Law, Culture, and the Humanities
Postdoctoral Fellowship 2025-2026: Life/Story
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Postdoctoral Fellowship 2025-2026: Life/Story
Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry, Emory University
Description: The Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry is pleased to open applications for our one-year postdoctoral research fellowships. We invite applications from candidates from any humanistic discipline who are eager to be part of a community of scholars engaged in innovative and interdisciplinary research and conversations around our
2025-26 theme, Life/Story . The Fox Center will appoint up to four postdoctoral fellows for the academic year 2025-26.
Three positions are open field and one is in the field of poetics . Our postdoctoral fellowship in poetics reflects the importance of Emory’s Stuart A. Rose Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Book Library as a center for research in poetry. Fellows will participate in a weekly interdisciplinary seminar, presenting their research at one of these meetings, and will teach one undergraduate course of their own design in the College of Arts and Sciences. They will also collaborate in the planning of Fox Center programming pertaining to the theme and engage in the Center's events.Fellowships are for a period of ten months,
August 1, 2025 – May 31, 2026 , and carry a stipend of $60,000 and eligibility for a wide range of competitive benefits. All Postdoctoral Fellows are required to be in residence for the term of the fellowship.
The application deadline for applicants to submit their materials is December 9, 2024.
The deadline for receipt of letters of recommendation is December 13, 2024.Qualifications:All postdoctoral fellows must hold a PhD (or its international equivalent, such as the DPhil). Applicants may not have held a doctorate for more than five years. Preference will be given to applicants who have not held prior postdoctoral fellowships. Applicants applying without a degree in hand must receive it by August 1, 2025. Scholars from 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 August 1, 2025, to May 31, 2026. The Fox Center reserves the right to cancel awards if the recipient is unable to meet these conditions of completion and visa status.Application Instructions:To complete the online application, you will need to provide the following:Project description (1000 words maximum, including a timeline for the fellowship year)Title and course description for your proposed undergraduate seminarE-mail information for three recommendersDiversity and inclusion statementPlease note that as part of the University’s Interfolio system, each applicant is required to complete the Equal Employment Opportunity form and the Diversity and Inclusion Statement. The Fox Center will not have access to the completed forms.Acceptance Procedures:Upon notification of an FCHI Postdoctoral Fellowship Award, recipients must agree to: conduct research in residence full-time at the FCHI for the academic year; take full responsibility for contributing to and maintaining an environment conducive to academic research while at the Center; submit a final report of progress to the Director at the end of the Fellowship; acknowledge the FCHI in all work resulting from research and writing done during the Fellowship; teach an undergraduate course in the spring term of the Fellowship year; attend all Fellows’ lunches, lectures, and programs sponsored by the FCHI during their terms of residence; immediately notify the FCHI of any other support or of any conflicts with the restrictions and conditions of this Fellowship Program.Please note:
The Postdoctoral Fellowships aim to create a diverse community of scholars-in-residence at the FCHI and to introduce the University to promising work beyond its walls. Preference is given to applicants who are not affiliated with Emory. If for any reason a Fellow’s circumstances change and the grantee is unable to use the Fellowship during the academic year for which it was granted, the Fellowship will be forfeited. If the project involves human subjects, approval from the proper Emory Institutional Review Board Committee (IRB) is required before Fellowship funding can be released. If you have any questions, please contact the Fox Center at foxcenter@emory.edu.
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Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry, Emory University
Description: The Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry is pleased to open applications for our one-year postdoctoral research fellowships. We invite applications from candidates from any humanistic discipline who are eager to be part of a community of scholars engaged in innovative and interdisciplinary research and conversations around our
2025-26 theme, Life/Story . The Fox Center will appoint up to four postdoctoral fellows for the academic year 2025-26.
Three positions are open field and one is in the field of poetics . Our postdoctoral fellowship in poetics reflects the importance of Emory’s Stuart A. Rose Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Book Library as a center for research in poetry. Fellows will participate in a weekly interdisciplinary seminar, presenting their research at one of these meetings, and will teach one undergraduate course of their own design in the College of Arts and Sciences. They will also collaborate in the planning of Fox Center programming pertaining to the theme and engage in the Center's events.Fellowships are for a period of ten months,
August 1, 2025 – May 31, 2026 , and carry a stipend of $60,000 and eligibility for a wide range of competitive benefits. All Postdoctoral Fellows are required to be in residence for the term of the fellowship.
The application deadline for applicants to submit their materials is December 9, 2024.
The deadline for receipt of letters of recommendation is December 13, 2024.Qualifications:All postdoctoral fellows must hold a PhD (or its international equivalent, such as the DPhil). Applicants may not have held a doctorate for more than five years. Preference will be given to applicants who have not held prior postdoctoral fellowships. Applicants applying without a degree in hand must receive it by August 1, 2025. Scholars from 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 August 1, 2025, to May 31, 2026. The Fox Center reserves the right to cancel awards if the recipient is unable to meet these conditions of completion and visa status.Application Instructions:To complete the online application, you will need to provide the following:Project description (1000 words maximum, including a timeline for the fellowship year)Title and course description for your proposed undergraduate seminarE-mail information for three recommendersDiversity and inclusion statementPlease note that as part of the University’s Interfolio system, each applicant is required to complete the Equal Employment Opportunity form and the Diversity and Inclusion Statement. The Fox Center will not have access to the completed forms.Acceptance Procedures:Upon notification of an FCHI Postdoctoral Fellowship Award, recipients must agree to: conduct research in residence full-time at the FCHI for the academic year; take full responsibility for contributing to and maintaining an environment conducive to academic research while at the Center; submit a final report of progress to the Director at the end of the Fellowship; acknowledge the FCHI in all work resulting from research and writing done during the Fellowship; teach an undergraduate course in the spring term of the Fellowship year; attend all Fellows’ lunches, lectures, and programs sponsored by the FCHI during their terms of residence; immediately notify the FCHI of any other support or of any conflicts with the restrictions and conditions of this Fellowship Program.Please note:
The Postdoctoral Fellowships aim to create a diverse community of scholars-in-residence at the FCHI and to introduce the University to promising work beyond its walls. Preference is given to applicants who are not affiliated with Emory. If for any reason a Fellow’s circumstances change and the grantee is unable to use the Fellowship during the academic year for which it was granted, the Fellowship will be forfeited. If the project involves human subjects, approval from the proper Emory Institutional Review Board Committee (IRB) is required before Fellowship funding can be released. If you have any questions, please contact the Fox Center at foxcenter@emory.edu.
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