29965: Prou (announce) Postdoc in Caribbean History (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: Marc Prou <Marc.Prou@umb.edu>

From: Estevez, Iliana [mailto:Iliana_Estevez@brown.edu]





Dear Professor Prou:



The Brown University Cogut Center for the Humanities has announced that they will be offering a two-year post-doctoral fellowship to a scholar in the history of the English, French, or Spanish-speaking Caribbean, 16th-19th century. We would like to ask you to help us identify excellent candidates and encourage them to apply. Below is the call for applications.



Brown University Postdoctoral Fellowship/ Caribbean History, 16th-19th century.



The Cogut Center for the Humanities at Brown University seeks applicants for a two-year post-doctoral fellowship and lectureship beginning in July 2007 that work on the history of the French, Spanish, or English-speaking Caribbean from the sixteenth to nineteenth century. Priority will be given to scholars doing research on the history of slavery, race and/or abolition and post-abolition societies in the Caribbean. Applicants should have received their doctorate within the last five years. Applicants from outside the United States are strongly encouraged to apply. The fellow will be housed in the History Department and will teach one course each semester over the two-year period as well as convene a bi-weekly seminar on the theme of the humanities and the transnational university. The fellow will also have the opportunity to interact with Brown faculty affiliated with the center, participate in fellows' seminars, lectures, and conferences, and take part in the planning of working groups and large-scale seminars on various topics. The center offers a stimulating intellectual environment in which to pursue research, develop new inter-disciplinary connections, and networks. The specialist in the history of the Caribbean will also have the opportunity to interact with Brown faculty members participating in the Caribbean Initiative that is supported by the Center for Latin American Studies; the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America; the Departments of Africana Studies, French Studies, Hispanic Studies, and History; and the John Carter Brown Library. This might include collaborating in the organization of and the participation in an International Conference on the Caribbean that will be held at Brown University during the second year of the fellowship and benefiting from the Latin American and Caribbean collections at the John Carter Brown and John Hay Libraries. The fellow will receive a stipend of $52,000 and $54,080 in the first and second years respectively, plus standard fellow benefits and a $2000 research budget. The two-year appointment will begin July 1, 2007, or as soon as possible thereafter. PhD or equivalent is required by time of postdoctoral fellowship. Interested candidates should send a letter of application, c.v., a dissertation or book abstract, course proposals, and three letters of reference to: James N. Green, Department of History, Box N, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912. Review of applications will begin February 15, 2007 and will continue until the position is filled. Brown University is an AA/EOE. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. For more information, contact: James_Green@brown.edu <mailto:James_Green@brown.edu>  or (401) 863-1394



Thank you so much for helping us disseminate this wonderful opportunity.



Kind regards,

Iliana



Iliana E. Estévez

Outreach Coordinator

Center for Latin American Studies, Watson Institute

Brown University

Box 1866

111 Thayer Street

Providence, RI 02912

Tel: 401-863-2645

E-mail: iliana_estevez@brown.edu <mailto:iliana_estevez@brown.edu>