Via H-Net, we have the following
call for applications:
The Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice at Brown University
invites applications for a one-year position (2016-2017) as the Ruth J.
Simmons Postdoctoral Fellow in Slavery and Justice.
The Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice (CSSJ) is a scholarly
research center with a public humanities mission. Recognizing that
racial and chattel slavery were central to the historical formation of
the Americas and the modern world, the CSSJ creates a space for the
interdisciplinary study of the historical forms of slavery while also
examining how these legacies shape our contemporary world. We are also
attentive to contemporary forms of human bondage and injustice. The
Center is devoted to interdisciplinary scholarly research around issues
of racial slavery, contemporary forms of injustice, as well as freedom.
Applicants should have Ph.D. in any humanities or social science
discipline and have received their degree within the last five years (or
will obtain a Ph.D. by June 2016) and work on questions concerning the
historical formations of slavery in global or comparative terms; issues
concerning contemporary forms of indentured servitude; philosophical,
historical, and theoretical questions concerning slavery, justice, and
freedom. Consideration will also be given to candidates whose work pays
special attention to contemporary issues and legacies of slavery.
Applicants working on questions of gender, contemporary racial
formations, public history, and memory are welcome. The successful
applicant will be expected to be an active participant in the Center’s
regular brown bag lunch series, and will have the option to teach a
course in the semester of his/her choosing.
The fellowship stipend will be $45,000- $50,000.
Search Opens December 15. Deadline is February 15, 2016.
More information is available
here.
