Anglophone 2011

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American University (DC) - 2 Positions
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"The Department of Literature in the College of Arts and Sciences at American University seeks to hire two tenure-track Assistant Professors with expertise in some aspect of world literature to begin Fall 2011. We have particular interest in scholars of the literature from the following geographical areas: Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, South Asia and the Caribbean. We welcome approaches informed by post-colonial theory, transnationalism and diaspora studies, literature and cinema studies, poetics, and translation theory."

Deadline: Applications must be received by November 1, 2010.

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 * Cross-posted at Comparative 2011

Ashland University (OH)
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"Ashland University seeks candidates for a tenure-track, Assistant Professor of English in postcolonial literature with ability to teach gender studies beginning August 2011. Ph.D. in hand by August 2011 and evidence of teaching excellence at the college level required. Commitment to first-year composition is essential. Secondary areas in African American literature and poetics desired. Responsibilities include 21-hour teaching load, active scholarly agenda, university service and student advising."

Deadline: Applications will be reviewed beginning Nov. 1.

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Boise State
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"tenure-track assistant professor in 20th/21st Century Post-Colonial literature, with expertise in critical theory . . . *Research focus on postmodern period strongly preferred *Ability to teach courses in British or American literature desirable"

Deadline: Review of applications received by October 15, 2010 will begin immediately. Applications received after that date may be considered if the position is not filled from the initial applicant pool.

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Dickinson College (PA)
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tenure-track Assistant Professor in new/postcolonial literatures in English, with particular interest in film studies.

"A strong secondary area of interest is an asset in a department where there will be opportunities to teach outside the candidate's primary area of interest, including drama and the history and structure of the English language."

Deadline: Nov. 5, 2010

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Duke University
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"The Duke University English Department is searching for an assistant professor (tenure track) with expertise in the contemporary British/Anglophone literatures of the late twentieth and twenty-first centuries. We particularly welcome candidates with research and teaching interests in the parallel fields of world literature, global modernism, and contemporary media and science studies."

Deadline: The deadline for applications is October 22, 2010

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 * Cross-posted at Modern British 2011

Gordon College of Georgia
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Gordon College announces a tenure-track position in English beginning in August 2011. The successful candidate will teach undergraduate courses in composition and literature; appropriate scholarship and service contributions are expected. Minimum requirements include a Ph.D. in English; preference will be given to candidates with a specialization in African-American literature or post-colonial literature and experience teaching at the college level. For a complete description of the position, the division, and the college, and to apply for the position, visit http://jobs.gdn.edu.

Deadline: Review of applications will begin on December 1, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled.

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 * Cross-posted at African American 2011 & Generalist 2011

Hobart and William Smith Colleges (NY)
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"The Department of English and Comparative Literature at Hobart and William Smith Colleges invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track position as Assistant Professor in World Anglophone Literatures, emphasizing indigenous and diasporic literatures of any of the following: Pacific Rim, Africa, East Asia, the Americas, and/or the Caribbean. Additional expertise in Literature and Technology or Film is desirable.

The teaching load is five courses a year, one of which will be a section of the introductory course to the English major. The Colleges have a generous leave and sabbatical policy.

We encourage applications that show a strong theoretical orientation in literary, artistic, social, cultural, and/or global perspectives.

We seek broad competencies that will allow the faculty member to work with faculty from other departments in our general curriculum and to cross-list courses with our interdisciplinary programs (see catalogue; these include, for example, Women's Studies, Africana Studies, Environmental Studies, Media and Society). PhD should be in hand or completed by July 2011."

Deadline: Deadline for receipt of applications is November 5, 2010.

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Indiana Wesleyan University (IWU)
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"faculty member with specialization in World or Multicultural Literature, 20th and 21st century British literature, and/or postcolonial literature."

Deadline: ? (posted on HigherEdJobs.com on 9/11/10)

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 * Cross-posted at Modern British 2011


 * "Founded in 1920, Indiana Wesleyan University (IWU) is an evangelical Christian comprehensive university of The Wesleyan Church. . . is recognized as a certified “Best Christian Workplace”."

Ithaca College
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(Vacancy ID: 002983)

Asst. Professor: "full-time, tenure-eligible position in world/postcolonial literatures"

Deadline: Review of application will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. Interviews to be held at the MLA convention in Los Angeles, CA, January 6-9, 2011.

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NOTES: Website seems to imply there is a 4/3 teaching load. Anyone know if this is still accurate?

Lehigh U.
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Assistant Professor: Eighteenth-Century Anglophone Literature and Culture

"We are particularly interested in candidates whose research and teaching focuses on intersections among anglophone literatures, including those of England, the Americas, Ireland, India, the Carribean."

Deadline: Oct. 22, 2010

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 * Cross-posted at Restoration/18th-Century 2011

Lehman College of the City University of New York
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Post-Colonial and/or Ethnic American specialist to teach undergraduate and graduate courses in African and African-American Literature, Latin American and Carribean Literature, Contemporary Urban Writers, Western Traditions, and/or New World Literatures as well as composition.

Deadline: Open until filled with review of resumes to begin on 9/29/10

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Cross-posted at Other Ethnic American 2011

North Central College (IL)
"North Central College invites applications for a tenure-track position in English with expertise in 20th-century literature, British or Anglophone, to begin Fall, 2011. A Ph.D. must be in hand by September 1, 2011. The successful candidate will have a strong commitment to excellence in teaching in a liberal arts setting and to scholarly activity. The position includes teaching literature and composition courses and offers opportunities to participate in North Central's interdisciplinary programs. Appointment at the rank of assistant professor is anticipated, but higher rank may be considered for suitably qualified candidates."

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Deadline: Review of applications will begin November 26, 2010, and continue until the position is filled

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Northwestern University
From MLA JIL: ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN 20TH AND 21ST CENTURY TRANSNATIONAL LITERATURE AND CULTURE

"The English Department seeks outstanding junior candidates for a tenure–track position in transnational, comparative ethnic, and cross-cultural approaches to 20th and 21st century literature and culture. We welcome applicants with expertise in any genre or critical methodology and are particularly interested in scholars who work with non-U.S. texts and traditions. The ability to teach post-war British literature is a plus, although not required."

Deadline: November 8

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 * Cross-posted at Comparative 2011 & Modern British 2011

NYU (AFRICAN DIASPORIC LITERATURES)
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"The Department of Comparative Literature seeks to appoint a scholar specializing in African diasporic literatures and cultures. Preference for scholars working comparatively across fields that may include African, African-American, and Caribbean literatures and cultures. We contemplate appointing at the rank of assistant professor (tenure-track) or associate professor (tenured), but will consider more senior scholars as well. Appointment will begin September 1, 2011, pending budgetary and administrative approval. Review of applications will begin October 1, 2010, and continue until the search is concluded. Applications received by November 1, 2010, have the best chance of being fully considered. To apply, see the NYU Department of Comparative Literature’s web site at http://complit.as.nyu.edu. Instructions can be found under the home page link “Employment.”

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Penn State York
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"Assistant Professor of English (tenure-track, 36 weeks). RESPONSIBILITIES: Teach the literature and culture of the Black Atlantic, with specialization in African-American or Anglophone African literatures. Secondary responsibilities include introductory composition and disciplinary writing. Teaching load is three courses each semester."

Deadline: Application review begins November 8.

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Rutgers University, New Brunswick
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"The Department of English at Rutgers (New Brunswick) seeks a tenure track assistant professor in Global Anglophone/Post-Colonial Literatures. Successful candidate must have the Ph.D. in hand (in English or a related field) by Fall 2011, and be ready to take on duties including undergraduate and graduate teaching and research. Send application letter, dissertation abstract, curriculum vitae, three letters of recommendation (or dossier), and a writing sample no later than November 1 through Interfolio (http://www.interfolio.com)."

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Salisbury University (MD)
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Job Title: Asst. Professor of British Commonwealth and Postcolonial Literatures

Description: "The department is looking for a candidate who can diversify literature course offerings as well as teach our current British literature courses."

Deadline: November 1, 2010

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Stony Brook University (NY)
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Assistant Professor: "Required Qualifications: Ph.D. in or at hand by September 1, 2011. Specialization in post-1945 British or Global Anglophone literature. Preferred Qualifications: Additional expertise in minority British literature, or post-colonial theory, or literatures of the African Diaspora."

Deadline: Open until filled.

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Towson U. (MD)
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Assistant Professor of Global and Postcolonial Literature

"Areas of specialization may include comparative literature, world literature, transnational literature, and postcolonial theory."

Deadline: November 8, 2010

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University of Arkansas, Little Rock
The English Department at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock invites applications for a tenure-track position in Ethnic Literatures at the rank of Assistant Professor (R99381). The applicant should have a primary emphasis in African American, Chicana/o, or Latino/a literatures, and will be expected to teach African American Literature, the core survey of world literature and a variety of other courses, and will have the opportunity to develop new courses. Desired secondary emphases include post-colonial and Anglophone literatures, literary theory, and film studies. The applicant will also be expected to serve on committees, assist with departmental advising, and publish in peer-reviewed journals and books.

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Deadline: Screening of applications will begin November 19, 2010.

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 * Cross-posted at African American 2011 & Other Ethnic American 2011

University of British Columbia (Vancouver, Canada)
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Assistant Professor (Anglophone World/Postcolonial Literatures)

Deadline: October 15, 2010

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University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
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"The Department of English at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign is searching for a full-time, tenure-track appointment at the assistant professor level or tenured appointment at associate level in British and/or anglophone modern and contemporary literature."

Deadline: 11/08/2010

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 * Cross-posted at Modern British 2011

University of Pittsburgh
From MLA JIL:

"The Department of English of the University of Pittsburgh invites applications at the level of Assistant Professor for a position in the field of anglophone postcolonial/global south literary and cultural studies. We seek candidates capable of addressing, in both their scholarship and teaching, a diverse range of programmatic interests across cultural and critical studies at Pitt. We particularly welcome applications from candidates who in addition to postcolonial studies also work in comparative literature or creative writing. Teaching load is normally 4 courses per year. Salaries competitive. Tenure is awarded for excellence in research, teaching, and service. PhD required by September 1, 2011. Applicants should send letter and curriculum vita no later than November 5 to John Twyning, Chair, Department of English, University of Pittsburgh, 526 Cathedral of Learning, Pittsburgh, PA 15260. We will ask for a writing sample and references at a later stage of the review. We plan to interview at the MLA in Los Angeles."

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 * Cross-posted at Comparative 2011