Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Native North American and Indigenous Studies, University of Virginia

University of Virginia

Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Native North American and Indigenous Studies

The University of Virginia Program in American Studies invites applications for a two-year Post-Doctoral Fellowship in contemporary Native North American studies (including Canada, United States and Mexico).  We seek a scholar and teacher whose work is grounded in knowledge of a particular culture or region gained firsthand through direct interaction with Native people, while also situating this knowledge in relation to wider movements, theories and trends.  The successful fellow’s work will ideally connect the local, the regional/national, and the global through engagement with issues of language and cultural heritage, or media production and representation. We would welcome applications from scholars whose work develops understandings of Native North American aesthetics, such as ethnopoetics, translation, or contemporary art forms (material or expressive cultures, music, dance, theater, storytelling, museums, or film). 

The Fellow will hold an appointment in American Studies or a joint appointment in American Studies and a department relating to area of research and teaching.  In addition, the Fellow will participate in the newly formed Americas Center, an interdisciplinary center that draws together and anchors the University’s dispersed expertise in the Americas within and across national and ethnic boundaries.  The Fellow will conduct their own research, teach one course per semester, and take the lead in organizing a symposium in the second year of the appointment on a topic relevant to the Fellow’s research on contemporary Native North America.  This symposium will ideally lead to a publication and funding has already been allocated by the Dean’s Office of the College of Arts and Sciences for the symposium.

Applicants must be on track to receive a Ph.D. in a relevant field by May 2016 and must hold a PhD at the time of appointment.  The anticipated start date for the Fellowship period is August 25, 2016 and will end May 31, 2018. Pay is competitive, and benefits are included.

To apply, submit a Candidate Profile online through Jobs@UVa (https://jobs.virginia.edu), search on posting number 0618012, and electronically attach a letter of application, C.V. (including a list of three references), and a 2 page outline of the proposed symposium attached under Writing Sample 1.  Review of applications will begin on February 15, 2016. However, the position will remain open until filled. Questions regarding the application process in Jobs@UVa should be directed to Carol Westin, caw2rd@virginia.edu

The University will perform background checks on all new faculty hires prior to making a final offer of employment.  The University of Virginia is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.

For additional information contact:

Jeff Hantman

Chair, Search Committee

hantman@virginia.edu