[HASTS-jobs] Fwd: CFA: History of science postdoctoral fellowship at Yale University

[Karen Gardner]

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From: Whitney Humanities Center <whitneyhumanitiescenter at yale.edu>
Subject: CFA: History of science postdoctoral fellowship at Yale University
Date: November 10, 2025 at 12:58:00 PM EST
To: "kgardner at mit.edu" <kgardner at mit.edu>

Dear Assistant Director Gardner,
Please share the following call for applications with your advanced Ph.D. candidates, recent doctoral alumni, and relevant colleagues in History, Anthropology, and Science, Technology, and Society (HASTS) at MIT.
The Whitney Humanities Center at Yale University is now accepting applications for the 2026–27 Franke Postdoctoral Fellowship, associated with the Spring 2027 Franke Seminar in the Humanities, Rot: Politics, Aesthetics, Regeneration.
For ease of circulation, the full announcement is included below.
With thanks and best regards,
Whitney Humanities Center
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Postdoctoral associate, Whitney Humanities Center at Yale
Rot: Politics, Aesthetics, Regeneration

The Whitney Humanities Center at Yale is accepting applications for a one-year postdoctoral fellowship for 2026–27. The fellowship is offered to complement and contribute to the Spring 2027 Franke Seminar in the Humanities, Rot: Politics, Aesthetics, Regeneration. The Center invites applications from scholars in any humanities field. The ideal candidate will have expertise in one of the following fields: environmental humanities, history of science, history of medicine, or food studies. The fellow will contribute to the Franke Lectures in the Humanities—a series of four lectures related to the seminar—and will have some teaching responsibilities with the Franke Seminar (Spring 2027). This non-renewable fellowship is for ten months (August 1, 2026–May 31, 2027) and carries a stipend of $70,000, research funding, and full benefits. The Center invites applications from candidates who will contribute to a community of scholars in an interdisciplinary setting. The Franke Postdoctoral Fellow will be in residence at the Whitney Humanities Center in New Haven for the full academic year 2026–27.

Qualifications
Applicants must have a Ph.D. (degree conferred 2021 or later) involving research centrally related to the theme of the Franke Seminar, Rot: Politics, Aesthetics, Regeneration, although disciplinary specialization is open. Applicants must have their Ph.D. in hand by August 1, 2026.

Application Instructions
The application can be submitted online via Interfolio<https://apply.interfolio.com/172135> and must include a) cover letter; b) curriculum vitae; c) contact information for three references (letters will be requested from finalists at a later stage); and d) a writing sample of no more than 25 pages. Review of applications will begin December 8, 2025. Email inquiries may be addressed to diane.b.brown at yale.edu<mailto:diane.b.brown at yale.edu>. Candidates included in the final short list will be interviewed either in person or online.

Yale University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer. Yale values diversity among its students, staff, and faculty and strongly welcomes applications from women, persons with disabilities, protected veterans, and underrepresented minorities.

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