Russian & Slavic 2011-2012

'''Уважаемые коллеги! Добро пожаловать! '''The 2011-12 hiring season has arrived.

A few guidelines to keep things neat:

1. Please update the Wiki when you learn about new searches, canceled searches, notifications of interviews, campus interviews, and concluded searches/offers.

2. When adding new searches, please list the institution name in alphabetical order. If an institution is conducting more than one search in the field, list the university and the position name in parentheses beside it, creating two separate entries for updates. Use Header 2 so that the institution will show up in the Contents list below.

3. When updating the status of searches, please give the means by which you learned of the news and also the date, i.e., Interview scheduled (phone), 12/15/11; Search cancelled (word of mouth), January, 2012; Rejection (mail), 3/17/12.

HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE USING THIS WIKI?
 * PhD in hand: 12
 * ABD: 3
 * Contemporary: 1
 * 20th century: 8
 * 19th century: 4
 * Pre-19th century: 1
 * Linguistics: 2
 * TOTAL: 15

Bates College - Lecturer in German and Russian

 * deadline Nov 21

Binghamton University - Visiting Asst Prof (3 years)

 * Review begins in Jan

Bowdoin College - Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Russian (1 year)

 * deadline Jan 15

Brigham Young University - Open rank position in Second Language Acquisition (tenure track)

 * deadline Jan 2

Carnegie-Mellon University - Open rank position in Second Language Acquisition (tenure track)

 * Review begins Oct 31

College of the Holy Cross - Assistant Professor of Russian (tenure track)

 * deadline Nov 1
 * Has anyone received a response? I haven't. (12/12)
 * not me yet, either (12/12)
 * I emailed shortly after submitting my material because I sent it a little late. They replied saying I was missing my undergraduate transcripts. Based on the job announcement, I assumed they only wanted graduate transcripts, and I wonder if anyone else only sent those in, and, if so, if they were told they also needed undergraduate transcripts to complete their application. (12/13)
 * That's very strange and concerning. If they're waiting for undergrad transcripts, they'll have a very small pool, I bet. I only sent in grad school transcripts. I didn't contact them because I assumed my application was complete.

Columbia University - Lecturer in Discipline (Russian)

 * immediate review
 * interview scheduled at ASEEES (email)
 * When were you contacted? (11/15)

Davidson College - Visiting Assistant Professor

 * 2 year position w/ possibility for renewal; 20th century; 3/2 teaching load
 * CV, transcript, 3 letters of rec, statement of teaching philosophy, writing sample
 * deadline Nov. 15
 * invitation to interview (12/13 email): (5)
 * rejection: did not fit their profile: 12/13

Durham University - Professor of Russian and Cultural Theory (3 years)

 * deadline Nov 29

Florida International University - Lecturer/Instructor in German and Russian

 * Review begins Dec 15

Harvard University - Director of the Slavic Language Program

 * Review begins Dec 1

Indiana (Bloomington) - Senior Position in Slavic Lang & Lit

 * area of specialization open; mid-career scholar sought
 * CV, letter of intent, six letters of rec requested
 * deadline Nov 1

McGill University - Assistant Professor of Russian Studies

 * Tenure track position; Russian Romanticism and Realism and one or more of the following areas: Russian media and visual studies, performance, intellectual history, and (cross-) cultural studies.
 * CV, teaching portfolio, writing sample, 3 letters of rec


 * deadline Nov 5
 * Has anyone been contacted? (12/12)
 * not me (12/12) x2
 * still nothing (12/15)

Middlebury College - Assistant Professor of Russian

 * Tenure track position; 19th century
 * CV, transcript, 3 letters of rec, statement of teaching philosophy
 * deadline Oct. 15 (extended to Oct. 27)
 * Invitation to interview at ASEEES (phone, Nov. 7) (2)
 * Congrats to the interviewees! Can I ask whether you both received the call on Nov. 7? (trying to figure out if there's any chance of getting an invite at this stage, or not). Also, what is your specialization?
 * Does anyone know what their timeline is like? Have candidates already been invited on campus?

NYU - Clinical Asst Professor/Director Jordan Center

 * Candidates should submit a cover letter, c.v., and three letters of recommendation.
 * Review of applications will begin on September 6, 2011, pending administrative and budgetary approval but applications will be accepted until the position is filled.
 * Submitted application in September - haven't heard anything at all. Has anyone else?
 * Same here - and still not a word.
 * Nicely phrased E-mail rejection [11/7].
 * Yup, me too.

University of Ottawa - Assistant Professor in Russian (12 months)

 * Review begins Dec 15
 * Where was this announced? I can't find the original advertisement for the job.
 * AATSEEL job board

University of Pittsburgh - Assistant Professor of Russian

 * The Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Pittsburgh invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position with a specialization in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Russian literature and culture to begin in August 2012, pending budgetary approval. Ph.D. is required at the time of appointment. Native or near-native (or ACTFL superior-level) proficiency in English and Russian required.In addition to undergraduate- and graduate-level courses in Russian literature and culture, the position may require teaching Russian language at all levels (including content-based advanced courses) and general-education literature and culture courses in English (both large lecture-based courses and smaller discussion-oriented ones).Applicants must demonstrate promise of significant scholarly achievement and a strong interest and experience in teaching. Expertise in a second Slavic language and literature, especially Polish or BCS, is desirable.Candidates should arrange to submit a letter of application, CV, representative student teaching evaluations, representative syllabi, samples of scholarly writing (the length of one or two journal articles), and the names and contact information for three persons able to provide confidential professional letters of recommendation (we do not need the letters themselves at this time, but we do need the names of the recommenders) by surface mail to:

Russian Assistant Professor Search Committee Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures 1417 Cathedral of Learning University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 15260

Deadline: Review begins immediately
 * Posted on AATSEEL

Acknowledgment received: 11/2 (but I imagine these will be sent out on a rolling basis)

Interview scheduled for ASEEES (e-mail) -- 11/14

Request for additional materials:

Rejection (no interview):

MLA Interview scheduled:

Rejection (after interview):

Campus interview scheduled:

Rejection (after campus interview):

Offer made:

Offer accepted:

NOTES:

Purdue University - Assistant Professor in Modern Russian Literature & Culture (tenure track)

 * Review begins Dec 5
 * Confirmed receipt of application Dec 5

Ruhr University (Bochum, Germany) - W2 Professor in Russian Culture

 * The Seminar for Slavic Studies/Lotman-Institute at the Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, has a vacancy starting October 1, 2012 for a W2 professorship in Russian Culture.
 * Scientific and professional CV, certificates, list of publications and teaching experiences by Sept 30, 2011 to The Dean of Philology, Ruhr University Bochum, Universitaetsstrasse 150, D 44780 Bochum
 * asked for five most important publications and dissertation to be sent (16.11)

Tufts University - Lecturer in Russian Lang & Lit (1 year)

 * Review begins Jan 10

Vassar College - Visiting Asst Prof/Instructor of Russian (1 year)

 * Review begins Dec 15

University of Waterloo - Lecturer in Russian

 * Review begins Nov 30

Wellesley College - Visiting Assistant Professor of Russian

 * Review begins Nov 22
 * confirmed receipt of application. (12/5)