Henry A. Kissinger Postdoctoral Fellowship, Jackson School of Global Affairs, Yale University
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Job Location:
New Haven, CT - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
The Johnson Center for the Study of American Diplomacy welcomes applications for the2026-7 Henry A. Kissinger Visiting Scholar Postdoctoral Fellowship.
The Center was founded after the donation to Yale in 2011 of former Secretary of State Henry Kissingers papers from his pre-government government and post-government careers ( In conjunction with the Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy and the Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs the Johnson Center brings academics and practitioners to Yale hosts conferences and conducts a range of activities relating to American foreign relations and international affairs.
For this fellowship the Center seeks to attract outstanding scholars from around the globe whose research is focused on the role of the United States in international affairs from World War II to the present. The fellowship is for one year and is potentially renewable for one additional year. The gift that created this fellowship can support either a scholar who has recently received a doctorate or a faculty member with sabbatical and/or other research funding. Regardless of rank all candidates must have a plan for using this fellowship at Yale to conduct an archival empirical research project. We are particularly interested in supporting research on American diplomacy foreign relations statecraft and /or strategy that would benefit from access to the Henry A. Kissinger Papers and/or other archival holdings at Yale ( 2026-7 Kissinger Fellow will work within an active academic community of other fellows practitioners visiting scholars and Yale Jackson School faculty. The Fellow who must remain in residence throughout the fellowship will receive access to shared office space and participate in the academic life and public activities of the Johnson Center (along with those of the Grand Strategy Program and the Jackson School). This commitment includes attending Center Program and School events and if requested presenting research at such an event. If desired the Kissinger Fellow may also teach on subjects relevant to U.S. statecraft diplomatic history and/or grand strategy.
Salary
The fellowship stipend will be commensurate with professional experience and competitive with similar fellowships from other leading policy schools and/or institutions focusing on the practice of and research into foreign and security policy. For faculty members at other institutions the stipend will be supplemental to sabbatical salary and/or other partial forms of support in the same academic year. Research funding may also be available depending on the needs of the Fellows research in 2026-7.
Recent Ph.D. in relevant field. Ph.D. must be in hand by August 1 2026
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