"Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Art History (2026-2028)"

Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Art History (2026-2028)

With the generous support of the Mellon Foundation, the Leslie Center for the Humanities at Dartmouth College invites applications for a two-year residential postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Art History.

We seek candidates with specialization in either of these two fields: 1. Trans-Pacific global exchanges between Polynesian/Melanesian cultures in Oceania, the Americas, Africa, or Europe; 2. Asian/American art history and its related diasporas from any chronological period that extends the category of Asian/American art and examines its historical depth and heterogeneity. For both of these fields, we will prioritize candidates whose work is informed by queer studies, transcultural approaches, and/or digital humanities methods.

The Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship program fosters the academic careers of scholars who have recently received their Ph.D. degrees by providing the time and resources for them to pursue their research while gaining mentored experience as teachers and members of the departments and/or programs in which they are housed. The program also benefits Dartmouth by complementing existing curricula with underrepresented fields.

Fellows are expected to be in residence at Dartmouth during the regular academic year for the full two years of the fellowship. The compensation for the 2026-28 fellowship will be an annual stipend of $62,000 plus benefits, and an annual research allowance of $5,000. In addition, fellows teach one course in their home department(s) or program(s) in the second year of their residency.

Applicants must hold a PhD, or be ABD, in a relevant humanities discipline. To be eligible for the fellowship, applicants must have their degree conferred between January 1, 2024 and June 30, 2026.

Please submit the following documents electronically via Interfolio by Wednesday, September 17, 2025, 11:59pm EST: 1. Application form, including the titles of two potential courses. 2. Fellowship statement, outlining completed research (including dissertation), work in progress, professional goals and publication plans, and preparation to serve Dartmouth's commitment to academic excellence in an environment that is welcoming to all (maximum 2500 words). 3. CV.