticipated upcoming topics include environmental determinism, constructions of the human body and race and how these ideas travel cross culturally, and the archaeology of Gerasa; we are also open to other innovative and cross-disciplinary proposals for future workshops and core seminars. We especially welcome applicants working in areas beyond the ancient Mediterranean world.

The postdoctoral associate is expected to take an active role in Archaia programming while pursuing research in their own area of expertise. Additionally, the associate’s duties include: (1) participating in the Archaia Steering Committee, coordinating the graduate certification program, and participating in the graduate forum as a mentor; (2) offering, in the first year, a graduate seminar and/or a study tour (the seminar may be connected with the tour); (3) in the second year of the appointment, co-teaching the Archaia core seminar with a Yale faculty member and/or co-organizing the Archaia Study Tour. The postdoctoral associate will receive guidance from and report to the Archaia co-chairs and will also be provided with at least one mentor from a field/department close to their area of training and expertise. Salary is commensurate with education and experience along with Yale’s benefits package that includes health insurance. Requirements • A Ph.D. in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Classics, East Asian Studies, South Asian Studies, History, Religious Studies, Archaeology, Anthropology, History of Art, or a related field. • The intellectual training and trajectory of the postdoctoral associate must show a commitment to cross-disciplinary or cross-cultural research in more than one of the areas, languages, and/or disciplines represented by Archaia. • The successful applicant will be able to demonstrate a desire and ability to build collaborative relationships across departments and collections. • We especially encourage applications from scholars underrepresented in the study of antiquity. Applicants and referees should upload documentation via Interfolio: https://apply.interfolio.com/155704 . Applicants must supply:

(1) a cover letter,

(2) a curriculum vitae,

(3) a research statement (1000 words max.) detailing the work that the associate wishes to pursue at Yale,

(4) three brief descriptions (not syllabi) of up to 500 words each, for

a co-taught global antiquity seminar to be offered as an Archaia core course;
a graduate seminar related to your own research specialization, and with some concern for global antiquity;
a travel study opportunity (5-10 days)

(5) a teaching portfolio (including teaching evaluations or other evidence of teaching effectiveness and syllabi for courses taught or planned),

(6) three letters of recommendation addressed to the Chair of the Search Committee, Prof. Molly Zahn.

Positions with 2025 Application Deadlines[]

Harvard University (USA:MA) - 2025-26 Faculty Fellowship: Labor and Political Economy in American History - Deadline: 8 Jan. 2025[]

The 2025-26 Warren Center Faculty Fellowship will be on the theme of Labor and Political Economy in American History led by Joel Suarez (Harvard History and Social Studies) and Sven Beckert (Harvard History).

The Warren Center, Harvard’s research center for United States history, invites applications for a seminar on Labor and Political Economy in American History. The goal is to advance the revival and reimagining of labor history. Recent histories and theorizations of class formation and social reproduction have emerged alongside new research in law and political economy, money and finance, and environmental and intellectual history, providing rich portraits of economic life that are too often written in parallel rather than in conversation with one another. We will build on these developments to foster a capacious labor history that explains change in working class life while embracing the temporal, geographical, and methodological expansiveness found in the various subfields and disciplines concurrently historicizing capitalism’s long history. We seek fellows and guest lecturers from diverse scholarly backgrounds including, but not limited to law, political theory, sociology, anthropology, labor studies, political economy, and social, political, environmental, intellectual, and economic and financial history. We are in particular interested in scholars thinking about American labor history in transnational, global, and comparative perspectives.

This endeavor aims to build on traditional studies of proletarianization and class re-compositions by expanding labor history’s temporal scope, range of methodologies, and subjects of inquiry. That is, we seek to continue labor history’s inquiry into the labor movement and its historicizing of foundational concepts (e.g., the family, freedom, property, the market, race, the state), but also seek to invite scholars who bring new questions and methodologies to the study of informal labor and informal markets, waged and unwaged reproductive labor, unemployment and wageless life, debt and public and private power, migration and the state, environmental agency and crises, social rights and liberalism, money and ideology, and other areas of research that center labor in the history of capitalism.

Fellows will present their work in a seminar led by Joel Suarez (Harvard History and Social Studies) and Sven Beckert (Harvard History). Applicants may not be degree candidates and should have a Ph.D. or equivalent. Fellows have library privileges and an office which they must use for at least the 9-month academic year. The Center encourages applications consistent with the seminar theme and from qualified applicants who can contribute, through their research and service, to the diversity and excellence of the community. Stipends: individually determined according to fellow needs and Center resources, up to a maximum of $66,000. Note that recent average stipends have been in the range of $50,000.

Application deadline: January 8, 2025

Letters of recommendation deadline: January 10, 2025

Apply at https://academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/14062 according to the deadlines above.

Library Company of Philadelphia (USA:PA) - Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in American and Atlantic World History and Culture - Deadline: 15 Jan. 2025[]

The Library Company of Philadelphia invites applications for 2025–26 postdoctoral fellowships supporting advanced research in the collections of the Library Company and its Fellowships Program partner, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. The following opportunities are available:

National Endowment for the Humanities Postdoctoral Fellowships

NEH Postdoctoral Fellowships support advanced humanities research in residence on any subject and in any discipline supported by the Library Company’s collections, which encompass rare printed, graphic, and manuscript material, art, and artifacts relating to the history of the United States and the Atlantic world from the 17th through the 19th centuries. Fellowships may be awarded for a period of four to nine months. The stipend is $5,000 per month.

Program in Early American Economy and Society (PEAES) Postdoctoral Fellowships

Program in Early American Economy and Society (PEAES) Postdoctoral Fellowships support research in the collections of the Library Company, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and other nearby institutions into the origins and development of the early American economy, broadly conceived, to roughly 1850. The fellowships provide scholars the opportunity to investigate such topics as history of commerce, finance, technology, manufacturing, agriculture, internal improvements, and economic policy making. The stipend is $50,000 for the academic year (September 1 to May 31) or $25,000 for the fall or spring semester.

Eligibility

Scholars at any stage of their career are welcome to apply.

Applicants for postdoctoral fellowships in the Program in Early American Economy & Society must hold a PhD by September 1, 2025, and may be citizens of any country.

Applicants for NEH postdoctoral fellowships must have completed all degree requirements (except degree conferral) by the time of pplication, and must be United States citizens or foreign nationals who have lived in the United States for the three years immediately preceding the application deadline.

Fellows must reside in the Philadelphia area for the duration of their fellowships.

Applications

The application deadline is January 15,2025.

Full application instructions are available here.

A single application will serve for consideration for either of the two opportunities for which the applicant’s project is eligible.

Southern Methodist University (USA:TX), William P. Center for Southwest Studies at SMU Research Fellowships - Deadline: 6 Jan. 2024][]

The Clements Center for Southwest Studies Research Fellowships provide senior or junior scholars with an essential element for producing successful books, and that is time. Our residential fellows are for a full academic year (nine-months, typically coinciding with Southern Methodist University's academic calendar). Competition is open to PhD holding individuals in any field in the humanities or social sciences conducting research on Texas, the American Southwest (including California in all periods), or the US-Mexico borderlands, as well as comparative projects with at least one foot in the region. Our fellowships are expressly designed to provide time for junior and senior scholars to bring book-length projects to completion, and as such do not include any teaching responsibilities or obligations. We offer a research and travel allowance in addition to a publication subvention, and we convene a manuscript workshop for each fellow during their time in residence, in order to advise the author about how to make it the best and most influential book possible.

Our fellowships cannot be used to finish a dissertation or begin a new book project. Fellows are expected to be in residence in Dallas during the fellowship period and to participate fully in the intellectual and social life of the Center. Fellowships carry a stipend of $50,000 ($65,000 for the senior fellow), benefits where eligible, a $3,000 allowance for research and travel, and a publication subvention.

For consideration, applicants must submit the following:

a curriculum vita
a letter of interest outlining a description of their project and research agenda (2 pp max)
a sample chapter from the manuscript
3 letters of reference from persons who can assess the significance of the work.

Applications are due Monday, January 6, 2025.

See https://www.smu.edu/dedman/research/institutes-and-centers/swcenter/fellowships/apply

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7/18/24- Has anybody applied before for the LSA Collegiate Fellows program at UMich? I was browsing and I thought I could prepare a good dossier but I just realized there is somebody in the department I would be in that has research interests intersecting too closely with mine, so I figured they wouldn't take me based on redundancy alone regardless of how strong my dossier is?

8/27/24 I'm curious about the UMich Society of Fellows listed above compared to the LSA referenced in the question before this, if anyone has experience between the two?

9/18/24 Has anybody heard anything about Columbia's Heyman Center Society of Fellows? Their website seems to be down - I haven't been able to access it for several days.

Humanities and Social Sciences Postdocs 2024-2025

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Positions with 2024 Application Deadlines[]

Cornell University (USA:NY) - Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship - Deadline: 1 Oct. 2024[]

Dartmouth College (USA:NH) 2025-2027 Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Department of Art History - Deadline: 18 Sept 2024[]

Emory University (USA:GA) - Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry - 2025-26 Postdoctoral Fellowships: Life/Story - Deadline: 9 December 2024[]

Howard University - Black Queer Everything Fellowship - Deadline: 19 July 2024[]

Indiana University - Bloomington (USA:IA) - Center for Research on Race and Ethnicity in Society, Postdoctoral Fellowship - Deadline: 4 Oct. 2024[]

University of Wisconsin—Madison, (Madison: USA: WI) - Institute for Research in the Humanities - Solmsen and Kingdon Fellowships - Deadline: 24 October 2024[]

Max Planck Society (Germany) - Three-Year Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship, "Artificial Justice" - Deadline: 31 July 2024[]

Northumbria University (UK:Eng) - Research Fellow - Deadline: 12 Aug. 2024[]

Northumbria University (UK:Eng) - Research Fellow in History - Deadline: 18 Sept. 2024[]

Penn State University (USA:PA) - Postdoctoral Scholar, African American History, 19th Century[]

Penn State University (USA:PA) - Postdoctoral Scholar, Civil War Era[]

Queens University Belfast (UK:NI) - Research Fellow - Deadline: 4 Nov. 2024[]

Sciences Po (FRA) - Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Economic and Environmental history - Deadline: 31 Oct. 2024[]

University of Aarhus (DEN) - Postdoctoral Position in Medieval History - Deadline: 12 Sept. 2024[]

University College London (UK:Eng) - Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Global Socialisms - Deadline: 15 Sept. 2024 PART TIME (0.5)[]

University of Cambridge (UK:Eng) - two Postdoctoral Research Associates - Deadline: 22 Jul. 2024[]

University of Cambridge, Christ's College (UK:Eng) Lady Wallis Budge Junior Research Fellowship in Egyptology - Deadline: 24 Oct. 2024[]

University of Cambridge, Christ's College (UK:Eng) Stipendiary Junior Research Fellowship - Deadline: 24 Oct. 2024[]

University of Cambridge, Christ's College (UK:Eng) W.H.D. Rouse Junior Research Fellowship - Deadline: 24 Oct. 2024[]

University of Cambridge, Emmanuel College (UK:Eng) - Research Fellowships- Deadline: 27 Sept. 2024[]

University of Cambridge, Gonville & Caius (UK:Eng) - Research Fellows in Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences - Deadline: 30 Sept. 2024[]

University of Cambridge, Magdalene College (UK:Eng) - The Neville Fellowship/The Lumley Fellowship[]

University of Cambridge - Newnham College (UK:Eng) - Research Fellowship - Deadline: 4 Oct. 2024[]

University of Cambridge - Sidney Sussex College (UK:Eng) - Stipendiary and Non-Stipendiary research fellowships - Deadline: 1 Oct. 2024[]

University of Cambridge, St John's College (UK:Eng) - Research Fellowships 2025 - Deadline: 19 Sept. 2024[]

University of Glasgow (UK:Scot) - Research Associate - Deadline: 14 Oct. 2024[]

University of Kent (UK:Eng) - Research Associate - Deadline: 25 Aug. 2024[]

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor (USA:MI) - Assistant Professor/Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Deadline: 16 Sept. 2024[]

University of Oklahoma (USA:OK) - Postdoctoral Fellowship, Early American History - Deadline: 1 Oct. 2024[]

University of Oxford (UK:Eng) - Fellowships for Early Career Researchers / Career Development Fellowships 2025 - Deadline: 1 Nov. 2024[]

University of Oxford, All Souls College (UK:Eng) - Five-Year Post-Doctoral Research Fellowships - Deadline: 6 September. 2024[]

University of Oxford, Magdalen College (UK:Eng) - Fellows by Examination (Junior Research Fellows) Competition - Deadline: 17 Oct. 2024[]

University of Oxford, Wolfson College (UK:Eng) - Guru Nanak Junior Research Fellow - Deadline: 20 Sept. 2024[]

University of Oxford (UK:Eng) - Research Associate: “Religion, Identity and Migration in the Global Middle East, 1850-1940” (The Moving Stories Project) - Deadline: 29 Jul. 2024[]

University of Oxford (UK:Eng) - Researcher in Global Correspondent Banking 1870-2000 – European Networks - Deadline: 30 Aug. 2024[]

University of Pennsylvania (USA:PA) - Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Humanities, 2025–2026, theme 'truth' - Deadline: 3 Nov. 2024[]

University of Stirling (UK:Scot) Postdoctoral Research Fellowships - Deadline: 6 Oct. 2024[]

University of York (UK:Eng) Postdoctoral Research Associate - Deadline: 30 Jul. 2024[]

University of Wisconsin–Madison, Institute for Research in the Humanities - Deadline October 24, 2024.[]

Yale Institute of Sacred Music - Interdisciplinary Fellowships - Deadline: 15 Oct. 2024[]

Yale University (USA:CT) Postdoctoral Associate - Deadline: 1 Dec. 2024[]

Positions with 2025 Application Deadlines[]

Harvard University (USA:MA) - 2025-26 Faculty Fellowship: Labor and Political Economy in American History - Deadline: 8 Jan. 2025[]

Library Company of Philadelphia (USA:PA) - Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in American and Atlantic World History and Culture - Deadline: 15 Jan. 2025[]

Southern Methodist University (USA:TX), William P. Center for Southwest Studies at SMU Research Fellowships - Deadline: 6 Jan. 2024][]

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