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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 -
Hobart William Smith Colleges Fisher Center Postdoctoral Fellowship — “Backlash, (Im)mobility, Reaction”
Deadline: May 1 Length/Track: One year Description: “The theme “Backlash, (Im)mobility, Reaction” captures the world in flux, the world overcome by turbulence, with opposite forces clashing, breaking, turning over. The Fisher Center for the Study of Gender and Justice invites applicants to address the following question: what does it mean to think, to write, to…
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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 -
Georgetown University HR Clinton Research Fellowship in Women, Peace, and Security
Deadline: Unstated; posted on Georgetown site 3/11 Length/Track: One year Description: “The Hillary Rodham Clinton Research Fellowship is a one-year program that provides unique opportunities to a recent PhD or master’s level graduate to conduct rigorous, policy-oriented research to address key knowledge gaps in the field of Women, Peace and Security (WPS). Fellows should have…
2025 Deadlines, Africana Studies, Caribbean Studies, Gender/Queer/Trans Studies, Global Studies, Human Rights Studies, Indigenous Studies, Jewish/Judaic Studies, Latin American Studies, Near Eastern/MIddle Eastern Studies, Pacific Islander Studies, Political Science, Postbac, Postdoc, Public Policy, Slavic Studies, South Asian Studies, Starts in 2025, Unstated deadline 2025 -
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 -
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 -
Earlham College Assistant Professorship and Chair in Jewish Studies
Deadline: March 22 Length/Track: Tenure track Description: “A willingness to teach courses of interest that can contribute to at least one of the College’s interdisciplinary programs (e.g., Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies; Peace & Global Studies; Environmental Sustainability) is highly desired.” URL:
Gender/Queer/Trans Studies Funding Opportunities for Early Career Scholars 