8 faculty liberal arts humanities jobs found in Cambridge, MA

Job Number: 22181 Functional Area: Research - Other Department: Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab School Area: Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences Employment Type: Full-Time Employment Category: Exempt Visa Sponsorship Available: No Schedule: SENIOR RESEARCH AND TRAINING ASSOCIATE , Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), to join a global research center working to reduce poverty by ensuring that policy is informed by scientific evidence.  This role will build out data analysis tools for researchers and staff to use in conducting randomized evaluations; develop new teaching and reference materials; and help with the planning and delivery of J-PAL’s course offerings to train policymakers, practitioners, researchers, and research staff to engage with randomized evaluations.  Will work closely with J-PAL’s regional offices and its partner organizations, and have the opportunity to travel domestically and internationally to...

Job Number: 22182 Functional Area: Research - Other Department: Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab School Area: Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences Employment Type: Full-Time Employment Category: Exempt Visa Sponsorship Available: No Schedule: RESEARCH AND TRAINING ASSOCIATE , Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), to join a global research center working to reduce poverty by ensuring that policy is informed by scientific evidence.  This role will build out data analysis tools for researchers and staff to use in conducting randomized evaluations; develop new teaching and reference materials; and help with the planning and delivery of J-PAL’s course offerings to train policymakers, practitioners, researchers, and research staff to engage with randomized evaluations.  Will work closely with J-PAL’s regional offices and its partner organizations, and have the opportunity to travel domestically and internationally to liaise with...

Title Mellon Sawyer Postdoctoral Fellowship in Afro-Latin American Studies School Faculty of Arts and Sciences Department/Area Afro-Latin American Research Institute, Hutchins Center Position Description With the support of the Mellon Foundation’s Sawyer Seminar program, the  Afro-Latin American Research Institute  at the  Hutchins Center for African & African American Research , Harvard University, seeks applications for a one-year Mellon Sawyer Postdoctoral Fellowship in Afro-Latin American Studies. The fellow will play a leading role in organizing, administering and participating in the Mellon Sawyer seminar entitled “Changing Contours of Afrodescendant Citizenship in Latin America: Contestation, Consolidation, and Contradictions.” We seek scholars whose research focuses on citizenship and belonging of Afrodescendant population in Latin America, particularly relating to nation building,...

Title 2023-24 Hou Family Predoctoral Fellowship in Taiwan Studies School Faculty of Arts and Sciences Department/Area Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies Position Description The Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University is pleased to announce the 2023-2024 competition for the Hou Family Fellowships in Taiwan Studies. The Hou Family Fellowships in Taiwan Studies sponsors  one Predoctoral Fellow  who is an advanced PhD candidate in the humanities or social sciences to come to the Fairbank Center to pursue Taiwan-focused research for six to twelve months between August 1, 2023, and July 31, 2024. Residence for the full academic year is encouraged. The Hou Family Predoctoral Fellow will have the opportunity to engage with the Fairbank Center’s interdisciplinary community of scholars and will have access to Harvard’s world-class libraries and other resources. In addition to maintaining...

Title 2023-24 Hou Family Postdoctoral Fellowship in Taiwan Studies School Faculty of Arts and Sciences Department/Area Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies Position Description The Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University is pleased to announce the 2023-2024 competition for the Hou Family Fellowships in Taiwan Studies. The Hou Family Fellowships in Taiwan Studies sponsors  one Postdoctoral Fellow  who recently graduated or is currently teaching to come to the Fairbank Center to pursue Taiwan-focused research in humanities and social sciences for six to twelve months between August 1, 2023, and July 31, 2024. Residence for the full academic year is encouraged. The Hou Family Postdoctoral Fellow will have the opportunity to engage with the Fairbank Center’s interdisciplinary community of scholars and will have access to Harvard’s world-class libraries and other resources. In addition to...

Title Postdoctoral Fellow in the Study of Historical Psychology in Latin Texts School Faculty of Arts and Sciences Department/Area Human Evolutionary Biology Position Description We seek a postdoctoral fellow with research experience in computational approaches to language and literature to work on a cross-institutional project on the study of historical psychology in Latin texts. This is a one-year full-time position beginning in Spring 2023 and potentially renewable for one additional year. Besides regular meetings with the project PI, Joe Henrich (Harvard University; Culture, Cognition, and Coevolution Lab), and co-PI, Jonathan Schulz (George Mason University), the position will entail close collaboration with the Quantitative Criticism Lab, co-directed by Joseph Dexter (Harvard University) and Pramit Chaudhuri (University of Texas at Austin). The aim of the project is to develop computational methods for the study of...

Title Postdoctoral Fellow in the Study of Historical Psychology in Latin Texts School Faculty of Arts and Sciences Department/Area Human Evolutionary Biology Position Description We seek a postdoctoral fellow with research experience in computational approaches to language and literature to work on a cross-institutional project on the study of historical psychology in Latin texts. This is a one-year full-time position beginning in Spring 2023 and potentially renewable for one additional year. Besides regular meetings with the project PI, Joe Henrich (Harvard University; Culture, Cognition, and Coevolution Lab), and co-PI, Jonathan Schulz (George Mason University), the position will entail close collaboration with the Quantitative Criticism Lab, co-directed by Joseph Dexter (Harvard University) and Pramit Chaudhuri (University of Texas at Austin). The aim of the project is to develop computational methods for the study of diachronic...