Archive for the 'January 2010' Category

SUNY-Purchase Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish

Deadline: January 15
Length: 1 year
Comments: Candidate should have “specialization in contemporary literature and culture of Spain”; “some expertise in contemporary Latin America is desirable”; must have PhD and some teaching experience
URL: https://jobs.purchase.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/frameset/Frameset.jsp?time=1258646884489

Yale Pettit Doctoral Fellowship in LGBT Studies

Deadline: January 15
Length: 1 year
Comments: To support “a dissertation in LGBT Studies, with lesbian studies particularly encouraged”
URL: http://www.yale.edu/lgbts/pettit.html

Harvard Postdoctoral Fellowship in Japanese Studies

Deadline: January 4
Length: 1 year
Comments: “Areas of particular interest for 2010-11 tentatively include Japanese literature and film; Japanese popular culture; Meiji history; Japanese imperialism/war memory; gender and politics in East Asia; political economy of Japan; and Japanese-Americans in history, culture, politics, and/or society”; must have earned PhD in 2005 or later, and by July [...]

UIUC Postdoctoral Fellowship in African American Studies

Deadline: January 15
Length: 1 year
Comments: “Preference given to scholars in Africana theory, 19th century history, the political economy of Black America, and African American culture–film, literature, music, etc. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents, must have received doctorate or appropriate terminal degree within last 4 years or will complete degree by June of [...]

Van Leer Jerusalem Institute Polonsky Postdoctoral Fellowship

Deadline: January 31
Length: 5 years
Comments: All fields; “candidates may be considered in those fields in which a doctoral degree is not a prerequisite for career progress”
URL: http://www.vanleer.org.il/Data/UploadedFiles/Files/Polonsky%202010.pdf

Skidmore Visiting Asst. Professorship in Religious Studies

Deadline: January 15
Length: 2 years with possible renewal
Comments: Field open “but with proven ability to teach Islam”; must have significant teaching experience; must have PhD by August 31, 2010
URL: https://jobs.skidmore.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/position/JobDetails_css.jsp?postingId=146280

Yale MacMillan Center Postdoc in South Asian Studies

Postdoctoral Fellowships in South Asian Studies
(Humanities and Social Sciences)
The South Asian Studies Council of the The MacMillan Center, Yale University
The South Asian Studies Council (SASC) at the MacMillan Center invites applications for postdoctoral positions at Yale University for AY 2010-11. The Council expects to make up to three (3) appointments with the possibility of [...]

Duke Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellowship

Deadline: January 15
Length: 2 years
Comments: Must complete/have completed doctoral degree between July 1, 2007 and July 1, 2010; US citizens and permanent residents only; “the goal of the program is to increase the diversity of scholars” at Duke and peer institutions
URL: http://www.postdoc.duke.edu/provost.html

Harvard Center for the Environment Postdoctoral Fellowship

Deadline: January 15
Length: 2 years
Comments: Open to many fields, including “the full array of humanities”; candidates “should have received their terminal degree between May 2006 and August 2010″;
URL: http://environment.harvard.edu/program/index.htm

Kenyon Yarbrough Teaching Dissertation Fellowship

Deadline: January 4 (review begins)
Length: 1 year
Comments: Open to all fields; intent to attract “members of underrepresented groups”; must be ABD; open to US citizens, nationals, permanent residents, refugees, and those granted asylum
URL: http://www.kenyon.edu/x27112.xml