Published: 15 Sep 2025 7 views
Postdoctoral research fellows play a critical role in the Pembroke Center's intellectual community. In residence for one year, postdoctoral fellows undertake original research, teach undergraduate courses of their own design, participate in the Pembroke Seminar's rigorous interdisciplinary scholarly community, collaborate on research and programming, and develop professionally through faculty mentorship.
In 2026-2027, the Pembroke Center will award residential Postdoctoral Research Associate positions to scholars from any field whose research relates to the theme of the Pembroke Seminar, "The Meanings of Merit: Labor, Categories of Difference, and the Creation of Knowledge." The seminar will be led by Paja Faudree, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Associate Professor of Linguistics at Brown University.
Candidates are selected on the basis of their scholarly potential and the relevance of their work to the research theme. Recipients must have a PhD and may not hold a tenured position. Fellowships are awarded to scholars who have received their degrees from institutions other than Brown University within the last five (5) years. Postdoctoral Research Associates may come from interdisciplinary fields, the arts, the humanities, social sciences and sciences.
The Pembroke Center is especially interested in qualified candidates who can contribute, through their research, teaching, and/or service, to the diversity and excellence of the academic community.
Complete applications must include:
Curriculum vitae
Cover letter
The letter should demonstrate how your research project relates to the Pembroke Seminar theme, and include a proposed course description.
Writing Sample
Please send a piece no longer than 7,000 words (equivalent to 28-double spaced pages with 1" margins and a 12 point font). If the sample is part of a larger work, situate it briefly in a cover page.
Selected finalists will be asked to submit additional materials including:
One page document including title and 250-word abstract of proposed research project
Project statement of five typed pages (double-spaced)
Brief representative bibliography for research proposal
Three confidential recommendation letters
Course syllabus with a course description and schedule of assigned readings for an upper-level undergraduate Gender and Sexuality Studies seminar
For more details, visit Brown University Fellowship webpage
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