American Druze Foundation Fellowship in Druze and Arab Studies

The American Druze Foundation Fellowship in Druze and Arab Studies is a nine-month residential research fellowship hosted at Georgetown University's Center for Contemporary Arab Studies (CCAS). It supports scholarly research on Druze and Arab minorities in disciplines including history, political science, sociology, economics, anthropology, and archaeology, excluding work that is theological or religious in scope. Fellows are expected to reside at Georgetown for the academic year, conduct research and publications, deliver a public lecture, and design and teach one graduate seminar at CCAS.

Nine-month residential fellowship at Georgetown; salary support (50% match up to $70,000 for tenured/tenure-track) or $70,000 plus $5,000 research funds for others; expectation to deliver a public lecture and teach one graduate seminar.

The fellowship is available to holders of a Ph.D. (doctoral graduates) and is open to both untenured and tenured PhD holders with a record of relevant research in the named disciplines.

Submit cover letter, CV, names and contact information for two references (recommendation letters requested if shortlisted via Interfolio), course proposal, 500-word research proposal, and a writing sample via the Interfolio application portal.