The Hou Family Fellowship for Taiwan Studies sponsors one North America-based scholar of Taiwan Studies and one Taiwan-based scholar of Taiwan Studies as visiting fellows at the Fairbank Center to pursue Taiwan related research for a term of three to twelve months from August 1, 2017 to July 31, 2018.
Applications are welcome from candidates with advanced Ph.D. candidate standing or recent Ph.D.s in a relevant discipline of the humanities or social sciences focusing on Taiwan. Please note that the Fairbank Center is only accepting applications from North America-based scholars; a separate search committee in Taiwan will review local applications.
A strong working knowledge of English and Chinese or Taiwanese is required.
In addition to maintaining his/her own research agenda, the fellow will contribute to the Fairbank Center community in ways that could include the following:
- Organizing a conference or workshop on their research topic;
- Presenting research to the Center’s Taiwan Studies Workshop series
Priority will be given to applicants with no previous postdoctoral fellowships. Candidates may not be more than five years beyond receipt of the Ph.D. at the start of the fellowship. Harvard University doctoral degree recipients are NOT eligible for this fellowship.
Total stipend: $25,000, plus $3,000 for research.
Application deadline: May 15, 2017
Health insurance is not provided by Harvard, but the candidate’s stipend money can be used toward its purchase.
For the application form and further details, please see the Fairbank Center website. Please submit all applications on or before May 15, 2017.