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Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Humanities - Penn
Humanities Forum,
University of Pennsylvania
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Fellowship Deadline: 2000-10-16
Five Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships are available for
the 2001-2002
academic year for untenured scholars who received or
will receive their
Ph.D. between December 1992 and December 2000. Research
proposals are
invited in all areas of humanistic study, except
educational
curriculum-building and the performing arts, and should
relate to Time, the
topic for the 2001-2002 academic year of the Penn
Humanities Forum. For
more information on the topic of Time, and for a
complete application form,
Guidelines
Preference will be given to candidates whose proposals
are
interdisciplinary, who have not previously used the
resources of the
who would particularly benefit from and contribute to
its intellectual
life. The Fellowship carries an annual stipend of
$34,000. During their
year in residence, Mellon Fellows will have the
opportunity to pursue their
own research and study, to meet regularly with other
Mellon Postdoctoral
Fellows and university faculty, and to take part in all
aspects of the
intellectual life of the Penn community. Mellon Fellows
also will teach one
course per semester (fall and spring terms) in an
appropriate department,
participate in the weekly Research Seminar of the Penn
Humanities Forum
(Tuesdays, 12:00-2:00), and present their research at
one of those
seminars. Fellows will be accorded such faculty
privileges as office space
and computer, library borrowing privileges, and are
expected to be on
campus during both terms of the fellowship.
Application Deadline
Completed applications and supporting materials must be
received no later
than October 16, 2000.
Contact information:
Jennifer Conway, Associate Director
Penn Humanities Forum
University of Pennsylvania
116 Bennett Hall
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6273
Ph: 215-898-8220
Fax: 215-573-2063
Email: humanities@sas.upenn.edu
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