"Visiting Fellow / Visiting Senior Fellow"

Brown University invites applications for a 1-year open-rank positions, either as a Visiting Fellow or a Visiting Senior Fellow, in connection with the Brown 2026 initiative.  Rank and compensation will be commensurate with qualifications, and experience. Brown 2026 is a university-wide set of programs and events to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the independence of the United States. This initiative, supported by the Office of the President, will engage the full University community, reaching across the arts and humanities as well as the social, physical, and life sciences. Brown has a long-standing commitment to open inquiry, a demonstrated willingness to engage in discussions of complex and contested issues, and a record of frank reckoning with history, which uniquely positions us among universities nationally to lead and model informed, nuanced discussion of the history and significance of the American Revolution and its legacies. This commitment calls upon our community to confront important questions facing democracies both today and in the past. This is a three-year program starting in fall 2024 through spring 2027, supporting research and teaching that reflects critically on the legacy of the American Revolution across all academic fields.

As part of this initiative the John Nicholas Brown Center for Advanced Study (JNBC) at Brown University invites applications from scholars working on any aspect of the broad period of the American Revolution.  Fellows will be in residence at Brown University hosted by the JNBC and will participate in the activities sponsored by the Brown 2026 initiative while pursuing their research and writing on projects related to its theme.  In keeping with the mission of the JNBC special preference will be given to applicants whose scholarly work focuses on "fostering broad public discussion and disseminating academic research and scholarship across diverse disciplines" (see:https://jnbc.brown.edu/).  In addition to conducting research, fellows will also teach or team-teach one undergraduate course at Brown on a topic related to the Brown 2026 initiative.

Applications are welcome from scholars who fall into one of the following two categories:

1.      Visiting Senior Fellows:  Applications for supplemental salary support to match one semester of either sabbatical from home institution or external grant funding up to $75,000 for a one-year Visiting Faculty Fellow position. The Visiting Senior Fellow position includes relocation support and a research stipend.

2.      Visiting Fellows:  Applications from scholars who have received their Ph.D.’s within the last five years (since 2019).  Applicants must have completed doctoral work before the start date of the position.The visiting fellowship salary is $75,000, and includes benefits as well as relocation support and a research stipend.

Visiting Fellow / Visiting Senior Fellow appointments will be for one academic year from July 1, 2026-June 30, 2027.

Brown University seeks to recruit and retain a diverse workforce to maintain the excellence of the University, and to offer our students richly varied disciplines, perspectives, viewpoints, and ways of knowing and learning.

The committee will start reviewing application in mid-December, 2025 and will continue until the position is filled. For this position, Brown does not sponsor the H-1B visa classification to scholars who need immigration sponsorship in order to enter the U.S. and commence lawful employment under the terms of their agreement.

For Visiting Fellow applicants: Ph.D. must be in hand by July 1, 2026 or must have been awarded in the last five years. Recipients of a Ph.D. from Brown University are ineligible.

The qualifications for Visiting Senior Fellow are commensurate with current rank and experience.

Applicants should apply online via Interfolio.

Applicants are asked to include a cover letter explaining how their field of expertise, scholarly interests, and specific research plans are aligned with the goals of the Brown 2026 initiative, along with a current CV and the names of three references.

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