2009-2011 Program
The Society for the Humanities will sponsor three postdoctoral teaching-research fellowships in the humanities, each awarded for the two-year period beginning July 2009. Each fellowship offers a stipend of $45,000/year. While in residence at Cornell, Mellon Fellows hold department affiliations and have limited teaching duties and the opportunity for scholarly work. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships are available in three areas of specialization. Please direct inquiries and send applications to department contacts listed below.

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History
The Cornell University Department of History will make a two-year postdoctoral appointment in World History, beginning Fall 2009 and continuing through Spring 2011.  Applicants’ primary research focus must encompass processes of interaction between two or more societies, regions, and/or continents, preferably in the period 1500-1900. The successful applicant will be required to teach one lower-level course and one advanced (400-level) course each year. S/he must have completed the Ph.D. degree after September 2003, and before June 30, 2009. Applicants who do not have the Ph.D. in hand at the time of application must include a letter from the department chair stating that the Ph.D. degree will be conferred before the term of the fellowship begins. The application deadline is February 1, 2009. Submit curriculum vitae, a detailed statement of research interests, a writing sample, course proposals for the courses you would like to teach while in residence at Cornell, and three letters of recommendation to Mellon Fellowship Search, Department of History, 450 McGraw Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-4601. AA/EOE.

German Studies
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Department of German Studies beginning July 1, 2009, limited to two years. Ph.D. (must have received the Ph.D. degree after September 2003. Applicants who do not have the Ph.D. in hand at the time of application must include a letter from the committee chair or department stating that the Ph.D. degree will be conferred before the term of the fellowship begins.) in German Studies or Comparative Literature, Jewish Studies, Religious Studies, Philosophy, Political Theory, or History, specialization in German-Jewish thought and culture (with demonstrable strength in German culture) required. Position is focused on German-Jewish culture and thought between 1750 and the early 20th century. Evidence of excellent scholarship and teaching, excellent reading knowledge in German, and excellent communication skills in English required. One-course teaching load per semester includes lower and upper division undergraduate courses. Please send complete dossier (including c.v., detailed statement of research interests, three letters of recommendation, article-length writing sample, and two sample syllabi) to Chair of Search Committee, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship, Department of German Studies, Cornell University, 183 Goldwin Smith Hall, Ithaca, NY  14853-3201, by November 1, 2008; e-mail: mz17@cornell.edu. Cornell University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and Educator.

Near Eastern Studies
With the sponsorship of the Society for the Humanities, the Department of Near Eastern Studies at Cornell University welcomes candidates in the area(s) of Ottoman History and/or Iranian Studies for a two-year Mellon Postdoctoral fellowship, 2009-2011. We are especially interested in candidates with broad borderlands and comparative interests, such as the Safavid-Ottoman/Qajar-Ottoman frontiers, religious and/or ethnic minorities in Ottoman-Iranian studies, or Turkish and Persian cultures, literatures, film, or art.   Postdoctoral fellows teach one course per semester, a lower-level survey course and one upper-level seminar each year. Applicants must have received their Ph.D. after September 2003; applicants who will have received the Ph.D. degree by June 30, 2009, are eligible to apply. Applicants should submit a full dossier (including a curriculum vitae, a detailed statement of research interests, an article-length writing sample, two course proposals with syllabi for courses he/she would teach at Cornell, and three letters of recommendation) to Department Manager, Department of Near Eastern Studies, 409 White Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853; telephone: (607) 255-5553; e-mail: jlg58@cornell.edu. Deadline: November 1, 2008. Cornell University is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer and educator. Women and minority candidates are encouraged to apply.