[Discussion] Duke University Humanities Postdoctoral Fellowships

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Duke University Franklin Humanities Institute
Postdoctoral Fellowships in the Humanities, 2006-07
Location: North Carolina, United States

The John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute at Duke University invites
applications for two residential postdoctoral fellowships in the humanities,
each awarded for the one-year period beginning July 1, 2006 and ending June 30,
2007, and each offering a stipend of $40,000 plus full fringe benefits and
access to a modest pool of research funds.

These fellowships require residence at Duke University in Durham, North
Carolina, a vibrant community within North Carolina’s Research Triangle.
Postdoctoral fellows will have limited teaching or project duties and the
opportunity to advance their own scholarly work. Fellows will have offices in
the John Hope Franklin Center for Interdisciplinary and International Studies, a
beautifully-renovated 1940s-era building offering a stimulating and collegial
intellectual environment, comfortable offices, full technology support, and
library delivery services.

Fellows will be expected to be active participants in one of two
interdisciplinary faculty development seminars, described further below.

Ph.D.s in the humanities who have not yet achieved tenure are eligible.
Candidates may hold a tenure-track position but may not be tenured either before
or during the fellowship year. As this is an external fellowship program, Duke
faculty members are not eligible. The Ph.D. must be in hand by the beginning of
the fellowship year, July 1, 2006 (confirmation from the Fellow’s
degree-granting institution or advisor is required).

We invite applicants whose work bears on one of the following two topics to be
explored in two interdisciplinary university seminars during the 2006-07 year.
One Fellow will be chosen to participate in each seminar. The two Seminars are:

1. Mellon Sawyer Seminar: "Human Being, Human Diversity and Human Welfare: A
Cross-Disciplinary and Cross-Cultural Study in Culture, Science and Medicine"

2. Franklin Humanities Institute Franklin Seminar on "Interface."

Seminar Conveners: Both Seminars will be convened by professors Timothy Lenoir
and Priscilla Wald.

**Please read the full description of both Seminars and biographies of the
Conveners on our website at:
http://www.jhfc.duke.edu/fhi/other/postdocs0607.php**

Application Procedure:

The following materials must be received by the Franklin Humanities Institute by
January 15, 2005 (postmark deadline). Applications may be submitted by fax,
email, or regular mail (addresses below).

* Application form, indicating which Seminar the applicant is interested in
(applicants may apply to both). Download from our web site. * Letter of
application explaining how the applicant's previous training and experience
relates to the aims and themes of the Seminar. * Proposal of 1,000 words or less
outlining a project of research for the year. The brief project proposal should
clearly relate to a thematic area of the Seminar.
* Writing sample or example of previous work (not to exceed 30 pages, in English
only please).
* One-page description of a course the applicant would propose to teach while in
residence at Duke.
* Current curriculum vitae.
* Two (2) letters of recommendation from colleagues who are familiar with the
applicant’s work and the proposed project. Letters of recommendation
should be sent directly to the Franklin Humanities Institute by the postmark
deadline and may be the letters included in the candidate’s placement
dossier.
* If you do not have the Ph.D. in hand at the time of application, a letter of
confirmation must be received from your committee chair or department stating
that you will have the Ph.D. degree before the term of the fellowship begins on
July 1, 2006.

Selection will be based on the candidate’s demonstrated research interests
in an area related to the themes of the seminar, identifiable commitments to
interdisciplinary inquiry, and proven expertise in the methods of analysis
associated with the humanities, which include textual hermeneutics, cultural
studies, media studies, historical analysis, critical theory, and the study of
the visual arts. Applicants should make clear how their work relies on and helps
to develop connections between the humanities and the sciences.

The application deadline is January 15, 2006. Award notifications will be made
on March 1, 2006.

Anne Mitchell Whisnant, Ph.D.
Acting Associate Director
John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute
205 John Hope Franklin Center
2204 Erwin Road, Box 90403
Duke University
Durham, NC 27708-0403

Phone: 919-668-1902
Fax: 919-668-1919
Email: anne.whisnant@duke.edu

Visit the website at http://www.jhfc.duke.edu/fhi/other/postdocs0607.php