(Source: Northwestern University)
Via Law
& Humanities Blog, we learned of a call for applications for a
post-doctoral fellowship at Northwestern University.
Northwestern’s
Center for Legal Studies is pleased to continue a collaborative partnership
with the Jack Miller Center for Teaching America’s Founding Principles and
History. We seek applications for the centerpiece of the partnership: a
two-year post-doctoral fellowship held in residence at Northwestern
University’s Center for Legal Studies beginning September 1, 2019.
A strong
preference will be given to candidates working at the intersections of
constitutional innovation, politics, and law in the context of the rise of
eighteenth century invention, new understandings of property, the
Enlightenment, and the creation of the United States. Particularly encouraged
to apply are candidates in legal history, the history of political and economic
thought, and/or political theory whose work is empirically grounded in the
eighteenth century but has significant contemporary implications for questions
of constitutionalism, liberty, equality, and democracy.
The
post-doctoral fellow will offer three courses per year on topics pertaining to
early American and Atlantic Enlightenment history, political and economic
thought, and/or social science. In addition to engaging in an active research
and publishing agenda, the candidate is expected to provide a reasonable amount
of assistance with organizing other activities associated with the Fellowship
and the Legal Studies Program. The annual salary for the fellow is $50,000,
plus fringe benefits and a $1,500 renewable annual research budget. The fellow
is required to organize and participate in several activities associated with
Jack Miller Center events at Northwestern. These activities include producing
an essay on the fellow’s work; participating in the Annual Jack Miller Faculty
Development Summer Institute for professors; working with Legal Studies faculty
hosting a website that features the fellow’s work and other activities related
to the Jack Miller Center; and planning, attending, and participating in the
Law in Motion Lecture series. Generous funds are available to bring in scholars
central to the fellow’s own scholarship for such events. This is a nine-month
faculty appointment, and applicant must have a Ph.D. in hand by September 1,
2019.
Applicants
should submit a cover letter stating qualifications and field of interest, a
CV, a writing sample, a sample syllabus of a proposed course, and two letters
of recommendation. Northwestern University is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative
Action Employer of all protected classes, including veterans and individuals
with disabilities. Women, racial and ethnic minorities, individuals with
disabilities, and veterans are encouraged to apply. Hiring is contingent upon
eligibility to work in the United States. Applications should be submitted no
later than February 15, 2019.
Please contact
Ann Kelchner a-kelchner@northwestern.edu with questions.
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