Fellowships
Our fellowship programs are designed to support early career scholars worldwide.
Our fellows collaborate in research groups, author CARGC Press publications, and organize talks, lectures, symposia, conferences, and summer institutes. CARGC Fellows draw on a broad interdisciplinary corpus of scholarship, push beyond normative paradigms, and incorporate truly global ideas, sources, and contexts. To foster collaboration at all levels, CARGC Fellows are fully engaged in the daily life of the center, an inclusive community of scholars driven by intellectual generosity, curiosity, and exchange.
Postdoctoral Fellowship
CARGC's Postdoctoral Fellowship program attracts outstanding scholars from all over the world, who bring fresh ideas and new topics to the field of global communication. Postdoctoral Fellows work on their own research, typically a book manuscript, and collaborate with staff and fellows. Fellows are expected to be in residence for the duration of their fellowship and are fully engaged in the daily life of the center, participating in research and writing groups, peer mentoring, and organizing events, conferences and symposia.
Doctoral Fellowship
CARGC Doctoral Fellows are outstanding students currently pursuing a Ph.D. at the Annenberg School for Communication and working on issues of relevance to global communication. They develop their own research program, assist with CARGC-related projects, participate in peer mentoring with other CARGC fellows, and take an active role in CARGC events and activities. Doctoral Fellows have access to research funds to support international travel, and are provided with a workspace in the CARGC offices.
Visiting Scholar Program
The CARGC Visiting Scholar Program is open to researchers and/or full-time faculty from institutions other than the University of Pennsylvania whose research aligns with current CARGC research themes. Visiting scholars work on their own research projects and are expected to be fully engaged in the life of the center. We are able to host a limited number of short-term and long-term visiting scholars per semester. They are provided with a workspace, computer, and library access. Short-term visiting scholars are provided with a modest travel allowance while long-term visitors are expected to provide their own funding. Applications must be sent by July 1st for the fall semester and by October 1st for the spring semester.
Thoughts From CARGC Fellows
Ignatius Suglo (Postdoctoral Fellow, 2022-2024):
“I moved to CARGC from a different academic context––Hong Kong, and a different discipline–– modern Chinese history. I could not imagine these multiple transitions happening anywhere else than at CARGC. CARGC provided me with an intellectually stimulating space. The breadth, depth, and interdisciplinary nature of engagement at CARGC has led my research in multiple new directions. I am grateful for this supportive community and excited about the paths my time at CARGC has set me on.”
Sandeep Mertia (Postdoctoral Fellow, 2023-2024):
"The CARGC postdoctoral fellowship offers an exceptional space for fresh Ph.Ds. to think with a diverse set of scholars of global media and communication. I'm grateful to the CARGC community for a nourishing postdoctoral year packed with a variety of events and everyday comradery."
Heather Jaber (Doctoral Fellow, 2017-2022):
"The CARGC writing group has been one of the most productive and generative spaces to think through my own work. Each week, we meet in a low-stakes setting, ask questions, make suggestions, and think about ways to take our work to the next level."
Rayya El Zein (Postdoctoral Fellow, 2017-2019):
"CARGC has emboldened creativity in my research and writing that I have not been able to fully explore elsewhere. The interdisciplinary nature of intellectual work that CARGC hosts encouraged me to pursue unorthodox approaches to enduring questions."
Christopher Ali (Faculty Fellow, Spring 2017):
"I launched my first book at CARGC, and I began research on my second book project. Since leaving CARGC, I have made considerable advancement in my primary research and writing, neither of which would have been possible without my fellowship."