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A W Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Humanities, Pittsburgh PA (U.S.A.), Deadline: 19 Nov 2010

Carnegie Mellon University, with the generous support of the Andrew W. 
Mellon Foundation, is pleased to accept applications for two A.W. Mellon 
Postdoctoral Fellowships in the Humanities for the 2011-2013 academic 
years. These fellowships are designed to foster the academic careers of 
scholars who have recently received their Ph.D. degrees by permitting them 
to pursue their research while gaining mentored experience as teachers and 
members of one of Carnegie Mellon’s four humanities departments 
(English, History, Modern Languages, and Philosophy) in which they will be 
housed.

The Department of Philosophy seeks candidates whose research focuses on 
semantics or pragmatics of natural languages from the perspective of 
linguistics, philosophy, logic or computer science. Candidates whose work 
is of relevance to the research directions of the department’s Center 
for Formal Epistemology are particularly encouraged to apply. Information 
about the Center can be found at: http://www.formalepistemology.org

Terms of appointment
Fellows will teach two courses in their home department(s) in each year of 
their residency. They will have the opportunity to teach in their existing 
areas of expertise to prepare themselves for a competitive academic job 
market. Fellows will be encouraged to take part in the many 
cross-departmental colloquia, conferences, or seminars though the 
university’s Humanities Center, the Center for the Arts in Society, and 
the undergraduate Humanities Scholars Program.

A 2011–2013 Fellow will receive an annual stipend of $50,000 plus 
benefits, an annual research allowance of $2,500, and, for the first year 
of the appointment, three summer months salary.

Application and selection process
Applicants for the 2011–2013 fellowships must have completed a Ph.D. no 
earlier than January 1, 2009. Candidates who do not yet hold a Ph.D. but 
expect to by June 30, 2011 should supply a letter from their home 
institution corroborating such a schedule.

Applications for the 2011–2013 fellowships must be received in the 
Administrators office by November 19, 2010. Incomplete dossiers will not 
be reviewed. Candidates should submit a cover letter, CV, personal 
statement (of no longer than 2000 words) outlining their complete research 
(including dissertation), work in progress, professional goals and plans 
for publication, proposed major field(s) of teaching, and the Carnegie 
Mellon department in which you would want to be based, and three letters 
of reference. (Note: reference letters may be sent with the candidate’s 
application materials in sealed signed envelopes or directly by the 
referees.)

Fellowship applications and departmental requests to house a fellow will 
be evaluated by Carnegie Mellon’s Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship 
Advisory Committee, in consultation with the Dean and Associate Dean of 
the College of Humanities & Social Sciences. Strong fellowship 
applications will be circulated to relevant departments.

Should you have questions, please direct them to hssdean@andrew.cmu.edu.

All application materials and other correspondence should be addressed to:

Administrator, A.W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Office of the Dean
Carnegie Mellon University
Baker Hall 154
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213