Bard College
Klemens von Klemperer Post Doctoral Fellow
Employer Website: http://apply.interfolio.com/136776The Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College announces one post-doctoral fellowship for the 2024-2025 academic year. The fellowship runs from Aug. 1st, 2024 through May 30th, 2025 and includes a salary range of $45,000-$50,000, dependent on experience and qualifications.The fellowship is for one year; renewable for a second year.
The fellow should have a Ph.D. in political theory, philosophy, or a related field in the humanities, and their work should intersect meaningfully with Hannah Arendt’s thinking. The Arendt Center, the fellow will pursue their independent research at the Center, which includes Hannah Arendt’s personal library. The fellow will have access to Arendt’s Digital Archive through a relationship with the Arendt Center in New York City. The fellow will participate in seminars, conferences, and reading groups at the center. They will be responsible for organizing the annual De Gruyter-Arendt Center Lecture in Political Thinking, which takes place every Spring Semester in conjunction with a an academic Spring Conference. The fellow will hold the title of the Klemens von Klemperer Post-Doctoral Fellow and teach one (1) course each semester at Bard College’s Annandale campus.
Additionally, the fellow will teach one (1) course during one semester [either Fall or Spring] in their field of expertise at one of Bard College’s satellite campuses in a NY State Correctional Facility. The Bard Prison Initiative (BPI) enrolls 300 men and women across six prisons in Bard College degree programs. BPI's rigorous and ambitious courses represent the full diversity of the liberal arts including history, literature, social thought, mathematics and political studies. For more information about BPI, click here.
Application Instructions:
To apply for the fellowship, please submit; a cover letter which includes a description of your teaching experience, with an explanation of your research project and interest in the Center; CV, and two letters of reference. To apply, please complete the application at http://apply.interfolio.com/136776.The deadline for consideration is 11:59pm on March 1st, 2024.
Benefits Overview: We are pleased to offer our full-time employees an excellent benefit package which includes; multiple heath insurance options; TIAA retirement plans; generous vacation, sick, and personal time; and more. To learn more about employee benefits and eligibility at Bard College, please visit https://www.bard.edu/humanresources/benefits/.
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