The Human Past SCAS Residential Fellowship Programme is an initiative by the Center for the Human Past, administered by the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (SCAS).
The fellowships are designed to foster a collaborative environment where early-stage (postdoctoral-level) and established scholars can converge across a wide range of disciplines, such as archaeology, population genetics, and historical linguistics. These fields collectively explore the shared history of the world’s populations over the past 10,000 years, a period marked by the advent of agrarian food production, population growth and linguistic changes, as well as the emergence of early civilisations.
The fellowship aims to attract both junior and senior researchers interested in the human past and combining methods and materials from different disciplines. Research on three major migration events: Indo-European, Bantu, and Austronesian expansions, is the primary focus of the Centre.
We invite scholars interested in exploring archaeological evidence, linguistic changes, or genetic factors associated with these archaeological and linguistic expansions.
Deadline for applications: 1 June 2026
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