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Rutgers University Center for Historical Analysis Post Doctoral Associate Position — “Ugly: Bodies, Aesthetics, and the Politics of the Unpleasant”
Deadline: February 6 Length/Track: One year (2026-27) Description: “The 2026-2028 RCHA seminar interrogates what is socially deemed “unpleasant” and its relations to power, violence, and inequality. We do so through the critical social category of the “ugly” and “ugliness”; that is, as a contested aesthetic site shaped by dynamics of gender, race, class, sexuality, ability,…
2026 Deadlines, Anthropology, Architecture Studies, Art History, Comparative Literature/English, Cultural Studies, Disability Studies, February 2026 deadline, Gender/Queer/Trans Studies, History, Human Development, Performance Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, Postdoc, Psychology/Behavioral Sciences, Race/Diasporic/Indigenous Studies, Starts in 2026, Visual Studies -
Dartmouth Mellon Teaching Fellowship in Transgender Studies
Deadline: February 15 Length/Track: Two years Description: “The successful candidate will complement our existing curriculum by teaching one introductory course in queer studies and one first-year seminar in each of the two years of the appointment, as well as two courses per year in their areas of expertise.” URL: https://apply.interfolio.com/178648
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Salve Regina University Lectureship in Medical Anthropology
Deadline: February 15 Length/Track: Unstated Description: “We seek a colleague with expertise and interest in teaching and advising undergraduates in a joint Sociology/Anthropology major and with specialization in Medical Anthropology. We seek scholars with expertise at the intersection of gender, race and medicine exploring themes related to any of the following: food insecurity, climate change,…
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Brown University Mellon Postdoctoral Research Associate Position in Black Queer Studies
Deadline: December 15 Length/Track: Two years Description: “Successful applicants will have a demonstrated track record of teaching and/or research on some aspect of Black Queer Studies from one or more disciplinary perspectives, including, but not limited to history, political science, sociology, music, economics, performance studies, literature, or anthropology. The successful candidate will be appointed jointly…
2025 Deadlines, African American Studies, Africana Studies, All/Most Humanistic fields, Anthropology, Comparative Literature/English, December 2025 deadline, Diaspora Studies, Gender/Queer/Trans Studies, History, Human Development, Music, Performance Studies, Political Science, Postdoc, Sociology, Starts in 2026 -
Syracuse University Engaged Humanities Postdoctoral Fellowships
Deadline: December 10 Length/Track: Two years Description: “Applications welcome from scholars interested in combining research, teaching, and publicly engaged programming; working with diverse audiences (including, but not limited to, students, historically marginalized populations, and wider publics); and pursuing tenure-line as well as professional trajectories.” Applicants “[m]ust hold a (disciplinary or interdisciplinary) humanities PhD from between…
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Duke University Postdoctoral Associate for Mellon Sawyer Seminar: “Sharing Ground: Humanities, Academic Freedom and the Future of the University”
Deadline: January 15 Length/Track: Nine months Description: “The Humanist-in-Residence will participate in the seminar meetings while also developing a year-long project on the theme of “Sharing Ground”: how the humanities have conceptualized academic freedom and imagined and preserved democracy within the university, and how they might continue to shape these ideals in the years ahead.…
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University of Rochester Humanities Center Postdoctoral Fellowship
Deadline: January 10 Length/Track: Two years with possible one-year extension Description: “Applicants may be in any field of humanistic study, including anthropology, art and art history, classics, English, history, modern languages and cultures, music, philosophy, or religion. Applicants must have the Ph.D. in hand by the start of the fellowship.” URL: https://apply.interfolio.com/176104
2026 Deadlines, All/Most Humanistic fields, Anthropology, Art History, Art/Design, Classics, Comparative Literature/English, Cultural Studies, Drama/Theater Studies, Film/Media Studies, French/Francophone Studies, Germanic Studies, History, Italian Studies, January 2026 deadline, Jewish/Judaic Studies, Linguistics, Music, Performance Studies, Philosophy, Postdoc, Religious Studies/Theology, Romance Languages, Sound Studies, Spanish/Latin American Studies, Starts in 2026 -
City University of New York Graduate Center Assistant/Associate Professorship in Anthropology — Race and Racism
Deadline: November 10 Length/Track: Tenured, tenure track Description: “We are seeking applicants whose work extends the study of race and racism to new domains. We would welcome applications from scholars whose empirical research is grounded in social theory, speaks to interdisciplinary questions of broad significance, and advances our understanding of racial and gendered capitalism. The…
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Pennsylvania State University Assistant Professorship in Anthropology in Human Reproductive Ecology
Deadline: “Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled.” Length/Track: Tenure track Description: “We seek innovative social science researchers whose work focuses on the social and ecological determinants of reproductive health via field-based research using qualitative, quantitative, or mixed methods. Candidates may work on topics including, but not limited…
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City University of New York-John Jay College Assistant Professorship in Anthropology — Cultural or Medical Anthropology
Deadline: November 5 Length/Track: Tenure track Description: “We particularly encourage applications from scholars whose work addresses pressing contemporary issues through critical and engaged anthropology. Areas of interest may include, but are not limited to: Applicants should demonstrate a strong theoretical orientation, which may include (but is not limited to) decolonial and abolitionist frameworks, critical medical…
2025 Deadlines, Anthropology, Border Studies, Colonial/Postcolonial/Decolonial Studies, Diaspora Studies, Global/International Studies, Health Studies, Human Development, November 2025 deadline, Postcolonial Studies, Public Health, Race/Ethnic Studies, Starts in 2026, Technology Studies, Tenure track
Gender/Queer/Trans Studies Funding Opportunities for Early Career Scholars 