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CFA: Postdoctoral Fellowship 2026-2027: Habitat The Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry is pleased to open applications for our one-year postdoctoral research fellowships. We invite applications from candidates from any humanistic discipline who are eager to be part of a community of scholars engaged in innovative and interdisciplinary research and conversations around our 2026-27 theme, habitat. The Fox Center will appoint up to five postdoctoral fellows for the academic year 2025-26. Up to three positions are open field and up to two are in the field of poetics. Fellowships are for a period of ten months, August 1, 2026 – May 31, 2027, and include a stipend of $60,000, a research budget of $2,000, and a one-time additional payment of $2,000 to defray the costs associated with moving to Atlanta. Fellows are eligible for a wide range of competitive benefits, including dental and vision care. All Postdoctoral Fellows are required to be in residence for the term of the fellowship. Deadline The application deadline for applicants to submit their materials is December 8, 2025, at 11.59 PM ET. The deadline for receipt of letters of recommendation is December 12, 2025, at 11.59 PM ET. Theme habitat The concept of habitat connotes both a physical place for living and the necessary conditions for thriving. Heidegger famously argued that to be human is to dwell. But what does it mean to dwell amidst environmental precarity, political displacement, and technological transformation? How have human relationships with the places we inhabit been experienced, negotiated, and imagined across different periods and geographies? How have we made sense of our surroundings and, in turn, formed our notions of home? Human activity has long left its marks on our world—from the deforestation of medieval Europe to the sweeping planetary impacts of industrialization. At the same time, floods, wildfires, and earthquakes remind us that we are subject to forces beyond our control. As dwellers on Earth, we live not only among built structures and political borders, but also within multispecies and geological systems whose scales of time and complexity often exceed our comprehension. Poet Joy Harjo implores us to “remember the earth whose skin you are.” Yet while we are imbricated in these systems, we are also storytellers and meaning-makers, describing, contesting, and reimagining the conditions of our existence. Qualifications & Eligibility All postdoctoral fellows must hold a PhD (or its international equivalent, such as the DPhil). Applicants may not have held a doctorate for more than five years. Preference will be given to applicants who have not held prior postdoctoral fellowships. Applicants applying without a degree in hand should receive it by August 15, 2026. Scholars from outside the United States are appointed under either the J-1 visa (Research Scholar status) or F-1 OPT (Optional Practical Training), depending on their circumstances. The Fox Center reserves the right to cancel awards if the recipient is unable to meet these conditions of completion and visa status. Application To complete the online application, you will need to provide the following: Project description (1000 words maximum, including a timeline for the fellowship year) Title and course description for your proposed undergraduate seminar E‑mail information for three recommenders Please note that as part of the University’s Interfolio system, each applicant is required to complete the Equal Employment Opportunity form. The Fox Center will not have access to the completed form. It is the applicant’s responsibility to ensure that all required documents are uploaded to Interfolio and submitted. Incomplete applications cannot be considered after the deadline. Additional details on the fellowships can be found here. If you have any questions, please contact the Fox Center at foxcenter@emory.edu. The FCHI regrets that it is unable to provide feedback on unsuccessful applications. #J-18808-Ljbffr Chcinetwork

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