Andrew W. Mellon
Postdoctoral Fellowships
The UCLA Humanities Consortium invites applications for 3
Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships in the Humanities. The
tenure of the fellowships is 2 years, with teaching required in
the second year only and a yearly stipend of $33,000.
Applications will be considered from candidates who have earned
the Ph.D. within the last 4 years, in any field of the
humanities and social sciences. Applicants should be U.S.
citizens, or recipients of degrees from U.S. institutions and
permanent residents of the U.S. The Consortium anticipates
appointing 1 fellow in each of 3 historical periods:
Medieval-Renaissance; 17th-18th Century; 19th-20th Century.
The theme of the fellowship program for 1999-2000 is: Sacred
and Profane. From Medieval Canon Law to Enlightenment Skepticism
to 20th-Century Anthropology, "sacred" and "profane" have been
elementary categories not only of religious life, but of social
life in general. How cultures define or blur the shifting
boundaries between sacred and profane things is a central but
often unexamined question in many areas of scholarly inquiry.
Equally important is the historical continuity of such
categories within given societies. How have the vehicles of
these categories, when subverted, been replaced by other means?
What happens to the relationship of sacred and profane in the
rise of European scientism, especially in the face of its
"primitive" others? How do these categories continue to shape
social passions as we enter the next millennium?
There is no application form. Applicants should send a cover
letter, statement of scholarly project, CV, and 3 letters of
recommendation by Feb. 1, 1999 to: Prof. Vincent P. Pecora,
Director, UCLA Humanities Consortium, 310 Royce Hall, Box
951461, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1461.
Learn more about U of California Los Angeles by visiting its home page.
[http://www.ucla.edu]
From: The Chronicle of Higher Education, December 4, 1998
http://chronicle.com/data/ads/ads-by-search-981204/all/84894.html
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