Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts Postdoctoral Fellowships

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-- Sponsor: Princeton University

-- SYNOPSIS: The sponsor offers support for postdoctoral fellowships. Fellows spend three years in Princeton, teaching and pursuing their own research. Postdoctoral fellowships are awarded for three years.

-- Deadline(s): 10/03/2006

-- Contact: Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts, Joseph Henry House, Princeton, NJ 08544

-- E-mail: fellows@princeton.edu

-- Program URL: http://www.princeton.edu/~sf/new_fellowships.shtml

-- Tel: 609-258-4717

-- Fax: 609-258-2783

-- DEADLINE NOTE: Applicants from abroad should plan to have their materials postmarked by September 29, 2006 to allow for mail delays.

-- OBJECTIVES: Fellowships are awarded to candidates at the beginning of their academic career who have already demonstrated outstanding scholarly achievement, excellence in teaching, and whose work shows evidence of unusual promise. The Fellowships seek to promote innovative interdisciplinary approaches to scholarship and teaching. Postdoctoral fellows pursue research and teach half-time in their academic department, in the Program in Humanistic Studies, or in other university programs. Fellows meet regularly for informal and formal discussion, seminars and lectures. Together, the Fellows constitute a center that increases opportunities at the University for interdisciplinary teaching and learning and fosters a closer exchange among undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty. Each Cotsen fellow is also invited to organize a workshop on his or her particular research area. The three-year postdoctoral fellowships carry with them an appointment as lecturer in the fellow’s host department.

-- Four postdoctoral fellowships will be awarded this year. Applicants for either of the specialized fellowships may also apply for the open fellowship.

(1) Open Fellowship: Open to all disciplines represented in the Society of Fellows. The successful candidate will teach one semester of the first year in an interdisciplinary, team-taught course devoted to Western culture.

(2) Haarlow Postdoctoral Fellowship in Humanistic Studies: For the first two years the Haarlow Fellow pursues research half-time and joins faculty from different departments in teaching the interdisciplinary year-long sequence, Approaches to Western Culture: From Antiquity to the Modern Period. The Fellow gives lectures and leads discussions for approximately four hours a week. In addition s/he spends another hour or so a week coordinating the course, with administrative help. In the third year, the Haarlow Fellow teaches a course of his/her own design for one semester and spends the final semester on full-time research.

(3) Fellowship in East Asian Studies and Humanities: The successful candidate pursues research half-time and collaborates with other East Asian Studies faculty to team-teach for two years in an interdisciplinary, year-long core course, East Asian Humanities: The Classical Traditions. The fellow gives lectures and leads discussions for approximately four hours a week. In addition s/he spends another hour or so a week coordinating the course, with administrative help. In the third year, the Fellow teaches a course of his/her own design for one semester, either in East Asian Studies or another department, and spends the final semester on full-time research. The fellow is expected to pursue research that will make a significant contribution to the field of East Asian Studies in one or more selected disciplines in the humanities.

(4) WWS Fellowship in International Development: The Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the Society of Fellows are joint sponsors of a three-year postdoctoral fellowship which aims to enhance the opportunities for interdisciplinary dialogue and teaching in the field of international development. The selection committee is particularly interested in promoting research that addresses the political, ethical and/or social dimensions of international development. Relevant issues include, but are not limited to: advocacy; accountability of non-governmental organizations; gender equity; local governance; measuring the effectiveness of foreign development assistance; microfinance; the Millennium Development Goals; energy and development; urbanization and development. Political scientists, Sociologists and Economists interested in a cross-disciplinary policy focus on international development are strongly encouraged to apply. In each of the first two years, the successful candidate pursues research half-time and teaches one graduate or undergraduate course of his/her design each semester in the Woodrow Wilson School. The fellow may also be asked to do a limited amount of undergraduate thesis advising in his/her field of expertise. In the third year, the fellow teaches one course in the fall semester and devotes the final semester to full-time research.

-- ELIGIBILITY: US citizens and non-citizens are eligible to apply. Fellows must reside in or near Princeton during the academic year. Recipients of doctorates in Education and Jurisprudence, and holders of graduate degrees from Princeton University, are not eligible. Candidates must have received their Ph.D. degree between January 1, 2004 and October 3, 2006. Those candidates who will not meet the October 3, 2006 deadline for receipt of Ph.D. but are expected to have fulfilled all conditions for the degree by June 15, 2007, may apply for a postdoctoral fellowship with a letter of nomination from their department chair.

-- FUNDING: The stipend for 2007-08 will be approximately $64,500. Fellows are provided with a shared office, a personal computer, a research account of $2,000 a year, and access to university resources and benefits.