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Jobs

 

Deadline for applications: February 24, 2025, 11:59 PM CST. Postdoctoral Associate in Environmental Humanities, Humanities Research Center at Rice University.

The Humanities Research Center (HRC) at Rice University seeks to appoint one Postdoctoral Associate in Environmental Humanities, with an affiliation with the Center for Environmental Studies (CES). The Humanities Research Center is an internationally recognized hub that fosters innovative humanities and arts research at Rice University and builds collaborations with local, national, and global partners.

We seek emergent interdisciplinary scholars pursuing research in Environmental Humanities and who have demonstrated expertise in oral history, interviews, or other related methodologies. We encourage applications from candidates working across disciplines that might use oral history methods, including but not limited to Art History, English, History, Latin American & Latinx Studies, Media Studies, Religious Studies, and Transnational Asian Studies.

Supporting the invaluable work of local nonprofits, NGOs, and environmental advocates is central to the mission of the Center for Environmental Studies. We especially encourage applicants with an interest in community-engaged research, and who would benefit from and contribute to the CES’s community partnerships. The Postdoctoral Associate will have interdisciplinary homes and faculty mentors at Rice. The Associate will have an office within the HRC and will be affiliated with the Center for Environmental Studies.

The successful applicant will teach the course “ENST 301: Environmental Justice” during their first semester at Rice. In other semesters, the postdoctoral associate will work with the Center for Environmental Studies director on their teaching assignment, with the possibility of teaching pre-existing core courses or new elective courses in the Environmental Studies program.

This position is for the period from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, with the possibility of renewal for a second year (subject to performance review and funding). It is a full-time position with a 1/1 teaching load and is benefits-eligible. The Postdoctoral Associate will receive an annual salary of $70,000 and a $3,000 one-time stipend for research and/or relocation to Houston. Postdoctoral Associates are expected to be in residence in Houston no later than August 1, 2025.

Work-related duties may include:

  • Teaching courses in Environmental Humanities in consultation with the Center for Environmental Studies
  • Participating and presenting own research in interdisciplinary working groups (through both the HRC and the CES) with other scholars
  • Active participation in HRC and CES programming
  • Providing training workshops on oral interview methods
  • Facilitating a reading group, workshop, etc.
  • Other duties as assigned

 Eligibility and Minimum Requirements:

Applicants from any humanistic discipline or the interpretive social sciences are eligible to apply and must have the Ph.D. in hand by June 30, 2025. Applicants must have received their PhD no earlier than January 1, 2020. Applicants must have a demonstrated research interest in Environmental Humanities as well as demonstrated expertise in oral history, interview, or related methodologies. Applicants should have experience and enthusiasm regarding teaching at the undergraduate level. Applicants must have excellent communication and time-management skills.

Required application materials:

  • Cover letter
  • Three-page CV
  • 1000-word research project proposal
  • Writing sample (chapter length, approximately 25 pages)
  • One-page course proposal for a one-semester undergraduate course: “ENST 301: Environmental Justice”
  • Contact information for three references (we will solicit letters of recommendation for shortlisted candidates only)

 Application instructions:

  • Combine all the required application materials into a single PDF.
  • All applications must be submitted via the Rice Jobs portal. Fill out the required identification information on the portal, and then submit the PDF with all the application materials as an attachment.
  • You do not need to fill out the application portal with information about education and previous work experience. Applications will be reviewed on the basis of the PDF with all the required application materials as outlined above.
  • If you have difficulty attaching the PDF, please email them to jobs@rice.edu and they will be attached to your application.

For more information, please contact Dr. Gabriela Garcia, associate director of the Humanities Research Center, at gabriela.garcia@rice.edu.

Rice University HR | Benefits: https://knowledgecafe.rice.edu/benefits-overview 

Rice Mission and Values: Mission and Values | Rice University 

Rice University is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity at all levels and considers for employment qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, genetic information, disability, or protected veteran status.


Initial review of applications will begin on February 28th, 2025, and may continue until the position is filled. Assistant Professor of Teaching, WGST Program, University of Memphis.

The Women’s and Gender Studies Program (WGST) at the University of Memphis seeks to hire an Assistant Professor of Teaching. This is a 9-month, full-time faculty position with a promotion pathway and support for innovative teaching. The successful candidate will start in August 2025.

WGST is an interdisciplinary program offering an undergraduate minor and graduate certificate in the study of women, gender, sexuality, and the family. The program seeks a dedicated educator who is passionate about teaching and mentoring undergraduate students. The teaching load for this position is four courses per semester; at least three assigned courses per semester will be WMST 2100: Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies. This is a popular general education option for our undergraduate students, and it is also a core course requirement for WGST minors. The successful candidate will be asked to teach WMST 2100 in both the in-person and online format each term. Candidates should also be prepared to offer upper-level undergraduate courses in their area of expertise as needed for the WGST program.

Full-time teaching faculty are eligible to apply for internal grants, travel funds, and professional development assignments through the College of Arts and Sciences. After serving a minimum of five years in the role of Assistant Professor, full-time teaching faculty are eligible for promotion to Associate Professor of Teaching. After ten years of service, they are eligible for promotion to Professor of Teaching.

Applicants must have a Ph.D. in hand by August 1, 2025. Applicants may hold doctoral degrees from any humanities or social sciences discipline, with expertise and focus in any area of women’s and gender studies. Those with an interdisciplinary and/or intersectional approach to WGST are especially encouraged to apply.  Apply Here


Review of applications will begin on March 1, 2025, and continue until the position is filled. Mellon Foundation Postdoctoral Associate position, Reparative Art Histories, University of Pittsburgh.

The Department of the History of Art & Architecture (HAA) in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh is seeking applications for a Mellon Foundation Postdoctoral Associate position on “Reparative Art Histories.” We invite candidates who have completed or will complete a Ph.D. in the history of art, architecture, or visual culture to apply for this two-year appointment, running August 1, 2025, through July 30, 2027, that is funded by a grant from the Mellon Foundation on the theme of social justice and disciplinary knowledge. 

The grant project is led by Principal Investigator and Dietrich Professor Dr. Kirk Savage, with Gretchen Bender, Jennifer Josten, Alison Langmead, and Christopher Nygren serving as Co-PIs. This grant will support a two-year process of inquiry and collaborative work focused on one central question: how do we foreground the issue of social justice in the discipline of art and architectural history, across time periods, geographies, and social structures? In the first year, HAA will engage in a structured conversation with a series of outside interlocutors; in the second year, the department will produce two new core courses and accompanying Open Educational Resources centering social justice and will produce reflection essays on the challenges and possibilities of advancing social justice analysis in new research.

The postdoctoral associate will take an active role in this project, including interviewing the participants, documenting the activities of the project, and working with the principal investigators, the graduate student assistant, and the department administrator to bring the events to life. This scholar will also participate in all scholarly activities associated with the project, including workshops and lectures; will be asked to offer one undergraduate lecture course (Spring 2026) and one graduate seminar (Fall 2026) focusing on the theme of reparative art histories; and will advance their own research agenda while contributing to the project’s scholarly output through a public presentation. 

Successful applicants should demonstrate a research agenda that engages in some aspect of social justice analysis, whatever the specialization. This could include the interplay of justice with questions of patronage, collection, markets, and value; the complicity of the discipline with regimes of colonization and enslavement; methodologies to repair absences in the human record of material production; recovering moments of resistance and liberation – to name only some possibilities. HAA is committed to centering diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in its curricular and research initiatives. We seek a colleague whose scholarship, teaching, and mentorship will advance our DEIA and anti-racist mission.

Salary and benefits will be competitive, and during their time at University of Pittsburgh the Post-doc will be covered by the Collective Bargaining Agreement, which guarantees a minimum salary of at least $60,000 for full-time faculty. This position has a budget to support both relocation and research expenses. 

Duties:

  • Active role in the grant project under the direction of the principal investigator
  • Assist with planning events, course development, and preparation of Open Educational Resource materials
  • Teach two courses in reparative art histories:
    • One 3-credit undergraduate lecture in Spring 2026
    • One 3-credit graduate seminar in Fall 2026
    • Be in residence during the academic year and participate in the intellectual life of the department
  • Continue to advance a personal research agenda demonstrated through public presentations, conference participation, or publications

Minimum Qualifications:

  1. ABD in history of art, architecture, or visual culture with a Ph.D. in hand prior to August 1, 2025,
              OR
    Ph.D. in history of art, architecture, or visual culture issued within the last five years. 
  2. Demonstrated research interest in questions relating to reparative art history or social justice analysis. 
  3. Some teaching experience at the college/university level. 

Preferred Qualifications:

  1. Experience with organizing conferences/lectures.
  2. Experience in public humanities projects and engagements. 
  3. Experience participating in long-term collaborative projects. 

To apply, visit join.pitt.edu. The requisition number for this position is 24009218. Applications should include:

  1. Cover letter of 1-2 pages, addressed to Kirk Savage that includes a summary of the dissertation and discusses how the candidate’s research aligns with the seminar’s theme of “Reparative Art Histories” (applicants may wish to consult the description of the Reparation Constellation at https://www.haa.pitt.edu/graduate/constellations)
  2. Current CV
  3. Writing sample (limit 30 pages)
  4. Teaching Statement (limit 2 pages)
  5. Contact information for three potential referees. We will request letters of reference from finalist candidates. 

Applications will be accepted through TalentCenter: https://cfopitt.taleo.net/careersection/pitt_faculty_external_pd/jobdetail.ftl?job=24009218. Email applications will not be accepted.


Fellowships

Applications due by January 13, 2024. 2025 Environmental Fellowships, Harvard University Center for the Environment.

The Harvard University Center for the Environment created the Environmental Fellows program to enable recent doctorate recipients to use and expand Harvard’s extraordinary resources to tackle complex environmental problems. The Environmental Fellows will work for two years with Harvard faculty members in any school or department while also strengthening connections across the University’s academic disciplines.

The fellowship includes a salary of $90,000 per year, employee health insurance eligibility, up to $2,500 reimbursement for relocation expenses, and a $2,500 annual allowance for travel and other professional expenses. The Center for the Environment expects to award approximately six fellowships for the 2025 cohort. The Center will organize a co-curricular program to ensure that the fellows get to know each other and each other’s work. All fellows will attend biweekly dinners with their colleagues, faculty members, and guests.

Candidates for 2025 Environmental Fellowships should have received their terminal degree between May 2021 and August 2025. (Fellows must have filed their dissertation before starting their appointment in September 2025.) Candidates with a doctorate or equivalent in any field are eligible, and they may propose research projects in any discipline. Applicants without a Ph.D. may apply if they have studied in fields where the Ph.D. is not the typical terminal degree. All successful candidates will be able to demonstrate experience performing scholarly research.

Each candidate must secure a commitment from one or more Harvard faculty members to serve as a mentor and to provide office or lab space for the two-year fellowship. Candidates may have received their degrees at any university in the world. Foreign nationals are eligible for fellowships, though study at Harvard requires proficiency in English. Candidates who received terminal degrees from Harvard, and post-docs currently working at Harvard are eligible for the fellowship provided their research and host arrangements take them in new directions and forge new connections within the University. Harvard candidates should not propose to continue to work with the same professors or lab groups with whom they are currently associated. No candidate should propose to work extensively with their thesis advisor.

Harvard is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer. Successful candidates should be prepared to commit to work at Harvard for the full two years of the fellowship. This fellowship requires residency in the Cambridge, MA area and any fieldwork trip must be scheduled for the summer or January recess.

Please complete the online application form found at https://academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/14017 by January 13, 2024 at 5 p.m. (ET) and attach the relevant supporting documents as PDFs: curriculum vitae including list of publications; detailed research proposal where applicants should explain their specific reasons for applying to this fellowship (maximum of five pages, references counted separately) and up to three publications/writing samples.

Three letters of reference, including one from the applicant’s dissertation adviser. A letter of support is also required from the applicant’s host committing to serve as a mentor and explaining their commitment to the proposed research, including the provision of office or lab space. Hosts should send their letters directly to the attention of Cayla Jett at the Center at environmental_fellows@harvard.edu.


Application materials must be received by 11:59 pm (EST) on February 1, 2025. 2025–26 residential fellowships, UCHI.

The University of Connecticut Humanities Institute (UCHI) invites applications for 2025–26 residential fellowships. During this time of global change and uncertainty, UCHI seeks to mobilize the humanities as a revitalizing force for our academic communities, national conversations, and global commitments. With year-long fellowships offering a $50,000 stipend, an office, and all the benefits of a R1 university, UCHI equips scholars to engage in these crucial undertakings and hone their research in a vibrant, interdisciplinary community of fellows. Fellows enjoy the full use of UConn’s research facilities, museums, archives, and special collections, as well as easy access to Hartford, Boston, and New York City. UCHI fosters a rich intellectual environment for scholars to create, connect, and recommit to the urgency of the humanities. Fellows are expected to participate in UCHI’s scholarly events, attend our grant workshops, and are required to give a public talk. Fellowships are open to humanities researchers, including professors, independent scholars, writers, and museum and library professionals. 

For complete information, application, and guidelines: http://apply.interfolio.com/156402.

Other Opportunities

See the Residencies, Prizes/Grants, and Workshops Page on the ASLE website.

Applications for Bernheim’s 2025 Residencies will open in Fall of 2024. Bernheim Arboretum & Research Forest Outdoor Arts Fellowships, Clermont, KY.