Postdoctoral Fellows Program

Post-Doctoral Fellows, who must have the Ph.D. before the submission of their applications, are awarded to those who have held the Ph.D. for no more than six years before receiving the fellowship.
The CHI Fellows Program is designed to offer research opportunities both to those trained in the humanities as traditionally defined and to others working with humanistic issues. Research projects must be humanistic, but fellows may hold the Ph.D. in any discipline. Especially appropriate are applicants whose research is likely to contribute to intellectual exchange among a diverse group of scholars within the disciplines of the humanities.

Because the CHI is a residential center, its intellectual life depends on collegial interaction. Fellows will be expected to be in residence full-time during both terms of the regular academic year and to take an active part in the life of the CHI, as well as in the intellectual life of the larger University. Since a primary purpose of the Junior and Post-Doctoral Fellows Program is to create a diverse community of scholars in residence at the Center as well as to introduce Emory University to promising work beyond its walls, currently preference will be given to applicants who are not now affiliated with Emory.

Applications will be judged on the promise and significance of the proposed research project, in relation to the applicant’s own work and that of other scholars; the intellectual distinction of the applicant’s previous work; the applicant’s ability to engage in collegial interactions that will substantively contribute to the CHI and to the University; and the contributions that the applicant’s proposed course will make to the College.

Evaluators will look for applicants and projects that will benefit from and contribute to the interdisciplinary nature of the group of Fellows and the work of the CHI. They will also be seeking variety and balance among the disciplines represented at the Center, including the visual and performing arts.