Religious Studies 2009-2010

Religious Studies 2009-2010

Please list advertised positions, with updates as they occur, including acknowledgments of receipt, phone interviews, campus interviews, offers, and names of those hired.

Just out of curiosity, how many people are using this site? 11

Avila University - Religious Studies/Comparative Religion
 * Acknowledgment of receipt by mail (10/21)

Bard College - Islam Barnard College - Islam
 * AAR interview invitation (24 Oct) (x1)
 * Has anybody heard anything about interviews for Barnard? Will they interview at AAR or MESA?

haven't heard anything from them as yet (27th Oct.)

Baylor - World Religions
 * Position no longer advertised.

Birmingham-Southern - South Asian Religions
 * AAR Interview Invitation (10/28)

Bradley University (Deadline 1/10) - Biblical Studies Brown University- Religion and Critical Thought
 * Acknowledgment of receipt by mail - Oct. 15
 * Expect to identify finalists in early February and conclude search by late Feb/early March.
 * App received email (16 Oct) (x1)

Carleton- Global Christianity
 * App received email (6 Oct) (x1)

Claremont School of Theology - Interreligious Education
 * Acknowledgment of receipt via email (10/2)

College of William and Mary (Deadline: 11/2) - Christianity

email that the search has been cancelled (10/21)

Creighton University - Theology (Comparative/Contextual)

Dartmouth College - Religions in America

Elon - South Asian Religions (Deadline: 10/20)

Georgia State University - Islam (review begins 16 Oct)
 * App received email (14 Oct) (x1)

Gustavus Adolphus (Deadline: 10/15) - Hebrew Bible

Hope College - World Religions

Iowa State University - Religious Studies

Iowa Weselyan (Deadline: 11/6) - Bible, etc.
 * This is a repeat of a failed search from Spring 2009
 * failed due to budget issues or couldn't find appropriate candidate?
 * They interviewed 3 and made an offer to 1. That person eventually declined. It was so late in the year that they decided to start again this year. - email received 7/2

Judson University (Deadline:11/3) - Old Testament

Kalamazoo College (Deadline: 10/2) - Hebrew Bible/New Testament/Early Christianity/Second Temple
 * AAR interview invitation (10/18) (x3)

Knox College - Religion and Culture
 * Acknowledgment of receipt - Sept. 14

Lafayette (Deadline: 10/20) - African Religions

Lindenwood University - Religion (Biblical Studies/Christian theology)

Middlebury College - Christianity Middlebury College - Hinduism/South Asian
 * Acknowledgment of receipt by mail - Oct. 14
 * Acknowledgment of receipt - Oct. 4
 * AAR Interview Invitation (10/20)

Montana State - Bozeman (Deadline: 10/16) - Theory of Religion

Northwestern (Deadline: Oct 2) - Hebrew Bible

They actually sent out a letter last week to say they are looking through apps and welcoming questions about the search. Rare, indeed. Did anybody else get nominated/invited to apply for this?

Pacific Lutheran - Comparative Religion/Asian Religions Pacific Lutheran (Deadline: 10/15) - New Testament
 * Acknowledgement of receipt - Oct. 7
 * Ackowledgement of receipt - Oct 15

Phillips Theological Seminary - Hebrew Bible

Princeton - Religion in America

Rutgers
 * Acknowledgement of Receipt - Oct. 12

Sacred Heart School of Theology (Deadline 12/1) - Old Testament/Hebrew Scriptures

Scranton (Deadline: 11/1) - Old Testament

This same search was run in 2007-2008.

Seattle Pacific University (Deadline 11/15) - Biblical Studies

Seattle University (Deadline: 10/15) - New Testament & Christian Origins
 * Acknowledgment of receipt - Oct 15

Seattle University (Dept. Theology) (Deadline: 10/15) - Hebrew Bible
 * Acknowledgment of receipt - Oct 9

Seattle University (School of Theology) (Deadline:  10/15) - Hebrew Bible

University of Puget Sound (Deadline: 10/15) - Jewish or Islamic Studies

University of South Carolina (Deadline: 10/1) - Early Christianity/Christian Scriptures
 * Acknowledgment of receipt - Oct 16
 * Video conferences first-round interviews scheduled 10/19, 20, 27. No AAR or SBL interviews.
 * (This seems really fast! When were the interviews scheduled?)
 * Email received 10/16 with dates above given as options.
 * Finalists to be contacted beginning of November. Campus visits before SBL.

University of South Carolina Upstate - Religion (Christianity)

University of Toronto at Mississauga (Deadline: 11/30) - Women's/Gender Studies and Religion (specialization open)

Valdosta State University (Deadline: 11/15) - World Religions/New Testament/History of Christianity/Women's & Gender/Judaism/Hebrew Bible. . . Islam/Philosophy (in other words can you please teach everything)

Westminster College (Deadline: 10/16) - Biblical Studies/World Religions

Westminster Theological Seminary (11/1) - Old Testament

Wheaton College (Deadline: 10/2) - Old Testament
 * Rejection letter received via email - 10/9

Wooster - South Asian Religions Xavier (Deadline: 10/9) - New Testament Yale Divinity School (Deadline: 11/1) - Biblical Hebrew
 * Acknowledgement of receipt - Oct. 10
 * AAR Interview Invitation (10/28)
 * Acknowledgement of receipt - 10/22

Young Harris College - Religious Studies
 * Email acknowledgment of receipt (10/20)

Youngstown State University - Asian Religions
 * Job canceled per email from AAR Career Center - 10/28