John B. Hurford Humanities Center
Haverford College
Deadline: January 20, 2010
The John B. Hurford ‘60 Humanities Center of Haverford College invites applications for a two-year Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Humanities to begin Fall 2010. We seek scholars interested in the intersecting histories of sex, state, and society in the early modern era. Area of specialization is open, but might include history, history of art, music, psychology, anthropology, literature, sociology, philosophy, law, political science, religious and/or cultural studies. Scholars with broad historical and interdisciplinary concerns are encouraged to apply. During the first year of the program, the Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellow will participate in a year-long faculty seminar led by Professor Lisa Jane Graham (History) entitled Sex, State, and Society in the Early Modern World. The seminar seeks to assess the field inspired by the work of Michel Foucault who linked sex and sexuality to modern forms of subjectivity and power. Seminar participants will interrogate the categories, assumptions, and chronology that guide Foucault’s model by focusing on the “pre-sex” era, roughly 1500-1850. We will explore discourses, practices, and norms in various sites (law, literature, medicine, political economy) that shaped the sexual culture of different groups in the early modern world. In the second year, the Fellow will organize and present a spring symposium funded by the Humanities Center.
During each of the four semesters of his or her time at Haverford College, the Fellow will teach one course at the intermediate or advanced level. Applicants should submit two brief course proposals related to their area of interest, one for a broad-based introductory course, the other for a more specialized or advanced course. Candidates who have received the PhD in 2005 at the earliest, or who have completed the requirements for the PhD by the application deadline of January 30, 2010 are eligible. Deadline is January 20, 2010. For complete program guidelines and application details, visit http://www.haverford.edu/HHC/mellon_post-doctoral_program/index.php
