Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Art History (2026-2028)
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Job Location:
Hanover, PA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
8 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
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 Department of Art History.
We seek candidates with specializationineitherof these two fields: 1. Trans-Pacific global exchanges between Polynesian/Melanesian cultures in Oceania the Americas Africa orEurope; 2. Asian/American art history and itsrelated diasporas from any chronological period that extends the category of Asian/American art and examines its historical depth and heterogeneity. Forboth of these fields we will prioritize candidates whosework is informed by queerstudies transcultural approaches and/ordigital humanities methods.
We are also advertising a fellowship hosted in the Department of Classics at Dartmouth College.
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 as 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 2026-28 fellowship will be similar to the current year: an annual stipend of $62000 plus benefits and an annual research allowance of $5000. Specific terms will be defined at the time of 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 2024 and June 30 2026. 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.
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