[HASTS-jobs] Fwd: [HASTS-fac] postdoc in Environmental Humanities

[Karen L Gardner]

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From: Stefan Helmreich <sgh2 at mit.edu<mailto:sgh2 at mit.edu>>
Subject: [HASTS-fac] postdoc in Environmental Humanities
Date: February 15, 2018 at 11:18:05 AM EST
To: hasts-students <hasts-students at mit.edu<mailto:hasts-students at mit.edu>>, hasts-fac <hasts-fac at mit.edu<mailto:hasts-fac at mit.edu>>

Announcing a one-year Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Environmental Humanities at the University of Texas at Arlington (U.S.) sponsored by the Seed Box, hosted by Linköping University (Sweden), and funded by the Swedish grant agencies Mistra and Formas. The fellowship will be part of the The SeedBox’s Research Cluster, “Deep Time, Deep Earth, Deep Waters,” https://theseedbox.se/research-clusters/deep-time-deep-earth-deep-waters/

 Preference will be given to transdisciplinary proposals focusing on the blue (aquatic) humanities, with topics concerning oceans, rivers, or other bodies of water. The fellowship will be funded at $60,000 USD, with benefits and a generous research and travel budget. The postdoc fellow will be expected to present one public talk and one workshop and participate in a monthly research cluster on the environmental humanities. The fellowship runs from June 1 2018 to May 31 2019. This is an international postdoctoral fellowship—anyone can apply.  Please send one email with the following application materials: a c.v., a five-page research proposal including a list of deliverables, a 20-30 page writing sample, and a letter, by March 25, to both Stacy Alaimo, alaimo at uta.edu<mailto:alaimo at uta.edu> and Chris Morris, morris at uta.edu<mailto:morris at uta.edu>.  Please have two confidential letters of recommendation emailed directly to Alaimo and Morris. Candidates will be notified by April 15th, 2018.   The University of Texas at Arlington is located between Dallas and Ft. Worth, in a culturally diverse region, with many museums, music venues, and restaurants.  The state of Texas has extraordinary natural areas such as Big Bend National Park, the hill country around Austin, and the Gulf Coast.  UTA is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action institution. Minorities, women, veterans and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. Additionally, the University prohibits discrimination in employment on the basis of sexual orientation. A criminal background check will be conducted on finalists. UTA is a tobacco free campus.

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