[URBANTH-L]ANN: Penn Humanities Forum Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship

[Angela Jancius]

PENN HUMANITIES FORUM - UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Humanities

2006-­2007 Topic: TRAVEL

APPLICATION DEADLINE: October 15, 2005

Five Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships are available for the 2006-2007
academic year from the Penn Humanities Forum of the University of
Pennsylvania for untenured junior scholars who are no more than eight
years out of their doctorate.

The programs of the Penn Humanities Forum are conceived through yearly
topics that invite broad interdisciplinary collaboration. The Forum has
set TRAVEL as the topic for the 2006-2007 academic year. Research
proposals on this topic are invited from a variety of theoretical
perspectives in all areas of humanistic study except educational
curriculum-building and the performing arts.

Fellows teach one freshman seminar each of two terms. $42,000 stipend,
plus health insurance. The fellowship is open to all scholars, national
and international, who meet application criteria.

Full guidelines, Travel topic description, and application online:
http://humanities.sas.upenn.edu
Questions? Email or call Jennifer Conway, Associate Director, Penn
Humanities Forum, humanities at sas.upenn.edu, 215.898.8220