The University of Massachusetts Amherst invites applicants for a Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellowship linked to the Sawyer Seminar, “Beyond Medieval and Modern: Rethinking Global Paradigms of Political Economy and Culture.”
We seek a humanist or social scientist studying global connectivities within alternative periodizations or mappings of world history, political economy, or culture. We especially welcome applications from scholars with knowledge of world historiography who: study periods before western European hegemony and/or regions outside of western Europe, and give attention to the role of these periods or places in the so-called “rise of modernity” after 1500 (including any of its dimensions--political, cultural, economic, ideological).
Responsibilities
Participate in the full seminar series (including seminar paper presentation, public lecture, and attendance at all events); help to organize seminar events; mentor graduate students, individually and in a multi-meeting research workshop. No formal teaching. The fellow will also be assigned a faculty mentor, affiliated with an appropriate department in the Humanities or Social Sciences.
Requirements:
- Expertise in interdisciplinary methods and trans-regional research in Humanities or Social Sciences with some knowledge of “pre-modern” periods and scholarship on modernity, empire, and/or political economy;
- Recent Ph.D. degree; received by August 2015.
- 3 letters of reference
Additional Information:
Start date: August 2, 2015. Salary: $50,000 plus benefits.
Application Instructions:
Please apply in two steps: 1) submit your full cover letter, CV, research statement/project abstract (2-4 pages), and writing sample (in PDF, 25-30 pages), ideally several days before the priority deadline; and 2) respond soon thereafter to subsequent email request to have your recommenders submit letters to Interview Exchange (minimum 3 letters of reference required).
The priority deadline is November 10, 2014; all materials should arrive by that date to ensure full consideration. We highly recommend submitting your application a week or more in advance of this priority deadline to give your recommenders time to submit their letters, which they won’t be able to do until we have received all your other materials and written to you requesting letters.
For further details and application please visit the University of Massachusetts Amherst Post-Doctoral Research Associate page.
