The Yale University Department of History invites applications for a Cassius Marcellus Clay Postdoctoral Fellowship in United States environmental history. The fellow will be affiliated with Yale Environmental History and the Yale Environmental Humanities Initiative and is expected to participate in their activities and to teach one course during the two years of the fellowship. Salary is $58,000 plus benefits and a research budget. Start date August 1, 2019.
PhD requirements must be completed by the beginning of the appointment and the PhD must have been awarded after spring 2016.
Cover letter, CV, a chapter-length writing sample, a one-page proposal for a course, including illustrative readings, and three letters of reference should be submitted. Review of applications will begin March 4, 2019.