Medieval 2009

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Medievalist wiki-count: 31 [please add yourself if you haven't already]

Primary Specialization: Anglo-Saxon/Old English: 8 Middle English: 16 Anglo-Saxon/Middle English 1 Comparative Medieval (Middle English, Med. Latin, Old French): 6 Med/Ren: 0 Primarily lurker; only applied to a couple jobs: (3)

ON-CAMPUS VISITS
Fordham U: Two finalists invited to campus November 17, December 9  Search Suspended Kennesaw SU: Contacted December 11 for campus visit in January Franklin and Marshall: phone and email invite on Dec. 30 for visit after Jan. 20 Columbia invite for January visit (12/30) Southern Methodist U invite for January visit (12/29) Sweet Briar College invite for Jan/Feb visit (12/30) UC Irvine invite for January visit (1/8)

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MLA INTERVIEWS
Cal State - Long Beach: December 10 (x2), December 11 (x2), December 12 Cal State - Sacramento: November 25 (x5) Claremont McKenna: December 5 (x2), December 7 (x2) Columbia U: December 5 (x5) Franklin and Marshall: December 15 (x5) Mercer U: December 5 (x6) Penn State York: December 12 (x8) St. Xavier U: November 23 (x4) Southern Methodist U: December 3 (x5) Sweet Briar C: December 12 (x4) Richard Stockton College of New Jersey: December 5 (x4) Rhodes College: December 12 (x2) Rollins College: December 10 (x6) U of Alabama at Birmingham: December 5 (x2) UC Irvine: December 3 (x4), December 18 U of Montevallo (AL): December 2 (x6) University of New Hampshire: December 18 (x4) Yeshiva U: November 23 (x2) Yale: December 17 (x2)

PHONE INTERVIEWS
California U of PA: contacted December 5, scheduled for Dec 9 & 10 Kennesaw SU: December 4 University of Houston-Clear Lake: scheduled November 24 Marymount Manhattan: scheduled December 15

OFFERS
U of York: November 19 (and accepted Dec 16)

Alcorn SU (MS)
Deadline: November 30 (review of applications) Received acknowledgment of application: November 19, December 8

Cal State-Long Beach
Deadline: November 1 (review of applications) Received email with link to EOE form: November 24 (x3), December 9 Emailed letter confirming application was complete: December 8 (x2) MLA Interview: December 10 (x2) MLA Interview: December 11

Cal State- Sacramento
Deadline: November 17 Received acknowledgment of application: November 22 Contacted via phone to schedule MLA interview: November 25 (x4)

California University of Pennsylvania
Deadline: November 21 Received application acknowledgment letter: November 20 (and Affirmative Action data sheet) Received phone call to set up phone interview: December 5 (x2)

Claremont McKenna C (CA)
Deadline: November 1 Request for writing sample: November 20 (x3), November 26 MLA interview scheduled by phone: December 5, December 7 (x3) Rejection by mail: December 15 (x5)

Columbia (1200-1500)
Deadline: October 31 Request for writing sample: November 7, November 11, November 18 Request for second writing sample: December 2 (x2), and MLA interview request MLA interview scheduled by phone (no second writing sample request): December 5 (x3)

Fordham U (Associate Prof.)
Deadline: October 15 Two finalists invited to campus: Date? The first visit is next week, so I imagine the date was over a week ago. A finalist visited November 17 and the visit of the second is December 9 The search has been suspended for budgetary reasons.

Franklin and Marshall College (PA) (Asst or Assc)
Deadline: November 17 Received letter acknowledging application: November 13, November 21, November 22 MLA interview scheduled: December 15 Phone and email invite for campus visit after January 20: December 30

Georgia Gwinnett C (GA) (Open Rank)
Deadline: No date given

Kennesaw SU (GA) (applied linguistics and medieval)
Deadline: November 1 Phone Interview scheduled for December 4 (x4) Writing Sample request and Campus Visit: Contacted December 11

Marymount Manhattan C (Med. and/or Ren.)
Deadline: November 15 Received letter acknowledging application: November 10 Phone interview scheduled December 15 (x2) Q: Are they only considering candidates who do a combination of medieval AND renaissance?

Mercer U (GA) - (Med. & linguistics)
Deadline: November 14 Received phone call to set up MLA interview: December 5 (x5) Rejection via snail mail: December 11

Penn State: York
Deadline: November 10 (review of applications) Received letter acknowledging application: November 8, November 11, November 14 MLA interview request via email: December 12 (x6)

Rhodes C (TN)
Deadline: November 3 Email acknowledging receipt of application: October 28, November 6 Equal opportunity postcard: November 19 (x2) Request for writing sample: November 14, November 19, November 20 MLA interview scheduled by phone: December 12 (x2)

Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
Deadline: November 14 Received acknowledgment of application: November 17, November 19 MLA Interview request: December 5

Rollins C (FL)
Deadline: October 15 (review of applications) Email acknowledging receipt of application: October 15 Request for additional materials: November 3, November 5, November 12 (x2), November 13 MLA interview request: Dec. 11 Email rejection: Dec. 12 (x9) How many of the 200 applicants are serious contenders? There were 200 applications for this position?! Why do you ask?
 * The email said there were 200 applicants. Are there that many medievalists on the market?  If so, I want to know what people are doing right to get SCs to look at their material.

Wow! I think they're...working with strange statistics. There absolutely are not 200 medievalists out on the market this year - even those trying to move from positions they already hold. A couple of years ago, I got a solid statistic from a very good state school on the number of applications for a medieval position (no sub-specialty specified - just general medieval) - their total? 75. They might be doing multiple searches and tallying all the apps together. The email said 200 applicants for their "tenure-track positions"--they were advertising in more than one field this year. I don't think that it meant 200 medievalists. Yes; they're also seeking an Americanist. Also, I believe they were looking for a VAP in American lit as well as TT candidate in Amer.

St. John's U (MN) (medieval and poetry writing)
Deadline: November 14

St. Xavier U (IL)
Deadline: November 10 Received acknowledgment letter: November 19 MLA Interview request: November 23 (x3)

SUNY: Stony Brook
Deadline: November 1 Email acknowledging application, says search has been suspended because of budget cuts in NY state

Southern Methodist University (TX)
Deadline: October 20 (for full consideration) Email acknowledging receipt of application: October 17 Dossier request: November 4, November 7 MLA Interview request: December 3 (x4) Mass email rejection set out

Sweet Briar C (VA)
Deadline: November 15 Email acknowledgement of application: November 3 Email acknowledgement of application: November 11 [overseas applicant] MLA Interview Request by phone: December 12

U of Alabama-Birmingham (Anglo-Saxon)
Deadline: November 1 Dossier and writing sample request: November 10 (x2) Rejection by mail: December 15

U of Alabama-Huntsville
Deadline: November 15 Announcement on MLA job listing for this school says that university-wide hiring freeze was announced Oct. 2, so they are no longer accepting applications.

U of California-Irvine (Assistant or Associate Prof.)
Deadline: October 24 Email acknowledgment received: October 21 Update (November 3): Position may be frozen, currently under review Any word on this position yet?? (no official word, but I cannot find the job posting on the school's HR page or on the department page) (I got an e-mailed acknowledgment on Nov. 3, so I don't know why they'd freeze the position and not send out another e-mail to the same list) I've heard from a faculty member that the search IS going ahead. So interviewees should receive word in the next week or two... MLA Interview request: December 3 (x4) MLA Interview request: December 18

UCLA (Associate or Full Prof.)
Deadline: November 3 Acknowledgment received: November 6 E-mail rejection: December 16

U of Houston-Clear Lake
Deadline: October 31 Phone interview request: November 24

U of Miami (FL) (Late Medieval)
Deadline: November 3 Writing Sample requested by email: October 15 According to JIL, search has been canceled

U of Montevallo (AL)
Deadline: November 14 Email request for MLA interview: December 2 (x6)

U of New Hampshire
Deadline: November 14 Received acknowledgment letter November 21, November 22 '''Anyone heard from UNH yet? Their letter said that if you don't hear by Dec. 15 you can assume you're not a finalist, but no one seems to have heard anything... ''' You're not the only one; I haven't heard anything yet either. See the Discussion page (top right corner)  Contacted by phone for MLA interview: December 18 (x4)

U of Pittsburgh (Assistant or Associate Prof.)
Deadline: November 1 Notified by mail that application was received: October 31 Email requesting additional materials: November 7, November 10 (x2) Email rejection: November 11 (x7) Email rejection: also November 11 (note: I'm an Assoc. Prof, for whatever that info is worth) Email rejection: November 13 (x4) Search canceled: email notification November 24

U of York (UK) (High Middle Ages)
Deadline: October 24 Offer Made: November 19

Wesleyan U (Assc or Full)
Deadline: November 17 Dec. 23, finalists chosen for campus visits

Winona SU (MN)
Deadline: November 14 Does anyone know if they plan on interviewing at MLA? Are they perhaps having budgetary problems? Any news at all out of frozen Minnesota?

Yale
Deadline: November 1 Postcard notification of application receipt (stapled to EOE reporting card): October 31 Postcard notification of application receipt (stapled to EOE reporting card): November 3 [overseas applicant] Postcard notification of application receipt (stapled to EOE reporting card): November 14 (x2) Is there any information on this search? Check the Discussion page (top right corner) Phone call for MLA interview: December 17 Postcard rejection: December 18 (x2)

Yeshiva U (NYC)
Deadline: November 6 Request for writing sample: October 26 (x2) Request for MLA interview: November 23 (x2) Email rejection: December 1 (x4) Email update (neither a rejection nor an interview request): December 2