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Positions with 2024 Application Deadlines

ACLS Fellowships - Deadline: Sept 25, 2024

ACLS invites research proposals from scholars in all disciplines of the humanities and interpretive social sciences. In the 2024-25 competition cycle, the program will award up to 60 fellowships to scholars across all stages of the scholarly career. Approximately half of this year’s awards will support early-career scholars.

2/13 Any news on notification?

2/14 No news here, but it seems a little early still. Based on past years, it looks like they usually notify winners at the very end February

2/17 - I heard through the grapevine that the committee was meeting in New York at the end of last week. Sounds like the winners should hear something soon.

2/24 Any news?

2/25 Nope. But I feel like the 27th is the day...just based on previous years. No real knowledge about the date, just what I've been telling myself.

2/27 Anyone hear? - nothing here

2/27 no news ...

2/28 no news either... I hope we're not a collection of the unlucky ones.

2/28 -- friend of mine told me that they received a fellowship.

Does anyone know if all awardees are notified on the same day ? Did your friend share any insights regarding the wording of their award notice?

2/28 Anyone else received update?

2/28 the award notice says that application review is ongoing, and those notified have a week to accept/decline.

3/4 have not heard anything but for the sake of mental health, not holding my breath about "ongoing" review. Although they do have alternates, I think very few people decline, and then it takes a while to send rejections (last year winners started getting acceptance notices on Feb. 27 but I didn't receive my rejection until the end of March. just fyi).

3/17 still no news. seems too late to expect anything?

3/17 unfortunately I do think it is too late to expect anything but a rejection at this point. I hate to be pessimistic, but we are many (hundreds!) in the same boat, I'm sure. (As for me, received rejection notice on 3/28 last year; i have never heard of an award notice going out this long after initial awards). better luck next time, for all of us.

3/19 -- awarded ACLS Project Development Grant

3/24 - awarded ACLS Fellowship...apparently they do keep sending out awards all through March. I heard from a colleague that their ACLS was awarded late March last year too.

3/25 congratulations! I am glad that I did not know sooner that they really do send out awards this late, or I would have spent the past 4 weeks hoping and stressing about it much more actively (still no word on my end)

3/26 -- Received rejection email. x2 and with the added language that this year, "ACLS is unable to process peer reviewer feedback for every applicant. We are prioritizing scholars who do not hold tenure-track appointments, on the grounds that as a group, they lack the opportunities for feedback typically available to scholars with tenure or on the tenure track." I wonder how many apps they got?

4/7 -- anyone heard back from ACLS Leading Edge yet?

4/9 -- Nope, no word here on Leading Edge.

4/14 (ACLS Leading Edge) Nothing here either.

4/21 (ACLS Leading Edge) Rejection. x3

Brown University (USA:RI) – Alomran Family Postdoctoral Research Associate in Middle East Studies – Deadline: 5 Dec. 2024

The Center for Middle East Studies situated at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University aspires to promote a just and peaceful world through research, teaching, and public engagement. The selected Postdoctoral Research Associate will receive two years of support, with the expectation that they will pursue research and participate fully in the intellectual life of the Center. They will also teach one course per year for the Center for Middle East Studies. The Center is especially interested in qualified candidates who can contribute, through their research, teaching, and/or service, to the diversity and excellence of the academic community.

Qualifications

Applications are open to candidates from across the social sciences, who are conducting research related to the Middle East and North Africa and/or their diasporas on issues that can be understood in a comparative global context. The selection process is open with regard to nationality and geographic area of research. Scholars who have received their Ph.D.s within two years of the application deadline are eligible to apply. Applicants must have completed their degree by July 1, 2025. Individuals who are currently – or have previously been – postdoctoral fellows or postdoctoral research associates in other programs are not eligible to apply. The postdoctoral research associate is required to be in residence during the academic year, and will receive an annual stipend of $65,000 plus benefits. Additional funding can be made available for research expenses and research-related programming on campus.

Application Instructions

The position opens for applications on October 31, 2024. Review of applications in Interfolio will begin on December 5, 2024. To receive full consideration, applications should be received by that date. The award will be announced towards the end of February 2025. The following materials should be submitted to the application portal in Interfolio (https://apply.interfolio.com/152884) by December 5, 2024.

A cover letter stating the applicant's academic field, status of their dissertation, and proposed research to be conducted during their appointment period. The cover letter should not exceed 2,000 words. Please also include a statement about teaching in a diverse and inclusive classroom
An up-to-date curriculum vitae
A copy of each graduate transcript
A writing sample
Three confidential letters of recommendation from scholars familiar with the applicant’s research.

For further information, please contact Center Director, Professor Elias Muhanna, at CMES_Director@brown.edu.

Carter G. Woodson Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship - Deadline: Dec. 15 2024

The Carter G. Woodson Institute’s distinguished fellowship program offers a two-year position for post-doctoral research associates whose work focuses on African American and African Diasporic Studies, including but not limited to research pertaining to African American, Caribbean, Latin American, African, and/or Diasporic contexts. Scholars selected for the fellowship program are required to relocate to the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia to join a cohort of interdisciplinary scholars.

Research Associates receive funding for two calendar years through a twelve-month appointment, at a rate of $ 59,000. All research associates receive full-time benefits and a one-time relocation reimbursement (up to $1,000). Additionally, each post-doctoral associate receives an annual allowance for research and travel-related expenses (up to $2,000, annually). Post-doctoral scholars teach one course annually in the Department of African American and African Studies (IAAS).

Application deadline: December 15, 2024
Recommendations deadline: December 22, 2024

Review Period

December 2024 - January 2025

Notification of Awards

March 2025

Consortium for History of Science, Technology & Medicine (USA:PA) Fellowships - Deadline: Dec. 15 2024

The Consortium invites applications for multiple fellowship opportunities in the history of science, technology or medicine, broadly construed. Fellows enjoy access to the archives and collections of Consortium member institutions as well as seminars and other programs dedicated to promoting scholarship.

Emanuel Fellowships for Independent Scholars

Emanuel Fellows will be awarded a stipend between $10,000 to $30,000 to be used for research in archives, oral history, or other research methods, travel for research, or time to write up research findings for an article, book, or other scholarly contributions in various formats or media. The stipend can also be used as income and salary support to provide time to conduct scholarship. Applicants must have received a Ph.D. or equivalent degree at least two years before the time of application, and may NOT be in a tenured or tenure track faculty position at a university or college nor enrolled as a student in any program of higher education. Scholars are eligible if they are independent or alternative academic scholars, meaning they have positions that do not have research expectations or offer institutional support for research in their area of expertise. They can be adjunct faculty, lecturers (if there is no research expectation), or unaffiliated with an educational institution. Applicants must be permanent residents or citizens of the United States. The Emanuel Fellowship may not be held concurrently with any position that would violate eligibility for applying as described above.

NEH Postdoctoral Fellowships (Nine-Month and Four-Month Terms)

The Consortium’s NEH Fellows receive a monthly stipend of $5,000 ($45,000 for nine months and $20,000 for four months) and additional money for research travel to Consortium member institutions. Fellows are expected to spend their fellowship months at the Consortium facilities in Philadelphia, participate in our events and conduct research at two or more Consortium member institutions. The Consortium’s NEH Fellowships are available to scholars who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Applicants must have a Ph.D., or have completed by the application deadline all requirements for a Ph.D. except for the actual conferral of the degree. Additional funding is available for research travel to the collections of Consortium member institutions.

Research Fellowships

Research Fellowships are for scholars who would like to conduct research in the collections of two or more Consortium member institutions. Research Fellows will be awarded a stipend of $1,000 plus $750 for use of each collection, $425 if the collection is less than 100 miles from another collection for which a stipend has already been awarded. Fellows typically receive between $2,500 and $5,000 depending on number and locations of collections used.

For more information and to apply, please visit our fellowships page.

Applications must be submitted online by December 15, 2024.

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.

I was named as an alternate in late Nov. If you're out there, I'm curious if the person/people who received an offer for this plans to accept? It would be helpful to know as I'm weighing other offers :)
I saw an email announcement today from the Society for the Humanities that listed the name of the person who received this postdoctoral fellowship, so it appears that they accepted the offer.

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/14990
1/30 any updates?

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”).

- email rejection 2/4

- notified as alternate 2/5

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

Northwestern University (US:IL) - Kaplan Public Humanities Teaching Fellow - Deadline March 15, 2025

The Public Humanities Teaching Fellowship is a two-year position (with possibility of contract renewal) based at the Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities. The fellow will gain significant experience in public humanities work as it intersects with higher education. The fellow will be expected to lead a collaborative team designing and running our Public Humanities Graduate Practicum, a yearlong program that supports graduate students pursuing public-facing humanities work. The Practicum includes an ongoing series of career development workshops for graduate students that the fellow will be expected to coordinate. They will also be expected to design and teach two courses each year at the undergraduate or graduate level with a public humanities theme. The fellow will be assisted in the work of the Practicum and its associated workshops by a Kaplan graduate assistant in the public humanities. The fellow will gain valuable exposure to the operations of the Institute and its programs. They will liaise with other public humanities and career development stakeholders on- and off campus, including the Graduate School, the Center for Civic Engagement, Northwestern Career Advancement, Humanities Without Walls, Northwestern Prison Education Program, and others. Disciplinary background is open within the humanities and humanistic social sciences. Please provide a cover letter that explains your interest in and qualifications for the position, your CV that includes any relevant work and teaching experience, a 2-3 page research statement, and a writing sample (article or chapter-length). Two letters of reference should be sent separately (your recommenders will receive an email with a link to upload their letters once you've submitted your application).

Please contact Tom Burke with questions: thomas.burke@northwestern.edu

Application review will begin 3/15/25 and will remain open until filled. Anticipated start date is September 1, 2025.

4/21 - No word yet

4/28 - Interview Requested

Northwestern University (US:IL) — Science Studies Postdoc — Deadline Dec. 4, 2024

The Science in Human Culture Program (SHC) at Northwestern University invites applications for a two-year position as a Weinberg College Postdoctoral Fellow in science studies, i.e. the contextual study of science, technology, or medicine. The position will run from September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2027.

Applications are welcome from scholars who study science, technology, or medicine from any of a range of historical, sociological, anthropological, philosophical, or literary perspectives, and who focus on any time/region of the world. Each of the two appointed fellows will be affiliated with the SHC program and with an appropriate disciplinary department in the Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences (History, Sociology, Anthropology, English, etc).

Fellows will also teach two quarter-long undergraduate courses each year and help organize and run the SHC visiting lecture series.

Applicants with a Ph.D. must have completed their degree after September 1, 2020. Applicants without a Ph.D. must complete all the requirements for the degree before September 1, 2025. At the time of acceptance, the applicant must be available for the full two-year term. The annual stipend will be in the environs of $65,000, plus $3,500 per year in research funding. This is a full-time, benefits-eligible position.

Your application materials must be received by December 4, 2024. Letters of recommendation are due by December 11, 2024. Please direct any application inquiries to program administrator Janet Hundrieser, jh744@northwestern.edu

To find more information on the SHC program, the postdoctoral fellowship, and the link to the application, please go to: https://shc.northwestern.edu/post-doctoral/

Oslo Metropolitan University - MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship 2025 – Advancing Social Sustainability, Solidarity, and Democratic Resilience

Apply by 31 January 2025

https://www.oslomet.no/en/work/job-openings/msca-postdoctoral-fellowship-2025-advancing-social-sustainability-solidarity-and-democratic-resilience

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

12/16 zoom interview

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.

[Nov 18] request for interview

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.

Royal Holloway, University of London (UK:Eng) - Postdoctoral Research Associate (Inclusive Histories, Manchester - based) - SHORT Deadline: 28 Oct

Department of History

Location

Other

Salary

£37,099 per annum

This is the expected starting salary for this post. Appointment at a higher point may be made for candidates who demonstrate exceptional skills and experience relevant to the role.

Post Type

Full Time

Closing Date

23.59 hours GMT on Monday 28 October 2024

Reference

0924-277

Right to work: Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

Full-time, Fixed term for 16 months from January 2025

Applications are invited for the post of Postdoctoral Research Associate in the School of Humanities.

Inclusive Histories is a collaborative research and schools engagement project aiming to support the more inclusive teaching of British political history as set out in the AQA Thematic GCSE specification, Britain: Power and the People: c1170 to the present day. As Research Associate you will play a key role in researching stories in the struggle for rights and representation that foreground the voice, experience and agency of traditionally marginalised groups. This includes but is not limited to stories relating to members of the global majority, LGBTQIA+ people, working class people, women and disabled people, as well as those with intersecting identities. Your focus will be the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This research will be undertaken using the archives and collections of People’s History Museum (Manchester), where you will be based; the Working Class Movement Library (Salford); and, for up to 10 weeks of the project, Glasgow Women’s Library. This role includes a travel costs allowance of up to £1,000 with up to £3,500 in addition to support the travel and accommodation costs involved in undertaking research trips to Glasgow.

You will have an interest in Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion in research and teaching settings, including participatory research; an interest in the history of rights and representation; excellent organisational skills; experience or a demonstrable aptitude for writing for non-academic audiences; and the ability to work on your own initiative and to act pro-actively. You will also be confident in the use of Microsoft Word and Teams, meeting targets, and with hybrid working. Experience of having conducted archival research with nineteenth and twentieth century collections is essential, and experience of researching or teaching nineteenth or twentieth century political or social history is desirable. This experience need not have been gained in a university role. Comparable experience gained in the heritage, secondary education or other settings is also welcome.

In return we offer a highly competitive rewards and benefits package including:

Generous annual leave entitlement
Training and Development opportunities
Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution
Various schemes including Cycle to Work, Season Ticket Loans and help with the cost of Eyesight testing.
Free parking at our Egham campus

Please note that this post is based at People’s History Museum, Left Bank, Spinningfields, Manchester, M3 3ER and entails regular research trips to the Working Class Movement Library (51 Crescent, Salford, M5 4WX) and up to 10 weeks at the Glasgow Women’s Library (23 Landressy Street, Bridgeon, Glasgow, G40 1BP).

For an informal discussion about the post, please contact Matthew Smith on matthew.smith@rhul.ac.uk

We are a Disability Confident Employer and provide an inclusive and accessible application process. We will interview all D/deaf, disabled and Neurodivergent applicants who meet the essential Person Specification criteria and provide any access requirements needed at interview.

Candidates are welcome to submit a narrative CV and shortlisted candidates will receive the interview questions in advance.

Please quote the reference: 0924-277

Closing Date: 23:59, 28 October 2024

Interview Date: 18 November 2024 at People’s History Museum

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.

[13 Nov]: Has anyone heard back from this one?

[14 Nov]: Nothing yet

[15 Nov]: Nothing yet but should be soon, as applications say they'll notify mid-November.

I'm the original commenter, thanks for everyone's response! I was worried because it is already mid-November and I've heard nothing, but looks like we might still have a chance!

[20 Nov]: Hi all -- has anyone received any updates from this one or from the related Harvard Prize Fellowship in Economics, History, and Politics?

[20 Nov] Received update for the Harvard Prize Fellowship on 15 Nov, indicating that review is underway, interviews begin as early as Friday 22 Nov, with candidates notified 4 days prior to interview.

Are the selection of these two related? I didn't apply for Prize Fellowship but wondering whether Sciences Po has already sent out request for more materials....
To the above question -- I don't think they're explicitly linked, but are administered by same consortium

[20 Nov] Colleague received a request for a writing sample last week

[25 Nov] Any updates on the Harvard Prize Fellowship in Economics, History, and Politics?

[27 Nov] any updates?

[Dec 9] Any updates for the Sciences Po? The email to request writing sample says to " expect to notify the candidates selected for interview by Monday 9 December 2024."

Southern Methodist Univeristy (USA:TX) - Postdoctoral Fellow (Two Years) - SMU Center for Presidential History - Deadline: 15 Nov. 2024

The Center for Presidential History (CPH) at Southern Methodist University invites applications for its two-year Postdoctoral Fellowship program, to begin in August 2025 (two positions open). The CPH considers "presidential history" as broadly defined, and so welcomes applicants from all fields, topics, and time periods in U.S. history, particularly those pertaining the nation, politics, citizenship, governance, or executive power. The successful candidate will couple their own research and publishing agenda with their participation in the general academic and public life of the CPH. The CPH supports ongoing public engagement through events, podcasts, and education partnerships, and produces the Collective Memory Project, a filmed oral history of the George W. Bush Presidency.

Fellows seeking teaching experience may have opportunity to offer courses through the SMU History department or Honors program in their field of expertise.

Applications must be submitted electronically via Interfolio at http://apply.interfolio.com/157181.

Applications must include:

Cover letter, outlining applicant’s research agenda, experience, and proposal for engagement with the CPH’s work.
Curriculum Vitae
Three letters of reference

Review of applications will begin on November 15, 2024. To ensure full consideration for the position, all application materials must be received by November 15, 2024, but the committee will continue to accept applications until the position is filled. The committee will notify applicants of its employment decisions after the position is filled. The search committee will begin conducting interviews with finalists via video conference promptly after the review date. For more information on the SMU Center for Presidential History, visit www.smu.edu/CPH..

Fellows receive an annualized salary of $55,000; access to SMU health insurance and benefits; annual funds to support research & conference travel; and opportunity to host a workshop for their book manuscript. Fellows must be in residence at SMU during the term of the fellowship and must have successfully defended their doctoral dissertation before the appointment begins. Preference will be given to applicants for whom additional time and resources will culminate in the completion of a publishable book-length manuscript. Fellows are officially appointed for one year with full expectation of renewal for a second year. We encourage women, underrepresented scholars, veterans, and individuals with disabilities to apply.

SMU is a nationally-ranked, private, non-sectarian research institution located in one of the nation’s fastest growing metropolitan areas. Our colleagues are part of an inclusive and intellectually vibrant community of internationally recognized scholars across the humanities, social sciences, mathematical sciences, engineering, and business. SMU offers excellent benefits including full same- sex domestic partner benefits. The City of Dallas is one of the nation’s most cosmopolitan commercial and cultural centers, and the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex is the fourth largest in the US. To learn more about Dedman College and SMU, please visit https://www.smu.edu/dedman, and http://www.smu.edu.

SMU will not discriminate in any employment practice, education program or educational activity on the basis of race, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, sexual orientation, or gender identity and expression. SMU’s commitment to equal opportunity includes nondiscrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity and expression.

The Executive Director for Access and Equity/Title IX Coordinator is designated to handle inquiries regarding nondiscrimination policies and may be reached at the Perkins Administration Building, Room 204, 6425 Boaz Lane, Dallas, TX 75205, 214-768-3601, accessequity@smu.edu.

Hiring is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of a background check.

Stony Brook University, Lecturer – PRODIG Fellow in Critical AI

PRODIG Fellows are full-time, 12-month, non-tenure-track faculty positions at the lecturer level to commence in Fall 2025. The fellow will be a part of a mentored research environment and, with successful performance and demonstrated contribution to inclusion, diversity, and equity, will be invited to join the tenure-track faculty at Stony Brook University after two years. The Fellow will receive a reduced teaching load (~50% of the typical teaching load for research-active tenure-track faculty) during the two-year initial appointment. Additional information on the PRODiG Fellowship can be found at https://www.suny.edu/prodig-plus/fellowship/.

Interviewed 3/12.

Tsinghua University (CN), TIAS Society of Fellows, Tsinghua Institue for Advanced Study in Humanities and Social Sciences - Deadline: 08 Feb. 2025

Tsinghua Institute for Advanced Study in Humanities and Social Sciences (TIAS) hosts the TIAS Society of Fellows, a postdoctoral program at Tsinghua University, China. Incorporated with the high-profile “Shuimu Tsinghua Scholar Program,” this program aims to attract exceptional and creative early-career scholars in the humanities and social sciences. Fellows are appointed to conduct full-time research at TIAS for either two or three years (optional).

The TIAS fellows are joined by TIAS faculty members who take part in the Society as faculty fellows. Seminars, reading groups, workshops, and lectures will be organized regularly for formal and informal discussions. TIAS supports interdisciplinary research in the humanities and social sciences. Fellows in the Society engage in innovative and productive research and contribute to intellectual exchange within the university community and beyond.

TIAS recruits its postdoctoral fellows globally and especially encourages applications from developing countries or underrepresented groups. Every year, about ten fellows are welcomed. Those recruited are expected to join TIAS in the fall semester of 2025 (usually no later than October 1). All selections are based on both external and internal reviews.

Eligibility and Requirements:

To apply for TIAS postdoctoral fellowships in fall 2025, applicants must have received their PhD degree after 09/01/2022 and before 09/01/2025.

Fellows are required to remain in residence at Tsinghua University. They are expected to attend TIAS activities. Fellows may apply for an extension of the fellowship beyond three years if solid research progress can be demonstrated. If they wish, fellows may also participate in teaching activities.

Benefits

TIAS fellows are provided with a package of benefits that includes (but is not limited to):

An annual salary of 300,000 RMB (before tax) during the fellowship period.
On-campus housing opportunities, or housing subsidies of 42,000 RMB per year.
Funds and allowances for attending international conferences upon application.
The same medical plan privileges as Tsinghua faculty.
Fellows’ children are offered positions at Tsinghua University’s kindergarten and primary school.
Opportunities to teach and attend career management workshops offered to Tsinghua faculty.

Application:

In either English or Chinese, applicants should submit an application package (download here), which requests: 1) a cover letter; 2）an application form (which includes a curriculum vita and a statement of current and future research plans); 3) a writing sample; and 4) names and email addresses of three references. Please email all materials in PDF or Word to tiastalent@tsinghua.edu.cn.

Deadline: Completed applications must be submitted by February 8, 2025. Reference letters must be submitted by February 22, 2025.

Inquiries may be sent by email to tiastalent@tsinghua.edu.cn

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 of Bristol (UK:Eng) - Senior Research Associate - Deadline: 10 Nov. 2024

The School of Humanities invites applications for a Senior Research Associate. The successful applicant will be a core member of the Leverhulme Trust-funded research project, ‘Welfare Citizenship and Intersectional Feminism’. The project will foreground intersectional feminist responses to welfare disparities that impact Black and South Asian communities (1940-2000). The project draws together relevant public and private archives, oral history testimony, and transcontinental research material. Together, the research team (PI, 2 Senior Research Associates and a doctoral student) will cover case studies in Britain, Africa (SRA1) and South Asia (SRA2). In doing so, the project offers important new insights into how both the welfare state and intersectional feminist activism have approached structural welfare inequalities and ultimately shaped modern conceptions of citizenship.

The role is full-time and available on an open-ended with fixed funding basis for 45 months, with a start date of December 2024 or as soon as possible thereafter.

What will you be doing?

Manage research activities in line with the project objectives
Contribute to joint publications
Undertake independent research leading to publications
Upload materials to the project website
Contribute to digital outcomes
Contribute to public engagement and impact activities
Lead community history activities and oral history interviews
Present papers at conferences and seminars
Undertake relevant training
Attend and contribute to project meetings

You should apply if

Applications are invited from candidates with a PhD awarded in History, English or any cognate field relevant to the project. You should have a secure knowledge of histories of Black activism, experience of working in research archives, and a desire to learn new techniques in digital research technology. You will be a good communicator who can work across disciplines, work as part of a team, and present your research to non-academic audiences. Knowledge of an African language would be an advantage. Applicants are encouraged to contact Dr Saima Nasar for further details about the research project and its objectives.

Additional information

For informal enquiries please contact:

Dr Saima Nasar, Email: Saima.nasar@bristol.ac.uk

University College Dublin (IRL) Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Russian imperial/early Soviet environmental history - Deadline: 21 Nov. 2024

Applications are invited for three temporary 33-month posts of UCD Post-doctoral Research Fellow Level 1 or 2 within the UCD School of History, Ireland.

These Post-Doctoral Fellowships are part of the ERC Starting Grant project ‘Land Limits: Towards a connected history of population, environment, capital and conflict in Russian Eurasia, 1860s-1920s’, led by Dr Jennifer Keating. Land Limits explores the environmental impact of population increase across rural northern Eurasia during the last decades of the Russian empire and the early years of the Soviet state. These impacts include but are not limited to, deforestation, shifts in land and water management, mining, new agricultural technologies, enclosure, irrigation and drainage, and species modifications and eradications. The research team of three Post-Doctoral Fellows, a Research Assistant and the Principal Investigator aims to analyse the multiscalar economic and political implications of these ecological changes, working from local and regional to imperial and trans-imperial. At heart, the project aims to critically analyse the ways in which ecological shifts were integral components of evolving socio-political relations and tensions, by considering local communities and their relationships with the state and with private enterprise within and beyond imperial borders. Ultimately, we aim to deepen the understanding of the connections between environmental change, economic growth and political violence in northern Eurasia, and to contribute to broader conversations about the breakdown of states and the birth of new political entities.

The research undertaken during the fellowship will focus on one of the three specified regions from the 1860s until the 1920s: The Governate of Kuopio (Kuopioskaia guberniia – present day Finland), the Governorate of Kutaisi (Kutaisskaia guberniia – present day Georgia), the Governorate of Kielce (Keletskaia guberniia – present day Poland).

Applicants must clearly state which case study site they are applying to work on in their cover letter (the Governate of Kuopio, the Governorate of Kutaisi, or the Governorate of Kielce), and include a 200-300 word overview of a research project situated within this region that would address (some of) the project’s key objectives and aims above. If shortlisted for interview, candidates will be expected to provide in advance a 1500-word overview of this proposed research and to present this idea at the beginning of the interview. It is expected that candidates will have linguistic competency in the languages most relevant to their chosen case study. Please see https://my.corehr.com/pls/coreportal_ucdp/apply?id=017820 for further details, job descriptions and information on selection criteria. These Post-Doctoral fellowships have flexible start dates from February to June 2025.

Closing date: 12:00 noon (local Irish time) on the 21st of November 2024. Applications must be submitted by the closing date and time specified. Any applications which are still in progress at the closing time of 12:00 noon (Local Irish Time) on the specified closing date will be cancelled automatically by the system. UCD are unable to accept late applications, and do not require assistance from Recruitment Agencies. Any CVs submitted by Recruitment Agencies will be returned. Please direct informal enquires to Dr Jennifer Keating: jennifer.keating@ucd.ie

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 (UK:Eng) - Research Associate (Fixed Term) - New Frontiers in Demographic and Public Health History - Deadline: 15 Nov. 2024

The Faculty of History has a vacancy for a Research Associate working on a new project funded by a private donation which will be based with the Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure, located in the Faculty of History at the University of Cambridge. The postholder will work under the guidance of Prof S. R. S Szreter. This post is linked to a related part-time position working on the same project based in the Department of Geography under the guidance of Prof K. Schürer. It is envisaged that the two posts will work closely together.

The mid-nineteenth to the early twentieth-century was a period of widespread and rapid demographic change in England and Wales with declines in both fertility and mortality. In order to shed further light on this fertility decline (and related changes in mortality) the work will require excellent historical archival skills since a large component of the work for this position will be to visit national and local archives and record offices in order to collect and assemble a range of community-based data and information from primary sources. This will require the identification of historical sources relating to local labour markets, including child and female employment, education provision and take-up, poor relief and public health measures being carried out by an increasing range of officials, as well as related information sourced from local newspapers.

Knowledge of the historical censuses of Great Britain is also desirable, but not essential. General data literacy and computer skills will be important and an ability to work with Excel will be required.

Eligible candidates must have post-graduate research experience in sourcing, handling and processing a range of historical sources, preferably from the second half of the nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, and preferably also relating to England and Wales.

Candidates for the position will be expected to have obtained (or submitted) a PhD in History or related social science/humanities subject.

Applicants must be highly motivated and should have excellent organisational and communication skills, excellent attention to detail and be able to both work well as part of a team, whilst at the same time work independently on the tasks set.

The successful candidate will be based in Cambridge and have the opportunity to participate in a wide range of Faculty and University activities, including seminars, and reading groups across the University. Remote working and job sharing are possible for suitable candidates.

Please refer to the attached Further Particulars for the qualifications, skills and experience required, as well as the role key responsibilities.

More information about the faulty is available here: https://www.hist.cam.ac.uk

Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available for 18 months in the first instance.

Once an offer of employment has been accepted, the successful candidate will be required to undergo a health assessment.

To apply online for this vacancy and to view further information about the role, please click 'Apply' above.

Informal enquiries are welcomed and should be directed to: Professor Kevin Schürer email: ks778@cam.ac.uk.

If you have any queries regarding the application process please contact: hr@hist.cam.ac.uk.

The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.

The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

Closing date: 15 November 2024

University of Cambridge, Clare College (UK:Eng) - Two Junior Research Fellowships in Arts and Humanities - Deadline: 11 Nov. 2024

Clare College intends to appoint two Junior Research Fellows in the Arts and Humanities, and will consider applicants in the following areas: Literature and Languages; Cultural Studies; Film Studies; Linguistics; Philosophy; Theology; Music; Architecture.

These will be tenable for three years from 1 October 2024.

Offer

Stipends are payable on the University's salary scale, starting at spine point 39 (currently £33,966). The stipend will increase by one spine point each year. The College offers additional benefits including ten free meals per week, the reimbursement of some research expenses and membership of the University Superannuation Scheme. The fellowship is tenable for three years.

Research Fellows are members of the Governing Body and are expected to participate in the governance and social life of the College.

Criteria

The Junior Research Fellowship is a stipendiary position. The successful candidate will be selected on the basis of their excellent record of research in their chosen subject and the potential to pursue that research at the highest level. Candidates are not interviewed. The Fellowship is intended to be a first post-doctoral position, appropriate to the start of an academic career. Applications are invited from candidates who have completed less than five years' full-time research, or part-time equivalent, by 1 October 2025. Candidates are advised that they are responsible for checking their eligibility to take up the post under UK immigration rules.

Applications

Churchill College, Clare College, Fitzwilliam College, Murray Edwards College, and Trinity Hall operate a Joint Application Scheme for Early Career Research Fellowships, with a total of ten Fellowships offered for 2025. Full information regarding all the Fellowships on offer, further particulars and registration details will be available at the Joint Application Scheme website from w/c 7 October 2024.

Applications will be considered by all Colleges offering Fellowships in the relevant field. Competition is likely to be intense.

All applications are to be submitted online by Monday 11 November 2024.

- Has anyone heard anything?

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.

11/27: any updates?

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.

[Dec 25] Any update on interviews?

University of Cambridge - Churchill College (UK:Eng) - Early Career Research Fellowship in History - Deadline 11 Nov. 2024

NB the very low salaries for this position may mean it is ineligible for some forms of work visa. Please check before applying.

Applications are invited for an Early Career Research Fellowship in History. All branches of History will be considered. This will normally be tenable for three years from 1^st October 2025.

Offer

Churchill College includes a significant community of postdocs – around 75 in all, including Early Career Research Fellows, Teaching By-Fellows, and Postdoctoral By-Fellows. They are all full members of the Senior Common Room with generous dining rights, access to sports and music facilities, and varied opportunities for participation in the academic and social life of the College. The Early Career Research Fellow will receive a salary at spine point 31 of the University’s salary scale (£27,181 p.a. in 2023/24) or at spine point 27 if pre-PhD (£24,533 p.a. in 2023/24) and in addition dining and accommodation entitlements are attached to the position (see further particulars). A pay award for the year 2024/25 is pending. Research expenses can also be claimed up to £1000 p.a. The position involves no formal teaching requirement, although it is hoped that appointees will participate in mentoring postgraduate students or contribute to the College’s academic mission in other ways. Opportunities for undergraduate teaching may be available in some subjects. The prime duty of a Research Fellow is to pursue research and they will be expected to provide a written report on the progress of their research each year.

Criteria

The Fellowship is open to graduates of any University with no age limit but will normally be awarded to candidates who have recently completed their PhD or are close to completion. Appointments will be made on the basis of academic distinction and potential contribution to the academic community at Churchill College. The Fellowship is intended to be an early (first or second) post-doctoral position appropriate to the start of an academic career. Candidates are advised that they are responsible for checking their eligibility to take up the post under UK immigration rules https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration

Applications

Churchill College, Clare College, Fitzwilliam College, Murray Edwards College, and Trinity Hall operate a Joint Application Scheme for Early Career Research Fellowships, with a total of ten Fellowships offered for 2025.

Full information regarding all the Fellowships on offer, further particulars and registration details will be available at the Joint Application Scheme website w/c 7^th October 2024:

All applications to be submitted online by Monday 11^th November 2024.

Applications will be considered by all Colleges offering Fellowships in the relevant field. Competition is likely to be intense; in 2023 almost 1000 applications were received.

[Dec 9] Any update?

Jan 10 - was just long listed

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 - Fitzwilliam College (UK:Eng) - Early Career Research Fellowships 2025 - Deadline: 11 Nov. 2024

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

Applications are invited for two stipendiary Research Fellowships in History, Geography (arts), Architecture, Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES) and Social Anthropology.

This Early Career Research Fellowship will normally be tenable for three years from 1 October 2025. The 2024-25 pensionable rates are: pre-PhD £23,881-26,338, post PhD £25,448-27,644. Rent-free single accommodation will be offered in College (a taxable benefit), with a charge to cover services, or an additional allowance will be provided, which is currently £3,903 for any Research Fellow not resident in College. The prime duty of a Research Fellow is to pursue research, and a report on the progress of that research will be required each year. The Research Fellow will become a member of the Governing Body of the College, with joint responsibility for its governance. Research Fellows are frequently invited, but not obligated, to undertake (for an additional payment) up to four hours of small group teaching per week.

Fitzwilliam is part of a group of Colleges operating a Joint Application Scheme for Early Career Research Fellowships. A total of ten Fellowships are being offered in this cycle, at Churchill College, Clare College, Fitzwilliam College, Murray Edwards and Trinity Hall, but candidates are advised that competition is likely to be intense; last year almost 1000 applications were received.

Candidates are warned that they are responsible for checking their eligibility to take up the post under UK immigration rules.

Full information regarding the Fellowships on offer, further particulars and registration details will be available at the Joint Application Scheme website from w/c 7 October 2024:

All applications to be submitted online by Monday 11 November 2024

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.

-[Oct 25] Notified they moved to the semifinalist stage

University of Cambridge, Trinity Hall (UK:Eng) - Early Career Research Fellowship 2025 - Arts - Deadline: 11 Nov. 2024

nb the very low salaries for these positions may mean they are ineligible for some work visas. Please check before applying

Applications are invited for a Research Fellowship in the following Arts subjects – Ancient Philosophy; Divinity/Theology; Economics; Law (including Legal Philosophy & Criminology); Business and Management; Philosophy (including Philosophy of Science); Political Theory & Political Philosophy; Politics & International Relations; Psychology (Social Science); Sociology – which will normally be tenable for three years from 1 October 2025. The Fellowship is open to graduates of any gender, of any university, with no age limit, but will normally be awarded to candidates who have recently completed their PhD or are close to completion. These Fellowships are initial (normally) post-doctoral positions appropriate to the start of an academic career.

The prime duty of a Research Fellow is to engage in research; Research Fellows are also welcome to undertake supervision teaching, if they wish, within a limit of six hours per week. Research Fellows are not expected to undertake any additional administrative duties, but as trustees should attend meetings of the College’s Governing Body.

The pensionable stipend of post-PhD Research Fellows is currently £27,181 (pre-PhD £24,248), cost of living award pending.

Trinity Hall operates a Joint Application Scheme for Early Career Research Fellowships with a number of other Cambridge colleges, and applications will be considered by all participating colleges offering Fellowships in the relevant subjects. Candidates are advised that competition is likely to be intense with many hundreds of applications received each year.

Candidates are warned that they are responsible for checking their eligibility to take up the post under UK immigration rules.

Full information regarding the Fellowships on offer, further particulars and registration details are available at the Joint Application Scheme website:

All applications to be submitted online by 11 November 2024

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 Lincoln (UK:Eng) - Post-Doctoral Research Associate - Environmental History of Mozambique - Deadline: 3 Dec. 2024

Salary: From £37,999 per annum

Please note, this post is fixed-term for 36 months and full-time at 1 FTE.

The Department of Geography invites applications for a Post-Doctoral Research Associate to join the UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship project ‘Constructing Climate Coloniality: Histories, Knowledges and Materialities of Climate Adaptation in Southern Africa’.

The fellowship, led by Dr Matthew Hannaford, is an ambitious and transdisciplinary project about the emergence, evolution and ongoing forms of climate coloniality in southern Africa, specifically western Zimbabwe, southern Mozambique and southern Malawi. It aims to build new, usable pasts of climate extremes, colonial marginalisation and local agency by drawing upon diverse archival collections. Through co-production with project partners and local stakeholders, a further key goal is to determine ways to integrate these histories into foresight planning to drive equitable and sustainable climate change adaptation.

You will develop, conduct and publish work on the (trans)formation of knowledges and practices relating to climate in southern Mozambique during the 19th and early-20th centuries, primarily through archival research. You will also shape and contribute to co-production workshops in the project areas. The position offers an exceptional opportunity for an individual aiming to lead interdisciplinary, high-impact research through collaboration with leading researchers in the field. You will be expected to meet regularly with other project members and will be required to travel in the UK and internationally for data collection, co-production and dissemination activities.

You will have a PhD (or be nearing completion) in History, Geography, or a related area. Experience of archival and/or oral history research is essential, as is a research profile in African history, environmental/climate history or historical geography. You should have a good track record of publishing in the field. An aptitude for interdisciplinary team working and excellent written and spoken communication skills are essential. Knowledge of languages relevant to the project area is highly desirable.

If you would like further information or an informal discussion about this exciting opportunity, please contact Dr Matthew Hannaford, UKRI Future Leaders Fellow and Senior Lecturer in Human Geography, at mhannaford@lincoln.ac.uk

Further details:

Job Description and Person Specification

You can find out more about working at Lincoln, and everything that we have to offer, at: https://www.lincoln.ac.uk/jobopportunities/

We strive for a diverse workforce with the very best employees and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all. The University encourages applications from underrepresented groups inclusive of Black, Asian and other minoritised/marginalised ethnic groups, all gender identities and expressions from the LGBTQIA+ community, candidates with a disability, and those that practise different faiths and beliefs, to enhance our One Community where we strive to be kind, patient, and supportive of each other.

Please note: If you think you may require a visa to work in the UK, please refer to UK Visas and Immigration or UK Visas – Information for Prospective Staff before embarking upon an application, to ensure that you understand the requirements for sponsorship. You may be eligible to work in the UK via other alternative visa routes such as the Global Talent Visa or by having Settlement / ILR; please refer to the UK Visas pages above for further details.

Closing Date: Tuesday 03 December 2024

Interview Date: Monday 16 December 2024

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 Notre Dame - South Bend (USA:IN) - Provost Postdoctoral Fellows in Art, Art History & Design; Film, Television & Theater; German; History; Medieval Institute; Sociology - Deadline: 31 March 2025

Description

The University of Notre Dame announces the creation of the Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellowship, a university-wide initiative to support highly motivated scholars seeking to make a difference in the world.

The College of Arts and Letters will appoint and host a cohort of six postdoctoral fellows for the 2025-2026 academic year. Each of the following departments will host one fellow each: Department of Art, Art History, and Design; Department of Film, Television, and Theatre; Department of German, Slavic, and Eurasian Studies; Medieval Institute; Department of Sociology; Department of History. For more information about each unit and potential areas of study within them, see https://alresources.nd.edu/al-provost-fellows.

These prestigious fellowships target exceptional early-stage scholars seeking to advance their careers in an interdisciplinary academic environment. The College will appoint the fellows for one year, with the option of a one-year renewal. Each fellow will receive an annual salary of $75,000, and will work together with the host department and the director of postdoctoral studies in the College to identify a suitable primary research mentor. Additional co-mentors can also be appointed and must have an appointment at the University of Notre Dame. The host unit will provide research space. Fellows may teach up to one course per year in their host unit.

Monetary support will be coupled with faculty mentoring, professional development, and networking opportunities. The Provost’s Fellows will be part of a university-wide cohort of outstanding researchers who will meet regularly for social and academic enrichment. The Fellows will have an independent mentoring structure to review their progress and discuss future plans every six months. A sum of $15,000 will be placed under the control of the fellow to cover expenses related to independent research endeavors, training, and professional development. The Fellows will participate in a university-wide postdoctoral training program, a curriculum that enhances our postdoc’s research skills, career development, and social and personal skills. Specific advice on how to apply for and obtain jobs, and how to develop short- and long-term plans for career success will be an integral part of this program.

Notre Dame has recently launched strategic initiatives intended to identify research areas where the University can make a significant impact. These will support dramatically expanded research efforts in poverty, democracy, ethics, sustainability, the arts, and health and well-being, data and computational science, and global Catholicism. The University also sustains outstanding research programs in traditional disciplines as well as having more than 30 university-wide interdisciplinary centers and institutes. Candidates for the Provost’s Fellowship are encouraged to explore these opportunities, as well as areas of growth and excellence identified by hosting units, and select a field of study in which they can excel.

Elegibility:

Preference will be given to applicants who have successfully completed (or plan to complete) a doctoral degree between June 2023 and June 2025. Earlier dates can be accepted if maternity or paternity leave, or Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave occurred within the past two years. Scholars of all nationalities may apply. We welcome candidates with or without tenure-track positions. Current postdoctoral scholars at the University of Notre Dame are not eligible.

Application Instructions

Applicants should submit the following via the Interfolio website:

A cover letter including: the motivation for your application, how this fellowship will further your career goals, and your research interests at Notre Dame.
Your curriculum vitae.
A statement describing your previous research accomplishments and what research you propose to do under the fellowship. This statement may include the identification of primary mentor and co-mentors, and rationale for selecting mentors. The research statement should not exceed 5 pages.

Candidates must also arrange for at least three letters of recommendation to be submitted via Interfolio. (Do not ask your letter writers to email their letters directly.)

For questions or concerns about the submission process, please email: alsocietypostdocs@nd.edu

University of Nottingham (UK:Eng) - Research Associate/ Fellow in Photographic History - Deadline: 13 Nov. 2024

The Department of History at the University of Nottingham is seeking a Research Associate/ Fellow in Photographic History (with a particular focus on colonial Southeast Asia). The purpose of this role is to work on the AHRC-funded project ‘Resettling the Colonial Lens: Photography and the (Re)Making of Malaysia’s New Villages’. This is 3-year, multidisciplinary and transnational project which aims to respond to the following question: What role has photography as a medium played in documenting, critiquing and re-writing the history of resettlement in late-colonial Malaya? Photography was a key medium through which the colonial state sought to document the Malayan Emergency (1948–60). This was particularly so for resettlement. Under this counterinsurgency scheme, almost half a million rural residents of colonial Malaya were moved into hundreds of resettlement camps – later re-labelled ‘New Villages’ (NVs) – in an attempt to undermine support for the Malayan Communist Party (MCP). The ‘Resettling the Colonial Lens’ Project explores not just the way in which photography was used to document resettlement, but also how it is being used today to re-imagine and rewrite histories of resettlement in Malaysia.

The successful applicant must have a PhD (or close to completion) or equivalent in photographic history or related fields. They must have experience of working with/on historical photographs, particularly those relating to colonial Southeast Asia (especially Malaya/Malaysia). They must have excellent oral and written communication skills (and be fluent in English). They must also have the ability to work well to deadlines and to manage administrative demands efficiently.

We warmly welcome applications from under-represented groups, regardless of gender, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, age, socio-economic background, disability, religious or political beliefs, trade union membership, family circumstances, sexual orientation or other irrelevant distinction. We have an Athena Swan Bronze Award recognising good practice towards the advancement of gender equality in our school. Shortlisting is anonymous. We cannot see any personal data or the ‘Additional Information’ section in your application until shortlisting is completed. Shortlisting is by criteria-based questions based on the role specification, rather than CV or letter. The post is offered on a fixed-term contract until 31 December 2027, post commencing on 1 January 2025 or as soon thereafter. Hours of work are full-time (36.25 hours per week). Job share arrangements may be considered. The candidate will be expected to attend scheduled online and in-person meetings and events with relevant parties in the Nottingham area, though extended periods of research will also be undertaken in London and elsewhere.

Informal enquiries may be addressed to Professor Jeremy E. Taylor, email: jeremy.taylor@nottingham.ac.uk; please note that applications sent directly to this email address will not be accepted.

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 (UK:Eng) - Research Associate: RAMC Oral History - SHORT Deadline: 22 Oct 2024

Salary: Grade 7: 1-3: £37,524– £39,705 per annum (inclusive of Oxford University Weighting of £1,500).

About the role

This is an exciting opportunity for a Research Associate: RAMC Oral History to join Professor Mark Harrison’s team based at the University of Oxford, Faculty of History, George Street, OX1 2RL, and from the date the Humanities department moves to its new premises, The Stephen A Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities in the Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Oxford.

The Role

Reporting to the Principal Investigator (Professor Mark Harrison), the post-holder will produce research and support the research and administrative efforts of the PI as part of a Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) project to create an oral history archive for the Corps, in conjunction with the Museum of Military Medicine. Working with the PI and Dr Jonathan Krause (senior researcher on the project), the post-holder will help draw up lists of surviving RAMC members, help organize the recording and long-term storage of oral history interviews, help manage interviewee consent forms, and formulate interview questions. The post-holder will also assist in interviewing former RAMC members and transcribing interviews.

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 undertake comprehensive and systematic literature reviews and the building of a database of former RAMC members.

About you

You will hold a relevant PhD/DPhil in military history/the history of medicine, together with relevant experience, and you will possess sufficient specialist knowledge in the discipline to work within established research programmes, in particular knowledge of medicine in the British armed forces. Excellent communication skills, including the ability to write for publication, present research proposals and results, and represent the research network at meetings; and previous experience of research publication and/or research presentations commensurate with career-stage is essential. Training in and experience of oral history. Administrative and archival/museum experience, knowledge of the history of military medicine and/or post-1945 warfare, and experience of working conscientiously with individuals who may experience difficulties related to traumatic stress would be desirable.

This post is full time, fixed-term until 31/12/2026.

Application Process

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Professor Mark Harrison, mark.harrison@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.

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 Tuesday 22nd October 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 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 Southern California, 2025–2027 Postdoctoral Fellows in the Humanities - Deadline: November 27, 2024

The USC Society of Fellows in the Humanities invites applications for our 2025–2027 cohort of postdoctoral fellows.

The topic for the 2025–2027 cycle will be Sites of Inquiry. We invite applications from scholars whose research focuses on places and spaces of investigation, examination, and exploration, such as the archive, the museum, the library, the university, the field, the laboratory, the clinic, the book, or the body, as well as questions of the politics and geography of knowledge production, transmission, and translation. Approaches to the topic might involve case studies investigating specific places or spaces of inquiry as well as theoretical frameworks.

Each year the Society admits roughly five postdoctoral fellows, who are appointed for two-year terms. The fellows pursue research and teach three courses over four semesters, with one semester for full-time research. They are expected to reside in the Los Angeles area during the academic year and to participate in the scholarly life of the Society, the host department, and the university. The salary for postdoctoral fellows is $70,000 per year plus fringe benefits, with an additional research and travel account of $6,000 per year. For more information about the USC Society of Fellows in the Humanities, visit our website, https://sofh.usc.edu. We recommend that you review our website carefully for eligibility requirements, requested materials, and frequently asked questions.

The USC Society of Fellows in the Humanities is an interdisciplinary community that supports advanced research by postdoctoral fellows and faculty members, promoting intellectual exchange and interdisciplinary approaches to research and teaching in the humanities and humanistic social sciences. Fellows meet regularly in formal and informal settings to present and discuss advanced scholarly research. Postdoctoral fellows are affiliated with the Society as well as with a USC department of their choice and have faculty mentors in both. Postdoctoral fellows in the humanities engage with each other as well as humanities departments, institutes, and centers at USC and in the broader Los Angeles area.

To apply for the 2025–2027 cohort, candidates must have received their Ph.D. no earlier than August 1, 2021, and must complete their doctoral degree by the start of the fellowship in August 2025. Scholars who received their doctorates from the University of Southern California are not eligible to apply. Non-U.S. citizens are eligible to apply for this program. Applicants’ research and teaching must be in the humanities and humanistic social sciences. To learn more, visit: https://sofh.usc.edu/apply/

Dec. 8: Any updates?

Dec. 19: According to the website, we won't be hearing back (about the first round) till early February... tho last year's wiki says late January

Jan 21: email sent to semifinalists

Feb 11: email sent to finalists

Feb 12: so people who haven’t received the email may expect a rejection letter today? – the letter sent to finalists gave a deadline of 2/13 to withdraw applications from consideration "so that another applicant can have the opportunity to be considered as a finalist"

Mar 13: Any updates?

Mar 14: Nothing.

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 Sussex (UK:Eng) - Research Fellow in Digital Humanities - Deadline: 7 Jan. 2025

About the Role

Grade 7 starting at £37,999 to £45,163 per annum

Fixed term for five years, starting 1 April 2025

The Faculty of Media, Arts, and Humanities at the University of Sussex seeks to appoint a research fellow in digital humanities. The fellow will be an integral part of the team for the European Research Council-funded project ‘Promiscuous Print: Legal Deposit Libraries, Rejected Texts, and New Methods for Negative Bibliography’ (PromPrint) led by Dr Hannah Field.

PromPrint uses digital tools and quantitative analyses to uncover the rejects of legal deposit: the printed texts excluded from the ostensibly universal archive promised by copyright libraries. Legal deposit works to preserve every text published in a specific group of libraries. While this principle is egalitarian, the cultural promiscuity of print has often troubled the prestigious deposit libraries, as deposit brings such historically controversial forms as novels, children’s books, almanacs, and pamphlets into elite collections.

Taking a case study approach based in UK copyright libraries between 1836 and 1914, the project asks questions including: which textual forms and genres do deposit libraries reject? How and why does this change over time? More broadly, the research seeks to drive forward our understanding of how literature is canonized and forgotten, collected and destroyed.

About You

The successful candidate will hold a completed PhD and have an active profile in digital humanities research and practice, with a preference for a candidate with secondary expertise in nineteenth-century/Victorian studies. While the project’s methodological orientation is in literary criticism and book history, all relevant humanities disciplines will be considered.

The fellow will collaborate closely with the Principal Investigator on data collection, analysis, and the production of key outputs during the project’s first phase. At Phase Two, they will lead their own strand of work focused on obscene publications (broadly conceived) within deposit, as well as collaborate with the PI and the project’s doctoral researcher on publications and events. The fellow will have regular one-on-one meetings to support their career and a dedicated research allowance. They will be supported not just by the research environment at Sussex but also by the larger ERC infrastructure.

About Our Faculty

The Faculty of Media, Arts, and Humanities at Sussex offers a vibrant platform for cutting-edge, interdisciplinary research in a friendly and supportive atmosphere. The fellow will be part of a community of humanities scholars working in a wide array of subject areas, including American Studies, Art History, Creative and Critical Practice, Cultural Studies, Drama and Performance, English Language and Linguistics, English Literature, Film, History, Journalism, Media, and Modern Languages.

PromPrint sits within the Sussex Digital Humanities Lab (SHL Digital), a University Centre of Excellence for digitally oriented, interdisciplinary research with a central mission of making humanities research fit for purpose in the digital age. The fellow will benefit from the SHL Digital’s active research community, dedicated support and tech team, and state-of-the-art facilities, as well as its growing international network.

Why Work Here

Our university is situated off the A27, next to the beautiful South Downs where you will enjoy everything that our 150-acre campus has to offer. We are accessible by public transport; Falmer train station is a five-minute walk to campus, and several bus stops are located within campus. We also have dedicated cycling paths and encourage our staff to use these with a cycle-to-work scheme.

Sussex is a renowned, multi-accredited, research-led international university, and this is only possible because of the people that work here. Whether you are a member of faculty, part of a professional services team, or a student, it’s our people that make us great, and we want you to be part of that.

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

[1/29] any news?

--- the Music wiki indicates interview invitations went out 12/12, no news following that

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

Brown University (USA:RI) – Postdoctoral Research Associate in Palestinian Studies – Deadline: 13 Jan. 2025

The Center for Middle East Studies' post-doctoral research associate position in Palestinian Studies is a two-year appointment, not renewable thereafter. The position is part of the ongoing initiative, New Directions in Palestinian Studies, which seeks to facilitate innovative lines of academic inquiry in this field. We especially welcome candidates who thrive in an interdisciplinary environment and whose work is informed by comparative and global perspectives. We are interested in qualified candidates who can contribute, through their research, teaching, and/or service, to the field of Palestinian Studies and to the diversity and excellence of the academic community. Postdoctoral Research Associates will teach one class a year, take a leadership role in organizing the annual New Directions in Palestinian Studies Workshop, advise students, give an annual public lecture, and participate in research-related programming on campus.

Qualifications

The position is open to all the humanities and social science disciplines. Scholars who have received their Ph.D.s within five years of the application deadline are eligible to apply and applicants must have completed their degree by July 1, 2025. Residence in the Providence area is required for the appointment. The annual salary is $61,008 plus benefits. Additional funding for research expenses may be available.

Application Instructions

The position opens for applications on October 31, 2024. Review of applications in Interfolio (https://apply.interfolio.com/152880) will begin on January 13, 2025. To receive full consideration, applications should be received by that date. The award will be announced towards the end of February 2025. The following materials should be submitted to the application portal in Interfolio by January 13, 2025.

A brief cover letter stating the applicant's academic field, area of specialization, and a short summary of the proposed work during the appointment period.
A curriculum vitae.
A Research statement: Summary of the research questions, goals, and methodological approaches of current and future projects. The statement should not exceed 2,000 words, including all bibliographic references and supplementary material.
A teaching statement: experience in and approaches to undergraduate teaching.
Three confidential letters of recommendation
A writing sample
A proposed class syllabus suitable for a Middle East Studies course with focus on the Palestinians
An official copy of each graduate transcript

For further information, please visit the Palestinian Studies website. For inquiries, email palestinianstudies_postdoc@brown.edu to the attention of Professor Beshara Doumani, Mahmoud Darwish Professor in Palestinian Studies.

Brown University (USA:RI) – Postdoctoral Research Associate in Critical Classical Studies – Deadline: 10 Jan. 2025

The Department of Classics at Brown University invites applications for two (2) two-year, non-renewable Postdoctoral Fellowships in Critical Classical Studies to begin July 1, 2025. We seek junior colleagues with terminal degrees (either Ph.D. or MFA) whose work directly addresses the classicization of the Ancient Greeks and Romans; critiques the structures of power, exclusion, erasure, and violence that have scaffolded past and present models of Ancient Greek and Roman Studies (i.e. Classics); and/or speculates about alternative models to studying these ancient cultures and others. Successful applicants will be appointed as Postdoctoral Research Associates.

The Fellowship is open to areas of research and creative practice not traditionally housed within Ancient Greek and Roman Studies (e.g. art, film, creative writing, translation studies, political science, language pedagogy, higher education studies, public humanities, museum studies, indigenous studies, decolonial studies, performance or performance history, music) and to more traditional subfields (e.g. art history, literary studies/philology, archaeology, ancient history, philosophy, reception studies). Ideal candidates position their work's intervention in relation to other disciplines, fields, institutions, and/or industries. They prioritize making contributions to academic, artistic, and/or activist communities. The work can take the form of traditional scholarship (e.g. monographs and articles) or be pedagogical, public-facing, creative, or otherwise trans/inter/extra-disciplinary.

The fellows selected in this competition will join fellows already in residence and form a community committed to refining methodologies well established at Brown and in the field as well as to co-developing new approaches to Ancient Greek and Roman cultures.

Brown University seeks to recruit and retain a diverse workforce to maintain the excellence of the University, and to offer our students richly varied disciplines, perspectives, viewpoints, and ways of knowing, learning, and creating. Therefore, the Department of Classics particularly welcomes applications from members of groups that have been minoritized and underrepresented in academia. A required application form asks every applicant to summarize their approach to and experience in creating equitable, diverse, and inclusive communities. This history might include academic teaching, mentoring, and service, activism, or other forms of community engagement and leadership.

In lieu of formal teaching responsibilities, fellows will be given the time and support necessary to complete their projects during the fellowship term and to share those projects with communities on and off-campus. Each fellow should expect to host one departmental event (e.g. lecture, symposium, performance, screening) and one informal event (e.g. workshop, interview, open rehearsal, table read, write-on-site) that prioritize graduate students in the Department of Classics each academic year. They will also participate in regular cohort-building and mentoring activities.

Each fellow will earn a salary of $65,000 in year 1 and $70,000 in year 2. In addition to a full benefits package, each fellow will receive a research fund of $10,000 and access to a shared office space. Fellows are expected to be in residence for the full term of the fellowship and, if applicable, will receive a $3,000 moving allowance to ease the burden of relocation.

Further information, including application details, can be found at http://apply.interfolio.com/151765.

Brown University (USA:RI) - Postdoc Fellowship in Modern Middle East Studies - Deadline: 15 Jan. 2025

The Department of Near Eastern Studies at Cornell University invites applications for a two-year Stanford H. Taylor Postdoctoral Associate position beginning August 2025.

We seek a scholar whose research and teaching focuses on Ottoman Palestine, Mandatory Palestine, and/or Palestine/Israel. We welcome applicants from any discipline in the humanities, broadly defined. Preference given to scholars conducting research in two or more languages.

Cornell NES is an interdisciplinary and comparative department that is home to scholars of anthropology, archaeology, history, literary studies, religious studies, and beyond. NES offers courses in the languages, literatures, cultures, religions and history of West Asia and North Africa from the deep past to the present. We educate students and the wider academic community in cross-cultural, trans-historical, and inter-religious understanding. We seek applicants whose scholarship and teaching complements existing departmental strengths.

The Stanford H. Taylor Postdoctoral Fellowship is a two-year fellowship in the College of Arts and Sciences at Cornell University. This fellow is expected to teach three courses during the term of their appointment, one each semester for three semesters with a fourth semester free of teaching obligations. This fellow is also expected to be in residence for the term of the appointment and to take an active role in the intellectual life of their home department, the College of Arts & Sciences, and Cornell University.

Applicants should submit the following application materials by January 15, 2025 via Academic Jobs Online, https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/29312

* Cover letter * C.V. * Research Statement * Writing sample * Descriptions of two courses the applicant proposes to offer in the NES department at Cornell: one introductory level course and one upper-level undergraduate course * Three letter of recommendation * We ask applicants to share their experiences and/or approaches (past, current, or future) to fostering learning, research, service, and/or outreach in a diverse community. Applicants may choose to submit a stand-alone statement or embed the information in other parts of their application materials.

A Ph.D. is required no later than August 1, 2025.

Pay Range: Salary will be $70,000 plus full benefits, and a research account of $3,000 annually. Up to $2,000 of eligible moving expenses may be reimbursed.

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Diversity and Inclusion are a part of Cornell University’s heritage. We are a recognized employer and educator valuing AA/EEO, and we do not tolerate discrimination based on any protected characteristic, including race, ethnic or national origin, citizenship and immigration status, color, sex/gender, pregnancy or pregnancy-related conditions, age, creed, religion, actual or perceived disability (including persons associated with such a person), arrest and/or conviction record, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender expression and/or identity, an individual’s genetic information, domestic violence victim status, familial status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. We also recognize a lawful preference in employment practices for Native Americans living on or near Indian reservations in accordance with applicable law.

Cornell University embraces diversity and seeks candidates who will contribute to a climate that supports students, faculty, and staff from all identities and backgrounds. We encourage individuals from underrepresented and/or marginalized identities to apply.

Pay Ranges:

The hiring rate of pay for the successful candidate will be determined considering the following criteria:

Prior relevant work or industry experience.
Education level to the extent education is relevant to the position.
Academic Discipline (faculty pay ranges reflects 9-month annual salary)
Unique applicable skills.

Application Materials Required:

Submit the following items online at this website to complete your application:

Cover letter
Curriculum Vitae
Research statement
Teaching statement
Writing Sample
Two Proposed Courses
Three reference letters (to be submitted online by the reference writers on this site )

And anything else requested in the description.

Further Info:

http://neareasternstudies.cornell.edu/

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The Chinese University of Hong Kong (HKG) - Postdoctoral Fellow, Research Institute for the Humanities - Deadline: 31 Jan. 2025

pplications are invited for:-

Research Institute for the Humanities

Postdoctoral Fellow

(Ref. 2400030B) (Closing date: January 31, 2025)

The Research Institute for the Humanities (RIH) at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) invites applications for the positions of Postdoctoral Fellow in the humanities, working within the Faculty of Arts.

Applicants should obtain a Ph.D. before 31 July 2025 and not be more than three years beyond receipt of the doctoral degree at the start of their fellowship.

The appointee(s) are expected to work on a major research project as proposed in their applications, attend RIH events, and participate in the intellectual life of the Faculty of Arts. A proposed project aligning with the current interdisciplinary research projects at RIH will be an advantage. To learn more about current interdisciplinary research projects, please visit https://rih.cuhk.edu.hk. The appointee(s) will also be eligible for research support for attending conferences and other scholarly activities. More detailed information will be provided at a later stage in the process.

Appointment will be made on contract basis for two years commencing August 2025.

Applicants should submit the following documents in the online application: (1) a cover letter; (2) updated curriculum vitae; (3) an 800-word proposal with a clear explanation of the originality and significance of the research project; (4) a writing sample in no more than 25 double-spaced pages; and (5) contact information for three referees.

For enquiries, please contact Ms. Basmah Lok, Project Coordinator at the RIH, at basmahlok@cuhk.edu.hk.

Application Procedure

The University only accepts and considers applications submitted online for the post above via the CUHK career site. For more information and to apply online, please visit http://career.cuhk.edu.hk.

Durham University (UK:Eng) - PDRA - Whispers of Time: Heritage as Narratives of Climate Change - Deadline: 23 Mar. 2025

Salary: £38,249 - £45,413 per annum

The Role and Department

The Department of Engineering consistently stands as one of the foremost engineering departments in the UK, renowned for its exceptional performance in teaching, research, and the successful career paths of its students. Its impressive achievements include an 4^th rank in the Complete University Guide 2025, 6^th in the Guardian University Guide 2025, and 6^th in the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2025 for Engineering in the UK. The Department also secured a position within the top six UK departments in the REF 2021 assessment, with an outstanding publication rating of 4* and 3*. The Department proudly holds an Athena SWAN Silver Award, a testament to its dedication to promoting diversity amongst STEM academics, and fostering a nurturing and encouraging atmosphere. The individual taking up this position will become a part of the (GEER) Node within the Department of Engineering. The GEER node is a multidisciplinary research node consisting of staff dedicated to conducting specialized research focused on topics such as sustainable development, water resource management, flood warning, disaster management, rebuilding soil health, land remediation, air quality control, water treatment, and carbon capture and storage, for example.

We are looking to recruit a Postdoctoral Research Associate on an 11 month fixed-term project to join our team at the Department of Engineering, GEER node, to work on the WRENCH project, which has the twofold goal of (a) developing a transformative transdisciplinary methodology involving environmental sciences, engineering, and humanities to investigate the impact of climate change on material and immaterial heritage, and (b) employing heritage as storytelling tools to make the risks of climate change visible and enhance awareness. WRENCH's transdisciplinary methodology will entail:

Applying advanced generation climate models to carry out data analysis related to climate change, including retrieving historical and future projections of necessary hydrometeorological variables (e.g., temperature, wind, relative humidity, temperature)

Investigating the effect of extreme environmental conditions on historical materials and structures by in-situ physical testing, development of rheological models accounting for them, and advanced structural modelling.

Assessing the effect of climate change on immaterial heritage by historical methodologies (archival research, oral history, audiovisual materials) and participatory research. The involvement of local communities will be vital in developing this task.

Developing a holistic framework for evaluating climate change on cultural heritage.

The successful candidate should show initiative and independent thinking, possess excellent communication and organisational skills, and have the ability to work effectively both individually and as part of a team. The candidate should be a good communicator with a flexible attitude with an interest in data processing. The candidate will be supervised and mentored by Professor Osman and Dr Bartolomeo Panto.

Applicants should have a PhD in a relevant discipline (Civil or Structural Engineering) as well as expertise in computational mechanics, numerical modelling, coding, and experience of structural analysis of masonry materials. However, if you fit outside this expertise and feel you are a great candidate for the role please do apply.

Successful applicants will, ideally, be in post by 1 April 2025.

When appointing to this role the University must ensure that it meets any applicable immigration requirements, including salary thresholds which are applicable to some visas.

ERC AGRELITA - Caen University (France) - Two post-doctoral or junior researcher fellowships in literature, ancient literature and languages, history of art or history of the Middle Ages and/or the Renaissance - Deadline: 8 Jan. 2025

The ERC Advanced grant project AGRELITA “The reception of ancient Greece in pre-modern French literature and illustrations of manuscripts and printed books (1320-1550): how invented memories shaped the identity of European communities”, led by Prof. Catherine Gaullier-Bougassas, is now accepting applications for 2 postdoctoral or junior researcher positions, starting on 15 February 2025. AGRELITA is based at the University of Caen Normandy (France). Contract duration: 12 months, renewable. Working time: full-time.

Project Until now the reception history of ancient Greece (before Alexander the Great) in pre-modern Western Europe has focussed almost exclusively on the transmission of Greek texts. Yet well before the revival of Greek’s teaching, numerous vernacular works, often illustrated, contained elaborate representations of ancient Greece. AGRELITA studies a large corpus of French-language literary works (historical, fictional, poetic, didactic) produced from 1320 to the 1550s in France and Europe, before the first direct translations from Greek to French, as well as the images of their manuscripts and printed books. The study of these works and their illustrations (text and image’s dialogue and powers of each) analyses the representations of ancient Greece from the unexplored perspective of the elaboration of a new memory. French works and their manuscript and print illustrations are studied in relation to their political, social and cultural context, as well as in relation to works and their illustrations in related European literature. Situated at the frontiers of literary studies, book and art history, visual studies, cultural and political history and memory studies, AGRELITA proposes a re-evaluation of the role played by ancient Greece in the processes of identity formation in Western Europe. The project also aims to contribute to a general reflection on the formation of memories, legacies and identities. The project is presented on the website: https://agrelita.hypotheses.org/

Main required skills

PhD in literature of the Middle Ages and/or the Renaissance, PhD in ancient literature and languages, in the history of art of the Middle Ages and/or the Renaissance (manuscripts and illuminations, early prints, paintings and engravings), or in history of the 14^th-16^th centuries
Excellent analytical skills of texts and images, as well as the relationship between texts and images
Excellent command of modern French, both written and spoken
Proficiency in scientific writing
Good knowledge of Middle French and Renaissance French
Palaeographic skills for reading and transcribing manuscript and printed texts (14^th-16^th centuries)
Ability to master a large corpus and to conduct comparative studies

Application deadline: 8 January 2025.

Recruitment procedure on: https://agrelita.hypotheses.org/6306

Gilcrease Museum (University of Tulsa) (USA:OK) - Duane H. King Postdoctoral Fellowship - Deadline: 31 Mar. 2025

University of Tulsa/Helmerich Center for American Research

The University of Tulsa’s Helmerich Center for American Research at Gilcrease Museum seeks applications for its seventh annual Duane H. King Postdoctoral Fellow. HCAR houses the Gilcrease Library and Archive containing more than 100,000 rare books, manuscripts, maps, photographs, and unpublished works. The collection dates back to the time of Columbus and details the Spanish arrival in the Americas, the New England colonies, the founding of democracy in the United States, and Anglo-Indian contact and conflict in the American West. The center also holds a large Native American collection of manuscripts, photographs, maps, and rare books. Materials housed at the University of Tulsa’s McFarlin Library Special Collections on the TU campus complement many of the center’s strengths, but offers unique research opportunities in English and American literature. The McFarlin Library Special Collections holds one of the five largest collections in the world on the celebrated Irish writer James Joyce and the life archive of Nobel Laureate Sir V.S. Naipaul. Other significant collections include a wide variety of British, Irish, and American modernist literature, a large and varied collection of materials on World War I, Native American history and culture, and Tulsa race relations.

While the Helmerich Center welcomes interdisciplinary applications from scholars with focus on any aspect of the Americas, we especially encourage applications from candidates who wish to conduct research in such thematic areas as: Maps/Mapmaking in the Americas, Native American and Indigenous studies, Afro-Indigenous histories and the Freedmen of the Five Tribes in Indian Territory, New Spain and the Mexican Inquisition (16th-19th centuries), the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, American literature and rare books, the American West, and Charles Marion Russell’s life and work. Applicants must clearly demonstrate in their application a knowledge of and compelling need to conduct research within specific collections housed at HCAR.

Position Summary:

The Duane H. King Postdoctoral fellow will teach an undergraduate course in the fall semester, one course in the spring semester, present research at one works-in-progress seminar, run a one-day workshop for local teachers, conduct research in the Gilcrease Museum library and archive at the Helmerich Center for American Research (HCAR) and McFarlin Library Special Collections (if applicable), and participate in the intellectual community of the university. Ph.D. is required at the time of appointment. The position commences on August 11, 2025.

Essential Functions (Responsibilities):

Conduct research in the Center’s library and archive, as well as McFarlin Library’s Special Collections when applicable.
Teach one course in the fall semester and one in the spring in the fellow’s academic field/department.
Present research at one Works-in-Progress Seminar at HCAR during the academic year and attend all other scheduled seminars.
Occasionally give talks on campus related to fellow’s area of research specialty. In collaboration with the Director, TU faculty, and Gilcrease Museum staff, design and execute a public program or K-12 teacher workshop related to one’s area of research interest.
Support the ongoing work of the museum and HCAR with interpretive planning, collections development, occasional writing on museum collections, presentations, and other projects as assigned.
Participate in the intellectual community of the university

Required Qualifications

Knowledge/Skill/Ability

Excellent project management skills
Outstanding interpersonal and collaborative skills
Exemplary research skills and experience
Proficient with Microsoft Excel and familiar with Access, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, ability to communicate effectively with diverse stakeholders

Equivalent Education/Experience

PhD in a humanities, social science, or other field related to the Gilcrease Museum collections
Must have 1-3 years of experience teaching undergraduates at a college or university

Special Job Dimensions

Work on the evenings or weekends may be required for special events
Occasional travel to represent HCAR, Gilcrease Museum, and TU at academic and professional conferences may be assigned

To apply, these materials are required:

Required Letter of Application
Curriculum Vitae
Two letters of recommendation

Application Deadline: March 31, 2025

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.

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Harvard University (USA:MA) Mahindra Humanities Center 2025-26 Postdoctoral Fellowships in Environmental Humanities - Deadline: 22 Nov

The Mahindra Humanities Center invites applications for five one-year postdoctoral fellowships on the topic of the environmental humanities, drawn from any humanistic discipline. We interpret the environmental humanities in the broadest terms, to include all parts of the world and historical eras. Topics may include (but are not limited to) humanistic approaches to climate change, biodiversity, social justice, environmental justice, food justice, regenerative practices, gardening, landscape, urban foraging, health, and animal studies. We welcome applications from scholars in all fields whose work innovatively engages with the environment and the humanities. In addition to pursuing their own research projects, fellows will be core participants in the bi-weekly seminar meetings for both academic semesters of the fellowship. Other participants will include faculty and graduate students from Harvard and other universities in the region, and occasional visiting speakers. Fellows will also be encouraged to engage with the Center’s Environment Forum programming.

The application deadline for applicants to submit their materials is November 22, 2024. The deadline for receipt of letters of recommendation is December 6, 2024.

Käte Hamburger Centre for Cultural Practices of Reparation (CURE) at Universitat des Saarlandes - Deadline: 2 Jan. 2025

The Käte Hamburger Centre for Cultural Practices of Reparation (CURE) at Saarland University is an institute for advanced study, funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) since 2024. Each year, up to twelve international fellows conduct research at the centre. For the centre’s second academic year (October 2025 to September 2026), we are inviting applications for both junior and senior fellowships for a period of up to twelve months.

The great task facing Europe in its future is to reshape its relationship with the world – and this insight has now advanced to become a central concern in both cultural production and reflection. In the face of harms which pose existential threats and cannot be repaired, practices of cultural reparation take on a function of founding the future.

The goal of the centre is to develop a transmedial theory of practices and processes of cultural reparation from a historical and transcultural perspective, thus helping to formulate a sociopolitical understanding of cultural reparations as a field of action. Its work is intended as a contribution toward reorienting cultural studies and creating knowledge about individual and collective processes of reparation in a globalised world – as insight that is indispensable for living together in the future. Our focus will be on memory cultures and historical-political discourses; individual experiences of harm, humiliation, and loss; and cultural-ecological questions.

Scholars in cultural studies and the humanities in the postdoc phase or further along in their academic careers may apply. During the period of the fellowship, fellows should be pursuing an independent research project that is also relevant to the research agenda of the centre. The project should align with at least one of the centres’ three thematic fields – ‘history’, ‘experience’, and ‘nature’ – and relate to the second of the four designated themes for the following academic years:

2024/2025: Theory
2025/2026: Society
2026/2027: Bodies
2027/2028: Things

Applications are to be submitted through the form available on this website. You may upload all required application documents directly as one PDF file in the form.

Kings College London (UK:Eng) - Postdoctoral Research Associate - Deadline: 16 Jan. 2025

About us

The Dickson Poon School of Law, King's College London is one of the oldest law schools in England and recognised globally as one of the best law schools in the world. The School was established in 1831 and has played an integral role in the life of King's since the university was formed almost 200 years ago.

As we stand at a pivotal point in the rapidly unfolding ‘AI revolution’, the Centre for Data Futures' focus on participatory infrastructure throughout the life of data-reliant tools reflects two key convictions:

If we are to be the authors of a variety of socially-sustainable, data-reliant futures, data needs to become a tool for bottom-up socio-economic and political empowerment.
Disciplinary boundaries have contributed to impoverished approaches to human-computer interaction design, which typically proceed from overly narrow understandings of agency. By bringing together research that stretches from the humanities to computer science, via law, medicine and education, the Centre aims to answer real-world needs while at the same time advancing cutting-edge research questions.

About the role

The research will investigate the ethical and social challenges associated with Large Language Models deployed in morally loaded contexts (such as healthcare, justice and education). Among these challenges, the communication of uncertainty is of particular interest.

The Post Doctoral Research Associate will be managed by Prof. Sylvie Delacroix at King’s College London and is offered as a full time 14-month contract with a provisional start date of 01 March 2025.

You should hold a PhD in Philosophy or Computer Science and have a track record of conducting research at the intersection between computer science and social sciences /humanities at high standards and delivering presentations at academic conferences.

This is a full-time post (35 Hours per week), and you will be offered on a fixed term contract for 14 months.

About you

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

PhD awarded in Philosophy or Computer Science
Specialist knowledge in a relevant area(s) and Demonstrated ability to engage with relevant computer science literature
Proven experience in research as demonstrated through published results of research in peer reviewed journals or books
Good interpersonal skills, able to work on own initiative and as part of a team
A keen interest and ability to work with computer scientists and organize cross-disciplinary research and workshops
Wishes to develop sole-authored and/or co-authored publications in the areas of Ethics and social implications of large language models

Downloading a copy of our Job Description

Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the next page after you click “Apply Now”. This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.

* Please note that this is a PhD level role but candidates who have submitted their thesis and are awaiting award of their PhDs will be considered. In these circumstances the appointment will be made at Grade 5, spine point 30 with the title of Research Assistant. Upon confirmation of the award of the PhD, the job title will become Research Associate and the salary will increase to Grade 6.

Kings College London (UK:Eng) - Postgraduate Research Assistant, Global Health & Social Medicine - SHORT Deadline: 18 Mar 2025

About the role

We are seeking a Postgraduate Research Assistant (PhD Candidate) to contribute to the Transitions Project by researching the transformation of psychiatric deinstitutionalization (PDI) policies and their role in shaping contemporary global mental health governance. The project focuses on how mental health reforms evolved from localized efforts in Western Europe and the USA into a global policy model influencing Latin America.

The candidate will be responsible for archival research, oral history interviews, and documentary analysis, working closely with international scholars, policymakers, and institutions engaged in mental health policy. This role provides opportunities for publication in high-impact journals, presentation at international conferences, and participation in interdisciplinary research initiatives at King’s and beyond.

Supervised by Dr. Cristian Montenegro, Senior Lecturer at GHSM, the successful candidate will work within a dynamic research environment and contribute to critical debates in global mental health policy.

This is a full-time post (100% FTE) and is offered on a fixed-term contract until 1 Dec 2028, in the first instance.

About you

We are looking for a motivated candidate with a strong background in the historical and/or sociological of mental health policy. The ideal applicant will have a keen interest in psychiatric deinstitutionalization in historical and global perspective.

Essential Criteria

Possession or near completion of a Master’s degree in Sociology, History, Anthropology, Political Science, Public Health, or a related field.
Experience in oral history interviews and archival research.
Knowledge of qualitative research methods, including documentary analysis.
Fluency in English (spoken and written).
An incipient or growing track record of academic writing, such as MSc theses, reports, working papers, or early publications.
Ability to conduct independent research and manage research data effectively.
Strong ability to collaborate with interdisciplinary teams and international stakeholders.
Commitment to ethical research practices and knowledge of research integrity standards.

Desirable Criteria

Proficiency in Portuguese, Spanish, and/or Italian.
Interest in the global history of psychiatry, particularly in the Latin American context.
Experience in interdisciplinary research combining social sciences and health policy.
Familiarity with archival collections relevant to the study of psychiatric reform.
Engagement with international organizations such as WHO, PAHO, or NGOs working on mental health policies.

Lancaster University (UK:Eng) - Research Associate in Victorian Cultural and Material History - SHORT Deadline: 9 Dec. 2024

Interview date: Thursday 16^th January 2025

The Department of History at Lancaster University are seeking to appoint a Research Associate in Victorian Cultural and Material History. We are looking for a talented scholar of Victorian culture to join our AHRC-funded project ‘The Victorian Hand: Emotions, Embodiment, and Identity, Past and Present’ (AH/Z505948/1). This is a collaboration between Lancaster University and University of the Arts London (UAL): London College of Fashion.

This project constitutes a pioneering interdisciplinary exploration of the cultural meaning of the hand in Victorian Britain and is an exciting opportunity to address themes of both historical and contemporary relevance. It is a full-time appointment for a fixed term of 24 months starting 1 February 2025 or as soon as possible after that.

You will work with Dr Michael Brown (LU) and Professor Joanne Begiato (LCF) to gather and process research materials. You will shape the project’s online presence, lead on organising the project conference, and co-edit the resulting collection of essays. You will also be provided with the opportunity to prepare and publish your own single-author journal article using your research on this project. Appropriate support and mentoring will be provided.

You will have a doctorate in history (or related research field) and possess extensive experience of working with nineteenth-century source materials in both digital and archival repositories. Experience of using qualitative research software such as NVivo, as well as Omeka-S or other web-publishing platforms is desirable, as is experience of organising academic events, and presenting and publishing research. Those with prior experience of research on the Victorian body and/or material culture are particularly encouraged to apply.

Lancaster University is situated near the historic city of Lancaster. The North West of England offers high standards of living, beautiful countryside, including the Lake District, and excellent national and international transport links. www.lancs.ac.uk.

The post will be based at Lancaster University’s Bailrigg campus with agile working principles.

Informal enquiries are welcomed and should be made to Dr Michael Brown, e-mail: m.brown23@lancaster.ac.uk

You can visit the Department of History’s webpage at: www.lancaster.ac.uk/history

Lehigh University (USA:PA) - Postdoctoral Scholar, Transnational History of South Asia, Advancing Future Faculty Diversity Postdoctoral Scholars Program - Deadline: 1 Jan. 2025

NB Posted after closing date in response to a query on Asian History 2024-2025 AFII (talk) 10:45, 24 February 2025 (UTC)

Job Description

To build the Lehigh of the future, the Advancing Future Faculty Diversity Postdoctoral Scholars Program seeks applications from outstanding scholars with diverse backgrounds and perspectives who plan to pursue a career in the professoriate. The Department of History is a qualified host unit, and seeks applicants in the area of transnational South Asia, broadly defined. The position is an enriched postdoctoral appointment where alongside the pursuit of research activities, professoriate training is provided to develop competitive faculty skills. Following the successful postdoctoral experience, the scholar may be considered for an Assistant Professor position in the Department of History at Lehigh University (or is expected to be competitive for positions at other institutions). We invite applications for the third cohort of Lehigh's Advancing Future Faculty Diversity Postdoctoral Scholars to start as soon as Summer/Fall 2025.

This opportunity is aimed at prospective future faculty whose experience and plans for teaching, research and service are aligned with creating a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive academic culture of excellence at Lehigh University or similar institutions. Other eligibility details can be found online in the "About the Program" section.

Scholars will join departments, programs, or research institutes committed to fostering robust, inclusive professional development conducive to preparing top talent for tenure track success. In that environment, scholars will be expected to develop strong research programs, contribute to Lehigh's educational mission, augment or complement existing strengths, and collaborate effectively with colleagues. In addition, scholars must also be committed to the enhancement of a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment in which world-class faculty, staff, and students can thrive to their full potential. We encourage applications from members of social identity groups historically underrepresented in the academy or their disciplines.

To apply, visit the Program website. Applicants will be asked to submit a cover letter, CV, teaching statement, research statement, and statement of contributions to diversity, inclusion, and equity. At the semi-finalist and finalist stages of the search, outstanding applicants will also be asked to submit writing samples. Questions should be addressed to the Lehigh ADVANCE Center, advance@lehigh.edu. Applications will be reviewed as they are received until the deadline (January 1, 2025) for ideal matching of support and career success.

Appointed scholars will create individual future faculty development plans, participate in networked mentoring support, engage in professional development activities, including those offered by the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs, and receive a flexible professional development fund of $10,000 per year as part of establishing an independent career. Host units commit to other research resources to set the scholar up for success in their research activities. Positions are one year renewable appointments; most scholars will complete two years; some may renew for a third.

At Lehigh University, Postdoctoral Scholars are staff members eligible for full employee benefits, including access to medical, dental, and retirement plan contributions. The starting salary for the Postdoctoral Scholar in the Department of History is $70,000 per year. This appointment also includes $10,000 in annual funds for research and professional development and up to $10,000 in one-time relocation expenses

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Leiden University (NL) - Postdoc Candidate for the project "Climate Citizenship" - Deadline: March 31, 2025

Leiden University's Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology (CADS) welcomes applications for a Postdoc position in the project “Climate Citizenship: Infrastructures, Environments, and Democracy in the Era of Climate Change,” funded by a European Research Council Starting Grant (ERC-StG). The project is led by Principal Investigator Dr. Andrew Littlejohn and hosted by Leiden University’s Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology.

Climate Citizenship explores how adapting environments to climate change through new forms of nature-based infrastructure reshapes people's relationships with each other and the state. Examples range from green roofs and vertical gardens to urban parks, flood plains and more ambitious efforts to transform landscapes. The project treats these infrastructures as social and political as well as environmental experiments. It asks: when and who do they stimulate behavioural change, create new alliances between stakeholders, or transform the division of rights and responsibilities within a society?

The case studies will employ an “ecographic” approach combining quantitative data from the ecological and material sciences with qualitative data gathered through ethnographic methods such as participant observation. As a Postdoc, you will help to develop this approach. You will visit scientists researching and/or working on green infrastructure projects in Japan, the Netherlands, and the United States and interview them on their methods. You will then analyse what kinds of data and techniques the PhD researchers will need familiarity with, and where in the process of gathering ecological data ethnographic methods and insights can be interpolated. What you will do

Conduct interviews and observations with scientists in the Tokyo Bay area (Japan), the Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt Delta (the Netherlands), and Louisiana Delta (the United States);
Assist the PI in developing an “ecographic” approach and an ecographic protocol for the PhD candidates;
Write a peer-reviewed journal article with the PI on ecographic methods and their potential;
Contribute to fine-tuning the research agendas of the PhD candidates through evaluating their proposals and participating in regular team meetings (online where necessary).

You will be part of a team also comprising two PhD candidates and the PI. The entire team is expected to reside in the Netherlands and work from Leiden for the duration of the project, except during fieldwork.

What you bring

PhD in Science and Technology Studies, Cultural Anthropology, or another relevant social science (if your PhD is not in Science and Technology Studies, you must have demonstrated expertise in the social study of science or interdisciplinary research methods);
Demonstrated passion for developing interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research projects and approaches;
Experience with independently coordinating and conducting ethnographic research, and ideally, some experience with quantitative and/or ecological research methods;
Excellent research and writing skills as demonstrated by a track record of scholarly publications commensurate with your career stage;
Excellent command of English (speaking and writing);
Independent work attitude and demonstrable ability to work in a team.

For further information, please contact the PI at: a.l.littlejohn@fsw.leidenuniv.nl

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.

London School of Economics (UK:Eng) - LSE Fellow in Gender, Policy and Inequalities - Deadline: 5 May 2025

Salary from £42,679 to £51,000 per annum inclusive with potential to progress to £54,730 pa inclusive of London allowance

This is a career development position and is fixed term for two years, starting in September 2025.

An LSE Fellowship is intended to be an entry route to an academic career and is deemed by the School to be a career development position. As such, applicants who have already been employed as a LSE Fellow for three years in total are not eligible to apply. If you have any queries about this please contact the HR Division.

The Department of Gender Studies addresses the major intellectual challenges posed by contemporary changes in gender relations around the globe and is the largest research and teaching unit of its kind in Europe. Academic staff come from a range of disciplinary backgrounds, but we are united in our commitment to mapping and intervening in the gendered nature of social processes, and in our belief that an integrated interdisciplinary and global approach is needed to do so. In our research and teaching we combine theory and practice, with an interdisciplinary and transnational perspective.

We are looking to recruit an LSE Fellow to teach primarily on our MSc programme in Gender, Policy and Inequalities and to contribute to our core courses in gender theories and feminist epistemologies and methodologies. An LSE Fellow post presents an excellent starting point for an academic to gain teaching experience while developing their research career.

Candidates should have:

A completed PhD at the time of application in social sciences, humanities or another area related to the teaching needs of the post.
Excellent knowledge of interdisciplinary gender scholarship with expertise in any of the following areas: critical social policy, feminist demography, or feminist economics. In addition, knowledge of the following is essential:
- Anti-colonial, anti-imperial, and decolonial approaches to Gender Studies
- Black feminist and intersectional epistemologies and methodologies
- Transnational feminist theories and methodologies
A developing research record in interdisciplinary gender studies with a substantive focus on areas such as demography, development, economics, government, politics, social policy, or sociology.

We offer an occupational pension scheme, generous annual leave and excellent training and development opportunities.

Maynooth University - Senior Postdoctoral Researcher (computational musicology, digital humanities, computer science, artificial intelligence, mathematics/statistics) - Deadline: 25 Feb. 2025

The Music Department at Maynooth University invites applications for a 22-month position as a Senior Postdoctoral Fellow to work with Professor Karen Desmond’s research team on the project “Polyphonic Singing and Communities of Music Writing in Medieval Britain and Ireland, c. 1150 to c. 1350” (BROKENSONG) (funded by a 5-year ERC Consolidator Grant). For this postdoctoral position, we seek a candidate with a background in computational musicology, digital humanities, computer science, artificial intelligence, mathematics/statistics, with a PhD in one of these fields or a closely related field. The candidate should have several years of demonstrated programming experience, preferably post PhD, in relevant programming languages such as Python, scripting languages (Javascript, Typescript), and/or XML and XSLT, and have worked with systems and standards related to the encoding, presentation, and management of humanities data, with a preference for those experienced with the xml-based encoding standards for image and/or music data (MEI, IIIF), or that they can quickly become proficient in these areas.

The BROKENSONG project examines singing in medieval Britain and Ireland during a transformative period of western music history, c. 1150-1350. In the initial phase the project team will work together to digitally encode approximately 600 music compositions copied on over 120 fragmentary music manuscripts, and the ensuing phase will analyse this data. The project will reconstruct a lost vibrant musical culture, contextualizing their music with their communities or practice.

The ideal candidate will have: Essential • PhD degree in computational musicology, digital humanities, computer science, artificial intelligence, mathematics/statistics, or equivalent, with excellent ('honors'-level or above) grades); To be appointed at the grade of Senior Post Doctoral researcher, candidates must have at least two years post-doctoral relevant relative research experience. • Must have one or both of the following specialisations: o Either significant hands-on experience in developing and programming web-based applications and evidence of bringing successful applications to production, including the use of Github; o Or significant research background and/or hands-on experience in machine learning and statistical methods (using Python, R, etc.) working with humanities/music data, including within a machine learning framework such as Pytorch; • Excellent track record in producing outputs with a number of high-level research outputs appropriate to career stage; • Excellent high-level skills and several years’ experience (preferably post PhD) in computer programming with knowledge of a combination of scripting, programming, markup languages and common data formats (such as Javascript, Typescript, Python, PHP, XML, JSON, etc.); • Must have expertise or ability to quickly acquire skills in scholarly encoding standards for text, music, and/or images; • experience with software deployment using Git or similar software; • ability to work within a team and independently.

Salary: Senior Post-doctoral Researcher - €52,716– €57,332 p.a. (Points 1- 4) Appointments will be made in accordance with public sector pay provisions.

Closing Date: 23:30hrs (local Irish time) on Tuesday, 25th February 2025.

Please note all applications must be made via our Online Recruitment Portal at the following link:

https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/human-resources/vacancies

Applications must be submitted by the closing date and time specified above. Any applications which are still in progress at the closing time on the specified closing date will be cancelled automatically by the system.

Late applications will not be accepted.

Maynooth University is an equal opportunities employer

The position is subject to the Statutes of the University.

Maynooth University (IRL) - Post Doctoral Researcher, School of Celtic Studies - Deadline: 14 Mar. 2025

Salary: € 44,847 p.a.

Department: School of Celtic Studies

Vacancy ID: 033841

Closing Date: 14-Mar-2025

The Role

Maynooth University is committed to a strategy in which the primary University goals of excellent research and scholarship and outstanding education are interlinked and equally valued.

We are seeking a postdoctoral researcher to work on the Taighde Éireann Pathway project, ‘Power and patronage in medieval Ireland: Clonard from the sixth to twelfth centuries’ (2022–2026), led by Dr Niamh Wycherley. This project entails a historical case study of a significant institution, of strategic political and religious importance, which allows for an articulation of new paradigms of power in medieval Ireland. These are revealed through the entanglements of ecclesiastical and royal elites during a time of radical political change. The chronological parameters of the study range from the earliest ‘historical’ evidence for a church at Clonard, Co. Meath, up until the diocesan seat was moved to Trim in 1202. The project promises to shed new light on the religious landscape of pre-modern Ireland and the ways in which it was shaped by the interests of aristocratic elites, as much as by (and in tandem with) ecclesiastics.

The postdoctoral researcher will be primarily focused on the delivery of work packages 5, 6, 8, and 9 (outlined below) of the research project, as directed by the Principal Investigator.

WP 5: theme 4: immigration and change (9th – 10th centuries);

WP 6. theme 5: colonisation and resistance (11th –13th centuries);

WP 8: academic dissemination;

WP 9: public engagement.

Salary

Postdoctoral Researcher (2024): € 44,847 p.a. (1 Point with increment)

Appointments will be made in accordance with public sector pay provisions.

Application Procedure

Closing Date:

23:30hrs (local Irish time) on Friday March 14th, 2025.

Please note all applications must be made via our Online Recruitment Portal at the following link:

https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/human-resources/vacancies

Applications must be submitted by the closing date and time specified above. Any applications which are still in progress at the closing time on the specified closing date will be cancelled automatically by the system

Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (DEU) Three Postdoctoral Scholars (m/f/d) - Deadline: 13 Apr. 2025

The Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG) is an internationally respected research institute of the Max Planck Society (MPG) with three research departments, several research groups, and a graduate school. At the MPIWG, around three hundred scholars from all over the world investigate the sciences past and present, working together on a collective, collaborative, and transdisciplinary basis. The MPIWG is renowned worldwide as a hub for reflection on the role of the sciences in politics and society. It is located in southwestern Berlin, close to the campus of the Freie Universität Berlin and other research institutions.

Department “Artifacts, Action, Knowledge” led by Dagmar Schäfer, seeks to appoint

Three Postdoctoral Scholars (m/f/d)

– for 12 months up to three years, with employment contract, TVöD Bund pay scales (E 13) –

Starting on September 1, 2025

Department “Artifacts, Action, Knowledge” studies the history of knowledge and action considering the changing role of artifacts: texts, objects, and spaces. Our research collectively examines the processes and structures by which people grappled with the materiality of existence. Through the analysis of everyday actions, we interrogate the boundaries and intersections between the inner workings of objects and all domains of life. Together these approaches allow us to pursue inquiries into historical epistemologies of action. For more detailed information, please visit the department website.

Your responsibilities:

Support collaborative research initiatives within the department.
Conduct an independent research project within one of the working groups:
- Reclaiming “Turtles All the Way Down”
- Common Knowledge and Its Sources in the Sinosphere
- Heavens in Your Hand
- Metals, Minerals, and the Life Cycle (Agriculture and the Making of Science)
Contribute to the working group research programs
Engage actively in the research pursuits of the Institute, participate in departmental activities, and deliver presentations on your own research findings.

Your profile:

Hold a Ph.D. degree at the commencement of employment.
Demonstrate proficiency in a language relevant to the candidate's period of interest, with English being the primary working language of the Institute.

What we offer:

flexible working hours; the opportunity to work from home as arranged with your superior; the opportunity to work part-time
annual year-end bonus; occupational pension (VBL); subsidy for public transportation within Berlin or Germany (“Jobticket”); paid leave on Christmas Eve (December 24) and New Year’s Eve (December 31) in addition to regular annual leave
weekly in-house yoga classes; regular information on occupational health management courses offered by our partner health insurance companies
access to the wide range of training courses offered by the MPG’s Planck Academy
close contact with all research and research-support units with the opportunity for direct, personal dialogue
an international setting with staff and guests from more than forty countries

Please submit your application with complete documents, preferably without a photograph, through our application portal. Include cover letter, curriculum vitae, list of publications, research prospectus in which you outline your planned contribution to the theme and questions of the working group (maximum 1,000 words), one published piece of research, and contact information for two scholars who agreed to submit letters of recommendation.

Applications must be received by April 13, 2025 (23:59) CET.

Applications will be reviewed by late April 2025 and short-listed candidates will be interviewed by the middle of May 2025. Only successful candidates will be notified.

https://recruitment.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/position/29032454

Please note that we can only accept electronic applications submitted through the portal.

For any questions about the position, please contact the working group leaders at Department Artifacts, Action, Knowledge. For questions about the application process, contact Dr. Rand El Zein (schaeferoffice@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de).

The National Archives (UK:Eng) - Collections Researcher (Transatlantic Slavery) - SHORT Deadline: 30 Mar. 2025

Contract type: Fixed Term Appointment until 31^st December 2027

Closing date: Sunday 30th March 2025 at midnight

The National Archives has been awarded £1 million grant by the Lloyd’s Register Foundation for a new research programme on the history of transatlantic slavery. PASSAGE (Partnership for Transatlantic Slavery Scholarship, Archiving and Global Exchange) seeks to connect scholars and archival collections at The National Archives, Lloyd’s Register Foundation and other archives in the UK and globally to create new knowledge of the maritime trade of enslaved Africans. The partnership combines a collections-based project on the history of slave ships (1760-1807), which will deliver a range of academic and public engagement outputs, with an international research mobility programme that will centre and support the research of scholars from West Africa and the Caribbean on the history of transatlantic slavery.

We are looking for a fixed-term Collections Researcher (Transatlantic Slavery) to serve as a core member of the project team. The Collections Researcher will conduct original research in the Lloyd’s Register and The National Archives’ collections, focusing on Board of Trade, Admiralty and Colonial Office Records. This research will be the basis of a wide range of academic and public engagement outputs, including academic articles, conference presentations, web content, podcasts, learning resources, and research guides. There will be an opportunity to be involved in event planning and the development of an international research mobility programme, as well as scope for shaping future research agendas.

This is an excellent opportunity to become an integral part of an important and innovative global research project that seeks to make a historic intervention into the field of transatlantic slavery scholarship and archiving. With expertise in the history of slavery and/or maritime or colonial history, you will have considerable experience conducting archival research and will be developing a growing academic profile within your field/s. As a member of our Research, Grants and Academic Engagement department, you will respond creatively to research challenges, contributing to the future of our research vision and its delivery.

The National Archives is committed to supporting the development of researchers at all career stages and there will be opportunities for the Collections Researcher to engage in skills development and training to benefit their longer-term research ambitions.

About us:

The National Archives (TNA) is the official archive of the UK government and for England and Wales, making available to the public a vast collection of historical records dating back over 1,000 years. TNA is also an Independent Research Organisation (IRO): multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary research into all aspects of our collections and activities is at the heart of what we do. Our Research, Grants and Academic Engagement department is charged with conducting, enabling, and promoting world-class research, often delivered in collaboration with external partners including experts from academic, other heritage organisations, government departments and the industry. The department also works with colleagues across TNA, visiting scholars, and doctoral students.

Within the beautiful surroundings of Kew, a 10-minute walk from the Underground and Overground stations, TNA boasts a collegial working environment and an excellent Civil Service benefits package. This includes flexible working, an on-site gym, wellbeing resources and an opportunity to join the Civil Service Alpha Pension Scheme. Putting you at the forefront of our organisation, we are committed to supporting professional development and training for all our colleagues.

This is a full time post. However, requests for part-time working, flexible working and job share will be considered, taking into account at all times the operational needs of the Department. A combination of onsite and home working is available and applicants should be able to regularly travel to our Kew site for a minimum of 60% of their work time.

Northumbria University (UK:Eng) - Research Fellow in History - Deadline: 2 Jan. 2025

About the role

This three-year post will support the project ‘University Students as Migrants: A New History of Educational Mobility in Western Europe, 1960s–1980s’, which is jointly funded by the UK’s Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and the German Research Foundation (DFG).

The project traces changing migration policies and discourses in Western Europe since the 1960s. It scrutinises how student mobility has developed and changed in the context of local, national and European migration policies. It investigates the relationship between restrictive migration policies in Western Europe and schemes that facilitated the transnational mobility of students. Moreover, it seeks to analyse how such mobility intersected with other forms of migration (such as flight, exile and labour migration) and what this meant for mobile students who often faced many of the issues that were central to migrant experiences more broadly.

The UK component of this Anglo-German research partnership is led by Dr Daniel Laqua (Northumbria University), in cooperation with Prof. Isabella Löhr (Leibniz Centre for Contemporary History), who is responsible for the German part of this venture.

You will conduct archival research on student mobility in the United Kingdom and Belgium (complementing the research that a Potsdam-based Research Fellow will undertake with a focus on West Germany and France). You will coordinate one particular thematic strand of the wider team’s research, namely ‘Student Experiences and Agency’, and you will take an active role in knowledge-exchange activities involving two partner organisations, the European Students’ Union (ESU) and the Global Student Forum (GSF). You will contribute to various events, including an academic conference held in Potsdam. You will prepare various research outputs, notably by contributing to a co-authored monograph that will bring together the project findings.

The role is fixed term for 36 months. We anticipate that online interviews will take place on 17 January 2025, for an appointment start soon thereafter.

About the team

You will work within the Department of Humanities at Northumbria University, an 80-person-strong community of scholars. The department’s ‘Histories of Activism’ and ‘Global and Transnational History’ research groups will provide a supportive environment for your research. Links to the project team in Potsdam will be a central aspect of the project. In addition to close cooperation with the Principal Investigators (Dr Daniel Laqua and Professor Isabella Löhr) and the Potsdam-based Research Fellow, you will also receive support from the expertise of two further academic collaborators, Dr Edward Anderson at Northumbria University and Prof. Marcia Schenck at the University of Potsdam.

About you

You should hold a PhD in History or another relevant discipline. Your research background should equip you to handle the different dimensions of this project, which encompass national contexts (UK, Belgium), transnational processes as well as international institutional frameworks.

Further information about the requirements of this 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).

https://work4.northumbria.ac.uk/#en/sites/CX_1001/requisitions/preview/2942

Princeton University (USA:NJ) - Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts, Associate Research Scholar - Deadline: 5 August 2025

NB this is a 2025-26 position, posted here as a holding place until next year's pages are set up

The Princeton Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts, an interdisciplinary group of scholars in the humanities and social sciences, invites applications for the 2026-2029 fellowship competition. Applications are welcome for the following fellowships:

Two or three Open Fellowships in any discipline represented in the Society
One Fellowship in Humanistic Studies
One Fellowship in East Asian Studies

Applicants may be considered for more than one fellowship category pertinent to their research and teaching. The Society’s website (sf.princeton.edu) provides additional details on the fellowships, eligibility, disciplines, and application dossier, and we recommend that applicants review this information before submitting an application.

Appointed as Associate Research Scholars in the Council of the Humanities for three years, fellows pursue their research, attend weekly seminars and teach in academic departments. In each of the first two years, fellows teach one undergraduate course per semester, pending approval by the Office of the Dean of the Faculty; in their third year, they teach only one course in either semester. When teaching, fellows will carry the secondary rank of Lecturer.

Applicants holding the Ph.D. at the time of application must have received the degree after January 1, 2024. Applicants not yet holding the Ph.D. are expected to have completed a substantial portion of the dissertation – at least half – at the time of application. Successful candidates must fulfill all requirements for the Ph.D., including filing of the dissertation, by June 15, 2026. Candidates for/recipients of doctoral degrees in Education, Jurisprudence, and from Princeton University are not eligible. Applicants may apply only once to the Princeton Society of Fellows.

Selection is based on exceptional scholarly achievement and evidence of unusual promise, range and quality of teaching experience, and potential contributions to an interdisciplinary community. The Society of Fellows seeks a diverse and international pool of applicants.

Applicants are asked to submit an application by August 5, 2025 (11:59 p.m. ET) to the online portal at https://www.princeton.edu/acad-positions/position/38581.

Rice University (USA:TX) - Postdoctoral Associate - Environmental Huma - Deadline: 24 Feb. 2025

The Humanities Research Center (HRC) at Rice University seeks to appoint one Postdoctoral Associate in Environmental Humanities, with an affiliation with the Center for Environmental Studies (CES).

The Humanities Research Center is an internationally recognized hub that fosters innovative humanities and arts research at Rice University and builds collaborations with local, national, and global partners.

We seek emergent interdisciplinary scholars pursuing research in Environmental Humanities and who have demonstrated expertise in oral history, interviews, or other related methodologies. We encourage applications from candidates working across disciplines that might use oral history methods, including but not limited to Art History, English, History, Latin American & Latinx Studies, Media Studies, Religious Studies, and Transnational Asian Studies.

Supporting the invaluable work of local nonprofits, NGOs, and environmental advocates is central to the mission of the Center for Environmental Studies. We especially encourage applicants with an interest in community-engaged research, and who would benefit from and contribute to the CES’s community partnerships.

The Postdoctoral Associate will have interdisciplinary homes and faculty mentors at Rice. The Associate will have an office within the HRC and will be affiliated with the Center for Environmental Studies.

The successful applicant will teach the course “ENST 301: Environmental Justice” during their first semester at Rice. In other semesters, the postdoctoral associate will work with the Center for Environmental Studies director on their teaching assignment, with the possibility of teaching pre-existing core courses or new elective courses in the Environmental Studies program.

This position is for the period from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, with the possibility of renewal for a second year (subject to performance review and funding). It is a full-time position with a 1/1 teaching load and is benefits-eligible. The Postdoctoral Associate will receive an annual salary of $70,000 and a $3,000 one-time stipend for research and/or relocation to Houston. Postdoctoral Associates are expected to be in residence in Houston no later than August 1, 2025.

Work-related duties may include:

Teaching courses in Environmental Humanities in consultation with the Center for Environmental Studies
Participating and presenting own research in interdisciplinary working groups (through both the HRC and the CES) with other scholars
Active participation in HRC and CES programming
Providing training workshops on oral interview methods
Facilitating a reading group, workshop, etc.
Other duties as assigned

Eligibility:

Applicants from any humanistic discipline or the interpretive social sciences are eligible to apply and must have the Ph.D. in hand by June 30, 2025. Applicants must have received their PhD no earlier than January 1, 2020. Applicants must have a demonstrated research interest in Environmental Humanities as well as demonstrated expertise in oral history, interview, or related methodologies. Applicants should have experience and enthusiasm regarding teaching at the undergraduate level. Applicants must have excellent communication and time-management skills.

Required application materials:

Cover letter
Three-page CV
1000-word research project proposal
Writing sample (chapter length, approximately 25 pages)
One-page course proposal for a one-semester undergraduate course: “ENST 301: Environmental Justice”
Contact information for three references (we will solicit letters of recommendation for shortlisted candidates only)

Application instructions:

Combine all the required application materials into a single PDF.

All applications must be submitted via the Rice Jobs portal. Fill out the required identification information on the portal, and then submit the PDF with all the application materials as an attachment.

You do not need to fill out the application portal with information about education and previous work experience. Applications will be reviewed on the basis of the PDF with all the required application materials as outlined above.

If you have difficulty attaching the PDF, please email them to jobs@rice.edu and they will be attached to your application.

Apply: https://emdz.fa.us2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_2001/job/4444

Deadline: February 24, 2025, 11:59 PM CST

Royal Holloway, University of London (UK:Eng) - Postdoctoral Research Associate (Inclusive Histories - 12 months) - Deadline: 31 Jan. 2025

Right to work: Please note that it will not be possible for the University to issue a Certificate of Sponsorship to the successful candidate for this position. Therefore, the appointable candidate will need to be eligible to work in the UK or have leave to remain in the UK and associated right to work for the duration of their employment with the University, in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.

Full time, Fixed Term (12 Months)

Applications are invited for the post of Postdoctoral Research Associate in the School of Humanities.

Inclusive Histories is a collaborative research and schools engagement project aiming to support the more inclusive teaching of British political history as set out in the AQA Thematic GCSE specification, Britain: Power and the People: c1170 to the present day. As Research Associate you will play a key role in researching stories in the struggle for rights and representation that foreground the voice, experience and agency of traditionally marginalised groups. This includes but is not limited to stories relating to members of the global majority, LGBTQIA+ people, working class people, women and disabled people, as well as those with intersecting identities. Your focus will be the nineteenth century, specifically radical protest; the extension of the franchise; and campaigns including Chartism, abolitionism, the Anti-Corn Law League, and factory and social reform. This research will be undertaken primarily using the archives and collections of the Bishopsgate Institute and The London Archives, where you will be based four days per week. This role includes a travel costs allowance of up to £1,000.

You will have an interest in Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion in research and teaching settings, including participatory research; an interest in the history of rights and representation; excellent organisational skills; experience or a demonstrable aptitude for writing for non-academic audiences; and the ability to work on your own initiative and to act pro-actively. You will also be confident in the use of Microsoft Word and Teams, meeting targets, and with hybrid working. Experience of having conducted archival research with nineteenth century collections is essential. This experience need not have been gained in a university role. Comparable experience gained in the heritage, secondary education or other settings is also welcome.

For an informal discussion about the post, please contact Matthew Smith on matthew.smith@rhul.ac.uk.

For queries on the application process the Human Resources Department can be contacted by email at: recruitment@rhul.ac.uk

Please quote the reference: 0125-002

Closing Date: 23:59, 31 January 2025

Interview Date: 17 February 2025

Rutgers University (USA:NJ) - Hallgring Visiting Professorship - Deadline: 7 Feb. 2025

The History Department at Rutgers University-New Brunswick is pleased to announce that applications for the Hallgring Visiting Professorship in pre-modern history are now open. This two-year postdoctoral position is open to early career scholars (no more than five years from the PhD) and independent scholars who work on any region of the globe between c.1250 and c.1750. The Hallgring Visiting Professor will join a vibrant community of premodern historians at Rutgers who work on European, Jewish, Latin American, Native American, African and African-diasporic, Islamic, and Asian history. During the appointment, the Hallgring Visiting Professor will be expected to pursue research and to teach one undergraduate course a semester in their area of expertise. The position carries a postdoctoral annual stipend of $70,000 (plus benefits), along with a small research and travel budget. Funds are also available to organize a workshop or small conference related to the Visiting Professor’s research.

Applications must be submitted online at https://jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/240968 and should include: a cover letter; a research proposal of no more than 5 double-spaced pages; a 2–3 page description of the undergraduate courses the applicant would like to teach; a CV; and the names of three referees who can write letters of recommendation on the applicant’s behalf. The deadline for applications is February 7, 2025.

Siena College (USA:NY) - Visiting Assistant Professor History/Revolutionary Studies Research Fellow - Deadline: 10 Mar. 2025

Company Description

Located in Loudonville, New York – just 10 minutes from the state capital of Albany – Siena empowers more than 3,400 students each year through a transformative journey we call the Education for a Lifetime. All members of the Siena College community work together to advance the College's mission to graduate Saints intent on making the world more just, peaceful, and humane. The Franciscan tradition, upon which Siena was founded, permeates throughout campus life. All community members are valued for their unique worth and recognized for their specific contributions toward the greater good. That spirit of belonging and respect reverberates across our 174-acre campus, which is ranked among the 50 most beautiful college campuses in the country by Condé Nast.

Siena is leading the way in Catholic, liberal arts education, and the national rankings help tell our story. Siena ranks number one in New York for job placement; top 10 among all Catholic colleges in the country; and among the top three percent of all institutions in the U.S according to the Wall Street Journal. It has always been our community of dedicated and passionate Saints who make this campus a coveted destination to work, live, and learn. We hope you’ll consider joining us.

Job Description

Siena College’s McCormick Center for the Study of the American Revolution will award a one-year Postdoctoral Teaching and Research Fellowship for the academic year 2025-2026. The fellowship supports an early-career scholar whose research and teaching advance the McCormick Center’s mission to foster greater appreciation, interest, and awareness of the events and ideals behind the struggle for American independence. The McCormick Center collaborates with Saratoga National Historical Park and Battlefield and other regional community partners to achieve its mission and support the undergraduate Certificate in Revolutionary Era Studies (CRES).

The McCormick Center Fellow will teach a 2/2 course load in the Department of History, including: HIST 311: American Colonies, 1558-1763 and HIST 103: The West and the World, 1500-1900 and one additional upper division course that aligns with the fellow’s scholarly interests.

Additionally, the Fellow will contribute to the McCormick Center’s community programming and complete a scholarly project. As a visiting faculty member in Siena College’s History Department, the fellow will receive office space, have full access to library resources, and opportunities to participate in the Capital Region community of academic and public history scholars.

Annual Salary: $78,960.00

*The hiring salary above represents the College’s good faith estimate at the time of posting in compliance with the Albany County Salary Transparency Law.

Job Requirements

Scholars without ongoing positions who have earned a Ph.D. in history or historically based interdisciplinary degrees (i.e., American Studies, Ethnic Studies, Gender Studies, etc.) within the last 3-years may apply for this fully funded, 10-month fellowship (September 1, 2025-June 30, 2026). We welcome applicants from historians with expertise in the early modern Atlantic World.

A background screening will be required.

Additional Information:

Siena College is committed to attracting, supporting, and retaining a diverse faculty. We actively encourage applications from women, minorities, non-US citizens, members of the LGBTQ+ community, persons with disabilities, veterans, and others from under-represented groups who may make a positive contribution to the diversification of ideas and perspectives.

Siena College is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

If a foreign national applicant is selected for a qualifying position, the College will sponsor and prepare petitions with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Bureau of the Department of Homeland Security (“USCIS”) to obtain H-1B status in the United States, which will allow them to work at the College for a specified period of time. Only specialty occupations will qualify for H-1B status under applicable federal law.

All bargaining unit faculty members shall be covered by the collective bargaining agreement between Siena College and SEIU (Service Employees International United) Local 200.

Application process

Review of applications will begin March 10 and continue until the position is filled.

A cover letter that includes information about the applicant’s current scholarly project and an indication of how the applicant will utilize the post-doctoral fellowship time to advance their scholarly work.
A current curriculum vitae
A draft syllabus or course outline for HIST 311: American Colonies, 1558-1763. See Siena College Catalog for course descriptions.
A draft syllabus or course outline for one of the following upper division courses (candidate’s choice): HIST 230 Early Modern Europe; HIST 312 American Revolution, 1763-1815; HIST 389 History of Ireland; HIST 396 England from 1485-1815; HIST 411: Slavery & Freedom in Historical Perspective; or HIST 415 The French Revolution and Napoleon
Contact information for two references

Finalists will be interviewed via Zoom the week of April 7. Direct all inquiries about this opportunity to Dr. Jennifer Dorsey, PhD, director Siena College's McCormick Center for the Study of the American Revolution, at mccormickcenter@siena.edu or 1-518-783-2319

http://siena.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdetails.jsp?JOBID=184658

Simon Fraser University (CAN) - Farley Distinguished Visiting Scholar in Global Asian Histories - Deadline: 1 Jun. 2025

he Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences at Simon Fraser University invites applications for the Farley Distinguished Visiting Scholar in Global Asian Histories for the 2026-2027 academic year.

The Farley Distinguished Visiting Scholar is dedicated to the teaching of history, broadly construed, which is understood to include studies of the past, including the recent past, carried out within the departments and programs of the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences. In keeping with university policy, the successful candidate will hold an academic position at another university, or an equivalent position at another appropriate institution.

In 2026-2027, we have a second Farley Distinguished Visiting Scholar opening with the Global Asia Program, with the possibility of an affiliation with one of FASS’s other departments or schools. Please note that we will begin reviewing applications for the Global Asia Program position on June 1, 2025.

Those interested in the initial Farley Distinguished Visiting Scholar opening with the School for International Studies should refer to their ad found via: https://www.sfu.ca/vpacademic/academic-careers/faculty-positions/arts-social-sciences.html

The Global Asia Program welcomes scholars engaged in the study of Asia and/or its diasporas, including border-crossing research that explores Asian and Asian diasporic people and places in their relations with others. We especially encourage applicants with an interest in teaching pedagogically-innovative Global Asia courses that complement and expand on our current course offerings, aimed at students from a range of disciplinary backgrounds.

The Farley Distinguished Visiting Scholar is appointed as a Visiting Faculty Member for at least two terms in the academic year. (SFU operates year-round, with Fall, Winter, and Summer terms.) While at SFU, the Farley scholar will have the opportunity to interact extensively with faculty and students, and to stimulate discussion across disciplines. They normally teach one course and contribute to other types of relevant intellectual activity that will be open to students across the university. Farley Scholars are encouraged and supported in public outreach activities that may take a variety of forms. The stipend for the Farley Distinguished Visiting Scholar is up to CAD $55,000 (commensurate with the length of the visit) and the Scholar is provided with a CAD $7,500 budget for public engagement activities. To find out more about what past Farley Distinguished Visiting Scholars have done click here.

Applications should be submitted electronically to farley_comp2@sfu.ca and include a current CV and cover letter outlining the following:

(1) a research plan for the duration of the Visiting Scholar position;

(2) a brief description of a proposed interdisciplinary Global Asia undergraduate-level

elective course;

(3) a brief account of the public outreach activity, including topic(s) to be addressed; and

(4) the names and contact information of two referees.

Applications will be considered until the position is filled, with preference being given to completed applications received by June 1, 2025.

To find out if the Farley Distinguished Visiting Scholar position in Global Asian Histories is a good match for you, please contact Global Asia Program Director Nadine Attewell at nattewel@sfu.ca and/or FASS Associate Dean, Research & International, Dr. Steeve Mongrain at fassadri@sfu.ca.

Those applicants who are not Canadian citizens or permanent residents will require a work permit. SFU’s Faculty Relations team will assist with that process and a modest moving allowance is provided. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian citizens and permanent residents will be given priority.

Simon Fraser University (CAN) - Post-Doctoral Fellowship, 2025-2026 Hellenisms Past and Present, Local and Global - Deadline: 28 Feb. 2025

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Centre for Hellenic Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship

September 2025 – August 2026

The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Centre for Hellenic Studies (SNF CHS) at Simon Fraser University invites applications for the Hellenisms Past and Present, Local and Global Postdoctoral Fellowship. Our search committee welcomes applications that span disciplinary boundaries from candidates working on comparative approaches on the advertised fellowship theme. Applicants from all fields of the humanities and the social sciences who engage with Hellenisms Past and Present, Local and Global are encouraged to apply.

Situated atop Burnaby Mountain, east of downtown Vancouver, the SNF CHS is a major site for Hellenic Studies in North America. Affiliated faculty are members of the Department of Global Humanities and have expertise in Ancient, Byzantine, Early Modern and Modern Greek history, archaeology, literature and language. The successful applicant will join the faculty and students who make up our intellectual community and participate in the Centre’s seminar series, offering one formal talk on campus. They will also design and teach one course with Hellenic content in the Department of Global Humanities to be offered in the Spring term (January to April 2026). The SNF CHS Postdoctoral Fellow will also offer one talk for a lay audience as part of the Centre's outreach activities. While at Simon Fraser University, the SNF CHS Postdoctoral Fellow will have opportunities to engage with the content development activities of the SNF New Media Lab. The salary for this position is $50,000 CAD per year plus benefits for the year and an additional teaching contract for $12,000 CAD for the Spring term. The advertised fellowship has a duration of one year.

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply. Simon Fraser University is committed to an equity employment program that includes special measures to achieve diversity among its faculty and staff. We particularly encourage applications from qualified women, aboriginal Canadians, persons with disabilities and members of visible minorities.

Candidates must have completed their Ph.D. within a maximum of FOUR years before the appointment date (September 2025) and submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, research project outline, and THREE letters of reference.

All application materials should be submitted to the Director of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Centre for Hellenic Studies, Dr. Dimitris Krallis:hellenic@sfu.ca. Please include “Application for Postdoctoral Position” in the subject line of your email.

Applications received by February 28, 2025, will be given priority.

Smith College (USA:MA) - Post-doctoral Fellowship in Latinx/a/o Studies - Deadline: 5 Jan. 2025

The Latin American and Latino/a Studies (LALS) Program in conjunction with the Jill Ker Conway Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center invites applications for a two-year, benefits eligible Postdoctoral Fellowship to begin July 1st, 2025. We are seeking to appoint an interdisciplinary scholar of Latinx/a/o Studies, who primarily works through the perspectives of the social sciences. Applicants must hold a Ph.D. by time of appointment, and have community-based/engaged teaching experience and an active research agenda with/in Latinx/a/o communities. Candidates from groups underrepresented in higher education are encouraged to apply.

We are especially interested in scholars of Latinx/a/o Studies with teaching and research interests in solidarity economies, micro-finance and feminist economies, or any other specialization that will contribute to Smith’s concentrations in Global Finance and Collaborative Innovation, the major and minor in LALS, and an interdisciplinary undergraduate curriculum. This might include research and pedagogical inquiry that consider global contexts, gender and racial justice, and enduring historical inequities. The successful candidate will teach two four-credit undergraduate courses in Latinx studies per year. The postdoctoral fellow will also have a role in visioning and developing the Conway Center's co-curricular program.

Located in Northampton, MA, Smith College is the largest women’s college in the country and is dedicated to excellence in teaching and research across the liberal arts. A faculty of outstanding scholars interact with students in small classes, as advisors, and through student-faculty research projects. Smith College offers opportunities to foster faculty success at every career stage, such as those listed here: https://www.smith.edu/about-smith/provost/faculty-development. The College is a member of the Five College Consortium with Amherst, Hampshire and Mt. Holyoke Colleges, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Students cross-enroll and faculty cross-teach across the Five Colleges. . Further details may be found at Latin American and Latino/a Studies Program and the Conway Center.

Submit application at http://apply.interfolio.com/159608 with a cover letter, curriculum vitae, and diversity/inclusion statement, three letters of recommendation. Finalists will be asked for additional materials (writing sample and sample syllabus). Review of applications will begin on January 15th, 2025. Questions may be directed to the Chair of the Search Committee Javier Puente (jpuente@smith.edu).

Zoom interview scheduled for 02/14
Campus interviews scheduled
Anyone have any updates/know if an offer has gone out?

Smithsonian Institution - National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center (USA:DC) - Vining-Hacker Fellow in Women's Military History - Deadline: 21 Mar. 2025

The Division of Military & Society at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History (NMAH) is pleased to accept applications for the 2025-26 Margaret S. Vining and Barton C. Hacker Fellowship in Women’s Military History. The theme for this year’s fellowship is “Volunteers: Military and Beyond” The successful candidate will carry out a research project exploring women’s contributions to and experiences of service related to national defense up to 1945. Research plans should be anchored in the Division’s collections but may involve comparative study in other collections in the Museum, across the Smithsonian, and at archives in the immediate Washington, DC area. The Vining-Hacker Fellowship includes access to a range of resources, including Smithsonian staff, collections, and research files, as well as Smithsonian network access and office space at NMAH.

The Fellowship offers up to $22,000 to pre-doctoral candidates and up to $30,000 to post-doctoral or professional candidates who pursue independent research projects that substantially use Military & Society collections at NMAH. The six-month fellowship tenure is flexible, allowing for a single residency period or distribution of the equivalent number of hours over a 9- or 10-month term, including the possibility for multiple shorter residency periods. Fellows are encouraged to present their research to colleagues at NMAH. The Fellow is expected to reside in the Washington, DC area and be on site at least three days per week in the Museum or a Smithsonian collection during their Fellowship period(s). Pre-doctoral graduate students, post-doctoral scholars, and other professionals who have completed relevant advanced training are invited to apply. Undergraduates and Smithsonian staff are not eligible. Applications should be submitted via the Smithsonian's Online Academic Appointment (SOLAA) database and are due by 5pm on Friday, March 21, 2025.

Only complete applications will be considered, which must include:

a 2-page CV or resumé
a 2-page statement that summarizes the proposed project, its current state and plan for completion, and how the Division of Military & Society and other collections at NMAH will substantially contribute to it
a timeline for the tenure of the proposed Fellowship period
one writing sample (maximum 30 pages, not including notes)
two letters of recommendation from people familiar with the project

To locate the application on SOLAA, please select “Start Your Application,” select NMAH as the museum, and click the “Apply Now” button next to the Vining and Hacker Fellowship option. You will be prompted to log in to SOLAA; if you don’t already have a SOLAA account, please click the “Create an Account” link and follow the instructions.

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

SMU will not discriminate in any program or activity on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, sexual orientation, or gender identity and expression. The Executive Director for Access and Equity/Title IX Coordinator is designated to handle inquiries regarding nondiscrimination policies and may be reached at the Perkins Administration Building, Room 204, 6425 Boaz Lane, Dallas, TX 75205, 214-768-3601, accessequity@smu.edu.

STARS@UNIPD - Supporting Talent in Research at the University of Padua - Deadline: 21 March 2025

The programme runs every two years and encourages international, high quality, innovative and ambitious research at the University of Padua. It aims at boosting the participation of the University in ERC calls, promoting an open and positive attitude towards international funding opportunities for basic research.

STARS grants support bottom-up, ground-breaking research projects submitted by individual Principal Investigators (PIs), who are interested in carrying out their research activities at the University of Padua. For all candidates the purpose is to consolidate their professional and research curriculum, in order to participate in competitive international calls for proposals, such as the ERC ones, choosing the University of Padua as Host Institution.

In an effort to reward excellence and foster a high-level, open, transparent and merit-based competition, as well as promoting the increasingly broad participation of researchers in international competitive calls for proposals, the evaluation process and criteria of the STARS @UNIPD call will be similar to those of the European Research Council. The application forms themselves, reflect the structure of the ERC templates, in a simplified version.

Tufts University (USA:MA) - Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Environmental Humanities at Tufts University

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Description The Center for the Humanities at Tufts University, in partnership with the Mellon Foundation-funded project University Ecologies and the Question of the Commons, invites applications for a residential postdoctoral fellowship beginning July 1, 2025. The fellowship is for a duration of two years. The fellow will take a leading role in a university-wide collaborative research project focused on reimagining campus environments, challenging hierarchies of knowledge production, diversifying monocultural ecologies such as lawns, and deconstructing the histories of land possession and animal production that higher education institutions have supported.

The fellow will participate in biweekly seminars and working groups, attend and help organize public events, and work with visiting artists, scholars, and activists towards various project-related outputs. The fellow will contribute no more than 15 hours/week of service to this project, and will be offered support to pursue their own research and publication agendas as well. There are no mandatory teaching responsibilities associated with this position.

The fellow will receive a stipend of $65,100 in 2025-2026 (increasing with inflation in 2026-2027), will be eligible for Tufts University health benefits, and will have a workspace at the Center for the Humanities. They will be offered an opportunity to workshop manuscripts in progress and will be part of a vibrant community of researchers and scholars at the Center for the Humanities.

Project Abstract: Many important environment justice studies are emerging from universities, conducted with communities most impacted by the transformations of state and capitalist projects. Less critical attention is paid to the university institution itself as a historical and ongoing generator of unequal ecologies. From chemically saturated lawns to confined animal feeding operations, the American university has often led the development of labor-intensive ecological monocultures that fence out biological diversity while fencing in a select few fragile species and marginalized human communities. This three-year project explores, questions, and complicates what it might mean to re-common these university ecologies. Developing modes of collaboration across inherited divisions of class, labor and geography, this project models a vision of education and knowledge production for a collective agriculture that centers those dispossessed of land, and those now made to work within these terrains.

Qualifications We seek a junior scholar whose research broadly engages the themes and concerns of the project, with a PhD from any humanities or humanistic social sciences field.

Application Instructions Applicants should submit a cover letter, CV, and a 1500-word research description to Interfolio, along with the names and contact information for three references. Three confidential letters of recommendation will be requested of semi-finalists. Review of applications will begin February 1, 2025 and continue until the position is filled. Here is the link to the Interfolio site.

For questions, contact: Alex Blanchette Alex.Blanchette@tufts.edu

Silvia Bottinelli silvia.bottinelli@tufts.edu

Tulane University (USA:LO) - Global Humanities Fellow - Deadline: 21 April 2025

The Tulane Global Humanities Center invites applications for postdoctoral Global Humanities Fellows. We are seeking recent PhDs in the humanities and humanistic social sciences whose work explores or intersects with any of the following topics: port cities, global flows, blue humanities, critical ocean studies, logistics, and/or transnational environmental humanities. Region of specialization and historical period is open; we are particularly interested in comparative and multilingual work engaging the global South, the Mediterranean, and/or the Gulf South. Priority will be given to applications that engage with the biennial theme (Global Port Cities). We expect to offer two fellowships, one in the humanities and one in the humanistic social sciences. Innovative interdisciplinary work that does not fit neatly into traditional disciplinary boundaries is welcome. The Fellows will assist with the launch of a new interdisciplinary center, Tulane Global Humanities Center, focused on global research, teaching, and programming in the humanities. Housed in the School of Liberal Arts at Tulane University in New Orleans, La., the Center hosts speakers, working papers, faculty and student presentations, and colloquia. The Center’s programming revolves around a biennial theme and incorporates research and artistic production both globally and in the Gulf South region. The biennial theme for 2025-27 is Global Port Cities.

The Tulane Global Humanities Center seeks candidates with ambitious research agendas, a commitment to undergraduate education, and experience in event and symposia planning. Fellows will teach one undergraduate humanities course per academic year, present their own research at a public forum, and help organize and coordinate events. The Fellow will report to the Center’s Director and Assistant Director and will be assigned a faculty mentor from the Center’s Advisory Board to help guide their academic and professional development. Fellows will be required to be in residence during the academic term and to be an active participant in all the Center’s programming. Primary responsibilities are to conduct original research on the biennial theme; coordinate planning and scheduling of events; attend and participate in events and other Center activities; consult regularly with the Director, Faculty Advisory Board, and Assistant Director; engage with Center participants and visiting scholars; write content for the Center’s website, blog, newsletter, and social media; workshop an article or book chapter in progress as part of one of the events. Fellowships are for a one-year term, with the possibility of renewal for an additional year based on successful review. Awards include salary of $55,000, a computer allowance, a moving stipend of $2,000, and a discretionary research account of $3,000.

Qualifications

Candidates must have received their PhD in a humanities or social science field. PhD degrees should be conferred no earlier than 2021 and no later than June 2025.
Experience in public humanities and/or collaborating with non-academic community partners is especially welcome.

Application Instructions Applications via Interfolio must include: cover letter, CV, a description of an undergraduate course to be offered (between 100-200 words, plus tentative reading list), one sample of scholarly writing of about 20-25 pages, and names and email addresses of three references who will be asked for letters if candidates advance in the selection process. Apply at this link: https://apply.interfolio.com/165316

Review of applications begins April 21.

Tulane University is an equal opportunity educator and employer committed to providing an education and employment environment free of unlawful discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. Legally protected demographic classifications (such as a person’s race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, shared ancestry, disability, genetics, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws) are not relied upon as an eligibility, selection or participation criteria for Tulane’s employment or educational programs or activities. Tulane University is responsible for providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities throughout the applicant screening process. If you need assistance in completing an application or during any phase of the interview process, please contact the Office of Human Resources by phone at 504-865-4748 or by email at hr@tulane.edu.

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ESP) - Postdoctoral Researchers (2) in Early Modern Japanese History - SHORT Deadline: 28 April

Horizon Europe ERC Project ‘Material Authority’ is hiring two postdoctoral researchers (R1 & R2) in early modern Japanese history

Applications due: 28 April

The ERC-funded project “Material Authority: Managing Mineral Abundance” (MMA, Grant No. 101163282) invites applications for two postdoctoral researchers to join the research team under the supervision of Dr. Joshua Batts (PI). Both positions are full-time, three-year contracts (non-renewable).

MMA puts mines and mining at the center of Japan’s political and commercial transformations from the sixteenth through eighteenth centuries. Examining mines well-known and under-appreciated alike, the project departs from quantitative analyses measuring mineral production to investigate how authority materialized through mines, and how mines and mineral extraction authored power in Japan.

Each researcher will implement an individual line of inquiry within the project’s three themes (Authority, Management, and Exchange) while coordinating with the team on collaborative work and activities, including a research seminar, paleography and reading workshops, and an international conference. Demonstrable prior experience conducting research on late medieval or early modern Japan is essential. Direct experience in mining history is welcome but is not a pre-requisite to applying. The project welcomes scholars who are eager to examine issues of power, authority, resource management, and economic transformation through the lens of Japan’s mines and extractive industries. Candidates should be open to developing expertise in this area while contributing to the project’s broader thematic goals.

The working languages of the project will be English and, to a lesser extent, Japanese. Knowledge of Spanish or Catalan is not a requirement of the position, although the acquisition of basic competency will aid in the researcher’s ability to participate in locally organized events.

A research brief introducing MMA project themes and research questions in more depth is available for download here. Candidates are advised to consult this document to inform their application.

Postdoctoral Researcher R1 (2025DILIFRUA33) is intended for those with 2-4 years of postdoctoral experience. Further particulars of this position are available here.

Postdoctoral Researcher R2 (2025DILIFRUA34) is intended for candidates within two years of acquiring their PhD. Further particulars of this position are available here.

Please ensure that you apply for the appropriate position.

Note: The selection committee reserves the right to leave the position(s) unfilled if no suitable candidate is identified. For more information please consult the listing and materials available at projectmma.uab.cat/jobs.

To apply, submit your application via: seleccio.uab.cat. Note that applicants will need to register for an account to apply.

Universität Tübingen (DEU) - Postdoctoral Fellowship, 12 months starting April 2026 - Deadline: 18 May 2025

Four Global Encounters Fellowships starting April 1, 2026 are now open for application.

The thematic focus of this year’s call is "Making peace with nature".

“Making peace with Nature is the defining task of the 21st century”, said UN General Secretary António Guterres in his State of the Planet speech in 2020. This mission statement has informed UN agenda setting and has become the motto for the 2024 UN Biodiversity Conference of the Parties (COP16) in Cali, Colombia. The need to find a more balanced approach between humans and Nature and/or critically rethink that divide altogether has been articulated in urges by politicians, activists, and scientists for a transformation. Their claim is to reevaluate international climate and environmental politics in morally decentring the human and reformulate ways of coexistence. This call invites applications from researchers working on human-nature relationships and their transformation historically as well with regard to current conditions of crises in the Global North and South. We ask applicants to address one or more of the following research questions: How can we understand ‘peace’ between humans and Nature? What are the implications of not being ‘at peace’ with Nature? What role do ontological, epistemological, religious and political understandings of humans and Nature play in making peace with Nature? How can we differentiate between different human groups and their relationships with land without essentializing these connections? In what ways did the approach to nature change historically? How do modes of representation and conceptualization affect our relationship to nature? How do we have to rethink the very notion of nature/Nature?

Structure of the Fellowships

All fellows will be hosted by a professor at the University of Tuebingen. During their stay and in addition to project presentations and participation in research colloquia and other university events, fellows can work on their own project proposals and publications. There are office spaces for all fellows at the College of Fellows so that collaboration can be intensified in working together. Fellows have the opportunity to network not only with each other but also with members of the Global Encounters platform and the participating departments. Last but not least, the Global Encounters Fellows will present their work in an international workshop on “Making peace with nature” in early 2027 organized by the fellows themselves.

Fellowship Formalities

International guest researchers can receive fellowships for a period of 12 months. To be eligible for a fellowship, researchers must have spent the majority of their academic career outside Germany. The stipend amounts to 2350€ per month, plus supplements for children (400€ for the first child and 100€ for each additional child). The fellowship is not equivalent to an employment status at the University, i.e. fellows will not automatically be covered by health, unemployment, or retirement insurance through the funding period. The fellowships are subject to a residency requirement. At the beginning of the fellowship, proof of residence in Tübingen or the surrounding area must be provided. Early and mid-career scholars (maximum 8-12 years after doctorate) with a research focus in one of the four thematic fields of the platform may personally apply or be proposed by faculty members of the University of Tübingen. It is important to note that although it is possible to propose people/researchers who are already affiliated with the University of Tübingen through a scholarship or fellowship, there are restrictions regarding the duration of further funding. Applicants who are already affiliated with the University of Tübingen through a research fellowship cannot be funded for longer than 18 months. Researchers who were previously linked to the University via a teach@tübingen scholarship cannot be funded for longer than 24 months. A Global Encounters Fellowship that is already ongoing cannot be extended.

Documents to be submitted:

- A project proposal (maximum three pages).

- A letter of support by the Tübingen host.

- A CV including a list of publications.

- Research stay should start in April 2026.

The deadline for submission is May 18, 2025. We kindly ask you to send the application as one PDF file to: global-encounters@uni-tuebingen.de. All applications will be reviewed by colleagues who are working in the same or adjacent fields of research at the University of Tübingen. In July, the platform's advisory board will discuss all applications and make a recommendation; the final funding decision will be made by the university leadership. If you have any questions about the application process, please feel free to contact the platform coordinator, Matthias Bornemann, at: global-encounters@uni-tuebingen.de

The Global Encounters platform is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the Ministry of Science Baden-Württemberg within the framework of the Excellence Strategy of the German Federal and State Governments

University of Amsterdam (NDL) - postdoc position in Ottoman History

We invite applications for a funded Postdoctoral Researcher position in Ottoman History for four years (0.9 FTE), starting 1 Sept 2025. This position is part of the project Daily Bread: A Comparative Urban History of Early Modern Food Protests, funded by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research and led by Prof. Maartje van Gelder.

As postdoctoral researcher, you will be responsible for the Ottoman subproject within the Daily Bread project, which compares food protests between circa 1500-1800 in Dutch, Italian and Ottoman cities. In its methodology, the project merges social history’s attention for the politically disenfranchised with cultural history’s sensitivity to the impact of power on archives and history-writing. It also draws on insights from environmental and comparative urban history. Its primary objectives are to 1) recast the debate on how ordinary men and women shaped pre-democratic politics; 2) advance the agenda of comparative urban history; 3) answer environmental historians’ call to examine societal responses to climate change. Ultimately, the project aims to uncover the power relations at play in the streets, the archive and the production of history.

This postdoctoral subproject will investigate the character and impact of food-related protests in the Ottoman Empire between ca. 1500-1800, focusing on reconstructing the way participants were represented in state records. It has an integrated archival politics dimension, taking up the call for more research on the impact of Ottoman archival culture on how protests have (not) been recorded. Ultimately, the goal of the subproject is threefold:

To examine the form and impact of food protests;
To examine relevant forms and impact of archival silencing within the Ottoman context;
And to help integrate, compare, and contrast the Ottoman and European case studies on both themes.

Geographically, the subproject can include protests in Istanbul and/or additional (major) provincial cities. The postdoc will select relevant cases, building on the existing historiography and their own expertise and linguistic scope. Excellent knowledge of Ottoman Turkish is a must.

For more detailed information, including information on the required skills and salary, please see the complete job ad on the website of the University of Amsterdam.

University of Cambridge (UK:Eng) Postdoctoral Research Associate - Deadline: 12 Jan. 2025

This is an exciting opportunity to work within the research project titled "Amalgamating Evidence About Causes: Medicine, the Medical Sciences, and Beyond", led by Professor Jacob Stegenga, in partnership with Professor Stephan Hartmann (LMU Munich), and funded by AHRC & DFG. This full time Postdoctoral Research Associate position with expertise in philosophy of science or medicine is fixed term until 31 January 2027. In many areas of science, a variety of evidence from different methods, experts, and disciplines can be relied on when inferring causal claims. The amalgamation of evidence to produce causal knowledge is a widespread challenge for scientists and those aiming to rely on causal claims in decision-making. This is acutely important in the biomedical sciences and in medical practice. The goal of the project Amalgamating Evidence About Causes is to systematically study the amalgamation of causal evidence in medicine, by articulating formal constraints, prescriptive principles, and methodological heuristics that could guide practitioners in medicine and could be used as evaluative norms in this practical, policy-oriented context. More information about the project can be found in the Further Particulars.

Applicants should have completed (or near completed) a PhD in Philosophy and have expertise in philosophy of science or philosophy of medicine. We welcome applicants using a diverse range of approaches in their research, including formal methods, computer simulations, and case studies. We particularly welcome applicants from candidates with research interests in causal inference in medicine, construed broadly to include, as examples, causal inference based on clinical experience, the use of quantitative effect sizes, the role of diverse evidence for causal inference, how expert judgements get aggregated, and how artificial intelligence might contribute to causal inference in medicine.

The postdoc will be based in the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence at the University of Cambridge (CFI) and will be regularly collaborating with other members of the research project based in LMU Munich at the Munich Centre for Mathematical Philosophy. There are no teaching duties, though teaching opportunities may arise. The project grant has funds dedicated to conference travel for the post holder, for regular visits to Munich, and for workshops.

CFI is a highly interdisciplinary research centre addressing the challenges and opportunities posed by artificial intelligence (AI). Funded by the Leverhulme Trust, CFI is based at the University of Cambridge, with partners in the University of Oxford, Imperial College, and UC Berkeley. The Centre also has close links with industry, policymakers, and many academic disciplines. For information on how to apply, please see the Further Particulars document, click the 'Apply' button above. Informal enquiries about the role are welcomed and should be directed to Professor Jacob Stegenga on jms303@cam.ac.uk. For questions on the application process, please contact the School's HR Team on sahhr@admin.cam.ac.uk.

The closing date for applications is midnight (GMT) on Sunday 12 January 2025. Interviews are planned for the week commencing 3 February 2025, subject to change.

To apply online for this vacancy and to view further information about the role, please click the 'Apply' button above. Please quote reference GO44365 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.

University of Cambridge (UK:Eng) Postdoctoral Research Training Associate - Deadline: 17 Jan. 2025

The Department of East Asian Studies, within the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Cambridge, seeks to appoint to a 3-year, fixed-term Postdoctoral Research Training Associate in Japanese Studies. The post will start in September 2025 and last until August 2028. This position is designed for early careers researchers and provides mentoring and training in teaching and research to enhance the role holders future career prospects.

We are open to any specialty within the range of fields from premodern to modern Japanese Studies with an expectation of fluency in Japanese, which may include classical Japanese and/or kanbun, is expected. We also welcome applications from candidates who embody our "Japan and the World" campaign and with an interest in comparative studies in relation to the rest of East Asia.

Appointees will be expected to engage in high-level research, to publish in their specialist field, and to contribute to teaching, supervising and the examination of undergraduates and as required, Masters students. An academic mentor will be assigned to the appointee to provide guidance and advice on each aspect of their development.

Some research money will be available for research expenses and conference attendance throughout the 3 years of this post, and there will be support for the organization of a workshop centered on the candidate’s research.

Training in curriculum development, conference organising, running seminars, and supervising students will form part of the role.

Given the wide remit of the research conducted by the Japanese Studies group, the awardee will have the opportunity to receive further training through joining research groups and international conferences and thus expand their skill sets in areas outside research and teaching but which remain central to the pursuit of academic excellence. For a full profile of the section and the current projects the various instructors are engaged in, please see: https://www.ames.cam.ac.uk/research/research-region/east-asia/japan.

Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available for 3 years in the first instance.

To apply online for this vacancy and to view further information about the role, please click on the ‘Apply’ button above.

Applications are due by midnight (GMT) on Friday 17th January 2025 and should include:

- A Curriculum Vitae, including a list of publications.

- A cover letter outlining your interest in the role and how your your skills and experiences will complement the Japanese section and faculty.

- A representative piece of written work - your dissertation, a recent article, or a book chapter.

Interviews are expected to be conducted in late April 2025 and may be conducted online.

Please email, Professor Mickey Adolphson (sma75@cam.ac.uk), if you have further queries. Questions regarding the application process should be directed to the School HR Team (sahhr@admin.cam.ac.uk).

Please quote reference GX43378 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.

University of Cambridge - Centre of South Asian Studies (UK:Eng) - Two Smuts Research Fellows in Commonwealth Studies - Deadline: 15 April 2025

Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available 3 years.

The Centre of South Asian Studies invites applications for two Smuts Research Fellowships in Commonwealth Studies from candidates at the postdoctoral level in all disciplines within the humanities and social sciences. Ideally applicants will have gained a PhD (or equivalent) within the last five years or will have gained a PhD by the time of the appointment. Candidates should have excellent research ability in a field which fits with the interdisciplinary ethos of the Centre. The appointment is for a period of three years, and is non-renewable. The start date is 1 October 2025.

The Smuts Research Fellows will be expected to carry out an approved programme of research relating to South Asia, to participate in the life of the Centre, and to contribute to teaching and supervising students studying for the MPhil in Modern South Asian Studies and to be resident in Cambridge for most of each year. A condition of the Smuts Memorial Fund is that the successful applicant gives at least one public lecture or seminar on an aspect of their research during the tenure of their fellowship. This is arranged in consultation with the Managers of the Fund. The prospectus for the MPhil can be found at: http://www.s-asian.cam.ac.uk/m-phil-course/ The Fellows would be required to be present and available to teach in Michaelmas and Lent term each year.

Further information about the Centre and MPhil programme can be found here: https://www.s-asian.cam.ac.uk/m-phil-course/

To apply:

Please ensure that you upload your Curriculum Vitae (CV), a covering letter, and a brief description (not more than 1,500 words) of your intended research. You should also provide details of three academic referees in the Upload section of the online application. If you upload any additional documents which have not been requested, we will not be able to consider these as part of your application.

The closing date for applications is 15 April 2025.

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University of Cambridge, Faculty of History (UK:Eng) - Research Assistant/Research Associate - Ireland and the "ends" of the British Empire (Fixed Term) - Deadline: 7 Apr. 2025

The Faculty of History invites applications for two Postdoctoral Research Assistants/Associates (PDRA) working on an interdisciplinary research project on 'Ireland and the "ends" of the British Empire', funded by UKRI as part of a project led by Principal Investigator, Dr Niamh Gallagher. These are three-year fixed term appointments in the first instance, starting on (or as close as possible to) the 1 June 2025. The successful candidates will conduct research in consultation with the PI based on the archives and areas of interest the PI seeks to explore, as well as on lines of enquiry proposed by the PDRAs and agreed to be pursued by the team. They will also be expected to contribute their own research to the Project, which they can develop in accordance with their own expertise, disciplinary background and interests. They will also work alongside the PI and partners to co-develop a package of public-facing resources. These roles may require occasional domestic and international travel. We are looking for candidates with:

A PhD (or close to being awarded a PhD) in a relevant discipline, e.g. Modern History, Literature, Politics, Modern Languages or Postcolonial Studies;
Demonstrable experience in working with different kinds of source materials relevant to empires, anticolonialism or postcolonial studies, from * A project proposal that aligns with the objectives of the Project;
A willingness to find out where 'Ireland' mattered in the long arc of British imperial 'unmaking', but prior experience of researching modern Ireland is not essential;
Experience of working on sources pertinent (or which could be pertinent) to modern Ireland in any period from the late nineteenth century onwards;
Experience of managing budgets;
Proven ability to conduct a research project, producing clear deliverables and adhering to timelines;
Experience using Microsoft Office; and the ability to learn how to use other software tools, if the Project requires;
Excellent attention to detail, the ability to work as part of a team, and to work independently;
An ability to communicate with different audiences and stakeholders e.g. through publications, online content or public events; experience of disseminating research beyond the academic community is desirable but not essential.

More information about the Faculty of History can be found here: https://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/ The successful candidates will need to meet the role specifications, assessed via a completed application form, Curriculum Vitae (CV), writing sample, covering letter, and two-page proposal describing how their research might contribute to the Project. If shortlisted, the successful candidates will be expected to undertake an initial 30-minute online interview for which questions will be circulated in advance. A further round of shortlisting will then take place before a second in-person interview, in which candidates will be asked to present more fully on their two-page proposal and answer some questions. Please ensure that you upload the following additional documents in the upload section of the online application:

A two-page proposal describing your proposed research project and how it contributes to the Project;
A sample of your written work up to approximately 10.000 words (for example, an article or chapter of your doctoral thesis).

University of Cambridge, Faculty of History (UK:Eng) - Mellon Research Fellow in American History - Deadline: 9 Mar 2025

The Faculty of History at the University of Cambridge welcomes applications for the Mellon Research Fellowship, a three-year postdoctoral fellowship in twentieth-century American history. This is an exciting opportunity for a candidate who has or is close to obtaining a PhD in a relevant specialist subject area.

Candidates for this post will be expected to demonstrate that they have undertaken research that is original and innovative and that will, when published, make a substantial contribution to American history. They will also be expected to demonstrate an interest in contributing to the promotion of American history at Cambridge. The post is open to applicants working on twentieth-century U.S. history.

The Mellon Research Fellow will be expected to pursue their own research across the full period of the fellowship. The postholder will also be expected to convene the American History Workshop, a weekly seminar in which PhD students present dissertation chapters and advance their professional development.

Position details

Position is full-time and fixed-term for three years, Successful candidates who have not been awarded their PhD by the appointment date will be appointed as a Research Assistant at Grade 5. Upon award of the PhD the individual will be promoted to Research Associate, Grade 7.

The University of Cambridge has a UK visa sponsor license and we will be able to offer advice and support you with your application if you need a visa to work in the UK.

Qualifications

Applicants must hold or be close to receiving a PhD. In addition to those with PhD in hand, we can consider applicants who plan to submit the PhD thesis by the start of the fellowship in September 2025.

Applicants must specialize in twentieth-century US history; all research topics within that field are welcome.

Application materials

Applications should include a cover letter, a two-page statement of proposed research, a curriculum vitae, a sample of written work of approximately 10,000 words, and details of two referees who have knowledge of the candidate's work.

Referees will only be contacted at the longlisting phase of the search.

Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available for 3 years in the first instance.

Once an offer of employment has been accepted, the successful candidate will be required to undergo a health assessment.

To apply online for this vacancy and to view further information about the role, please click the 'Apply' button above.

If you have any queries regarding the application process please contact hr@hist.cam.ac.uk

Informal enquiries regarding the position may also be made to Professor Mia Bay - mb2739@cam.ac.uk.

Please quote reference JJ45113 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.

The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.

The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK

Mar. 21] Any word? The original application said they would conduct interviews the last week of March, but it still seems a bit early.
[March 27] Rejection email
April 3 - Zoom interview completed, offer will be made/finalized in late April/early May
April 23 - Rejection email

University of Cambridge, Faculty of History (UK:Eng) - Postdoctoral Research Associate (Fixed Term) - Deadline: 14 Mar. 2025

The Faculty of Classics is seeking to appoint a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Ancient Philosophy and Literature to the CITE project from 01 September 2025 for forty-eight months. The appointment offers the opportunity for an early career researcher to join a vibrant and distinguished community of Classicists on this cross-disciplinary project dedicated to the study of the indirect transmission of ancient literature and philosophy. Further information about the Faculty is available at www.classics.cam.ac.uk.

The successful candidate, whose research in the project will be focused on the citational Nachleben of Plato outside the strictly philosophical commentary tradition, will make a significant contribution to the comparative study of the quotational and interpretative practices in Greek and Roman literature which will be a shared focus of all project members. In addition, they will play an important role in mentoring PhD students and facilitating exchanges both within the project teams and beyond, not least by contributing to the organisation of workshops and conferences.

We are seeking an individual with a strong academic record and potential to make a significant contribution to the Faculty. Candidates will need to show evidence of the following qualifications, skills and experience:

Good first degree and a doctorate in Classics / Ancient Philosophy;

Evidence of ability to engage in high-level research in Ancient Philosophy and/or Greek and Latin Literature, with publications and participation in scholarly activity commensurate with stage of career;

Ability to play an effective role in the life and work of the Faculty;

Ability to work as part of a team

In order for your application to be considered, please upload the following:

Curriculum Vitae (CV)

Cover Letter

Sample of academic work (maximum 20,000 words)

Names and contact details of two referees who are familiar with your work

If you upload any additional documents which have not been requested, we will not be able to consider these as part of your application.

Informal enquiries about the role are welcomed and should be directed to Professor Emily Gowers on eg235@cam.ac.uk. Questions on the application process should be directed to the School's HR Team on sahhr@admin.cam.ac.uk.

The closing date for applications is midnight (GMT) on Friday 14 March 2025. Interviews are planned for Monday 24 March 2025, subject to change.

To apply online for this vacancy and to view further information about the role, please click the 'Apply' button above.

Please quote reference GE45028 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy

University of Cambridge, Gonville & Caius College, Visiting Bye-Fellowship for scholars from the Global South - Deadline 28 Feb. 2025

NB the very low salary for this visiting fellowship may not be sufficient for some forms of UK visa. Please check before applying

The Opportunity

Gonville & Caius College, University of Cambridge, invites applications for its Visiting Fellowship designed to support research from scholars with current academic appointments or their equivalent in the Global South (defined for present purposes as countries on the current OECD ‘DAC’ list.) Having made successful appointments in the past two years in archaeology and the life sciences, this year the fellowship will be reserved from candidates from the arts and humanities.

The Visiting Bye-Fellowship is a limited-term opportunity for the purpose of carrying out some specific research project, free of other commitments. The purposes are to permit the scholar to execute this project, to enable the scholar to engage in intellectual exchange with Cambridge scholars and to form connections that might be of longer-term benefit to their own careers and to their own institutions, and to enrich the life of the College and university by widening our own networks and perspectives.

This one-year opportunity is open to established researchers, including those on leave or on secondment from university posts. The successful candidate will have done a minimum of three years of advanced research (postdoctoral or equivalent) and will normally have produced significant published work. The successful candidate is expected to reside in Cambridge, but research trips may be permitted.

The Visiting Bye-Fellowship is tenable for twelve months from 1 October 2025 (or such other date as may be agreed with the successful candidate).

The Visiting Bye-Fellowship carries a stipend of £30,000, paid in monthly instalments, and a small research allowance, currently £950 per annum. The funds may be used to supplement an existing salary, pay pension contributions, or as a research grant. Subject to the right to work, a limited amount of paid College teaching and occasional lecturing and examining are normally allowed.

Further Information

Equality of opportunity; the College actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and we encourage applications from all sections of society.
During the application process, candidates are requested to complete the Equality & Diversity section as part of our Equal Opportunities Policyand monitoring process. The contents of this form will not be disclosed to the selection or interview panels.
The College has a responsibility to ensure that all candidates for this opportunity are eligible to live and research in the UK, any offer would be subject to visa approval. The college provides support with the visa process, visa costs remain the responsibility of the applicant.

The Application Process

To register and apply, and to view further details on additional benefits, please click the ‘apply’ button.

The closing date for applications is 12 noon GMT on Friday 28 February 2025.

Your application must include:

An up-to-date curriculum vitae, including a list of publications.
A covering letter indicating:

Appointment and awards held
Stipend or other financial assistance receivable after 1 October 2025
Any appointments or awards applied for and not yet decided
Subject of proposed research and outline of programme (no more than 1,000 words)
Any plans for travel or publications, with estimated cost
A statement of the benefits the applicants expects to derive from their bye-fellowship and what they might contribute to the Cambridge community (no more than 500 words)

References will be requested at shortlisting stage.

University of Cambridge, Newnham College, Margaret Anstee Research Fellowship - Deadline: 28 Mar. 2025

Full-time research contract from 1 Oct 2025 - 31 Aug 2029

£38,249 (salary scale from 1 March 2025)

Newnham College is looking for an outstanding early career female researcher to apply for a Research Fellowship in subjects related to economic and social development and/or international relations in the Global South.

The Fellow will be based at the Margaret Anstee Centre, the legacy of Dame Margaret Anstee, the first woman Under-Secretary General of the United Nations and a graduate of Newnham. The Centre focuses on trends in international development with the aim of supporting inclusive social and economic change around the world. It also hosts the Archives of the Disappeared, an initiative that addresses the challenges of research, documentation and evidence collection in the study of communities, social movements, life-worlds and cultures that have been destroyed through violence.

Applications are invited from outstanding women candidates whose doctoral degrees are complete and have been awarded.

Margaret Anstee Fellows are supported by the Knowledge Exchange Co-ordinator to catalyse and leverage their research, in order to promote knowledge exchange, impact and change. The Centre therefore has a particular interest in applicants who are actively engaged with ‘translational’ research.

The Centre is located in Newnham College Cambridge, and provides an ideal hub and platform for discussion, research and external engagement. Margaret Anstee Fellows are also encouraged to build connections with at least one Department or Centre within the University of Cambridge.

The application will comprise:

A system-generated application form to be completed on-line.
A CV.
A research statement (see particulars for more details on content).
The names and addresses of two referees familiar with the candidate’s academic work.

For full details of the role, eligibility and how to apply, please visit the website. Applications close on Friday 28 March 2025 at 23:59 GMT.

University of Cambridge, Robinson College (UK:Eng) - Early Career Teaching and Research Fellowship - Arts and Humanities - Deadline: 2 May 2025

Robinson College seeks to appoint an Early Career Teaching and Research Fellow in Arts and Humanities for a fixed term of three years with effect from October 2025. Applicants must be of early-career status, meaning they must apply within three years from the date of their successful doctoral viva voce examination.

This Fellowship is intended to foster interdisciplinary work within the College, and as such we are seeking applications from individuals able to teach across more than one tripos in the following subjects: ASNC, English, History, History and Politics, HML, MMLL, Theology. It is envisaged that the successful candidate will be an outstanding researcher in the early stages of their career with an infectious enthusiasm for teaching. The Fellowship is at point 31 on the academic single spine (£28,381). The post is pensionable within USS. Early Career Teaching and Research Fellows are entitled to subsidised accommodation in College, subject to availability.

Applications should be sent via email to the Senior Tutor, Robinson College, Cambridge CB3 9AN, using the address ks610@cam.ac.uk, no later than 2nd May 2025. Applicants should send a completed application form, a covering letter (which should include an outline of current research interests and teaching experience) and a detailed curriculum vitae. They should also include a sample of written work (published or unpublished, of approx. 10,000 words in length) and arrange for two referees to send references directly to the Senior Tutor by the same date. Interviews will be held in the week commencing 2nd June 2025.

University of Chicago - Postdoctoral Researcher at the Tablet Collection of the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures - Deadline: 31 Jan. 2025

Description

The Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures and the Department of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Chicago invites applications for Postdoctoral Researcher at the Rank of Instructor at the Tablet Collection. The Tablet Collection houses over 6,000 inscribed objects from Mesopotamia, including many tablets from its excavations at Nippur. Under the leadership of curator Susanne Paulus, it serves as a research and teaching collection with a team of undergraduate and graduate student researchers.

The selected candidate will be pivotal in the Nippur Tablet Project, which aims to research, digitize, and publish the inscribed materials from our excavations in an object and content-sensitive database. Core responsibilities include developing and populating the database in cooperation with existing and emerging resources at ISAC, including the Integrated Database, as well as researching, cataloging, digitizing, and publishing selected tablets in collaboration with the team of the Tablet Collection. The candidate will advance the scholarly mission of the Tablet Collection through their research and publications and the organization of a conference or workshop in collaboration with its curator. They will also participate in outreach activities such as talks, tours, and social media engagements. In addition, they will teach two quarter-length courses a year in the Cuneiform Studies program.

Qualifications

Candidates must have completed all requirements for receipt of a Ph.D. in Cuneiform Studies (Assyriology, Sumerology, or a related area) prior to the start of the appointment. Applicants should have an active research agenda in Cuneiform Studies. Ideal candidates will have experience in Digital Humanities and teaching at the University level.

Application Instructions

Application materials must be submitted no later than 10:59pm Central Time / 11:59pm Eastern Time on January 31, 2025 through the University of Chicago’s Academic Recruitment site at apply.interfolio.com/160845. Only complete applications can be considered.

a two-page cover letter addressing fitness and motivation for the position
Curriculum Vitae
a one-page statement outlining their research agenda
a one-page teaching statement including courses they would like to offer
one writing sample
Name and contact information (including email addresses) of three (3) referees from whom letters of recommendation may be requested.

Inquiries can be directed to Sarah Hill (shill26@uchicago.edu) with the subject heading “Tablet Collection Postdoc.”

This position is contingent on final budgetary approval.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

All University departments and institutes are charged with building a faculty from a diversity of backgrounds and with diverse viewpoints; with cultivating an inclusive community that values freedom of expression; and with welcoming and supporting all their members.

We seek a diverse pool of applicants who wish to join an academic community that places the highest value on rigorous inquiry and encourages diverse perspectives, experiences, groups of individuals, and ideas to inform and stimulate intellectual challenge, engagement, and exchange. The University’s Statements on Diversity are at https://provost.uchicago.edu/statements-diversity.

The University of Chicago is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity/Disabled/Veterans Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, age, status as an individual with a disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, or other protected classes under the law. For additional information please see the University's Notice of Nondiscrimination.

Job seekers in need of a reasonable accommodation to complete the application process should call 773-834-3988 or email equalopportunity@uchicago.edu with their request.

University College London (UK:Eng) - Quirk Postdoctoral Research Fellowships: Languages of Evidence - Deadline: 12 Jan. 2025

UCL’s Institute of Advanced Studies in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (IAS) is a research-based community of scholars comprising colleagues and doctoral students from UCL as well as visiting fellows and research collaborators/interlocutors from the UK and internationally, especially in the global South. The Quirk Postdoctoral Fellowships are funded from the generous bequest of Professor the Lord Charles Randolph Quirk, 1920-2017, linguist and life peer, who began his academic career as a lecturer at UCL and was Professor here from 1960 to 1981.

The IAS is seeking to appoint two one-year Quirk Postdoctoral Fellows to work on cross-disciplinary projects relevant to this year's theme Languages of Evidence to begin on 1 October 2025. The two successful candidates will each design, research and write up their own cross-disciplinary project to explore how questions of language shape the nature, use, status and credibility of evidence. The Fellows will also act as co-convenors of a UCL research cluster to develop further cross-disciplinary collaboration on languages of evidence. This cluster will be a central part of a wider, pan-UCL project on Evidence, which the IAS will convene as one of our contributions to work marking the bi-centenary of the founding of UCL. We invite proposals for one-year research projects on any linguistic aspect of thinking about problems of evidence, in any period of history and in any geographical context. This could include (but is not limited to): terminologies and repertoires of evidence (e.g. te rms such as ‘self-evident’ or ‘experiential’ can mean very different things in different contexts); grammars, rhetorics and/or poetics of evidence; languages of evaluation of evidence; the use of language as evidence; problems of interpretation and translation in the public realm, especially law or healthcare; the consequences of using algorithmic machine languages to handle large data-sets, mine text or generate text. These ideas are intended to be suggestive rather than prescriptive. The purpose of the Quirk Postdoctoral Fellowships in Languages of Evidence is to stimulate cross-disciplinary exchange in this field, to break down intellectual silos, democratise debate, and decolonise categories and concepts. The theme Languages of Evidence will be a key element of the IAS Evidence Project, and the Fellows will be encouraged to explore the implications of their specific research topic for the wider project. As a key aim of that project is to work towards a new language of evidence for use both in the academy and in public policy, we expect that the insights of the Languages of Evidence cluster will be particularly significant to the general outcomes.

We welcome applications from early-career academics pursuing humanistic scholarship in language and literature, including the history of language, the history of concepts, intellectual history, history and philosophy of science, history of law, epistemology, the ethics and politics of language, translation and untranslatability, theory and practice of interpreting, and bilingualism and multilingualism. Appropriate methodologies include cultural and historical inquiry, genre and discourse theory, transhistorical and transcultural comparison, translation theory, linguistic and socio-linguistic analysis, philosophy of language and digital humanities. We especially encourage projects involving research on the global South and/or projects adopting cross-cultural or trans-historical perspectives. These Fellowships are intended for recently viva-ed PhD students and are open to candidates with a completed PhD in a relevant field of humanistic scholarship, awarded no more than 24 months be fore 1 October 2025.

University of Copenhagen (DEN) - Postdoctoral Position in Law and Humanities - Deadline: 27 Apr. 2025

The Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen, is seeking applications for one postdoctoral candidate as part of the interdisciplinary project “Home in Crisis” funded under a joint call “Crisis – Perspectives from the Humanities” launched by Humanities in the European Research Area (HERA) and the Collaboration of Humanities and Social Sciences in Europe (CHANSE). The position will be supervised by Associate Professor Miriam Cullen, and co-supervised by Associate Prof. Dina Lupin (University of Southampton).

This project is a partnership between the University of Copenhagen, the University of Southampton, the University of Oslo, University College Cork, Preparing Our Home (www.preparingourhome.ca), Empatheatre (www.empatheatre.com) and ClientEarth (www.clientearth.org).

The position is available from 1 July 2025 for two years, full-time.

Introduction

‘Home in Crisis’ uses a humanities-approach-to-law to locate the idea of ‘home’ at the centre of an intimate and experiential understanding of crisis. Its approach allows for a radical shift in legal and policy contexts, where the intimate dimensions of the climate crisis are often overlooked. This project engages with the idea of climate crisis as one that is unfolding inside our homes. In centering the idea of ‘home’, we examine the ways in which the climate crisis is lived and felt at home and we examine what home means in a state of climate crisis, in which one can be unhomed and rehomed, rendered homeless in one’s home, and homesick in one’s homeland.

Using theatre-methodologies as law-making, Home in Crisis will develop a novel and perspective-shifting understanding of the climate crisis in law. Home is used as a lens through which to understand the climate crisis, allows us to better understand the ways in which the crisis is intimate, shaped by gender, location, community, age, Indigeneity, disability, sexuality, and how we know and live in our homes. We will remark and retake law's objects, imagining a radically inclusive and creative approach to law-making.

Central to the project is a collaboration with Empatheatre, a research-based threatre-making methodology for creating new social spaces, action-based research and true-to-life theatrical experiences. This collaboration will lead to the creation of a new play on home and climate crisis. Empatheatre will, together with the research team, conduct a series of discussions with Indigenous community representatives to co-develop a script based on participant narratives. The script is first performed to participants and partners to check its credibility and iteratively adjusted accordingly including throughout the performance period. There is no “final” version, as iteration is part of the method.

About the position

The postdoc will examine how the practices and resistance of those affected by climate crisis at “home” can shape law and legal processes. The postdoc will both support the work of the investigators and will design their own project that builds on the Empatheatre methodology to uncover and develop creative practices that are themselves processes of law-making and that can resist law’s injustices, including through the creation of legal outputs (which could be, among other things, reimagined case summaries, innovations for legislative drafting, and customary approaches to regulation).

With the support of their supervisors, the postdoc will hold a focus group in Denmark in 2025/2026 and be involved in the organization of a workshop in the UK in the beginning of 2027, as well as participate in processes of theatre-making in South Africa. The postdoc will contribute to at least two scholarly outputs, one broadly centred on approaches to legal reform rooted in the idea of arts-based retaking and making of law’s objects. The other examining the legal dimensions of home which are often overlooked in humanities scholarship, and, potentially, the implications of this for ideas of self, memory, and identity.

The position involves travel, including to South Africa and periods of time in remote parts of the country alongside Empatheatre. In addition, the postdoc will spend time at the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom for a period to be determined.

It is a part of employment to contribute to teaching, ideally within subjects offered at the Faculty of Law. Applicants are encouraged to familiarize themselves with the faculty's research areas and education programmes by visiting the Faculty’s website: www.jura.ku.dk.

The Faculty actively supports the effort to learn Danish.

Required qualifications

The position requires a PhD in Law and/or Humanities. The successful candidate will have proficiency in English as the working language (written and spoken). Successful candidates will demonstrate a clear potential to deliver high quality peer-reviewed research publications.

In the overall assessment, special emphasis will be placed on the applicant’s ambition to develop and implement new research ideas, which may have an international impact. Furthermore, the Faculty places emphasis on the applicant’s interest and preferably, prior experience in working with other researchers to conduct collective research and teaching activities and welcomes the applicant’s proven ability to make a valuable contribution in this regard.

Salary and terms of employment

The appointment is temporary and will be made in accordance with the agreement between the Danish Ministry of Finance and the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations (Akademikernes Centralorganisation, AC). In addition to the basic salary, the successful candidate will receive an annual supplement per month and a total contribution to your pension fund equal 17,1 % of salary and annual supplement is paid. It is possible to negotiate further salary supplements.

Application

Letter of motivation, appendices and the submitted research publications (including papers, articles and books), must be written in English. The application will be rejected if all of the required documents are not submitted.

It is essential that you fill out all the mandatory fields in the electronic application even though the information might repeat what is in CV or other materials. The fields in the online form will be used for the shortlisting and assessment process and in order to generate your final assessment, which we will send to you after the assessment work is finalized.

The application MUST include the following eight (8) attachments, although the co-author statement is necessary only for any publication submitted for assessment that is co-authored:

Letter of motivation (a one-page document explaining the reasons for applying)
Curriculum vitae
Research project. Applications should include a proposal for a research project to be completed during the post-doctoral period. Proposals should be no more than four pages in length and should demonstrate the capacity to develop, undertake and conclude a postdoctoral project, identifying the relevant methodological tools to achieve the outlined project. This research project must align with the research goals of the project ‘Home in Crisis’. Integrating collaboration with Empatheatre and/or other of the project’s Associated Partners into the project design is encouraged.
Diplomas, Masters and PhD or evidence that the applicant submitted or will submit a PhD dissertation
Publication list. A complete, numbered list of publications.
Teaching portfolio. There is a teaching obligation as part of the postdoctoral position. The teaching portfolio should showcase teaching qualifications as well as a brief statement of the applicant's teaching visions within the research area. For more information regarding the teaching portfolio, please see the related guidelines
A maximum of five (5) scientific publications that the applicant wishes to have included in the assessment, of which no more than one (1) may be a monograph. Applicants, who have written a PhD or JSD thesis or equivalent, must always submit the complete thesis (if the thesis is written in Danish, English, Swedish or Norwegian) and the written assessment of the thesis as a part of submitted publications.
A co-author declaration (if applicable) If citing work where the applicant has been a co-author a co-author declaration which addresses the applicant's share of these works, must be submitted. Material that has not yet been published can be submitted. However, please indicate if this is the case.

Application procedure

Upload letter of motivation, appendices and the research publications electronically using the link below. We advise you to have the above-mentioned documents ready before you begin to complete the online application. Again, it is essential that all required documents are enclosed.

Applications must be addressed to the Associate Dean of Research and uploaded electronically.

An automatically generated message is sent out acknowledging receipt of the uploaded application.

Applicants will be kept informed about the process of the application procedure on a regular basis via email.

Following the application deadline, the Associate Dean of Research selects applicants for assessment on the advice of the Appointments Committee. Applicants are selected on the basis of an overall assessment of the applicants that best match the recruitment needs as described in this advertisement for the post. This is compared with the applicant's research and teaching profile as set out in the application, CV including list of publications, teaching portfolio and any research/development plan. All applicants are then immediately notified whether their application has been passed for assessment by an expert Assessment Committee. Selected applicants are notified of the composition of the committee and when the committee has completed its assessment, each applicant has the opportunity to comment on the part of the assessment that relates to the applicants themselves.

University of Copenhagen wishes to reflect the surrounding society and therefore encourages all interested parties regardless of personal background to apply for the position.

International applicant?

The University of Copenhagen offers a broad variety of services for international researchers and accompanying families, including support before and during your relocation and career counselling to expat partners. Please find more information about these services as well as information on entering and working in Denmark here: For international researchers at the University of Copenhagen – University of Copenhagen (ku.dk)

Contact information

Questions about the project is available from Miriam Cullen, Miriam.Cullen@jur.ku.dk.

Further information about the recruitment process is available from HR, e-mail: hrsc@hrsc.ku.dk. Please refer to ID number 211-2126/25-2I #2.

The application deadline is 27 April 2025, 23:59 CEST.

University of Durham (UK:Eng) - 3 x Bridging Fellowships (Medical Humanities) - Deadline: 25 April 2025

3 x Bridging Fellowships

Grade 7: £38, 249 to £45, 413

Fixed term: 12 months, Full-time

Closing date: 25 April 2025

The Institute for Medical Humanities at Durham University is currently seeking three recently completed PhD graduates with research interests in the broad field of medical humanities for the role of Bridging Fellow. Applications are particularly encouraged from candidates with expertise in race and health, neurodiversity and lived experience research.

Bridging Fellowships provide an intensive career development opportunity for recently completed PhD graduates to publish findings from their doctoral research, expand their skills and networks, and prepare their next major research projects. Bridging Fellowships are intended to constitute a bridge between doctoral research and future careers.

All Bridging Fellows will be appointed to the Institute for Medical Humanities (IMH) and a suitable academic Department. Day-to-day, Bridging Fellows will be based in one of the Platform’s six Methods Labs, and from there engage proactively with research opportunities and activity across the Platform, including regular Lab meetings, workshops and other events.

Bridging Fellows will also be encouraged to visit one of the IMH’s partner institutions in South Africa, Singapore, Sweden, China, and the USA, to create new connections in their area of research. Proposals to visit institutions in other countries will also be considered. An allowance of £3000 will be available to each post holder for this purpose.

These roles offer an exciting opportunity to make an important contribution to the development of research and methodological innovation within the Platform and the medical humanities more generally, while allowing for excellent opportunities to develop careers in an exciting and progressive institution.

At the time of application, candidates must have submitted their PhD and can be under examination or up to 18 months post-viva.

Successful applicants will ideally be in post no later than 22 September 2025. At the start of the appointment, all candidates must have completed the PhD examination process.

Application timeline

25 April: Deadline for applications
12 May: Long-listed candidates notified
28 May: Deadline for long-listed candidates to submit research proposals
13 June: Short-listed candidates invited to interview
30 June & 1 July: Interviews take place

For more information about our Bridging Fellowships, including key responsibilities, the person specification and instructions on how to apply, please see the job advertisement on the Durham University recruitment portal: Bridging Fellow.

For academic-related enquiries, please email imh.events@durham.ac.uk and our Events and Fellows Coordinators will direct your enquiry as appropriate.

University of Durham (UK:Eng) - Postdoctoral Research Associate in The Moving Bodies Lab - Deadline: 22 April 2025

Postdoctoral Research Associate in The Moving Bodies Lab

Grade 7: £38,249 per annum

Fixed term: 36 months, Full-time

Closing date: 22 April 2025

The Institute for Medical Humanities and Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences at Durham University seek to appoint a talented researcher and scholar to the role of Postdoctoral Research Associate to work within the Moving Bodies Lab. We particularly welcome applications from those working within the social sciences, with research interests in the broad field of physical activity and health.

The Moving Bodies Lab works across the social sciences, arts and humanities to expand dominant framings of moving bodies within the context of health. Activities within the lab seek to explore the experiences and politics of bodily movement across a range of relationships, spaces and contexts to advance interdisciplinary methods, theories, and approaches for researching moving bodies.

All researchers appointed by the Institute for Medical Humanities are also attached to an academic department. Successful candidates for this role will be based in Durham’s Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences.

The post holder will be responsible for a) designing and conducting an original programme of individual research that aligns with the aims and objectives of the Moving Bodies Lab, and b) working with the Lab leader and other members of the Lab team to devise and deliver activities and outputs that extend the profile of moving bodies in relation to medical humanities research.

The role offers an exciting opportunity to make an important contribution to the development of research and methodological innovation within the Discovery Research Platform for Medical Humanities, while allowing you excellent opportunities to develop your career in an exciting and progressive institution.

Successful applicants will, ideally, be in post by September 2025. The role is 100% FTE for 36 months, based in Durham. There may be flexibility around bringing the start date forwards, which could be discussed at interview.

For more information about the role including the core duties and person specification, please see the advertisement on the Durham University employment opportunities portal: Postdoctoral Research Associate in The Moving Bodies Lab.

Application Deadline: 22 April 2025. For academic enquiries, please email Cassandra Phoenix (cassandra.phoenix@durham.ac.uk)

University of Durham (UK:Eng) - 2 x Postdoctoral Research Associates in Visual and Material Medical Humanities - Deadline: 28 April 2025

We are currently seeking applications for two Postdoctoral Research Associates in Visual and Material Medical Humanities. The post holder will be responsible for a) designing and conducting an original programme of individual research that aligns with the aims and objectives of The Visual and Material Lab and b) working with the Lab leader and other members of the Lab team to devise and deliver activities and outputs that extend the profile of visual and material methods in relation to medical humanities research. The successful candidates will be appointed to the IMH and a suitable academic department within the University (e.g. the School of Modern Languages and Cultures or the Department of History in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities; or the Departments of Archaeology, Anthropology or Sociology in the Faculty of Social Science).

We welcome applications from researchers in a range of disciplines, including, but not limited to art and creative practice-based research; art history and visual and material culture; film and media studies; visual and material history; visual anthropology and other social science disciplines with a focus on visual and material media and methods. We would be particularly interested in hearing from applicants working on race and/or neurodiversity, and applicants whose research engages contexts beyond English-speaking cultures and/or the global North. For more information about these positions, including key responsibilities, the person specification and instructions on how to apply, please see the job advertisement on the Durham University recruitment portal: Postdoctoral Research Associates in Visual Medical Humanities. For academic enquiries, please contact Fiona Johnstone via email: Fiona.r.johnstone@durham.ac.uk

University of East Anglia (UK:Eng) - Senior Research Associate (Fixed term for 2 years) - Deadline: 23 Apr. 2025

Salary on appointment will be £38,249 per annum, with an annual increment up to £45,413 per annum.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Research Associate join the School of History to work with Professor Becky Taylor as part of the AHRC-funded project, Making History Months Count: Embedding Gypsy Roma Traveller History Month in the Public History Calendar.

Gypsy Roma Traveller History Month (GRTHM), first celebrated in Brent in 2001, went national in 2008. Yet, in contrast to similar celebrations - notably Black History and LGBT+ History Months - it remains marginal and often unacknowledged in the public history calendar.

This raises important questions: practical, intellectual and cultural.

What does the ‘history of history months’ tell us of the relationship between public history and ‘diversity’?
Why are some public history celebrations more popular than others?
What educational, cultural or political preparations underpin successful History Months?
What have activists, public history practitioners or other stakeholders hoped to achieve from such events, and have their hopes been realised?
Is it possible to identify resources, practices or mechanisms by which effective History Month celebrations can be secured?

In using archival and oral history interviews to construct a ‘history of history months’ from the 1960s you will be central to answering some of these questions and feeding your findings into the wider work of the team. By the end of the project, you will have co-authored two articles and a monograph resulting from the research.

You will have a History PhD with a focus on public history, the histories of minoritised populations or an aligned topic.

You will also have a demonstrably strong publication record, as well as extensive independent archival research and oral history/interviewing experience.

It is vital that you have excellent interpersonal and written communication skills and the ability to work both independently and collaboratively. The nature of the research demands that you can demonstrate high levels of awareness of issues involving the racialisation, marginalisation and stigmatisation of minoritised groups in contemporary and historical contexts.

You will be actively mentored by Professor Taylor throughout your term with the project with an eye to developing and establishing your career. As part of this you will have the opportunity to engage in the wider activities of the project including public engagement and History Month events where appropriate.

The work includes in-person visits to archives, in-person interviews and the expectation of joining full-team meetings in locations across the UK.

This full-time post is available from 1 October 2025 for a fixed-term basis for 24 months.

Due to the constraints imposed by the funding body we are not able to offer the post as a part-time position. However, we encourage applications from individuals who would prefer a flexible working pattern including annualised hours, compressed working hours, and hybrid/remote working. Details of preferred hours should be stated in the personal statement and will be discussed further at interview.

Further information on our great benefits package, including 44 days annual leave inclusive of Bank Holidays and additional University Customary days can be found on our benefits page.

Closing date: 23 April 2025

We strongly encourage applicants from Romani/Gypsy, Traveller and Roma backgrounds and welcome applications from all protected groups as defined by the Equality Act 2010. Appointment will be made on merit.

University of Edinburgh (UK:Scot) - Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Deadline: 12 Feb. 2025

UE07: £40,247.00 - £47,874.00 Per Annum.

CAHSS / School of Law.

Fixed Term Contract - Temporary.

Full Time - 35 Hours Per Week.

We are seeking a post-doctoral research fellow to work on a Leverhulme-funded interdisciplinary project titled ‘A History of Hurt Feelings and the Law’. The project is a collaboration between Prof Chloë Kennedy (University of Edinburgh), Prof Katie Barclay (Macquarie University) and Dr Alice Krzanich (University of Aberdeen). Using Scotland as a case study, the project team will examine how courts have identified, defined and provided redress for injured ‘feelings’ across the modern period (c. 1750-the present). The post-holder will work on the medical dimensions of this project, conducting original historical research into the development of the psychological and psychiatric sciences and the interaction between medical and legal knowledges and expertise in constructing conceptions of emotions and emotional injuries. The post-holder will be based at the University of Edinburgh School of Law and will be line-managed by PI Prof Chloë Kennedy.

This post is full-time (35 hours per week); however, we are open to considering part-time or flexible working patterns. We are also open to considering requests for hybrid working (on a non-contractual basis) that combines a mix of remote and regular on-campus working. This role will involve significant archival research, largely but not exclusively in Edinburgh. This is a fixed term post from 1^st May 2025 to 30^th April 2029.

The salary for this post is £40,247 to £47,874 per annum.

Your skills and attributes for success:

A PhD in medical history, or a related discipline
Knowledge and experience of archival research, including the management and organisation of data
Excellent analytical skills and the ability to work across disciplines
Excellent oral and written communication skills, including a proven ability to produce high-quality academic scholarship
Initiative and independence in managing research workload, whilst being a core member of a highly collaborative interdisciplinary team

University of Exeter (UK:Eng) - Postdoctoral Research Associate (Archives) - Deadline: 20 Jan 2015

This full-time post is available for a fixed term of 3 years from 1^st April 2025 – 31^st March 2028.

The post

You will support the work of Professor Helen M Hanson (Project Lead), and the project team on the Arts and Humanities Research Council-funded project: Women’s Screen Work in the Archives Made Visible (2024-2028).

The Project researches the work of British women filmmakers in the British Film Institute National Archive at Berkhamsted and the Bill Douglas Cinema Museum at the University of Exeter. It aims to make their work more discoverable in film-related archives through innovative archival practice, and to translate their work to public audiences through curation of exhibitions in film museum contexts

You will work primarily with the Project Lead (Helen M Hanson) and BFI Project Co-Lead (Wendy Russell) in the BFI Archive (Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire), spending approximately 3 days per week at the archive during the project. The PDRA Archives will become familiar with archival practice at the BFI and will have the opportunity to apply this to agreed collections. They will innovate and test feminist approaches to archiving, and will contribute to cataloguing collections of selected women filmmakers (such as Tina Gharavi, and Gurinder Chadha). They will also disseminate the research findings of their work by engaging a range of audiences: the archival community, academics and wider publics.

About you

You will:

be able to present information on research progress and outcomes, communicate complex information, orally, in writing and electronically and work collaboratively and responsively as part of the project team
possess a relevant PhD (or nearing completion) or possess an equivalent qualification/experience in a related field of study (such as: (film history; archival studies; archival theory)
be able to demonstrate sufficient knowledge in the discipline and of research methods and techniques to work within the established research programme of the project

Please ensure you read the Job Description for full details of this role.

What we can offer you

Freedom (and the support) to pursue your intellectual interests and to work creatively across disciplines to produce internationally exciting research
Support teams that understand the University wide research and teaching goals and partner with our academics accordingly
An Innovation, Impact and Business directorate that works closely with our academics providing specialist support for external engagement and development
Our Exeter Academic initiative supporting high performing academics to achieve their potential and develop their career
Multitude of sector leading benefits around maternity, adoption and shared parental leave

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Commitment

We are committed to ensuring reasonable adjustments are available for interviews and workplaces.

Whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented within our working community.

With over 30,000 students and 7,000 staff from 150 different countries we offer a diverse and engaging environment where our diversity is celebrated and valued as a major strength. We are committed to creating an inclusive culture where all members of our community are supported to thrive; where diverse voices are heard through our engagement with evidence-based charter frameworks for gender (Athena SWAN and Project Juno for Physics), race equality (Race Equality Charter Mark), LGBTQ+ inclusion (Stonewall Diversity Champion) and as a Disability Confident employer.

Further information

Please contact Helen M Hanson, Associate Professor in Film History, h.m.hanson@exeter.ac.uk or (01392) 724262.

Interviews are expected to take place in w/c 10^th February.

University of Helsinki - Belongings project postdoctoral researcher

Due 13 February 2025

Doctoral Researcher and Postdoctoral Researcher

Swedish School of Social Science at the University of Helsinki invites applications for the positions of Doctoral Researcher and Postdoctoral Researcher for a fixed term period of up to 3 years 9 months (Doctoral Researcher) and up to 2 years (Postdoctoral Researcher). The positions are part of the Research Council of Finland funded research project Becomings: Temporalities, Solidarities and Social Class in Antiracism (2025-2028). The positions start 1.4.2025 or as agreed.

The project examines notions of temporality and the creation of political solidarities in antiracist mobilisations and narratives. The research team will investigate coalitional politics and community-building practices in the Nordic welfare state context, as its caring functions are eroded and struggles over economic survival intensify. The Doctoral Researcher and Postdoctoral Researcher to be employed will participate in the collection and analysis of the project materials (interviews, ethnography, texts, and visual materials), together with the project leader and another Postdoctoral Researcher.

The Postdoctoral Researcher will participate in the collection and analysis of the project’s empirical materials, write scientific publications individually and jointly, and organise project activities and events. The Postdoctoral Researcher may also conduct their own sub-project within the outline of the project plan.

The tasks of the Doctoral Researcher and Postdoctoral Researcher also include contributing to teaching (up to 5 % of their working time annually).

University of Glasgow (UK:Scot) Research Associate - SHORT DEADLINE 6 Feb. 2025

We have an exciting opportunity to make a leading contribution to a five-year project (“Art and Inequality in the Shadow of the Black Death Century”), working with Principal Investigator, Professor Samuel Cohn.

The project has embarked on its third year and is investigating the rise and fall of nonelite commissions for art in public places from the late thirteenth century to 1525. The project will harness an art history dependent mostly on documentary evidence with quantification and inequality studies.

Through comparative history, we have been exploring a paradoxical relationship: a deterioration in the status of nonelites, just as their wealth was growing from the late fourteenth to the end of the fifteenth century and the gap between rich and poor was narrowing. In year three we are continuing to expand our samples in Italy and will add case studies beyond the Italian peninsula. This role of this Research Associate will involve collecting data from archives mostly beyond Tuscany and from photographed testaments from Venice.

The successful candidate will begin research in Umbria. By the second half of year three the investigation will also focus on secular decrees and church synods, searching for clues on the mechanisms for this decline in nonelite artistic and religious activity that expressed their material culture. Finally, we will begin cleaning our data to enter it into a large and custom-built SQL database.

For informal enquiries, please contact:

Professor Samuel Cohn, Samuel.cohn@glasgow.ac.uk

This post is full time and fixed term for 12 months in the first instance.

For more information on the role, the project, and to apply online, please click the 'Apply' button, above.

Closing date: 6 February 2025

We believe that we can only reach our full potential through the talents of all. Equality, diversity and inclusion are at the heart of our values. Applications are particularly welcome from across our communities and in particular people from the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) community, and other protected characteristics who are under-represented within the University. Read more on how the University promotes and embeds all aspects of equality and diversity within our community https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/humanresources/equalitydiversity/.

We endorse the principles of Athena Swan https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/humanresources/equalitydiversity/athenaswan/ and hold bronze, silver and gold awards across the University.

University of Idaho (USA:IA) - Postdoctoral Fellow - American History; Indigenous History & Cultural History - Deadline: 15 Jan. 2025

Postdoctoral Fellow - American History; Indigenous History & Cultural History Location: Moscow Division/College: Col of Letters, Arts & Social Sci. Employee Category: Exempt Pay Range: $47,424.00 per year FTE: 1 Full/Part Time: Full Time Position Summary: The Department of History and the Idaho Society of Fellows is now accepting applications for a two-year (academic year) postdoctoral fellowship in American History, anticipated to begin July 1, 2025. Fellows will pursue their own research and teach one course per semester.

Minimum Qualifications:

Ph.D. in History or equivalent field is required by the start of the position
Broadly trained American Historian with expertise in Indigenous History and/or Cultural History

Preferred Qualifications:

Expertise in Indigenous History and/or Cultural History
Prior experience teaching and mentoring students

Posting Number: SP004688P

Posting Date: 12/13/2024

Closing Date:

Open Until Filled: Yes

Special Instructions: For first consideration, please apply by January 15, 2025.

Applicants must submit the following: a letter of application that addresses the position's required and preferred qualifications, a curriculum vitae, a 2-3 page statement describing current and future research projects (upload as Other Document 1), and a 2-3 page pedagogy statement (upload as Research/Teaching Philosophy). Applicants must also provide names and complete contact information for three references. Please direct inquiries or questions to Dr. Rebecca Scofield (rscofield@uidaho.edu).

Background Check: Applicants who are selected as final possible candidates must be able to pass a criminal background check.

To apply, please visit: jobs.uidaho.edu

[30 Jan] Interview request x2
[17 March] The position has been filled.

University of Manchester (UK:Eng, Research Associate in The History of Humanitarian Medicine - Deadline: 15 April 2025

Job reference: HUM-028242

Salary: £37,174 to £45,413 per annum, depending on relevant experience

Faculty/Organisational unit: Humanities

Location: Oxford Road

Employment type: Fixed Term

Division/Team: Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute

Hours per week: Full Time

Closing date (DD/MM/YYYY): 15/04/2025

Contract duration: For 3 years

School/Directorate: School of Arts, Languages and Cultures

An exciting opportunity has arisen at the University of Manchester from the Wellcome Discovery Award ‘Developing Humanitarian Medicine (DHM): From Alma Ata to Bio-Tech, a History of Norms, Knowledge Production and Care, 1978-2020’ (226515/Z/22/Z) directed by Professor Bertrand Taithe at the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute (HCRI).

This project, on the history of humanitarian medicine as a set of emergency interventions, seeks to generate significant shifts in understanding its scientific and organisational specificity and role in developing clinical norms, debating a ‘rights-based’ approach to health access and leading campaigns for access to drugs while deploying bespoke biotechnological tools.

This history will inform humanitarian practice and contribute to ongoing debates on how humanitarian medical providers engage with pharmaceutical and biotech industries to disseminate, repurpose, and research drugs and diagnostic tools.

The project has four work packages building up from patient-centred clinical norms and concerns on care to experimental initiatives in humanitarian settings and state-led norm-setting diplomacy through emergency medical teams (EMTs) initiatives. Each workpackage is led by a Post-Doctoral Research Associate (PDRA). Workpackage 1 has so far focused on historicising the evolution of standardised clinical norms and tools in humanitarian medicine, for example in the WHO's collaborative development of the Emergency Health Kit in the 1980s. Workpackage 2 is considering drug access in humanitarian settings since the 1990s, including procurement decision-making by NGOs and the development of public-private partnerships for market disruption. Workpackage 3 is focused on the contested history of humanitarian ‘beneficiaries’ which will consider how the notion of a humanitarian patient group grew, and how they engaged with medical aid and shaped responses. While the position is associated with Workpackage 4 (see below) it is expected that the post-holder will frame a research question they can make their own and that they will interact with the other Post-Doctoral Research Associates (PDRAs) of the project, and with the Humanitarian Archive at The University of Manchester Library.

The post-holder will be expected to publish under their own name, with other PDRAs/collaborators and with the Principal Investigator (PI) of the project. The post-holder must be willing to engage with the research life of HCRI and develop relationships with the Centre for the History, Science and Technology, the History Department, Global Development Institute, and other departments of UoM as required.

As an equal opportunities employer we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, sex, gender (or gender identity), ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status. All appointments are made on merit.

Our University is positive about flexible working – you can find out more here

Blended working arrangements may be considered

Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies.

Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews:

Name: Professor Bertrand Taithe

Email: Bertrand.Taithe@manchester.ac.uk

General enquiries:

Email: People.Recruitment@manchester.ac.uk

Technical support:

Jobtrain: 0161 850 2004 jobseekersupport.jobtrain.co.uk/support/home

This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date.

University of London (UK:Eng) - Jacobsen Fellowship in Philosophy - Deadline: 30 Apr. 2025

The Jacobsen Fellowship

The Jacobsen Fellowship has been established from a gift by Mr J A B Jacobsen, and is offered for research in Philosophy in the general field of ‘The Personal and Impersonal Character of Life in the Universe and the Human Person’. The Jacobsen Panel interprets this to track any area of philosophy. (The research topics of former Fellows have included the following: Philosophical Issues in Psychology and Psychiatry; Universals and Particulars; Philosophy and Language in Classical India; Time, Mind and Memory; Feminist Questions in Epistemology; Anti-realism in the Philosophy of Mathematics; The Nature of Fiction; the Philosophy of Spinoza; Models to represent and explain natural and social phenomena, and The Physics of Life.)

The Role

Applications are invited for a Jacobsen Fellowship in Philosophy tenable at the University of London from September 2025 for a maximum period of three years. The successful candidate must undertake a full programme of original research approved by the Jacobsen Panel. The fellow is required to submit a short interim report to the Jacobsen Panel towards the end of the first and second year of tenure, and a fuller final report at the expiration of tenure of the Fellowship.

Fellows must hold a doctorate or have effectively completed their doctoral thesis at the start of tenure of the Fellowship.

For the further particulars, please see below.

Further information

To be considered for this opportunity, please submit your application and materials (by clicking ‘apply for job’ at the bottom of this page) before the closing date at midnight BST on 30 April 2025.

University of Montana (USA:MT) - Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, History and Cultures of U.S. Democracy and Civic Knowledge - Deadline: 2 March 2025

Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, History and Cultures of U.S. Democracy and Civic Knowledge

The University of Montana, History Department, invites applications for a two- year Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in the History and Cultures of U.S. Democracy and Civic Knowledge to begin August 2025.

Chronological and thematic areas of research and teaching expertise are open, but we are especially interested in applicants whose scholarship and/or teaching addresses the circumstantial conditions that have animated American democracy over the past 250 years and who have an interest in developing curriculum related to civic education, broadly construed. The postdoc will be expected to offer courses on topics related to the history and cultures of U.S. democracy 1776-present and play an active role in developing a Democracy Studies Program at the University of Montana. The postdoc will help develop and pilot a first-year seminar on “The Challenge of Citizenship,” which will serve as a gateway course for the new Democracy Studies curriculum and a planned First-Year Civics Initiative.

The postdoc will be expected to teach three courses (including one section of “The Challenge of Citizenship”) in the first year and four courses (including one section of the “The Challenge of Citizenship”) in the second year. They will also be expected to maintain an active research agenda and give a public lecture based on their research.

Position Details:

Position is full-time (1.0 FTE) 12-month Letter of Appointment (renewable for a second year, contingent upon satisfactory performance) with a salary of $60,000, comprehensive and competitive benefits package including insurance package, mandatory retirement plan, and wellness program.
In addition, $2000 is available to cover relocation costs and $2000 is available for research travel during the appointment.

Qualifications:

Applicants must hold a PhD, or be ABD, in United States History or a related field. To be eligible for the fellowship, applicants must have their degree conferred by June 30, 2025. Applicants who do not have a PhD in hand at the time of application must include a letter from their committee chair or department stating that their degree will be conferred before the term of the fellowship begins.

Preferred:

Research and/or teaching interests that address the circumstantial conditions that have animated American democracy over the past 250 years; interest in developing curriculum related to civic education, broadly construed.

Priority Application Date: March 02, 2025 11:59pm midnight

Complete applications received by this date will be guaranteed consideration. However, the search committee will continue to accept applications until the position is filled.
For application instructions, required application materials, and to learn more about UM and Missoula, please apply at UM Jobs website by clicking this link: Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, History and Cultures of U.S. Democracy and Civic Knowledge

University of Oslo (NOR) - Postdoctoral Fellow in STS/Cultural History - Deadline: 22 Apr. 2025

The Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture (TIK) at the University of Oslo (UiO) invites applications for one Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at the intersection of STS and Cultural Studies/Humanities.

The position is part of “Stakes of democracy in times of crisis: Trust, Nature and Value (Stakes of democracy)”, a project and research group across the humanities, social sciences, and law, funded by the University of Oslo’s strategic initiative UiO:Democracy. The group is led by Professor Kristin Asdal in cooperation with Professor Helge Jordheim. The post doctor will be based at the TIK Centre and affiliated with the TIK Centre’s research group “Science, Technology and Culture”.

Project description

The overriding idea for “Stakes of democracy” is that crises are key moments for understanding how democracies work and proceed. Crises are disruptions that let the ordinary and the everyday of democratic procedure come into view. Second, crises are key events for examining and understanding what is at stake in democracy, they are events where what we stand to lose if democratic procedures fail is articulated and made tangible. They show us the stakes of democracy.

“Stakes of democracy” is formed around three such vital stakes: trust, nature, and value. These three stakes are simultaneously analytical categories that conceptually and methodologically guide the group’s empirical research. In addition to the PI’s, the core research group includes Professor Dag Michalsen and Associate Professor Tone Huse. The group will work together and across all the three stakes, bringing their own materials and competences to bear on the research questions and the three stakes nature, value, trust around which the project is organized.

The research group will develop the analytic lens of democracy and the crisis of trust, nature, and value through building a Nordic-based network of mid-career and younger scholars. Researcher- and PhD-training will be one of the means to build a democracy-research platform of engagement and excellence across the social sciences, humanities, and law.

The detailed project description is available upon request and should be read by potential candidates.

The position

The successful candidate will develop his/her research project within the overall frame of ”Stakes of democracy”. The candidate’s project might address or combine several stakes outlined above (Democracy and the crisis of trust; Democracy and the crisis in nature; Democracy and the crisis of value).He/she must point out which of the three stakes or combinations of them will be the candidate’s main focus area(s), and describe how this research plan contributes both to the overall project and to its different parts.

The ideal candidate will have a track record in STS and/or cultural history. The position will focus particularly on conducting original empirically based work that contributes to theoretical development and empirical knowledge both within the “Stakes of democracy” research areas and within the field(s) of STS and/or cultural history.

A postdoctoral position is intended for the employee to develop a research profile and competence that qualifies them to apply for an Associate Professor position. “Stakes of democracy” will equip young talented scholars with skills and research and publishing training and thus supporting careers. A series of mid-career workshops will contribute to increase the candidate’s academic network.

A career plan shall be developed for the Postdoctoral Fellow, specifying the competencies the Postdoctoral Fellow should acquire. UiO is responsible for following up on the career plan and ensuring that the Postdoctoral Fellow has access to career guidance throughout the postdoctoral term.

This position requires an interest in dissemination work and the successful candidate is expected to organize and participate in such events, as well as actively contributing to the activities and ‘everyday life’ of the overall project.

The contract will commence in autumn 2025, run for 3 years full time, and the location of employment is Oslo, Norway.

The position encompasses possibilities for teaching tasks within TIK’s Ph.D., bachelor and master programs, including supervision of candidates and students within these programs, according to the TIK Centre’s needs and the candidate’s profile or interests. If such tasks are agreed upon, the contract will be extended accordingly.

Qualifications

Qualification requirements

Only candidates who have submitted their PhD before the closing date for this position can apply. Appointment is dependent on the public defense of the doctoral thesis being approved.
Relevant candidates should have a Ph.D. in relevant areas of STS, cultural history or other relevant humanistic fields, as well as in-depth familiarity with relevant approaches within STS and/or cultural history as documented through academic degrees or course work, research and publishing.
A project description of high academic quality that describes how its research plan contributes both to the overall project and to its different parts.
The successful candidate should have documented excellence in both theoretical development and empirical work within relevant areas of STS and/or cultural history.
Good cooperation skills

Preferred qualifications

A good publication record and well-developed research networks are meritorious.
‘Stakes of Democracy’ is an interdisciplinary project with high ambitions for public outreach, cross-disciplinary seminars and training. Interest and experience from dissemination work and project and event-organizing is an advantage.

University of Oxford (UK:Eng) Asian and Middle Eastern Studies - Post-doctoral Researcher - MANTRAMS Project - Deadline: 10 Mar. 2025

Reporting to Dr Finn Moore Gerety, the Principal Investigator, the post holder will be a member of the interdisciplinary research project Mantras in Religion, Media, and Society in Global Southern Asia (MANTRAMS), which is funded by a Synergy Grant from the European Research Council.

The post holder will be responsible for carrying out original research on mantras in early India; for authoring articles and publications on relevant topics; and for co-organizing MANTRAMS workshops and co-editing project publications.

The successful candidate will hold or be close to obtaining a doctoral qualification in a relevant academic area, having expertise in Sanskrit, Indology and the history of religions. They will be experienced in independent scholarly writing to a high standard, and be able to demonstrate the ability to undertake innovative research. They will also have excellent communication skills in writing and presentation, be self-motivated in managing their own research and administrative activities, and able to contribute ideas for new projects and research income generation.

This position is based in central Oxford. This is a full-time, fixed-term position for three years, available from late April 2025.

The closing date for applications is 12 noon on 10th March 2025.

Interviews are expected to take place on or around 10th April 2025.

University of Oxford (UK:Eng) - Broadbent Career Development Fellow in American History Since 1600 - Deadline: 22 Apr. 2025

Location: Rothermere American Institute, 1a South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3UB

Contract type: FTC (3 years) from 1 September 2025 to 31 August 2028

Hours: Full time (37.5/ 1 FTE)

About the role

The University of Oxford’s Rothermere American Institute and St Edmund Hall invite applications for the Broadbent Career Development Fellow. The post will be based at the RAI. The RAI is Oxford’s centre for the study of the United States and its place in the world. Every year it hosts a full programme of seminars and events which attract leading scholars and public figures from across the world. The RAI community includes a large number of graduate students, early career researchers, Faculty members, retired colleagues, two visiting professors from the US, and around a dozen other visiting academics.

The Broadbent CDF will make an active contribution to American history in Oxford and beyond. Alongside producing exceptional research at postdoctoral level for publication in books and articles, the Fellow will make a full contribution to the academic life of the RAI and St Edmund Hall. They will be expected to share, with other historians of the US, the convening of our programme of research seminars and doctoral workshops, and will have the opportunity to teach for up to three hours per week. The Fellow will also undertake effective and innovative public engagement activity for and on behalf of the RAI, in collaboration with other RAI staff members. We are looking for candidates who, by the time of appointment, will have completed a PhD within the last three years, who have produced research with the potential to influence their field and who are committed to the highest quality teaching and public engagement. Candidates must be able to provide proof of the right to work in the UK.

You will have a clear plan for research and publication during the period of the Fellowship and the ability to manage your own academic research and associated activities. You will be able to demonstrate professionalism as a colleague and a proven track record of working with others as well as excellent communication skills, including the ability to write for publication and present research proposals and results. You will also have experience of teaching at undergraduate level, experience of organising successful academic events, and experience of public engagement.

Application process

Please click 'Apply’ button above to be redirected to our application page.

For your online application, you will be required to upload your curriculum vitae and a supporting statement, setting out how you meet the selection criteria for the post, using examples of your skills and experience. As part of your application you will be asked to provide details of two referees and indicate whether we can contact them now.

Only applications received by midday on 22 April 2025 can be considered. Interviews are expected to be held on 23 May 2025.

Contact Person: Katy Long, RAI Manager/ Anouska Bedford, HR Administrator

Contact Email: hr@rai.ac.uk

University of Oxford (UK:Eng) - Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Deadline: 17 May 2025

Applications are invited for a full-time, fixed-term Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Oxford, jointly affiliated with the Faculty of Philosophy (80%) and the Department of Computer Science (20%). Under the joint supervision of the project co-leads, Dr. Carina Prunkl (Institute for Ethics in AI) and Dr. Jun Zhao (Human Centred Computing), the postholder will contribute to the groundbreaking interdisciplinary research project Children’s Agency in the Age of AI (CHAILD), supported by UKRI. CHAILD (https://chaild.org) is among the first projects funded under the UKRI’s Cross Research Council Responsive Mode.

The post will be based in the Institute for Ethics in AI and collaborate closely with teams from Oxford’s Human Centred Computing group and University College London. This role includes extensive research exchange opportunities among the three groups.

Reporting to Dr. Carina Prunkl and Dr. Jun Zhao, the postholder will lead the development of a framework for children’s agency in the context of AI, as well as contribute to the design and development of AI-based systems to foster children’s agency. This work requires deep conceptual work on autonomy, agency, and education. It equally requires translating insights acquired from philosophical analysis into practical design frameworks and policy recommendations.

The successful candidate will work collaboratively with the Co-I, PI, and other members of the CHAILD research team on the project, as well as independently leading and developing their own body of research in line with the project’s aims.

Successful candidates will hold a doctoral degree in philosophy, science and technology studies, or another related discipline, together with relevant experience in technology ethics and value-sensitive design. They will be expected to provide evidence of an outstanding academic research record, appropriate to their career stage. Also essential are excellent research skills, and the ability to work independently and without close supervision.

Applications for this post must be made online and should be submitted no later than 12 noon on 27 May 2025.

University of Oxford, Christ Church (UK:Eng) - Junior Research Fellowships 2025/26 (Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences) - Deadline: 6 Jan. 2025

Christ Church invites applications for up to two Junior Research Fellowships in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences from the subjects listed below, with effect from 1^st October 2025 or as soon as possible thereafter.

History
Archaeology
Music
Geography
Anthropology

Junior Research Fellowships are fellowships for full-time research offered by Oxford colleges to early career researchers and provide an unrivalled opportunity to establish a research profile as a member of a collegiate community.

The basic obligation of a Junior Research Fellow is to engage full-time in research and its dissemination in some branch of the Arts or Humanities. The successful candidate will be expected to propose, plan and manage a high-quality programme of original research, and publicise the outcomes of that research through presentation of papers and publications. The successful candidate will have a coherent plan of research for the duration of the appointment which can either be the further development of doctoral work or an entirely new area and which promises to make a valuable contribution to the candidate’s field.

This is a temporary, four year fixed-term position with a salary of £37,099 (National Spine Point 30) per annum (current rates).

Further particulars, including instructions on how to apply, may be downloaded from https://www.chch.ox.ac.uk/vacancies. The deadline for applications is Monday 6 January 2025 at noon.

University of Oxford, History of Science museum (UK:Eng) - Researcher Colonial Standards - Deadline: 11 Apr. 2025

Location: History of Science Museum, Broad Street, Oxford, OX1 3AZ

About the role

The History of Science Museum (HSM) at the University of Oxford is seeking a dedicated researcher to join the Colonial Standards Project. The project titled ‘Colonial Standards: using scientific instrument collections in India and the UK to investigate mechanisms of control’ explores the social history of mathematical practices in India from the 9th to 16th centuries, focusing on vernacular sources and extending into the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

This role will specifically investigate the standardisation of weights and measures in South India during the British East India Company period, utilizing collections from both Indian and UK institutions.

This is a full-time, fixed-term post for one year, working 37.5 hours per week.

Due to the nature of this post, the successful candidate will be required to undertake a satisfactory Basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) due to access to museum collections.

Don’t miss out on the chance to contribute to this collaborative project!

About You

You will have experience in conducting high-quality research using varied historical sources.

You will have excellent communication skills to engage effectively with both academic and non-specialist audiences.

You will be proficient in IT and digital media production.

Ability to work independently and manage multiple tasks effectively is also essential.

What We Offer

As an employer, we genuinely care about our employees’ wellbeing and this is reflected in the range of benefits that we offer including:

An excellent contributory pension scheme
38 days of annual leave
A comprehensive range of childcare services
Family leave schemes
Cycle loan scheme
Discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans

More information is available at https://hr.admin.ox.ac.uk/staff-benefits

Diversity

Our staff and students come from all over the world, and we proudly promote a friendly and inclusive culture. Diversity is positively encouraged, through diverse groups and champions, as well as a number of family-friendly policies, such as the right to apply for flexible working and support for staff returning from periods of extended absence, for example, shared parental leave.

How to apply

You will be required to upload your CV and a supporting statement as part of your online application. Your supporting statement should list each of the essential and desirable selection criteria, as listed in the job description, and explain how you meet each one. CVs alone will not be considered.

We aim to provide a supportive working environment and are happy to discuss training and professional development opportunities. The Chair of this recruitment panel will be Dr JC Niala – Head of Research, Teaching and Collections, who can be contacted with enquiries relating to the role (jc.niala@hsm.ox.ac.uk). General queries about the recruitment and application process should be directed to the Recruitment team within our Human Resources department (recruitment@glam.ox.ac.uk).

Only applications received online by 12.00 midday (BST) on Friday 11 April 2025 can be considered. Interviews are expected to take place on Wednesday 23 and Thursday 24 April 2025.

University of Oxford, Koch Historical Centre (UK:Eng) - KOCH Junior Fellow - SHORT Deadline: 26 Feb. 2025

About the role

The Koch Historical Centre provides a new institutional home in Oxford for the pursuit of world-class historical research. Funded initially for 5 years, the Centre will receive its first intake of fellows in October 2025. The Centre aims to promote curiosity-driven humanities research with a strong emphasis on multi- and inter-disciplinary approaches to the study of history. The Centre will be housed in Wadham College, Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3PN, and work in conjunction with the Faculty of History, Humanities Division, University of Oxford.

The Centre will appoint 3 senior and 9 junior fellows each year. The emphasis on attracting early-career scholars flows from the desire to attract and nurture outstanding researchers, who will shape the field for the next generation. Junior fellowships will be for one year (i.e., 12 months), and will be open to any postdoctoral, early career (tenure track) or tenured academic within 10 years of being awarded their PhD at the time of application (with additional allowance for periods of maternity leave, illness, or other special circumstances).

The Role

The theme chosen for 2025-26 is the historical relationship between Religion and the State, and the Centre particularly welcomes applications from scholars whose work contributes to broader discussion of the interaction of religious belief with historical writing. The successful applicant will conduct world-class independent research based on the theme for the relevant year of the Koch fellowship, and analyse detailed and complex qualitative and/or quantitative data from a variety of sources, and generate original ideas. They will also write book chapters and research articles for peer-reviewed journals, and give one seminar talk during the period of the Koch fellowship and contribute to discussions concerning methodological and historiographical topics at the weekly meetings.

About you

You will hold a relevant PhD/DPhil with post-qualification research experience (postdoctoral, early career (tenure track) or tenured academic within 10 years of being awarded a PhD at the time of application), with an established (inter)national reputation and publication record. You will also possess sufficient specialist knowledge in the discipline to develop research projects and methodologies, and have the ability to independently plan and manage a research project.

This post is full time, fixed-term for 12 months.

Application Process

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.

You will be required to complete a supporting statement, of no more than 2 single spaced sides of A4, setting out how you meet the selection criteria for the post and to include details of your proposed project related to the fellowship theme for 2025-26, a 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 Wednesday 26th February 2025 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 Oxford, Oriel College (UK:Eng) - Fixed Term Turpin Junior Research Fellowship in Humanities - Deadline: 3 Jan 2025

NB the extremely low stipend for this position (exclusive of housing allowance) may mean it is ineligible for some work visas. Please check before applying.

Oriel College seeks applications for the Turpin Junior Research Fellowship in Humanities for a fixed term of three years, from 1 of October 2025 to 30 September 2028. It is anticipated that applicants will be at an early stage of their academic career, taking into consideration career breaks for maternity leave and family leave etc.

The Fellow will pursue post-doctoral level study in one of the following areas of Humanities: Ancient History, Classics, English, Modern Languages, Music, Philosophy, and Theology. The Fellow may be asked to play a part in the undergraduate admissions process (weeks 9 or 10 of the Michaelmas Term). Admissions training will be provided.

The stipend will be £25,001 per annum. Contributory membership of USS (the Universities Superannuation Scheme) is also offered. The Fellow will receive a housing allowance of £10,336 per annum or accommodation in College, subject to availability. The post-holder will also have access to an entertainment allowance and a research allocation of £1,975 per annum. The Fellow will be entitled to free lunch and dinner in the Senior Common Room in term time.

The Fellow may be invited to do a limited amount of teaching for the College, in which case payment will be made at the hourly standard tuition rates as set by the Senior Tutors’ Committee.

How to Apply

Applicants should submit their application via email attachment to the Appointment Committee via the email address: academic.recruitment@oriel.ox.ac.uk by no later than 12.00pm, Friday 3 January 2025.

Each application should include:

a piece of published or unpublished work of no more than 8,000 words; a proposed outline of research
a CV
a covering letter
names and contact details of three referees able to comment on their research
and an Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form (optional).

Candidates are asked to ensure that their referees send their references, again via email attachment to: academic.recruitment@oriel.ox.ac.uk by no later than 12.00pm, Friday 3 January 2025.

The closing date for applications is 12.00pm, Friday 3 January 2025 and interviews are expected to take place on the week commencing 3 March 2025.

University of Oxford (UK:Eng), Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies - Fellowship in the History of Islamic Art and Material Culture - Deadline: 20 May 2025

Salary: £36,024 - £44,263

Applications are invited for a Fellowship which will develop and co-ordinate the Centre’s activities in the History of Islamic Art and Material Culture.

The appointment will initially be for a period of two years.

The Fellowship carries a stipend of £36,024 - £44,263 (depending on qualifications and experience).

The successful candidate should hold a doctorate in a relevant subject and have significant post-doctoral research experience, including a strong publication record. Curatorial experience is desirable.

Further information about the position and the Centre is available on the Centre’s website www.oxcis.ac.uk/vacancies.

The closing date for applications is 20^th May 2025.

The University of Oxford, Queen's College (UK:ENg) - Junior Research Fellowship in Manuscript and Text Cultures - Deadline: 17 Feb. 2025

The Queen’s College, University of Oxford, is offering a fixed-term (non-renewable) Junior Research Fellowship in Manuscript and Text for candidates who hold, or are close to completing, a doctorate in history, literature, language or a related field specialising in the ancient and early medieval Near and Middle East, the ancient and early medieval Mediterranean, the ancient and early medieval East, South, and South-East Asia, or early medieval Europe. Candidates’ research should reflect the methods and concerns of the Centre for Manuscript and Text Cultures, i.e., candidates should have a research agenda examining material aspects of writing and text-production, as well as transmission and the interface between the oral and the written, before the widespread adoption of printed texts and across the literate societies within their area of expertise. Candidates researching areas that are underrepresented in UK universities are particularly welcome to apply, as are those combining traditional humanities research with innovative use of information technology or AI, and those who seek to enhance their research by collaboration with colleagues from other disciplines.

As well as engaging in their own research, the Junior Research Fellow will be expected to take an active role in the interdisciplinary research Centre on Manuscript and Text Cultures (CMTC) at the College, a platform for international specialists and research students to engage in close dialogue across areas of expertise and inform each other about different approaches and theories of knowledge-production and text-transmission in pre-modern manuscript cultures. It is further expected that between the second and third year of their fellowship the Fellow will play a major role in convening an international interdisciplinary conference relevant to the activities of CMTC, and contribute to the subsequent scholarly publication.

The Fellowship offers early career researchers the opportunity to develop their research within one of the world’s leading universities and so strengthen their future position in the academic job market. Many previous Junior Research Fellows have moved on to permanent faculty positions at leading world universities. The Junior Research Fellowship is tenable for a fixed term of three years and it is expected that the successful candidate will take up the post no later than 1st October 2025. Eligible candidates should have no more than two years of post-doctoral research experience by 1st October 2025.

We are committed to fostering equality, diversity, and inclusiveness. We particularly encourage applications from women, disabled people and people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, as these groups are currently under-represented in the College’s academic staff.

Place of Work

Main College site in central Oxford.

Salary and Allowances

The annual salary for this post is £37,174 plus a discretionary pensionable £1,500 per annum Queen's Weighting payment which will be paid in monthly instalments. A personal academic allowance of £1,959 per annum is provided by the College for academic activities such as conference attendance, research assistance, and the purchase of books and IT equipment.

Closing Date

Midday 17th February 2025

Interviews are expected to be held in the week beginning Monday 17th March 2025

University of Oxford (UK:Eng) Senior Researcher – SHARE Project - Deadline:23 Apr. 2025

The Ethox Centre is an internationally-recognised multidisciplinary bioethics research centre located within Oxford Population Health in the University of Oxford. It is situated at the University’s Old Road Campus, giving it ready access to major medical research institutes such as the Clinical Trials Service Unit, the Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, and the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre. We are seeking a Senior Researcher to work on the Wellcome-funded SHARE project (Environmentally Sustainable Health Research) at the Ethox Centre. You will be responsible for a workpackage of the project aiming at developing a conceptual and normative framework that supports context-sensitive, just, systems-focused and reflexive environmentally sustainable health research and tool use. You will facilitate knowledge exchange with the strand of the SHARE project undertaking empirical research into tool use and actively contribute to the strand co-designing practical resources with research communities.

To be considered, you will hold a PhD in (bio)ethics, philosophy, sociology, anthropology or similar. You will have experience with applying conceptual reflection to empirical data. You will have substantial relevant post-qualification research experience and a strong publication record. You will have excellent communication skills, including the ability to write for publication, present research proposals and results, and represent the research group at meetings.

This is a full time (part time considered), fixed term post until 20 April 2028.

The closing date for applications is noon on 23 April 2025.

University of Saskatchewan (CAN) - Elizabeth and Cecil Kent Post-Doctoral Fellowship in the History of Britain and the British World - Deadline: 7 Mar. 2025

The Department of History at the University of Saskatchewan is pleased to invite applications from qualified early career scholars for the Elizabeth and Cecil Kent Post-Doctoral Fellowship in the History of Britain and the British World. This Fellowship is tenable for two years, commencing September 1, 2025.

The Fellowship is open to any early career scholar working in the field of British History and/or the history of the British world. Applicants must have completed all the requirements for a doctorate in history by August 31, 2025.

The successful applicant will be engaged with a research project of his or her own design.

The Department of History at Saskatchewan is a vibrant community of scholars. Various faculty work on the history of Britain and the British world in Africa, the Caribbean, North America, and Asia. The Department has a large and distinguished graduate program and hosts a number of post-doctoral fellows. While the purpose of the Fellowship is to facilitate a research agenda for the Fellow, Fellows are expected to maintain residence in Saskatoon and to be active and engaged members of our scholarly community.

The Fellowship carries an annual salary of $55,000 plus benefits with an accountable research allowance of $10,000 over the two years of the fellowship. Depending on Departmental budgets and curricula requirements, Fellows may also have the opportunity to teach one 3-credit unit course per year for additional salary.

Please note: applications are welcome from scholars who completed a doctorate in the five years prior to the anticipated start date of the Fellowship.

Please send applications including curriculum vitae, a detailed plan of research, and have two letters of reference sent to the attention of the Kent Post-Doc Committee, at history.department@usask.ca. Deadline for receipt of applications is March 7, 2025. For further information please contact Dr. Jim Handy, at jim.handy@usask.ca

[Mar. 17] Possibly too early but has anyone heard anything?

[Mar. 17] Email was sent out (assuming to all candidates) on Mar. 10 saying they got a lot of applications and requesting applicants be patient. No other timeline was given.

[March 18] "We are pleased to inform you....that we received a lot of applications" was less than ideal wording of the above email.

[April 1] Has anyone heard anything from this one other than the email above? I know submission wasn't too long ago but since it's kind of late in the cycle I was wondering if they might move quicker than usual.

[April 1] Someone created a dublicate posting for this position way down below and posted on 26/3 saying a decision was made, so I guess we're out of the running. I've personally heard nothing.

[April 4] Rejection received.

University of St Andrews (UK:Scot) - Research Fellow - AR3086DD - Deadline: 31 Jan. 2025

Start Date: 1 September 2025

Fixed Term: 24 months

Applications are sought for a committed Post-doctoral Research Fellow to work with Professor A.J. Cotnoir conducting research for an EPSRC funded project entitled Instruments of Unity: the Many Ways of Being One.

The successful applicant will have a PhD in Philosophy with expertise in metaphysics, and one of the following: philosophy of science (including cognitive science), formal ontology, logic.

The post is available for 24 months starting 1 September 2025

Employees of the University have access to a wide range of staff benefits including:

Annual leave of 34 days, plus 5 public holidays
Membership of the USS Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions
A hybrid working environment, including partial homeworking where appropriate and a range of family friendly policies
Staff discount scheme for local and national goods and services
Free staff parking, employee Carshare and Cycle to Work Schemes and subsidised local bus travel
Subsidised sports membership, reduced tuition fees on degree programmes for staff, access to training and development opportunities including LinkedIn Learning, access to library facilities, salary sacrifice scheme
A range of wellbeing initiatives including membership to Peppy, a health application that connects staff to expert practitioners and personalized support on health matters.

Full details of the research project and post can be found by contacting Prof AJ Cotnoir (ac117@st-andrews.ac.uk).

Applications are particularly welcome from people from the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) community, and people with other protected characteristics who are under-represented in research posts at the University.

Equality, diversity and inclusion are at the heart of the St Andrews experience and form a central pillar of the University Strategy. We strive to create a fair and inclusive culture as demonstrated through our commitment to diversity awards (Athena Swan, Carer Positive, LGBT Charter and Race Charters). We celebrate diversity by promoting profiles of BAME and LGBTIQ+ staff and by supporting networks including the Staff BAME Network; Staff with Disabilities Network; Staff LGBTIQ+ Network; and the Staff Parents & Carers Network. Full details are available online: https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/hr/edi/

Closing Date: 31 January 2025

University of Stirling (UK:Scot) Postdoctoral Research Fellow on the Global Histories of HIV/AIDS Campaigning Turkey and the Middle East - Deadlne: 13 Mar. 2025

The Post

Applications are invited for a UKRI-funded position of a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Stirling. The role holder will examine the history of the global connections of HIV and AIDS activists in Turkey (Türkiye) and/or any other part of the Middle East, particularly with HIV and AIDS activists in Europe, including the UK. The successful applicant could also possibly analyse the links between HIV and AIDS activists in Turkey to refugees from the Middle East staying in Turkey, or with activists in Central Asia and the Caucasus. The advertised position is offered as part of the project “AIDS Campaigning between the Global South and Western Europe since the 1980s”. This project is funded by a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship (FLF; Grant Reference: MR/Y015878/1), commenced in September 2024 and will be led by Dr Nikolaos Papadogiannis (University of Stirling). The successful applicant will be based in the Division of History, Heritage and Politics at the University of Stirling. They will need to be based at Stirling for at least nine months per year and spend the remainder of the year doing archival research or conducting interviews in Turkey and elsewhere in the Middle East, and any other location required for the programme, as well as participating in conferences in and outside of the UK.

Description of Duties

Plan and manage their own research activity, as discussed with and approved by the Project Lead, and meet objectives and deadlines in collaboration with the project’s Project Lead
Liaise with and report to the Project Lead regularly, at least once per month, about the project
Liaise with the project’s International Advisory Board and other partners, especially in Turkey and elsewhere in the Middle East
Attend regular project and editorial meetings as required
Travel to relevant sites in the UK, Germany, Turkey, elsewhere in Europe, and, if geopolitical conditions permit this, elsewhere in the Middle East or other parts of the world, if and as necessitated by the project, to conduct fieldwork and attend workshops and conferences

Essential Criteria

Qualifications

The candidates must, by the time of appointment, have completed a PhD (or equivalent) in one of the following disciplines: 20th-century history, anthropology, sociology, political science, media studies, or cultural studies, or another discipline in the humanities or social sciences, including interdisciplinary studies

Research

Experience with oral history or ethnography or equivalent qualitative research methods
Experience in preparing research findings for publication or presentation at conferences

Skills, attitude and behaviour

Evidence of self-motivation and the ability to work independently
Excellent time management skills, including the ability to prioritise workload

University of Stirling (UK:Scot) - Postdoctoral Research Fellow on the Global Histories of HIV/AIDS Campaigning in India - Deadline: 16 Mar. 2025

Contract type: Fixed term for 27 months, the expected start date in September/October or by mutual agreement

The Post

Applications are invited for a UKRI-funded position of a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Stirling. The role holder will examine the history of the global connections of HIV and AIDS activists in India, particularly with HIV and AIDS activists in Europe (including the UK), and across South Asia. The advertised position is offered as part of the project “AIDS Campaigning between the Global South and Western Europe since the 1980s”. This project is funded by a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship (FLF; Grant Reference: MR/Y015878/1), commenced in September 2024 and will be led by Dr Nikolaos Papadogiannis (University of Stirling). The successful applicant will be based in the Division of History, Heritage and Politics at the University of Stirling. They will need to be based at Stirling for at least nine months per year and spend the remainder of the year doing archival research or conducting interviews in India, and any other location required for the programme, as well as participating in conferences in and outside of the UK.

The Project

The project is anticipated to involve a group of five researchers led by Nikolaos Papadogiannis. Each researcher will focus on a different part of the globe. Overall, the project will help recalibrate the study of social reactions to HIV and AIDS and, more broadly, modern epidemics and show the importance of ideas from the Global South for relevant campaigns in Western Europe. The project also aims to co-shape the agenda of HIV organisations, making health campaigns in the UK more inclusive in terms of involving on an equitable basis activists from black and queer communities in the UK and the Global South. The project aims to produce various outputs, from co-authored journal articles to a research-based comic.

Description of Duties

Plan and manage their own research activity, as discussed with and approved by the Project Lead, and meet objectives and deadlines in collaboration with the project’s Project Lead
Liaise with and report to the Project Lead regularly, at least once per month, about the project
Liaise with the project’s International Advisory Board and other partners, especially in India
Attend regular project and editorial meetings as required
Travel to relevant sites in the UK, India and elsewhere in South Asia or Europe or other parts of the world, if and as necessitated by the project, to conduct fieldwork and attend workshops and conferences

Essential Criteria

Qualifications

The candidates must, by the time of appointment, have completed a PhD (or equivalent) in one of the following disciplines: 20th-century history, anthropology, sociology, political science, media studies, or cultural studies, or another discipline in the humanities or social sciences, including interdisciplinary studies

Research

Experience with oral history or ethnography or equivalent qualitative research methods
Experience in preparing research findings for publication or presentation at conferences

Skills, attitude and behaviour

Evidence of self-motivation and the ability to work independently
Excellent time management skills, including the ability to prioritise workload

University of Technology Sydney (AUS) - Chancellor’s Research Fellowships - Deadline: 10 Jun. 2025

The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) is a dynamic and cosmopolitan university that marks the gateway to Sydney – Australia’s most vibrant, innovative and multicultural city. Here at UTS, we pride ourselves in research that is excellent and has global impact, tackling some of the greatest challenges facing society today. As a world-leading, top 100 university, we are seeking applications from outstanding early career researchers for our most prestigious fellowship scheme. We want to support you to make a real positive difference in society, the environment and the economy. Whatever your passion, to benefit the communities we live and work in; not just in Australia but around the world.  UTS Chancellor’s Research Fellowships (CRF) are awarded to outstanding early career researchers who wish to develop their research, teaching and learning, management and communication skills to become the next generation of research leaders. The CRF scheme is directly linked with our vision as set out in the UTS 2027 Strategy. 

The CRF offers: 

A four-year combination research and teaching appointment 
Research project funding of up to A$50,000 
Access to the International Research Development Scheme 
Early Career Researcher development and support 
Graduate Certificate in Higher Education Teaching

All fellows will be expected to engage in high quality research projects, produce high quality outputs, and contribute to existing and emerging teaching and learning areas relevant to UTS. 

UTS Chancellor’s Research Fellowships are highly competitive. To be shortlisted, applicants must have an exceptional track record relative to opportunity as well as the commitment and potential to enhance the research capacity and culture of UTS.   For more information visit our Chancellor’s Research Fellowship Scheme website.  What We Offer 

Base Salary Range: $123,389 (Level B.2) plus 17% superannuation (pension)   The position will be made on a fixed term basis for 4 years. 

At UTS we offer a comprehensive range of benefits designed to support professional growth, personal well-being, and work-life balance.  In addition, offer flexible working arrangements, generous leave entitlements, childcare support, and research grants, ensuring a balanced and enriching work environment.   How To Apply  Please click apply to access full details on how to apply for the CRF. Please note the eligibility requirements as set out in the CRF scheme guidelines, available on the CRF website.  If you are interested in applying for the UTS Chancellor’s Indigenous Research Fellowship (CIRF) scheme, please visit this webpage.  General enquiries or issues with your application may be directed to crf@uts.edu.au.   Closing Date:  10 June 2025 at 11:59pm AEST.      We encourage overseas applicants and will support visa sponsorship for the right candidates. 

University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) (USA:TX) – Research Fellows (Two Positions) – Deadline: 28 February 2025

Research Fellow

Bioethics and Health Humanities

The University of Texas Medical Branch

Galveston, TX

The Institute for Bioethics & Health Humanities (IBHH) at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) invites applications for two Research Fellows. This mentored fellowship program is intended for scholars who have recently completed their PhD or other terminal degree or will have defended by Summer 2025. Research Fellows will be integrated into interdisciplinary research projects while also being afforded time to focus on their own research. Fellows can also potentially teach a graduate-level seminar.

This is an ideal opportunity for humanities and social science scholars to gain experience working in a dynamic, multidisciplinary unit within an academic health science center.

The IBHH seeks to hire two Research Fellows. Areas of research could include one or more of the following:

Empirical social sciences and humanities related to health, including empirical bioethics; health policy studies; history of medicine or public health; medical anthropology; medical sociology; communication studies; legal studies/law and society; political science; and related areas.
Science and Technology Studies (STS), including history of medicine; history and philosophy of science; sociology and anthropology of science and technology; information studies; human-computer interaction; social theory; and related areas.
Bioethics, including philosophical and conceptual bioethics; normative analyses of longstanding issues (e.g., medical aid in dying, informed consent, public health ethics) or emergent issues (e.g., artificial intelligence, post-genomics, psychedelics); or critical approaches such as feminist bioethics, disability bioethics, anti-racist bioethics, queer bioethics, trans bioethics, and related areas.
Health humanities, including narratives of health and illness in literature or other media (e.g., television, cinema, new media); cultural studies or critical theory in health; historical perspectives on health; and related areas.
Global and transnational health studies, including critical global health studies; global health ethics and governance; area studies (e.g., Latin American and Caribbean Studies, American Studies, African Studies, South Asian Studies, etc.); and other international or translational approaches to social dimensions of health.

Research fellows will be expected to develop their own programs of research and to engage in interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary, and applied work with IBHH faculty and other units across campus. Priority will be given to applicants who have interests aligned with one or more faculty members. In their letter of interest, applicants should identify at least one IBHH faculty member who they would want to serve as their primary mentor (find faculty profiles here: https://www.utmb.edu/ibhh/people/our-members).

Fellows will be supported and mentored by IBHH faculty and collaborators from other UTMB departments in multiple ways, including developing their research program and applying to permanent positions in academia and other sectors. Fellowship activities can also include writing grants and/or fellowship applications through major funding agencies such as the National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, Social Science Research Council, National Endowment for the Humanities, philanthropic funders, as well as the variety of internal funding mechanisms available at UTMB.

Eligibility and other information:

Candidates must have a PhD, JD, MD, or other terminal degree.

Applicants must submit the following materials as a single PDF file:
- A letter of interest with a description of experience, research interests, career goals, and potential IBHH faculty mentors
- Curriculum Vitae with contact information for 3-5 references
- A writing sample (article or chapter)

Materials should be submitted by email directly to the Search Committee Chair, subject line “Research Fellow Application – [LastName]”:
- Stephen Molldrem, PhD
- Assistant Professor and Research Program Director
- Bioethics and Health Humanities
- stmolldr@utmb.edu

In addition to a salary of $65,000, fellows will receive health insurance, professional development funds, office space, computer, library access, and other UTMB benefits.

Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the positions are filled. Applications received by February 28^th, 2025 will receive full consideration. The start date is September 1, 2025.

This is a one-year, full-time position with an option to extend for a second year at the Research Program Director’s discretion dependent on satisfactory performance.

Established in 1973, the IBHH is an interdisciplinary research and teaching program rooted in philosophy, literature, religion, history, bioethics, law, and the social sciences. We seek to illuminate value questions in healthcare settings, elicit meaning from illness, and cultivate critical intelligence that probes the making, meaning, and authority of diverse knowledges. This broad-gauged inquiry provides the foundation for the activities of the Institute faculty in medical and graduate teaching, clinical and research ethics consultation, health policy analysis, community engagement, and multidisciplinary, collaborative research.

The successful candidate will join an interdisciplinary faculty group with training in ethics, humanities, and social sciences who collaborate with more than 40 research centers and institutes located on campus, covering a wide range of research interests including aging, rehabilitation sciences, women’s health, environmental health, translational sciences, infectious diseases, vaccines, and substance use (see www.utmb.edu/centers/ for more information).The faculty engage in research, clinical and community service, and the teaching of graduate students and medical and other health professions trainees. The IBHH houses the nation’s only PhD program in Bioethics and Health Humanities. More information can be found at https://ibhh.utmb.edu/

UTMB was established in 1891 as the first academic health center in Texas and is a component of the University of Texas System. Today UTMB includes five schools (medicine, nursing, health professions, public and population health, and graduate biomedical sciences), a network of hospitals and clinics that provide a full range of primary and specialized medical care, and numerous research facilities.

The city of Galveston is a popular tourist and cruise ship destination that includes beaches, museums, historical architecture, a vibrant arts community, and excellent restaurants, all located only 45 minutes away from Houston, the nation’s fourth largest city.

UTMB Health strives to provide equal opportunity employment without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or veteran status. As a VEVRAA Federal Contractor, UTMB Health takes affirmative action to hire and advance women, minorities, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities.

University of Vienna (AUT) - University Assistant Postdoctoral, Historical and Cultural Studies - Deadline: 17 Feb. 2025

Startdate: 01.04.2025 | Working hours: 40 | Collective bargaining agreement: §48 VwGr. B1 lit. b (postdoc) Limited until: 31.03.2031 Reference no.: 3492

Your future tasks: At the chair led by Prof. Birgit Nemec, you will be entrusted with research activities in the fields of the history of medicine and life sciences as well as with teaching and administrative tasks. This implies:

Development of an independent teaching and research profile
Preparation and completion of a habilitation or second book project (ready for publication)
Together with other members of the chair: Participation in the organization of meetings, conferences, symposia
Participation in project development and third-party funding applications
Independent teaching of courses, examinations and student support
Participation in evaluation activities and quality assurance
Participation in the Center's administration

This is part of your profile:

Completed doctoral degree in art history or cultural studies/PhD
Pleasure in independent work as proofed by a record of publications and/or activities in the history of medicine and the biomedical sciences (in a broad sense)
Very good English language skills
Research interests in the areas of the chair's focus
Ability to work in a team and to engage actively in the social life of the department
Enjoy reading and interdisciplinary debate
Commitment to actively contribute to the development of the chair by third-party funding acquisition

Advantages:

Understanding of and interest in theoretical and methodological debates in the history of science and medicine, i.e. global or transregional perspectives; intersectional, postcolonial, disability, queer or gender issues and methods, oral history methods
University teaching experience
Experience in science management and the acquisition of third-party funding
Knowledge of university structures and processes
Experience in international research collaboration
Good German skills or commitment to improve (basic required)

What we offer: Team: An interdisciplinary, excellently networked and highly motivated working environment in research, teaching and public outreach/engagement Work-life balance: Our employees enjoy flexible working hours and remote/hybrid work (upon agreement). Inspiring working atmosphere: You are a part of an international academic team in a healthy and fair working environment. Fair Salary: gross salary according to the collective agreement: EUR 4351,90 / month Good public transport connections: Your workplace in the center of beautiful Vienna is easily accessible by public transport.

Internal further training & Coaching: Opportunity to deepen your skills on an ongoing basis. There are over 600 courses to choose from – free of charge.

Equal opportunities for everyone: We look forward to increase diversity and invite diverse personalities in the team! Please do let us know if your profile will increase diversity or if you consider yourself part of a marginalised group.

It is that easy to apply:

Letter of intent in which you state your motivation and interests (max. 2 pages)
Academic curriculum vitae (incl. list of publications, catalogue of courses, lecture activities, public outreach)
Outline of research interests and possible research ideas / if applicable, the habilitation / 2nd book project with reference to the main foci of the professorship (max. 5 pages)
2 scientific papers
Copies of graduation certificates, academic certificates, continuing education certificates
1 letter of recommendation (not mandatory); can be enclosed with the application
Please submit all your documents in PDF format.

If you have any content questions, please contact: Birgit Nemec - birgit.nemec@univie.ac.at

University of Vienna (AUT) - 6 year University Assistant (Postdoctoral) in Medieval History - Deadline: 9 Apr. 2025

Job vacancy starting: 09/01/2025 (MM-DD-YYYY) | Working hours: 40,00 | Classification CBA:

Job ID: 3732

Explore and teach at the University of Vienna, where over 7,500 brilliant minds have found a unique balance of freedom and support. Join us if you’re passionate about groundbreaking international research and academic excellence.

Your institutional home As one of the largest research institutions in Europe, the University of Vienna supports an exceptionally wide range of disciplines and therefore offers an outstanding infrastructure for transdisciplinary research in the humanities. We are looking for an innovative and analytical researcher for the position of a postdoctoral assistant in the History of the High Middle Ages for a period of 6 years. You will be part of the Department of History and the Institute of Austrian Historical Research and will work closely with colleagues here in Vienna as well as with international research networks.

Your future tasks Active participation in research, teaching and administration, which involves:

Researching, writing and completing a (publication-ready) habilitation thesis, a second book or a research project. A planned project in the field of social and political history of the High Middle Ages with a particular focus on secular and/or ecclesiastical lordships is of advantage; and/or a planned project that includes comparative perspectives in the history of Europe in the High Middle Ages.
Strengthening an independent research profile
Publishing in highly ranked journals / conference proceedings
Organizing meetings, conferences, symposia and workshops
Being responsible for submitting project applications and acquiring third-party funding
Independent teaching of courses and student supervision in Medieval History as defined by the collective bargaining agreement (two courses per semester)
Participation in evaluation measures and quality assurance
Involvement in department administration, as well as in teaching and research administration

This is part of your personality

Successful applicants must have completed a doctoral degree in Medieval History or a related subject (certificate must be available by the date of employment at the latest).
They have a sound knowledge of several areas of high medieval European history, as well as awareness of current developments and central methods in the field.
They have experience with interdisciplinary theories and methods in medieval studies (e.g. digital humanities, historical auxiliary sciences, gender studies and/or global Middle Ages).
They have teaching experience in medieval history.
They work well in a team and are interested in engaging actively in the social life of the department.
They have or will obtain in their first two years in the position a documented fluency in German (written and spoken). Language acquisition is supported during the employment period.
They have very good English language skills (written and spoken).
They have very good Latin language skills.
Familiarity with procedures and structures of university administration is advantageous, as is experience abroad.

What we offer

You will be employed for 40 hours/week.
Employment starts on September 1st, 2025.
Fixed-term contract and fair salary: The base salary of EUR 4,932,90 per month (14 x per year) for a period of six years will be increased if we can credit professional experience. Taxes include health insurance, social security and pension.
The place of work is Vienna, when not traveling for research and conferences. We provide a workspace in a shared office.

It is that easy to apply Applications can be submitted in German or English and must include

a letter of motivation
a research proposal / outline of the habilitation thesis (2-3 pages)
digital versions of the dissertation thesis and two research articles
a CV (including a list of publications and teaching experience)
degree certificates

We look forward to new personalities in our team! The University of Vienna has an anti-discriminatory employment policy and attaches great importance to equal opportunities, the advancement of women and diversity. We lay special emphasis on increasing the number of women in senior and in academic positions among the academic and general university staff and therefore expressly encourage qualified women to apply. Given equal qualifications, preference will be given to female candidates.

Application deadline: 04/09/2025 (MM-DD-YYYY)

University of Virginia (USA:VA) - Mellon Race, Place, and Equity Postdoctoral Research Associate in the History of Nursing and Healthcare - Deadline: 6 Jan. 2024

As part of an ongoing commitment to diversifying our programs, the professoriate, and the research workforce, the School of Nursing at the University of Virginia seeks applications for a Mellon Race, Place, and Equity Postdoctoral Research Associate in the History of Nursing and Healthcare. This program recruits postdoctoral scholars who have the potential to assume tenure-track faculty positions and who would benefit from mentored professional development opportunities.  

The Mellon Race, Place, and Equity Postdoctoral Research Associate in the History of Nursing and Healthcare is funded by a university-wide Race, Place and Equity (RPE) grant from the Mellon Foundation and UVA matching funds to advance research and teaching related to race, justice, and equity (RJE). The Postdoctoral Fellow will be based in the School of Nursing’s Eleanor Crowder Bjoring Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry and work on RJE-related questions, specifically in the history of nursing and healthcare in North America.

Professional Development:

The goal of this program is to provide a mentored professional development opportunity to train the next generation of scholars for future tenure-track positions at UVA or elsewhere. Postdoctoral Research Associates selected under this program will be appointed for two years (subject to annual review) and will carry out research, teaching and professional development activities directed toward securing a tenure-track position. The Postdoctoral Fellow funded through the Mellon grant will carry out transformative, cross-disciplinary research and will be expected to produce scholarship related to health equity, race, and justice in the United States using place-based methodologies for research. The fellow’s work should also strengthen existing initiatives that address RJE issues in the history of nursing and healthcare. In addition to mentoring within the Bjoring Center and School of Nursing, the Postdoctoral Fellow will join a University-wide cohort of Race, Place and Equity Fellows funded by a Race, Place and Equity grant from the Mellon Foundation and UVA matching funds, for additional interdisciplinary interactions, career development programs, and professional growth opportunities. Teaching is an important part of preparation for a faculty position, and different types of teaching opportunities may be available. This may include co-teaching courses on the history of nursing and healthcare and mentoring PhD students in the history of nursing and healthcare. The Postdoctoral Fellow will also collaborate with Bjoring Center faculty and staff to develop public history projects centered on the history of race, justice, and equity in nursing and healthcare.

With the aim of building professional research networks and community, the Fellow may choose to connect with one of the many organizations at UVA working on issues of race and equity. Some examples include:  The Equity Center,the Carter G. Woodson Institute for African-American and African Studies, the Native and Indigenous Relations Community, the Institute for Humanities and Global Cultures, the Democracy Initiative, the Memory Project, the Center for the Study of Race and Law,   Digital Humanities@UVA and Environmental Humanities at UVA.

Postdoctoral Fellow Support:

The Postdoctoral Fellow funded under this program will be appointed for two years contingent on a successful annual review. This is a 12-month residential appointment in the School of Nursing which will provide full research, teaching, and administrative support. In addition to salary and benefits, the program will provide a research fund allocation for the Fellow.

Requirements:

Applicants must have a PhD. Candidates who received (or will receive) their PhD between August 24, 2022 and August 24, 2025 are eligible to apply. The RPE component specifically seeks applicants with a relevant scholarly focus in the history of nursing and healthcare or humanistic studies in nursing which could help to advance recent work at UVA that includes the President’s Commission on Slavery and the University, the completion of the Memorial to Enslaved Laborers, and the report of the Racial Equity Task Force. Potential areas of research focus might include, but are by no means limited to, race and the healthcare workforce; race, environment, and health; health inequity; settler colonialism and health; indigenous ways of knowing and healing; race and health policy; health justice movements. Scholars from underrepresented communities, including Native American, Indigenous, African American, Latinx, Asian American, queer, and neurodiverse scholars, and scholars with disabilities, are especially invited to apply.

The selected applicant will be required to complete a background check and health screening prior to their first day of employment per University policy.

The School of Nursing is an organization with a strong commitment to our mission and values grounded in the importance of lifelong learning. Candidates who are invited for interviews will be asked to describe how they could help foster a learning environment that inspires and engages a diverse community (please read the University of Virginia’s statement and resources related to diversity and inclusion).

To Apply:

Apply online at http://jobs.virginia.edu/us/en/job/R0066419/Mellon-Race-Place-and-Equity-Postdoctoral-Research-Associate-in-the-History-of-Nursing-and-Healthcare. Internal applicants must apply through their UVA Workday profile. Complete the application, and upload the following Required materials:

Cover Letter
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Statement
Resume
Research and Teaching Statement
Writing Sample
Contact Information for Two Letters of Reference

***Please note that multiple documents can be uploaded in the box or you can combine them into one PDF. You MUST upload ALL documents into the CV/Resume box. Applications that do not contain all of the required documents will not receive full consideration.***

Review of applications will begin on January 6, 2025.

University of Warwick (UK:Eng) - Research Fellow (109856-0225) - Deadline: 16 Mar. 2025

For informal queries, please email Dr. Anna Toropova (Assistant Professor and Award Holder of Wellcome Trust Career Development Award 'Traumatised Minds, Neurosis, and Hysteria in Soviet Medicine and Culture, 1917-1953') at anna.toropova.1@warwick.ac.uk.

The Department of History seeks to appoint a Research Fellow for a fixed-term period of 24 months from 1 September 2025 to work with Dr Anna Toropova on the Wellcome Trust funded Career Development Award: ‘Traumatised Minds, Neurosis and Hysteria in Soviet Medicine and Culture, 1917-1953’.

This project examines scientific, medical and cultural approaches to psychological trauma in the Soviet Union between 1917 and 1953.

It has often been assumed that Soviet authorities forced conformity to a Pavlovian model that severely neglected the mental realm and silenced the question of traumatised consciousness.

‘Traumatised Minds’ seeks to complicate this narrative by bringing to light a vibrant tradition of research on psychological trauma, neurosis and hysteria that persisted throughout this period.

Examining a diverse body of research and practice across the Soviet republics, the project aims to reveal a unique tradition of understanding trauma which was neither ‘Freudian’ nor straightforwardly ‘Pavlovian’.

Spotlighting the scientific and medical work that took place in Soviet Ukraine, the Baltic states, Central Asia and the Caucasus, ‘Traumatised Minds’ will examine how specific local contexts impacted research, diagnosis and strategies of care.

The wider cultural resonance of medical understandings of traumatic neurosis will be explored through attention to artistic, literary, and cinematic engagements with the topic of trauma. Uncovering the new meanings that mental distress acquired in popular culture and in first person accounts, the project will examine how ideas about trauma travelled outside the clinic.

University of Wisconsin - Madison (USA:WI) - Postdoctoral Fellow: History of Modern (19th century-present) Medicine or Public Health - Deadline: 1 Apr. 2025

Position Requirements: PhD in history of modern (19th century-present) medicine or public health or closely related field, geographic area and specialty open. All requirements for the PhD, including the filing of the dissertation, must be complete by the start date.

Position will include the advancement of the candidate’s research and professional development as well as limited teaching in the candidate’s research area.

Successful candidates will possess a strong academic record, excellent written and verbal communication skills, and a beginning track record of publication and presentation. Applicants should be highly motivated; ready to develop and pursue a focused line of research; as well as be able to work independently and collaboratively to create, translate, and disseminate knowledge and interventions that positively affect communities.

Position Duties:

-Develop and manage a line of independent research

-Limited medical student teaching

-Receive mentoring from skilled tenure-track faculty members

-Participate in research seminars and professional development workshops

-Share research at regional and national research meetings and in peer-reviewed journals

Application Instructions: Review of applications will begin on April 1, 2025 and continue until the position is filled. The anticipated start date is July 1, 2025, but may start August 1, 2025.

One full-time Postdoctoral Position may be filled from this posting; appointment details will be tailored to candidate expertise and project priorities.

Appointment is for 24 months, Eligibility is limited to those who are no more than five years out of the PhD at the time of start of appointment

Please submit the following documents in PDF format to Post_Do.hfsov6vinelsae84@u.box.com .

• Cover Letter (2-page max) describing research and teaching interests and experience

• Curriculum Vitae: Include publications, presentations, and previous research/industry experience

• A chapter- or article-length writing sample (15,000 words maximum)

• A one-page description of a course for medical students in the candidate’s research area

• Names and emails of 3 references. Letters of recommendation will be requested from finalists only and are not required with initial application.

Salary: Competitive postdoctoral salary aligned with NIH guidelines, plus a comprehensive benefits package (including health insurance and leave benefits).

Percent Time: 100

Start Date: 07/01/2025

Vanderbilt University (USA:TN) - Collaborative Humanities Postdoctoral Fellowship - Deadline: 2 Feb. 2025

Vanderbilt University’s College of Arts and Science and the Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities invite applications for the Collaborative Humanities Postdoctoral Program (CHPP).

We seek recent PhDs in the humanities and the humanistic social sciences who bring interdisciplinary approaches to crucial issues in contemporary life. During their time at Vanderbilt, CHPP fellows pursue research projects, design and teach undergraduate courses, craft professional skills, and receive active faculty mentoring. Each fellow is placed in a home academic department or program, and teaching opportunities are determined in coordination with that unit’s chair/director. The program offers fellows the opportunity to build research profiles, expand intellectual networks within Vanderbilt and beyond, and hone their teaching expertise. Fellowships are up to three years, with annual renewals, beginning August 16, 2025, through the end of spring 2028. Fellows will receive a salary of at least $61,008, benefits, $2,500 in research funds, and $1,000 for one-time relocation bonus to Nashville when applicable (all gross).

Eligibility:

Successful candidates will have received a PhD in the humanities or the humanistic social sciences after May 1, 2023. Applicants who are ABD must complete all degree requirements by April 1, 2025. Candidates must already be eligible to work in the United States. Vanderbilt University will not offer visa sponsorship of any kind. Applications to work on creative endeavors and original compositions will not be considered.

Postdoctoral fellows’ duties will include:

Pursuing a rigorous research agenda appropriate to their field; Teaching a combination of undergraduate courses based on research interests and the needs of their home department/program, including advanced courses based on their area of expertise, department service courses, and the First-Year Core; Planning and participating in working groups and seminars with fellow postdocs, faculty, and graduate students; Engaging actively with the intellectual life of the campus and the Robert Penn Warren Center.

To apply, please include: Research statement (up to 1,000 words) that demonstrates commitment to and experience with interdisciplinary research in the humanities. One-page timeline outlining the major scholarly activities you will pursue over the course of the three-year fellowship (e.g., book manuscript, articles). CV (no more than 5 pages) Teaching statement (up to 500 words) with evidence of teaching effectiveness and interest in innovative, interdisciplinary, and immersive approaches. Teaching evaluations, if applicable. If you are ABD, we require a letter from your dissertation adviser confirming that you are expected to complete all degree requirements no later than April 1, 2025. Three letters of recommendation will be requested in February if your application is shortlisted.

All materials should be submitted via Interfolio by Sunday, February 2, 11:59pm CST.

Yale Center for British Art (USA:CT), Postdoctoral Associate - Deadline: 5 Jan 2025

The Yale Center for British Art (YCBA) is offering a Postdoctoral Associate position of one year, with the possibility of renewal for a total of three years, in the department of Academic Affairs. This postdoctoral position is for candidates who have completed a PhD in art history, museology, cultural heritage, or a related field. It is expected that the postholder will pursue long-term professional employment during the period of hire.

Reporting to the Head of Academic Affairs, the Postdoctoral Associate will contribute to the research and programmatic activities of the department and will work with colleagues across the museum. Specifically, the postholder will take a leading role in the development and management of the YCBA’s renowned Residential Fellows program, advance programming initiatives in collaboration with the Paul Mellon Centre for British Art in London, and create scholarly programs in support of the museum’s collections and exhibition schedule.

The postholder will be fully integrated into the department of Academic Affairs and will have the opportunity to participate in the Fellows Forum, an informal professional-development platform for associates and fellows across the YCBA and the Yale University Art Gallery.

The closing date for applications is January 6, 2025. Applicants must have completed the PhD by the closing date. For salary information, please refer to Yale’s compensation policies for postdoctoral appointments. The intended start date for this position is March 1, 2025, and will be negotiated with the successful applicant.

Application materials should be sent by email and must include a cover letter, curriculum vitae, recent writing sample of a longform scholarly essay, either published or unpublished, and two letters of recommendation.

Yale University, MacMillan Center (USA:CT) - Leitner Program in International and Comparative Economy: Postdoctoral Associate 2025-26 - Deadline: 10 March 2025

he Leitner Program in International and Comparative Political Economy at Yale invites applications for a post-doctoral associate position for academic year 2025-2026.

The post-doctoral associate will teach one course during the year, either in the Fall or the Spring semester, pursue their own research, and participate in the activities of the Leitner program. Post-docs are expected to be in residence from August 2025 to May 2026. The salary for this position is commensurate with experience and complies with the Yale Office of Postdoctoral Affairs compensation policy and includes a benefits package.

We will begin accepting applications immediately with review beginning on Monday, March 10, 2025 and continuing until the selections are final.

Candidates must have a robust research program in political economy, broadly construed, and must have completed their Ph.D. by the time of appointment.

To apply, send a cover letter, CV, research statement and a draft of a syllabus of a course you propose to teach at Yale. You’ll also need to have three letters of recommendation submitted on your behalf.

All information from the applicant should be submitted electronically through Interfolio: https://apply.interfolio.com/163656

For details on the Leitner program, please consult the website: https://macmillan.yale.edu/leitner

Yale University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer. Yale values diversity among its students, staff, and faculty and strongly welcomes applications from women, persons with disabilities, protected veterans, and underrepresented minorities.

Yale University (USA:CT) - Postdoctoral Associate, Material Histories of the Human Record - Deadline: 1 March 2025

The certificate program in Material Histories of the Human Record of the Humanities Program at Yale invites applications for a Postdoctoral Associate position at Yale University for the 2025-2026 academic year. Candidates must have research, teaching, or curatorial experience relevant to the histories of the book, archival studies, collections-based learning, publication; or cultural heritage stewardship, provenance, book arts, or other relevant field expertise. This is an initial one-year appointment that is renewable for a second year; the start date will be determined in consultation with the selected candidate.

This unique opportunity situates the successful candidate within a relevant academic department at Yale and the Yale Library Special Collections. The Postdoctoral Associate will support the Beinecke Library Education program for 15-20 hours per week (the equivalent of one course per semester), work to develop the initiatives associated with the Material Histories certificate in conjunction with the co-directors, and pursue their own research.

The Material Histories certificate program is designed to expose students to multiple forms of expertise within Yale’s special collections libraries, equip emerging scholars with new analytical skills, and teach them the methodologies that scholars, librarians, archivists, conservators, and curators employ as they preserve, interrogate, and steward the human record. This inaugural postdoctoral position is envisioned as a dynamic bridge between the world of libraries, archives, and special collections, and their engagements by faculty, students, artists, and researchers who are located in other parts of the university. The Postdoctoral Associate must be committed to facilitating these engagements in Yale University’s special collections by the broadest possible group of researchers and support work that utilizes traditional methods of archival and bibliographic research alongside creative, interdisciplinary, and non-traditional approaches to conducting research in the collections.

The Postdoctoral Associate will:

- support all aspects of the ongoing certificate program

- serve as a resource for graduate and undergraduate students within the program

- oversee publicity, outreach, and communications with the help of an undergraduate student worker

- work to develop programming that engages and creates a sense of community for those involved with the certificate program

- help plan a robust undergraduate certificate curriculum

- develop new initiatives to support the strategic direction, long-term goals, and objectives of the certificate program, including identifying partnerships and collaborations to assist in the development and growth of the program

- contribute to the development and assist in the management of content on the program’s website and monitors all changes and additions to the editorial content

The successful candidate will be intellectually wide-ranging and curious, open to imagining creative solutions and futures for the development of the certificate, have superb analytical, creative, and communication skills in both writing and public speaking, and be an excellent collaborator with the ability to foster collegiality and impart empathy, humility, and a positive outlook in their work. Experience working in an archive, library, museum, or other cultural heritage institution is desirable but not required. This position reports to the co-directors of the Material Histories of the Human Record certificate.

The Postdoctoral Associate is expected to be in residence in New Haven, Connecticut, for the full duration of the appointment and take an active part in the intellectual exchange with other members of the Material Histories and Yale Library Special Collections communities at Yale. Compensation is competitive and includes benefits and health insurance.

Qualifications All applicants must have completed their PhD by the time of appointment. Graduate students who are working on their PhDs may apply, but must present proof of having completed and filed their dissertations, even if awaiting formal conferral of the PhD degree. Fluency in English is required, as reading knowledge of at least one other language.

Application Instructions Applicants should submit a cover letter; a CV; a one-page description of research plans; and a statement of 500-700 words describing their experience and interest in Material Histories of the Human Record (broadly defined). We urge all prospective applicants to read the description of the program on our website to get a sense of the range of fields we encompass.

Letters of reference are not required at this initial stage but will be requested later.

All information from the applicant should be submitted electronically through Interfolio: https://apply.interfolio.com/158217

We will accept applications immediately with review beginning on 1 March 2025 and continuing until the selections are final.

For questions, please email Professor Ayesha Ramachandran: Ayesha.ramachandran@yale.edu.

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Yale University (USA:CT) Postdoctoral Associate in South Asian Studies - Deadline: 15 Feb. 2025

The South Asian Studies Council at the MacMillan Center invites applications for a Postdoctoral Associate position at Yale University for the 2025-2026 academic year. Candidates must have research and teaching experience relevant to modern and contemporary South Asia, in the humanities or social sciences.

All applicants must have completed their PhD by the time of appointment. Graduate students who are working on their PhDs may apply but must present proof of having completed and filed their dissertations, even if awaiting formal conferral of the PhD degree. Fluency in English is required, as is in-depth knowledge of at least one South Asian language. During the two semesters of this appointment, the Postdoctoral Associate will teach one course related to their interests per semester, pursue their own research, and participate in the activities of the South Asian Studies Council. Selected Postdoctoral Associates are expected to be in residence in New Haven, Connecticut for the full duration of the appointment to take an active part in the intellectual exchange with other members of the Program and the MacMillan Center.

The salary for this position is commensurate with experience and complies with the Yale Office of Postdoctoral Affairs compensation policy and includes a benefits package.

Applicants should submit a cover letter; a one-page description of research plans; a draft of a course syllabus and a title and brief summary of a second course; and a CV. Letters of reference are not required at this initial stage but will be requested later.

We will accept applications immediately with review beginning on February 15, 2025 and continuing until the selections are final.

Stony Brook University (SUNY): Postdoc Fellowship, Decolonial and Transnational Art History (2 years, with a possibility to turn into Tenure Track)

The Art History Program in the Department of Art at Stony Brook University invites applications from early-career scholars whose research focuses on Art History from the mid-nineteenth century onward, with an emphasis on decolonial and/or transnational approaches to visual arts and material culture. Preferred areas of scholarship include diaspora studies, critical race theory, multiple modernities, and alternative onto-epistemologies of Africa, African Diaspora, and Latin America. Candidates whose work complements our current faculty’s focus on global postwar art and media aesthetics and demonstrates interdisciplinarity with other areas of strength at Stony Brook will be given priority. The search is part of the SUNY Promoting Recruitment, Opportunity, Diversity, Inclusion and Growth plus (PRODiG ). The successful candidate will have a standard 2/2 course teaching load (with a reduced load in the first semester), and participate in departmental activities, such as mentoring, public engagement, and curriculum development. The annual salary is $80,000, accompanied by comprehensive state benefits. At the completion of this two-year position, the fellows with an upward trajectory of scholarly achievement and a demonstrated contribution to inclusion, diversity, and equity will be invited to join the tenure-track faculty at Stony Brook University through an internal promotion process. Review of applications will begin on January 15, 2025. https://apply.interfolio.com/159720

Word on the Street

AKPIA (Agha Khan Program for Islamic Architecture) Post-doctoral fellowships at MIT and Harvard

Deadline for MIT was 02/20. Harvard said review of applications starts 02/20. Has anyone heard anything?

Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition (Yale - 1 month and 4 month fellowships).

March 23 - Deadline was 3/12. Anyone heard?

BOSTON UNIVERSITY SOCIETY OF FELLOWS

11/24 - Anyone heard anything?

12/9 - Nothing yet!

Dec 16 -- Still nothing - anyone else?

Dec 16 - Not yet! The website says "candidates will be notified of final decisions by mid-February."

-- yes, but according to last year's wiki, some initial notifications for further materials/interviews went out around this time in Dec.

Dec 20 - Still nothing. Letter requests were sent out this day last year

— was hoping we’d hear today too. Unlikely we’ll hear before holiday I imagine.

Dec 28 - when you all log into the portal (bu.infoready4.com) and click on Applications in the upper tool bar, what does it say as your status? Mine says "Accepted" but I'm guessing that just means that the application was received.

Dec 29 - Mine says "Accepted" too. I think it just means received.

Dec 31 - Just confirming the above; I looked into the InfoReady system and Accepted means the application is received and under review and Awarded means ... awarded.

Jan 6 - still nothing? Surprised no one has heard anything based on timelines in previous years. x5

Jan 7 - when I click on my name in the portal, it says "awardee? no." —someone brought this up on last year’s thread. It doesn’t mean anything.

Jan 17 - at last, an update. Rejection via email x2

Jan 17 - Request for Letters of Recommendation Received x3

Jan 18 - Have any other applicants received neither a rejection nor a request for letters of recommendation? I have seen nothing new in my email. x3

Jan 20 - As above; no rejection yet and no request either

Jan 23 - Request for Letters of Recommendation Received

Jan 27 - For the folks who have received a rejection or letter request, does your InfoReady page reflect any change?

Jan 27- The only thing that changes is the status of your letter request on "My Application" page. Once your reference submits the letter, the status changes from "request sent" to "this reference letter was submitted." They will also notify you once all the letters are submitted.

Jan 28 - Rejection email

Jan 30 - Still no word. Assuming that means rejection, but seems so strange that they wouldn't just send it

Feb 3 - Has anyone heard about interviews?

Feb 6 - nothing here. And does anyone have an idea of what the interviews entail?

Feb 10 - still nothing here x4

Feb 19- any updates?

Feb 19 - I got nothing x 1

Feb 20 - I'm genuinely so confused how we still haven't heard, while others have already received rejections and/or reference requests. Most likely everyone who hasn't heard will receive blanket rejections in the next days I guess....

Feb 20 - in reply to above: I think that’s probably right about blanket rejection. But my only other thought is maybe they’ve segmented the apps into different fields, since this is a broad call for fellows? I’m in lit studies and have heard nothing if that gives anyone else insight at all.

Feb 20 - still nothing since LoR request

Feb 21 - still nothing since LoR request. My understanding is that because there are many departments involved in each decision, there is no singular timeline. With federal funding support basically cancelled, Im honestly more concerned about these programs being canceled with no hires at this point. May the force be with us.

Feb-27 - Any update after LoR request?

Feb 27- still nothing after letter req X5

March 4- Emailed the administrator. The review process is still ongoing. They are coming to the end of this phase of review and expect to send out an application status update to candidates early next week.

March 11 - admin communicated that candidate application updates are expected by the end of the week.

March 14 - refreshing my email constantly. Nothing.

March 14 - Email rejection. After all this, I can't fathom why, after four months of deliberations, they asked for references for candidates who they did not intend to interview.

March 14 - still nothing x 2

March 17- I also received an email rejection on Friday March 14th, and I echo the sentiments expressed above. So frustrating.

March 18 - still nada. Over five months out from the deadline and still no interview requests for a 2 year postdoc is wild.

March 19 - heard that interviews are in process. Not sure when they are expected to make offers.

March 19 - if we didn't get a rejection Friday, but also haven't gotten an interview request...where does that leave us? x1

March 21 - Emailed the admin to get an update on my application and received a rejection response. x2

March 21 - Emailed and received the response that the process is still ongoing and will get an update in the next few days?

March 26 - Hi all, I was one of those people who had heard absolutely nothing, and finally today when I checked my infoready page it says "Not Awarded" aka rejection, so some people might get clarity by trying the same.

BROWN - WATSON INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL & PUBLIC AFFAIRS POST DOC

12/13 - Anyone heard anything?

01/07 – any update?

01/08 - They won't likely select someone until late January/early February.

Jan 24 - any news?

Jan 27 - I haven't heard anything yet

Jan 30 - Rejection x 2

Feb 4 - I haven't heard anything yet x2

Feb 11 - also haven't heard anything...

Feb. 18 - anyone have any updates?

Feb. 18 - nothing here

Feb 21 - Still nothing. I think the ad said they would be making announcements in February so hopefully we will hear by next week?

Mar 4 - Any news?

March 4 - Nope, nothing still.

March 10 - also nothing. I do wonder whether this postdoc is in holding pattern due to budget cuts and that is why they are behind their stated timeline? It seems as of now that it is the wealthier private schools like Brown that are making the most immediate and most aggressive cuts so I wouldn't be surprised, though this is purely idle speculation at this point.

March 14th - still nothing??

March 16th - Nothing here. And I see there is now a hiring freeze at Brown, although a little unclear exactly which types of searches it applies to. But not good. What a depressing time. Crossing my fingers for all of us.

March 19 - rejection email received x2

EUI/MAX WEBER/KOHLI FELLOWSHIPS

11/24 - Anyone heard anything?

12/9 - Nothing yet

12/12- Reserve list is out

12/12 - Any acceptances or rejections yet?

12/12 - No acceptance or rejection for me yet (x3)

12/13 Got an acceptance letter for the Max Weber Fellowship at EUI. Letter says 36 were accepted out of 1500.

12/17 Nothing here yet. Does anyone know if all departments have sent out their acceptances yet?

1/7 Rejection (x3)

Library Company of Philadelphia Postdocs

LCP NEH Postdoc

3/13 - Notification of alternate status -- I had posted this update on 3/13 and received an update last week that these postdocs are cancelled following the NEH funding cuts.

LSA COLLEGIATE FELLOWS AT UMICH

7/18 - 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?

11/11 - Anyone hearing anything for LSA Collegiate Fellows program at UMich?

I saw in German 2024-2025 section that people have been invited to interviews (maybe it is just for German).
Where did you see such information? I applied to the English.
I saw it here on the German 2024-2025 academicwiki page. It might be the case only for those who applied to that specific department. Maybe other departments haven't started with the interviews yet (I don't have any other info).
The German Wiki reads "Anyone heard back about this? Interviews? (x3)" -- to me that means that three people are wondering what's going on there.
Seems like you're right. Sorry for the confusion.
Thank you all ! (OP)
Rejection, 11/25 (x4).

UMICH SOCIETY OF FELLOWS

8/27 - 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?

11/20 – Anyone heard back on this?

11/21 - last year my friend received a rejection the third week of December
11/22 - I haven't heard anything
11/25 - Me neither (x2)
12/3 - Anyone heard anything?
- 12/6 - Not me (x3)
12/11 - Rejection (x10)
12/11 - no notification yet; anyone else? (X11)
12/20 Have the finalists been notified yet? Any movement whatsoever?
12/22 - If applicants haven't received a rejection does that mean they're finalists? Anyone know how this works from past experience?
12/22- I have some insider info, at this point, if you have not received a rejection, it does not necessarily mean you are a finalist. There are people who are not finalists who have not received rejections yet. So one cannot assume in the case of UMich. It's really slightly strange. Hope this helps. - not what I wanted to hear but thanks for the inside info!
12/23 - rejection (x5)
12/23 - letter says to expect final decision in January and currently 36 candidates short listed
1/21 - Anyone yet?
1/27 any finalist hear anything about decisions?
1/27 Nothing yet for me
1/28 nothing for me either- any insider intel?
1/31 still nothing for me, do we believe if we don't hear by today we can assume we aren't first round picks?
2/1 can someone please put us out of our misery 😭 (x5)
2/3 have any finalists actually been notified with an offer? Or do we think offers will go out next week? Appreciate the solidarity everyone. (x5)
2/4 I was notified as a finalist and have received no communication as of yet. I hope they don't make us wait until March.
- If we got neither a notification of rejection or of being a finalist, should we assume we've been rejected? (its okay we can handle the bad news)
- I'm sorry! I have no intel but I wish I could help. You should email them.
2/10 Still nothing for me. Dreading another week of this madness. If anyone has heard, please pipe up to put us out of our misery.
2/10 Hi, insider info. The first round of offers have gone out
- Dang, thank you for the update. Congrats to the candidates. Anyone know what deadline they gave to accept?
  - 2/12: Not sure about deadlines to accept but I heard Mid-March deadline for final notifications.

HEYMAN CENTER SOCIETY OF FELLOWS AT COLUMBIA

9/18 - 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.

Nov 3 - Anyone hear anything?

Nov 6 - Nothing yet. Anyone from past years have any insight?
Nov 11 - Last year, interview requests did not go out until mid-December. However, they changed the LOR requirement this year, so I don't know how that will affect the timeline.
Nov 15 - Nothing yet
Dec 3 - The original email confirming submission of the application said: "A select number of candidates will be invited to interview in January 2025. Fellowship decisions will be announced by early March 2025. Applicants who have not been contacted for an interview by 11 January 2025 should assume that their candidacy is no longer active."

Dec 11 - invitation to interview sent

Dec 11 - to the poster above: did the invitation say that the interview invites have all been sent out?

No, it was an individual invitation.

Dec 16: When is the interview scheduled for? Thanks!

Dec 18: A bit nosey ^^

Dec 19: anyone got a rejection ?

Dec 23: I haven't heard anything either way!

Dec 23: Did anyone else besides Dec 11 person get an interview invite?

Dec 30: Someone posted that they received one as well and then deleted it? If you have information that would be helpful to the many of us making decisions it would be great to maintain transparency as that's the whole point of this page.

Jan 3: Received intrvw invite on Dec. 11. Scheduled for first week of Jan

Jan 13: Rejection x5

Jan 22 - Were these 5 rejections sent out to those who interviewed?

Jan 23: probably not. We will probably get either a rejection email today or tomorrow or an acceptance via phone maybe next week

Jan 30 - any news?

Jan 30: No! It looks like last year finalist wsere rejected on the 24^th and acceptance calls went out on the 26^th. They said on the zoom they’d get back to us before the end of the month…

Feb 2: Am I the only one who hasn't received any info at all (no interview, no rejection, nothing)? I'm confused.

Feb 4: It seems that two offers were made and accepted. They have only two fellowships this year. x2

Feb 6: Yes, only two offers (when there are typically around 6-7) and one of them was given to a Columbia Phd

Sept 30 deadline

HARVARD SOCIETY OF FELLOWS

10/15 - Has anybody heard anything about the Harvard Society of Fellows interview?

Nov 06 - people have been hearing week by week since August
---> via email or phone?
- phone, and a friend in it asked and they're now done inviting people for interviews
Dec 09 - acceptance call received
Dec 09 - rejection (x3)

NEH FELLOWSHIPS

Book; individuals

Dec 17 - Any news?

UNIV OF CHICAGO HARPER-SCHMIDT FELLOWSHIP

Oct 15 - Anyone else have trouble with the UChicago Harper-Schmidt application portal?
Nov 03 - Anyone hear anything?
- Based on last year's thread, we probably won't hear anything until late December into January.
- Can confirm; I received a request for more materials last year, in early January. Then nothing until the rejection, in mid June
Nov 21 - I haven't heard anything from this one. Has anyone heard something? (x3)
Dec 03 - Anyone heard anything?
Dec 06 - Nothing here (media aesthetics)
Dec 13 - still nothing (East Asian civ)
Dec 21 - has anybody heard anything?
- no, last year people heard from them in February and March
Dec 23 - Request for additional materials.
- Which did you apply to? thanks!
Dec 30 - request for additional materials (SOSC--Power, Identity, Resistance) x2
Dec 31 - I applied to teach in the Humanities Core and haven't heard anything yet (x3)
Jan 1 - anything for civilizations?
Jan 2 - Has anyone received additional requests for the Humanities Core / Media Aesthetics track yet?
Jan 6 - request for additional materials (SOSC- Global Society)
Jan 8 - Has anyone on the Humanities track heard anything? The last two times I applied for this (2020 and 2022), they did not make any hires in the Humanities track.
Jan 9 - Has anyone heard back from the civilizations core?
Jan 10 - has anyone heard from self culture and society?
Jan 12 - any news from ppl submitting additional materials?
Jan 15 - for Power, our deadline for materials was 12 Jan and shouldn't expect to hear about interviews until sometime in Feb.
Jan 17 - for Global, material deadline is 19 Jan, interviews in Feb as well
Jan 17 - request for additional materials for Humanities (Reading Cultures, Poetry and the Human, Readings in World Literature, Language and the Human, et al.), due Jan 30; interviews to be scheduled then in early March. x6
Jan 24 - Has anyone heard re: remaining Humns core (Philosophical Perspectives, Greece & Rome, Media Aesthetics, Human Being & Citizen)? ^ says et al. but don't think I saw single entries referring to 1/2 of the core subjects.
Received additional req. for materials on Jan 17 for media aesthetics core.
Feb 2 - still no news from the civilizations core? (x2)
Feb 3 - any word on self culture and society?
Feb 7 - have any interviews been scheduled for Global (material deadline was Jan 19)?
Feb 11 - any word on interviews for Power, Identity, Resistance? No x2 [Feb 21]: Updates? Any word? [Feb 23, RE: PIR]: nothing here. Wondering when to give up hope
Feb 24-Chicago is known to delay things. Please if anyone hears anything, kindly update, eases a lot of stress. Thanks!
March 4 - any word on interviews being scheduled?
March 4 - not for me (anxiously waiting on PIR)
March 4 - did they mention to you in the email request for additional materials (the writing sample and extra teaching statement) that "if you are selected for an interview, we will get in touch with you in February. Interviews will take place via zoom shortly afterwards."? or anything similar to this stating a Feb date?
March 4 - [same poster from above RE: PIR] yes, that's exactly what I heard. However, no one in my networks has heard anything either way (nor, it seems has anyone here) so I'm sort of hoping they are just behind schedule.
March 4 - [same poster from Jan 17 request for add materials) my email, received 01/17, reads: "If you are selected for an interview, we will get in touch with you in early March. Interviews will take place via zoom shortly afterwards."
March 5 - I'd called them and they said we'll only know end-Mar and beg-Apr when current fellows get jobs and spaces open up for us. :/ :|
March 5 - RE the above post, did they say that this was the case across the board, or did you only ask about a particular core sequence?
March 10 - I think it's for all. I asked abt PIR.
March 14 - Interview request for Social Science - Global in early April. So that confirms the update about schedule above
March 21 - Any updates for the Humanities? Media Aesthetics, Reading Cultures, etc.?
- And PIR?
March 25 - nothing RE: PIR for me. Given March 5 post RE: late March/early April for PIR, I don't think we should give up hope quite yet.
March 26 - Has the hiring freeze reached Chicago? If current fellows don't get hired, we don't get hired either. Terrible times.. I am the Mar 5, will call them again.
April 2 - UoC not answering calls. Any updates on PIR anyone? Please tell. This is very anxiety-inducing. :/
- No updates here for Humanities. Not feeling too confident at this point, folks. [Apr 3]: Anybody heard about PIR? [Apr 9]: Mygod, radio silence everywhere? im dying. :(
- April 9-radio silence for me too, re: PIR. This is truly the worst of times. [Apr 11]: Why arent they even answering emails? that's courtesy...
April 10- Any updates on Social Sciences-Global? *No but my interview was this week, so I think they're probably still deliberating.
April 13: did someone mistakenly post an update in the Vanderbilt Collaborative Humanities Postdoc thread just below this one? If so, can you fix or clarify? It's hard to keep track and we are all freaking out. [Apr 14]: No idea. I did email them twice about my PIR status, no response. Maybe they aren't hiring this year? they could tell us as courtesy...
Reposting here instead of below. Apologies for the mistake:
- April 13: Reached out to inquire about status of my app. Here was the timeline: October 15, 2024, 11:59:59 pm EDT: Online application deadline. No late applications will be accepted. November 1, 2024, 5:00 pm EDT: Letters of Recommendation due. Beginning in mid-November and continuing a rolling basis: Additional materials will be requested from selected candidates. Late January 2025 - April 2025: Selected candidates will be invited for campus visits May 2025- June 2025: All candidates will be contacted at the conclusion of the search August 31, 2025: Ph.D. requirements must be fulfilled September 1, 2025: Teaching appointments begin FYI: I was never contacted for additional materials (PIR) or interview. R1: just to clarify, you reached out to inquire about the status of your application & they sent you this timeline in response?
Humanities interviews are in progress. Just found out after calling them, [Apr 21]: Anybody know about PIR? Are they not hiring at all this cycle?
Thank you for checking! ^^^ do you know if this means all Humanities (e.g. "Reading Culture")?
April 28: SOSC Global Societies, received offer and accepted.
A quick question regarding April 28 update above: Was your interview during the week of the 10th, and did you receive the offer around the 28th? My interview was on the 18th, and I received a call from the committee saying I had been selected and that the offer would be forwarded once the Provost approves it. I haven’t received anything yet and I’m starting to worry. Are there cases where the Provost might reject the offer? RE: is this Humanities or Social Science Global? RE: sorry I didn't see this! It's the social sciences (self culture society)
- If still relevant, I am April 28th update and it took about 12 days from committee call to official offer (i.e. forever) RE: thank you!
May 7: so no one checking this wiki has had any word from PIR after the request for materials back in January? I emailed them a week ago and heard nothing.
- I've still heard nothing about PIR after request for materials
Any Humanities candidates received a committee call or official offer?

VANDERBILT COLLABORATIVE HUMANITIES POSTDOC

Nov 8 - Do we have any insiders from Vanderbilt? Their Collaborative Humanities postdoc application portal was supposed to open up a week ago, and it still hasn't?

I don't know about the portal, but I saw the call for their program this morning on Twitter.
Their website shows some info. i think it's on. Unfortunately, i'm not sure international students requiring visa sponsorship can apply-- "Candidates must already be eligible to work in the United States. Vanderbilt University will not offer visa sponsorship of any kind. " 11/18
Applications close 2/2/25
Just here to say: extremely irritating that this application was listed as having a 11:59PM CST deadline, but the portal closed at 11:59 EST. Should have paid better attention to the listed Interfolio deadline (the administrator and me both)
Feb 10 - Just saw a Reddit thread where multiple posters reported that some of them have had their visit days cancelled and graduate admissions offers rescinded for Vanderbilt's Peabody School...I can't imagine how this clearly DEI focused postdoc will fare. Genuinely trying not to freak out about this whole application season. I hope schools hold the line but am feeling scared.
- Re:OP -- saw on a reddit thread in r/professors some folks affiliated with Peabody saying that the decision stems from cuts to US Aid put funding in jeopardy because of some of that funding goes to international development and education programs. Also the department of education's insecurity might be contributing, but I don't think DEI cuts have anything to do this with particular case. Obviously it all sucks, but just thought I would clarify based on what I saw.
^Hmm, that's odd given that Vandy is private...and yes I know Tennessee's GOP is among the country's most aggressive but since the postdoc itself is not named nor about DEI per se, I really hope they still take people. I know they had another postdoc last year where you were instructor of their first year seminar course, does anybody know if they still do that one?
Feb 12 - rejection
[Feb. 13] I haven't heard anything one way or the other (x 7)
- added x7 on 2/20
Feb 21, any updates? Just checked and last year I received a rejection for this on 1/25, so I think the timeline has shifted for this one compared to last year.
- I have not gotten an update yet. This year's application is different--last year's was due in November and required a writing sample and a cover letter. This year is a later submission date in early Feb, does not require a writing sample or cover letter, instead asking for a "Timeline for Scholarly Activities" document. Unfortunately, I do not think we can use last year's timeline as a template for this year, though given the slimmer application dossier I hope that it means a quicker review process. I am struck that someone seems to have already gotten a rejection when many of us have not heard back yet...I wonder if there is a hidden "long list" as they determine a "short list" of those to interview? Who knows! I'm sure many of us are anxious to hear, lol.
- as the sole rejection above, I figured out that my chair didn’t submit confirmation of my filing timeline by the Feb 2 deadline :/
Mar 7, any updates on Vanderbilt?
March 10 - I still haven't heard anything official. However, given that Vanderbilt has recently frozen grad admissions and I believe has also rescinded some grad admission offers, it is possible that this postdoc might be cut or at the very least decisions may take a lot longer than usual due to funding uncertainty. Speculative at this point, but the freezing and rescinding of admissions offers is a potentially grim portent for a humanities postdoc like this.
- I have not gotten news yet. If I am understanding correctly, the CHPP fellowship is funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), which is itself directly affected by the recent federal Executive Orders. It is possible that the funding for this fellowship will be compromised (and therefore altering the timeline for decisions). Though this is speculation based on my own preliminary research as an outsider and not as an insider.
- IDK how some of the NEH recent stuff would apply to this postdoc but there are reasons to worry--NEH just gutted any humanistic inquiry having to do with the vaguely defined 'diversity' studies and climate change studies. I don't know what they'd allow people to research, maybe the similarly vaguely defined "civics" which is catching on amongst right-leaning academics, and of course, any non-subversive usage of the "digital humanities."
March 20 - new notice on the website: "Update: As of March 19, 2025, this position is now closed, and applications are currently under review." If anyone hears anything, let us know!
[Mar. 20] The submission deadline was February 2 so this update is a little confusing, unless they extended the deadline and I missed that? I still haven't heard anything official but the fact that peer institutions have just canceled or put on hold similar postdocs in the last two days makes it hard not to read this update ominously.
Mar 21 - received rejection email ... at least that's some news, and good for anyone moving on to the next stage (x6)
Mar. 21 - Zoom interview invitation R1: congrats! Glad to see this one is still happening after all the uncertainty around it. R2: Do you mind saying if the invitation was for the whole program or by cluster? Wondering if not receiving a rejection has any meaning at this point... R3: My Zoom request didn't specify which cluster, but I applied for Urban Humanities.
March 21 - anyone else not receive anything? (x2)
April 5- still no word. anyone else know anything? (x2) R1: I've heard those of us still waiting should have an update by mid-April. however, I have not received an interview or references request, so I am not very hopeful.
April 7 - Zoom interview completed, offers will be made/finalized in late April/early May
April 11 - Received an email asking if I was still interested and saying they'll be in touch, who knows what that means R1: Did you Zoom interview then receive this, or was this prior to any interview(s)? Just curious! R2: No interview, just the email R3: Thanks!

April 17 - Offer received (response deadline of April 27) R1: offer for Vandy or Chicago? R2: Vandy (also deleted the above Chicago to avoid further confusion)
May 2nd- Emailed for status update. Was told they sent out a notification through interfolio last week that they aren't moving forward with my application. I never received said email through Interfolio... Those still waiting might want to follow-up/check inbox/spam

STANFORD IDEAL PROVOSTIAL FELLOWSHIP

Nov 08 - Has anyone heard from Stanford's IDEAL provostial fellowship (or has insights from previous years)?

Last year I got a rejection on January 26th

Dec 03 - did anyone hear something?

Dec 09 - Still nothing (x2)

Dec 18 - Still nothing

Jan 10 - Anyone heard anything?

Jan 26 - Still nothing. Others?

Jan 28 - Nope, nothing

Jan 31 - Does anyone have a sense if we'll be waiting until Feb for this? Or if we'll hear by today?

Jan 31 - Rejection (x4)

Feb 3: I have not recived a rejection yet? Are they sending rejections in waves/batches?

^ No one has reported receiving any acceptances yet so I think it's a good sign you haven't heard back and are likely still being considered.

Feb 4: On the above note, has anyone received an (un)official offer/acceptance yet? Any such info would be very useful to have a sense of timelines.

Feb 5: I received an email saying the review is complete and my app is still under consideration. Anyone else in a similar situation? What does it indicate (any insider info/guesses)? (x2)

Feb 10: Anyone received an offer yet? Have the first offers been sent out? Any insider info?

Feb 24: Hello good people, I am one of the people who received neither a rejection not acceptance! If ANY OF YOU have RECEIVED A (PROVISIONAL) OFFER, please let us know. It helps reduce stress and anxiety and get a sense of the timeline. Kindly help us out

Feb 25: To the poster above, or anyone else, how do you interpret the neither rejection nor acceptance email, which I also received? Is it a waitlist of sorts?

Feb 26: I am the above poster. I too have no clue. The email said we are still being considered but I would interpret it as a waitlist of sorts. They did say they will send an update in Feb and Feb is almost over! So I am also a bit puzzled! Maybe they sent out the first batch of offers and folks are taking time to accept/decline!

Mar 11: Rejection in response to email asking for updates.

SOCIETY FOR THE HUMANITIES AT CORNELL

Nov 10 - Anyone hear anything for Society for the Humanities at Cornell?

Received a rejection email on November 27 for the Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in public history
Awards offered (early Dec.)
Dec 4: Rejection received, Society for the Humanities at Cornell
Dec 5: to posters above, were these updates for the public history or Asian studies postdoc positions?
Dec 5: To clarify, yesterday I reported a rejection for a Society Fellowship. (Theme: Scale, Director: Durba Ghosh.) https://societyhumanities.as.cornell.edu/society-fellowships The Mellon Fellowships in Public History and Asian Studies are different from the Society Fellowships - the wiki should probably have a separate category for them...

UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP, EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY

Nov 12 - University of Oklahoma (USA:OK) - Postdoctoral Fellowship, Early American History: position has been filled

RICE UNIVERSITY ACADEMY OF FELLOWS

Nov 13 - Does anybody know anything about the Rice University Academic of Fellows? According to the website, applications closed in January 2024. Are they not accepting fellows for 2025?

PRINCETON SOCIETY OF FELLOWS

Nov 15 - BUMPING PRINCETON bc it's now officially 'mid-November'... Anyone heard from the Princeton Society of Fellows? Looks like they sent out requests for interviews/additional materials around this time last year. (originally posted 11/7)

Nov 18 - Also, is it okay to cry? to feel extremely frustrated by the rejections? This process is overwhelming. How can someone remain positive despite the rejections? A cry for help

Nov 19- Thank you for your kind words. We keep pushing

Nov 18 - Hello stranger. It's completely fine to cry. We don't know each other, but I totally feel you. Your feelings. Your despair. You are absolutely right that it *IS* overwhelming, and perhaps we don't have to remain positive—we just need to move forward with all the rejections. The job market really sucks and I wish that we all can get a job that deserves us, but for the time being, I think that it's okay to take a brief pause and just rest. We can try again tomorrow, or the day after. Sending you tons of virtual hugs and solidarity.

Nov 18 - Hi strangers, also been rough here. Rejections suck. I don't know if there will be a job at the end of this, but we are in this together.

11/07 - Nothing here.
11/08- ^ Also nothing.
11/15 - Still nothing (x4)
11/18 - Still nothing (x4)
11/18 - Rejection (x14)
11/15 - invitation to Zoom interview in Dec
12/13 - any updates since the interview
12/16 - nothing yet, but I assume successful candidates were notified last week. Anyone?
12/18 - rejection received.

PRINCETON - GLOBAL HEALTH (Global Health Program in Princeton School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University) (Deadline December 8, 24)

- Any news? (Feb. 25)

OMOHUNDRO INSTITUTE-NEH

Nov 15 - Anyone hear about Omohundro yet?

2/19 - interviews were in January

RAY D. WOLFE POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP AT TORONTO

Nov. 19 - anyone hear anything or know when we will?

Jan 14 - any news?

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESIDENT'S/CHANCELLOR'S POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM (PPFP) Deadline Nov 1

Nov 22 - Anyone heard from U-M?

Dec 3 - anything from UCLA?

Dec 3 - The deadline for mentor letters is Dec 6, so I think it's too early. Last year, I received a rejection in mid-Feb and someone received an offer in mid-March.

Dec 4 - Just FYI, the PPFP often takes a very long time and varies by campus because the Presidential fellowship happens at the system-wide level while the Chancellor fellowship has a different process at each campus. Last year, I got my rejection from UC Merced in July. Before that, the only communication I received was in response to emails I sent asking for updates (in February and April).

Dec 28 - anyone have insights on the process at University of Minnesota - either this year or in previous years? Thank you!

Dec 30 - Second time applying to UCR. Here's to more timely notifications this cycle!

Jan 3 - Interview request from University of Minnesota

— was that for the American Studies position or a different one?

^ yes, it was for the American Studies position

Jan 26 - anyone hear anything?

-Jan 28 Haven't heard anything, last year a person who got the PPFP heard back first week of Feb.

- Jan 31. When are folks expecting to hear back from UC Irvine?

- Jan 31. They've selected finalists and begun scheduling job talks and visits for the American Studies fellowship at Minnesota.

Jan 31. Any news on UCLA?

Feb 1. Does anyone have insight into whether the UC's also require interviews and job talks?

2/2 looking at previous years, initial recipients of the UC PPFPs did not interview or give talks; they got a phone call or an email requesting a phone call sometime in the first two weeks of February, and received news of acceptance on that call.

Feb 10. Anyone hear anything yet? - nothing yet for me, I applied to UCLA (x2)- Not UCLA, haven't heard anything (x2)

-Applied Berkeley, haven't heard anything yet. x5

Feb 11. -Applied to UCR, haven't heard anything yet.

Feb 12. I applied to Santa Cruz, also nothing here. x2

OP, I am dying I got the rejection (UCSC) like fifteen minutes after posting this lol.

Feb 12 I applied to Davis, no updates (x2)

Feb 13 applied for SB, no updates. Anyone has updates?

Feb 13 - rejected (UCLA) (x3) Berkeley (x2) Davis (x2) Irvine

Feb 13 - Can someone offer some clarity? If you're rejected does that mean you are not put into the "chancellor's fellowship" pile? Update: Yes, if you receive a rejection for the Presidential Fellowship then you are not in the Chancellor's fellowship pile.

Feb 13 – no updates here yet (Berkeley) ... has anyone heard anything other than a rejection?

Feb 13 - Also no news (UCLA) (x2) - my faculty sponsor doesn’t know anything either and hadn’t expected anything until March. Any info appreciated!

Feb 13 - received an email yesterday evening asking for a phone call. offer extended over the phone today for Berkeley.

Feb 20- anyone get updates from UCSB? I applied last year too and got a rejection on 2/23 so wondering if it is same timeline. Also do people know the difference between alternate and finalist? (saw on last years forum)

Feb 20 - no response from UCSB either!

Feb 24 - Emailed for an update and the response was: "Awards will be announced on March 31, 2025. (Math applicants are notified as early as mid-January 2025.) " So I don't think we'll be hearing back for a while (unless you're in Math). Stay strong everyone! This is a hard year with the delay in typical response times which I can only imagine is due to the DoED letter.

2/24 ty for the update! How long did it take them to respond to you? I emailed a week ago and haven't received even the template response. Guess it is a waiting game for the next month!
2/25 - Hi! It was immediate, like an automated response. I wonder if the've been getting so many messages that they put up an automated reply in the time between when you sent your email last week and when I sent mine yesterday.

Mar 5 - haven't heard anything yet on my end but found this that has a few more updates than this page: https://www.reddit.com/r/postdoc/comments/1itqmvd/ppfp_2025/

Thank you for above updates. looks like some people did receive and award. Does that mean we are under consideration for Chancellor's? I wonder if it's still worthwhile to email them at this point

Mar 5 - has anyone heard from UCSD?

if you check out the Reddit thread above and search for UCSD you'll see there has been some communication from them.

Mar 7 - I emailed the office and received a reply in the next day. I was told that I did not get ppfp but is under consideration for Chancellor's and it might take longer (later than March 31). I hope all of us who are waiting get notified soon.

What campus did you email and in what field? Thanks in advance!

March 17 - Some Chancellor's fellowship awards were already offered earlier this month. If you're waiting and not rejected from the President's, I'd say reach out to the Provost of the campus you applied to, as they might have more info whether you're in the running as an alternate.

4/1: Fellowship office's automated response updated to.. Awards will be announced on April 4, 2025. (Math applicants are notified as early as mid-January 2025.)

4/4: Anyone know if any Chancellor's fellowships were given out for UCSD?

I have the same question regarding UCR.
- UCR has awarded all fellowships including chancellor's according to source there.

4/5: wondering if not hearing anything by the 4/4 date above, not even a rejection, means we're out of the running? does anyone know? did anyone receive rejections this past week? i know of folks who received notifications they are recipients, finalists, or alternates, or who got a cpfp (ucla).

(4/6) I am not 100% sure if it means you’re out of the running, but maybe that the chances are low :(. I do know that UC is under a hiring freeze so notifications are even more delayed this year because so many jobs have to be reviewed. I received a email saying I’m an alternate and am being considered for the Chancellors last week. I applied to UCLA. Would you mind sharing if the person you know who received a Chancellors at UCLA received a notification that they were an alternate for the PPFP first? Thank you!
- (4/6 reply) I see, thanks! Okay, so the person who got offered a CPFP at UCLA had not heard anything at all until last week went they received the direct offer for it (no alternate or finalist email) :-/ But this whole thing just seems so all over the place and non-transparent. It's aggravating. Like one hypothetical is that in your field they're expecting to be able to give you the PPFP in the end so they haven't offered the CPFP yet. Another thing I learned this weekend is that some applicants in previous years just never heard anything back ever, which is infuriating given we're all trying our best to make career plans.
- (4/6 reply - response:) NP! Ugh yeah this is honestly confusing and such an anxious time. I’m not sure if all the chancellors at UCLA have already been notified or if they’re going one by one. As for the main PPFP, I am curious about the percentage of ppl who decline because they’ve secured assistant professorships already. But even then, I can’t imagine someone declining the PPFP when they could do one year and defer their job offer; unless their job outright says no…which I also can’t imagine because it’s UCLA lol. I hope you hear something soon!

4/7 - rejected via email (applied to UCSD) [x2]

4/8 - received CPFP (LA). Received alternate PPFP notification 4/2

4/12 - received rejection email from U-M on 4/11

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (USC) SOCIETY OF FELLOWS

Jan 21 - any news? Haven't heard anything yet

Jan 21 – email sent to semifinalists today

Jan 21 - also received a semifinalist email jan 21

Jan 21 - So it's over eh? Damn.

Jan 21 - Oh, I didn't get anything today.. Must be a rejection then...

Question: did anyone actually receive an email or is this a rumor?

Jan 22 - I did not receive an email so I was eliminated. It's competitive!

Jan 22 - I was one of the people above who didn't receive anything. It's weird bc for the past few years, hundreds of people seemed to have gotten rejection emails at the same time! But maybe they're coming today... or soon...

Jan 22 - Just received an email that I'm a semifinalist. seems like they might be coming in waves. Good luck to everyone still waiting to hear!

Jan 22 - Yes I got my semifinalist email today, so maybe people are withdrawing until the date they gave (Jan 23) and they are supplementing their semifinal numbers before theyll send rejections.

Jan 22 - Just got the email today as well. They mentioned around 10% were designated semi-finalist out of 747 applications.

Jan 22- thanks for the info, where did they say Jan 23 as the final ddl? (I don't find it on their website)

Jan 22 - I have the same question as the person above^. So we're supposed to hear about either semifinalist acceptance or rejection by Jan 23? Where did that come from?

Jan 23 - They asked us to respond by January 23rd at 5 PM if we wish to withdraw our name from consideration. I believe the last emails for semifinalists will be sent out by the end of this week at the latest, but they didn’t provide a specific deadline for it (only for the subsequent rounds).

Jan 28 - Rejection received (x4)

Feb 11 - email sent to finalists

Feb 26 - fellows are meeting in a couple days to make finalist decisions. should hear soon! (source is a faculty fellow).

Feb 26 - ^ Oh, the anxiety! At least we’ll have an answer soon!

Feb 28 - Any updates?

March 5 - Has anyone heard anything?

March 6 - Nothing here (x2)

March 6 - For the person who claimed, on Feb. 26, to have contact with a faculty fellow, do you have any news?

March 7 - ^^^ that was me - they're still negotiating. it's probably taking more time to "curate" the cohort this year because of the theme for the cycle

March 11 - Anyone received an offer?

March 13 - No information here, either. (x2)

March 15 - still no word... if no word by tomorrow, going to mentally move on & assume they've made offers

March 15 - To the poster with the inside scoop: are they still negotiating? do you know? if anyone hears anything, please update our anxious souls!!!

March 19 - Does anyone have any updates?

March 19 - Nothing here. I'm assuming they are already making offers. Mentally preparing for the rejection e-mail. But it would be nice to have an update.

March 19 - This info is neither here nor there, but was told through a reliable source that the final roster is likely to be confirmed by early April. Agreeing with the above––frustrating, but it seems on par with past communication dates/patterns from the fellowship, and it's highly likely that initial offers are already out.

March 19 - Well hopefully someone hears of somebody who got an offer, cuz so far from the looks of it its just a bunch of "finalists" hanging out and waiting.

March 19: But did your reliable source tell you that offers are already being made? I’d like that confirmation... If they are, then it’s safe to assume a rejection. Though, at this point, I think the best thing to do is to move on – and if good news comes, even better!

March 19 - How many of us are "finalists' hanging out and waiting"? (Finalist x10)

March 21 - Alright, I did probability math. The chances of 0 out of 8 people being chosen for 5 spots out of 29, with all things being equal, is 18,4%.

March 22 - Well, all we can do now is wait. If anyone hears anything, please update us here! But, honestly, I’ve pretty much lost hope at this point...

March 24 - Now with 10 finalists for 29 spots, the chances of 0 of those 10 not being chosen for none of the 5 spots, with all things being equal, if roughly 9%.

March 25 - I wonder if this is all related to the budget cuts...

March 25 - offer received.

March 25: ^ Congrats!!! I didn’t receive anything, unfortunately. But it’s nice to have an update, so thanks!

03/25: ^ Congratulations :) Has anyone else received an offer?

03/31: Rejection received.

KLARMAN FELLOWSHIPS AT CORNELL

Nov 24 -- any updates?

Nov 24 PM -- nothing from my end...

Nov 25 -- nothing here either.

Nov 26 -- nope. Nov 27 -- nope, i believe we didn't make it bc their timeline says interviews in early Dec, so invites must have gone out by now. This is all so rough. :/

Nov 27 - Received an invitation to interview in early DecemberX2

[Dec. 13] Rejection email received.

[Dec 14] Neither accepted nor rejected. [x2]

[Dec 16] acceptance email received

[Dec 16] interviewed on December 9 but have not received a rejection or acceptance yet!

Do they send out the offers all at once or in batches? Seems to be rolling.

[Dec 23] Anyone else who received an acceptance for this one? Thanks

Dec 26 -- interviewed in early Dec, received an email on 12/18 saying they were in the midst of deliberations, but since they already offered to at least one person here, my sense is they sent out initial offers and are waiting to hear back before offering to alternates some time in january?

Exact same situation as above. Received the exact same message. In a situation like this, who knows if anyone who has received an acceptance might decline at all. Fingers crossed!

a confusing email, in any case! fingers crossed

[Dec 30] To the one(s) who received an offer/acceptance already, do you have a deadline by which you are expected to respond? That will help alternates get a sense of the timeline. Anyone with an offer considering declining?

[Dec 31] I posted above about the acceptance. They gave me a deadline of 1/15, but it seems like they are willing to offer short extensions on a case-by-case basis. I have no further insight into the timeline of offers/other notices, sorry :(

Thank you for sharing all this info. Very helpful :)

PIIRS Postdoctoral Fellowship at Princeton (deadline Nov 1st)

Nov 26th --It may be too early still, but anyone applied for this and heard anything yet?

Nov 29 Nothing

Dec 4 -- Nope

Dec 18 -- nothing yet

Dec 13-Interview request

Dec 20 -request for additional material post-interview

Jan 10 - Rejection (x2) -for what it's worth to those still waiting, I was never asked for additional materials/invited for interview.

Jan 14 - no acceptance or rejection here

Jan 15 - no acceptance/rejection or interview

Feb 4 - I still haven't heard anything; emailed to follow up and didn't hear back. any idea what's going on?

Feb 24 - was eventually invited to interview on very short notice; was emailed a rejection the following week

PRINCETON NIEHAUS CENTER FOR GLOBALIZATION AND GOVERNANCE POSTDOC (DEADLINE WAS IN 2024)

Jan 21 - Any updates?

PRINCETON MELLON INITIATIVE IN ARCHITECTURE, URBANISM, AND THE HUMANITIES

Mar 1 - Anything yet?

March 13 - Letters of recommendation due this week. Did anyone receive an interview request?

April 16 - Updates?

April 30 - Any news?

BROWN PRESIDENTIAL POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP

Dec 2 - any news?

Dec 8 - nothing on my end

Dec 18- Still no news?

Dec-19 Rejection e-mail from the Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity (x5)

Jan 14 - Anyone still waiting to hear anything?

[4 March 25] Context on the application/selection process - there are multiple rounds of this fellowship. First round is the largest cut. Then the semi-finalists will hear later to be invited for interviews, which previously were done with members of the selection committee and a representative (or two) from your prospective department. Then offers come after the interviews. If they follow previous timelines, offers come late March.

March 8 - offers made

Mar 27 - I have not received a rejection yet. But was not interviewed. What does that mean?

Programa de Becas Posdoctorales en la UNAM

Does anyone know about the cycle for starting in Aug 2025 - when will they post info about it?

YALE PROGRAM FOR THE STUDY OF ANTISEMITISM POSTDOC

Dec 8 - maybe a little early but adding for updates as they come

WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY AT ST. LOUIS AMERICAN STUDIES POSTDOC

Dec 8 - maybe a little early but adding for updates as they come

Jan 13 - request for more materials + Zoom interview scheduled for week of 2/10 x3

Jan 21- Rejection x4

Feb 20 - did anyone who got interviewed get a sense of when we would be notified about selection?

MICHIGAN, FRANKEL JEWISH STUDIES FELLOWSHIP

Dec 8 - maybe a little early but adding for updates as they come

Feb 14 - informal notice about acceptance to the fellowship

MICHIGAN, RAOUL WALLENBERG RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP

Dec 28 - also maybe a bit early but adding for updates as they come (notifications of acceptance/rejection to be sent out in "Spring 2025")

February 3 - No notification yet

Feb 14 - still no notification yet (x4)

Feb 18 - still nothing.

Feb 24 - Rejection. 275+ application. No statement of how many fellowships were offered. (x2)

BROWN, PEMBROKE CENTER POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP

Dec. 9 - received request for additional application materials (x1)

Dec.9 - rejection email (x2)

Deadline nov 25

Feb. 3 - offer made (x2)

UPenn Wolf Mellon Postdoc ("Truth")

Dec 10 - any news? (nothing x4) <- For reference, last year I received my rejection on Friday, Feb 2

Dec 20 - still no news from anyone?

Dec. 22 - We should expect to hear in the beginning of February, I believe the position description said so and last year I heard the first week in Feb.

Feb 2 - any news?

Feb 3 - No news here (x3)

Feb 5 - Still no news here.

Feb 6 - Still nothing here; debating if I should reach out to program contact (worried about overlap with other job lead) <-Last year I got my rejection on the first Friday of February. I'd wait another week if you can, but if it's time-sensitive just contact the program. I know the mores of academia make us *feel* this way, but I doubt anyone's ever lost a post-doc they were otherwise going to get because they sent a friendly email to the program coordinator! <- Thanks for this advice!

Feb 10 - did anyone hear anything?

Feb 10 - I haven't heard anything yet (x8)

Feb 14 - For what it's worth, the website currently says "Decisions will be announced in February 2025" - I don't see "first week of February" anymore. Maybe they quietly changed it because they're running behind?

Feb 18 - rejection email received x11

Feb 18 - Huh I haven't heard anything yet. Who else is in this boat? x4

March 4 - Still haven't heard anything. Anyone have any more news?

March 4 - I hadn't heard anything so I contacted the program. They said that they had tried to send me a rejection on Feb 18 but the email bounced.

March 5- I received the acceptance email on February 17th. This was my second time applying for this position.

RUTGERS, Presidential Postdoc

Feb 7 - received rejection email

Feb 4 - any news? Haven't heard anything in either direction.

Dec 11 - any news? For some reason, I have it noted that we should hear back by the second week of Dec., but now I cannot find any source for this or any other info

GONVILLE & CAIUS, Cambridge JRF

Dec 11 - any idea when we will hear about interviews?

Dec 11 - Was long listed today (x2) Congrats :-D

YALE POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE, ARCHAIA PRE-MODERN CULTURES AND CIVILIZATIONS

Archaia deadline dec 20

Dec 11 - do we know a timeline? <- Are you talking about the archaia project postdoc?

Yes, the Archaia project one

December 31--Any updates? I see they changed the due date from December 1 to December 20.

Jan 10 - any updates?

Jan 21– I have a friend on the committee, who said notifications would go out by mid Feb, but that was before the deadline was moved, so I'm not positive the timeline is the same.

January 24–emails for interviews went out. Shortlist of 3. Interviews first and second week of Feb.

Feb 19 - rejection email

UChicago COSAS Critical Caste Studies Postdoc

Might be too early to hear back but does anyone what the timeline for this search is?

Any news? (01/24)

DAN DAVID SOCIETY OF FELLOWS AT TAU

putting this back since someone deleted for some reason AGAIN!! - if the fellowship is not relevant to you just ignore it! Some of us are using this platform to figure out our futures! - hmm, wonder why people would delete this...

R1: I didn't apply to this, but ading this back in, for the sake of the person above. Why erase other people's stuff?

13 April - has anyone heard anything?

STANFRD MELLON FELLOWSHIP OF SCHOLARS IN THE HUMANITIES

Dec 13 -- any updates?

Dec 18 -- nothing yet

Jan 18 -- any news?

Jan 20 -- no news yet. website says "spring," so probably March at the earliest, I'd imagine?

-->last year, notifications were sent to finalists on Jan 18, so there should be some movement now-ish...

Jan 25 -- any updates?

—still nothing on my end

Jan 31 -- still nothing! x4

Feb 3 -- any news?

Feb 4 -- still nothing

Feb 10 -- still nothing x11

Any news? The last two cycles emails were sent out on Valentine's

—Radio silence.

Feb 18 — emailed the center and received this reply: “Per our website, we will let the candidates know by the end of March.”

Feb 18. Received and email "recommended you as a alternate"

-- does this mean that those selected have likely already been notified?^

—have to imagine this means that finalists have been notified at least?

-- I'm the person who got the email: The email I received does not mention anything about the status of other candidates. It only states that they would "interested in inviting me to be part of the 2025-2026 cohort if a space becomes available."

-- thank you for sharing, do you mind specifying your proposed departmental affiliation?

-- Art History

3/7 - official email rejection noting that they had 532 applications this year (edited for miswriting the number of apps)

Oct 14 deadline

NYU Abu Humanities Research Fellowship for the Study of the Arab World

Dec 18 –- any updates?

Dec 20--I've not received any updates.

Dec 31–– rejection via email

Hoover History Lab Research & Teaching Fellowship

Dec 18 - Any updates?

Dec 18 nothing

Jan 2- any updates?

Jan 6 - Nothing

Jan 24- any news?

Jan 29 received offer

Hoover Fellows Program

Dec 18 - Any updates?

Dec 19 Nothing

Jan 2- any updates?

Jan 6 - Nothing

Jan 10 - Received rejection email

Nov 18 deadline

Harvard Weatherhead Scholars Program

Dec 18- Any updates?

Dec 18 -- nothing yet

Jan 2 - any updates?

Jan 23- Any update? Website says early January for results.

Jan 23 - No news on my end.

Jan 23 - received offer on Jan 16 for postdoctoral fellowship x2

Feb 3 - Rejection x2

Feb 3 - (I have not heard anything, no rejection by end of day...)

Feb 3 – got an email asking if I'd received or accepted any other offers yet; they said they "hope to finalize the process shortly."

March 20 - In response to my follow up email, was finally rejected today (x2)

Hopkins Fellowship in Moral and Political Economy

Dec 18 - Any updates?

1/1 - Request for more material on 12/16

Jan 6 - does this mean shortlisted candidates have been notified?

Jan 28 - received rejection

Feb 3 - Haven't heard anything, positive or negative. Did anyone receive an acceptance?

Feb 4 - I received a rejection on Jan 28, which said that they have offered the position to two candidates

Institute for Advanced Study, Toulouse, Postdoctoral Fellowship

Dec 18 - Any updates?

Jan 2 - any updates?

Jan 24 - any news?

Feb 7 - any news?

Feb 11 - nothing here, any news?

Mar 4 - Rejected

Ernest May Fellowship in History and Policy, Harvard

Dec 18 - Any updates?

Dec 18 -- nothing yet

Jan 2 - any updates?

1/8 - These don't come out before late Feb

2/20 - rejected

MAGDALEN COLLEGE, OXFORD - FELLOWSHIP BY EXAMINATION

Dec 18 - any news? //Dec. 28 -> was longlisted on Dec. 12

Jan 14 - no news either way (x2)

Jan. 30 - has anyone received an invitation to interview for this?

Jan. 30 - In the 'further particulars' section they say they would let people know on Jan 29.

Feb. 3 - Rejection received (x3)

UPENN PROVOST'S POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP

Dec 18 - what is the timeline?

Jan 3 - any word?

nothing on my end

Jan 21 - rejection email received

POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP IN CHRISTIAN-JEWISH RELATIONS at U of TORONTO

December 18 - any news? looks like the Ray D Wolfe has sent out interviews?

Dec 19 - interview request received

Jan 28 - has anyone who has been interviewed heard anything?

NYU'S PROVOST'S POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP

Dec 18 is the deadline

December 18 - timeline?

Jan 24 - any news?

February 1st - nothing yet

Feb 3rd -- still nothing...aren't they announcing in mid-Feb?

the call said the announcement would be made on or around 15 Feb
2/12 - anyone hear anything this week?
- 2/13- nothing yet.
- 2/17- still nothing. x8

Feb 18 -- emailed admin to inquire about timeline and received this response: "Fellowship decisions are typically sent out shortly after February 15. However, due to the high volume of applications received this year, we anticipate that decisions will be sent out in late February or early March."

Feb 26-Rejection received. x10

Postdoctoral Fellowships in Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore

Has anybody hear applied for this? Assuming that they said you should hear back in 10 weeks, wondering if I'm already out....

Interviewed in early November, they said offer will be made after the holidays.

Thanks for the info, I'll cross this out on my list.

[Jan 15] Any news post-interview?

[Jan 16] Only letter requests sent, but no further news. Anyone else?

[Jan 22] Same, only letters.

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY –JRF IN ARTS/HUMANITIES (Churchill College..)

Dec 23 – any updates?

Jan 10 - was just long listed

Jan 10 - was it for Clare?

Jan 10 - rejected (x4)

Jan 10 - longlisted, invited to submit writing sample

Mar 12 - offer made (and accepted) for Clare

University of Pennsylvania Senior /Post-Doctoral Housing Research Associate

Any news on this postdoc position yet?

2025-2027 Fishman Fellowship - University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning

Any news on this postdoc position yet?
[1/23] Interview today
Job talks took place in the past two weeks, decisions should be out after March 11

Washington University in St. Louis Postdoctoral Fellowship in Modeling Interdisciplinary Inquiry

Posting for updates as they come
1/21 anyone heard anything?
1/21 Nope
1/27 nothing here
2/3 no bites
2/10 any updates?
2/11 nothing here (x3)
Feb 18 - any updates?
2/19 nothing here (x3)
2/21 - anyone heard?
2/21 - nothing here (x4)
3/1 - any updates?
3/1 not for me (x3). The site said they would try and contact applicants by mid-Feb; do we think that those of us who haven't heard by now can assume we didn't make the cut? Does anyone have any insider info?
3/2 I'm not sure what to think to be honest. Having been on the market the last several cycles it seems that stated postdoc timelines aren't always strictly adhered to. Anecdotally, I have heard that at least some search committees are in a bit of a holding pattern due to budget cuts (real and potential) so I have a feeling that decisions might take even longer than usual. I received a rejection email for this same postdoc in January last cycle so assuming they are going to let people know either way, it is potentially a good sign that rejections haven't been received yet. But the process is so opaque that it is hard to get a definitive sense of what to expect and when.
3/3 got rejection email (x2)
3/11 received an interview invite on 3/3, interviews scheduled for last week of March. (x2)
April 3: have any of those interviewed received offers or rejections yet?
4/4: I also interviewed, not heard anything yet
4/8: Any updates?
4/17 got a rejection email post interview at the end of last week

NYU Remarque Institute TEFE Visiting Fellowships and Doctoral Fellowships

Anything? 1/6

Nuffield, Politics, Oxford

any news? (1/12)
I asked their admin person for a timeline. They are making the shortlist in the second half of Jan, and interviewing around Feb. 10.
Have references been pulled yet? (1/26)
Any updates? I have not heard anything and, to my knowledge, no references have been pulled (2/12)
Offers made (2/14)

The Science in Human Culture Program (SHC), Northwestern University

any news for this one? (1/14)

no news so far (1/21)

admins said that decisions will be communicated by march 1st (1/23)

Jan 31- Received an email letting me know I was a semifinalist, asking whether I had other offers.

Feb 28 - Any updates on the position? Has anyone received an offer yet?

March 7 - Nothing here. Anyone?

March 16 - rejection [x2].

Dartmouth Neukom Fellowship

Wasn't listed above, but wondering if anyone heard back on this. Had interview the first week of January, said they'd likely get back within a week, and now its 1/14 and I'm wondering if I'm out or they are still deciding.

Dartmouth College 2025-2027 Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship

Feb 1 - any news?

Purdue Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Center for American Political History and Technology (CAPT)

(1/14) got a request for letters of rec, anyone else?
(3/6) Rejection received! x2

Harvard Mahindra Humanities Center Fellowship in Environmental Humanities

1/7/25 rejection received
- did anyone else receive a rejection? I know a few people that applied but none of us has got it yet.
- I believe they send out rejections in stages for this one. If past years are anything to go by, there will be another round of rejections in early Feb.
1/21 any news?
(1/21) no word x3
(1/28) no word X3
(2/5) rejected x5
(2/5) - email notifying that I've made it to the final round x8 - final decisions in early March
02/27 rejection x4
02/27 selected as an alternate - would be very interested to know if the 5 selected are planning on accepting! x2 R1: offer received-planning on accepting

Diversity Fellowship Program, Augustana College

1/23/25 Didn't see this listed above...
2/3 No notification yet
2/14 No notification yet
2/24 Nothing yet

Fox Humanities Postdoc at Emory

Any word? (1/26)
Nothing until April last year
2/12 nothing
2/27 nothing yet
3/4 Rejection (x4)
3/4 Waitlisted
3/5 I haven't heard anything either way
3/17 (late) offer made & accepted

Dartmouth College Rosenwald Postdoctoral Fellowship in U.S. Foreign Policy and International Security

1/26 Any updates?

Jan 27 Nothing yet

Received fellowship on January 17

Yale University International Security Studies Henry Chauncey, Jr. '57 Postdoctoral Fellowship

1/26 Any updates?

[Feb. 4] Nothing here. A colleague who also applied hasn't heard anything either for what that's worth.

[Feb. 10] A friend was interviewed last week

[Feb 20] Rejection via email x2

The University of Texas at Austin: Clements Center Postdoctoral Fellowship

1/26 Any updates?

2/25 Rejection via email

Yale University Postdoctoral Associate (Humanities Program)

1/27 Any updates?

2/1 No updates

2/2 They said something about March in the ad, didn't they?

2/2: just double checked—there's nothing about March in the ad, no indication about timing of interviews or hiring.

2/7 - has anyone heard anything?

2/7: nothing yet

2/7 rejection (Franke Postdoctoral Fellowship)

-- just to be clear, the Franke Postdoctoral Fellowship ("Architectures of Illness," hosted at the Whitney Humanities *Center*) is not the same as the postdoc in the Humanities *Program*. Looks like the Humanities Program notifications haven't been sent out yet.

2/10, any updates on Yale Humanities (not Franke)?

2/12 - none yet on my end (x3)

2/17 interview request (Humanities Program) x 2

2/26 - assuming this is a wash if if you haven't already gotten an email?

that is what I am thinking

3/20 has anyone heard from the Humanities Program post-interview?

3/24 - in response to immediately above: nothing as of today. worried that there are some financial issues.

4/7 - anything?

4/7 - rejection email x 3

4/9 - Sorry to be nosy, but did any of the rejections above come from someone post-interview? Or are interviewees still waiting to hear?

4/9 – I interviewed in early March and received a form rejection email on 4/7.

4/10 - Rejection after interview (not sure why it was delayed)

Yale Agrarian Studies Postdoc

(1/28) Any updates?
Jan 27 - received a message that the application advanced to the second stage. Recommendations and a writing sample are due on Feb 7. x3
Feb 18 - any intel on when final decisions will be announced? - No idea, assuming early March.
Feb 27 - offer made
Feb 25 - selected as an alternate - yikes, so probably no for the rest of us.

Haverford College Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow in the Humanities

1/28: Any updates?
Feb 1 - nothing yet
Feb 3 - request for interview x4
Feb 18 - anything post-interviews or did anyone get details on the timeline during interviews?
Feb 24 - haven't heard anything nor did I get a timeline. anyone else?
Feb 24 - also no info post-interview
Feb 24 - invited for campus interview (no info given about timing/number of campus invites, if all invites have been made, etc. -- so holding out hope for others watching this thread, too!)
Mar 7 - I haven't heard anything since my zoom interview. Has anyone else been invited for campus interviews?
April 11th - Rejection email

University of Oxford, Christ Church JRF

1/29 - any news?

1/31 - rejection received (x5)

Southern Methodist University (USA:TX), William P. Center for Southwest Studies at SMU Research Fellowships

1/30 - Anyone updates?

Diversity Visiting Lecturer Fellow, Community College of Philadelphia

1/30/25 - any news?

Pembroke College, University of Oxford - JRF in Religion and Frontier Challenges (Deadline 1/27/2025)

Placing here just in case anyone hears anything
(2/27) Rejection over email

Columbia University Institute for Religion, Culture, and Public Life - Postdoc

2/4: any news?
- Reached out to the institute, was told they are still reviewing applications
Feb 9 - A colleague was contacted for an interview some time ago
Feb 24- any updates?

Pomona College (USA:CA) - Fred and Dorothy Chau Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship

Any news on this one? (2/3)
I sent an app for this one last year and I did not receive a response, not even an automated one. I wonder if they only seek for folks in specific disciplines any given year but do not bother to update the ad to reflect that.
- I think that's the case--I didn't hear back the last two application cycle

PRINCETON - GLOBAL HEALTH (Global Health Program in Princeton School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University) (Deadline December 8, 24)

- Any news on this one?

PRINCETON PLAS (Postdoc Fellowship -Program in Latin American Studies) (Deadline 12/1/2024)

Any news on this (2/11)?
Haven't heard anything (2/12) +2
Still nothing (2/19)x3
Nothing yet. According to pages from previous years, people that move on to interview should be notified by now (2/24)
Rejection - 02/25 x6

Harvard, Global American Studies postdoc (Charles Warren Center)

Anyone hear anything?
4/9 Any news?

Turpin Junior Research Fellowship in Humanities

2/12 - has anyone heard anything about this one?

2/13- nothing from Oriel

I assume we will hear next week as the interviews start week of 3 March

2/24 - anyone been invited to interview?

2/25 - still nothing (x2)

3/1 - anyone with interview invites? Or rejections? Or anything?

3/1 - still nothing

3/3 - rejected x2

Washington Univ at St. Louis - Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity, and Equity (CRE2 postdocs)

Any intel?
Nothing yet (2/18)
No word (3/1)
Interview request (3/19)

Oslo Metropolitan University: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship 2025 – Advancing Social Sustainability, Solidarity, and Democratic Resilience

February 12 - anyone hear anything?

University of Helsinki - Becomings project

starting for updates
2/27: Rejection received

Frederick Douglas Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship at University of Rochester

any updates?
2/24: recieved Zoom interview invitation

University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Research Associate Position in Transgender Studies

anyone heard?
2/14: recieved Zoom interview invitation
4/2: Received rejection (did not interview) stating they filled the position (Congrats!)

Boston University, Abbott Lowell Cummings Postdoctoral Fellowship in American Material Culture

any news?
March 12th: rejection email

Chinese University of Hong Kong - Postdoctoral Fellow, Research Institute for the Humanities

feb. 17, reference letters requested

Brown University Center for Environmental Humanities Two-Year Postdoctoral Fellowship

Deadline was 1/28; posting for updates as they come
2/23: any news?
2/27: nothing here. Anyone?
3/5 - nothing. Anyone see anywhere when we can supposedly expect an announcement?
3/7 - nothing on my end
3/13 - Nothing over here still. Wish there was an admin contact for this search to reach out to
- R1 - Interfolio job posting says finalists will be asked for 3 letters of rec. I wonder if they will reach out to applicants or directly to recommenders listed on applications. Also wonder what timelines look like for calls like this where "applications remain open until position is filled." oof.
- R2 - I reached out to the office a little while ago. They replied this week to say that they couldn't share info on timelines at the moment.
3/19 anyone know if this postdoc is impacted by the hiring freeze? Solidarity with everyone hanging in there in these dystopian times.
3/20 current postdoc at Brown - the hiring freeze is for specific staff positions, and from university messaging faculty and postdocs are not included in this freeze. Faculty hiring is at a restricted 1% annual growth, but this was a decision announced a while ago/prior to the freeze.
3/25: Just noticed my application is no longer editable on Interfolio. I know the (lack of ) predictive power of this has been discussed on here before; not sure if it means anything, but for my own sanity I am counting myself out. This concludes my third and final job market run.
- R1 - Mine is also no longer editable. Not sure what it means. As someone very tired from just my first year on the market, I see you anonymous internet colleague and hope you do something for yourself that feels good in the coming days/weeks. Solidarity.
3/26: Rejection x2

Rutgers Hallgring Visiting Professorship/Postdoc

2/19 - friend just got an email that they are long-listed
4/7 - rejection received, post filled

Yale South Asia Studies

2/21 - Any word?
2/25 - Nothing yet
Anything yet?
3/4 - Request for recommendation received through Interfolio.
- Was there an email?
3//5 -Can see the request for recommendation on Interfolio now but didn't get an email about it so I'm guessing that's me out of the running.
3/5 - I'm confused, I didn't get an email, but on interfolio it says that my application is Incomplete, and there is an option to request references. What does that mean?
- Based on my experience, you can add the recommendation letter saved in the interfolio or send a request to your reference writers through it. they will not send email.
- My impression is that interfolio can't do changes on individual applications, so when someone is sent a request for additional information the status/change is visible to all. But if you haven't received an email request about the update you're no longer in the running. I could be wrong, but that's my impression from observing other applications on there.
4/1 - Any News?
4/4 - Nothing after the letter request
4/15 - Rejection received

Boston University - Kilachand Honors College Postdoctoral Associate

3/12 - Any news?
3/26 - Nothing so far
3/27 - Received an email saying that there's a hiring freeze for this
3/27 - I did not even receive the email above (x5)
3/31 - It seems like I just received the 3/27 hiring freeze letter: "As part of the University’s hiring priorities, this position is on hold to ensure alignment with long-term workforce planning needs. While we do not have a specific timeline for next steps at this time, we remain interested in your background and encourage you to stay connected with us on LinkedIn. We appreciate your patience and look forward to reconnecting in the near future." (x5)
Same, this sounds like a noncommittal response and they are unlikely to proceed with any hire this cycle.
Received an additional email inviting applications for a lecturer position in the honors college. Appears to be another mass email. (x3)
5/5 - Has anyone heard back about the lecturer position?

Yale East Asian Studies (CEAS Postdoctoral Associates in East Asian Studies)

2/25 - Nothing yet?
2/25 - rejection (x2)
2/27 - rejection
3/1 - still nothing for me
3/1 - to the above poster: what track did you apply? I applied for the transnational track and haven't heard back either.
3/1 - the transnational
3/6 - rejection
3/6 - to the above poster: which track did you receive a rejection for? transnational?
3/6 - still no news (transnational)
3/7 - rejection (transnational -- poster above). Already had another offer but this still stings. Congrats to the accepted!

Stanford COLLEGE Lectureships

2/21 Any word?
2/26 Nothing for me
2/29 Stanford announced a hiring freeze today. I asked COLLEGE how the hiring freeze will affect the search and they said they don't know yet. They had originally planned to start first-round interviews in early March, but we'll see - it sounds like at best the timeline will get pushed back.
3/14 Any news?
3/14 Given the hiring freeze, Stanford is hoping to hire a reduced number of COLLEGE lecturers this year. I don't know how many.
- Updating my post above: I heard the new number is seven. About half what they originally planned.
3/14 First-round interview request
3/14 Rejection email
3/18 Anyone else who has not heard anything either way?
3/19 I also have not heard anything
3/21 I, too, have yet to receive an email.
3/24 Request for on-campus interview
3/25 Rejection email received
4/3 - Offer received
4/5- still have not heard anything

Harvard Warren Center Fellowship for Studies in American History

2/24 Any news on this?
2/28 nothing here. Anyone else?
3/12-Anything?
3/13 -Nothing here, not sure if it will be affected by the hiring freeze.
4/3 - Assume that if no one's heard anything, it's impacted by the freeze. No offers? Delayed a year or two???
4/7 - rejection received
Is this the Global American studies one or a different one?

Amherst College Center for Humanistic Inquiry (CHI) Fellowship

2/25 - Any updates?
2/27 - I haven't heard anything (x3)
2/27 - just to confirm, is this the 'tools' one?
2/28 - I was assuming this entry is for the tools one. (x4)
3/4- any news yet?
3/4 - Nothing here
3/4 - invitation to interview received
3/25 - any updates on this? i just saw the call posted again but assumed the search was over based on interview above. hmm...
3/25 - Around 15-20 interviews were conducted two weeks ago and offers should have been extended shortly thereafter.
3/25 - Do you happen to have heard people receiving an offer? I interviewed and haven't heard back. Thanks!
- No, my interview was an utter disaster, but they told me they planned to make their decision by the end of that week.
4/3 - any news?
4/17 - has anybody received an offer? thank you for sharing any update!
4/17 - letters have been sent out

Georgia Tech Marion L. Brittain Postdoctoral Fellowship

2/25 - Any updates?
2/27 - nothing here
3/3 - invitation to interview received (x2)
3/19 - invitation for interview received - I gues maybe they're filling these positions in waves? idk
3/24 - rejection in response to an email asking for an update
3/24 - invitation to interview received
3/25 - ^so are they done inviting to interviews?
4/21 - Offer received (x2)
4/25 - Are offers being made in waves? Or has the search come to an end with the 4/21 offers
4/27 - please when did you interview. The person who receivrd an offer
4/28 - someone keeps deleting requests for more information. Please when did you interview and dud you reach out ti ask about the interview or search update
4/29 - In response to the request for more information: I also received my offer on 4/21, I was invited to interview 3/3, sat for an interview in March, and reached out for a search update. Vague to avoid identification.

Tufts University (USA:MA) - Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Environmental Humanities at Tufts University

2/26 - Any updates?
2/26 - Interviews were conducted Feb 13/14, no word since then on my end.
- Wow, that's a short turnaround after the app due date. Congrats!
- Thanks for updating us! And good luck (to us all)
- did they say anything to you about the timeline/process in the zoom interview? i also havent heard anything since then.
- They said something to the effect that they were trying to move quickly but didn't know what the timeline would be. I would have guessed that they would have extended an offer to someone by now (2/28), but who knows.
- hmm, yea, I imagine they moved forward with someone by now. I don't think it would be unreasonable to email them asking for updates.
- I can confirm that they moved forward with someone.
- Wow, that seems like an insanely short gap between deadline an interviews...

Northeastern University - Postdoctoral Fellowship in Global Asian Studies

2/26 - any updates or information on timeline? Deadline was January 31
3/6 - did anyone else get a request for references even though letters of rec were part of the app?
4/1 - rejection
4/1 - rejection, saying there were 200+ applicants

IHR Past & Present Society Junior Research Fellowship

2/26 - any updates or information on timeline? Deadline was January 31
3/25 - based on the email sent 3/10 we should have heard about shortlist status by the end of last week...but maybe they are still running behind?

Harvard University Center for the Environment (HUCE) - Postdoctoral Fellowship

2/26 - any updates or information on timeline?
2/28 - Rejection Letter received

University of Michigan Center for Emerging Democracies - Postdoctoral Fellowship

2/26 - any updates or information on timeline?
3/5 - rejection letter received

Brown Alomran Fellowship

2/26 any news?

2/27 I heard an offer was made on 2/22

University of Virginia, Advising Fellow

Have interview requests gone out? (March 8)

Folger Shakespeare Library Long-Term Fellowships

02/28 Any news?
03/13 Rejection

Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program Postdoctoral Fellowships

02/28 Any news? I heard endowed fellowships are unaffected by federal cuts and have been announced, but I haven't heard anything about SIFP's status.
03/14 Rejection

Harvard Lecturers in History and Literature

3/4 I assume this one has long-since interviewed people, but wanted to put it here
[March 18] In my experience over the past two cycles Harvard has always sent out rejection letters to anyone who applied so they might not have made any decisions yet? But also with hiring freeze and funding cuts I imagine this postdoc is at least at risk of cancelation which may also be extending timelines. That said, if anyone has heard anything official it would be great to know!
March 20 - Official rejection received (x3)
March 20 - Interviewed in Feb, got a letter today saying due to the hiring freeze, my candidacy is on hold
March 20 - I had the same email. No sense of whether there's any chance of a Spring hire or something.

Johns Hopkins University: Program in Racism, Immigration and Citizenship (Deadline March 1)

3/12 Any news?
- None yet. The deadline was less than two weeks ago, so a good chance they are still reviewing.
3/24 Any news?
- Nothing here :\ Also eager for news. (x2)
3/26 Just got an email update that the "process has been delayed." "Due to unforeseen circumstances, our process has been delayed. We hope to be in touch in the coming weeks with short-listed candidates about next steps. If you wish to withdraw from consideration, please notify us." (x7)
4/8 - any updates since the last announcement?
4/14 - still no updates (×6)
4/24 - Anything?
4/28 - still no updates (x4)
5/2- OP: Wondering if this search is still happening—strange they gave a heads-up about the delay but then never followed up with any status update or outcome; R1: This is a good question and one I've also pondered. With all the cuts in federal funding that universities are facing I've wondered if the center has had to reassess their funding capacity for this postdoc or if they have had to scramble for funds them might have lost. +1

UPenn Center for Latin American and Latinx Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship

3/5 - any news?
3/7 - nothing yet - how long do these review processes tend to take?
3/10 Someone mentioned in another wikipage that an email has been sent to shortlisted candidates. Can anyone confirm this?
3/11 - Nothing yet. On which wikipage did you see it mentioned? R1 (3/12): here ---› Spanish and Portuguese 2024-2025
3/24 - Any updates?
4/14 - rejection, form email

The Koret Society of Fellows at TAU

adding in so we can see when updates roll in

4/13 - has anyone heard anything? - the advert said we would hear by 10 April.
4/22 - Any news?
4/27 - rejection received

Kathleen Bourne Junior Research Fellowship in French Studies (Deadline February 14)

3/10 - I've been asked for writing sample (don't know if it means that I am shortlisted or longlisted)
3/24 - rejection email
3/20 - invitation to zoom interview
04/01 - rejection email after zoom interview

University of Toronto –– Arts & Science Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (Deadline November 15, 2024)

Has anyone heard anything? (3/10)
Nothing yet (3/10)
Still nothing (3/25)
In email exchange in mid-March, the administrator said they hope to have news by the end of the month.
^ thanks for the info. Still no news (3/31)
Rejection email (4/4)

Koch Junior Fellowship in History (theme: religion and the state)

03/12 - email received that committee is meeting on 03/21 to shortlist candidates
03/26 - received same email as above. Any news since?
3/28 - rejection (x2)

Hong Kong University Fellowship in the Humanities

4/2 - any news?

4/4 - no news here!

4/6 - I applied for this last year, did not get the fellowship and did not get any notification whatsoever. Hope this year they can be more transparent.

4/25- Any news? Their website says successful candidates will hear back by late April.

4/29 - Any news guys? Silence here x4

5/9 - Any news?

5/9 - I emailed them last week for an update but so far no reply

CUNY Moynihan Center Postdoc

3/14 - rejection

University of Pennsylvania -- Center on Digital Culture and Society Postdoctoral Fellowship

3/13 - any updates?
3/21 - all quiet here :[
4/08 - updates?
4/11 - rejection

Oxford College of Emory University -- Postdoctoral Teaching Fellowship in the Literatures of the Americas

3/13 - any updates?
3/19 - invitation to zoom interview (x2) - can you tell when did you submit your application?
- Application submitted on 3/1
3/28 - any updates?
- None yet but I get the sense it's a bit soon. My understanding was that interviews would extend into this week (3/31) .
4/8 - any updates?
- 4/11 - responded to a follow up email that they will update with decision in the next 2 weeks

McGill University -- Leadership for the Ecozoic Postdoctoral Fellowship in Anthropology (Deadline Jan 31)

3/13 - any updates?
3/25 - nothing on my end

Centenary Research Fellowship at Selwyn College

adding in for when when we start to hear
3/27 - rejection received

Queen's University - Global Indigeneity Postdoctoral Fellowship (deadline 2/28)

any word?
Nothing yet - 4/9
4/25 - invited to interview (Zoom)
4/26 - invited to interview (zoom)
4/30- offer made and accepted

Kent Postdoctoral Fellowship in British and British World History

March 26 - Committee has made a decision, offer has been made

Notre Dame Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellowship (closes 3/31)

adding in for when when we start to hear
Applied
Anyone know if they'll be doing interviews or anything for this?
I was also wondering about that. It is so late in the cycle that I would hope if they do its just one round and on zoom but who knows.
[April 16] Has anyone heard anything yet?
04/17 Not yet x5
When people begin to hear back, could you please note for which department/program? x3
04/21 Still nothing x5
4/23 Still nothing
4/23: ok so they're not doing any interviews...?
Anyone with offers as of 4/25?
Nothing here. Should we assume if we didn't hear today it's a rejection? x5
4/26: I emailed for an update earlier this week; received an email today that said "the selection committee plans to communicate with applicants by April 30"--So sounds like some offers might be out but not all.
- What discipline was this for?
4/28 (rejected; Medieval institute)
4/28 informed of alternate status x2
- Could you please say what department/program? Reply: History
- I received alternate status in History
4/29 - Any updates for those who applied to Film, Television, and Theatre? I still haven't heard anything.
4/29 - Applied to Medieval Institute but still haven't heard anything. Anyone else? x4
4/30 I've still heard nothing either way. I wonder if departments are managing their rejection/alternate communication differently, or just some folks slipped through the cracks (x6)
- also entirely possible they won't contact rejected applicants at all. Anecdotally I have been sent rejections from them when I have applied to other positions this and last cycle but from talking to applicants who applied to other departments they were never contacted when they got rejected. So I think it depends on the center/department/etc.

5/01 Rejected from Medieval Institute in automated email
5/01 - Rejected from Film in automated email
5/1 - form email rejection - history x3
- Any alternate received a rejection email yet?
- No, nothing. I am an alternate for history and they just reached out on 4/28 stating that I had until today 5/2 to let them know if I wanted my name to still be in the competition. I replied yest but haven't heard anything since then. I thought they would communicate at the end of 5/2 but nothing. I don't know if this means the chosen person accepted or they are still waiting and perhaps never reach out back -- It sounds like 5/2 is also the deadline for the finalists' acceptance. So perhaps next week they will finalize things.
5/9 - rejection after receiving alternate status (History)

Stanford Tinker Postdoctoral Fellowship in Latin American Studies (closes 4/1)

adding in for when when we start to hear
4/7 - email they are reviewing and will contact candidates under consideration for materials
April 25: Has anyone received anything? Has the process started yet? Are there any candidates? I have no news, I guess they have already contacted the candidates.

* April 28: So far, I've only received the initial email stating that they were in the review process. R1. Same around here (x3)

04/28 - I asked them about it and received an email saying that the results will be delivered by the second week of May.
04/30- I recieved an email they will reach us by May 20. (X3)

London School of Economics LSE Fellow in The History of Latin America and the History of the Caribbean (closes 4/4)

adding in for when when we start to hear
4/25 - rejection [x2]

UVA A&S Engagements - Postdoctoral Research Associate and Lecturer

4/3 - No word since Zoom interview in late Feb. Anyone hear from them since?
offer accepted 4/1

Yale University (USA:CT) - Postdoctoral Associate, Material Histories of the Human Record

Just putting feelers out for updates.
4/7: No news on my end. Hoping for updates soon, it's rough waiting on these fellowships that fall at the tail end of the app cycle. Does anyone have a sense if they are likely to do interviews for this one?
04/25 - Has anyone been asked to provide letters of recommendation yet?

University of Maryland University Honors Collegiate Fellow

No word since zoom interview in mid-March. Anyone hear from them?

Barnard Early Career Faculty Fellows

Anyone hear from them or know anything about this?
4/16: Interview request R1: Do you mind saying what department you applied to?
5/5: Zoom interview. Anthropology position.
5/9 zoom interview (late April) - art history dept

Italian Academy Fellowship

Any updates?
04/19 Not yet
04/19 Rejected

Gilcrease Museum (University of Tulsa), Duane H. King Postdoctoral Fellowship

--4/19: zoom interview invitation

Colby Writing Department Postdoctoral Fellow, due April 11

-Any updates? 4.21

Tulane Global Humanities Fellow

Adding for when we start to hear back
[May 2] Anyone hear anything one way or the other?
- Nothing yet as of 5/3. I did notice my application is no longer editable on Interfolio, whatever that does or doesn't mean - I'm not sure it means anything lol. - 👍
5/6, nothing here, anyone hear anything? x3

Diamonstein-Spielvogel Fellowship, NYPL

- did anyone hear back today? Website says applicants will be notified 4/30/25 but nothing here

--- nothing here.

5/2 form rejection

Climate Museum Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in Climate Humanities & Social Justice

- Any news? (05/05)

Max Planck Institute for the History of Science Three-Year Postdoctoral Fellowships (m/f/d), Department III

- Any news? (05/05)

Max Planck Institute for the History of Science Three-Year Postdoctoral Fellowship, Department II

- Any news? (05/05)

General Discussion

OP: Feeling a bit frustrated this year about postdoc rejections. I didn't attend an "Ivy" or "Ivy-adjacent" doctoral program - does this matter? All I see on 'previous fellowship pages' are students from Yale, Harvard, Chicago, Penn, Columbia, etc. Do selection committees only look at these applications or are these applicants just objectively better?

R1: OP, I think the awardees definitely tend to come from top schools for a couple of reasons, neither of which is superior intellectual skill to people in programs that are less well known or prestigious. First is these schools provide the most opportunities (financial and networking) for research, so grad students there tend to have solid proposals and several publications already out. The second is that yes, the weight of the brand of a school is quite powerful. These postdocs get hundreds of apps--USC for instance gets nearly 1000 yearly for the society of fellows postdoc, for only 2 to 3 spots. Think of how arbitrary the process to reject 997 people must be. Hundreds are dismissed based on relatively meaningless stuff, like typos, gut feeling of the committee, not having topics deemed worthy of support, and yes, not having well-known recommenders. Supposing you have a high quality proposal on a subject deemed relevant at the moment, this is like a lottery ticket where folks from top programs have twice the chances. I do not mean to dismiss these people's hard work, creativity and talent, but rather to point out that in a hypercompetitive industry those from identifiable schools will have an edge. Your rejections are not a reflection of your quality as a scholar in comparison to others; they are a somewhat randomized result of systemic factors greater than yourself.

R2: Yes, absolutely re: what R1 said. None of it is to do with superior intellectual skill and all to do with institutional affordances and so forth. But even those in 'ivy' or 'ivy-adjacent' schools have a difficult time on the market. In my program, only about 30% of people get academic jobs, and that is considered a very good placement record. So, the people we see on the fellowship websites are outliers even within those programs... Personally, I have had almost no luck on the market --no responses, interviews or callbacks. Alas...

R3: I'm not from an "ivy-adjacent" program, first time on the market (history). I had 6 interviews so far, one offer. Took it and moved on to finish my dissertation. From my experience, selection committees certainly look at application outside the prestigious schools.

OP: Thanks, all. It's bittersweet to think that beyond improving materials as best as I can, there isn't much else I can do. Glad to hear you've had success, R3! I'll just keep plugging away this application season.

R4: For what it's worth, while institutional affiliation certainly has a lot of effects, my overall impression is that those effects are diminishing in recent years. I was an Ivy League undergrad and attended the top program in my field for grad school and worked with an extraordinarily prominent professor. She told me she's had a ton of trouble placing her students in recent years. Our program's placement rates dropped from >50% to basically zero over the course of my time in grad school. There's a lot of upheaval and uncertainty in the market, and a lot of schools are restructuring how they hire and for what reasons. This is my third year on the market and I've not gotten any interviews for jobs or finalist placements in post-docs. I won a couple endowed university-wide research grants in grad school and published part of my dissertation in one of the main journals in my field. The only thing I've seen in my three years on the market that consistently raises people's chances for success is having a dissertation project or publication that addresses the exact sub-sub-field that the hiring committee was trying to fill. Academia's in stormy seas, and there's no one at the wheel. I know that sounds bleak, but I hope it brings people a little peace. It personally helped me let go a lot of my feelings of rejection to see the randomness of the process. And to start working outside academia to give me something else to cathect to.

R5: This is off topic from that thread above but does anyone happen to know the normal interview process for post doc positions? Like there is the zoom interview and then what? Are there more interviews, campus visits, job talks, etc?

R6: Replying to R5 above: from my experience, this varies wildly from postdoc to postdoc. Some will award the fellowship based just on application and several rounds of review, while others do have Zoom interviews for finalists only. Only a small handful tend to have campus visits, from what I've seen––Harvard Society of Fellows, for example. Job talks are highly unusual, this might apply only to postdocs that transition into faculty positions.... <-Thank you so much for your response! This is super helpful :)

R7: I am currently at an ivy program but I don't have any offer so far and the majority of the cohort got something early on so there is also a bit peer pressure; of course I am happy for my friends' hard-earned achievement but at the same time it is hard to swallow snowflakes-like rejection letters. Also somehow I am the only international student at the program, so I am also facing visa issues and might have to leave the country if I do not have anything this season. Beyond the glamour outlook of the profile of postdoc ppl with ivy backgrounds there are also people like me who are struggling on survival mode:)) Not sure I answered your question, but I just wanted to say that I know you are doing great and I wholehearted wish we have something good waiting for us, whether its in academia or elsewhere:))

Reply to R7: I am currently in a ivy program and no one (even in the adjacent departments-I am talking about the Humanities) has an offer yet. Half of us are international students and I completely understand the stress/despair. I think I am at a point to just want to graduate first with peace, knowing that I've tried my best and I deserve some rest. It is hard for everyone but I do wish you the best outcome and please focus on some self-care/love. We will have a Ph.D. and the world will not end.

R8. Help!! Is being an alternate for a postdoc a sign of success, or does it just prolong the uncertainty and frustration for nothing?

R9: @R8 Maybe both? Being an alternate may or may not translate into an actual offer - hard to predict... But it's certainly a sign that your file is competitive. Congratulations! And good luck.

R10: It's my first year on the job market. About how long after the application deadline are notifications sent out to people who have advanced to the next round? Basically, when should I start looking for an email / when should I lose hope lol

R11: @R10 It varies a lot. On the low end, a few weeks; on the high end, many months. I'll share a few data points from my own job market season - for applications where I made it to the second round, here were the turnaround times this year. (Note that these are all for US jobs. I think UK jobs tend to respond more quickly...)

TT: 7 weeks
TT: 8 weeks
TT: 4 weeks
Postdoc: 5 weeks
Postdoc: 5 weeks
Postdoc: 4 weeks
Postdoc: 3.5 weeks
Postdoc: 3 weeks

R12 - Late to the party here but for what it's worth I think it really varies and depends on the position and the institution. I served as a the grad rep on a search committee a couple years ago (public R1 school) and to be honest a lot of the applicants from Ivy League or similar backgrounds didn't make it to a first round interview simply because their projects were either unimpressive or kind of old fashioned (they also tended to have little to no teaching experience). Also, keep in mind that searches tend to bring out the partisan and personal beefs among faculty in the hiring department so department politics and the idiosyncratic interests of faculty can play an annoyingly outsized role in hiring decisions. All this to say, there are so many factors that go into hiring/postdoc awarding that have nothing to do with the quality of the applicant or their project.

OP2: Just a rant. This is my third year (second in earnest) on the market, and there are some postdoc applications (specifically within US academia) that feel excruciatingly prolonged this year. I don't know if this is just my anxieties projecting, but if not, oh man does this feel lousy in the current climate. I know it's always rough, but really not feeling too optimistic––especially as the outlook is generally quite bad in this country right now.....

R1: I'm in basically the same position: third and likely last time on the market and in addition to the usual long wait to hear back about acceptance or interview now we get to wait to hear if a postdoc has been cut altogether. TBH I think the profession (I'm a historian but I think all humanities have seen this to an extent) was on its last legs before November 2024 but now is moving toward functional oblivion in leaps and bounds. The fact that 90% of the jobs out there are contingent, 4/4 with 2-4 preps, for between $40-45k I think shows that this is the new norm. Though with the increasing crackdown on freedom of speech and academic freedom maybe academia isn't the best career path now anyway...

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