Harper-Schmidt Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Chicago

Application Deadline: December 1, 2026

The search committee is eager to receive as many promising applications as possible, and will gladly consider candidates in all humanities-related fields.

Harper-Schmidt Fellows join the Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts on campus, where they teach first-year courses in the Humanities Core and receive excellent compensation, considerable research support and mentorship, and regular opportunities for social and professional fellowship both within the program and with other colleagues on campus.

Although many UChicago Humanities Core instructional sequences feature more-or-less set reading lists, successful applicants do not always need to have conventional expertise in the specific texts and topics currently taught. Rather, the search committee welcome applicants from a wide variety of disciplinary backgrounds who will bring conceptual and methodological creativity and skill to the teaching of general education courses while also contributing to our research community.

For more details about the program and to submit an application, please see the Society of Fellows website and the application website on Interfolio:

https://college.uchicago.edu/faculty/society-of-fellows

https://apply.interfolio.com/193778

Please direct any questions you may have about the position to fellows@uchicago.edu.