Amherst College Center for Humanistic Inquiry (CHI) Fellowship

The Center for Humanistic Inquiry (CHI) at Amherst College seeks scholars from across the disciplines for full-time, two-year appointments as CHI Fellows and visiting lecturers. In colloquy with one another and the Amherst community, CHI Fellows will explore the theme of Tools. We invite applications from scholars whose research or creative work takes up some aspect of our theme (described in more detail below).

Amherst College is one of the most diverse liberal arts colleges in the country. We are committed to providing financial aid that meets 100 percent of every student's demonstrated need, and nearly 60 percent of our students receive financial aid. Our expectation is that the successful candidate will excel at teaching and mentoring a broad range of students, and the college works to support all members of our community. The college is committed to enriching its educational experience and its culture through the diversity of its faculty, administration, and staff. Amherst College is an equal opportunity employer and encourages women, persons of color, and persons with disabilities to apply.

Fellowships include an annual salary of $62,400, an annual $3,000 allowance for professional research support, an office in the center, and additional support for moving expenses. CHI Fellows are expected to be fully in residence during the 2025-2027 academic years and to participate in seminars, conferences, and other programming organized to explore the theme. Fellows will teach at least one course during the period of the fellowship.

Candidates are asked to submit electronically to https://apply.interfolio.com/161531 a cover letter that addresses the connection between the candidate's scholarship and the Center's theme, a CV, a one-page research statement, an article- or chapter-length writing sample, and three confidential letters of recommendation addressed to Michael Kunichika, director of the CHI. A Ph.D. or equivalent terminal degree is required. Review of applications will begin on February 1, 2025, and continue until the positions are filled. Applications received by this date will be assured of full consideration.

Amherst College is a private undergraduate liberal arts college with 1,900 students and more than 200 faculty members. Located in the Connecticut River Valley of western Massachusetts, Amherst participates with Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, and Smith Colleges and the University of Massachusetts in the Five-College Consortium.

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Amherst College does not discriminate in admission, employment, or administration of its programs and activities on the basis of race, national or ethnic origin, color, religion, sex or gender (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender expression, and gender identity), age, disability, genetic information, military service, or any other characteristic or class protected under applicable federal, state or local law. Amherst College complies with all state and federal laws that prohibit discrimination, including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, Title IX, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Equal Pay Act, and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act. Inquiries should be addressed to the chief equity and inclusion officer, Amherst College, P.O. Box 5000, Amherst, MA 01002-5000.

Theme: Tools

The Center for Humanistic Inquiry at Amherst College invites applications for four post-doctoral scholars whose work considers the theme of tools and the role they have played in defining the human and the humanities. The theme is to be understood broadly—open to studies of tools from the most rudimentary to the most technologically advanced, from the manual to the digital, the silex axe to the silicon chip. The theme encompasses such functional synonyms of tools as devices, gadgets, apparatuses, and prostheses, etc.—in short, the equipment that figures centrally to narratives regarding the making and unmaking of the human and of the world.

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You may learn more about the CHI at https://amherst.edu/go/chi.

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