Postdoctoral Fellowships
in International Humanities
The application process is now closed.
In 2006, the Cogut Center for the Humanities invited Brown University departments, programs, centers, and institutes in the humanities or in humanities-related fields to submit proposals for two-year post-doctoral appointments for the period 2007-2009. These new positions explore and enhance Brown’s commitment to the humanities in an international context. Post-doctoral fellows in this program participate equally in the home department and in the Cogut Center. They occupy an office in their home department and teach one course per semester there. In the Cogut Center, they convene a new bi-weekly seminar on the theme of the humanities and the transnational university. They also participate in the Cogut Center’s regular Fellows’ Seminar.
Fellowships were awarded to postdoctoral scholars who received their degrees from institutions other than Brown within the last five (5) years. The recruitment of fellows from outside North America was strongly encouraged. Fellows are paid a stipend commensurate with that of the Mellon Post-doctoral fellowships and are supplied with individual research funds as well as a fund for visiting speakers and conference planning related to the seminar theme.
All Brown academic departments were eligible to submit proposals to the Cogut Center. Brown programs, centers, and institutes were also welcome to submit proposals jointly with Brown academic departments. Departmental proposals were selected by the Cogut Center Governing Board. Sponsoring departments then solicited applications in consultation with the office of the Dean of Faculty and presented a list of up to three candidates, in ranked order of preference, to the Cogut Center Governing Board, who made the final selections.
Proposals were submitted to the Cogut Center for the Humanities by December 15, 2006. Proposals outlined the solicited position’s contribution to a developing departmental and/or program curriculum as well as to the cultivation of the humanities in an international and internationalizing context. In addition, all proposals included a job description, written in accordance with the Dean of Faculty requirements for faculty postings.
Departments and programs were notified of the winning proposals by January 15, 2007. They submitted their ranked list of candidates to the Cogut Center by March 1, 2007. The Cogut Center’s Governing Board made the final selections by March 15, 2007.
