Call for Applications: Faculty Leave Fellowship (2020-2021), The Crown Center for Middle East Studies at Brandeis University

The Crown Center for Middle East Studies at Brandeis University is accepting applications for a residential, one-year faculty leave fellowship for scholars of the contemporary Middle East. The fellowship is open to all disciplines, particularly politics, economics, history, religion, sociology, or anthropology for the 2020-2021 academic year. Successful applicants must be tenure track or tenured professors (or equivalent) with a well-established publication record seeking a faculty leave appointment and interested in engaging in a substantive research or book project, mentoring the Center’s junior research fellows, and contributing to the Center’s Middle East Brief series.

Eligibility
The 2020-2021 faculty leave fellowship is open to all faculty members, tenured and non-tenured, in the ranks of assistant, associate, full, and emeritus professor who work on the modern Middle East and North Africa.

Terms
The faculty leave fellowship is a one-year appointment beginning September 1, 2020, and ending June 30, 2021. The fellowship is designed to supplement the scholar’s faculty leave salary and will provide a stipend plus funding for research, travel, and related expenses. The fellowship stipend is set at three levels based on academic rank (or rank equivalency based on scholarly attainment): $40,000 for assistant professor or career equivalent, $50,000 for associate professor or career equivalent; and $70,000 for full professor, emeritus, or career equivalent. The Crown Center will determine the level based on the candidate’s rank or equivalent rank as of the application deadline. Fringe benefits, when not provided by the scholar’s home institution, can be made available during the appointment period.

Fellows are required to be in residence at the Crown Center during the tenure of the fellowship. During their residence, fellows write a Middle East Brief and participate in all Crown Center events, including: seminars, workshops, meetings, and retreats.

Application

Application Deadline
January 1, 2020

Notification
April 1, 2020

Inquiries
You may direct inquiries to Kristina Cherniahivsky at crowncenter@brandeis.edu or call 781-736-5320

www.brandeis.edu/crown