The McNeil Center will appoint a recent recipient of the PhD as a Postdoctoral Fellow for a two-year term beginning 1 July 2008. The fellow will receive a starting stipend of at least $40,000; health insurance; private office space in the Center's building at the northeastern gateway to the University of Pennsylvania's historic campus; library, computer, and other privileges at the university; and access to the Philadelphia area's magnificent manuscript, rare book and museum collections. Limited travel and research funding is available. During the two-year term of appointment, the fellow will teach three courses in an appropriate department at the University of Pennsylvania. All McNeil Center fellows are expected to be in residence during the academic year and to participate in the Center's program of seminars and other activities.

The remainder of the fellow’s time will be devoted to research and writing. While this fellowship is particularly appropriate for projects designed to turn a doctoral dissertation into a publishable monograph, any project dealing with the histories and cultures of North America in the Atlantic world before 1850 will be considered. Proposals dependent on the use of Philadelphia-area archives and libraries are particularly welcome. During or after the term of appointment, the fellow may submit his or her manuscript for consideration by the Center’s Early American Studies series, published by the University of Pennsylvania Press, but will be under no obligation to do so.

Applicants must have earned the PhD no earlier than 2003 in American History, American Literature, American Studies, or a closely allied field and must have the degree in hand when the term of appointment commences.
 

a cover sheet (click here);

a curriculum vitae;

a research proposal of 3-5 double-spaced pages; and

a sample of work related to the project not to exceed 30 double-spaced pages (Except for published articles, longer submissions will be discarded.)