Fellowships

Opening doors for a new generation of promising scholars

In 2008, JMC set out to build a core of enthusiastic and dedicated professors who share our goal of advancing education in our country’s founding principles and history. The JMC Postdoctoral Fellowship program is among the most effective strategies for achieving this objective.

Working with established professors at top universities, JMC postdoctoral fellows teach classes on the great ideas of the Founding and prepare scholarly works essential to their success in an increasingly competitive academic job market.

Fellows gain valuable teaching experience and are mentored by leading scholars in their fields. Their mentors’ advice prepares them for the rigors of the interview and publication processes. Fellows leave their appointments ready to begin long-term academic careers.

 

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The following list includes all JMC postdoctoral fellowships currently scheduled for the 2022-23 academic year.

Keep an eye on our news feed or follow us on Facebook and Twitter for updates about these positions. Fellowships that are currently accepting applications will be linked on our academic opportunities page. The list is subject to revision.

 

2022-23 Postdoctoral Fellowships

  • Baylor University, Zavala Program for Constitutional Studies
    Jonathan Yudelman, JMC Postdoctoral Fellow
  • Harvard University, Program on Constitutional Government
    Hannes Kerber, JMC Postdoctoral Fellow
  • Michigan State University, LeFrak Forum
    Raul Rodriguez, JMC Postdoctoral Fellow
  • University of Notre Dame, Center for Citizenship & Constitutional Government
    Luke Foster, JMC Postdoctoral Fellow
  • University of Virginia, Program on Constitutionalism and Democracy
    Danielle Charette, JMC Postdoctoral Fellow
  • University of Virginia, Program on Constitutionalism and Democracy
    Maxwell Lykins, JMC Postdoctoral Fellow
  • Yale University, Yale Center for the Study of Representative Institutions (History Dept.)
    Brendan Shanahan, JMC Postdoctoral Fellow
  • In the past, JMC has partnered with four of America’s foremost independent research libraries: the Newberry Library in Chicago, the Huntington Library in San Marino, the John D. Rockefeller Library in Colonial Williamsburg, and the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia.

    In collaboration with these libraries, JMC provided 1 to 3 month research fellowships primarily for early and mid-career scholars engaged in projects that advance the study of American political thought and history.

    JMC research fellowships provided scholars the rare opportunity to explore unparalleled collections of documents and manuscripts from the Founding era. Such opportunities enabled scholars to further their careers on campuses while benefiting us all with a deeper understanding of America’s founding principles and history.

    Click here to view a list of research fellows from previous years >>

    About the libraries

    Research fellowships for the 2018-19 academic year were offered at the Newberry Library, the John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Library, and the American Philosophical Society.

     

    American Philosophical Society

    The APS Library houses over 11 million manuscript items, 350,000 volumes of printed materials, thousands of maps and prints, and more than a thousand hours of audio recordings of Native American languages. Collections are renowned for their depth and interdisciplinary strengths in diverse fields, including Early American History and Culture to 1840; Atlantic History; Intellectual History; Travel, Exploration and Expeditions; History of Science, Technology and Medicine; History of Biochemistry, Physiology and Biophysics including 20th-Century Medical Research; History of Eugenics and Genetics; History of Physics, especially Quantum Physics; History of Natural History in the 18th and 19th Centuries; Anthropology, particularly Native American History, Culture and Languages; and Caribbean and Slavery Studies.

    The Library does not hold materials on philosophy in the modern sense.

    Comprehensive, searchable guides and finding aids to the collections are available online at Online Guides.

     

    The Newberry Library

    A world-renowned independent research library in Chicago, the Newberry offers readers an extensive noncirculating collection of rare books, maps, music, manuscripts, and other printed material spanning six centuries. It acquires and preserves a broad array of special collections research materials relating to the civilizations of Europe and the Americas.

    Click here to learn about and explore Newberry’s Core Collection >>

     

    John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Library

    John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library has a distinguished collection of primary and secondary sources relating to the Revolutionary era, the colonial Chesapeake, African American studies, decorative arts and material culture through 1830, archaeology, architectural history, digital history, 18th-century Williamsburg, and historic preservation. An important component of the work of the Foundation’s Division of Research and Historical Interpretation, fellowships primarily support research on topics related to British America, the American Revolution, and the Early Republic.

    Click here to explore the Rockefeller Library’s catalog >>