University of Pennsylvania, Wolf Humanities Center
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Humanities, 2025–2026
2025–2026 Topic: Truth
Application Deadline: November 3, 2024
The Wolf Humanities Center at the University of Pennsylvania is now accepting applications for its 2025–2026 Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships in the Humanities on the general theme of Truth.
Research proposals from all humanistic disciplines and allied areas (e.g., anthropology, history of science) are eligible, except for educational curriculum building and the performing arts (scholars of performing arts are eligible). The fellowship is open to scholars in the humanities who received, or will receive, their PhD between May 2020 and September 2025. Preference will be given to candidates not yet in tenure track positions whose proposals are interdisciplinary, who have not previously enjoyed use of the resources of the University of Pennsylvania, and who would particularly benefit from and contribute to Penn’s intellectual life.
The appointment is twelve months (July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2026) and carries a minimum stipend of $66,300 plus a $3000 research fund and discounted health insurance. Fellows teach one course during the year and collaborate on the planning of a symposium in addition to conducting their research.
For full fellowship guidelines, application instructions, and the Truth topic description: wolfhumanities.upenn.edu/postdoc. Please email Wolf Humanities Center Associate Director Sara Varney with questions.
