Fellowship Of Race And Ethnicity 2010 In USA – Princeton University
The Postdoctoral Fellowship In The Study Of Race And Ethnicity Offered By Princeton University 2010 In USA
Job Description:
The Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Study of Race and/or Ethnicity is sponsored jointly by the offices of the President and Dean of the Faculty of Princeton University, and the Princeton Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts. The postdoctoral fellow will be expected to pursue research that explores the discursive forms and meanings of concepts of race and ethnicity in one or more selected disciplines in the humanities and social sciences. The selection committee particularly welcomes applications from candidates whose scholarship is driven by innovative, interdisciplinary, and historical ways of thinking— including interests in pre-modern and global contexts. In each of the first two years, the successful candidate pursues research half-time and teaches one course of his/her design each semester, either in the host department or in an interdisciplinary Program. In addition, the fellow normally does some advising in his/her specialty or related areas. In the third year, the fellow teaches one course in the fall semester and devotes the final semester to full-time research.
Eligibility:
PhD degree requirements. Please note the Society’s new dates of degree eligibility. These are firm dates with no exceptions.
a) Candidates already holding the PhD degree at time of application:You must have received your degree between January 1, 2009 and October 1, 2010.The receipt of the PhD is determined by the date on which you fulfilled all requirements for the degree at your institution, including the defense and filing of the dissertation.
b) Candidates who are ABD (all but dissertation) at time of application:If you will not meet the October 1, 2010, deadline for receipt of PhD but are expected to have fulfilled all conditions for the degree, including defense and filing of dissertation, by June 15, 2011, you may still apply for a postdoctoral fellowship provided you have completed a substantial portion of the dissertation.
History & Purpose:
After James Madison graduated from Princeton in 1771, he remained for a year of “graduate work” to study Hebrew with President John Witherspoon. In the following decades, other promising students were permitted to stay on after receiving the bachelor’s degree, but it was not until 1869 that graduate education at Princeton systematically began to take shape. In that year, three fellowships were established as an experiment to encourage outstanding members of the senior class to continue their studies. The terms of the awards (in mathematics, classics and philosophy) were considered rather bold in education circles; they were given after competitive examinations, and each fellow was free to choose where and how he could most profitably spend his year. (The fellow in philosophy, for example, elected to work under President James McCosh at Princeton.) In 1879, Princeton conferred its first earned doctorates on James F. Williamson and William Libby (both B.A. 1877).In this modest beginning several significant, basic principles were at work: careful selection of candidates, latitude for the students in their programs of study, accessibility of the faculty, and willingness to experiment. These principles have governed the evolution of graduate education at Princeton since the formal establishment of the Graduate School in 1900.The primary purpose of the Graduate School is to prepare scholars and researchers to master the content and methods of their special subjects, especially those who give promise of continuing development because they want to create knowledge and communicate it widely. After completing an intensive program of study, graduates should be able to claim professional standing in their chosen fields. The larger design of graduate education at Princeton is to establish the individual’s permanent relationship to learning.
Address:
Princeton University Graduate School
Clio Hall
Princeton, NJ 08544
Phone No: (609) 258-3030
Fax: (609) 258-6180
Office Hours: 8:45 a.m -5 p.m.; 8:30 a.m. -4:30 p.m. (summer hours
Last Date To Apply:1October2010
Source:http://gradschool.princeton.edu/financial/fellowships/competitive/
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