Career Center

The Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College announces one post-doctoral fellowship for the 2024-2025 academic year. The fellowship runs from Aug. 1st, 2024 through May 30th, 2025 and includes a salary range of $45,000-$50,000, dependent on experience and qualifications. The fellowship is for one year; renewable for a second year.

The fellow should have a Ph.D. in political theory, philosophy, or a related field in the humanities, and their work should intersect meaningfully with Hannah Arendt's thinking. The Arendt Center, the fellow will pursue their independent research at the Center, which includes Hannah Arendt's personal library. The fellow will have access to Arendt's Digital Archive through a relationship with the Arendt Center in New York City. The fellow will participate in seminars, conferences, and reading groups at the center. They will be responsible for organizing the annual De Gruyter-Arendt Center Lecture in Political Thinking, which takes place every Spring Semester in conjunction with a an academic Spring Conference. The fellow will hold the title of the Klemens von Klemperer Post-Doctoral Fellow and teach one (1) course each semester at Bard College's Annandale campus.

Additionally, the fellow will teach one (1) course during one semester [either Fall or Spring] in their field of expertise at one of Bard College's satellite campuses in a NY State Correctional Facility. The Bard Prison Initiative (BPI) enrolls 300 men and women across six prisons in Bard College degree programs. BPI's rigorous and ambitious courses represent the full diversity of the liberal arts including history, literature, social thought, mathematics and political studies. For more information about BPI, click here.  

To apply for the fellowship, please submit a cover letter which includes a description of your teaching experience, with an explanation of your research project and interest in the Center; CV, and two letters of reference on Interfolio.

The deadline for consideration is 11:59pm on March 1st, 2024.

We are pleased to offer our full-time employees an excellent benefit package which includes; multiple heath insurance options; TIAA retirement plans; generous vacation, sick, and personal time; and more. To learn more about employee benefits and eligibility at Bard College, please visit https://www.bard.edu/humanresources/benefits/.

Bard College is an equal opportunity employer and we welcome applications from those who contribute to our diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, mental, or physical disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, familial status, veteran status, or genetic information.

Bard is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for all individuals in employment practices, services, programs, and activities.

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Building on a 150-year history as a competitive and innovative undergraduate institution, Bard College's mission has expanded across the country, around the world, and to meet broader student needs.Now, approximately 2,000 undergraduates study in Annandale and more than 200 graduate students study in Bard programs, plus nearly 1,000 students in our early colleges. Total enrollment for Bard College and its global affiliates is approximately 5,000 students. The undergraduate program at our main campus in the Hudson River Valley of upstate New York retains a reputation for scholarly excellence and civic engagement. We are committed to enriching culture, public life, and democratic discourse by training tomorrow's thought leaders.

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