The Center for Latin American Studies at Stanford University is pleased to offer one postdoctoral fellowship annually to a scholar from any discipline who is engaged in research related to Latin American Studies, including the Caribbean and Brazil.
The fellowship provides a 12-month stipend beginning September 1 of each year and ending August 31 of the following year. The expected base pay range for this position is $73,800--$77,000. The pay offered to the selected candidate will be determined based on factors including (but not limited to) the qualifications of the selected candidate, budget availability, and internal equity.
Fellows are required to be in residence in the Stanford area during the appointment period, to teach one course during the academic year, and to participate in all regular Center activities.
Applicants who have received their PhD from Latin American universities are encouraged to apply.
Applicants must have been awarded their Ph.D. no later than August 31 the year in which the fellowship begins, and may not be more than three years beyond conferral of the doctoral degree.
Applicants must be either a US citizen or a citizen of Portugal, Spain, or a Spanish- or Portuguese-speaking Latin American country.
Proof of language proficiency required for applicants whose doctoral work was not conducted in English.
Lecturers, Visiting Assistant Professors, tenure-track faculty, and Stanford PhD recipients are not eligible to apply.
The Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) at Stanford University is the university’s hub for interdisciplinary research on the region. CLAS is a U.S. Department of Education Title VI National Resource Center committed to outreach to the scholarly community in California and the United States.
Located in the historic Bolivar House on Alvarado Row, we support faculty and student initiatives, including teaching, scholarly travel, and language study. Our partnerships include several private foundations and grant-making agencies. We also collaborate with distinct programs on campus focused on cultural studies, political science, the Latin American diaspora, environmental studies, history, public service, and many others.
Latin America being more than the sum of its parts, CLAS features state-of-the-art scholarship from different subregions and nations, with special attention to their complex interrelations. Our purview is vast, from Mexico to Patagonia and from Rappa Nui to Barbados. Our linguae francae are English, Spanish and Portuguese. We are also grounded in Creole and in indigenous languages, especially Quechua and Nahuatl.
CLAS' origins go back to the 1940s when a gr...oup of Stanford faculty developed the Hispano-American Studies Program. By fall of 1965, the University established the Center for Latin American Studies and it has been operating since then.
We are committed to promoting "the public welfare by exercising an influence on behalf of humanity and civilization,” per Stanford University’s founding grant. In particular, CLAS seeks to advance scholarly knowledge towards social, economic and environmental justice, inclusion, and democracy in Latin America.
