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Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Humanities — 2026-27 Theme ‘Practice’
Deadline: November 2 Length/Track: One year Description: Theme is Practice: “Join us for a year of thought and creation about the practice of practice, about practice and joy, about the relationship between practice and change, about practice and solidarity, about practice and survival, and about practice and failure. In fellowship and in community, we will…
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Cornell University Society for the Humanities Postdoctoral Fellowship — “Survival” — 2026-27
Deadline: September 22 Length/Track: One year Description: “We invite humanistic engagement on what it means to live in moments that are marked by precarity, fragility, and catastrophe. What might it mean to flourish in a world on the brink of extinction or exhaustion? Survival can be individual or collective, shaped by cultural imperatives, ideological commitments, or…
2025 Deadlines, African American Studies, Africana Studies, All/Most Humanistic fields, Anthropology, Asian American Studies, Border Studies, Carceral Studies, Caribbean Studies, Communications/Media Studies, Comparative Literature/English, Cultural Studies, Diaspora Studies, Disability Studies, Drama/Theater Studies, East Asian Studies, Environmental Studies, Film/Media Studies, French/Francophone Studies, Gender/Queer/Trans Studies, Geography, Germanic Studies, Global Studies, Health Studies, History, Human Development, Human Rights Studies, Indigenous Studies, Italian Studies, Jewish/Judaic Studies, Labor/Class Studies, Latin American Studies, Latinx Studies, Native American/American Indian/Indigenous Studies, Near Eastern/MIddle Eastern Studies, Pacific Islander Studies, Performance Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, Postdoc, Public Policy, Race/Diasporic/Indigenous Studies, Religious Studies/Theology, September 2025 deadline, Slavic Studies, South Asian Studies, Spanish/Latin American Studies, Starts in 2026, Urban Studies, Visual Studies -
Smith College Research Fellowship in Reproductive Justice History and Popular Political Education
Deadline: July 1 (review begins) Length/Track: Apparently two years Description: “The Roots of Reproductive Justice History Project seeks a historian of women, gender and sexuality to research and produce content for a website that traces movements for body autonomy across the full span of U.S. history.” The postdoc will be contributing to the “Roots of…
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Colorado Mesa University Assistant Professorship in History
Deadline: April 27 Length/Track: Tenure track Description: “Teaching essential learning undergraduate history courses, including Early U.S. History (to 1877) and Modern U.S. History (since 1865), as well as upper division offerings in Early U.S. History, including our methods sequence (HIST 202 and 404), African American History, American Slavery, the Early American Republic, Early U.S. Women’s…
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Warren Wilson College Visiting Assistant Professorship in History
Deadline: April 27 Length/Track: One year with possible renewal for a second Description: “The successful applicant will teach courses in world histories and specialize in at least one world region. The Department is also open to expertise on all themes, including (but not exclusively) intellectual history, histories of race, gender, and sexuality.” Candidates must have…
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Pennsylvania State University Assistant Teaching Professorship in African American Studies
Deadline: Unstated; posted on Penn State site 4/9 Length/Track: One year “with a strong likelihood of renewal” Description: “An ideal candidate will be able to teach various undergraduate courses on the African American Experience in history, culture, politics, religion, and thought. Preference will be given to candidates with experience teaching courses focused on women and…
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University of Cincinnati Taft Research Center Postdoctoral Fellowship in the College of Arts & Sciences
Deadline: May 1 Length/Track: Two years Description: Requirements: a “Ph.D in any field of inquiry in the 15 humanities and social science Taft member units (Africana Studies; Anthropology; School of Communication, Media, and Film Studies; Economics; English & Comparative Literature; German Studies; History; Journalism; Judaic Studies; Mathematical Sciences; Philosophy; School of Public and International Affairs;…
2025 Deadlines, Africana Studies, Anthropology, Communications/Media Studies, Comparative Literature/English, Economics, Film/Media Studies, Gender/Queer/Trans Studies, History, Jewish/Judaic Studies, May 2025 deadline, Near Eastern/MIddle Eastern Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, Postdoc, Public Policy, Romance Languages, Starts in 2025 -
Hunter College Open Rank Professorship in Palestinian Studies (2) — Social Sciences and Humanities
Deadline: April 21 Length/Track: Tenured, tenure track Description: Two lines. “The Social Sciences hire would join one of the following departments: Anthropology, History, Sociology, Political Science, or Women’s and Gender Studies. The Humanities hire would join one of the following departments: Art and Art History, Classics/Arabic, English, Film and Media Studies, and/or Music.” “We are…
2025 Deadlines, Anthropology, April 2025 deadline, Art History, Classics, Comparative Literature/English, Film/Media Studies, Gender/Queer/Trans Studies, History, Human Development, Near Eastern/MIddle Eastern Studies, Political Science, Race/Diasporic/Indigenous Studies, Sociology, Starts in 2025, Tenure track -
Simmons University Assistant Teaching Professorship in Modern U.S. and Gender History
Deadline: April 15 Length/Track: One year with potential for renewal Description: “The position is open with regard to the geographic region of specialization, but we would particularly welcome applicants who could teach courses in modern U.S. history (broadly defined) and histories of gender and sexuality. Other desirable areas of additional interest include: Queer histories, histories…
Gender/Queer/Trans Studies Funding Opportunities for Early Career Scholars 