The Penn Humanities Forum, University of Pennsylvania is inviting applications from interested candidates for the Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Humanities. The theme/ topic for the fellowships will be Peripheries. Five fellowships are available for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Scholars who are not yet tenured and who are no more than eight years out of their doctorate (who received or will receive their Ph.D. between December 2003 and December 2011) are eligible for the fellowships. Candidates may hold a tenure-track position but may not be tenured either before or during the fellowship year.
The programs of the Penn Humanities Forum are conceived through yearly topics that invite broad interdisciplinary collaboration. For the 2012–2013 academic year, the theme is Peripheries. Humanists and those in related fields are invited to submit research proposals on any aspect of this topic. Exclusions are projects on educational curriculum building and work by performing artists (n.b., scholars of performance are eligible). The PhD is the only eligible terminal degree.
Fellows teach one undergraduate course in addition to conducting their research. The fellowship stipend is $46,500, plus health insurance. Fellows also receive a research fund of $2500. Fellows are required to be in residence during their fellowship year (September–May).
Application Guidelines
For the 2012–2013 Fellowship, candidates must have received or will receive their Ph.D. between December 2003 (not before) and December 2011. An application will not be considered unless this condition is met. The Ph.D. is the only terminal degree eligible (i.e., MFAs and other doctorates such as EdD are ineligible).
During their year in residence, Penn Humanities Forum Mellon Postdoctoral Fellows will have the opportunity to pursue their own research. That research must relate to Peripheries, the Forum’s topic of study for 2012–13. Fellows must also participate in the weekly Mellon Research Seminar of the Penn Humanities Forum (Tuesdays, 12:00–2:00), and present their research at one of those seminars.
In addition to conducting their research, Mellon Fellows are required to teach one freshman seminar in an appropriate department. In writing the course proposal for the freshman seminar, please consider carefully the university’s description of those seminars.
Last date for submitting the application is October 15, 2011. For more information and details, visit this link.
