The University of Michigan’s Center for Armenian Studies (CAS) is pleased to announce two postdoctoral fellowship opportunities for junior scholars: Manoogian Postdoctoral Fellowships in Armenian Studies & Manoogian Postdoctoral Fellowships in Armenian History.

The Center for Armenian Studies serves students, faculty, and the broader community by furthering the understanding of the history and culture of Armenian societies worldwide through pioneering research, innovative instruction, and a commitment to building partnerships on campus and beyond. Through its work in the United States and abroad, CAS strives to contribute to the scholarly analysis and understanding of the challenges the Armenian people have faced across the globe. Our intellectual mission is to engage in critical Armenian Studies as an interdisciplinary endeavor and to contribute to broader thematic and topical discussions including but not exclusive to history, memory and politics, literary and cultural studies, gender and sexuality studies, childhood studies, human rights, genocide studies, diaspora studies, Mediterranean studies, materiality, nation, and nationalism.  

A successful applicant’s work should speak to the global, interdisciplinary, and multidimensional vision of CAS and contribute to broader thematic and topical discussions that are at the heart of the center's intellectual mission.

Manoogian Postdoctoral Fellowships in Armenian Studies: This full-time 12-month position, with an option for a one-year extension contingent on curricular needs and progress, is open to junior scholars who have completed a PhD within the last three years. The fellowship offers a vibrant intellectual environment in which outstanding junior scholars will be able to conduct their research and have the opportunity to teach one course. While in residence, fellows will be affiliated with a department; they will be expected to participate regularly in CAS events, present one public lecture, and teach one undergraduate course. They will also organize a workshop in their field. Fellows are required to spend the 2024–25 academic year (September – August) in residence at the University of Michigan.

Manoogian Postdoctoral Fellowships in Armenian History: This full-time 12-month position, with an option for a one-year extension contingent on curricular needs and progress, is open to junior scholars who have completed a PhD within the last three years. Successful applicants should demonstrate scholarly excellence in the field of Armenian history. A successful applicant’s work should speak to the global, interdisciplinary, and multidimensional vision of U-M History and contribute to broader thematic and topical discussions that are at the heart of the Department of History’s mission, including but not exclusive to materiality, spatiality, environmental history, gender & sexuality, childhood studies, human rights, genocide studies, diaspora studies, nation & nationalism, global history, and Mediterranean studies. The fellowship offers a vibrant intellectual environment in which outstanding junior scholars will conduct their research. Fellows will be expected to teach one course per year, present one public lecture, organize a workshop in their field, and participate in scholarly events and activities in the Center for Armenian Studies, the History Department, and the Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies. Fellows are required to spend the 2024–25 academic year (September – August) in residence at the University of Michigan.