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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 -
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 -
Skidmore College Assistant Professorship in World Languages and Literatures — Hispanophone Caribbean Studies
Deadline: November 8 Length/Track: Tenure track Description: “We welcome those candidates with an interdisciplinary approach and are particularly interested in those whose work focuses on one or more of the following areas: Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities, including climate change and its impact on the Caribbean islands, and the ecological legacies of colonialism and modernity Hispanophone…
2024 Deadlines, Africana Studies, Border Studies, Caribbean Studies, Colonial/Postcolonial/Decolonial Studies, Comparative Literature/English, Diaspora Studies, Environmental Studies, Gender/Sexuality Studies, Indigenous Studies, Latin American Studies, November 2024 deadline, Postcolonial Studies, Race/Ethnic Studies, Religious Studies/Theology, Romance Languages, Spanish/Latin American Studies, Starts in 2025, Tenure track -
University of Pennsylvania Assistant Professorship in Latin American Literature and Culture — 19th Century to Present
Deadline: October 18 Length/Track: Tenure track Description: “We seek candidates whose research and teaching interests center on modern (19th century to the present) Brazilian cultural production (might include literature, film, visual art, music, etc.).” Subfields of interest include “Theories of racialization as they relate to Luso-Afro-Brazilian studies, and/or Indigenous cultural production; the environmental humanities; gender…
2024 Deadlines, Africana Studies, Art History, Border Studies, Colonial/Postcolonial/Decolonial Studies, Comparative Literature/English, Diaspora Studies, Environmental Studies, Film/Media Studies, Gender/Sexuality Studies, Indigenous Studies, Indigenous Studies, Latin American Studies, Music, October 2024 deadline, Performance Studies, Political Science, Postcolonial Studies, Romance Languages, Spanish/Latin American Studies, Starts in 2025, Tenure track, 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 -
Kenyon College Marilyn Yarbrough Dissertation/Teaching Fellowship
Deadline: January 8 Length/Track: One year Description: “Fellows are expected to teach one course each semester, usually in the Fellow’s general research area, and to work toward the completion of their dissertations.” Eligible applicants should identify as the following: *Members of underrepresented groups (e.g., ethnic minorities; women in fields that attract mostly men, or men…
2024 Deadlines, African American Studies, Africana Studies, American Studies, Anthropology, Art History, Art/Design, Classics, Comparative Literature/English, DEI Hire, Dissertation Fellowship, Drama/Theater Studies, East Asian Studies, Economics, Environmental Studies, French/Francophone Studies, Gender/Queer/Trans Studies, Germanic Studies, Global Studies, History, History of Science, Human Development, Indigenous Studies, January 2024 deadline, Legal Studies, Music, Native American/American Indian/Indigenous Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology/Behavioral Sciences, Public Policy, Race/Diasporic/Indigenous Studies, Religious Studies/Theology, Romance Languages, Slavic Studies, Sociology, South Asian Studies, Spanish/Latin American Studies, Starts in 2024, 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 South Carolina Assistant Professorship in Spanish Contemporary Literature and Culture
Deadline: November 15 (hard deadline) Length/Track: Tenure track Description: “We seek a scholar with an interdisciplinary research agenda on Contemporary Spain (20th-21st centuries). Individuals with research interests in such areas as Ideologies and Cultures, Film and Media Studies, or Gender and Sexuality Studies are especially encouraged to apply.” URL: https://uscjobs.sc.edu/postings/154608
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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
Gender/Queer/Trans Studies Funding Opportunities for Early Career Scholars 