37.2779, Jobs: Computational Linguistics, Historical Linguistics, Phonology, Pragmatics, Semantics: Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in Linguistics, Cornell University

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Date: 31-Aug-2026
From: Heather Russell [lingdept at cornell.edu]
Subject: Computational Linguistics, Historical Linguistics, Phonology, Pragmatics, Semantics: Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in Linguistics, Cornell University


Job Location: Ithaca, NY, USA
Web Address: https://linguistics.cornell.edu/
Job Title: Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in Linguistics
Job Rank: Post Doc
Salary: $68,000/year

Minimum Education: Ph.D.

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; Historical Linguistics;
Phonology; Pragmatics; Semantics

Other Specialties: Sociolinguistics
Description:
With the sponsorship of the Society for the Humanities, the Department
of Linguistics invites applications for a two-year Mellon Postdoctoral
Fellowship position beginning August 1, 2027. The fellowship carries a
stipend of $68,000/year.
The Department of Linguistics seeks applications for a postdoctoral
fellow from scholars who take a linguistic approach to problems of
broad humanistic significance. Applicants might have expertise in any
number of subfields including historical linguistics, semantics,
pragmatics, computational linguistics, phonology, or sociolinguistics.
We would like to see candidates who can communicate with and learn
from both linguists and scholars in other fields, including
philosophy, literature (critical theory, poetics, metrics, gender
studies), history (post-colonial studies, prehistoric archaeology,
human population genetics) and anthropology (language documentation,
endangerment and revitalization, globalization studies).
Postdoctoral Fellows teach one course per semester. Candidates should
propose an introductory, 2000-level course designed to appeal to
students from across the University, and an upper, 4000-level course
designed primarily for Linguistics students and advanced
undergraduates in related fields. These courses should be conceived of
as smaller seminars and their topics should directly relate to the
candidate’s research and integrate linguistic methods in the subfields
of either historical linguistics, semantics, pragmatics, computational
linguistics, phonology or sociolinguistics with topics of more general
humanistic import.
Applicant Eligibility Requirements:
Applicants for the Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship for the 2027-28 and
2028-29 academic years must have received the Ph.D. degree after
August 1, 2023, and before June 30, 2027. Applicants who do not have
the Ph.D. in hand at the time of application must include a letter
from the committee chair or department stating that the Ph.D. degree
will be conferred before the term of the fellowship begins.
International scholars are welcome to apply, contingent upon visa
eligibility.

Application Deadline: 15-Oct-2026
Web Address for Applications:
https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/32526
Application Instructions:
The following application materials must be submitted via Academic
Jobs Online position #32526 by October 15, 2026.
1.      Information Cover Sheet (will be generated via your AJO
account):
(a) Full name and home institution
(b) Date (or expected date) of Ph.D.
(c) Research interest(s)
(d) Referees’ names and emails
2.      Cover Letter
3.      Curriculum vitae
4.      Detailed statement of research interests (1,000 – 2,000 words)
5.      Course proposal with sample syllabus for introductory,
2000-level course
6.      Course proposal with sample syllabus for upper, 4000-level
course
7.      One writing sample [30-page limit]
8.      Diversity statement [optional – submit a separate statement or
embed the information into other parts of your application materials]
9.      Letter of degree conferral (only for applicants who do not
have the Ph.D. in hand by January 4, 2027)
10.     Three letters of recommendation.  Please ask referees to
upload their letters directly through the link provided by Academic
Jobs Online. Letters must be received on or before October 15, 2026.
For further information:
Visit:
https://societyhumanities.as.cornell.edu/mellon-postdoctoral-fellowships
Email: humctr at cornell.edu
Society for the Humanities:
The Society for the Humanities was established at Cornell University
in 1966 to support research and teaching in the humanities. It is
intended to be at once a research institute, a stimulus to educational
innovation, and a continuing society of scholars. The Society and its
Fellows have fostered path-breaking interdisciplinary dialogue and
theoretical reflection on the humanities at large.
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellows are invited to attend all of the Society’s
events, and are expected to participate in the Society’s weekly
Wednesday Fellows Seminar and luncheon.
societyhumanities.as.cornell.edu
Contact Information:
        Michael Weiss
        Email: mlw36 at cornell.edu



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