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The Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University is pleased to announce the 2026-2027 competition for the Hou Family Fellowship in Taiwan Studies.

The Hou Family Fellowship in Taiwan Studies sponsors one post-doctoral fellow who recently graduated or is currently teaching to pursue Taiwan-focused research in the humanities and social sciences for six to twelve months during academic year 2026-2027. Residence at the Fairbank Center for the full academic year is encouraged.

Are you passionate about political communication, election campaigns, and quantitative empirical research? The Amsterdam School of Communication Research is seeking a highly motivated Postdoc for the research project ‘That’s (not) appropriate’– Role of Social Norms and Norm Transgression in Voters’ Acceptance of Negative Campaigning, led by Dr. Corinna Oschatz.

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The Department of Religious Studies, Program in Judaic Studies, and Cogut Institute for the Humanities at Brown University invite applications for a two-year appointment as International Humanities Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Jewish mystical tradition. Candidates should have teaching competence in Kabbalah and the Zohar (and know the requisite languages), but the area of research specialization is open.

The Yale Research Initiative on Innovation and Scale (Y-RISE) at the Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale University seeks to appoint a Post-Doctoral Associate starting AY 2026-2027, with a possibility of renewal for up to 3 years, conditional on satisfactory progress and performance. Candidates must have research and training experience in social sciences or public policy.

The Department of African and African American Studies and the Center for Humanities at Washington University in St. Louis invites applications a one-year postdoctoral fellowship to support the activities of the year-long Seminar, “Black Studies, Academic Freedom, and the Future of the American University.” There is an option to apply for a second-year renewal to support the completion of the Seminar proceedings and deliverables.

To view this call in French, press here.

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The Arab Council for the Social Sciences (ACSS) is pleased to launch the ninth cycle of its Small Grants Program and the second on the theme of “Constantine Zurayk: Nation, Identity, and History: Towards New Agendas.”

The Leuphana Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture and Society at Leuphana University Lüneburg invites applications for 12-month fellowships in residence for 2027/28 starting April 1, 2027 and ending March 31, 2028.

Fluency in English is required for participation in LIAS and university activities.

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One fellowship will be awarded annually in support of a one-month (thirty-day) residency. Residencies must take place between June 1, 2026, and May 31, 2027. The Audrey Flack Short-Term Fellow will receive a stipend of $5,000 plus a travel allowance of $100-$1,000 to support relocation to Washington, D.C. Housing is not provided.

Join the ERC-funded project “Strategic Care in Activism: Mental Health Across Scales of Social Change” (Care2Act) exploring activism and mental health. Working at the intersection of psychology and sociology, you will explore how individuals and communities maintain well-being while engaging in collective action.

In this postdoctoral position, you investigatee the role of antinomic mystics and how different movements within Sufism have shaped Islam, critically examining key concepts such as faith, unbelief, pilgrimage and piety.