The Virginia & Walter Nord Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Humanities bei Case Western Reserve University

Case Western Reserve University, Baker-Nord Institute for the Humanities, is seeking a qualified candidate to fill a postdoctoral fellow position. This is a one-year appointment with the possibility of renewing for an additional year.

The purpose of the BNC Postdoctoral Fellowship is to support research in the humanities by providing scholars in the early stages of their careers with the time and resources necessary to advance their work.  Fellows will be affiliated with one or more of the humanities departments represented by the Baker-Nord Institute for the Humanities including but not limited to: Classics, Religious Studies, Modern Languages and Literatures, and Art and Art History. We are particularly interested in Fellows whose scholarly and/or creative inquiry engage the following areas of speculation and the speculative, global Afrofuturism(s), and/or decolonial methods and approaches.

Responsibilities and Duties:

1.        The BNI Post-Doctoral Fellow will be expected to offer an undergraduate course during the spring of their fellowship year, following consultation with their host department.

2.        The BNI Post-Doctoral Fellow will pursue a research and writing project for the full academic year.

3.        An essential feature of the program is that The BNI Post-Doctoral Fellow make intellectual contributions to the CWRU community, through their participation in workshops, lectures, and courses.

The term of the fellowship will commence on or about July 1, 2026.

In compliance with the City of Cleveland’s Pay Transparency Ordinance (effective October 27, 2025), the annual starting base salary range for this position is $55,000 - $62,652. CWRU considers factors such as (but not limited to) the specific grant funding and the terms of the research grant when extending an offer. Postdocs receive individual and family healthcare benefits, life insurance, and employee assistance.

• Candidates must have the Ph.D. in hand from an institution other than Case Western Reserve University before the start date of the fellowship; Ph.D must date from no earlier than 2013.
• Candidates must have a demonstrable potential to contribute to one of the academic departments affiliated with the Baker-Nord Institute
• Excellent written and oral communication skills necessary.
• Must be eligible to work in the United States.

In order to be considered for the program, applicants must submit:

• A cover letter with contact and biographical information.
• An academic c.v. of no more than 10 pages including detailed information on your scholarly projects, publications, degrees and awards, teaching experience, expert skills, etc.
• A proposal for the scholarly project that you will undertake during the postdoctoral fellowship. The project can include, but does not necessarily need to, expansion and revision of your doctoral research into one or more new publications. There are two components to the project proposal:

-       Project title and an abstract, including a clear statement of the project’s scholarly significance.

-       Project description, explaining the objectives, methodology, contribution and originality of the project in a manner that is clear to a range of scholars in the humanities who may not be specialists in your field. (1000 word maximum)

• A statement about how you might contribute to the BNI and the larger CWRU community (500 word maximum)
• Three reference letters