European History 2011-12

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Last year's (2010-11) Jobs

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What's your employment status?

 * ABD: 8
 * Postdoc:
 * VAP: 3
 * Adjuncting PhD: 3
 * TT but looking for a new job: 1
 * Employed in academia (Tenured or TT) but reading out of curiosity:
 * Fully employed outside of academia: 1
 * Unemployed PhD: 1

Specialization breakdown
TOTAL: 18<--- Remember to update Total!
 * Ancient:
 * Medieval: 2
 * Medieval/Renaissance/Early Modern: 2
 * Early Modern: 4
 * Modern: 2
 * British (early modern): 1
 * British/British Empire (modern): 2
 * French: 2
 * German (early modern):
 * German (modern): 2
 * Russian: 1
 * Spain (medieval/early modern):
 * Spain (modern): 1
 * Italy (modern):

California State University, Los Angeles

 * POSITION: Ancient History: Tenure-track Assistant Professorship; area of specialization open.
 * STARTING DATE: Fall 2012
 * File review will begin December 1, 2011, and will continue until position is filled.

Murray State

 * Assistant Professor of the History of the Ancient World, Department of History, Murray State University. Full-time, nine-month, tenure-track position to begin August, 2012. Doctorate in history. ABDs with a documented plan of completion by appointment date will be considered. Major research and/or teaching fields must be in the history of the Ancient World. Ability to teach survey courses in World Civilizations required. Ability to teach medieval and religious studies desired. Responsibilities include 12-hour teaching load each semester, research, and professional service.
 * Application Deadline: September 22, 2011. To Apply: Please visit http://www.murraystatejobs.com Send three current letters of recommendation addressing qualifications to Ancient World Search, Department of History, 6B Faculty Hall, Murray, KY 42071-3341.

University of San Diego

 * Tenure-track assistant professor in ancient history, with a specialization in Rome and/or Greece. In addition to specialized courses on Rome and Greece, the department will expect the successful applicant to teach survey courses. Secondary areas might include, but are not restricted to, world history, gender and sexuality, medicine and science, and the rise of Islam in the Near East. Candidates should specify all areas in which they could teach.
 * Mail materials to: Maureen Byrnes, Department of History, University of San Diego, 5998 AlcalÃ¡ Park, San Diego 92110-2492. Applicants must also register at http://apptrkr.com/197607, job number IRC4429. Applications must be received by November 1, 2011.

Illinois State University

 * Tenure-track assistant professor in medieval European history
 * Specialization is open, though candidates should be qualified to teach Western Civilization to 1500. Doctoral dissertation must be defended by 3/1/12.
 * Deadline: Nov. 20

Marquette University

 * Assistant Prof. in Late Antique/Early Medieval History "with a teaching field in Ancient Greece and Rome"
 * "the department particularly encourages applications from historians who examine connections between medieval Europe and other cultures (for instance, the Byzantine or Islamicate)"
 * "Teaching load is five courses per academic year, including the survey in western civilization"
 * Deadline: 31 Oct. 2011

University of Notre Dame

 * Tenured Assoc. or Assist. Prof in Western Medieval History
 * Any region/specialty excluding "those falling in Byzantine or Middle Eastern History"
 * Deadline: 15 Oct. 2011

Williams College, MA

 * TT Assistant Professor in the history of the medieval world
 * Ideally will be able to teach either geographically broader than the European continent, or chronologically further (i.e. to Early Modern period)
 * Deadline: 31 October 2011

Western Oregon University

 * Tenure track assistant professor "with a specialization in Medieval Europe and the ability to teach Early Modern European History."
 * Review begins: 15 Nov. 2011

Bates College

 * tenure-track position in the history of Early Modern continental Europe (1400-1789)
 * Review of applications begins October 10 and will continue until the position has been filled. Submit electronically, in PDF format, a letter of application, curriculum vitae, and unofficial graduate-school transcripts. Please arrange with three recommenders to send letters in PDF format or Word. Send all materials to [mailto:academicservices@bates.edu academicservices@bates.edu]. Please include in the subject line your last name and History R2514.

Leiden University

 * University lecturer "in any area of early modern European history."
 * Review begins: 30 Sept. 2011
 * Requires teaching in Dutch.
 * http://vacatures.leidenuniv.nl/wetenschappelijk/11-181.html

Pennsylvania State University

 * Tenure track assistant professorship in the HIstory of Early Modern Europe (1475-1700), excluding Britain
 * pending budgetary approval
 * Deadline: 1 Nov. 2011

Scripps College

 * Scripps College, a women’s liberal arts college with a strong interdisciplinary tradition, seeks to hire a scholar of Renaissance or Early Modern Europe at the tenure-track, assistant professor level. The position will begin in the 2012-2013 academic year, pending approval.
 * Field of expertise and geographical focus are open; applicants are expected to have the Ph.D. at the time of appointment. Teaching load is five courses for the year, in addition to advising on senior theses. Participation in the Core Curriculum in Interdisciplinary Humanities is expected.
 * Deadline for submission of applications is November 1, 2011. Applicants should submit the following materials online at https://academicjobsonline.org: letter of application, CV, and three letters of recommendation. For questions other than the submission of applications, contact Professor Andrew Aisenberg electronically at [mailto:aaisenbe@scrippscollege.edu historysearch@scrippscollege.edu].

Swarthmore College

 * Tenure track assistant professorship in Early Modern European History, any region except Russia
 * "We welcome candidates with wider global research and teaching interests, including Europe’s relationship to the Atlantic or Indian Oceans, or the Caribbean Sea, as well as histories of gender and sexuality, science and the environment, or comparative empires. We are especially interested in candidates who can contribute to one or more of these interdisciplinary programs: Latin American Studies, Gender & Sexuality Studies, or Environmental Studies"
 * Deadline: 1 Nov. 2011

Modern
Anyone have any thoughts on this? Weren't there about three times as many jobs by this point last year? For those of us doing modern Western Europe, there don't seem to be any jobs yet, at all... (sorry if this is posted in the wrong place)

I agree. Looks dire so far.

Hunter College

 * Tenure track appointment in Modern European History
 * Specialism in: "Russia/Soviet Union; East-Central Europe (not including Germany); Southern and/or South-Eastern Europe (not including France)."
 * Review begins: 15 Nov. 2011

National University of Singapore

 * Tenure track appointment in Modern European History
 * Must be able to teach/contribute to World History and World Civilization survey courses
 * Deadline: 30 Sept. 2011
 * Intended start date: January 2012

Mississippi State University

 * Tenure track appointment in 19th or 20th C European History
 * "Successful applicant must be able to participate decisively in one or more of the department’s three Nodes of Excellence: History of Science and Technology; International Security/Internal Safety; and Agriculture, Rural and Environmental History."
 * Deadline: 28 Oct. 2011
 * Ha ha! Same job as last year, with all those dramatic AHA interviews? What the heck happened?
 * No-- this year they are looking for a modern Germanist. Last year they were looking for a French historian.
 * Where is this specialism information coming from? I can't see anything specifying a Germanist in the advert (either linked or on MSU's own jobs page) AFII 14:20, August 30, 2011 (UTC)
 * I think someone got confused: Last year, both Georgia Southern & MSU hired French historians (both after frightening interview processes). This year they are both advertizing for a Modern European position. But only Georgia Southern specified that they wanted a German historian. Perhaps the above poster got the two schools confused?
 * What the hell is a "node of excellence"?
 * It's a tumerous academic growth that, if not operated on quickly, can metastasize into a "center of excellence."
 * Funny! But from what I can tell, MSU wants to have clusters of very specific specialities, and they want job candidates to really talk about how their research fits into that specialty.

Pomona College

 * Tenure track assistant professorship in Modern European History "with a focus on 19th or 20th century Northern European (Scandinavian, Russian/Soviet, or Baltic) history"
 * Review begins: 1 Nov. 2011
 * Pomona will be interviewing at the AHA.

Troy State University

 * The Assistant/Associate Professor position in History is a full-time, 10-month renewable contract, tenure track position and will be responsible for teaching introductory courses in Western Civilization and upper division courses on Modern Europe (seventeenth century to present). This position also includes administrative responsibilities such as advising students, scheduling history courses, recruiting students for the program, attending faculty meetings, and attending required Region meetings for faculty. The position begins August 2012. The possibility of additional summer and online teaching exists.
 * Minimum Qualifications: Doctoral degree or ABD close to completion (must possess a PhD in History by May 2012)
 * Preferred Qualifications: Some degree of graduate specialization in an area such as western intellectual, cultural or social history, or history of Africa
 * Closing Date: 12-15-2011

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor - Modern European Jewish History
(cross listed at Non-Geographic/Methodologically Oriented and Jewish Studies and Israel Studies pages)
 * Jointly held senior position in History and Judaic Studies as Professor of Modern European Jewish History. Specialization is open but historians working in the “long” twentieth century are preferred. We seek a scholar comfortable in interdisciplinary dialogue with broad intellectual interests, possessing an ability to teach a full range of Jewish history courses in the modern era and provide seminars utilizing primary sources. Linguistic training should include Hebrew and at least one other language (such as Yiddish, Russian, Polish, Czech, German, or Hungarian, etc).
 * Deadline: no later than Oct. 31

Université du Québec à Montréal

 * Assistant/Associate/Full Professor de Histoire de l’Europe contemporaine (19ème siècle)
 * Fluency in spoken and written French essential
 * Deadline: 30 Sept. 2011
 * https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=42737

Furman University

 * Tenure-track assistant professorship in eighteenth- or nineteenth-century British history. A secondary field in the French Revolution is preferred. Applicants should have completed their Ph.D. by the start of the appointment in August 2012. Furman operates on a semester system, with a five-course teaching load for the year.
 * Applications received by November 1, 2011 will receive full consideration.

UC Santa Cruz

 * Position announced in Chronicle 7/20/11: History: Europe/British Empire - Asst. or Assoc. Professor
 * Deadline 14 Nov. Instructions at http://apo.ucsc.edu/academic_employment/jobs/325-12.pdf

Columbia University

 * Tenure track assistant professor in the French Revolution
 * "Candidates should have research and teaching interests in the Enlightenment and Old Regime origins, outbreak, and/or development of the French Revolution, but applications are welcome from scholars concerned with broader contexts or with the aftermath of the events, including their continental, trans-Atlantic, and global repercussions"
 * PhD must be in hand by July 2012
 * Review of Applications begins 1 Sept. 2011

University of Pittsburgh

 * Tenure-stream assistant professor in French and French colonial history pending budgetary approval
 * "...specializing in any period between the 17thand early 19thcenturies. Individuals with interests in political, social, economic, cultural history and the history of ideas are encouraged to apply."
 * Deadline: 15 Oct. 2011

German History
Noch nicht...

a.k.a. Hartz IV

Mississippi State (listed above) is looking for a Germanist even though the announcement states "Modern Europe"

Are we sure about this? The ad doesn't mention a preference for a German historian. And MSU already has an accomplished historian of modern Germany on the faculty.

National University of Ireland - Galway

 * Lecturer (below the bar) in History; specialism must be Irish History post-1850, but candidate will be expected to teach some modern British history too.
 * "Applications are especially welcome from candidates with research and teaching interests in the following areas: Irish cultural history; Ireland and the wider world; Ireland post-1945; and Irish economic history."
 * SHORT Deadline: 18 Aug 2011.

UC Santa Cruz

 * Position announced in Chronicle 7/20/11: History: Europe/Russian-Soviet - Asst. or Assoc. Professor
 * Deadline: Oct. 3. Details at: http://apo.ucsc.edu/academic_employment/jobs/525-12.pdf

University of Louisville

 * Tenure-track Assistant Professor in the history of Russia and/or Eastern Europe, any era.
 * Deadline: November 11, 2011
 * What is the teaching load?

Hunter College

 * one or more of the following European fields: Russia/Soviet Union; East-Central Europe (not including Germany); Southern and/or South-Eastern Europe (not including France)
 * tenure-track
 * Deadline: Nov. 15