Penn DCC Postdoctoral Fellowship 2017-18 on "States of Religious Freedom"
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
2017-2018 Academic Year
Application Deadline: February 15, 2017
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The Penn Program on Democracy, Citizenship, and Constitutionalism (DCC) invites
applications for a one-year DCC Postdoctoral Fellow in any discipline whose research is
pertinent to the Program's 2017-2018 theme, "States of Religious Freedom."
According to the terms of The International Religious Freedom Act, passed by Congress in
1998, America's history of religious freedom has endowed it with a special
responsibility to promote this virtue abroad as a goal of foreign policy. The U.S. State
Department's Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor has compiled annual
watchdog-style reports on every country in the world - except for the United States itself
- ever since. Yet how exceptional or exemplary is the U.S. record of accommodating
religious freedoms? How have other countries, informed by their own histories and
circumstances, negotiated complex terrains of religion, statehood and citizenship? And
what are the states of religious freedom around the world today, in light of current
controversies over abortion, sexuality, changing gender roles, religiously-motivated
terrorism, the rights of religious minorities, and the establishment of official
religions? During its 2017-18 theme year on "States of Religious Freedom," Penn
DCC will study the U.S. experience within a comparative international context, exploring
how states - as political entities - accommodate or hinder religious expression and
culture, as well as how social conditions - states of collective being - affect and
influence the practice of religious freedom.
The DCC program welcomes applicants engaged in empirical or normative scholarship, focused
comparatively or on particular nations, regions, or communities, that explores these
questions and seeks to assess the complex impact of the radically evolving media landscape
on democratic politics, as well as on the closely related issues of citizenship and
constitutional government.
The Democracy, Citizenship, and Constitutionalism program is an interdisciplinary
initiative, funded by the Mellon Foundation, which includes a faculty seminar series and
annual conference on themes chosen by the Program's Faculty Advisory Council; a
graduate workshop series; and undergraduate research grants. The DCC Postdoctoral Fellow
is expected to participate in the faculty seminar series, teach an Undergraduate Seminar
on a related topic, and join monthly meetings to discuss the progress of undergraduates
receiving research grants. The Fellow also has the opportunity to pursue the Fellow's
research and study and participate generally in the intellectual life of the Penn
community. Stipend is $53,800, plus health insurance.
Eligibility is limited to applicants who will have received their Ph.D. within five years
prior to the time they begin their fellowship at Penn (i.e., May 2012 or later).
Application deadline: February 15, 2017.
Applications should be made through Interfolio at
http://apply.interfolio.com/39687
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For more information on the Penn Program on Democracy, Citizenship, and Constitutionalism,
see the DCC Program website,
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or contact DCC Administrator Matthew Roth at
dcc-penn@sas.upenn.edu<mailto:dcc-penn@sas.upenn.edu>.
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