Collegium Postdoc-Level Scholar: Moral Philosophy and/or Grand Narrative History
Call for Applications
The Collegium Institute now invites applications for the John and Daria Barry Foundation Fellow. The Fellow will spend the year at the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA) contributing to the Perry-Collegium Initiative (PCI) and among the Fellow’s activities will be conducting research related to:
(a) the philosophy of G.E.M. Anscombe, whose archive (The Collegium Institute Anscombe Archive at the University of Pennsylvania) is preserved at the Penn Library’s Kislak Center for Special Collections;
and/or
(b) the Michael Sugrue Memorial Project: Hailed as the “All-American Socrates” by Penn Professor John DiIulio in his recent keynote lecture, the late Prof. Michael Sugrue taught Great Books and Great Ideas to generations of students at Princeton, Columbia, Chicago, and Ave Maria University. His unprinted corpus covers some 4,000 pages of lectures from the Teaching Company, viral podcasts, and an unfinished monograph of the history of the world. Research might consider how this legacy could be made relevant to a new generation of educators in Great Books, Big Ideas, and/or Comparative Civilizations.
The Barry Fellow will deliver two on-campus informal “thoughts-in-progress” PCI luncheon talks, one in fall 2025 and the other in spring 2026.
In addition, the Barry Fellow will participate in events, workshops, and conferences associated with these two initiatives as well as Spirited Debate, and generally contribute to the intellectual life of the Perry-Collegium Initiative.
Applicants should have completed a PhD in Philosophy, History, or related fields by June 2025.
One year term full-time, beginning July 1, 2025, with competitive salary at the postdoc level plus full benefits.
Prospective candidates should send a brief letter of interest with a CV that lists academic references by Monday, March 31, to Dr. Daniel Cheely at dcheely@collegiuminstitute.org. Please make the subject line: “Collegium Barry Fellow”.