Humanities
Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences
(posted 2020/10/26)| Program ID: | Cornell-Society for the Humanities-HSP_POSTDOC [#17331, WDR-00024178] |
| Program Title: | Humanities Scholars Program Postdoctoral Fellows |
| Program Type: | Postdoctoral |
| Location: | Ithaca, New York 14853, United States [map] |
| Subject Areas: | Humanities and Social Sciences Humanities Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences |
| Appl Deadline: | 2021/02/01 11:59PM (posted 2020/10/26) |
| Description: |
Call for Applications (Cornell PhD candidates and recent Cornell PhDs ONLY)The Humanities Scholars Program, an undergraduate research initiative in Cornell University’s College of Arts & Sciences, invites applications from Cornell PhD candidates and recent Cornell PhDs for one-year postdoctoral fellowship positions beginning August 1, 2021. The fellowship offers a stipend of $58,000. Two Postdoctoral Fellows will be appointed.
The Humanities Scholars program seeks Cornell scholars who have completed a PhD in any discipline, including the humanities, interpretive social sciences, and the creative arts; we also welcome scholars who conduct interdisciplinary research that transcends traditional disciplines. All successful candidates will be able to demonstrate experience performing scholarly research. The Postdoctoral Fellows will be selected based on their research’s promise for cultivating interdisciplinary exchange, nurturing collaboration across academic disciplines, and building upon existing disciplinary contributions to the humanities, broadly conceived. We seek candidates who are eager to develop their skills in undergraduate pedagogy, focusing in particular on guiding and mentoring undergraduates through the process of developing and researching humanistic questions. We anticipate that the Postdoctoral Fellows will teach one course per year, likely to be one section of SHUM 2750 Introduction to the Humanities in the spring term. As well, they will organize and support a regular schedule of events such as peer-to-peer workshopping of work-in-progress, workshops in oral presentation skills, careers in humanities, and other professional training, and regular coffee hours, lunches, and informal gatherings with faculty and graduate students. The successful candidate will work closely with the director and program manager to develop a schedule of events to integrate the Humanities Scholar Program students with events occurring across campus in the humanities. Eligibility RequirementsApplicants eligible for the Humanities Scholars Program Postdoctoral Fellowships for the 2021-22 academic year include scholars holding PhDs from Cornell and Cornell PhD candidates who complete(d) the PhD degree between January 1, 2019 and July 31, 2021. Applicants who do not have the PhD in hand at the time of application must include a letter from the committee chair stating that all degree requirements for the PhD will be completed by July 31, 2021. Candidates with a doctorate or equivalent in any field are eligible, and they may propose research projects in any discipline.
International applicants are welcome to apply, contingent upon visa eligibility.
Application ProceduresThe following application materials must be submitted via Academic Jobs Online position #17331 by February 1, 2021.
Awards will be announced in March.
Questions?Contact Julie McLean at jzm6@cornell.edu.
Diversity and Inclusion are a part of Cornell University’s heritage. We are an employer and educator recognized for valuing AA/EEO, Protected Veterans, and Individuals with Disabilities. We also recognize a lawful preference in employment practices for Native Americans living on or near Indian reservations. If you need accommodations in order to complete the application, please contact Julie McLean at jzm6@cornell.edu. The Humanities Scholars Program fosters independent, interdisciplinary undergraduate research in the humanities, and provides a supportive community, through a series of curated courses, structured mentorship, special programming, and research opportunities and funding. The Humanities Scholars Program will soon be accepting applications from current sophomores. Faculty director Durba Ghosh, professor of history at Cornell University, leads the cohort of accepted students. https://as.cornell.edu/research/humanities-scholars-program The Society for the Humanities was established at Cornell University in 1966 to support research and teaching in the humanities. It is intended to be at once a research institute, a stimulus to educational innovation, and a continuing society of scholars. The Society and its Fellows have fostered path-breaking interdisciplinary dialogue and theoretical reflection on the humanities at large.
Humanities Scholars Program Postdoctoral Fellows will share an office in the A.D. White House, which also houses Society Fellows. HSP postdocs are invited to attend all of the Society’s events and participate in the Society’s weekly Fellows seminar and luncheon. Diversity and Inclusion are a part of Cornell University's heritage. We are a recognized employer and educator valuing AA/EEO, Protected Veterans, and Individuals with Disabilities. We also recognize a lawful preference in employment practices for Native Americans living on or near Indian reservations. |
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