Humanities Research Center
Rice University
Deadline: December 15, 2009

The Humanities Research Center at Rice University will award one Postdoctoral Fellowship in Interdisciplinary Medical Humanities for a two-year appointment beginning July 1, 2010. The second year’s appointment is contingent on successful review of first year’s performance. The Fellow will receive a stipend of $40,000 per year, plus benefits eligibility, as well as an allowance for research and relocation. In consultation with a faculty mentor, the Fellow will develop an introductory-level interdisciplinary medical humanities course that will be taught once each year of the fellowship. In addition to teaching, the Fellow will collaborate with the faculty mentor to develop a year-long series of lunch lectures with invited outside speakers, to be held at Rice and at nearby medical institutions. The Fellow will be expected to make significant progress in research and to present that research at a lunch lecture. This fellowship will be awarded pending funding. The fellowship recipient will also participate in the intellectual life of the center by sharing research activities through a brown bag series with other HRC fellows. Applicants should describe how their research project would contribute to the intellectual community at Rice, and in particular how it would contribute to medical humanities faculty research activity in the School of Humanities. Engagement with research problems and methods across disciplinary boundaries is expected, and a background in history, philosophy, art history, media studies, or literature would be especially welcome. Deadline is December 15, 2009. Visit hrc.rice.edu/MedPDCall.aspx or write to hmhancock@rice.edu for complete program and application information.