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Postdoctoral Fellowship/African American Urban: Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Africanamerican Urban Studies and the Economy (CAUSE).The Department of History at Carnegie Mellon University seeks a scholar in the humanities and/or social sciences doing history-related research in African American urban studies.The appointment is for nine months beginning August 18, 2014. The fellowship carries a stipend of $50,000, and $5,000 for research, benefits and other expenses. The fellow will pursue his/her own research project; interact with faculty, graduate and undergraduate students; and collaborate with the director on current center projects, including the Department of History’s A. W. Mellon-Funded Sawyer Seminar on the “Ghetto” in transnational historical perspective.Application:Send a cover letter, c.v., two letters of reference, writing sample, and a three-to-five page project proposal. The proposal should include a project description, chapter outline, explanation of the significance to relevant fields, and plans and goals for the fellowship term.Deadline: March 30, 2014 (notification of decision by April 20) Women and minorities are urged to apply. EEO/AA.Send application documents to:Professor Joe William Trotter, Jr.CAUSE, Dept. of History, Carnegie Mellon UniversityBaker Hall 246C5000 Forbes AvenuePittsburgh, PA 15213-3890Contact:Hikari Aday, Program CoordinatorCenter for Africanamerican Urban Studies and the Economy (CAUSE)Carnegie Mellon University, Department of HistoryBaker Hall 2445000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213(412)-268-8928hikarik@andrew.cmu.edu&#60;mailto:hikarik@andrew.cmu.eduCAUSE Postdoctoral Fellowship at Carnegie Mellon Universityhttp://www.hss.cmu.edu/cause/application-information.htmlSawyer Seminar Postdoctoral Fellowship at Carnegie Mellon Universityhttp://www.hss.cmu.edu/cause/postdoctoral-fellowship.html