BECHS-Africa Fellowship
Fellowship exchange program among the University of Ghana (lead institution), American University in Cairo, Stellenbosch University and Washington University
This fellowship creates a space for scholars in the humanities to enhance their research agenda in their early career years. The residential appointment at the collaborating institution allows for targeted mentorship and guidance for the selected scholars by senior scholars, and provides an avenue for interaction and the sharing of research ideas and methodologies with peers.
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in Modeling Interdisciplinary Inquiry (MII)
The Mellon Foundation and Washington University in St. Louis are proud to support MII Postdoctoral Fellows in the humanities and social sciences each year. The program is endowed by the Mellon Foundation and is designed to encourage interdisciplinary scholarship and teaching across the humanities and interpretive social sciences.
Host Organization, CHCI-ACLS Fellowships
Fellows awarded funding by the American Council of Learned Societies
The Center for the Humanities facilitates the labor of humanists by nurturing innovative research, transformative pedagogy, and vibrant community engagement locally and globally. WashU is a R1 institution, and our humanities scholars have partnered with colleagues in each of the university’s professional schools: social work, law, medicine, engineering, and art and architecture. The humanities center hosts faculty and graduate fellows each year and supports undergraduate research through the Kling fellows program and other efforts. Dedicated to bridging silos between disciplines as well as campus-community spaces, the center supports a number of programs that engage with WashU’s neighbors in St. Louis. Current initiatives focus on issues like community engagement, redesigning graduate education, urban humanities, reproductive justice, and global-local scholarly connections. We welcome scholars with projects related to those areas as well as those far afield. The center hosts workshops, lectures, panels, and informal gatherings to build community. Directed by Stephanie Kirk, the center’s team also includes several staff members and an executive committee of faculty.
As a host institution, the humanities center provides fellows with a fully equipped office, internet and library access, and opportunities for interaction with the local community of scholars, including faculty and graduate fellows who are in residence at the center every semester and meet regularly to discuss work in progress. We encourage fellows to join for a full semester to engage with the fellows cohort, the university and the St. Louis region. The city itself presents an ideal research location for scholars interested its Spanish and French colonial history, pioneering civil rights activism, deep musical legacy and rich literary heritage. Although the center does not offer any funding toward living expenses in St. Louis, staff can assist with finding accommodation for fellows. Potential fellows should contact Laura Perry, assistant director for research and public engagement.