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Tenured faculty:

Currently in TT job:

PhD in hand, currently in non-TT job: (VAP) 1 ; (Lecturer) 1 ; (Adjunct)

PhD in hand, currently unemployed:

Postdoc: 1

ABD, but looking to defend this year: 1

ABD in non-TT job: (VAP) ; (Lecturer) ; (Adjunct): 1

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Field
Francophone:

Medieval:

Renaissance:

17th:1

18th:

19th: 1

20th/21st: 3

SLA/Pedagogy (language and culture):

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Language Background
Native speaker: 3

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Amherst College (MA) - TT Assistant Professor, 17th or 18th c. French Theater
Deadline: Review of applications will begin on November 15, 2015, and continue until position is filled.

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Australian National University (AUS) - Assistant / Associate Professor in French
Deadline: Applications close 26 October 2015.

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Bryn Mawr College (PA) - Lecturer in French (Non-TT, Continuing)
Deadline: Applications received by October 15, 2015 will receive full consideration.

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Furman University (SC) - TT Asst. Professor - 17th- and/or 18th-c. French Literature and Culture
Deadline: Letter of application and CV to be submitted to Interfolio by November 2, 2015.

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George Mason University (VA) - TT Assistant Professor of French / French Linguistics
Deadline: For full consideration, applicants must apply for position number F9041z at http://jobs.gmu.edu/. Review of applications will begin  August 14, 2015 September 30, and will continue until the position is filled.

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 * Question: Does it look like there is an inside candidate for this job?
 * Answer: No, as far as I can tell, they have no French Linguist currently on staff. Please correct me if I'm mistaken.


 * Job announcement on MLA now says review of applications will begin September 30.

===Gettysburg College (PA) - TT Assistant Professor of French (20th- and 21st-Century Film and Media Studies)===

Deadline: To be assured of full consideration, all materials should be received by Monday, November 2. Preliminary interviews will take place at the January MLA meeting in Austin.

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 * Apply at: https://gettysburg.peopleadmin.com/postings/1488

Hope College (MI) - TT Asst. Professor - French Applied Linguistics
Deadline: Applications are accepted online at http://www.hope.edu/employment/faculty. As part of the online application, candidates will need to upload a letter of application, curriculum vitae, unofficial transcripts, and a personal statement of 1-2 pages in response to the mission of Hope College.Application materials will be accepted until November 2, 2015.

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Loyola University Chicago (IL) - TT Asst. Professor - 19th-21st c. Francophone Literatures and Cultures
Deadline: Review of applications will begin 15 October 2015 and continue until the position is filled. Preference will be given to applications received before 1 December 2015.

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 * They had the same search last year... Did not they hire someone already ???
 * it was for French (France). This year it's explicitly Francophone (non-France)

University of Central Arkansas (AR) - TT Assistant Professor of French (20th and 21st c. Francophone Cultures)
Deadline: Review of applications will begin November 1, 2015 and continue until the position is filled (per MLA JIL 09/11/15 - applications open 09/01/2015 at https://jobs.uca.edu/postings/2139)

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===University of Massachusetts Lowell (MA) - TT Assistant or Associate Professor in African Francophone Studies===

Deadline: Review of applications will begin 11-30-2015 and continue until the position is filled

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===University of New Hampshire (NH) - TT Assistant Professor in French Studies (Early Modern)=== Deadline: Review of applications will begin 15 December 2015. Initial interviews will be conducted via Skype in mid-January.

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University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (TN) - Assistant Professor of French (post-1800)
Deadline:  October 21, 2015

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Vassar College (NY) - TT Asst. Professor of French
Deadline: Applications received by Nov. 1, 2015 will receive full consideration.

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===Villanova University (PA) - TT Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies===

Deadline: Application deadline is October 1, 2015. Apply at: https://jobs.villanova.edu/postings/8462

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Wabash College (IN) - TT Asst. Professor of French - Generalist
Deadline: Nov. 2 (review begins)

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Wake Forest University (NC) - Tenure-track Assistant Professor of French
Deadline: Nov. 1

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Wesleyan University (CT) - TT Asst. Professor of French (16th-17th c.)
Deadline: For full consideration, all materials must be received by October 9, 2015. Campus visits will take place in November.

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Yale University (CT) - TT Assistant Professor of Francophone Literature and Culture (focus on Maghreb/Beur/ Immigration Studies)
Deadline: Review of applications will begin Friday, November 13, 2015.

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Davidson College - 2 yr VAP French and Francophone
Deadline: Applications must be received by November 23, 2015.

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Georgetown University (DC) - Assistant Teaching Professor of French (3 yr. term - renewable)
Deadline:  November 20, 2015.

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New York University - VAP (2 yr. appt.) - Early Modern French Lit.
Deadline: Review of applications will begin November 12, 2015 and remain open until the position is filled.

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University of Louisville (KY) - Term Instructor of French (1 yr. renewable)
Deadline: Applications completed by November 16th, 2015 will receive full consideration.

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===University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (MN) - Assistant Professor (Three Semesters - Jan. 16 to May 17; 19th century French and Francophone Literature)===

Deadline: Completed applications submitted by October 30th, 2015 will receive priority consideration.

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Word on the Street

 * 20 jobs on the MLA JIL? Just 20??!??!???