The Columbia University Society of Fellows in the Humanities will appoint a number of post-doctoral fellows in the humanities for the 2008-09 academic year. Eligible applicants must have received their PhD between January 1, 2004 and July 1, 2008. Fellows are appointed as lecturers in appropriate departments at Columbia University and as postdoctoral research fellows. The fellowship is renewable for a second and third year. Fellows teach one course per year. In addition to teaching and research, the duties of fellows include attendance at the society’s lectures and events as well as active participation in the intellectual life of the society and of the department with which the fellow is affiliated. The annual stipend is $52,000. Each fellow also receives a research allowance of $4,000 per annum. The application deadline is October 8, 2007. See the fellowship competition page for more information and application instructions.

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