[URBANTH-L] FUNDING: Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship 2008-09, Penn Humanities Forum

[Angela Jancius]

Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2008-2009
Penn Humanities Forum, University of Pennsylvania
Research Topic: CHANGE

Deadline: October 15, 2007

Five Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships in the Humanities are 
available for the 2008-2009 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 
CHANGE as the topic for the 2008-2009 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. Candidates from all humanistic disciplines are eligible, as 
well as those in allied areas such as Anthropology and History of Science.

Fellows teach one undergraduate course each of two terms in addition to 
conducting research. Stipend: $42,000 plus health insurance. The fellowship 
is open to all scholars, national and international, who meet eligibility 
criteria.

Full fellowship guidelines, topic description, and downloadable application 
are available online only: http://www.phf.upenn.edu

Jennifer Conway, Associate Director
Penn Humanities Forum, University of Pennsylvania
3619 Locust Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6213
Phone: (215)898.8220

Email: humanities at sas.upenn.edu
Visit the website at http://www.phf.upenn.edu