Haverford College, John B. Hurford '60 Center for the Arts and Humanities
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow
Institution Type: | College / University |
Location: | Pennsylvania, United States |
Position: | Post-Doctoral Fellow |
The John B. Hurford ’60 Center for the Arts and Humanities of Haverford College and the John B. Hurford ’60 Center for the Arts and Humanities invites applications for a two-year Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Humanities to begin Fall 2016 (seehttps://www.haverford.edu/hcah/center/programs-and-grants/mellon-postdoctoral-fellowship for details). The College’s Hurford Center seeks scholar/practitioners interested in the study of environment, intervention arts, sustainability, and design. The area of specialization is open, but might include anthropology, geography, landscape design/architecture, or sustainability studies. Candidates should have broad theoretical and interdisciplinary interests.
During the first year of the program, the Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow will participate in a year-long faculty seminar led by Professors Markus Baenziger (Fine Arts) and Joshua Moses (Anthropology/Environmental Studies), entitled Environmental Design, Sustainability, and Artistic Intervention. Applicants should make clear the nature of their potential contributions to this interdisciplinary seminar. The seminar will focus on the intersection of arts with the politics of sustainability, and will explore relationships among pedagogy, practice and theory in response to current pressing environmental challenges. We are particularly interested in candidates who have applied skills and theoretical knowledge in permaculture, restoration ecology, or other ecological design principles. For a more detailed description, seehttps://www.haverford.edu/sites/default/files/Center/HCAH/Environmental-Design-Sustainability-and-Artistic-Intervention.pdf
In the second year, the Mellon Fellow will organize and present a spring symposium related to his or her field funded by the Hurford Center. During each of the four semesters at Haverford College, the Mellon Fellow will teach one course at the introductory/intermediate or advanced level. Applicants should submit two brief course proposals related to their area of interest, one for a broad-based introductory course, the other for a more specialized or advanced course.
Applicants should submit via Interfolio (apply.interfolio.com/32612) a cover letter, curriculum vitae, two course proposals (mentioned above), and a writing sample of no more than 25 pages, and two brief course proposals related to their area of interest, one for a broad-based introductory course, the other for a more specialized or advanced course. They should also arrange to have three letters of recommendation submitted via Interfolio. Candidates who have earned their Ph.D. as early as 2011 or who have completed the requirements for the Ph.D. by the application deadline of January 11, 2016 are eligible. The position will begin in fall 2016.
Contact: |
Please direct questions to Kerry Nelson, knelson@haverford.edu. John B. Hurford ’60 Center for the Arts and Humanities Haverford College, Haverford, PA 19041 |
Website: | https://www.haverford.edu/hcah |
Primary Category: | None |
Secondary Categories: | None |
Posting Date: | 11/25/2015 |
Closing Date | 01/11/2016 |