Pls contact Prof Ennis, not me, if interested Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology, FRSC NetLab Director Department of Sociology University of Toronto 725 Spadina Avenue, Room 388 Toronto Canada M5S 2J4 http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman fax:+1-416-978-3963 Updating history: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php _______________________________________________________________________ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:28:40 -0500 From: James Ennis <jennis@tufts.edu> To: James Ennis <jennis@tufts.edu> Subject: Fwd: Mellon Postdocs in Humanities at Tufts Dear Colleagues and Friends, If you know a new- or soon-to-be-PhD who might be interested (say in sociology of art, or culture, or perhaps media) would you please pass this along? Needs to be able to pass as a humanist, but we did host such a person a a couple of years ago. If they are interested, have them contact me in the next week. Thanks and all best wishes... JE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ James G. Ennis Associate Professor of Sociology Eaton Hall 112 Sociology, Tufts University Medford, MA 02155 Office hours M 4:30-5:30, W 1:30-2:30 617 627 2473 --> my office 617 627 3561 --> department office 617 627 3032 --> fax ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Begin forwarded message:
From: Jillian Dubman <jillian.dubman@tufts.edu> Date: January 23, 2009 8:44:57 AM GMT-05:00 To: as-faculty@elist.tufts.edu Subject: Mellon Postdocs in Humanities
This message is sent on behalf of Andrew McClellan, Dean of Academic Affairs for Arts and Sciences. _______________________________________________________
Dear Colleagues,
As many of you know, the Mellon Foundation generously agreed to renew funding for the Postdoctoral Fellowship Program in the Humanities at Tufts for another six years. Advertisements (see below) were placed in appropriate venues and applications are coming in, against a deadline of February 1, 2009. An ad hoc committee will be assembled to read files and select candidates. Though it is now late in the day, should you know potential applicants please encourage them to apply. Since the program calls for fellows to be houses in departments and, ideally, paired with suitable mentors/ collaborators on the Tufts faculty, we may be in touch with some of you to ask about your possible interest in hosting or working with a given applicant. We hope this year's pool of applicants will add two exciting young scholars to our community beginning this coming fall. As we have funding for the next years (and perhaps beyond), please be on the lookout for talented young scholars who might be interested in applying in coming years. Collaborative research projects with our faculty are encouraged.
"The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has generously provided Tufts University with funding to bring two postdoctoral fellows to campus each year to pursue new research projects in the Humanities. Two fellows will be appointed in fall 2009.
Fellows will be housed for two years in the Center for the Humanities at Tufts and affiliated with the department or interdisciplinary program most germane to their field of research. Fellows will be expected to teach one course in the spring semester of their first year and two in the second year of their residency through their home department or program. It is further expected that fellows will take part in the intellectual life of campus, working with faculty and students, attending and helping to plan events and meetings, etc. Applicants whose research will benefit from the research environment and faculty at Tufts are especially encouraged to apply.
Applications will be competitively evaluated by the Mellon Postdoctoral Committee. There is no requirement that the fellows be U.S. citizens. Applicants for the fellowships must have received their Ph.D. within the past five years. The stipend for fellows will be $42,500 plus benefits, and a research allowance of $5,000 per year.
Recipients of the Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships will be appointed by the Dean of Academic Affairs for Arts and Sciences, upon the recommendation of the Mellon Postdoctoral Committee. All applications must be received no later than February 1, 2009."
Thank you for your interest and support,
Andrew McClellan Dean of Academic Affairs for Arts & Sciences Tufts University Ballou Hall Medford, MA 02155 tel: 617 627-4230 email: andrew.mcclellan@tufts.edu