Postdoctoral Fellowship, Modeling Interdisciplinary Inquiry

Washington University in St. Louis - The Center for the Humanities; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

Washington University in St. Louis – The Center for the Humanities invites applications for two postdoctoral fellowships designed to foster interdisciplinary scholarship across the humanities and interpretive social sciences.

Successful applicants will have a PhD or equivalent and pursue global issues in their research. Fellows will join in mid-August 2027 for a two-year appointment, pursuing their own research with a senior faculty mentor, and will teach two courses during each academic year

Qualifications

• PhD, DPhil, or DFA required and in hand by June 30, 2027.
• Open to candidates with no prior research postdoc.
• Interdisciplinary scholarship crossing humanities and interpretive social sciences with global focus.

Responsibilities

• Pursue own research with a senior faculty mentor over two academic years.
• Teach two courses per academic year and reside on campus during all semesters.

Skills

Interdisciplinary research

Global humanities focus

Teaching experience

Education

PhD in humanities or related field

Job description

Washington University in St. Louis announces the twenty-fifth year of Modeling Interdisciplinary Inquiry, a postdoctoral fellowship program endowed by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and designed to encourage interdisciplinary scholarship and teaching across the humanities and interpretive social sciences. We invite applications from recent PhDs, DPhils, or D.F.A.s (with degree in hand by June 30, 2027, and no earlier than June 30, 2024) who have not previously held a research-oriented postdoctoral fellowship. This fellowship program is housed in WashU’s Center for the Humanities. This year we are recruiting two fellows. We are interested in interdisciplinary scholars whose research has a focus on global issues including but not limited to global public humanities methods.

In mid-August 2027 the newly selected Fellows will join the interdisciplinary community at the Center for the Humanities. Each fellowship is anticipated to run for two academic years. Postdoctoral Fellows pursue their own continuing research in association with a senior faculty mentor at WU. During the two years of their fellowship, they will teach two courses. Fellows are expected to remain in residence during all semesters of their appointment.