10 humanities other jobs found in Philadelphia, PA

Assistant Professor of Medical Ethics - CE or Tenure Track (MEHP) Location: Philadelphia, PA Open Date: Sep 06, 2024 Deadline: Sep 06, 2026 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time The Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania seeks candidates for several Assistant Professor positions in either the non-tenure clinician educator track or the tenure track. Expertise is required in the specific area of bioethics; areas of interest include (but are not limited to) ethical issues related to genetic and genomic medicine and health equity. Candidates with backgrounds in bioethics, philosophy, anthropology, sociology, political science, law, medicine, theology, medical humanities, or interdisciplinary methods are encouraged to apply. Experience with empirical bioethics methods - either quantitative or qualitative - is essential. Applicants must have an M.D. , Ph.D., J.D. or equivalent degree(s). Teaching...

McNeil Center Barra Sabbatical Fellowship Location: Philadelphia, PA Open Date: Aug 07, 2024 Deadline: Dec 09, 2024 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time The McNeil Center for Early American Studies will appoint a Barra Sabbatical Fellow for a nine-month term, beginning 1 September 2025. This fellowship is designed for a scholar on leave from a faculty position for the 2025-2026 academic year and at work on a book-length research project. Applications are welcome from scholars whose project focuses on any aspect of the histories and cultures of North America in the Atlantic before 1850. Candidates who have received McNeil Center funding for a closely related project are not eligible. Proposals reliant on research in Philadelphia-area archives, libraries, and museums are especially welcome. This award takes the form of a cash grant, paid directly to the fellow's home institution. The amount is negotiable, based on the assumption that the fellow will be receiving benefits and...

The Joanne and Raymond Welsh Chair of Child and Family Wellbeing Location: Philadelphia, PA Open Date: Jul 30, 2024 Deadline: Nov 15, 2024 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time The University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy & Practice (SP2) seeks a visionary researcher, educator, and leader to serve as the Joanne and Raymond Welsh Chair of Child and Family Wellbeing. In line with the school's core values of social innovation, impact, and social justice, the search for this tenured, full-professor position is directed towards candidates whose scholarship forges innovative pathways to improve the wellbeing of children and families across systems of intervention and axes of inequality. The applicant selected as the Welsh Chair will have a record of significant scholarly accomplishments with national and international recognition within the broad arena of child and family wellbeing. Given its historic commitment to the principles of social justice, the school is...

Princeton University is pleased to announce the call for applications to the Fung Global Fellows Program at the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS). The program will select early-career scholars from around the world to be in residence at Princeton for an academic year (10 months) and to engage in research and discussion around a common theme. The fellowships will be awarded to those employed outside the United States who have a faculty appointment, a professional research appointment, or are established independent scholars. They will also be expected to return to their positions at the conclusion of the fellowship. Lastly, they must have demonstrated outstanding scholarly achievement and unusual intellectual promise. Early-career scholars will be appointed at the rank of Visiting Research Scholar. The program for the academic year 2025-26 will focus on "Postimperial Spaces of Amnesia." While the current fellows are in conversation investigating...

  The Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS) at Princeton University is pleased to introduce a groundbreaking fellowship program. As a leading global institution in interdisciplinary research on international issues, PIIRS is dedicated to advancing innovative scholarship that addresses the world's most pressing challenges. The PIIRS Postdoctoral Fellows Program is integral to that mission. We will award multiple postdoctoral fellowships to our inaugural cohort in 2025-2026, recent PhDs in the Social Sciences who have demonstrated exceptional scholarship, congruent with the Institute’s intellectual focus, that simultaneously advances theoretical debates in their disciplinary field; creatively speaks to and engages with a multidisciplinary audience; and deepens substantive regional knowledge of specific places.  Appointments are for one year (12 months) with the possibility of renewal pending satisfactory performance and...

Mapping & Geospatial Data Librarian University Overview The University of Pennsylvania, the largest private employer in Philadelphia, is a world-renowned leader in education, research, and innovation. This historic, Ivy League school consistently ranks among the top 10 universities in the annual U.S. News & World Report survey. Penn has 12 highly-regarded schools that provide opportunities for undergraduate, graduate and continuing education, all influenced by Penn's distinctive interdisciplinary approach to scholarship and learning. As an employer Penn has been ranked nationally on many occasions with the most recent award from Forbes who named Penn one of America's Best Large Employers in 2023. Penn offers a unique working environment within the city of Philadelphia. The University is situated on a beautiful urban campus, with easy access to a range of educational, cultural, and recreational activities. With its historical significance and landmarks, lively...

Assistant Professor of Classical Studies Location: Philadelphia, PA Open Date: Sep 10, 2024 Deadline: The Department of Classical Studies of the University of Pennsylvania invites applications for a tenure-track appointment for a specialist in ancient Greek literature and culture at the rank of Assistant Professor to begin in the 2025-26 academic year. We seek a colleague who will contribute to our ongoing efforts to reimagine the field of Classical Studies and to make our discipline more inclusive through scholarship, teaching, and public engagement. The successful candidate will have an original and generative set of research projects, will be able to engage in productive dialogue with colleagues within and beyond the department, will be ready to teach ancient Greek at all levels, and will provide Classical Studies courses that appeal to a wide range of students. The teaching load is four courses per year, one of which is typically at the graduate level. The PhD...

Tenure-track Assistant Professor of Latin American Literature and Culture Location: Philadelphia, PA, United States Open Date: Sep 10, 2024 Deadline: The Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Pennsylvania invites applications for a tenure-track position in Brazilian Studies. We seek candidates whose research and teaching interests center on modern (19th century to the present) Brazilian cultural production (might include literature, film, visual art, music, etc.). We are especially interested in approaches to the field characterized by: Comparative methods that situate Brazil within Latin America, the hemisphere, and/or the transatlantic world A strong background in literary and/or critical theory Robustly historical treatment of cultural forms (literature, film, visual art, music, etc.) Subfields of interest include: Theories of racialization as they relate to Luso-Afro-Brazilian studies, and/or Indigenous cultural...

Assistant Professor in the Literature and Cultures of the British/Global Long 18th Century Location: Philadelphia, PA Open Date: Sep 04, 2024 Deadline: The University of Pennsylvania Department of English invites applications for a tenure-track, Assistant Professor position in the literature and cultures of the British/global long 18th century. We are especially interested in applicants whose research and teaching interests include one or more of the following: race and empire, Indigenous studies, environmental humanities, early Atlantic or Caribbean studies, genre studies, media and material cultures, gender and sexuality. The successful candidate would be teaching survey courses in the long 18th-century, from the Restoration to Romanticism, as well as advanced courses in their areas of interest. The position entails teaching two courses per semester; one graduate seminar and three undergraduate courses are taught in a typical year, though graduate teaching every...

Wolf Humanities Center Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships, 2025-2026 Location: Philadelphia, PA Open Date: Jun 03, 2024 Deadline: Nov 03, 2024 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time The Wolf Humanities Center awards five (5) one-year Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships each academic year to junior scholars in the humanities who are no more than five years out of their doctorate. Preference will be given to candidates not yet in tenure track positions, whose proposals are interdisciplinary, who have not previously enjoyed use of the resources of the University of Pennsylvania, and who would particularly benefit from and contribute to Penn's intellectual life. The programs of the Wolf Humanities Center are conceived through yearly topics that invite broad interdisciplinary collaboration. For the 2025-2026 academic year, our topic will be TRUTH . The 2025-2026 Fellowship appointment is twelve months (July 1, 2025-June 30, 2026) and carries a minimum stipend of $66,300, plus a...