French

Jobs in French, 2008-2009

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'''The French language position at Kent State University-Stark Campus is still viable. It belongs on this list after Johns Hopkins University's announcement, but I do not know how to enter it there.''

Should this be in alphabetical order? -- knock yourself out! I did! -- I completely alphabetized the list a couple weeks ago, but someone undid it :( -- seriously?? will someone put them in the order in which they are nationally ranked?

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I'm on the market and I'm... ...ABD, but defending real soon now: 16 ...a Ph.D., but still at my degree-granting institution: 2 ...a visiting assistant professor or adjunct position: 8 ...in a post-doctoral position (ABD or with degree in hand): 3 ...in a tenure-track position: 3 ...in a tenured position: 1 ...in a non-academic position: ...on a Search Committee: 1, (UTC) Actually, I'm just lurking:

Tenure-track positions

1. Adelphi U, 19th/20th c. lit., Francophone lit./culture

-Position no longer shows on their HR website. Has anyone heard about this? http://tbe.taleo.net/NA1/ats/careers/searchResults.jsp?org=ADELPHI&cws=3&act=sort&sortColumn=0

2. Albright College, open - acknowledged app received, 11/19 (by mail) - MLA interview scheduled via email 12/6

3. Auburn U, generalist – scheduled phone interview via email 12/10 - acknowledged app received, 1/14 (by mail) -What is going on with this? They already interviewed people but didn't acknowledge applications until mid-January? Any information would be greatly appreciated. - had phone interview mid december and received acknowledgement of app. mid January. Has anyone gotten a definite date about possible invite to campus from them?

4. Bryn Mawr, 18th century - acknowledged app received, 11/7 (by mail)

5. Canisius College, generalist (French and Italian or French and Arabic), Search on Hold

- candidates on short list told by they will be contacted for interviews during first three weeks of Jan. Interviews not yet scheduled, Dec. 12 (by e-mail)
 * Central Washington, generalist SEARCH CANCELLED

6. Christopher Newport - acknowledged app received, 11/26 (by mail) - scheduled MLA interview, 12/1 (by email)

7. Coker College, generalist

8. Colby College - MLA interview scheduled 12/12 (by email) - Post-MLA rejection letter, 1/12

9. College of Staten Island - acknowledged app received (by mail) - phone interview scheduled - phone interview scheduled 11/18

10. College of William & Mary, French Colonial Studies - not on short list (by email) 12/5 - MLA interview scheduled (by phone) 12/10

11. Connecticut College, Francophone Cultural Studies - email ack, 12/11, decisions by 12/19 - MLA interview scheduled 12/16 (by phone) - Any news?

12. Eastern Illinois University - telephone interviews scheduled 12/12


 * Eastern Michigan U

13. Elon U, open - acknowledged app received, 11/3 - phone interview scheduled, 12/5 (by e-mail) - rejection letter received 12/6 (by mail) - 2 phone interview conducted 12/10--campus visits early Feb. (invitations possibly before xmas) -Does anyone know if they have extended on campus interview invitations yet? -Campus interview invite 1/22 (by phone)

14. Emory & Henry, generalist - (2) acknowledged app received, 12/1 (snail mail) - telephone interview conducted 1/6--campus visits late Jan.    - Campus interview scheduled, 1/19 by phone

15. Florida Atlantic U, Francophone literatures -Requested online application, 11/20 -Also requested online application, 11/20

16. Florida Atlantic, post 1700

17. Georgetown in Qatar - acknowledged app received (Nov. ?)

18. Gonzaga U, open - acknowledged app received, 11/18 (by mail)

19. Harvard 17th - acknowledged app received, 11/12 (by email with survey) - and also by email (11/24) - scheduled mla interview, 1/12

20. Indiana, Bloomington, 17th century or 19th century - acknowledged app received, 11/18 (by mail) -on-campus interview scheduled 21. Iowa SU, Generalist - acknowledged app received, 11/4 - Scheduled MLA interview, 12/1 (x3) - Requested writing sample and syllabus 12/5 (x3 ) - Friend scheduled campus visit 1/5

22. Ithaca College, generalist - acknowledged app received, 11/8 (by mail) - MLA interview scheduled, 12/12 (by email)

23. Johns Hopkins U, 20th & 21st century literatures SEARCH CANCELED 12/18 -requested PDFs of writing sample & CV, 10/29 -campus interview invitation, 11/20 (by telephone) - rejection letter, 11/21 (snail mail)


 * Kent State University-Stark campus, French language search

Search committee reading files currently 12.14.08
24. Knox - acknolwedged app received, 12/2 (by email x2) - friend scheduled interview 12/16

25. Lehigh - acknowledged app received, 11/19 (by mail) - MLA interview scheduled via email 12/4

26. Loyola College, 19th century French lit & Francophone - (2) friend scheduled MLA interview (12/1) -on-campus interview scheduled

27. Macalester College - acknowledged app received, 11/15 (by mail) - MLA interview scheduled, 12/10 (by phone) -acknowledgement app received 1/15!! by letter dated 12/15

28. Miami U - Ohio, 20th/21st c. French studies SEARCH CANCELLED - search canceled due to hiring freeze

29. Northwestern, Medieval - MLA interview requested by phone 12/4 - have already scheduled first round of campus visits 1/12

30. Northwestern, Renaissance - MLA interview requested by email 12/4 - (2) MLA interview scheduled over phone 12/4

31. Ohio State University French and Francophone

32. Penn State University French and Francophone SEARCH CANCELLED - Search cancelled as per JIL and subsequent call to the dept.

33. Quest U, generalist

34. Rhodes, Generalist - acknowledged app received, 11/25 (by mail) - MLA interview requested, 12/8 (by email) - MLA interview scheduled, 12/9 (by phone) - invitation for on campus interview, 1/2 (by phone)

Does anyone have interview information on this position yet?
 * Saint Edwards University, generalist

35. Salisbury U, generalist - acknowledged app received, 11/3 - Phone interview scheduled 1/8 - Phone interview conducted 1/16; more interviews to be conducted this week. News abt callbacks after 1/21

36. Scripps College, 19th c. French Cultural studies - requested writing sample, 11/11 - Can someone confirm if interviews have been scheduled? thanks. - friend scheduled interview 12/6

37. Southern Methodist Open Specialization - acknowledged app received, 11/13 (by mail) - MLA interviews scheduled ?? (see MLA site posting) (<- what does this mean??) - MLA expired posting has a line that says: "Status: MLA convention interviews have been scheduled") - my interpretation of this (I remember seeing this status BEFORE the application was even due) was that they scheduled time to conduct interviews at the MLA (paid their dues, for ex.) and not that specific candidates were selected for interview. That said, it has been a few weeks and perhaps I am wrong. Anyone willing to get to the bottom of this?    - MLA interview scheduled, 12/19 (by email)     - Campus Visit scheduled, 1/8

38. Trinity College, 20th c. literature and culture - acknowledged app received, 11/3 - acknowledged app received, 11/6 (by email) - MLA interview requested by email, 12/1 (x2) - rejection letter, 1/15 was this a post-MLA interview rejection letter or a rejection w/no interview? - on-campus interview invitation, 1/21 (by email)

39. Tulane, Open - acknowledged app received, 11/14 (by email) - MLA interview scheduled (by phone) 12/13 -on-campus interview scheduled WHEN/HOW?

40. U of Alberta, cross-cultural

41. U of Colorado, Boulder, 18th century - MLA interview scheduled by phone (12/6) - MLA interview scheduled by phone (12/6) -on-campus interview scheduled (1/2)

41b. CU Boulder 19th century -MLA interview scheduled by phone (12/9) -Friend scheduled MLA interview by phone (12/9)

42. U of British Columbia - acknowledged app received, first week of December (by snail mail)

43. University of California, Davis, Early Modern - requested writing sample, 12/4

44. University of Chicago -heard from Prof that this one is cut due to econ crisis

45. University of Dalhousie, Renaissance -asked for more materials and ack app rec'd,11/18 by email -secretary emailed that all candidates had been sent letters on 12/8, should arrive shortly.

46. University of Louisiana, Lafayette, Quebec -acknowledged app received, 12/03 (by email) -campus interviews scheduled

47. UMass-Amherst, 19th c. lit/culture SEARCH CANCELLED

48. U Miami, 19th c. lit/culture - acknowledged app received, 11/17 (by mail) - MLA interview scheduled by email 12/9 -on-campus interviews scheduled (1/20)

49. U of Minn, Duluth, open - e-mail: search on hold until at least Jan/Feb (poss. to be cancelled) (x2)

50. U of Mississippi - contacted advisors, 11/1 - telephone interviews scheduled

51. U of North Carolina, Greensboro, 17th/18th century SEARCH CANCELLED - search canceled (12/4) letter

52. U Pittsburgh, 20th/21st c. French studies (open rank) SEARCH CANCELLED - acknowledged app received, 11/19 (by mail) -search canceled due to hiring freeze, 11/22 (email)

53. U of Pittsburgh, 17th/18th century 'SEARCH CANCELLED - search cancelled due to hiring freeze - 11/22

54. U of West Georgia, Open -Phone interview scheduled-12/02 (x2)

54b. U of Texas San Antonio, open

55. Vermont, Quebec -MLA interview scheduled, 12/5 (by email) (x2)

56.Yale 17th century - acknowledged app received, 11/18 (by mail) - acknowledged app received, 11/15 (by mail) - interview scheduled 12/15 (via e-mail)

56.1 Yale Francophone/Maghreb -MLA interview scheduled 12/15 (via email) -Not invité to campus (12-30)

57. Vanderbilt U    - acknowledged app received, 11/18 (by mail) -MLA interview scheduled via email, 12/2 - rejection letter, 12/11

58. Wisconsin, Stevens Point, 20th century - acknowledged app received, 11/29 (by mail) -MLA interview scheduled by email 12/18

59. Wisconsin, Oshkosh -acknowledged app received, 11/15 (by mail) - MLA interview scheduled - MLA interview scheduled 11/21

60. Northern Illinois University, Applied Linguistics -MLA interviews scheduled, 12/04

61. Oxford College of Emory University, Generalist SEARCH CANCELLED

-Position will not be filled this year, 12/06 (notified by mail)

62. Syracuse U, 19th/20th c. French -phone interview scheduled

63. Santa Clara U, 19th, 19th-20th - rejection letter, 12/12 -Friend scheduled MLA interview (12/4?)

Non-tenure-track positions

1. Barnard College, Lecturer -interview 12/9 - rejection reply to e-mail inquiry 12/22 (after having interviewed 12/9)

2. Earlham College, 1-yr VAP -acknowledgement app received snail mail

3. Hamilton C, modern/Francophone

4. Middlebury College VAP

5. Wake Forest University Visiting Instructor or Lecturer -acknowledgement app received snail mail

- Scheduled MLA interviews, 12/3 - Rejection e-mail 1/5 (following MLA interview)
 * Harvard, Senior Preceptor


 * Missouri State, Instructor

3. Stanford, lecturer SEARCH CANCELLED


 * Wayne State U, Instructor SEARCH CANCELLED


 * U of Memphis, Instructor

Format guidelines [Partial edit] 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 hyphen on the next line after the position announcement. The link to a job description can be deleted after the application due date.

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1. 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.)

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