Postdoctoral Associate, Whitney Humanities Center

Yale University • New Haven, CT

9d • $70,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The Whitney Humanities Center at Yale is accepting applications for a one-year postdoctoral fellowship for the academic year 2027–28. The fellowship is offered to complement and contribute to the Spring 2028 Franke Seminar in the Humanities: “Not Made to Scale: Space, Form, Power and the Geohumanities.” This is an upper-level undergraduate seminar in the Humanities Program at Yale. Engaging with interdisciplinary scholarship at the intersection of geography, architecture, and the humanities, “Not Made to Scale” will consider how the humanities and the arts have helped us understand our relationship to our surroundings—from improvised cities, redlined suburbs and contested waterways to landscapes (re)shaped by prisons, borders, data centers, and a rapidly changing climate. In so doing, we will analyze, define, and practice a “geohumanities for the present.” The seminar is accompanied by a series of four public-facing lectures by experts in the field, hosted by the Whitney Humanities Center. The Center invites applications from scholars in disciplines like visual studies, literary studies, film and media studies, human geography, social-cultural anthropology, urban studies, and critical studies. The ideal candidate will demonstrate expertise in one or more of the following fields: environmental studies, architectural history, urban humanities, critical geography, black geographies, or critical race and gender studies. The fellow will contribute to the Franke Lectures in the Humanities and will collaborate with the instructor of the Franke Seminar on course design and teaching.

Requirements

• Ph.D. (degree conferred 2024 or later) involving research centrally related to the theme of the Franke Seminar: Space, Form, Power, and the Geohumanities.
• Ph.D. in hand by August 1, 2027.
• Ability to contribute to a community of scholars in an interdisciplinary setting.

Nice To Haves

• Expertise in one or more of the following fields: environmental studies, architectural history, urban humanities, critical geography, black geographies, or critical race and gender studies.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the Franke Lectures in the Humanities.
• Collaborate with the instructor of the Franke Seminar on course design and teaching.

Benefits

• Stipend of $70,000
• Full benefits
• Research fund of $2,000
• Reimbursement of moving expenses

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree