Art History 2009-2010

This page is for Art History searches taking place during 2009-2010, for jobs with start dates in fall 2010.

Please list jobs alphabetically by institution within subcategory, and please use the Talk page for related and/or tangential discussions.

For reference, see the 2008-2009 and 2007-2008 pages, as well as the Chronicle forum Job-Search Experiences and its FAQ.

Institution Name
Description of Position
 * Dated reports of requested references, requested conference and campus interviews, etc.

American: Native, Latin, Pre-Columbian, U.S.
University of Chicago

Early Modern, 1400-1800

Deadline:

Interview Scheduled:

Anyone heard anything about this job?

CUNY - City College
African or American

Deadline: 1/15/2010

Interview Scheduled:

Anyone heard anything about this job? When I first saw the annoucement it said the closing date was 12/15/09 but now it seems to have changed?

University of Oklahoma

Native American

Rank: Assistant Professor

Deadline: Open until filled

Interview Scheduled:

University of Arkansas, Fayetteville 

American

Deadline: 2/15/2010

Rank: Assistant or Associate + affiliation with Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.

Interview Scheduled: (new listing)

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Ancient: Greek, Roman, Near East
Johns Hopkins University

Open Rank, Roman Art and Architecture (from job ad: "...a focus on late antiquity would be especially welcome.")

Deadline: 12/11/09

1/16: any news on this?

1/24: I haven't heard anything either. Interesting, perhaps this might indicate they're focusing on bringing in a candidate at the eminent, tenured (and non-wiki-reading) level?

Interview:

Campus Visit: (2/4) Scheduled

Rhodes College

Ancient Greek, Roman and/or Near East

Deadline: October 30, 2009

Interview scheduled: Telephone interview request (em) 11.20.09 (x2)

Campus interview scheduled: 12.16.09 (ph, x2)

The College of Wooster

Ancient and Medieval Art History

Deadline: November 16, 2009

Interview Scheduled:
 * 1/16: I think interviews were carried out at AIA in Anaheim. Can anyone confirm? 1/20: I have not heard anything about this position. I would love to know the status.

Telephone interview request (em) 1.28.10 (x2)

University of Minnesota (Minneapolis)

Pre-Modern Mediterranean

Deadline: December 1 (begin evaluating October 15)

Interview scheduled: Video interview scheduled (by phone) with committee in late January (12/17, x 3)

Am not among those contacted for a video interview, but did get a letter dated 12/21 stating my candidacy is still under consideration. (1/7 - just back from holiday travels)

Rejection letter: snail mail, dated 12/21(x2)

What field(s), may I ask, are being considered for interviews? The search was pretty wide and I'm curious to have a sense of what they are looking at. (I'm a (rejected) medieval Mediterranean person.) Thanks!
 * I'm a rejected classical art historian/archaeologist. Also a bit curious about what fields were prioritized. (1/16/10)


 * I'm being interviewed next week (ancient)- from what others have offered in the other entry below, it looks like the candidate pool they've picked is still wide, ranging from Classical to Byzantine (1/24)

University of Michigan-Dearborn

Greek/Roman Art

Deadline: December 4, 2009

Interview Scheduled: CAA interview notification (em x6) - 01.14.10

Rollins College

Greek/Roman Art, Classical civilization, Latin

Deadline: Review of applications begins immediately

Interview scheduled:
 * 1/16: Interviews were carried out at AIA in Anaheim. (I wasn't among the interviewees, but still haven't gotten a rejection either. Hopeful! :)

Wellesley College

Art and Architecture of the Ancient World For further information go to https://career.wellesley.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/position/PrinterFriendlyJobDetails.jsp?time=1260046711589 Deadline: December 15 Interviews at CAA: Conference interview request (em) 12.16.09

Manhattan College

Ancient/Medieval/Renaissance

Deadline: January 15

Interview scheduled:

St. Bonaventure University

Greek & Roman Art

Deadline: until position filled

Interview scheduled: Request for phone interview (em) 1.28.10 x2

Other Resources:

Classics wiki:

http://classics.wikidot.com/start

Classics Job Market blog:

http://famaevolent.blogspot.com/

Any or General Art History
Flagler College

Assistant professor of art history

Due Date: 11/1

Interview scheduled: contacted by email (1/21) to schedule CAA interview

contacted by phone for CAA interview (1/23) x3

Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne

Assistant Professor of Art History

Deadline: December 1

Interview scheduled: preliminary inquiry re: CAA (1/5); interview scheduled (1/19

Received rejection letter by post 1/16 (x5)

(2/4): Um, why did I just get an email from my HigherEdJobs.com job agent indicating that this position has been relisted?

Lebanon Valley College

Deadline: December 1

Interview scheduled Received email that position has been offered and search is closed (1/18) (x6).

Seems abrupt, no? No kidding, I never even received an acknowledgement of my materials being received. Definitely smells like a pseudo-search.

Definitely not a pseudo-search - filling a slot of a Europeanist who left.

(1/29) I got the inside scoop on this one: they hired from within - a professor who had had a dual appointment with art history and another department. (1/29): Oh, so that explains how we all got rejected so fast without interviews, and how my rejection letter made clear that my materials weren't even read? Look, if you already know who you are going to hire, don't advertise a national search, okay?

So, a pseudo-search after all. Waste of our time and money.

Something tells me we should add Lebanon Valley to the "Schools to Fear" Academic Wiki...

Luther College

Deadline: December 15

Interview scheduled: phone interview 1/21 (x2)

Campus visit scheduled: on 1/26 (x2)

Meadows School of the Arts at SMU

"Rhetorics of Art, Space, and Culture"

Dealine: 1/10

Interview Scheduled:

Pacific University

Deadline: January 5

Rec'd letter by mail dated 1/6 saying they would be reviewing applications this month (1/15) (x3)

Interview scheduled

Anyone heard anything here?

Ripon College

Deadline: December 4

Interview scheduled:

Email request for additional materials (1/18) x 2

Email and phone call to arrange phone interview (1/28) x 2

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

European and/or American Art and/or Architecture, 1100-1900

Deadline: 1/5/10

CAA interview to be scheduled, request for letters of recommendation (1/15) x3

Comment: is it just me, or is this position unbelievably vague? anyone have more info?

[what follows is only a rumor, take with big grain of salt and please do correct me if what I have heard is wrong] I've heard they have multiple open positions in Western art that they would fill in an ideal world, but given massive budget cuts they can only hire one body this year. rather than choose which position to fill, they are casting a wide net and hoping to find one outstanding junior scholar who is a specialist in any given one among the open fields, and also willing/able to teach as a generalist. I think [I do not know, but I think] the idea is that, as the state economy recovers, they would gradually hire more people in future years, so that whoever takes this job will eventually just be responsible for their own field, though they may still teach surveys etc. as needed. [does that make sense? I'm curious too, if anyone out there knows more.]

-- I heard a similar story!

-- The idea makes sense. But the ad for the position, as it is written, is terrible. They have not advertised for any intellectual field ("challenging the canon" isn't an intellectual field, by the way.)

University of Idaho

Art History/Visual Culture

Deadline: March 1, 2010

University of Oregon (Clark Honors College)

History of Science and/or 'Historian of the Arts' (2 positions)

Deadline: October 15, 2009

Interview scheduled:

question: does anyone else think that this is a strange position? do they want a historian or an art historian? very mysterious. good luck everybody. I think they want both. ack rcvd (x3) 10/22

I spoke with a professor at the U of O in the art history department, and he said the Honors College is looking for an art historian (or music person I think) to fill this position, though I suppose they could arguably select two "historians of science" if they don't like the applicants for art history. And yes, good luck everyone.

Has anyone heard anything? The History of Science wiki say interviews are scheduled for the History of Science position at the Hist Sci Society annual conference, which is next week. Do you think they will do the Art History ones at CAA?

I haven't heard anything, and it's hard to say if they'll interview at CAA. Given the deadline, CAA seems too far in the future for interviews if they're already interviewing for the science position(s) next week. Maybe they decided against an art historian, or maybe they're waiting to review the art history applicants after the science interviews are conducted.

Email update from History Search Assistant (11/16/09). Search being conducted in two phases. Finalists for science search have already been contacted. Finalists for Art History search to be contacted in first two weeks of January. Wish all searches were conducted with this much consideration for the applicants. (Though I'm sure part of the purpose for notifying us was to turn back the flood of emails they're receiving!) ha! I was thinking they must have sent out the email b/c they read the wiki! (x4)

Does anyone think there is the possibility for an inside candidate on this position? It just seems so odd. Ans: well there certainly is a possibility, but what is odd? the job or the extended timeline? I think they just want an interdisciplinary art historian - ie both art history and general cultural history, etc. There are plenty of people like that. It is a bit of an untraditional, interdisciplinary position, but i don't see why that indicates inside candidate. :) Res: I guess I meant odd that the job was as broad as possible. Perhaps odd wasn't the best turn of phrase. Thanks for the response though. Answ: It didn't seem odd to me, more unusual. Keep in mind that they could choose a historian of performing arts, not just an art or architectural historian. Or, of course, someone who can do a bit of all of those. I thought it sounded like an exciting opportunity, myself. ;) Actually, what I'd like to know is how this position will relate to the Art History and/or other depts outside the Honors College. - a good question to ask at the CAA interview if you get it.

--CAA interview scheduled. (1/11) x5

Was this via email or phone? Thanks!

Phone call with email follow up.

What field do you specialize in?

Rejection form letter email (1/15) x5

University of Tulsa

Assistant Professor of Art History

Deadline: Dec. 20th

No word, anyone?

Interview Scheduled: contacted by email (1/26) to schedule CAA interview x 3

Virginia Military Institute

3-year non-TT assistant professor position

Deadline: December 15

Interview scheduled: CAA interview schedule (1/20) (x5)

received email on 1/15 that they were in the process of reviewing applications to determine interviews (x4)

Anyone have a sense of why this is a non-TT position? Also, it doesn't appear to be adjunct since it is teaching 3 courses/semester and offers benefits, I think...

Be careful - there are no benefits for this position. Was contacted 1/15 to check whether I would still be interested even though it is an adjunct position. Chairperson clarified that it comes with no benefits whatsoever.

That is awful. If the what the above poster says is true and there aren't any benefits, why would anyone want to take this job? Does VMI not have enough money to ensure that its teachers receive health insurance? Are we not better off working at Starbucks? This kind of thing will continue as long as there are underemployed art historians willing to accept these kinds of working conditions. Shame on you, VMI. (grammar edited, snark removed: let's not attack each other, OK? this should be a supportive place...typos happen).

- (np) thank you editor. That comment has been bothering me all day. We are all in such a bind this year with the horrible job market, I hope that we can rise above such caustic and unhelpful attacks. (x2) OK, snarker apologizes, I'm sorry...but I get enough comments about Starbucks without seeing it here, so I was bothered too. I also have some sympathy for VMI; they are hardly set up to make our field a priority, so rather than shaming them for not being able to offer much I appreciate that they are at least trying to broaden their offerings in the humanities...so while I will not attack other posters again, let's also not attack schools -- there's a wiki for that elsewhere.

I don't understand why they need to conduct a national search for such a position. Who could relocate for a position without benefits? For someone living in the area, it is definitely a step up from adjuncting on semester-long contracts. This is deeply troubling. Even VAPs have health insurance benefits. Are you certain that no benefits are associated with this position? I agree with poster above: why do a national search? It doesn't make sense.

Campus interview scheduled for next week (1/25) - BTW, it is depressing that this is technically a full-time position but offers no benefits(there are definitely none - chair clarified this). However, as noted above, my understanding is that there is an attempt to broaden humanities department. The professor who taught Art History is retiring and/or decreasing teaching load. And, there is the potential, based on budgets and the administrative gods that this will turn into a full-time TT position. Position involves only teaching (no committees, etc.)

Thanks for the info above -- can I ask, are you local to VMI? It seems odd to host a campus interview prior to speaking with candidates at CAA. Reply: yes, I am local - had choice of interviewing at CAA or in Lexington.

Whitman College

One-year visiting position in Art History and Visual Culture Studies

Deadline: 1/19

Email request for CAA interview 1/28

Architectural History
New York University Gallatin School
 * Faculty Position in Sustainable Architecture (non-tt) (not necessarily history)
 * Deadline Dec 1

Parsons Art and Design History and Theory (ADHT)
 * Assistant Professor in Design History and Theory (with emphasis on the built environment)
 * Deadline Nov 1 (OUF)

Princeton University School of Architecture
 * Assistant Professor of the History and Theory of Architecture
 * Deadline Nov. 1

Rhode Island School of Design: Department of History of Art and Visual Culture
 * Assistant Professor in the History of Architecture: 19th to 21st centuries
 * Deadline Dec 11


 * CAA interview scheduled (1/13). x6

Stanford University
 * Assistant Professor in Architectural History
 * Deadline Dec 7

still no word from stanford, or rumor about stanford? does anyone know if they're conducting interviews at CAA?

A: The ack. email said CAA interview will be scheduled 'late January', ie this week I imagine.

A2: They asked candidates for interviews DAYS before CAA the last time they did a search.

Probably doesn't mean anything, but I did get an email to fill out the gender/diversity questionnaire last week. (1/24) x7

CAA interview scheduled (1/29) x 1

Congrats. Did they contact you by email, or phone? Good luck.

A: By email

Rejection from Stanford via email (2/1) x 4

To those who are moving forward with an interview, would you mind sharing your fields or areas of interest? And, good luck to you!

University of Lugano, Switzerland

Professor in the History of Architecture (Open Rank??)

Deadline February 26

University of Oklahoma
 * Assistant Professor in Architectural and Cultural History
 * Deadline Jan 15

University of Oregon Department of Art History
 * Assistant Professor in Architectural History, any field
 * Two Positions [also an endowed senior position]
 * Deadline Jan. 6

Email ack x4 (1/20). Polite rejection x5 (1/21). they will do 12 interviews at CAA; said they had ~80 applicants

University of Pittsburgh Dept of History of Art and Architecture
 * Assistant Professor in Modern/Contemporary Architectural History
 * preference for emphasis on East Asian or Latin American
 * Deadline Dec. 15

CAA interview scheduled, 1/14 Did anyone else hear from Pittsburgh? It looks as though only one person has posted that (s)he will be interviewing at CAA.

University of Toronto Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design
 * Histories and Practices of Architecture, Landscape and/or Urbanism
 * Deadline Nov 30

Any word from Toronto? I thought they were going to interview at CAA as well.

University of Utah School of Architecture
 * Architectural History and Theory (open rank)
 * Deadline Dec. 1

Washington University/ Sam Fox School of Design
 * Assistant Prof of Architectural History and Theory
 * Deadline Jan 18

email ack. 1/29

Asian: East, South, Southeast


American University, Washington, DC
 * Assistant Professor, Asian or Latin American Art History
 * Deadline: Review of applications begins October 15 and will continue until December 15


 * Interview: Has anyone heard about interviews from American? (1/22)


 * recvd. email invitation for CAA interview (1/22)x2


 * Campus Visit:
 * Campus Visit:

Bates College, Lewiston, ME
 * Visiting Assistant Professor (1 yr.), Asian Visual Culture & Architecture
 * Deadline: Open until filled; early applications by 2/5/10 for preliminary interviews at CAA, full dossier review begins 2/26/10
 * Interview:
 * Campus Visit:

Arcadia University, Glenside, PA


 * Adjunct, Asian Art History


 * Deadline: Open until filled, will be interviewing at CAA.


 * Interview:


 * Campus Visit:

Brooklyn College, CUNY, Brooklyn, NY


 * Assistant Professor, Non-Western Art, Asian, African or Latin American preferred, although Native American would be acceptable


 * Deadline: 10/21/09


 * Ack. and request for EOE info rec'd via email, 10/27/09
 * Interview: Phone interview scheduled for early January. x 2 Q: When were you contacted? Email or phone? Thanks. X 2
 * Campus Visit: took place this week (1/19-1/22) Anyone have any idea how many people they interviewed on campus? Any word as of yet? (1/26) No word yet. It seems like they interviewed 3-6 candidates. (1/26)

Denison University, Granville, OH
 * Assistant Professor, East Asian Art
 * Deadline: Review of applications will begin December 31, 2009 and continue until the position is filled.


 * inivited for CAA interview (1/26/10)
 * Interview:
 * Campus Visit:

Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA
 * ASIANetwork-Luce Foundation Postdoctoral One Year Teaching Fellow, Asian Art (China/Japan)
 * Deadline: 1/10/10

Georgetown University, Washington, DC
 * Assistant Professor, Asian Art History
 * Deadline: 11/15/09
 * Ack. & request for EOE info rec'd via email, 11/30/09
 * - Heard that requests for additional info and writing samples have been made late last week. Can anyone confirm? Thanks. (1/11)   Yes, I received an emailed request for syllabi and writing samples. (1/12)
 * Interview: invited for CAA interview via email; Just rec'd an invite (1/28) without prior request for materials. Anyone else like this?
 * Rejection email rec'd (2/4)


 * Campus Visit:

Heidelburg University, Heidelburg, Germany
 * Full Professor, History of the Arts of East Asia (currently, Prof. Lothar Ledderose)
 * Deadline: 4/1/10

Hunter College, New York, NY


 * Open Rank Professor, Far Eastern Art (Chinese painting, preferred)


 * Deadline: 3/15/10


 * Interview:


 * Campus Visit:

Metro State College of Denver


 * Tenure Track Professor, Non-Western Art, Theory and Criticism


 * Deadline: Screening begins 2/1/10


 * Interview:


 * Campus Visit:



Reed College, Portland, OR
 * Assistant/Associate Professor, Asia, Africa (including Diaspora), the Middle East, and/or Latin America
 * Deadline: 12/1/09
 * Ack. rec'd via post, 12/2/09. x 3 -- I'd previously applied for a 1 year VAP in East Asian History and Chinese Humanities, but the letter came from this search; apparently, they passed my application on. Did this happen to anyone else? (12/9/09)
 * Interview: CAA interview scheduled X2 -- Was this by phone, email, or postal mail? When? By e-mail (1/11).
 * Campus Visit:

Roger Williams University, Bristol, RI
 * Assistant/Associate Professor, Asian Art and Architectural History
 * Deadline: Review of applications begins 12/15/09
 * Rec'd ack. and EEO card by mail (12/10/09)
 * Interview:
 * Campus Visit:

Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA
 * Assistant Professor, Visual Culture of Asia, China preferred
 * Deadline: 12/8/09
 * Rec'd ack. and EEO form by mail (12/11/09); letter says review of applications will begin in early January and candidates for CAA interviews will hopefully be notified by 1/20/10. - Has anyone heard from Santa Clara yet? (1/21). Yes, CAA interview (1/21). Thanks for posting. When did you hear from them? (1/21). Invited by email on 1/20


 * Interview:
 * Campus Visit:

Skidmore College, Saratoga, NY
 * Visiting Assistant Professor (1 yr.), Asian or Islamic Art
 * Deadline: 1/15/10
 * Interview: CAA interview scheduled by phone (2/1)
 * Campus Visit:

Smith College, Northampton, MA
 * Freeman/McPherson Post-doctoral Fellowship in East Asian Art
 * Deadline: 11/15/09
 * Interview: Phone interview requested by phone, 12/21/09; 20-30 minute interviews being scheduled for 1/20-21/10. x 4
 * Q: Does anyone know whether they've contacted everyone for phone interviews, also interviewing at CAA or doing campus visits? Thanks.
 * A: I don't know whether they've contacted everyone; I understand that they are not doing CAA interviews, but are doing campus visits in February.
 * Campus Visit:

Union College, Schenectady, NY
 * Assistant Professor, East Asian Art
 * Deadline: 1/1/10
 * Rec'd email request for 3rd letter of rec., 12/17. They also asked whether I would be attending CAA. They are interviewing by phone, but the committee will be at CAA and hopes to meet candidates. Email did not specify when they would contact for phone interviews. X2 Rec'd email notice confirming receipt of 3rd letter, 1/7.
 * Interview:
 * Campus Visit:

University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland
 * Lecturer, Chinese Art (4 yr. contract)
 * Deadline: 10/26/09
 * Interview/Campus Visit: req. 10/29 via email and snail mail; interviews scheduled for 11/17/09
 * Offer: made and accepted, 11/18/09. Chia-Ling Yang.

University of San Diego, San Diego, CA
 * Assistant Professor, Asian Art
 * Deadline: For priority consideration, materials should be received by 11/20/09
 * Interview: Skype interviews being scheduled for 12/14-16/09
 * Interview: Video interview requested 12/4/09 scheduled for 12/14/09 (x 2)
 * Campus Visit: requested by phone 12/17/09 scheduled for late January. (x3) -1: I (one of the finalists) have accepted another position. Good luck to the other interviewees -- I think it sounds like a wonderful job! (1/21/10)
 * Offer:

University of Texas, Arlington
 * Assistant Professor, African or Asian art, preferably with a specialization in the pre-Modern era and a secondary area of expertise.
 * Deadline: Review of applications begins November 15, 2009 and will continue until the position is filled.
 * Interview: phone interview requested 12/07 (X2)
 * Campus Visit: scheduled. Did they schedule by phone or e-mail? I made an anonymous call to the office today (02/01) and they have NOT invited candidates for campus interviews yet. Invitation for campus interview X2

University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
 * Assistant Professor of Asian Art and Visual Culture
 * Application Deadline: 4 December 2009 for full consideration
 * http://www.arthistory.utah.edu/faculty_search.pdf
 * Has anyone got any letters/email from Utah?
 * - You should get an email inviting you to "self-identify" for EOE purposes. Unfortunately, I don't know when I submitted my application, but I probably received the email within two weeks of submitting. (12/8)
 * Interview: Request for interview received December 7, scheduled for 12/15
 * - one round of preliminary video interviews before winter break, and another round (with different candidates) after the break, early Jan. Not everyone has been contacted yet. (12/13)
 * - has anyone been contacted as part of the January round yet? (1/11). Yes, I was. I was contacted about 12/20 and had the Skype interview yesterday (1/12).


 * - Has anyone been contacted for the Campus Visit yet? Thanks (1/23)
 * Campus Visit:

Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC
 * Assistant/Associate Professor, Asian Art
 * Deadline: Review of completed applications will begin December 1 and continue until the position is filled.
 * Interview: Recd. e-mail for interview at CAA (1/21). x2
 * Campus Visit:

Contemporary, Theory, Performance
Baruch College, CUNY

New Media/Interdisciplinary Studies

Received application acknowledgment by mail 2/2

University of Massachusetts, Boston

Contemporary Art

Deadline: 1/8

Received application acknowledgment by post 11/15 (x2) said we would hear somethng by 1/26 at the latest.

semi-finalist notification per Email. Request for letters, syllabi, and CAA interview. 1/22 (x 4)

Willamette University

Modern/Contemporary/American (generalist)

deadline: October 31, 2009

received application acknowledgment in the mail 11/7' (x6)

semi-finalist notification, telephone interviews on 12/4 and 12/11 (11/23)

Just wondering, was this notification via phone, mail, or email? (e-mail) Wondering if more than one person received this notification.

Yes, I also (a second person) received the same email notification. It went out to eight semi-finalists.

Rejection letter received on 12/4. (x4)  I have to say that despite the rejection, I am happy to have received the news this quickly. It sounds like this department has their act together. Good luck to the semi-finalists.

I am one of the semi-finalists. Has anyone heard anything? Anyone make the final 3 for a campus visit? (12/28) Not so far (co-semi-finalist) (12/28)

They are taking a while to get back to us, hunh? Did they say they'd let us know in Dec if we'd been picked for the campus visit?

Three people have been chosen for campus interviews.

Could you specify how you were contacted for the campus interview? Email or phone? --Sounds like information straight from the horse's mouth rather than news from an individual candidate, but I could be wrong. (1/7)

Darn... Well, good luck to the other semi-finalists out there who also didn't make the cut. -- Likewise.

Semi-finalist received rejection letter 1/8. (x2)

Design, Decorative Arts
Parsons, Assistant Professor of Visual Studies

Deadline: January 1

Rejected via e-mail 1-25-10

[this is also listed in 20th c, below, where more rejections are indicated. Anybody hear anything else from Parsons?]

Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century
University of Toronto 

19th century European art

Deadline: November 20

In case anybody is going to send their application last minute UPS/Fedex, don't bother. They will ask you to submit your app online. You can email any extra attachments. FYI (11/18)

Any news? (1/18) It's been very quiet....are they not doing interviews at CAA? 1/22

Interview Scheduled: on-campus interview scheduled. 1/20 Anyone else scheduled for a campus interview? (1/25)

Q: would you mind confirming that the on-campus interview was scheduled on Nov. 20? (in other words I was surprised they scheduled so early - typo?) A: so sorry, yes this was a typo.

Upcoming talks by the four finalists posted on department web site (2/4)

Fellowships: Post- and Pre-Doctoral Art History
Getty Institute

Postdoctoral fellowship, "The Display of Art."

Deadline: Nov 1

Does anybody know why they chose the same theme two years in a row? Does anybody else find the theme a bit disappointing?

Ans: The GRI always carries its theme through two years--the need for it to be broad enough to encompass many individual's research often leads to rather colourless choices.

Actually, I'm pretty sure that this is the first time that the theme has been done for two years. The new type of theme and duration of the theme most likely reflects the new director's administrative and research goals for the GRI.

Getty Institute

Postdoctoral fellowship, "Pacific Standard Time"

Deadline: November 1

Northwestern University

Medieval Art Postdoctoral Fellowship

Deadine: Nov 15

Received e-mail notification from SC chair; am on short list and will be contacted in Jan. for CAA interview (12/15) x4

Received email rejection from SC chair (12/15) x3

Terra Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship in Pre-1945 American Art

Deadline: December 1

Anyone heard anything from them on this?

They asked my references for letters that are due Jan. 4 (x2)

CAA interview scheduled via email, 1/20

University of Chicago

Terra Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship in Pre-1945 American Art

Deadline: Dec 15

Contacted by email to schedule an interview during CAA, 1/27.

Villa I Tatti, Postdoctoral Fellowship in Renaissance Studies

Deadline: Oct 15

Walters Museum Mellon 

Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellowship

Deadine: Dec 1

CASVA

Postdoctoral Fellowship

Deadine: Nov 1

anyone heard anything about the post-docs? Interviews already took place.

(2/4) What about the other CASVA research fellowships, that had the deadline of Jan 15 and start date in April? Anyone?

CASVA

Predoctoral fellowship
 * interviews for finalists are supposed to be held in Feb...anyone been asked to interview yet?


 * No, no news here. Several years ago I recall being invited in late Jan/early Feb for a mid-Feb interview
 * The committee is meeting this weekend (1/15-17)


 * Anyone know if they notified yet?
 * No idea. If anyone has heard, please post.
 * friend contacted for interview via phone. On what date? 1-25

Courtauld Institute of Art

Deadline: October

Anybody hear anything yet?

rejection letter received via email 1/27

Coe College

Two-year postdoctoral fellowship

Deadline: Jan 8

received acknowledge of "receipt of your application for the faculty position in the Art Department at Coe College" 1/22 (x2 [1/7])

out of curiousity, did you submit your materials electronically or via snail mail? i sent mine to the dean's email address but have not received any acknowlegement... 1/23

I emailed material as pdfs on 1/8.

I sent material electronically, and I received an email reply that they had been received, but it went to my spam folder on 1/6.

CAA interview scheduled: 1/26; 1/28 (via phone)x3; 2/3 (via phone)

American Academy in Rome

Predoctoral Fellowship

Postdoctoral Fellowship

Deadline: Nov 1

Interview scheduled 1/6: Did you apply for a pre- or postdoctoral fellowship? Post and predoc are being held on that date.

Islamic
Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts Open until filled

Medieval, Byzantine
Bryn Mawr

Medieval, Byzantine and Islamic

Deadline: November 30

Interview scheduled: email to schedule CAA interview, 1/21 (x4)

Received e-mail from SC Chair, requesting writing sample and syllabi - no mention of interviews or stats (12/16) x7

may I ask - are your foci more western, Byzantine or Islamic? or a mixture? -primarily western (1/6) - also western, but I did emphasize potential links to Byzantium/Islam in my cover letter (1/6) - also primarily western, but my research and course proposals emphasize contacts between western Europe, Byzantium and the Islamic world (1/8). Any news there? CAA or campus interviews? (1/19)

Case Western Reserve University

Medieval

Deadline: January 15

Interview scheduled: CAA Interview scheduled: 1/21(x1) via phone call; 1/21 (x4) via email. That was fast!

(2/3) Request for writing sample (x2)

College of William and Mary (1-year VAP)

Medieval

Deadline: Review of applications will begin Feb. 20

Interview scheduled:

College of Wooster

Ancient & Medieval

Deadline: November 16

Interview scheduled: 1/25 Any news here? 1/29: Looks like phone interview scheduled on 1/28 (see above under Ancient postings).

Manhattan College

Ancient/Medieval/Renaissance

Deadline: January 15

Interview scheduled:

^I would be very curious to hear if anyone gets a response. They posted this exact same job last year, to which I applied and never received a response (nor did I get any feedback on last year's wiki when I asked if anyone else had heard from them).

Last year's position was offered to someone who declined it. Maybe that was the case all around. So don't despair -- the fact that it is reposted indicates to me that they seriously want to hire someone.

Postcard ackn. received (1/21) x5

Mills College

Medieval/Renaissance/Baroque

Deadline: December 1

Interview scheduled:

Northwestern University

Medieval/Byzantine

Deadline: December 1

01/10: Has anyone out there received an acknowledgment of the receipt of their application?

Campus visit scheduled: Will take place in February, was notified via e-mail - first I'd heard from them, no prior acknowledgment (1/13) x3

Rejection letter received via snail-mail. (2/3/10)

Oberlin College (1-year VAP position)

Medieval

Deadline: January 4

Interview scheduled:

Ohio State University 

Medieval/Byzantine

Deadline: November 1

Interview scheduled: Email to schedule CAA interview (1/19) x9

Saint Louis University

Medieval/Northern Renaissance

Deadline: December 9

CAA Interview scheduled: 1/13 via phone call x4

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

"Pre-Modern Mediterranean World"

Deadline: December 1

Interview scheduled: Video interview with committee scheduled for late January (12/17) x 7

any news about the next stage?

Am not among those contacted for a video interview, but did get a letter dated 12/21 stating my candidacy is still under consideration. (1/7 - just back from holiday travels) x4 (1/25 still no rejection, but i see many interviews scheduled: confusing!)

What field(s), may I ask, are being considered for interviews? The search was pretty wide and I'm curious to have a sense of what they are looking at. Thanks!

early medieval and byzantine (1/20) I am a rejected early medieval byzantine (1/21) another reject, also Byzantine (1/21)

Rejected medieval/Western European, by mail 1/24

Campus Interview:
 * (2/1) phone request received for an on-campus interview x 2

Wayne State University

Medieval

Deadline: Review begins January 22, open until filled

Interview scheduled: telephone interview scheduled by telephone (1/28) x2


 * Not clear if they're doing CAA interviews - posting says that "representatives will be there to provide information."
 * I think that means they won't be doing formal interviews, but will set up a table for meet & greet - given the huge number of medieval jobs this year, perhaps this is their way to get a sense of the applicant pool and who is most interested in them...a nice idea, really.

Western Illinois University

Early Modern or Medieval

Deadline: January 28

CAA Interview Scheduled: via email 2/2

Renaissance, Baroque, Early Modern
Herron School of Art, IUPUI

Assistant Professor of Art History, 1600-1850

Due Date:

Interview scheduled: Request for additional materials (1/15) x3 CAA-Interview scheduled (1/28/10)x 2

Case Western Reserve University

Renaissance Art (Southern Europe)

Deadline: 1/15/10

Interview Scheduled: CAA interview scheduled by e-mail (1/25 x4) email to organize interview (1/26)

Mills College

European Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque

Deadline: 12/1/09

Interview Scheduled: Has anyone heard anything about this position?

Interview scheduled (1/27/10); on-campus interview scheduled (1/27 x1)

Rejection letter received via snail mail (2/4)

University of Chicago

Early Modern, 1400-1800

Deadline:

Interview Scheduled:

Any news here? CAA isn't too far off....

Anyone heard anything about this position? I fear it is canceled like their position last year.

I know they have asked at least one candidate (not me, I should say) for additional documents, so it seems the search is still on.

I think Chicago prefers to have substantial (often multiple) writing samples early in the process, so they may be requesting additional material from people whose writing samples were not substantial enough for them to get a good sense of the whole. I say this because two years ago I was asked for an additional writing sample for a different search and I do not think it was because I had made it to a second round. (My point is that people who have not been asked for additional documents should not necessarily assume they are no longer in contention).

Has this position been advertised several times prior to this year? I know I saw it last year as the person above mentioned, but I also seem to remember having seen it one or two years prior to that? Does anyone know if their searches keep getting canceled or is there some other situation going on?

Two years ago they searched for an early modernist and they hired someone who works primarily on early modern Africa (Cecile Fromont). I do not think they searched in early modern last year, though they did run two broad searches. It occurs to me also that the posting did technically have a December 15th deadline (review began October 1, full consideration for applications received by December 15), so they may also just be waiting until after then to make decisions.

Just a point of clarification on the above post: it's actually not just that "full consideration" will be given to applications received by December 15. Only those applications for which ALL materials (including the three letters of recommendation) are RECEIVED by December 15 can be considered AT ALL due to new university rules. And yes, not receiving a request for more materials does not mean you are out of the running. Applications are being considered as they arrive. Often applicants mistakenly believe they should submit published items merely because they are published, even if they are not the most representative samples of their work, so the committee will ask for something else. Or, the committee wants a second dissertation/book chapter to get a better idea of the project as a whole.

Given that the CAA conference is just around the corner, one wonders...

Well, they may be skipping CAA interviews and going straight to campus interviews. So they may be on a different schedule. Still, it would seem a strange choice, since CAA is in Chicago this year.

Any interviews scheduled?

University of San Francisco

Renaissance and Baroque (Early Modern European Art c. 1400-1800)

Deadline: 12/1/09

Interview Scheduled: via email 1/19 and request for further materials (x3)

University of Toronto

Italian Renaissance

Deadline:

Interview Scheduled: materials requested 1/10/10 (2x)

Roger Williams University

Renaissance and Baroque Art

Deadline:

Interview Scheduled: Has anyone heard anything on this position yet (aside from receiving an EEO card)?

Washington University, St. Louis

Early Modern European Art c. 1400-1800 (primary field other than Italian 1300-1600)

Deadline: 1/11/10

Interview Scheduled: CAA interview scheduled by e-mail x 2 (1/14) x 1 (1/29)

Has anyone else been contacted for an interview yet? (1/18)

Yale University

Italian Renaissance

Deadline: 1/4/09

Interview Scheduled: CAA interview scheduled via email x3

Metropolitan State College of Denver

Early Modern 1400-1800

Deadline: 2/1/10

Interview Scheduled:

Courtauld Institute

Deadline: January 29, 2010

Interview Scheduled:

(1/1) Twentieth-Century
Clemson University

Modern Art Historian

Deadline: Dec 15

Interview scheduled: CAA interview by Phone call Feb 4th

Emory University

European modernism 1880 – 1950

Deadline: January 1

Interview scheduled: received telephone call to schedule CAA interview (1/19) x3

Ithaca College

Deadline: Open until position is filled

Interview scheduled: at CAA by email (1/11)

semi-finalist status, interview for CAA scheduled by email (1/11) X 3

Oberlin College

Modern and Contemporary

It is weird to me they haven't notified anyone of anything. Seems disorganized.

Deadline: December 1

Interview scheduled:

--email receipt of materials and request for digital info (I mean they did say either/or). 12/18 x2 - also received a request for all materials to be sent digitally around 12/22-ish

Has anyone received a confirmation of receipt of materials for this search? unfortunately, no

I have recieved no acknowledge either 1/23

Interview Scheduled: (2/1) received email to schedule CAA interview (x2)

Parsons New School of Design, School Art and Design History and Theory

Deadline: Jan 1

Q: Is this different than the one in 'Architectural History' above? I didn't see anything with a Jan 1 deadline on Parsons (New School) job site.

A: I believe that Parsons is searching for more than one faculty member. There's a position in "Visual Culture" that is not focused on architecture.

--email rejection (1/25) x3

Princeton University

Visiting Assistant Professor, 20th-C Art

Anyone else having trouble finding this position on the jobs site?

Randolph College

Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Art in Europe and America

Deadline: December 31

Interview scheduled: Email for interview at CAA (1/8) x3

Reed College, Visiting Assistant Professor

Modern and Contemporary

Deadline: December 15

Received acknowledgment in the mail (11/19) (x2)

Interview scheduled: Email for interview at CAA (1/22) (x5)

University of Colorado, Denver

Deadline: January 4

received postcard acknowledgment of application (x2)

received request for additional materials via e-mail (1/15) x3

University of Florida, Gainesvile

Modern and Contemporary

Deadline: January 4

Interview scheduled:

references received email request for letters (1/20) x2

Interview requested by phone (1/22): x3

University of Louisville

Deadline: January 8

Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Art in Europe

Interview scheduled: email to schedule CAA interview (1/20) x4; email request for interview (1/29)

Information: A member of the studio faculty has reported to me that they are interviewing 17 people!

really? that is out of control! why would they do that to themselves?!

I thought that 12-20 CAA interviews were standard. No? A: No way. Most schools narrow their first short list down to 8-10 candidates. 17 is a *lot*. Be prepared for the committee to be very tired, and don't take it personally if they forget your name/specialty!

University of Missouri

Modern European Art, late-nineteenth to mid-twentieth century

Deadline: December 14

received e-mail requesting letters of reference (12/28) x2

Interview Scheduled: received e-mail to schedule CAA interview (1/19) x3

University of Pennsylvania

Sachs Professorship in Contemporary Art (open rank)

Deadline: Open until filled

Interview scheduled: phone call to schedule CAA interview (1/29) x2

--email request sent to references for letters (12/17)

did anyone else's references receive this request? -- yes (x5)

did anyone by chance NOT receive this request? I did not but had my references sent from the get-go

--(1/18) I received the above mentioned letter a couple days ago. I didn't interpret it as an interview request, just a letter sent out (late) acknowleding (presumably, the languge is vague) their request for references and that the process is still underway

- I received the letter today (1/19) Anyone who did not?

-I received the letter on Saturday (1/16), as well as an email today saying that they are "in the process of requesting additional materials from some applicants" and asking me to ensure that my publications and letters have been uploaded to the website (they already were) x2

University of Wisconsin -- Parkside 

19th & 20th Century European and American Art

Deadline: December 1

Phone interview scheduled for Jan. 7-8. (x2) (Q: When did you receive this notification? A: Dec. 23)

Have other semi-finalists heard anything?

On-campus interview invitation by email 1/22

West Texas A&M University

Deadline: December 1

Interview scheduled: contacted by email (1/26) to schedule CAA interview (x3)