French and Francophone Studies 2012-2013

Last Year's Page: French and Francophone Studies 2011-2012

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Position
Currently in TT job:

PhD in hand, currently in non-TT job:: 2 (VAP); 3 (Lecturer); (Adjunct)

PhD in hand, currently unemployed: 3

Postdoc: 1

ABD, but looking to defend this year: 2

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

Other:

Field
Francophone: 1

Medieval: 3

Renaissance: 2

17th:

18th: 3

19th: 2

20th/21st: 1

SLA/Pedagogy (language and culture):

Linguistics and sociolinguistics:

Other? (Define)

Language Background
Native speaker: 2

Non-native speaker: 7

Heritage speaker:

Bowdoin College (Assistant Professor, Specialty French Lit & Cult of the 19th-21st centuries)
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Bryn Mawr College (Language Lecturer)
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Florida Institute of Technology (assistant professor - French and Italian)
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Georgetown University (TT Asst. Prof. - Francophone Studies - Concentration in the Maghreb)
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Harvard University (Preceptor in French)
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=== Johns Hopkins University (Open Rank, 20th & 21st Century French Literature Specialist) === Request for more materials:

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NOTES & QUERIES: Weird. Listing's been posted on HERC in August 2012, but the submission date for materials hasn't been updated (still 10/15/2011) - same story on JHU HR website.

Loyola University Maryland (TT Asst. Prof. French/Arabic)
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology - TT Asst. Prof. of French (Contemporary)
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McDaniel College - Asst. Prof. of French (Specialization open, with strong preference for Francophone studies)
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McGill University - Asst. Prof. of French/ professeur adjoint (« essai et prose d'idées »)
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Middlebury College - Asst. Prof. of French (17th- and/or 18th-century Literature and Cultural Studies)
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Princeton University - TT Asst. French Renaissance
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===Stony Brook University (TT, Francophonie, littérature-monde, bilingual cultural processes, and nineteenth-century French/Quebecois literature)=== Request for more materials:

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=== University of Alabama Birmingham - Carter Endowed Professor of French & Proust Studies (Open Rank) ===

Applications must be received by Nov. 20, 2012.

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NOTES & QUERIES: === University of California, Santa Cruz - Assistant or Associate Professor, French Applied Linguistics ===

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University of Melbourne - A.R.CHISHOLM CHAIR IN FRENCH
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NOTES & QUERIES: ===University of North Carolina, Wilmington, Assistant Professor (Francophone studies, with a specialization in the Maghreb or the Francophone Mediterranean) ===

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NOTES & QUERIES: ===University of Pennsylvania, Assistant Professor (Early Modern/Renaissance France, interest in transmaritime literature welcome) ===

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===University of Vermont, Assistant Professor / Romance Languages (pre-nineteenth-century literature and/or culture) ===

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University of Wisconsin-La Crosse - Assistant Professor of French
Review of applications will begin October 1, 2012 and will continue until the position is filled.

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NEWS: MLA and Interfolio Team Up

 * MLA had its brightest idea ever, and announced it would be collaborating with Interfolio to streamline the application process. All the candidates did a happy dance and are eagerly awaiting the posting of actual jobs announcements. http://tinyurl.com/cnbak7r 

Academic Room

 * To market yourself and promote your CV to academics in the field, you can create a profile in French Language and Literary Studies or European Studies on Academic Room.