James G. Ennis
Associate Professor of Sociology
Eaton Hall 112
Sociology, Tufts University
Medford, MA 02155

Office hours M 4:30-5:30, W 1:30-2:30
617 627 2473 --> my office
617 627 3561 --> department office
617 627 3032 --> fax

Pls contact Prof Ennis, not me, if interested Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology, FRSC NetLab Director Department of Sociology University of Toronto 725 Spadina Avenue, Room 388 Toronto Canada M5S 2J4 http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman fax:+1-416-978-3963 Updating history: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php _______________________________________________________________________ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:28:40 -0500 From: James Ennis <jennis@tufts.edu> To: James Ennis <jennis@tufts.edu> Subject: Fwd: Mellon Postdocs in Humanities at Tufts Dear Colleagues and Friends, If you know a new- or soon-to-be-PhD who might be interested (say in sociology of art, or culture, or perhaps media) would you please pass this along? Needs to be able to pass as a humanist, but we did host such a person a a couple of years ago. If they are interested, have them contact me in the next week. Thanks and all best wishes... JE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ James G. Ennis Associate Professor of Sociology Eaton Hall 112 Sociology, Tufts University Medford, MA 02155 Office hours M 4:30-5:30, W 1:30-2:30 617 627 2473 --> my office 617 627 3561 --> department office 617 627 3032 --> fax ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Begin forwarded message: > From: Jillian Dubman <jillian.dubman@tufts.edu> > Date: January 23, 2009 8:44:57 AM GMT-05:00 > To: as-faculty@elist.tufts.edu > Subject: Mellon Postdocs in Humanities > > This message is sent on behalf of Andrew McClellan, Dean of Academic > Affairs for Arts and Sciences. > _______________________________________________________ > > Dear Colleagues, > > As many of you know, the Mellon Foundation generously agreed to > renew funding for the Postdoctoral Fellowship Program in the > Humanities at Tufts for another six years. Advertisements (see > below) were placed in appropriate venues and applications are coming > in, against a deadline of February 1, 2009. An ad hoc committee will > be assembled to read files and select candidates. Though it is now > late in the day, should you know potential applicants please > encourage them to apply. Since the program calls for fellows to be > houses in departments and, ideally, paired with suitable mentors/ > collaborators on the Tufts faculty, we may be in touch with some of > you to ask about your possible interest in hosting or working with a > given applicant. We hope this year's pool of applicants will add two > exciting young scholars to our community beginning this coming fall. > As we have funding for the next years (and perhaps beyond), please > be on the lookout for talented young scholars who might be > interested in applying in coming years. Collaborative research > projects with our faculty are encouraged. > > "The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has generously provided Tufts > University with funding to bring two postdoctoral fellows to campus > each year to pursue new research projects in the Humanities. Two > fellows will be appointed in fall 2009. > > Fellows will be housed for two years in the Center for the > Humanities at Tufts and affiliated with the department or > interdisciplinary program most germane to their field of research. > Fellows will be expected to teach one course in the spring semester > of their first year and two in the second year of their residency > through their home department or program. It is further expected > that fellows will take part in the intellectual life of campus, > working with faculty and students, attending and helping to plan > events and meetings, etc. Applicants whose research will benefit > from the research environment and faculty at Tufts are especially > encouraged to apply. > > Applications will be competitively evaluated by the Mellon > Postdoctoral Committee. There is no requirement that the fellows be > U.S. citizens. Applicants for the fellowships must have received > their Ph.D. within the past five years. The stipend for fellows will > be $42,500 plus benefits, and a research allowance of $5,000 per year. > > Recipients of the Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships will be appointed > by the Dean of Academic Affairs for Arts and Sciences, upon the > recommendation of the Mellon Postdoctoral Committee. All > applications must be received no later than February 1, 2009." > > Thank you for your interest and support, > > Andrew McClellan > Dean of Academic Affairs for Arts & Sciences > Tufts University > Ballou Hall > Medford, MA 02155 > tel: 617 627-4230 > email: andrew.mcclellan@tufts.edu > >