[Air-L] Fwd: [AHCSFAC] CORRECTED CONTACT: CFA: Migrant Media: 2017-2018 Media at McGill Postdoctoral Fellowship

[Gabriella Coleman]

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  Call for Applications: Media at McGill Postdoctoral Fellowship

*Description: *Media at McGill is a hub of interdisciplinary research, 
scholarship and public outreach on issues in media, technology and 
culture, located in the Department of Art History and Communication 
Studies at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. To see the list of 
former postdoctoral fellowships, click here 
<http://media.mcgill.ca/en/content/mediamcgill-postdoctoral-fellowships>.

Media at McGill’s residential postdoctoral fellowships are awarded to 
scholars from the humanities and social sciences, working on any 
historical period. The 2017-2018 fellowship is dedicated to the theme of 
“Migrant Media.” 
<http://media.mcgill.ca/en/content/2017-2018-theme-migrant-media>

Fellows are provided with a workspace, and are expected to take an 
active role in the research activities and academic life of Media at McGill 
(participation in conferences, seminars, etc.). They may also have the 
possibility of teaching a course within the Department of Art History 
and Communication Studies at McGill.

*Eligibility: *The Media at McGill Postdoctoral Fellowship is open to both 
national and international scholars who have**completed their 
doctoral**degree in a university other than McGill no earlier than June 
1, 2013. Candidates must have defended their dissertation and received 
their PhD by May 1, 2017. Fluency in English is essential; working 
knowledge of French is an asset.

*Value and Duration: *The stipend for the Media at McGill Postdoctoral 
Fellowship is $45,000 CAD for 12 months (this includes a travel research 
stipend) beginning in September 2017.

*Application Process Deadlines: *Media at McGill will be offering one 
Postdoctoral Fellowship for 2017-2018.

*1.* In a cover letter, applicants must stipulate how their research is 
related to Media at McGill’s mission statement 
<http://media.mcgill.ca/en/mission> and Media at McGill’s 2017-18 theme: 
*Migrant Media* 
<http://media.mcgill.ca/en/content/2017-2018-theme-migrant-media>. 
Applicants should also identify a potential faculty supervisor from the 
McGill Department of Art History and Communication Studies, who is a 
member of Media at McGill <http://media.mcgill.ca/en/members> and whose 
research is closely tied to that of the applicant. Please do not contact 
the potential supervisor at this stage.

The following should be included in all statements of interest and be 
*sent in a single pdf* (*the application will not be accepted 
otherwise). *The documents’ order follows the list below:

 1. a cover letter;
 2. a research proposal (750 words);
 3. a Curriculum Vitae (maximum 5 pages).

*Deadline:* Completed statements of interest should be sent to 
mediaatmcgill.ahcs at mcgill.ca by *Friday, February 3, 2017 at 4:00 p.m. 
E.S.T. *

2. Statements of interest will be reviewed by the Media at McGill potential 
supervisor, and candidates will be notified of results shortly after. If 
successful, the short-listed applicants will be asked to provide the 
following additional documents:

 1. official copies of transcripts during graduate studies;
 2. three letters of recommendation (one of which is by the potential
    Media at McGill faculty supervisor);
 3. a writing sample (maximum 20 pages).

*Deadline:* Completed statements of interest should be sent to 
mediaatmcgill.ahcs at mcgill.ca by *Friday, March 24, 2017 at 4:00 p.m. 
E.D.T. *Applications will be reviewed by Media at McGill’s Steering 
Committee, and candidates will be notified of results in early May 2017.

For additional information, please contact mediaatmcgill at mcgill.ca.