* finished (2019/07/11, finished 2020/05/03)| Position ID: | Cornell-Society for the Humanities-POSTDOCCLASSICS [#14034, POSTDOCCLASSICS- WDR-00019868] |
| Position Title: | Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Classics, AY 2020-2022 |
| Position Type: | Postdoctoral |
| Position Location: | Ithaca, New York 14853, United States [map] |
| Subject Area: | Classics |
| Appl Deadline: | 2019/11/01 11:59PM* finished (2019/07/11, finished 2020/05/03) |
| Position Description: |
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in Classics With
the sponsorship of the Society for the Humanities, the Department of Classics
invites applications for a two-year Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship position
beginning August 1, 2020. The fellowship offers a stipend of $53,000/year.
Cornell’s Classics
Department seeks a postdoctoral fellow whose work, while addressing any area of
classics as broadly defined, engages with critical race or postcolonial theory
in a sustained and meaningful way. For example, this may include applying
theoretical approaches such as intersectionality or employing the work of
subaltern studies to any of the many subfields of classics including work in
the field of classical reception. Applications are welcome from scholars
working on literature, history, thought, or material or visual culture (etc.),
but we particularly encourage those with an interdisciplinary or
cross-disciplinary research trajectory and project. Scholars who intersect
with, and wish to address classics in terms of, other fields and wider
theoretical interests will be especially sought and welcome (and depending on
specific focus we would welcome collaboration with an appropriate partner
department or interdisciplinary Program at Cornell).
Postdoctoral
Fellows teach one course per semester. Candidates should propose an
introductory, 2000-level course focused on people at the margins of society,
and an advanced, 4000-level course designed focusing on critical exploration of
the reception of classics (whether in antiquity itself or thereafter). These
courses should be conceived of as smaller seminars, and can reflect the
fellow’s particular research interests.
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. Eligibility Requirements Applicants eligible for the Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship
for the 2020-21 and 2021-22 academic years include those who have received the
Ph.D. degree after September 1, 2014 and no later than June 30, 2020. 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. Application Procedures The following application materials
must be submitted via Academic Jobs Online position #14034, https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/14034, by November 1, 2019.
For further information: Society for the
Humanities: 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. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellows are invited to attend all of the
Society’s events, and expected to participate in the Society’s weekly Wednesday
Fellows Seminar and luncheon. societyhumanities.as.cornell.edu 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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