Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in the Jewish Studies Program (2025-2027)

With the generous support of the Mellon Foundation, the Leslie Center for the Humanities at Dartmouth College invites applications for a two-year residential postdoctoral fellowship in the Jewish Studies Program. We seek applicants with specialization in any of the following fields: 1. The history of Jews in North Africa and/or the Middle East during the early modern or modern periods; 2. Comparative Jewish literary traditions in Yiddish, Hebrew, German, or English; 3. Medieval Kabbalah and/or Hasidic texts. With these areas, we will prioritize candidates whose research makes use of theoretical modalities, particularly feminist theory and women's and non-binary experience.

We are also advertising a fellowship hosted in the Department of Art History.

The Leslie Humanities Center advances the study of meaning, purpose, and creativity in the human experience. We support humanities research and projects that engage students, faculty, staff, and visitors at Dartmouth College and beyond. As part of that mission, we appoint a new cohort of Mellon Postdoctoral Fellows in the Humanities each year who are also affiliated with a primary academic department or program.

The Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship program fosters the academic careers of scholars who have recently received their Ph.D. degrees by providing the time and resources for them to pursue their research while gaining mentored experience as teachers and members of the departments and/or programs in which they are housed. The program also benefits Dartmouth by complementing existing curricula with underrepresented fields. As members of the campus community, fellows have access to a variety of college resources such the library, Rockefeller Center for Public Policy and the Social Sciences, the Dickey Center for International Understanding, the Hood Museum of Art, and the Hopkins Center for the Performing Arts.

Fellows are expected to be in residence at Dartmouth during the regular academic year for the full two years of the fellowship, although occasional travel may be approved. The compensation for the 2025-27 fellowship will be similar to the current year: an annual stipend of $62,000 plus benefits, an annual research allowance of $2,000, and a first-year-only $2,500 computer allowance (the use of which must adhere to Dartmouth policy). Specific terms will be defined at the time of appointment. In addition, fellows teach one course in their home department(s) or program(s) in the second year of their residency. This course may be offered at any level from introductory to advanced topics that contribute something new to the Dartmouth curriculum. The selection of the course will be made in consultation with the home department(s) or program(s). Fellows do not teach basic language courses. Postdoctoral fellows are eligible for certain benefits, as well as professional development opportunities with the Guarini School of Graduate and Advanced Studies.

Applicants must hold a PhD, or be ABD, in a relevant humanities discipline. To be eligible for the fellowship, applicants must have their degree conferred between January 1, 2023 and June 30, 2025. Applicants must focus on materials customarily associated with research in the humanities or employ methods common in humanistic research. There is no requirement that fellows be U.S. citizens, but the Mellon Foundation does prefer that fellowships be awarded to individuals who seem likely to make their careers in the United States.

Please submit the following documents electronically via Interfolio by Wednesday, September 18, 2024, 11:59pm EST:

1. Application form, including the titles of two potential courses.
2. Personal statement, outlining completed research (including dissertation), work in progress, professional goals and publication plans, and any other relevant information (maximum 2500 words).
3. CV.

All materials must be uploaded by Wednesday, September 18, 2024, 11:59pm EST. Please note that the system will close at this time even if an application is incomplete. Only applications completed with all required documents by the deadline will be reviewed. Please do not submit materials via email or postal mail; only information submitted via Interfolio will be considered. Recommendation letters will be requested at a later date for finalists.

Please contact us with any questions.