Non-Geographical/Methodologically Oriented

Business or Economic History

 * Harvard Business School
 * application deadline is 21 Nov 2008
 * transcript request (12/4)


 * University of California - San Diego
 * application deadline is 29 Oct 2008


 * University of Texas - San Antonio
 * application deadline is 1 Oct 2008

Digital History

 * George Mason University
 * application deadline is 15 Oct 2008
 * Rec'd rejection letter (1/16)

Environmental History

 * Amherst College
 * application deadline is 21 Nov 2008


 * crickets


 * University of Colorado - Boulder
 * application deadline is 1 Dec 2008
 * average salary for assistant professors in 2007-2008 was $72,300
 * assistant professor of history should earn at least $60,824 annually
 * student/faculty ratio - 16:1
 * median SAT score: 1125 to 1170


 * University of Denver
 * application deadline is 7 Nov 2008

History and Education

 * Brigham Young University
 * Location: Provo, Utah
 * application deadline is 15 Sept 2008
 * student/faculty ratio - 21:1
 * median SAT score: 1235 to 1240


 * The College of New Jersey
 * application deadline is 1 Nov 2008
 * Campus visits held in early November.
 * I am assuming that this one has been offered? Any other of the campus visitors hear anything?


 * State University of New York - Cortland
 * application deadline is 14 Nov 2008
 * average salary for assistant professors in 2007-2008 was $48,500
 * assistant professor of history should earn at least $40,789 annually
 * student/faculty ratio - 15:1
 * median SAT score: 1065
 * Phone interviews scheduled.

History of Empire

 * University of Texas at Austin
 * application deadline Nov 17
 * see cross-listing under "Diplomatic/International History"

History of Gender or Sexuality

 * Williams College
 * application deadline is 10 Nov 2008

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History of Journalism/Mass Communication

 * University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
 * position in School of Journalism and Mass Communication
 * application deadline is 1 Dec 2008

History of Medicine or Health

 * Princeton University
 * application deadline is 15 Oct 2008
 * Anyone heard anythig e.g. req. additional materials, interview etc.?
 * absolutely nothing yet - no acknowledgment, etc. (x7)
 * I've heard through the grapevine that two candidates have been invited to campus. (x4)
 * So is this search closed now?
 * Has anyone ever received anything -- acknowledgment, rejection -- from this search committee?
 * I made an email inquiry, and was told that they had identified top candidates, but until they complete the search, they want to keep other applicants in the pool, in case they should need to arrange more interviews. The chair also noted that, as soon as they make an appointment, they will write all of the applicants. This is the only communication I have had with the committee. 1/22
 * When did you make this email inquiry?
 * 1/08/09
 * I've heard that the campus interviews took place on 1/6 and 1/7. So why haven't the rest of us received our rejections yet?  Shouldn't this thing be over by now?  Or have they interviewed more candidates afterwards?


 * Yale University
 * application deadline is 15 Oct 2008
 * received a letter of acknowledgement 10/29/08
 * received an email request for further writing samples 11/19/08 (x2)
 * email rejection 12/10 (x4)
 * Has anyone got a rejection or a further invite after the request for writing samples? 12/11
 * email invite for on-campus visit 12/12
 * Is this search closed now?
 * Not yet, as far as I know. I was told by the committee that on-campus visits take palce in both January and February. 1/22
 * Does anyone know what's up with the Post-Doc that just got advertised with almost identical fields?


 * Santa Clara University
 * application deadline is 14 November 2008
 * ack. email on 11/17
 * AHA interview e-mail 11/24
 * email rejection 12/9 (x2)
 * On-campus invite via email, 1/14 (x2)


 * Sam Houston State University
 * Had an AHA interview and was told that the search might be postponed until next semester/year because of budgetary crisis. They promised to let candidates know of the status of the search by the end of January.


 * Any news??
 * Received an email that the administration asked them to make a hire for a senior position first, then bring candidates for junior positions to campus should they be allowed to do so. The junior positions are not authorized yet (they are contingent upon the next year's financial picture), so they cannot tell the timetable for them at this point. 1/30

History of Science or Technology

 * Missouri University of Science and Technology
 * application deadline is 1 Dec 2008
 * email acknowledgment of app & EEO request 11/26
 * Search Canceled. Entire U of Missouri system has indefinite hiring freeze for all faculty, staff and student positions. 12/5.  Check back next year.
 * This only applies for the 4 schools in the UM system. All other states schools are independent. (12/8)

Location: Tokyo, Japan
 * Waseda University
 * application deadline is 19 Sept 2008


 * University of Alabama-Huntsville
 * Deadline: 15 November 2008
 * Hi all, Search Committee Member here. We will use this site to keep applicants informed of the progress of the search, particularly as deadlines approach and anxiety levels rise. Right now our plan is to conduct video or phone interviews prior the AHA. We do this so that the entire department can get to know those who make the first cut. A smaller group of faculty will travel to New York and meet again with candidates. I can't say I'll check this page on a daily basis, but if you have any questions, please feel free to post them and I'll answer those that I can.
 * Search canceled (email 12/3)
 * Hi all, SC here again. We're really sorry that this happened. In the event you are still on the market next year, we hope to reopen the search. Good luck!


 * Oregon State University
 * Deadline: 15 October 2008
 * HSS interview in early November. Anyone heard anything since then? (11/26)
 * 3 finalists have been invited to on-campus (12/18)


 * Sarah Lawrence College
 * Email notification that search has been suspended, with possibility that they'll have a guest position for 2009-2010 instead (Dec 01)


 * University of Washington-Bothell
 * Anyone heard anything on this one yet?
 * Canceled quite a while ago.


 * Kent State University
 * Review of applications will begin December 1, 2008
 * AHA interview (12/09) (notified by e-mail and then phone)
 * AHA interview scheduled on 12/10 by phone


 * University of Wisconsin, Stout
 * Review of applications will begin February 13, 2009


 * University of Exeter
 * Deadline 13 February, 2009

Jewish History

 * UNC Wilmington
 * application deadline is 1 Dec 2008

Labor History

 * University of Colorado - Boulder
 * application deadline is 1 Dec 2008
 * average salary for assistant professors in 2007-2008 was $72,300
 * assistant professor of history should earn at least $60,824 annually
 * student/faculty ratio - 16:1
 * median SAT score: 1125 to 1170


 * University of California - San Diego
 * application deadline is 29 Oct 2008

Legal History

 * New Jersey Institute of Technology
 * application deadline is 15 Nov 2008
 * multiple candidates interviewed by telephone 11/25-26; job talks scheduled for early December


 * University of Maryland
 * application deadline is 20 Oct 2008
 * seeking Associate Professor

Military History

 * Auburn University
 * war and society, area and period open
 * review begins January 5, 2009
 * Received a letter from search chair that review has begun and also an Affirmative Action form (2/2/2009) (x1)


 * Naval War College
 * application deadline is 1 Oct 2008


 * North Georgia College & State University
 * modern military history
 * no application deadline given
 * phone interview scheduled 11/24
 * campus interview scheduled 1/8


 * Ohio University
 * U.S. in world affairs, 1918-present
 * application deadline is 15 Nov 2008
 * SEARCH CANCELED DUE TO HIRING FREEZE
 * search back on contingent on funding


 * University of Wisconsin-Madison
 * Ambrose-Hesseltine Chair in U.S. Military History
 * application deadline is 31 Oct 2008
 * will this search be a dud like the search a couple of years ago?


 * West Chester University (Pennsylvania)
 * U.S. military/diplomatic
 * anyone know anything about this search?
 * Not yet, but the application deadline was not until January, I think, so it could be a while.
 * This would be good job with relatively good pay and good collegial faculty, despite 4-4 teaching load.
 * Committee should finish reviewing applications by end of January


 * US Military Academy
 * three visiting assistant professor positions, suggested areas of specialty "non-English European military history; military science and technology; and naval history"
 * any news on this job? might USMA interview at the SMH in April in Tennessee?

History of Nationalism

 * University of South Carolina, Columbia
 * Deadline 11/3.
 * Acknowledgement letter (snail mail) dated 28/10.
 * Other USC campuses have cancelled searches. Does anyone know if this is still on?
 * I got a letter yesterday saying the search is cancelled due to the hiring freeze.

Oral History

 * University of Southern California
 * application deadline is unknown

Political History

 * Harvard Business School
 * application deadline is 21 Nov 2008

Public History

 * Loyola University Chicago
 * application deadline is 15 Sept 2008
 * Rec'd an exceptionally kind rejection email. Indicated there were 30 candidates. (12/4)
 * I too received an exceptionally kind rejection email. How civilized! Thank you to the search committee for making me feel like a person not just a cow with a terminal degree (12/8)
 * Heard that they have a post-AHA list of finalists (1/15)


 * University of Louisville
 * application deadline is 14 Nov 2008
 * New deadline is 15 January 2009
 * anyone know why they rescheduled their deadline?
 * any news?? (1/31)


 * Appalachian State University
 * application deadline is 3 Nov 2008
 * On campus interview scheduled 11/18.
 * ditto 11/18
 * So who got this job if it wasn't either of the candidates the department flew in for on campus interviews? (12/29)
 * I was an on-campus candidate; offer extended and accepted.


 * Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville
 * application deadline is Dec. 1 or until filled
 * AHA interview scheduled
 * anyone hear anything more about post-AHA contact of on-campus finalists?
 * nice, friendly AHA interview
 * Scheduled on campus interview (1/21)
 * has SIUE scheduled all 3 campus interviews for Public/Oral Hist? (they may be slow b/c they are searching for 3 positions and will have 9 finalists in 3-4 weeks.)


 * Indiana University of Pennsylvania
 * application deadline December 15
 * Contacted by email for phone interview - 12/15


 * University of Toronto
 * application deadline is Jan.31

Religious History

 * Harvard Divinity School (North American religion)
 * application deadline is 15 Sept 2008

Urban History
Pratt Institute
 * Deadline January 1, 2009
 * Ack. letter received (snail mail), 12/18
 * Anyone heard anything more? (1/16)
 * How many people here applied for this? 2

still not heard anything from them, 2/2

Women's History

 * College of New Jersey
 * application deadline is 1 Nov 2008


 * Ohio State University
 * application deadline is 1 Nov 2008
 * EEOE and ack 15 November.
 * Anyone had a phone interview or anything?
 * aha interview scheduled 12/8
 * was the aha interview scheduled by phone or over email?
 * email on 12/8 I think
 * were you asked to submit writing samples before the AHA interview was scheduled?
 * Received letter ("Dear Candidate") saying that due to financial concerns that this job had been canceled.