The Jackman Humanities Institute at the University of Toronto is pleased to announce Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships. Up to three Fellows in the Humanities will be selected for a two-year fellowship on the basis of accomplishment, promise of excellence, and relevance of their research to the annual theme,

Image and Spectacle:
Human beings make worlds appear by imagining and “imaging” them; they display worlds to others in performances. This cross-cultural theme embraces the study not only of how images relate to the reality of the world, but also of how both as individuals and as societies we generate images. The spectacle of performance, which was the origin of theory in the Ancient Greek world, leads to many kinds of reflection–from performativity to epistemology, from theories of history to literary and aesthetic theory, from cultural criticism to palaeography. It extends ultimately to examining the role of reflection (speculation) and criticism of images and their worlds.

Awards will be announced in March 2010.

Apply online at www.humanities.utoronto.ca by December 1, 2009:

Full user ID registration at the JHI website
Online application form (click Funding, select Mellon Post-doctoral Fellowships)
Uploads:
- 2-4 page letter of application explaining the link(s) between your current research and the 2010-2011 theme, Image and Spectacle, and outlining the research to be undertaken during the term of fellowship
- full curriculum vitae
- published work, extracts from dissertation, or drafts of work in progress (not to exceed 25-30 pages)
2-4 page statement of teaching interests (including course proposals).
- Names and email addresses of three references (a request for a reference letter will be sent automatically).

Only fully completed electronic applications submitted through the JHI website will be considered (no paper, faxes, or email submissions please).

Contact Info:
Jackman Humanities Institute
Jackman Humanities Building
170 St. George Street, Tenth Floor
Toronto, ON M5R 2M8
Phone: 416-978-7415
Fax: 416-946-7434
Application is online only: please use www.humanities.utoronto.ca
Website: http://www.humanities.utoronto.ca