CAUSE - Postdoctoral Fellow
- Employer
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Location
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
- Salary
- Competitive Salary
- Date posted
- Feb 18, 2025
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- Position Type
- Faculty Positions, Humanities, History, Other Humanities, Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies
- Employment Type
- Full Time
Job Details
Postdoctoral Position/African American Urban. Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Africanamerican Urban Studies and the Economy (CAUSE) . The Department of History at Carnegie Mellon University seeks a scholar in the humanities and/or social sciences doing history-related research in African American urban studies. The fellow will pursue his/her own research project; interact with faculty, graduate and undergraduate students; and collaborate with the director on current center projects, including followup public history events related to the completion of our recent A. W. Mellon funded project, “Crafting Democratic Futures: Situating Colleges and Universities in Community-based Reparations Solutions.” The appointment is for nine months beginning September 1, 2025 through May 31, 2026 . The fellowship carries a stipend of $60,000 plus benefits, and $6,000 for research and other professional expenses. A listing of employee benefits is available at: http://www.cmu.edu/jobs/benefits-at-a-glance/index.html
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Qualifications Application Instructions
Send a cover letter, c.v., two letters of reference, writing sample, and a three-to-five page project proposal. The proposal should include a project description, chapter outline, explanation of the significance to relevant fields, and plans and goals for the fellowship term.
Send to:
Arlie Chipps, CAUSE Program Coordinator, at
achipps@andrew.cmu.edu
Deadline for receipt of applications is April, 15 2025 . (Notification of decision by May 1, 2025 )
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