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Brown University invites applications for a 2-year Postdoctoral Fellowship in Postcolonial Literary and Cultural Criticism, with a specialization in Modern South Asian Literatures and expertise in theoretical and/or methodological debates in the field. This position is funded by the Mellon Foundation, to be held jointly at the Cogut Center for the Humanities and the Department of English, effective July 1, 2011. Our goal is to appoint an exceptional scholar of South Asian postcolonial literature with an interest in current debates and a commitment to innovative scholarship and teaching. The successful candidate will teach two courses per year in the Department of English cross-listed in the Cogut Center's course offerings. The fellow will also be affiliated with the Cogut Center and is expected to participate in the seminars, lectures, conferences, and other research activities of the Center. Ph.D. must be in hand and must have been awarded in the last five years. Stipend of $52,000 and $54,080 in the 1st and 2nd years respectively, plus benefits and a research budget of $2,000 per year.
Candidates should send a letter of application, curriculum vitae, writing sample, two sample course descriptions, and three letters of recommendation to South Asian Postdoctoral Fellow Search, Department of English, Box 1852, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912.
Contact detail
Cogut Center for the Humanities
Box 1983
Pembroke Hall
172 Meeting Street
Providence, RI 02912
Telephone: 401.863.6070
FAX: 401.863.6121
Humanities_Center@brown.edu
http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Humanities_Center/grants/mellon.html
Please quote Scholarization.blogspot.com on your application when applying for this scholarship
Brown University invites applications for a 2-year Postdoctoral Fellowship in Postcolonial Literary and Cultural Criticism, with a specialization in Modern South Asian Literatures and expertise in theoretical and/or methodological debates in the field. This position is funded by the Mellon Foundation, to be held jointly at the Cogut Center for the Humanities and the Department of English, effective July 1, 2011. Our goal is to appoint an exceptional scholar of South Asian postcolonial literature with an interest in current debates and a commitment to innovative scholarship and teaching. The successful candidate will teach two courses per year in the Department of English cross-listed in the Cogut Center's course offerings. The fellow will also be affiliated with the Cogut Center and is expected to participate in the seminars, lectures, conferences, and other research activities of the Center. Ph.D. must be in hand and must have been awarded in the last five years. Stipend of $52,000 and $54,080 in the 1st and 2nd years respectively, plus benefits and a research budget of $2,000 per year.
Candidates should send a letter of application, curriculum vitae, writing sample, two sample course descriptions, and three letters of recommendation to South Asian Postdoctoral Fellow Search, Department of English, Box 1852, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912.
Contact detail
Cogut Center for the Humanities
Box 1983
Pembroke Hall
172 Meeting Street
Providence, RI 02912
Telephone: 401.863.6070
FAX: 401.863.6121
Humanities_Center@brown.edu
http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Humanities_Center/grants/mellon.html
Please quote Scholarization.blogspot.com on your application when applying for this scholarship
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