Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow Appointment in Aerospace History, 2012-2013
The Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West (ICW) and the Department of History at the University of Southern California together seek applications from recent PhDs for a one-year postdoctoral teaching fellowship, beginning in the fall of 2012. The Institute on California and the West is a research and teaching collaboration between the Huntington Library and the University of Southern California (www.usc.edu/icw).
The postdoctoral position will include research activities at the Huntington Library and teaching at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts & Sciences. The fellowship is part of the Aerospace History Project, which is documenting the history of Southern California aerospace through archival collections and oral history, with a variety of perspectives from technology to labor, social history, popular culture, and the environment. Fellows may capitalize on the new archival collections for their research and will assist with the oral history program. Candidates should have background in aerospace history; history of science and technology; history of California and the West; or relevant fields; experience with oral history is desirable. Candidates must have completed their PhD by June 2012, or have been awarded their Ph.D. within five years of initial appointment. The fellowship is primarily funded by the National Science Foundation. Fellows will be hired as University of Southern California employees and receive university benefits and a competitive salary.
To apply, please send a letter of application, c.v., thesis abstract, no more than two thesis chapters, and two letters of reference to:
Peter Westwick, Director
Aerospace History Project
Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West
The Huntington Library
1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, CA 91108
Review of completed applications will begin November 1, 2011.
Inquiries may be sent to westwick@usc.edu
The University of Southern California strongly values diversity and is committed to equal opportunity in employment. Women and men, and members of all racial and ethnic groups, are encouraged to apply.