Postdoctoral Associate, United States Environmental History

The Yale University Department of History invites applications for the Cassius Marcellus Clay Postdoctoral Fellowship.  This fellowship supports research in United States environmental history, broadly defined. The fellow will be affiliated with Yale Environmental History and the Yale Environmental Humanities Program. The fellow will teach one undergraduate course during the fellowship. They also will have opportunities to contribute to ongoing Yale projects related to energy history and/or urban environmental history.  Compensation is commensurate with education and experience and will include Yale’s benefits and a research budget.  The anticipated start date is August 1, 2026.

A cover letter (including a statement of qualifications and research interests), a CV, a chapter-length writing sample, a one-page proposal for a course, including illustrative readings, and three letters of reference should be submitted to https://apply.interfolio.com/18122.  Review of applications will begin on 02/25/2026.  Please contact Mrs. Denise Scott, Senior Administrative Assistant at denise.scott@yale.edu with questions.