Jewish Studies

2008-2009
Number of searches canceled due to the economy (and ponzi schemes): 4

How many of us are looking at this page? 23

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Area of Specialization:

Medieval: 2

Hebrew Bible: 4

Hellenistic-Second Temple Judaism: 1

Rabbinic Literature: 2

'''Ancient: 1

Modern: 4

Tenure-Track Jobs

 * Boston College: Hebrew Bible
 * Interviewed at SBL
 * Rejection email received (not so classy)
 * Boston University: Religion and literary arts
 * Updates
 * contacted about AAR interview
 * Boston University: Modern Jewish History
 * Updates
 * Contacted about AJS/AHA interview (11/12)
 * Rejection received by mail (12/12)
 * Chicago Theological Seminary Chair in Jewish Studies: Interviewed at the AAR 10/30. Contacted for January/February On Campus interview (6/12).
 * Columbia University: Rabbinic-Medieval Judaism (Senior position)
 * Columbia University: Witten professorship
 * Hofstra University: Pre-modern Judaism
 * Updates
 * contacted for SBL interview
 * heard they have contacted finalists about on campus interviews
 * Search canceled due to budget problems (12/16)
 * King's University College at the University of Western Ontario: Jewish Studies/Hebrew Bible
 * Updates
 * Initial interviews took place at AAR
 * oncampus interviews completed
 * job offer made (december)
 * Princeton University Tikvah Fellowship: Jewish Thought
 * Queens College: Eastern Europe and Holocaust
 * Queens College: Medieval/Pre-Modern (yay!) History/Thought
 * San Francisco State University: Israel Studies
 * October 31 application deadline
 * Received confirmation of receipt of application (mid-November)
 * Has anyone heard anything else on this one?
 * Santa Clara: Modern Judaism. Interviewed at the AAR 11/1.
 * Swarthmore College: Open specialization
 * Updates
 * contacted about AAR interview
 * contacted for campus interview
 * Temple University: Jewish History
 * University of Buffalo: Rabbinics (Senior position)
 * Univ. of California - Davis: Pre-modern Judaism
 * Updates
 * contacted about AAR interview
 * contacted about AJS interview
 * University of Colorado: Jewish Literature (Yiddish, German, Slavic languages)
 * Updates
 * contacted for AJS interview
 * University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: Israeli Cultural Studies
 * University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: Rabbinics
 * contacted about preliminary interview
 * Search canceled 12/15
 * University of Maryland - College Park: Israel Studies*
 * University of Michigan: Modern Hebrew and Jewish Culture
 * University of Minnesota: Israelite religion
 * Updates
 * contacted about SBL interview
 * cancelled for budgetary reasons
 * Univ. of North Carolina -- Chapel Hill: Medieval/Early Modern Jewish History
 * Univ. of North Carolina -- Chapel Hill: Hebrew Bible
 * Updates
 * preliminary interviews took place at SBL
 * Univ. of North Carolina -- Chapel Hill: Rabbinics
 * contacted (by phone) about AJS interview (12/2)
 * '''University of North Carolina -- Wilmington (Bloch Distinguished Professor)
 * Updates
 * Contacted about on-campus interview in January
 * Univ. of Pittsburgh: Classical Judaism (Perlow Lectureship)
 * Updates
 * Univ. of Southern California: Ruth Ziegler Chair in Culture and Faith (11/15)
 * Updates
 * Has anyone heard any news about this?
 * University of Texas Austin: Jewish Studies/Rabbinics
 * Updates
 * contacted about AJS interview
 * rejection email received (classy!) 12/11
 * University of Wisconsin - Madison: Israeli Literature & Culture
 * Vanderbilt University: Rabbinics
 * Updates
 * contacted about AJS interview (11/21)
 * Wellesley: Hebrew Bible
 * Updates
 * First round interviews took place at SBL
 * Wesleyan University
 * Updates
 * contacted about interview
 * phone interview 12/10 in lieu of AAR interview

Format guidelines
For new position announcements, please add the relevant information: School, specialty, due date, and link to job description, if available.

As job search progress indicators become available, add the type of information and date preceded by a two asterisks on the next line after the position announcement. The link to a job description can be deleted after the application due date.

For example: Midwest Dreamland U, 16/17th c., due 11/1/08
 * Updates:
 * writing sample requested by e-mail 11/5
 * phone interview scheduled 11/20
 * MLA interview scheduled 12/3
 * on-campus interview invitation 1/12
 * offer extended 3/11
 * offer accepted 3/25
 * rejection letter received 4/1  (Rejection letters received after the on-campus visits.)