The Science in Human Culture Program (SHC) at Northwestern University invites applications for a two-year position as a Weinberg College Postdoctoral Fellow in the contextual study of science, technology, or medicine, to run September 1, 2025 – August 31, 2027.  Applications are welcome from scholars who study science, technology, or medicine from any of a range of historical, sociological, anthropological, philosophical, or literary perspectives, and who focus on any time/region of the world.  Each of the two appointed fellows will be affiliated with the SHC program and with an appropriate disciplinary department in the Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences (History, Sociology, Anthropology, English, etc).

Fellows will also teach two quarter-long undergraduate courses each year and help organize and run the SHC visiting lecture series.

Applicants with a Ph.D. must have completed their degree after September 1, 2020.  Applicants without a Ph.D. must complete all the requirements for the degree before September 1, 2025.  At the time of acceptance, the applicant must be available for the full two-year term.  The annual stipend will be in the environs of $65,000, plus $3,500 per year in research funding. This is a full-time, benefits-eligible position.

Your application materials must be received by December 4, 2024.  Letters of recommendation are due by December 11, 2024.  Please direct any application inquiries to program administrator Janet Hundrieser, [email protected].

To find more information on the SHC program, the postdoctoral fellowship, and the link to the application, please go to: https://shc.northwestern.edu/post-doctoral/