Asian History

Asian History

 * Georgian Court University (NJ)
 * Modern Asia position
 * phone interview request 12/10 (e-mail)


 * King's College (PA)
 * Application Deadline November 15
 * AHA Interview Request 12/5 (e-mail)


 * Lamar University
 * application deadline is 3 Nov 2008
 * average salary for assistant professors in 2007-2008 was $55,700
 * assistant professor of history should earn at least $46,859 annually
 * student/faculty ratio - 20:1
 * search suspended


 * University of Miami
 * more material requested
 * When were you asked to send more materials?
 * approx. 5 November
 * and when did you submit your application?
 * approx 22 Oct.
 * More materials requested (12/3)


 * University of Northern Colorado
 * Application Deadline Nov.1
 * AHA Interview Request 12/4 (e-mail) x 2


 * North Dakota State
 * application deadline is 10 November
 * Preliminary short list of 6 from 12 selected, alternates also notified of possible consideration


 * Oklahoma State University
 * AHA interview request (Nov. 26) x2


 * Otterbein College
 * AHA interview request (12/9) x2


 * Saint Bonaventure
 * 11/25 AHA interview request


 * University of Scranton
 * application deadline is 1 Dec 2008
 * assistant professor of history should earn at least $49,000 annually
 * committee will be meeting this week (e-mail 12/9)
 * AHA interview scheduled (12/11) x2


 * University of South Florida
 * 12/1 AHA interview request x2
 * 12/8 rejection letter (dated 12/3)x3


 * University of Toronto
 * "Asian Modernities" position
 * October 15 deadline
 * campus interview/job talk scheduled mid-Nov (senior hire)
 * the above comment about senior hire is untrue
 * can you clarify? a tenured associate professor interviewed for the position two weeks ago
 * campus interview scheduled for Dec (junior hire)


 * University of Wisconsin Whitewater
 * 12/8 AHA interview request x5


 * Whitworth University
 * Application Deadline October 15
 * Interviewed twice (Nov 18 & Nov 26, phone)
 * AHA interview scheduled (Nov. 28) x2

Chinese History

 * University of Arkansas, Little Rock
 * 21 Nov. AHA interview request x4


 * University of British Columbia
 * application deadline October 30
 * AHA interview request (Nov 19)
 * Are you working on the Qing period?
 * Sorta.
 * any one else? Should I now give it a pass?
 * hearsay only, but I understand they've contacted an intellectual / cultural historian who does Song-Ming (a pretty productive guy, although still junior level). maybe we should move questions like this to the discussion / rumor page?


 * Bowdoin College
 * application deadline is 30 Oct 2008
 * Anyone heard anything from Bowdoin College yet?
 * Just a note about receipt of application x2


 * The University of Chicago
 * application deadline is 15 Oct 2008
 * campus interview/job talk scheduled early December (senior hire)


 * Colorado
 * Phone interview completed
 * Campus interview scheduled
 * So have campus interviews already been scheduled?
 * Yes, at least one already scheduled
 * Any word on the outcome of this search?
 * Not all campus visits have concluded yet (11/26)


 * University of California-Berkeley
 * requested more materials, November 4
 * deadline November 1
 * more materials requested (November 20)
 * AHA interview scheduled x3
 * 12/8 AHA interview scheduled (much later than the above)
 * interesting. more materials request on 11/4 and then 11/20. interview requests around 11/25 and then 12/8... When were you asked to submit more materials, may I ask?
 * 11/20 material request for 12/8 interview request


 * University of California, Santa Barbara
 * request for materials
 * phone interview scheduled x3
 * campus visit scheduled 12/5 x2


 * Case Western Reserve University
 * application deadline October 30
 * 12/11 any news or rumors?
 * 12/12 AHA interview scheduled


 * Iowa
 * deadline 1 October
 * more materials requested
 * Nov 17, campus interview scheduled
 * Any news on outcome of search?


 * University of Kentucky
 * more materials requested x2
 * AHA interview scheduled, 12/3


 * McMaster (Canada)
 * deadline 1 October
 * Campus visit concluded
 * Anyone knows the outcome of this search?
 * Yes. Negotiating!
 * Congrats!


 * Middlebury College
 * deadline December 1


 * Massachusetts Institute of Technology
 * application deadline is 15 Oct 2008
 * November 04: Request for more materials, request to schedule prelim interview at AHA
 * AHA interview scheduled


 * Penn State
 * search canceled
 * Can anybody confirm this?
 * Yes, received form email 22 October from Search Chair after submitting my application, which stated search has been postponed until next year. x2


 * Princeton (Contemporary Chinese Studies post in EAS)
 * deadline December 1


 * University of Rochester
 * deadline December 1
 * 12/3 AHA interview request


 * Tulane University
 * deadline Nov 15
 * requested more materials, November 15 x3
 * AHA interview scheduled 12/14


 * Washington University-St. Louis
 * deadline Nov 1
 * I saw someone posted today that they had an interview scheduled, but then it was deleted -- any explanation?
 * It was not I, but I understand that interviews are already scheduled at the anthropologists' meeting.
 * aaa interviews scheduled, but I don't know if they will schedule aha interviews, since this is a joint appt in either anthro or history
 * Joint appointment with anthropology or history, historians requested writing samples Nov. 19 x2
 * anyone know how this is going to work? Looks like separate search is going on with anthro and history.  But there is only one position!  who is going to decide eventually?
 * 12/10 AHA interview scheduled x2


 * University of Wisconsin-Madison
 * deadline 30 OCT 2008
 * requested more materials, Nov 17 x3
 * They were supposed to notify about AHA interviews today, 12/8 -- anyone hear?
 * AHA interview scheduled 12/9 x2

East Asian History
I'm on the market this year: 5 I'm just lurking:


 * American University
 * applications accepted immediately
 * anyone hear anything?
 * I applied in late October, and haven't heard a thing x7
 * Hm, I wonder if this means that they went with an associate professor. I think they advertised as assistant or assoc. prof. wanted.
 * contacted by committee, so it seems to be a go.
 * may i ask when?
 * last week
 * congratulations. can I ask if you are an assistant or associate level?
 * AHA interview scheduled x2 (both assistant)
 * Rejection confirmed by SC chair (12/12)


 * Colby College
 * application deadline is 1 DEC 2008
 * They did a VAP search in this area in the Spring, is that person now an internal candidate for the T-T post?
 * notification of receipt of application (x4)


 * Eastern Connecticut State University
 * deadline November 1
 * phone interview scheduled
 * May I ask when?
 * contacted by committee 12/9


 * University of Missouri - Columbia
 * application deadline is 10 Oct 2008
 * more materials requested
 * over on the European page, someone posted entire Missouri system on hiring freeze
 * anyone know status of hire?
 * rejection notice by mail (12/6)
 * rejection or cancellation of search, may I ask?
 * rejcetion letter (12/8) x3
 * received a non-rejection letter; trying to secure funding


 * Nebraska Wesleyan
 * 12/1 AHA interview scheduled x3
 * 12/3 AHA interview request (e-mail)


 * Ohio University
 * 12/6 Hiring freeze announced (email)


 * Providence College
 * AHA Interview Scheduled (12/4)


 * Rutgers University
 * deadline November 21
 * 12/3 AHA Interview request x3
 * Rejection notice received (12/4)
 * Anyone know if they have an inside candidate?
 * Heard they have two
 * At least one former Rutgers undergrad who taught there previously, and is now in Florida. He does early China.


 * Skidmore (replacement)
 * 12/3 AHA interview scheduled x 2


 * University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
 * application deadline 3 November 2008
 * Phone Interview set up.

Japanese History
I'm on the market this year: 1 I'm just lurking:


 * Connecticut College
 * application deadline is 15 November 2008
 * AHA Interview 12/10
 * contacted by phone or email?


 * Furman University
 * application deadline is 1 Nov 2008
 * AHA interviews scheduled, associate professors being considered
 * Why senior hires?
 * This search is weird. They reposted the search ad recently and changed the position level from assistant to assistant or associate.
 * They expanded the position when they only received a handful of applications. Apparently, this dept seriously screwed over their last Japan hire.
 * AHA interview scheduled (12/5)


 * Loyola Marymount
 * application deadline is 5 November 2008
 * AHA interview scheduled (12/5)x 2


 * University of Colorado - Boulder
 * application deadline is 14 Oct 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
 * Phone interviews conducted (10/24)
 * Phone interviews conducted (10/23)
 * job talk scheduled (mid Nov)
 * When and how were you contacted?
 * I heard the position has been offered (12/6)


 * University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
 * application deadline is 15 October 2008
 * More materials requested (10/6)
 * Campus interviews scheduled
 * Search suspended??


 * University of Kentucky
 * application deadline is 15 October 2008
 * More materials requested (11/5)
 * More materials requested (11/5)
 * AHA Interview scheduled (12/1)


 * University of Massachusetts Amherst
 * application deadline is 3 November 2008
 * Search cancelled due to budget constraints (11/22)


 * University of Virginia
 * Application deadline Dec 1 2008


 * California State University Long Beach
 * Application deadline Nov 3 2008
 * AHA Interview 12/12

Korean History

 * Loyola Marymount
 * application deadline is 5 November 2008


 * University of California-San Diego
 * application deadline is 1 November 2008
 * more materials requested (11/6)
 * any news?


 * George Washington University
 * application deadline is 1 November 2008

South Asia History

 * McMaster University
 * application deadline is 15 Oct 2008


 * Seoul National University
 * application deadline is 15 Oct 2008


 * Carnegie-Mellon University
 * Application deadline on 1 Dec. 2008
 * Requested more materials on 8 Dec. 2008