Deadline: October 15, 2019
Applications
are open for the Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship 2020-2021 in
the Humanities. The Wolf Humanities Center awards five (5) one-year
Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships each academic year to junior
scholars in the humanities who are no more than five years out of their
doctorate.
Recommended:
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
2020-2021 academic year, the topic will be CHOICE.
Fellowship
The
Fellowship carries a stipend of $57,900 plus a $3000 research fund and
single-coverage health insurance (fellows are responsible for coverage
for any dependents). Fellows teach one undergraduate course in addition
to conducting their research.
Recommended:
Eligibility
Open to all scholars from any country;
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).
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To apply, visit the online application portal to fill out the five required forms:
- Applicant Profile & Education
- Applicant Research
- Proposed Course Description
- Referees’ Names and Contact
- Equal Employment Opportunity; upload your C.V.; and submit requests for 3 confidential letters of recommendation. Forms, C.V., and three letters must be uploaded and submitted by end of day October 15, 2019.
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