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Campus Visit Scheduled:

Offer Made:

Offer Accepted by ...

Brown University (Egyptology)
campus visits scheduled for mid Feb

Bryn Mawr College (Greek)
Request for recommendations and writing sample 11.30.07 (em) Interviews at AIA (1/08)

6 finalists invited to campus

College of William and Mary (Roman)
Conducted interview at AIA '''Job offer made & accepted. (2.15.08)'''

Fordham University (Greek/Roman/Late Antique)
Email request (received 12.17.07) for short writing sample, syllabi, and meeting at Lincoln Center Campus on 2.2.08 (update submitted by a candidate resident in NYC.) Email request for writing sample, syllabi, and interview at CAA (12.17.07)

McMaster University (Greek)
APA interview notification (em) - 12.04.07 Campus visit notification (em) - 1.15.08

Northwestern University (Mellon Fellowship)
Conducted interviews at the APA (1/08) Rejection email (1/24/07)

Reed College (one-year replacement)
Request for interview at CAA (1/29/08, email)

UC Berkeley/Nemea Center for Classical Archaeology (Greek)
Interviews at AIA (1/08)

University of Toronto (Greek; Assistant/Associate)
Request for unreceived recommendations; notification that the SC would meet "in the next few days" 11.21.07 (em) Committee wil meet on Wed., 1.23.08, to select finalists.

Middle Tennessee State University (Medieval and/or Renaissance)
1st round telephone interview requested: Oct. 30 2007

Request for on-campus interview: Dec. 10

UC Berkeley (Medieval)
Application Deadline: 15 November

Seem to have candidates giving talks on Jan 23-Feb 5th.

UCLA (Western Medieval)
Application Deadline: 15 November

On Campus Invitations Extended 12/4

Search cancelled because no suitable candidate found 2/7

UNC Chapel Hill (European Medieval/Early Modern, 1000-1700)
Application Deadline: 1 December

CAA interview scheduled by phone 1/15/08

Campus interviews scheduled 2/23/08

James Madison University (Medieval and Renaissance)
Application Deadline: 1 December

CAA Interview Scheduled: arranged by phone on 12.18.07

University of Virginia (Medieval)
Application Deadline: 9 January. Email request for CAA interview and reference letters (2.1.08).

Telephone call for CAA interview (2/6/08)

Have campus visits been scheduled? (2/28/08)

Phone call to schedule campus visits in 2nd and 3rd week of March (2/29/08).

Ohio State University (Byzantine/Medieval)
Application Deadline: 14 January;

CAA interview notification sent by email (2.4.08)

Has anyone received a confirmation that their application has been received? (2/6/08) Yes CAA interview but no initial confirmation of receipt.

Rejection letter received by mail (2/15/08) x3

Campus visits scheduled (02/23/08

State University of New York at New Paltz (Islamic and Medieval)
Application Deadline: 15 January

Acknowledged receipt of application via letter (1/11/08)

Any word on interviews at CAA or otherwise? (2/11/08). Not a word (2/12/08) x 5.

E-mail invitation for CAA interview (2/15/08) x 4

California State University, Chico (Ancient Mediterranean or Medieval Art)
Application Deadline: 31 January Email request to schedule phone interview for Feb. 4/5 with request for recommendations and teaching evaluations (2.1.08). Phone request for campus visit (2.11.08).

Princeton University (Medieval Art and Architecture, Visiting Assistant Professor)
Application Deadline: 15 February

Drew University (Medieval / Islamic)
Application Deadline: 15 February Confirmation letter for receipt of application, noting: "We will be reviewing applications during the month of February." (2.12.08)

Has anyone else NOT heard anything from them? I applied in early January. (2/28/08)

nothing (2/28/08) x 2

They seem to be more on the ball with the Modernist search (see below)

California State University, Long Beach (Islamic and either S. Asian or Medieval)
Receipt of application via e-mail (1/3/08); any updates (2.14.08)? Not a word (2/15/08).

Hmm. You may want to call HR and see if the search has been pulled. I applied for it last year, but it lost its funding. They changed the area of expertise this year, too.

This search, along with one for design history that they'd advertised, has been removed from their Website: http://www.csulb.edu/divisions/aa/personnel/jobs/cota/

Yes, but that could be because they are no longer accepting applications - I have run into this with other universities to which I have applied this year, but the searches are still ongoing. Just give Human Resources a call and ask. If the search has been cancelled, they will know.

Brown University
1/2 Anyone heard anything about this?

yes: campus visits scheduled for mid Feb (22 January 2008)

Request for letters of support 2/15/08. Will not hold CAA interviews

A bit confused: how are they holding campus interviews and asking for letter of support at the same time?

Yes, confusing. Are they expanding the search? Pure speculation.

They are bringing in candidates from each of the three fields. That might be why there is some confusion references interviews (perhaps a different timetable for each field).

Smith (post-doc)
Has anyone been contacted for CAA interviews? (Their acknowledgement letter mentioned selecting candidates by end of January)

CAA Interview Scheduled:(received e-mail/ 1/31/08)

Rutgers (Islamic history and/or Islamic art history)
Has anyone heard from them? (1/25/08)

not a word...(1/25/08)

Looks like campus visits have been scheduled: web site lists events that appear to be job talks.

Yes, two candidates--from MIT and UPenn

Please give weblink...

http://arthistory.rutgers.edu/events/events.php (see two talks under Past Events)

Drew University (Medieval / Islamic)
Application Deadline: 15 February See above under "Medieval"

UC - Irvine, Chinese and/or Korean art
Application Deadline: 1 November

Offer made.

UC - Santa Cruz, Assistant Professor, Asian Visual Culture
Application Deadline: 1 November

Has anyone heard from them?

Not a word (2/9)

Campus interviews scheduled for late Feb. early March

could you tell me when the campus visits were scheduled?


 * 2/14/08 - rejection letter via snailmail - ca. 75 applicants

Louisiana State University, Asian art history
Request for CAA interview by email (2/8/08)

Roger Williams, Asian
Application Deadline: January 15

Contacted by email for CAA interview (2/17)

UNC Chapel Hill, East Asian
Application Deadline: 15 November Has anyone heard from them?

University of Chicago, Japanese
Campus interviews scheduled for early Feb

University of Toronto, Scarborough, Asian or Islamic Modern/Contemporary
Campus interviews in early Feb

University of St Thomas, East Asia or Americas
Request for CAA interview by phone (1/9/08)

University of Washington-Seattle, Chinese Art
Application Deadline: 4 January

Has anyone heard from them?

Institute of Fine Arts, NYU, Chinese Art
how could there be no information yet on here about this job. hello people! Its IFA! So, whats the scoop?

Four candidates shortlisted, job talks began 2/19

I doubt that folks in the running for this job are using the wiki

No, but students attending the job talks are.

Yes, but it isn't very cool to post names of other folks (and I have no idea who the candidates are)

Huh? What are you talking about?

Princeton University
Campus visit scheduled for Jan. 17th

Alfred University (pref.given to Ren-Baroque)
App deadline: Jan 15, 2008

American University of Rome (Renaissance/Baroque)
First-round phone interviews held 12/13-12/14 (12/15/2007)

Invitation to submit references sent by e-mail, 12/16 (12/16/2007)

Campus visit invitation (12/19/07)

Campus visit scheduled 2/13/08

Augustana College (Renaissance)
Application Deadline: Dec. 7, 2007

Invitation by phone for campus interview in January (12/22/07)

Rejection letter received (1/14/08)

Offer made and accepted, though I wasn't told who took it (2/24/08)

Buffalo State College (Ren-Bar)
Application Deadline: Nov 1 2007

Letters of Recommendation Requested: Nov. 28

Request for telephone interview by both phone and e-mail (Jan. 25)

Have they scheduled on campus interviews yet?

I asked for a time frame after my phone interview - they basically did not tell me anything, just that there were more interviews the following week, then the deliberations, but no firm idea as to when campus interviews would take place. I figure they are waiting til after CAA.

Thanks.

Campus interview scheduled (2/21)- but, they are way down on my list. It's pretty tacky asking someone to front up the money for a plane ticket one week after CAA.


 * I really wouldn't discount a school on these grounds. At my (private, high-end) university, it is impossible to get a purchase order processed in time to get the university travel agent to do anything in less than two weeks--often longer. It's a very difficult process to pay for travel not already completed. Maybe our Business School can do this, but not us. I imagine the process may be even more complicated at a state university. It's probably not lack of courtesy on the part of the committee or department.

That's a good point - one that I had not considered.

Yes, it is totally standard for schools to reimburse you for expenses rather than pay for them up front. See Surviving your Academic Job Hunt by Kathryn Hume for this and other tips about how the campus interview works.

I've been on the job market four years. This is the first time anyone has asked me to pay for my plane ticket, and I have had at least three campus visits on short notice in the past. Most departments have a credit card to handle this sort of thing. Plus, I have heard horror stories from people who never get reimbursed or had to wait six months for their check. What are you supposed to do if four universities call you for campus visits, and they all make you pay your plane ticket up front? I haven't got that kind of money. Unfortunately, this is one of the manifestations of the economic squeeze that is being put on departments in the arts and humanities. It used to be that we didn't want our children to grow up to be cowboys - now we are trying to steer them away from academic careers!

Well, you have been lucky. I have been on/off the market for eight, and I have always put the ticket on my credit card and have been reimbursed after the interview. Ideally you get paid when you go to campus, or at least start the process then. That's why the book I recommended above suggests raising your credit limit at the start of job hunting season to allow for multiple plane tickets. And, if four universities want you to come to campus, you should consider yourself very lucky.

I don't have credit cards.

LOL, that's funny

Maybe to you.

California State University (Early Modern/Latin American)
Application Deadline: Nov. 30, 2007

Acknowledged receipt of application via letter (11/26/07)

CalPoly San Luis Obispo (Renaissance/Baroque)
Application Deadline: Dec. 14, 2007

Request for missing letter: Jan. 6, 2008

Request for phone interview: Jan. 20, 2008

Request for campus interview: Jan. 29, 2008

Clark University (Renaissance/Baroque)
Application Deadline: Nov. 20, 2007

Acknowledged receipt of application via letter (10/24/07)

Request for additional information and CAA interview via email (12/20/07)

Request for additional information and availability for potential CAA interview via email (12/20/07)

Request for a CAA interview via telephone (02/07/08) x 2

Colgate (Art and Architecture, 15th to 18th centuries)
Application Deadline: Jan. 14, 2008

Acknowledged Receipt of app via letter: 1/17/08

Request for a CAA interview via email (02/07/08)

Duke University (Early Modern Art and/or Architecture of Southern Europe (1400-1750)
Application Deadline: Jan. 7, 2008

Acknowledged receipt of application via letter (11/7/07)

Request for CAA interview via letter: 22 January 2008

James Madison University (Medieval and Renaissance)
Application Deadline: Dec. 1, 2007

Acknowledged Receipt of app via e-mail: 11/21/07

CAA Interview Scheduled: arranged by phone (12.18.07) x2

Johns Hopkins (Italy, 1500-1700)
Application Deadline: Dec. 31, 2007

Kenyon College (Ren-Baroque, one year Sabat replacement)
Application deadline: Dec 14

Anyone know what's going on with this one?

Perhaps they're waiting until they know that the musical chairs with TT jobs has slowed down and that their remaining options would actually consider a one-year job?

I am wondering too. My guess is also that they are waiting.

Kutztown University (Ren-Baroque)
Application deadline: Dec. 30, 2007

Request for CAA interview via email (01/30/08) (x4)

Did anyone else find this interview sort of entertaining? Nice people, iffy job (4/4, and 3/3 of that are survey sections-- eek), but. . . *too* honest? It seemed like at least one committee member was more interested in warning candidates off than in sucking them in.

I didn't get that feeling at all - we talked about how to manage that monster survey section, the future goals of the department, etc. That one committee member sat off in a corner in my interview, so I almost never made eye contact, and he made the cardinal error of asking a personal question about my family. He was having trouble with his back, and I suspect he is a curmudgeon by nature.

That must be the same committee member that I mean-- during my interview he was much more. . . participatory, and that must have shifted the vibe considerably.

I would discount him. There's one in every crowd, and we don't know what's motivating him. The poor fellow was in real pain when I interviewed, and since I have a slipped disc myself, I know what it's like. He probably spent the entire conference wishing he was home in his bathtub. Oh, and by the way, I think it's two sections of survey - the major and non-major sections (30 and 150 respectively), and they are completely renovating the facilities. You can't beat the area, either. At least we can afford to buy a house on an academic salary, and are an hour from Philly and not much more from NYC!

Middle Tennessee State University (Medieval and/or Renaissance)
1st round telephone interview requested: Oct. 30 2007

Request for on-campus interview: Dec. 10

Northwestern (Italian Renaissance/Early Modern)
Application Deadline: Nov. 1, 2007

Acknowledged receipt of application via e-mail (11/12/07)

Request for recs (11/12/07)

Campus visits in progress (Jan-Feb)

Oberlin College(Renaissance/Baroque)
Application Deadline: Jan. 7, 2008

Acknowledged receipt of application via letter (12/20/07)

Contacted to request missing letters (1/16/08)

CAA interview schedules via e-mail (2/10/08)

On-campus interview invitation extended (2/26/08)

Old Dominion(1400-1800)
Application Deadline: Jan. 15, 2008

Has anyone heard from these folks?

Not a word. (2-19)

Received call to set up an "informational meeting" at CAA (02/19/08) -- I'm assuming that this is actually an interview?

Did the meeting atually take place? I was en route on the 19th to CAA. Talk about last minute planning.

Yes: 3-3 teaching load, lots of survey, large classes, division 1 basketball. That sums up our discussion.

I received an e-mail response to my query about the search, and was told that they were still determining whom to interview. They didn't contact me for the info meeting, but she also didn't tell me I was out of the running. The women's basketball team has been a powerhouse for years.

Contacted for phone interview (Feb 27) (n.b. I was not one of those whom they had contacted earlier about 'informational meeting', for what it's worth, so the ball's still in the air, I suppose (har))

Eeew! As a longtime supporter of the Lady Vols (UT, Knoxville), I can't help but giggle at the pun. Maybe they found out my sordid past and will not consider me, due to my sports affiliations!

Reed College (Med., Ren., or Baroque, one year sabat. replacement)
Application Deadline: Jan. 7, 2008

Acknowledged receipt of application via letter (1/09/08)

CAA interview scheduled via e-mail (2/4/08)

so, how was it for you all? mine was a bit rocky.

Go to the "Universities to Fear" page and you will see two complaints about Reed in other departments. Not a good sign.

Rhode Island College (Ren./ Baroque)
Application Deadline: Feb. 8, 2008

Salem State College (Renaissance)
Accepting applications until position filled

Changed to a one-year full time position. Change entails new search (11/26/07)

Tulane University (Italian Renaissance)
Application Deadline: Dec. 15, 2007

I hear this search has been canceled (11/24/2007)

The department head confirmed today that the search has been canceled for this year (11/27/07)

Official letter canceling position and return of application materials (1/7/2007)

University of California Riverside (Renaissance Art and Architecture)
Application Deadline: Dec. 1, 2007

Video conference interview Jan. 11, 2008

Rejection letter received Jan. 22, 2008(x3)

University of California Irvine (European Art, 1400-1700)
Application Deadline: Nov. 1, 2007

CAA interview scheduled via phone (2/4/08)x4

University of Chicago (Early Modern)
Application Deadline: review of applications began Oct. 25, 2007

Acknowledged receipt of application via letter (11/13/07)

Acknowledged receipt of application via letter (11/27/07)

Campus visit invitation 12/11

University of Memphis (Renaissance and Baroque)
Application Deadline: Jan. 11, 2008

Acknowledgment of receipt of Application: Jan. 10, 2008

Search committee to begin review of materials next week (1/11/2008)

Will not interview at CAA - phone interviews after short list has been determined (2/1/08)

Phone interviews scheduled for 2/14 and 2/15 by e-mail (2/8/08) x2

Did anybody get to talk with them at CAA?

No, they didn't go to CAA. They hope to invite a short list soon.

Did anyone else have a strange exchange with one of the search committee members at CAA, complete with "inside" information, that seemed more designed to test the candidate's response than anything else?

Hmm, if it is the person I think you mean, I got the impression,(partly from looking at the CV) that they are at the end of a very frustrating period with the university. I didn't feel tested, so much as sitting with someone who didn't want to be in Dallas and was fed up with the system. The "inside" information I received was the usual rant about the quality of students, etc. - but I did get one disparaging comment about the quality of the research conducted by the faculty. What came across was an air of superiority, and relief that the gig was about over. Did you get the feeling they are pushing for another Northern candidate?

Apparently not - evening telephone invitation for campus visit pending administrative approval. (2/27)

Were you invited to speak with this person at CAA, or was it just a fluke? Rather fishy....but good luck!

Why do you think it's fishy?

Maybe fishy isn't the right word, but there was no indication in my lovely phone interview that there would be a chance to speak to anyone at CAA, and I am just wondering if the 'strange exchange' noted above is what led to a campus visit. Just more frustration from those on the losing side of this game.

I don't really know what to say, except that I am feeling a bit uncomfortable with this situation at the moment. I feel really badly for you, especially since I have been walking in your shoes for the last four years. Search committees are strange beasts, and when you only have a voice over the phone to work with, it's like fighting a python in the dark, trying to figure out what they are really thinking. No body language or facial expressions to go on.

Hey, you get a trip to Memphis and hopefully some good barbecue! And, if the stars are aligned, a job offer!

Thanks :-)

My run-in with someone on the committee at CAA was completely accidental. I had no knowledge that anyone on the committee would be at the conference. This person didn't exactly hunt me down, but when we accidently encountered each other this person was very opportunistic, and, beginning gently (or really not so much) began to provide more and more commentary on the school, on the interview process, and final on my telephone interview--all entirely unsolicited on my part. It was one of the most bizarre encounters I have ever had in relation to interviews--why this person felt this would be a good idea I am not sure. Unlike the lucky individual above who has been invited to campus, I was told that the committee hadn't really liked me--this is not something that you want to hear while you are at CAA interviewing.

Oh lord! What a nightmare. I guess I should feel glad no one noticed my name tag!

Jeez Louise - I can't believe this. (I just deleted a comment worded in a slightly different manner, because I am concerned about search committee cruisers.) But my profound sympathy goes out to both of you. That was way too weird - I probably would have collapsed in tears in front of this person had it happened to me.

University of Minnesota (Early Modern/Latin American)
Application Deadline: Dec. 1, 2007

Acknowledged receipt of application via letter (10/25/07)

Rejection letter received 12/30/2007

UNC Chapel Hill (European Medieval/Early Modern, 1000-1700)
Application Deadline: 1 December

CAA interview scheduled by phone 1/15/08

Any idea how many they're interviewing at CAA?

No, but it is usually in the 10 to 12 range (2/13/08)

See above in Medieval section..... seems campus visits have been scheduled.

University of St. Thomas
Application Deadline: Dec. 10, 2007

Acknowledged receipt of application via e-mail (11/5/07)

Request for CAA interview by phone (1/9/08) x2

University of Texas at Austin (2-yr replacement)
CAA interviews scheduled via e-mail (2/14/2008)

University of Texas at Dallas (1400-1800)
Application Deadline, Nov. 15, 2007

Requested (missing) letters: 12/13/07

Request for CAA interview by email (1/25/08)x4

In interview, did anyone get an idea about their timeline? Forgot to ask. ..

They told me that they have a faculty meeting on Friday. What was your sense of the interview?

They seemed like very nice folk-- quite down to earth and chatty (for my interview, at least, a couple of the committee were out ill/ in surgery, and the doc student who was present was feeling ill as well). Seemed that they'd actually read the applications very carefully. Sounded like an interesting. . . not-department.

Vassar (Italian Art, 1400-1700)
Application Deadline: Dec. 3, 2007

Acknowledged receipt of application via e-mail (11/28/07)

CAA Interview Scheduled: via e-mail (12/16/07)

Invitation for on campus interview (02/26/08)

Western Ontario (Renaissance/Baroque)
Deadline: Feb. 15, 2008

Acknowledged receipt of application via e-mail (1/30/08)

Rejection e-mail (2/25/07)x 3

Willamette University (Renaissance/Baroque/18th C)
Application Deadline: Oct. 31, 2007

Acknowledged receipt of application via letter (12/4/07)

E-mail request for phone interview (12/3/07)

Rejection letter received (12/6/07)x3

Campus visit invitation (12/19/07)

Rejection letter received after phone interview (12/27/07)

Yale University (Early Modern Europe or Iberian New World, )
Application Deadline: Jan. 15, 2008

CAA interview scheduled via e-mail (Feb. 4)

intimidating CAA interview.(x4)

On-campus interviews beginning in the first week of March (Q: is this information you received after being invited for an interview?)

I think this may be one of those occasional insider contributions to this page (something that, frankly, I wish more institutions would do)--but please do correct me if I'm wrong and you have actually heard some news.

You would actually want an institution to read some of the contributions that have been made to this wiki in the last week?!

Ha ha. No, but anything that makes this process less opaque is fine by me.

Yes, campus visits beginning in first week of March.

University of Minnesota

 * Rejection letter received (1/11/08)


 * CAA interview scheduled (2)

U California Riverside

 * Video-conference interview scheduled (1/11/08) x 2

Syracuse U

 * CAA interview scheduled (2/8) x2

Towson University
Telephone interview conducted (2/13)
 * Telephone interview scheduled (2/6)

Utah State
Modern with American specialization


 * CAA interview scheduled x2

campus visit scheduled 2/28

U Chicago Postdoc

 * CAA interview scheduled (email) 2/5

Bowdoin College
1 year, visiting in American art
 * CAA interview scheduled (email) 2/8

Auburn University
CAA interview requested 2/16/08

CAA interviews complete.

California College of the Arts
Interview scheduled 2/1/08

CAA interviews complete said they had local interviews to finish

Central Michigan University
did anyone actually apply to this position?

yes, not a peep from them. 2/25

Received a campus visit invite (2/27) via email with no CAA or phone interview. Bizarre. Does anyone know anything about this place?

I have a friend who is in the first year of a tenure-track appointment there. This person's interview was handled in the same way. My friend is quite pleased with the position there.

It is in the middle of nowhere; perhaps there weren't many applicants?

Take a good look at who is teaching there right now, especially VAP's. I had the same situation with another university, and it turned out to be a pro forma campus visit to satisfy the administration - ie. inside candidate. But being inside doesn't guarantee anything - go out there and show them your stuff, and don't worry about the way they managed the search. :)

Thanks everybody for your feedback!

Colgate (2-year temporary)
Interview scheduled at CAA 2/7 X 2

College of St. Catherine (St.Kate's) St.Paul MN
request to answer questionaire/interview by email 2/29

Columbia University
does anyone know where this one stands? I've not heard a thing.

Good question, I've not heard a word. I don't think they were at CAA.

CSU, Chico
Contacted 2/1 for references and phone interview

Phone interview conducted 2/5

Campus interview requested 2/12

CUNY, Baruch College
Are in process of reviewing applications 2/22

On-campus interview scheduled 2/24

Wow, that was fast....

Drew University
phone interview scheduled 2/8

on-campus interview scheduled 2/24

George Washington University
Interview scheduled for CAA

CAA interviews complete. Did anyone get the impression of some strange departmental politics amongst the search committee members? And what's up with not asking for writing samples or taking teaching portfolios?

same impressions

That's an astute observation. I thought it was just me.

mm, yes. maybe so; but I still want the job. I wonder if they decided whether they want Latin American or European. heads or tails?

Campus visit scheduled 2/26

so, how many campus visits are there, then?

Georgia
CAA visit scheduled 1/25

campus visits being scheduled, 2/26

Humboldt State University
caa interview scheduled 2/14

Hunter College of the City of New York
Request for recommendation letters (2/15)

Illinois State University
They are looking for a Contemporary person with a focus on Visual Culture - I dropped off my application materials at CAA and had a 45 minute talk with the interviewer - I think it was a preliminary screening (2/25/08)

Kalamazoo College
CAA interview scheduled 2/13

CAA interviews complete.

Kutztown University (Contemporary)
Received offer to ask questions about the position by phone (1/11) Received offer for campus interview (1/24)


 * Two on campus interviews scheduled (2/25)

Completed on-campus interview. Was told they would make a decision by the end of the third week of March.

Lake Forest College
Acknowledged receipt of application by letter 1/25

CAA interview scheduled 2/7 (x2)

Long Island University
not a peep from them. and did not see anyone at CAA? have they decided against having an art historian?

I have also heard nothing. (x 2)

Maine
received acknowledgement of application materials

CAA interview scheduled 2/1

CAA interviews complete (they were extremely nice and showed a surprising level of interest in my research.)

MIT (18th/19th c. Europe)
Request for rec letters and writing samples (12/19)

On-campus interview invitation (2/8)

Muhlenberg College
Spoke to someone with an interview here (1/25)

NYU (18th/19th C.)
Acknowledged receipt of application with letter (12/3)

CAA interview scheduled 2/5

Rejection letter received 2/15

Oakland University
CAA interview scheduled 1/30

Did anyone else interview with them?

Ohio University
Phone Interview scheduled 1/24

Oregon, Eugene
Letter ackn. app. receipt with EEOC card, 1/28.

Phone call to schedule CAA interview, 2/5. x 2

No word yet on this position? I know that they are not having candidates come to campus until April, but I got the sense that they would be extending invitations soon after CAA.

No word here, but it's not even been a full week since CAA. I think it's too early to stress yet, 2/28.

Thanks for the reassurance. I was once told by a professor in grad school that if you didn't hear from a committee by the Tuesday after CAA, you can assume that they've moved on without you. Which I thought was a little odd, but he had that tone of authority.

In response to that last comment ("Tuesday after CAA"), I have heard from someone with an authoritative tone (the guy running the "Job Hunt 101" workshop at the CAA this year) that it can take 4-5 weeks, especially at state schools to hear from them. It can take 2 weeks for the full committee to meet, then names have to be approved by the Dean, then the Affirmative Action office, then money has to be found to bring the candidates in--and spring break can add another week of delays. One interviewer at CAA (not this job) basically told me it would take about a month before anyone on their short list would be contacted. Keep your chin up. These things take time.

Great info -- clearly I should have gone to that panel!

I second the above info. I presently teach at a large state university and have served on several search committees. The amount of red tape involved in even being able to profer an invitation for a campus interview is astonishing. It can easily take over a week for paperwork to move through the system because everything needs to meet the approval of numerous offices: Deans, social equity, budget, etc. It really is quite a production. Do not despair yet...

University of Pennsylvania (19th C.)
Acknowledged receipt of application with letter (12/3)

CAA interview scheduled (2/5)

On-campus interview invitation (2/28)

Princeton University (19th C.)
Request for writing sample and CAA interview 1/30

On-campus interview invitation (2/27)

Purdue University
Letter of materials received end of December/ beginning of January.

Interview scheduled for CAA

Queens College, CUNY
whats going on with this position?

They are reviewing apps in March.

Queen's University, Canada (Europe 1800-1950)
On-campus interview scheduled (2/15)

RISD
CAA interview request (2/1)

CAA interviews complete (they mentioned they have some phone interviews remaining)

okay fellow RISD interviees (there are likely 10-15 of us), when did they say they would be getting their short-list together? Do i remember correctly that they were going to wait until after their spring break?

not sure. ..

there are actually 25 of you!

That's a lot. I never heard back after my application to this job. Is it because I do postwar--not a contemporary enough research background? I've been teaching contemporary art for five years in museums and universities.

Stern College for Women, Yeshiva U.
Acknowledged receipt of application via e-mail, Dec 14

Interview scheduled for CAA, January 22

Polite e-mail rejection, February 8

E-mail rejection, February 10

Campus visits being scheduled, 2/28

St. Joseph's University
Has anyone heard anything from SJU?

See below under the General heading. They are very quiet. (2/27)

Texas A&M (asst/asso modern)

 * Jan. 18 - phone interview scheduled

itching to know what sort of candidates they have chosen. whats the 411 here, people?

Texas Christian University (18th - early 20th c Europe)
Does anyone know what happened to this job listing? It's been pulled from CAA and is not listed as an open position on their university web page.

Still active; applications due 2/1

Never mind, received my EEOC form last week.

CAA interview scheduled 2/5

Campus interview scheduled 2/25

Trinity University
Acknowledged receipt of application. Shortlist applicants will be contacted at the end of January.

Contacted for CAA interview on 2/4

CAA interview complete

Campus interview scheduled 2/28

Tulane University (19th c. Europe)
CAA interview scheduled 2/4 CAA interview scheduled 2/5 On-Campus Interview scheduled 2/26

Ursinus College
request for CAA interview (via email) 2/8

Are there other folks out there in job-candidate-land waiting to hear about campus visits from UC?
 * I'm waiting to hear. I put in a last minute application that arrived on the due date.  I got a confirmation that it arrived and was asked if I'd be at CAA (unfortunately, no).  That's the last I heard.  Dying to find out anything.

It's me, the former post-er again. I interviewed with UC at CAA and I recall them mentioning that they'd done some phone interviews but I do not recall whether they were intending to do more. Any other info, anyone?

Me again. Contacted about a campus visit (2/29).

University of Colorado
phone interview scheduled (1/29) had phone interview. (2/8)

did anyone have CAA interviews for them? have they selected a short list yet?

Campus visit invitation, Friday, 2/22.

damn it, i really wanted this one, too. . . best of luck to you guys.

University of Houston Clear Lake
Campus interviews scheduled early January

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Campus visits scheduled early February

University of New Orleans
Did anyone apply?

CAA interview complete

University of Texas Arlington (20th C.)
CAA interview schedule (1/29)

CAA interviews complete

I really enjoyed my interview with them--I liked seeing a SC that had so many areas of studio represented (in addition to art history)....

campus visits are being scheduled 2/26

University of Vermont (19th C.)
CAA interview scheduled 1/30

On campus visit scheduled 2/28

University of Vermont (20th C.)
CAA interview scheduled 1/29

CAA interview conducted -- a very professional, friendly, and engaging search committee (2/24)

Wake Forest
CAA interview scheduled (1/24/08)

CAA interview complete

Whitman College
all quiet on the western front. ..

CAA interview complete

Yale (European or Latin American art from 1890-1960)
CAA interview scheduled 2/11.

had challenging interview at CAA. a methodological motley crew for a committee!

really? that is surprising. I had heard there were only two on this committee. ..

My interview went just fine; no problems or challenges. Mind you, I could tell that one of them got what I was talking about and that the other was occasionally clueless about the issues I deal with in my research. Only 2 on the committee, you say...

Calls have gone out for campus interviews (2.29.08)

York University (Late 18th to Early 20th C.)
Invitation for campus interview 2/6

Maryland Institute College of Art (Architectural History, Modern and Contemporary)
Application Deadline: January 17

Email request for CAA interview 1/30

Roger Williams (Art and Architectural History, Visiting Professor)
Application Deadline: January 15

Pennsylvania State University (Architectural History, 15th-18th century)
Application deadline: February 6

Request for CAA interview: mid February Invitation for campus visit: late February

Brandeis University (Architecture 1800-present)
Application deadline: Jan. 15

Email request for CAA interview 2/4

San Jose State University, School of Art & Design (Architecture Modern/Contemporary)
Application deadline: Nov 1

Email request for phone interview Feb 16

Email request for on campus interview Feb 26

Northeastern University (School of Architecture)
Application Deadline Jan 15

A friend of mine teaches there and was on the interview committee. Said it was very much about "fit"--who has the specific background and experience they need.

UNM
Application deadline: December 1, 2007

Phone interview in mid January followed by requests for syllabi and recommendations but have not heard anything since end of January

University of Arizona
Application review begins January 7, 2008

CAA interview complete

did anyone else on the wiki ever receive an acknowledgement of application--or a rejection--for this job? i never heard a peep from them (and still haven't).

Columbia College (Chicago)
Acknowledged app receipt by letter, 1/11

School of the Art Institute Chicago (Fashion History)
Acknowledged application by letter. Anyone else here on the wiki apply for this? Whoo hoo! Scheduled the phone interview. 2/12/08

Scheduled campus visit by email.

Ball State University
App deadline: ongoing (extended search from last year?)

It is - I was told they didn't find a compatible candidate last year - Ball State is looking for two hires (one as a Contemporary person and the other as a Modern/Contemporary/Americanist) - I had an interview at CAA and was told that they will be making a decision in the next few weeks (2/25/08)

A close friend interviewed for this last year. Pretty heavy teaching requirements, as I understand, but pleasant faculty.

Anyone else apply/interview/hear anything? (2/28)

All I know is from my close friend from a year ago; teaching load is tough, and the musicians, who control the department, are hard on artists/art historians.

Berea College (western generalist)
App Deadline: Dec. 15

Acknowledged receipt of application via e-mail (12/15/07)

Email invite for interview at CAA (2/5/08)

Berklee College of Music
Application Deadline: 30 November

Acknowledged receipt of application via e-mail (11/28/07)

Rejection letter via e-mail (1/25/08) x11

Are they rejecting as they read through the pile? I still haven't heard anything.... (2/24/08)

Kind of looks like it. The number of rejections has been gradually rising (from 6 to 11) over the last month or so.

rejection email was very bland and brief. They are focusing on "candidates whose area of expertise better matches their current curricular needs." But. . . do they even know what they are looking for? I'm not convinced they do.

A friend of mine was offered the job last year - it is a 4/4 generalist position. Most of the people teaching there outside the music field are part timers with jobs at other local universities. You would be the work horse of the program, and I figure they are looking for someone who can't leave the Boston area, so they won't have to do the search again in a couple of year.

Gosh. Well, maybe they shouldnt be so cheap and start hiring more full time faculty. Either that or just stop offering liberal arts classes at all. I mean, if your standards are so low that you actually think anyone can teach 4/4 across an entire discipline without seriously sacrificing teaching quality, what business do you have pretending to offer any kind of decent college education. Berkelee: Yet another school contributing to the casualization of academic labor and making it hard for young academics to survive (without being independenty wealthy or attached to a more prolific spouse.) Shame, shame, shame.

Welcome to the new academe - at least in the humanities. I've lost count of how many jobs I applied for that want a 4/4 load with huge enrollment caps and a low salary. It's a buyer's market out there right now.

Indeed, welcome to modern academe. Most of us will not find jobs in anyway like those in departments we were trained in (believe me, I've been trying, and carrying either a 4/4 or 3/3 all along.) And, Berklee is a Music school after all.

I'd give up the 2/2 and high ambitions for a research agenda, if I could just teach in a place I actually want to live. But you can't put that sort of thing in a cover letter, can you. ..

I agree with all the above! I interviewed with Berklee at CAA (I do live in the Boston area) and they were very nice and interesting, but I was shocked when I found out it was 4/4, 40 students per class. That said, I would still take the job in order to be able to teach at all, since as you all described it is a buyer's market.

California State University, Dominguez Hills
Application Deadline: 14 December

EEO card rec'd (12/28/07)

Has anyone heard further?

On-campus interview invite (1/30/08)

Columbus State University (non-Western)
emailed about caa meeting: 2/19

Keene State College
Application Deadline: ongoing

CAA interview scheduled 2/15 (x3)

What nice people - I wasn't happy about having my interview moved, because it meant I couldn't visit any of the Dallas museums, but they were really fine folks, and that made up for the inconvenience. If I have to work my a-- off, I hope it will be with colleagues like them (2/27)

Lehigh University
Application Deadline: 15 November

E-mail request for additional materials (11/19/2007)

Committeee will not meet again until after holidays to choose candidates for CAA interviews, two-day campus interviews to take place in March (via e-mail, 12/18/07)

Request for CAA interview via e-mail (1/9/08)

Request for CAA interview via e-mail (1/29/08) - Never give up hope!

Rejection letter received (2/2/08) x 11

Maybe this is just me, but did anyone else who interviewed with them at CAA come away with a bad taste in their mouth? Courses with no caps, and as many as 200-250 students a semester without TA's? What a disappointment. Plus, a distinct hostility towards art historians. They mostly lectured me, and regularly interrupted me to tell me I wasn't what they wanted. Pooh.

god, how horrible. talk about bad manners. if they didn't want you, but still interviewed you at CAA, then they must not be reading their application materials carefully enough.

Well, I got my invite three weeks after everyone else. I wonder if they were just padding the schedule to make the search look good for the provost. They said they still had interviews to conduct after CAA, so its beginning to look like a cattle call.

Maybe the post-CAA interview are for people who couldn't make it to Dallas. I think there was some delay in getting thru the original applications b/c one of the faculty members became severely ill and was hospitalized.

Well, that certainly would explain the lag time in notification. And I was of the impression that the interviews after CAA were essentially part of that same cohort. But I am still pretty disappointed with the number of students in each class, the fact that they do not offer 300-level classes, and that they have no plans to expand the art history faculty any further in the forseeable future.

Lynchburg College
App. deadline: Jan 18 2008

Rejection letter by mail: Feb 2 2008 x2

Misericordia College
Application Deadline: Dec. 17

CAA interview scheduled 2/15/08

North Central College
CAA interview request sent (EM) Feb 15.

Has anyone heard from them?

Nothing from them, but I saw on one of the job listing boards that the deadline was extended to 1/18/08.

CAA interview complete

Northeastern Illinois University (non-Western)
Phone interview scheduled for 1/31/08

Congrats - when did you hear from them?

thank you. i received an email on tuesday (1/22/08)

Campus Visit scheduled via email 2/5

Campus visit invitation 2/1

Well...good luck to both of us!

Yes, good luck to both of us! :-) Please post if you hear anything.

Hi! After the interview they said they'll try to submit their choice to the dean by Friday. After that, apparently, the ball is in her court and noone seems to know for how long! Will post if I hear anything.

Hi, any updates?

St. Joseph's University (PA)
Application Deadline: January 15, 2008

Acknowledged receipt of electronic application via e-mail (1/15/08)

Does anyone know anything about this?

I haven't heard a word. (2/17)

I broke down and wrote the department head, who responded almost immediately that he was forwarding my e-mail to the head of the search committee. It's only been 24 hours, but I have not heard anything from her. (2/27)

I have heard that the search is ongoing and that the committee has yet to deliberate. But likewise, I have heard nothing directly from the search committee. I sometimes wonder about positions that require an online application as part of the process -- it seems as if I am sending my materials into the netherworld and I am always concerned about whether they will get to the proper person. (2/28)

Agreed. She still has not e-mailed me with any information. My present position was searched with a similar process. I had completely forgotten I had even applied by the time they finally called me - no preliminary interview, just "Can you come next week?" It was the latter part of June by the time I finally got my contract. I hope to be long gone, if St. Joseph's is planning to keep the same schedule. Too bad - it looks like a beautiful campus. (2/28)

Invitation for campus interview. (2/29)

Well how about that! Did they give you any information about the teaching load, etc.? Congrats!

Didn't they have a search last year? How did that end?

Southern Methodist University (Open Field, "Technologies of Visual Communication")
Application deadline: January 10, 2008

Has anyone heard anything about this one? (2/1/08)

All quiet on this one; have heard nothing as yet (2/3/08)

CAA interview requested 2/5

Methinks I dodged a bullet by NOT getting an interview for this one!

Can I ask why you say that? (as one with an interview, is there something I should know?)

Ooh, ooh, over here! Pick me! May *I* take that bullet, pretty please?

Ok, guys - as an obsessive three-times-a-day visitor to this wiki, I want to know the scuttlebutt. I didn't even apply for this job because it sounded so wierd, but my gossipy side is dying to know what is going on. You should read the EM history wiki - they are practically dating on-line at this point! But if you don't want to talk about it here, you can always go to the "Schools to fear" page and report your experience.

Hmm - well, read the ad to begin with...it sounds like (a) it is written for a specific person or (b) it is written for someone who has a schizophrenic research agenda. Did anyone else have trouble really understanding what it is they were looking for? Sheesh...That's why I didn't even apply... I have heard stories that the art history department is rather dysfunctional...

Yep, that was my impression as well. Who is going to fit that description, except maybe the life partner of the chair? From what I've been able to tell, there are some search committtee members cruising these wikis - I only hope they realize that we are not totally clueless.

My CAA interview was extremely pleasant, cordial, and interesting. Call me naive, but I do not think the position is being canned for a specific person. Rather, they seem interested in a hire who bridges a range of interests among the faculty. Rochester did it with their visual culture program; why shouldnt SMU? P.S. I would be very dissapointed (this is an understatement) if the position is positioned with a particular person in mind. ..

Seems they have already invited their short listed candidates for campus visits 2/25

I second the comments of the candidate who interviewed at CAA. I too found the committee pleasant and intellectually engaged. There was nothing to suggest that the position was intended for a specific person. But the last comment is quite curious, especially the post-date. Does "seems" mean you know or you've heard rumors?

The post-date was accidental and now corrected. My apologies for slippery fingers. But yes, I know; I have an (overjoyed) colleague who was invited for a campus visit.

Another poster, here. A few postings back someone said they heard the department was rather dysfunctional. How so? Do tell.

Any idea how many they are inviting? I too want to know about any and all dysfunction.

isn't 3-4 short-listed candiates the norm?

It depends on the funding in the department. Schools with large endowments can often bring in more candidates because the deans provide them with greater funds for each search. Poorer public schools often bring in no more than 2, and possibly keep a 3rd in reserve. [FYI - I am speaking as a tenure-track assistant prof who has served on search committees at both public and private universities - though never at SMU specifically - and who has seen a significant disparity in how searches can be run depending simply on budgetary concerns.]

That earlier comment questioning who would fit the description "other than the life partner of the chair" is still irking me. Does the author of that know something that the rest of us don't? Or, is it merely some kind of frustrated slur.

My apologies for the "life partner" comment. I did not apply for the job, because the job discription, as another comment mentioned, was too schizophrenic for my taste - and in my experience that usually means it has been written for a specific person. It was certainly not a frustrated slur, but I realize now that it was a smart-a--ed response. Better ask the folks who know more about the supposed dysfunction in the department than listen to me.

I concur with the above posters re this position: I had a thoroughly enjoyable interview at CAA with them and have no reason to believe it is for an insider.

It's the "life partner" commentator again. The more I read from those of you who did apply and subsequently interviewed, the more I begin to think that we who judged so quickly were not recognizing the novelty of the position - it is very non-traditional, and I was looking at it with a traditional bias. I figure there are going to be many more jobs like this on the market in the coming years, as the discipline evolves. Time will tell.

State University of New York at Fredonia (Pre-modern)
Application Deadline: 14 December

Request for additional materials via e-mail (1/10/08)

Has anyone heard anything about this one? Very quiet. . . (2-19)

Very very quiet...2/19

University of Florida (Latin American or Pre-Columbian)
CAA interview scheduled 1/31

University of Louisiana Lafayette (generalist)
CAA interview scheduled 2/8/08

University of New England (2-year visiting)
Application Deadline: Jan. 15, 2007

University of North Carolina at Greensboro (non-Western)
Has anyone heard from them yet? (1/25/08)

Rec'd "first cut" notification on 12/14/07 via e-mail also requesting missing letter.

Any updates? (2/19/08)

campus visit scheduled for next week (2/21)

University of Texas at San Antonio (Pre-Columbian or Modern/Contemp Latino/Latin AMerican)
CAA interview scheduled early Feb

Did anyone else here apply, or does anyone here know anything about this search?

West Chester University (PA)
Letter confirming application (1/08)

Any additional news?

CAA interview scheduled 2/14/08 x2

Does anyone know whether they've invited people for campus interviews? I forgot to ask what their timeline is.

Western Kentucky University (pre-modern or non-western)
Application deadline: January 8, 2008

Phone interview requested: January 15, 2008

Campus visit invitation via phone: Feb 18, 2008

National Gallery of Art (D.C.) Post-Docs
anyone heard anything yet?

Columbia University Mellon Art History Post-Docs
Has anyone heard anything? (2/18)

Which postdoc is this? I thought there was one interdisciplinary Mellon and one art history Mellon. I called the dept in December to see if they were offering the art history one and she said the call was going to go out--but I never heard anything. Where was it announced?

Phillips Collection Post-Docs, Center for the Study of Modern Art
Rejection letter received (1/2/07)

Weisman Postdoctoral Instructor in Art History, California Institute of Technology
Rejection letter received (12/26/07)

Art Institute of Chicago Post-Docs
On-site visit, mid-February

Getty Postdoc
All Fellowships

Application Deadline: 1 November

Any news about the Getty? (02/07/08)

No word for me yet (02/08/08)

Anyone receive a letter of rejection yet? 2.21.08

Rejection received by email upon request 2.20.08 Q: for which type of fellowship? A: Getty Predoc Residential Fellowship.

Q: did they say whether one had been awarded at all? it looks like they don't always even grant a predoc.

Villa Predoctoral Fellowship

Anyone receive notice of Getty Villa Predoctoral fellowship decisions yet? 2/16/08

No word for me yet, re: Villa Predoc. 2/17/08

Villa Postdoctoral Fellowship

I have heard that one recipients of a residential fellowship was notified on 2/8. Don't know if the non-residential postdocs are on same timetable (2/13/8)

Acceptance letter (via DHL) for Getty Villa Postdoctoral residential fellowship. (2.18.08)

Non-Residential Postdocs

- I also haven't heard on the non-residential post-doc(2/17/8). Any word?

Anyone know when they have announced their decisions in the past? 2/18/08 [2/19/08: Answer for the Non-Residential Post-Doc: I've heard that it's been anywhere from the end of February to mid-March]

Email message from the Institute confirming mid April as the notification period, as per past years (2.18.08)

Metropolitan Museum of Art Postdoc
Does anyone know when they have announced decisions in the past?

end of February.

Thank you.

Look for a DHL or Fed Ex package for the good news (if previous years are an indication).

Has anyone heard yet? The wait is killing me, and this is usually the week (positive) notifications go out!(2/26)

No news here. They said they'd make the decisions by 2/29... Suspense is no fun.

Anyone heard anything yet? (2/28)

Radio silence (2/28) (x3)

Crappedy crap crap crap. Sorry, no news is bad news, right? Crap. (2/29)

anyone heard about a met predoc? 2.29

No word on predoc 2.29 pm. Do they ever notify via e-mail. Wld be unMetlike, I know.

Acceptance letter received by regular mail. (2/29/08) [Congratulations! Pre or Post doctoral?] Postdoctoral. And thank you!

Anyone know how many of these are given out? I found the Met's fellowship guidelines the vaguest of any of them. Thanks.

Rejection letter by regular mail 3/1

Rome Prize Postdoc (American Academy in Rome)
Rejection (via e-mail) 2-6-08 (x2)

Villa I Tatti, Florence
Application Deadline: 15 October

Nominees contacted by phone (1/29/08)

Notified at least one candidate late Feb 2008.

Nomination letters sent via e-mail and snail mail. Budget requests submitted 2/18/08. Awaiting offers.

Kress Fellowships
Has anyone heard anything on these? Either the travel fellowships or the institutional ones? (2/29/08)

MFA Boston (Asst Curator, American)
On-site interview scheduled 1 November 2007

MFA Houston (Prints and Drawings)
Phone interviews scheduled for 2/6 through 2/8/08 (called 2/5/08)

New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Medieval Art & The Cloisters
Application Deadline: 18 January