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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 -
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 -
University of Richmond Visiting Assistant Professorship in Italian Studies
Deadline: May 1 Length/Track: Looks like one year Description: “The department welcomes expertise in at least two of the following areas: Italian Literature, Cinema, and Culture; Mediterranean and Transcultural Studies; Ethnic and/or Minority studies; Italian American Culture and Literature; Translation Studies; Environmental Humanities and Ecocriticism; Gender and Sexuality Studies.” Note: 3:3 load. URL:
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Yale University Postdoctoral Associate Position in the Humanities Program
Deadline: January 5 Length/Track: Three years Description: “Candidates in any field of the Humanities and humanistic Social Sciences are welcome to apply. The Postdoctoral Associate will also have standing to hold a secondary appointment as a Lecturer and will teach one section of Directed Studies every semester. Additional responsibilities will include organizing Directed Studies colloquia and planning…
2025 Deadlines, Administrative/Teaching, African American Studies, Africana Studies, All/Most Humanistic fields, American Studies, Anthropology, Archaeology, Architecture Studies, Art History, Asian American Studies, Border Studies, Caribbean Studies, Childhood Studies, Communications/Media Studies, Cultural Studies, Diaspora Studies, Digital Studies, Disability Studies, Drama/Theater Studies, East Asian Studies, Film/Media Studies, French/Francophone Studies, Gaming Studies, Gender/Queer/Trans Studies, Germanic Studies, History, History of Science, Indigenous Studies, Italian Studies, January 2025 deadline, Jewish/Judaic Studies, Latin American Studies, Latinx Studies, Linguistics, Music, Native American/American Indian/Indigenous Studies, Near Eastern/MIddle Eastern Studies, Pacific Islander Studies, Performance Studies, Philosophy, Postdoc, Race/Diasporic/Indigenous Studies, Religious Studies/Theology, Romance Languages, Slavic Studies, South Asian Studies, Spanish/Latin American Studies, Visual Studies -
Assistant Professor of Italian Studies — Italian Renaissance Literature
Deadline: November 15 Length/Track: Tenure track Description: “We welcome applicants whose primary expertise in Italian Renaissance Literature may be complemented by interests in fields such as (but not limited to) environmental studies, gender studies, Mediterranean studies, the “global” Renaissance, diaspora studies, disability studies, technology studies.” URL: https://apply.interfolio.com/156219
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Colby College Assistant Professorship (nonTT) in Italian Studies
Deadline: Review begins immediately (posted on Colby site 9/30) Length/Track: Non-tenure track Description: “The specialization is open. We are particularly interested in individuals with considerable experience in language instruction and teaching/research expertise in Italian culture across the centuries, with a focus on one or more of the following areas: language pedagogy, film studies, ecocriticism, women,…
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American Academy of Learned Societies Fellowship in the Humanities and Interpretive Social Sciences 2025-26
Deadline: September 25 Length/Track: Six months to one year Description: “The fellowship is open to scholars at all postdoctoral career stages, working on or off the tenure track, who have earned a PhD in the humanities or interpretive social sciences by the application deadline.” URL:
2024 Deadlines, African American Studies, Africana Studies, All/Most Humanistic fields, American Studies, Anthropology, Archaeology, Art History, Asian American Studies, Border Studies, Carceral Studies, Caribbean Studies, Childhood Studies, Classics, Communications/Media Studies, Comparative Literature/English, Cultural Studies, Diaspora Studies, Digital Studies, Disability Studies, Drama/Theater Studies, East Asian Studies, Economics, Education, Environmental Studies, Film/Media Studies, French/Francophone Studies, Gaming Studies, Gender/Queer/Trans Studies, Germanic Studies, Global Studies, Health Studies, History, History of Science, Human Development, Human Rights Studies, Indigenous Studies, Italian Studies, Jewish/Judaic Studies, Labor/Class Studies, Latin American Studies, Latinx Studies, Legal Studies, Linguistics, Music, Native American/American Indian/Indigenous Studies, Near Eastern/MIddle Eastern Studies, Pacific Islander Studies, Performance Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, Postdoc, Public Health, Public Policy, Race/Diasporic/Indigenous Studies, Religious Studies/Theology, Rhetoric, Romance Languages, September 2024 deadline, Slavic Studies, Sociology, South Asian Studies, Spanish/Latin American Studies, Starts in 2025, Technology Studies, Urban Studies, Visual Studies -
Wesleyan University Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in Humanities/Humanistic Social Sciences
Deadline: January 8 Length/Track: Two years Description: “Candidates do not need to have their PhD in hand at the time of application, but will need to have it by June, 2024.” URL: https://careers.wesleyan.edu/postings/10147
2024 Deadlines, African American Studies, Africana Studies, All/Most Humanistic fields, American Studies, Anthropology, Archaeology, Art History, Asian American Studies, Border Studies, Carceral Studies, Caribbean Studies, Childhood Studies, Classics, Communications/Media Studies, Comparative Literature/English, Creative Writing, Cultural Studies, Diaspora Studies, Digital Studies, Disability Studies, Drama/Theater Studies, East Asian Studies, Education, Environmental Studies, Film/Media Studies, French/Francophone Studies, Gaming Studies, Gender/Queer/Trans Studies, Germanic Studies, Global Studies, Health Studies, History, History of Science, Human Development, Human Rights Studies, Indigenous Studies, Italian Studies, January 2024 deadline, Jewish/Judaic Studies, Labor/Class Studies, Latin American Studies, Latinx Studies, Linguistics, Music, Native American/American Indian/Indigenous Studies, Near Eastern/MIddle Eastern Studies, Performance Studies, Philosophy, Postdoc, Psychology/Behavioral Sciences, Public Health, Race/Diasporic/Indigenous Studies, Religious Studies/Theology, Rhetoric, Romance Languages, Slavic Studies, South Asian Studies, Spanish/Latin American Studies, Starts in 2024, Technology Studies, Urban Studies, Visual Studies -
University of Southern California Society of Fellows Positions for 2024-26
Deadline: November 27 Length/Track: Two years Description: “The USC Society of Fellows in the Humanities is an interdisciplinary community of postdoctoral scholars and faculty members in the humanities and humanistic social sciences.” Eligibility qualifications include The list of participating departments and programs for the 2024–2026 cycle: Department of AnthropologyDepartment of Art HistoryDepartment of ClassicsDepartment of…
2023 Deadlines, Anthropology, Art History, Classics, Communications/Media Studies, Comparative Literature/English, Drama/Theater Studies, East Asian Studies, Film/Media Studies, French/Francophone Studies, Gender/Queer/Trans Studies, History, History of Science, Human Development, Italian Studies, Latin American Studies, Music, November 2023 deadline, Philosophy, Postdoc, Religious Studies/Theology, Romance Languages, Slavic Studies, Sociology, Spanish/Latin American Studies, Starts in 2024 -
University of Pittsburgh Assistant Professorship in Italian: Transnational Italian Studies
Deadline: October 27 (first round of consideration) Length/Track: Tenure track Description: Inviting “applications for a tenure-stream assistant professor working at the intersection of transnational Italian studies and one (or more) of our department’s four curricular and research networks: environment; gender & sexuality; film & media; and nation/translation.” “Candidates should be able to conduct research and…
2023 Deadlines, Africana Studies, Colonial/Postcolonial/Decolonial Studies, Comparative Literature/English, European Studies, Film/Media Studies, Gender/Sexuality Studies, Global/International Studies, Italian Studies, Latin American Studies, Near Eastern/Middle Eastern Studies, October 2023 deadline, Race/Ethnic Studies, Romance Languages, Tenure track
Gender/Queer/Trans Studies Funding Opportunities for Early Career Scholars 