Post Doctoral Fellow in Public Humanities (Brown Univ)

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The John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities and Cultural
Heritage at Brown University invites applications for a postdoctoral
fellow in public humanities for the academic year 2012-13. While the
nature of an applicant’s specific interests and areas of expertise is
left open, these should be complementary to the present makeup of the
Center. Areas of interest: documentary studies, community memory,
digital public humanities, cultural heritage, cultural policy, and
historic preservation.
Applicants must normally have received their Ph.D. from an institution
other than Brown within the last five years and have expertise and
experience working in the public humanities, and an interest in
working with students in an interdisciplinary and public context. In
addition to pursuing his or her own projects, the successful candidate
will be expected to teach one course per semester, and participate
actively in the ongoing development of the Center, via organization of
reading or working groups or community projects that extend or develop
new university-community connections. This will be a one-year
position, beginning on July 1, 2012, with possibility of extension to
a second year. Annual (12-month) salary is $45,000, plus additional
taxable salary supplement to allow for single person health and dental
coverage from university providers.
Candidates should send a cv , 2-3 page statement of interests, and
potential syllabus to publichu...@brown.edu with the subject
line: "Post-doctoral Fellowship in Public Humanities first and last
name".
They should arrange to have three confidential letters of reference
sent directly to the above address. For full consideration,
application materials should arrive by March 1, 2012 The search will
remain open until the position is closed or filled.
Brown is an EEO /AA employer. Minorities and women are encouraged to apply.
More information on the John Nicholas Brown Center is available at
www.brown.edu/ JNBC .

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