Job: Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, MIT Center for Art, Science and Technology

From the ad:

MELLON POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP, MIT Center for Art, Science & Technology (CAST) (two-year fellowship), to collaborate with MIT faculty and invited guests on the production of an international symposium and a publication issuing from the event. Additional duties will include developing and teaching cross-disciplinary courses or workshops and possibly supervising students engaged in undergraduate research opportunities (UROPs) at the intersection of the arts, science, and technology.

Applicants should designate a primary academic discipline at MIT within which they would ideally be placed, even though their work is cross-disciplinary.  Appointments will be for two years, effective July 1, 2019, through June 30, 2021. The fellow will teach at least one course but no more than three during the appointment and must be in residence at MIT during the entire term of the position. Teaching obligations will begin in the second semester of the appointment.

CAST facilitates and creates opportunities for exchange and collaboration among artists, engineers, scientists and scholars in the humanities.

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