Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Initiative on Race and Resilience

The Notre Dame's Initiative on Race and Resilience (IRR) invites applications for a two-year postdoctoral fellowship to be located in the Department of Africana Studies, beginning in August 2025. The successful candidate will teach one course per semester, pursue a program of independent research, and participate in a scholarly working group addressing multiracial democracy. The fellow is expected to be in residence.

IRR (in collaboration with the Institute for Latino Studies) will host a working group on multiracial democracy. Through an interdisciplinary lens, the working group will examine the role ethnoracial groups play in shaping democratic institutions. Why do democracies struggle to incorporate racially diverse groups, and how might impediments to full political inclusion be overcome? How might multiracial democracies be sustained? By addressing these questions and more, the working group will examine how democracies can foster resilience and develop alternative paradigms to redress historical barriers to full participation.

The working group will present research in progress, host a lecture series, and participate in a national conference on multiracial democracy to be organized and hosted by the University of Notre Dame. The fellow is expected to participate fully in the life of the working group.

Applicants must demonstrate research related to the broad topic of multiracial democracy.

Topics may include:

• race, immigration, and transnationalism
  
• cultural plurality
  
• theories of democracy
  
• colonialism and decolonization
  
• theories of race and ethnicity
  
• race, ethnicity, and political participation
  
• intersectionality
  
• cultural representation (film, literature, music, dance, food, plastic arts, etc.)
  
• religious practices and political participation

Evidence of scholarly achievement and successful teaching experience is essential. IRR looks forward to reviewing applications from the social sciences, history, humanities, comparative ethnic studies, literature, and the arts.

Department of Africana Studies

Established in 2005, the Department of Africana Studies is an interdisciplinary department devoted to the study of the histories, politics, and cultures of peoples of African descent across the African diaspora. The department includes faculty with joint appointments in American Studies, English, Political Science, Theology, and Education, and offers a major, minor, and supplementary major. For more information on Africana Studies at Notre Dame, please visit the website: https://africana.nd.edu/

Initiative on Race and Resilience

Established in 2021, IRR works to confront systemic racism and support communities of color on the campus of Notre Dame and beyond. Through a focus on research, education, and community engagement, IRR provides funding and programming toward the pursuit of racial justice. For more information on IRR, please visit the website: https://raceandresilience.nd.edu/

The salary for this position will be paid in alignment with the postdoctoral scholar rates as defined by the University of Notre Dame. A research and travel budget will be provided.

Qualifications
Applications are welcome from scholars who hold a PhD in Africana Studies and/or related discipline with a focus on multiracial and multiethnic democracy. All degree requirements should be completed before August 1, 2025. Preference will be given to candidates who have received their degree within the last five years. Applicants without a degree in hand by the time of application must include a statement from their director attesting to the candidate's ability to complete the PhD before August 1, 2025.

Application Instructions
Applicants must submit a cover letter, CV, a short (one-page) statement of teaching philosophy, and three letters of recommendation to http://apply.interfolio.com/ by March 17, 2025.

Questions may be addressed to Mark A. Sanders, Director of the Initiative on Race and Resilience, at msande6@nd.edu.

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