Open Positions
Summer Visiting Fellowship in Irish Studies
Description
The Boston College Irish Studies Program, in conjunction with the Burns Library, invites applications for visiting summer fellowships, open to researchers and writers in any discipline pertaining to Irish Studies.
The fellowship includes gratis accommodation for the scholar and any immediate family members in a university-owned house adjacent to campus for up to four weeks beginning in mid-June or mid-July in 2023, 2024 or 2025 (fellows are expected to be in residence for at least three weeks). The fellowship also provides up to $1,500 reimbursement of eligible expenses to help defray the fellow’s personal travel to and from Boston. The fellow is responsible for all other expenses. Early-career scholars are particularly encouraged to apply.
Boston College expects fellows to be fully vaccinated and boosted for COVID-19.
Qualifications
This position, in the Irish Studies Program and in conjunction with the Burns Library, is open to researchers and writers in any discipline pertaining to Irish Studies.
Application Instructions
Interested candidates should upload a curriculum vitae and a one-page proposal outlining their plan of research and how they would benefit from consulting the archival and other special collections held in Boston College’s John J. Burns Library and any other resources in the Boston region to Interfolio at apply.interfolio.com/115625. They should also indicate which year and month might be preferable. Applications must be received by November 20, 2022. No applications submitted by email or postal mail will be accepted. For queries, please contact Professor Guy Beiner, Director of Irish Studies, email: guy.beiner@bc.edu.
Boston College conducts pre-employment background checks as part of the hiring process and requires all its employees to be fully vaccinated and boosted for COVID-19.
Boston College is a Jesuit, Catholic university that strives to integrate research excellence with a foundational commitment to formative liberal arts education. The university is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer. In concert with our Jesuit, Catholic mission, Boston College is dedicated to the goal of building a culturally diverse and pluralistic faculty and staff committed to teaching and working in a multicultural environment and strongly encourages applications from women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, and covered veterans.