Fellow in the History of Medicine - Cedars-Sinai Program in the History of Medicine
The Program in the History of Medicine
at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center seeks an outstanding candidate for a two-year fellow
in the history of medicine to start July 1st, 2018. The appointee will be
proposed for an academic title of Instructor on Biomedical Sciences. This is
expected to be a joint venture with the History Department at the University of
California Los Angeles. Applications from individuals who study questions
relevant to the history of medicine in the modern period are welcome, with
preference for deeply researched projects that address why this field matters
today. (The PhD must be in hand before the fellowship’s start date.) The
appointee, with the expectation of a concurrent appointment as Visiting Faculty
in UCLA’s Department of History, will enjoy substantial time to pursue
research, and will have teaching assignments in both institutions.
The Program in the History of Medicine at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is a new
research unit within the Department of Biomedical Sciences. Division of
Graduate Research Education. The Medical Center, in the heart of Los Angeles,
is one of the nation’s leading non-profit medical institutions. It is a
teaching hospital of UCLA and has a large academic enterprise with substantial
extramural funding.
The Cedars-Sinai’s Program in the History of Medicine explores the body and its
cultural contexts from the early modern period to the present. Researchers
cover a wide range of sub-disciplines and seek to educate the medical community
about the shapes that medicine and science have taken across the centuries. Our
inquiry is bound by a commitment to rigor and experiment, and an ecumenical
embrace of methods, disciplines, and evidence. Through original research and
educational programming, we seek to understand the knowledge of the past with
reference to the knowledge we generate today.
The Program is cooperating with the history of science and medicine field in
the Department of History at UCLA to identify and develop research and
pedagogical initiatives in the history of medicine. Upon successful appointment
as visiting faculty, the researcher will have academic privileges at
UCLA.
Only electronic submissions will be accepted. Candidates are requested to
address the following materials to Dr. Leon Fine, Director of the Cedars-Sinai
Program in the History of Medicine and to upload the following documents with
their application:
- a cover letter
- curriculum vitae
- a research proposal, with an explanation of how the current project (or
projects) enrich the purpose of the history and/or philosophy of medicine now
(1500 words maximum)
- one writing sample (i.e. a dissertation chapter, an article, or a book
chapter)
- the names and email addresses of three referees who have agreed to write on
the candidate’s behalf
Deadline for submission: March 15, 2018.
We will contact select candidates for preliminary Skype interviews by March 30,
2018.
To learn more about the Program in the History of Medicine, please visit our
website at: https://www.cedars-sinai.edu/