Post-doctoral Fellow in International Humanities
The Department of Comparative Literature at Brown University is offering a postdoctoral fellowship in cooperation with the Cogut Center for the Humanities for a tenure of two academic years (2009-2011). We are looking for a scholar of literature specializing in Mediterranean Studies who works in at least three languages and who is actively engaged in the theoretical questions of this emergent field. Interdisciplinary scholarship is welcome as is
research drawing on recent developments such as postcolonial studies, diasporic studies, and minority studies. Areas of expertise may range across historical and geopolitical boundaries. Languages may include any contiguous with the Mediterranean region. Applicants must have received their Ph.D. from an institution other than Brown within the last five years. Housed in the Department of Comparative Literature, the successful candidate will be affiliated with the Cogut Center for the Humanities and will participate in its activities along with fellows from several disciplines, including fellows' seminars, lectures, and conferences.
The fellow will teach one course per semester in the Department of
Comparative Literature. Stipend will be competitive and will include standard benefits. Candidates should send a letter of application, a curriculum vitae, and three letters of recommendation to: Search Committee, Department of Comparative Literature, 20 Manning Walk, Box E, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912. Applications received by February 10, 2009 will be given full consideration, but the search will remain open until the position is filled or closed.
Brown University is an EEO/AA employer. Minorities and women are encouraged to apply.