2021-22 Mahindra Humanities Center Postdoctoral Fellowship
- Employer
- Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard University
- Location
- Massachusetts, United States
- Salary
- Salary Not specified
- Date posted
- Sep 9, 2020
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- Position Type
- Faculty Positions, Humanities, Ethnic & Multicultural Studies, History
- Employment Level
- Fellowship
- Employment Type
- Full Time
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DESCRIPTION
The Mahindra Humanities Center invites applications
for one-year postdoctoral fellowships in connection with the
Center’s Andrew W. Mellon Foundation seminar on the topic of
migration and the humanities.
Migration plays as critical a role in the moral
imagination of the humanities as it does in shaping the activist
vision of humanitarianism and human rights. Too often, the
humanities are summoned merely as witnesses whose primary aesthetic
and moral values lie in their illustrative powers of empathy and
evocation. Yet the intellectual formation of the humanities—their
very conception of the nature of meaning, knowledge, and morals—is
deeply resonant with the displacement of values and the revision of
norms that shape narratives of migrant lives.
We welcome applications from scholars in all fields
whose work innovatively engages with migration and the humanities.
In addition to pursuing their own research projects, fellows will
be core participants in the bi-weekly seminar meetings for both
academic terms of the fellowship. Other participants will include
faculty and graduate students from Harvard and other universities
in the region, and occasional visiting speakers.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Fellows will receive stipends of $65,000, medical
insurance, additional research support of $2,500, and (for those
not already in residence in Greater Boston) $1,500 in moving
expenses. Fellows are expected to be in residence at Harvard for
the term of the fellowship.
ELIGIBILITY AND DEADLINE INFORMATION
Applicants for 2021-22 fellowships must have received
a doctorate or terminal degree in or after May 2018. Applicants
without a doctorate or terminal degree must demonstrate that they
have completed all requirements for a terminal degree (i.e.
dissertation defense) by August 1, 2021. International scholars
outside the United States are appointed under either the J-1 visa
(Research Scholar status) or F-1 OPT (Optional Practical Training),
depending on their circumstances. If awarded a fellowship, the term
of appointment for international scholars is September 1,
2021-August 31, 2022. The Mahindra Center reserves the right to
cancel awards if the recipient is unable to meet these conditions
of completion and visa status.
The application deadline for applicants to submit
their materials is November 6, 2020. The deadline
for receipt of letters of recommendation is November 20,
2020.
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