PRINCETON UNIVERSITY – PRINCETON, NJ (Three Appointments)
SOCIETY OF FELLOWS
Princeton Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts invites applications for three-year postdoctoral fellowships for recent PhDs (from January 2007) in humanities or allied social sciences, 2010-2013. THREE appointments to pursue research and teach half-time. Annual stipend: approx. $72,000. Application deadline: October 1, 2009. For details, see Website www.princeton.edu/~sf
Open Fellowship: all disciplines represented in the Society of Fellows.
Fellowship in Humanistic Studies: open to relevant disciplines in the humanities and social sciences. For one semester in each of the first two years, the Fellow joins faculty from different disciplines to teach the interdisciplinary year-long sequence Approaches to Western Culture: From Antiquity to the Modern Period, delivering lectures and leading discussion sections. The Fellow also pursues research half-time. For the other semester of the fellow’s first two years and one semester of the third year, the Fellow teaches a self-designed course in his/her host department. The final semester is devoted to full-time research without teaching.
Fellowship in Latin American Studies: Candidates in the humanities and allied social sciences whose research interests focus on Latin America are invited to apply. The selection committee particularly welcomes applications from candidates working in the fields of art history, architecture, visual studies and cultural studies, who have demonstrated an interest in interdisciplinary methodologies. The Fellow will teach half-time in the Program in Latin American Studies or in a host department, pursue research, and contribute to the Program's activities.