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Harvard University Charles Warren Center Fellowships — Commemorative Acts
Deadline: January 7 Length/Track: One year Description: The “theme of Commemorative Acts led by Tiya Miles (History) and Robin Bernstein (African and African American Studies and Women, Gender, & Sexuality).” “Signaling boundaries through narrative, imagery, space, and performance, commemorative acts leave some people out even as they call others in, defining a “we” and a…
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Rutgers University-New Brunswick Center for Cultural Analysis Postdoctoral Associate Position: Translation
Deadline: January 20 Length/Track: One year Description: Theme for 2026-27 is Translation. “All requirements for the PhD or other terminal degree in the relevant field must be completed by August 1, 2026. A record of publication and scholarly engagement relevant to the seminar’s topic is required.” See job posting for theme description. URL: https://jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/263236
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Washington University in St. Louis Postdoctoral Fellowship — Modeling Interdisciplinary Inquiry
Deadline: December 19 Length/Track: Two years Description: “This year we are recruiting one fellow. We are interested in interdisciplinary scholars whose research employs historical methods and approaches as an integral part of their interdisciplinary research.” Postdoctoral Fellows pursue their own continuing research in association with a senior faculty mentor at WU. During the two years…
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Emory University Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry 2026-27 Postdoctoral Fellowship — habitat
Deadline: December 8 Length/Track: One year Description: “The Fox Center will appoint up to five postdoctoral fellows for the academic year 2025-26. Up to three positions are open field and up to two are in the field of poetics.” “We take a broad view of poetics as encompassing the study of form and/or practice in…
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Pomona College Dorothy Chau Mellon Pre- and Postdoctoral Fellowships in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Deadline: December 1 Length/Track: Two years Description: “The Fred and Dorothy Chau Mellon Fellowship is an initiative that prepares those completing doctorates or those who have recently finished doctoral degrees for undergraduate teaching at small, liberal arts colleges who are members of the Consortium for Faculty Diversity. You may find more information, including eligibility requirements,…
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Harvard University Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics Fellows-in-Residence
Deadline: Unstated in description Length/Track: One academic year Description: “The call for applications for the 2026-27 academic year is completely open: we will consider any topic pertaining to the serious ethical questions of our time. Our Center will also be continuing the work of our interdisciplinary research network exploring the ethical and political dimensions of…
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Harvard University Weatherhead Scholars Program Postdoctoral Fellowship in International Affairs
Deadline: October 15 Length/Track: One year Description: This is “a one-year, residential opportunity for early-career scholars working on international, comparative, transnational, or global issues in the social sciences.” Keywords = “Democracy and Governance, Migration and Refugees, Political Economy, International Development, Global Security, Public Policy, International Relations, International Affairs, Conflict Resolution, Environmental Policy, Sustainable Development, Humanitarian…
2025 Deadlines, Africana Studies, All/Most Social Sciences fields, Border Studies, Carceral Studies, Diaspora Studies, East Asian Studies, Economics, Environmental Studies, Geography, Global Studies, Health Studies, Human Rights Studies, Indigenous Studies, Latin American Studies, Near Eastern/MIddle Eastern Studies, October 2025 deadline, Pacific Islander Studies, Postdoc, Race/Diasporic/Indigenous Studies, Slavic Studies, South Asian Studies, Starts in 2026 -
Princeton University Research Associate Position — The Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS) Postdoctoral Fellowship Program — STARTS IN 2026
Deadline: September 15 Length/Track: 12 months with possibility of renewal Description: “PIIRS seeks recent PhDs in the Social Sciences who have demonstrated exceptional scholarship, congruent with the Institute’s intellectual focus, that simultaneously advances theoretical debates in their disciplinary field; creatively speaks to and engages with a multidisciplinary audience; and deepens substantive regional knowledge of specific…
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Princeton University Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts Associate Research Scholar Position in the Humanities and Social Sciences — STARTS 2026
Deadline: August 5 Length/Track: Three years Description: “Applicants holding the Ph.D. at the time of application must have received the degree after January 1, 2024. Applicants not yet holding the Ph.D. are expected to have completed a substantial portion of the dissertation – at least half – at the time of application. Successful candidates must…
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University of Notre Dame Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Arts 2025-27
Deadline: February 28 Length/Track: Two years Description: “Notre Dame’s newly established Arts Initiative invites applications for a two-year postdoctoral fellowship program in the arts. Fellows will be funded to contribute to the interdisciplinary research and curricular goals of the initiative, with special consideration given to candidates whose work aligns with one or more of the…
Gender/Queer/Trans Studies Funding Opportunities for Early Career Scholars 