The Centre for Humanities Research (CHR) at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) is pleased to announce the 2021 Fellowship competition for Post-doctoral, Ph.D., MA, and Honours awards. They invite emerging scholars in the humanities and interpretive social sciences to join a team of scholars and artists who, in conversation and collaboration, continue to contribute significantly to redefining the study of the humanities and social sciences locally and internationally.
In addition to pursuing their own research projects, fellows at the CHR will be core participants in the weekly South African Contemporary History and Humanities Seminar, reading groups, lecture series, and other programs, colloquia, and conferences at the CHR. For 2021, prospective candidates will be selected in accordance with the research priorities of the National Flagship Project in the Humanities and the SARChI Chair in Visual History and Theory funded through the National Research Foundation, the National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences, and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Research Areas:
- Aesthetics and Politics, Aesthetic Education, and the Becoming Technical of the Human
- Kinetic Objects
- Political Theory and Philosophy
- Visual History & Theory
- Transformative Constitutionalism
- Other Universals
Location:
South Africa
Benefits
- The total award covers a monthly stipend, travel costs, accommodation and basic research expenses.
- The fellowship cannot be held concurrently with other fellowships without permission of the Director of the CHR and all recipients of grants will be required to fulfil the obligations of the program.
Eligibilities
- Open to emerging scholars in the humanities and interpretive social sciences;
- Successful candidates will be required to be present on campus during the relevant academic semesters unless granted leave by the fellowship board.
- All Postdoctoral fellows will be required to produce at least one peer-reviewed journal article, which when published should contain an appropriate acknowledgment of the CHR, UWC.
- Postdoctoral Fellows are also required to show substantial progress towards the publication of a monograph.
Eligible Regions: Open for All
