Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship



Doctoral candidate Camila Maroja has received the prestigious two-year Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship at The Cogut Center for the Humanities at Brown University. Camila will be researching, writing, and teaching across an interdisciplinary cohort that includes the departments of History of Art and Architecture, Hispanic Studies, History, Portuguese and Brazilian Studies, the John Carter Brown Library, and the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies.

All Mellon fellows are affiliated with the Cogut Center, where they participate in Center activities as appropriate to their research. Fellows have the opportunity to interact with Brown faculty affiliated with the Center, to participate in fellows’ seminars, lectures, and conferences, and to participate in the planning of working groups and large-scale seminars on various topics. The Center seeks to provide a stimulating scholarly environment in which to pursue research, develop new interdisciplinary connections, and network with others. The program enriches the Brown curriculum by bringing visiting faculty working in new fields to campus and by providing students with new areas for study and research. It also gives recent PhDs opportunities to gain teaching experience, to develop their research and to publish as they seek permanent positions.