The Krieger School of Arts and Sciences is currently accepting applications for the Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Humanities for three fellows, who will be appointed to two-year terms beginning July 1, 2009.

The Mellon Postdoctoral Program encourages innovative teaching, enriches educational and research opportunities in the humanities, and fosters the career development of a select group of promising young scholars. Fully one-third of the Krieger School’s faculty is engaged in humanities departments, where scholarly and pedagogical excellence has been the standard since the university’s founding in 1876.

Each fellowship carries a departmental affiliation and the responsibility of teaching one course per semester. The initial stipend is $48,000, with an additional $1,000 available for research and travel expenses. Health insurance and a one-time moving allowance of $1,500 are also provided. Appointments are for one year, renewable for a second year.

Humanities departments and an interdisciplinary committee of Krieger school faculty members will review applications and select fellows for 2009-2010. Fellows will be selected based primarily on applicants’ scholarship and promise, as well as their abilities to fill research and teaching needs within the university’s humanities departments.

Requirements

Applicants should have completed their Ph.D. in one of the following fields:
History, English, History of Art, Musicology, Classics, Anthropology, German and Romance Languages and Literatures, Comparative Literature, History of Science and Technology, Near Eastern Studies, no earlier than June 30, 2004 and no later than June 30th, 2009.

To apply

send a letter of interest
a full curriculum vitae
three letters of recommendation
an academic statement that includes research and teaching proposals to:

Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship Committee
c/o Center for Africana Studies
Johns Hopkins University
Greenhouse 118
3400 N. Charles Street
Baltimore, MD. 21218

For more information

please contact Mr. Claude Poux: (410) 516-6385

Deadline

Applications must be postmarked by Friday, November 14, 2008. Incomplete applications are not considered for the fellowship. It is the applicant’s responsibility to make sure their application is received in full.

Women and underrepresented minorities are especially encouraged to apply. The Johns Hopkins University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.