THE CENTER FOR THE HUMANITIES

 

WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
announces the
ANDREW W. MELLON POSTDOCTORAL
Fellowship Program
 

2008-2009

Scholars who have received their Ph.D. degree after June 2005 in any field of inquiry in the humanities or humanistic social sciences—broadly conceived—are invited to apply for a postdoctoral fellowship, made possible through a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to Wesleyan University.  The purpose of this Fellowship is to provide scholars who have recently completed their Ph.D.’s with free time to further their own work in a cross-disciplinary setting, and to associate them with a distinguished faculty.

One Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow will be appointed to the Wesleyan University Center for the Humanities for the whole academic year, 2008-2009, and each Fellow will be awarded a stipend of $40,000.  He or she will teach a one-semester undergraduate course; participate in the collegial life of the Center for the Humanities, which sponsors conferences, lectures, and colloquia; and give one public lecture.  The Fellow will be provided with an office at the Center for the Humanities, and will be expected to work there on weekdays while the university is in session, and to reside in Middletown.  The Theme for 2008-2009 is "Figuring the 'Human'" please visit our website www.wesleyan.edu/chum for a complete description of the theme.  Scholars whose interests bear upon  this theme are encouraged to apply for the Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship.

 

We regret that we cannot reply to individual inquiries concerning the Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship Program at Wesleyan's Center for the Humanities.  All information that  applicants may need is available at this web-site.

Applications should include:
a) a letter from the applicant, including a statement of current research interests and a brief  proposal for a one-semester  undergraduate course related to the Center for the Humanities theme
b) a full curriculum vitae
c) three letters of recommendation   
d) copies of published work, extracts  from the dissertation, or drafts of  work  in progress (not to exceed  25 pages)

There is no official application form.
Preliminary interviews will be held by telephone and at various national scholarly conventions.  Finalists will be brought to the Wesleyan campus for longer interviews during February or March of 2008.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS:
Must be postmarked by November 1, 2007  to:

Professor Jill Morawski, Director
Center for the Humanities
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
Wesleyan University
95 Pearl Street
Middletown, CT 06459

Applications  faxed or emailed will not be accepted.