Funding/Nov 05, 2015

MIT Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Humanities 2016–2018

MIT Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Humanities 2016–2018 lead image

Thanks to the generous support of the Mellon Foundation, MIT's School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences awards two fellowships each year to promising young scholars working at the intersection of humanities disciplines, or between the humanities and other disciplines. This Fellowship is especially intended for scholars who work in more than one specialty within the humanities, or bridging from the humanities with other disciplines.

Terms of Appointment
The School of Humanities, Arts, and, Social Sciences has four departments participating in this search: Comparative Media Studies/Writing, Literature, Global Studies and Languages, Music and Theater Arts. Applicants must designate one of the four academic units in which they would like to be located. Appointments will be for two years, effective July 1, 2016. Fellows will teach one course in Spring 2017 and one per semester the following academic year, and will be in residence at MIT during this time.

Eligibility and Selection
To be eligible for the positions, applicants must have received their Ph.D. no earlier than July 1, 2013 and no later than July 1, 2016. Applicants must have received their degrees from institutions other than MIT. International scholars will be considered for the position, but fellowships are contingent upon eligibility to legally work within the United States.