Du Bois-Mandela-Rodney Postdoctoral Fellowship

The application for the Du Bois-Mandela-Rodney Postdoctoral Fellowship housed at DAAS is open. The application deadline is November 1st, PLEASE, SPREAD THE WORD!

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The Department of Afroamerican and African Studies (DAAS) at the University of Michigan invites applications from scholars working on Africa or the African diaspora for the Du Bois-Mandela-Rodney Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. Consideration will be given to all disciplines, including the humanities, social sciences, and, in some cases, law, business, urban planning, and other professional schools. Scholars from or who study the Gullah-speaking Sea islands, Cape Verde islands, the Anglophone Caribbean, the Canary Islands, Madagascar, and/or other less studied areas are especially encouraged to apply.

Candidates must have a Ph.D. in hand from an institution other than the University of Michigan and be no more than five years beyond the completion of their degree. That is, for the 2024-25 academic year, applicants are required to have earned a Ph.D. no earlier than January 1, 2020, and no later than August 31, 2025.

All application materials are due by November 1st, 2024, at 5 pm Eastern Standard Time. 
 

More information about this fellowship opportunity and application can be found here: http://apply.interfolio.com/152614

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The Department of Afroamerican & African Studies (DAAS) at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) invites applications for an open-rank tenure track position in Global Black Urban Studies. We are interested in candidates from all disciplines who address in their scholarship and teaching Black social and cultural life within urban spaces. This position sits at the intersection of urban planning, urban design, and cultural, humanistic, and social inquiry, especially with respect to meanings of space and place and the theory and praxis of Black social and cultural movements.

 We are seeking candidates who will contribute to the current strengths of our interdisciplinary community of scholars. DAAS is a rich unit that fosters research and teaching centered on the lives, experiences, cultures, histories and societies of peoples of African descent on the continent of Africa and in diasporic communities in the United States and North America, Latin America and the Caribbean, Europe and Asia. Our interdisciplinary curricula and scholarship span—but are not limited to—the arts, humanities, and social sciences. 

Interested applicants are required to hold a Ph.D. prior to the appointment. Applicants must demonstrate evidence of excellence in both teaching and research.

The Deadline to apply for full consideration for the position is October 4, 2024.

More information about this tenure/tenure track opportunity and application can found here: http://apply.interfolio.com/149825