Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Humanities
Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Humanities supports humanities scholars researching Empire through interdisciplinary inquiry, teaching, and collaboration to contribute to Penn’s intellectual life.
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Funder: Wolf Humanities Center
Due Dates: November 1, 2026 (Application deadline, 11:59 p.m. Eastern)
Funding Amounts: Minimum $67,000 stipend plus $3,000 research fund and discounted single-coverage health insurance for 12 months
Summary: Supports humanities scholars pursuing interdisciplinary research on Empire through a year of research, teaching, and collaborative programming at Penn.
Key Information: Applicants must receive their PhD or DPhil between May 2022 and December 2026 and reside at Penn during the fellowship.
Description
The Wolf Humanities Center at the University of Pennsylvania awards five Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships each academic year. The program brings humanities scholars into an interdisciplinary community organized around an annual topic, combining independent research with teaching, seminars, and public programming. The 2027–2028 topic is Empire.
The Forum on Empire invites concrete, materialist investigations of any facet of empire, including struggles against imperialism and colonialism, across any geographical region or historical period. Its interests include culture’s role in imperial governance and resistance, the production and circulation of knowledge, and the institutions and ideologies that sustain or challenge imperial power. Preference is given to interdisciplinary proposals that would particularly benefit from and contribute to Penn’s intellectual life, and to candidates not yet in tenure-track positions.
