The Mellon Fellowship of Scholars in the Humanities program is a unique opportunity for the best recent PhD recipients in the humanities to develop as scholars and teachers. Up to four fellowships will be awarded for a two-year term (with the possibility of a third). Fellows teach two courses per year in one of Stanford’s fifteen humanities departments, and are expected to participate in the intellectual life of the program, which includes regular meetings with other fellows and faculty to share work in progress and to discuss topics of mutual interest. Fellows will also be affiliated with the Stanford Humanities Center and will have the opportunity to be active in its programs and workshops.
Program admissions focus on selected fields of scholarship in each application year (on a rotating basis). We invite applicants to apply for fellowships in fields where their work has demonstrable relevance to teaching and research in the designated Stanford department. For fellowships beginning Fall 2020, applications will be accepted from the following fields of study:
- Art & Art History
- East Asian Langauges & Cultures
- English, and
- Theater & Performance Studies.
Candidates for this competition must have received their PhD between January 1, 2017 and June 30, 2020. Fellowships will begin on September 1, 2020. Stanford PhDs and employees are not eligible for consideration.