SMU Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Digital Humanities, USA

Job Summary:

The Center for Presidential History (CPH) at Southern Methodist University invites applications for a two-year Postdoctoral Fellowship, to begin in September 2019. Applicants from all fields and topics in U.S. history are welcome, particularly those pertaining to the presidency, the nation, executive power, or the national government. The CPH defines “Presidential History” in the broadest terms possible.

The successful candidate will couple their own research and publishing agenda with their participation in the general life of the CPH, including its ongoing public engagement and the Collective Memory Project, a filmed oral history of the George W. Bush Presidency. Fellows receive a competitive salary and benefits, funds to support research and travel, and are initially appointed for one year with expectation of renewal for a second year.

Fellows must be in residence at SMU during the term of the fellowship and must have successfully defended their doctoral dissertation before the appointment begins. Preference will be given to applicants for whom additional time and resources will culminate in the completion of a publishable book-length manuscript. Fellows seeking additional teaching experience may have opportunity to offer courses in their field of expertise.

For full consideration, applicants must submit the following: CV, letter of interest outlining applicant’s research agenda and proposed contribution to the work of the CPH, a chapter-length writing sample, and three letters of reference. All documents should be submitted through the website of SMU’s Department of Human Resources at www.smu.jobs. Click on “Staff Career Opportunities” and apply.

If the writers of the applicants’ recommendation letters prefer, they may email letters directly to the Center for Presidential History at CPHinfo@smu.edu

Full review of applications will begin on November 5, 2018, and continue until the position is filled. The search committee will interview finalists at the annual meeting of the American Historical Association in Chicago, or via video conference if the candidate does not travel to the AHA.

For more information on this fellowship, visit https://www.smu.edu/CPH/Research/PostdoctoralFellowships