The Rutgers Center for Historical Analysis and the School of Arts and Sciences of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick), invite applications from all disciplines for post-doctoral resident fellowships to be held during academic year of 2016-2017. Fellows will take a leading role in the John E. Sawyer Seminar, sponsored by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, on the subject of Ethical Subjects: Moralities, Laws, Histories, directed by Professors Seth Koven and Judith Surkis, Rutgers Department of History. One Sawyer Fellow and two RCHA fellows will each receive a stipend of $50,000 and an annual research allocation of $2,000; they will also receive Rutgers University health benefits. Fellows will teach no more than two courses total during the academic year.
Applicants must have received the Ph.D. between July 1, 2011 and June 30, 2016.
Applications consisting of a CV, a project abstract (200 words), a three to five page description of your research project and its significance to the theme, and 3 letters of recommendation should be submitted electronically via Interfolio to http://apply.interfolio.com/32674 by January 16, 2016.