Postdoctoral Fellow in American Studies
Postdoctoral Fellow in American Studies
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The Program in American Culture Studies at Washington University in St. Louis invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellowship in American Studies.
We seek candidates with a research and teaching profile in critical ethnic studies and/or Indigenous Studies. We are especially interested in applicants whose teaching deploys multidisciplinary perspectives methods and approaches to knowledge formation and transfer. As a multidisciplinary program we welcome candidates from all fields in the humanities and interpretive social sciences; candidates working in histories popular culture and media studies environmental studies arts and activism war and empire and other fields are welcome to apply. We especially welcome scholars who implement frameworks of comparative or relational racialization and transnationalism.
The American Culture Studies (AMCS) program in Arts & Sciences at Washington University fosters the multidisciplinary study of the Americas. We promote a pluralistic and transnational view of American historical social political material and cultural contexts. We offer one major (American Culture Studies) and two minors (American Culture Studies and Asian American Studies) in our undergraduate program and offer a certificate program for doctoral students from a variety of fields.
Postdoctoral Fellows teach two courses in the program per academic year and actively contribute to the intellectual life of AMCS through participation in the programs interdisciplinary workshops and events. Accordingly the Fellows are expected to be in residence during the ninemonth fellowship period apart from researchrelated travel. Each Fellow will receive a salary of $63500 for the ninemonth academic year plus benefits; a $3000 annual research/travel stipend; and the possibility for a workshop to support the peer review of a polished book manuscript.
The position begins in August for the fall semester of 2025 and has the possibility of renewal for a second academic yearcontingent upon satisfactory performance.
Applicants must successfully defend the dissertation and complete all requirements for their doctorate prior to the start of the fellowship; please include in your cover letter information about the progress of your dissertation as well as the date of completion (completed or expected).
Employment Type
Grant
