Postdoctoral Fellowships in Transnational Studies - UCLA

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• Postdoctoral Fellowships in Transnational Studies - UCLA

-- The division of humanities at the UCLA will appoint 2 Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellows for a 1-year tenure (with a possible 1-year renewal) for fall 2009. Fellows must have earned a doctoral degree between January 2003 and June 2009. The Mellon Fellowship provides a stipend of $50,000, benefits, a moving allowance of $1,500, and a research budget of $2,000. Fellows will be housed in relevant departments for which they teach 2 courses. Designed to explore the field of Transnational Studies, the Mellon Program aims to broaden the study of minority cultures from its national focus to global and comparative perspectives. Download the fellowship application at: http://www2.humnet.ucla.edu/mellon/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1&Itemid=2. Email application form and 3 letters of recommendation to <Mellon@humnet.ucla.edu>. Application materials are due by February 1, 2009. The program is co-chaired by Professors Françoise Lionnet and Shu-mei Shih. For more information, email: <Clennon@humnet.ucla.edu>.