Institute for Comparative Literature and Society Postdoctoral Fellowship 2010-2011
PLEASE NOTE: There is no postdoctoral fellowship program at the Institute for Comparative Literature and Society for 2010-2011. Please check back in future years for more fellowship opportunities. Thank you for your interest in ICLS at Columbia University.
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Institute for Comparative Literature and Society Postdoctoral Fellowship 2009-2010
The Institute for Comparative Literature and Society at Columbia University will appoint a Postdoctoral Fellow for the Spring 2010 semester. The fellow must have received a PhD between January 1, 2003 and July 1, 2009. As one of the Institute's primary goals is to provide institutional support for the best in cross-disciplinary and cross-regional comparative work, we encourage applications from a wide variety of humanities and social science disciplines. The specific topic of the fellowship is the importance of language learning and/or translation to produce an informed global scholarship and practice. The Fellow will be given time and resources to develop his or her scholarship in a broadening and experimental cross-disciplinary and cross-regional context. The Fellow will join an intellectually vibrant community of scholars from the humanities, the social sciences, architecture, and law affiliated with the Institute. Regularly scheduled lectures, workshops and seminars will permit the Fellow to associate with many of Columbia University's leading scholars engaged in the Institute's innovative project.
Stipend: The stipend for the Spring 2010 semester will be $25,000. Full fringe benefits will be added, plus $1,000 for travel. An additional $2,000 will be given for innovative course planning.
Completed application forms may be returned to:
The Director
Institute for Comparative Literature and Society
Columbia University
HB1-1 Heyman Center
2960 Broadway, mail code 5700
New York, N.Y. 10027
The application form can be accessed here.
The postmark deadline for completed applications is January 31, 2009.
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