The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation announces applications for postdoctoral fellowship in the humanities and humanistic social sciences from fall 2013 to the end of spring 2015.
These fellowships promote 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.
Applicants must focus on materials customarily associated with research in the humanities or employ methods common in humanistic research.
Terms of appointment:
Fellows are expected to teach two courses in their home department(s) or program(s) in each year of their residency. At least one of the four courses should contribute something new to the Dartmouth curriculum, and at least one should be an introductory lecture course. Fellows will not, however, be asked to teach basic language courses.
The appointed fellow will enjoy full use of such college resources as the library, computing center, the Leslie Center for the Humanities, Rockefeller Center for Public Policy and the Social Sciences, the Dickey Center for International Understanding, the Hood Museum of Art and the Hopkins Center. The 2011–2013 Fellows received an annual stipend of $53,045 plus benefits, an annual research allowance of $2,000 and a first-year only computer allowance of $2,500. The terms for the 2013–2015 fellows will be similar.
Application and selection process:
Applicants for the 2013–2015 fellowships must have completed a Ph.D. no earlier than January 1, 2011.
Candidates who do not yet hold a Ph.D. but expect to by June 30, 2013 should supply a letter from their home institution corroborating such a schedule.
Applications (hard copy only) for the 2013–2015 fellowship must be received in the Administrator’s office on or before October 1, 2012.
Important Dates:
Oct 1, 2012 – Deadline
Oct- Nov 2012 – Applicants Reviewed
Dec 2012 – Finalists emailed
Jan 2013 – Finalists visit campus
Jan 2013 -Letters to non-successful candidates – USPS
Feb 2013 – Mellon candidate appointed.
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