Metro New York & Southern Connecticut

The Asian Studies Program at Pomona College seeks applications for the Rand Postdoctoral Fellowship, a two-year position, that will begin July 1, 2025.

This teaching fellowship is open to scholars whose work engages pre-modern China in ways that will generate innovative approaches to the research and teaching of Asia. The candidate should have their Ph.D. degree no earlier than 2020. We welcome research grounded in cross-disciplinary perspectives and teaching that links China with other geographical region(s).

During the first year of the fellowship, the teaching load is two classes, one each semester. The fellow will teach three classes during the second year. The fellow will have access to a research stipend and college funding opportunities for conference travel and teaching/research expenses. The compensation for the fellowship will be: AY25-26, $70,000; AY26-27, $73,000.

To apply for this position, upload, as one PDF file (5MB), a cover letter, CV, a research statement, graduate transcripts, and a description of teaching experience in which you describe a demonstrated ability to mentor a diverse student body (

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The Claremont Colleges, a consortium of five undergraduate liberal arts colleges, two graduate institutions, and Claremont University Consortium, which provides shared institutional support services, is reminiscent of the Oxford-Cambridge model. The undergraduate colleges include Pomona College, Scripps College, Claremont McKenna College, Harvey Mudd College, and Pitzer College. The two graduate institutions include Claremont Graduate University and Keck Graduate Institute.

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