Cassius Marcellus Clay Postdoctoral Fellowship in colonial or revolutionary North American and Atlantic history

The Yale University Department of History invites applications for the Cassius Marcellus Clay Postdoctoral Fellowship.  This two-year fellowship supports research in colonial or revolutionary North American and Atlantic history. The fellow will be affiliated with the Yale Early American Historians (YEAH) 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.

Yale University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Yale values diversity among its students, staff, and faculty and strongly welcomes applications from women, persons with disabilities, protected veterans, and underrepresented minorities.

A cover letter (including a statement of qualifications and research interests), a CV, a chapter-length writing sample, a one-page proposal for a course, including illustrative readings, and three letters of reference should be submitted through Interfolio.

Review of applications will begin March 4, 2019.