Harper and Schmidt Four-year Postdoctoral Teaching Fellowships 2018, University of Chicago, USA

Applicants must submit applications to be considered in one of the two program areas listed below. Please make sure you review these options carefully before beginning your application.

• Core courses in the Humanities
• Core courses in the Social Sciences/History of European Civilization Core Sequence

The Fellowships are open to scholars in all disciplines and areas of specialization who will have completed all requirements for their Ph.D. degree no later than August 31, 2018. In most years, Fellows teach two courses (usually of identical preparation) for each of three quarters. Each Fellow also has the opportunity to design an independent course and each is eligible for one quarter of research sabbatical in the third year of residence. The annual salary for 2018-2019 will be $69,500.

The effective date for these teaching appointments will be September 1, 2018.

Online applications must be completed by October 13, 2017 11:59:59 pm CDT. Letters of recommendation must be submitted online by October 27, 2017 11:59:59 pm CDT.

Online Application

Deadline: October 13, 2017 11:59:59 pm CDT

As part of your online application, you will need to provide the contact information for three references. Note: You will also have the option to have Interfolio.com submit your letters of recommendation instead of having individuals submit references online. (More information is available on Interfolio's website.)

To complete your application, you'll need to upload the following supporting documents:

• A curriculum vitae
• A description of either your dissertation or your most recent major research project, not to exceed 2000 words.
• A teaching statement, not to exceed 750 words, describing your methods and goals in teaching a text in a general education course. Applicants should write about a text of their own choosing. Examples in the Humanities include Plato's Symposium, Ovid's Metamorphoses, Shakespeare's Tempest, Woolf's A Room of One's Own, or Wright's Native Son. For the Social Sciences, examples include Weber's Protestant Ethic, Marx's 18th Brumaire, Plato's Republic, Machiavelli's The Prince, Freud's Interpretation of Dreams, a selection from The Federalist Papers, or essays from Geertz's Interpretation of Cultures.

NOTE: Your three online recommendations must also be received no later than October 27, 2017 11:59:59 pm CDT.

Applications will be accepted starting August 31, 2017 10:00:00 am CDT.