Talk:Medieval 2010

What a great year, all things considered!

A position for a Professor of Rhetoric just went up at Arizona State. They specifically ask for a person in the History of Rhetoric that does Classical/Medieval Rhetoric...I'm going to post it on the main page unless someone objects.

Is there any interest in including a category for requests for more information, or are we tacitly agreeing that's tmi this year?
 * I think that would be a good thing to add. More info is better!
 * Absolutely! I'm the one who set up the page and completely forgot to include a line for requests for more info. It's an important part of the process, so I'd definitely like to see it.

I saw this posting today (link). Should we put it up on the page or is it too general?
 * I would think it would fit more in the British Open wiki page.

Hi Folks--In the spirit of cyber community, can we all please add new jobs to the list when we see them? I've seen jobs on here that I completely missed elsewhere. I for one would be most grateful for this! Thanks and good luck to all! [moved from main page to discussion page]
 * Well, since new jobs have been updated on these pages, I think that people are indeed doing that. However, all of the jobs listed have been posted on either the MLA Job Information List, the Chronicle of Higher Education, or HigherEdJobs. If you haven't at least been checking those three sites frequently, you really should be.

It seems that many of us are interested in whether the requests for additional information are by email or snail mail. (I figured they'd all be via email, but then Albion sent their requests via post.) Can we be as specific as possible when we add information to the 'additional materials' column!?

I'm predicting that since there are so few medieval jobs this year, most will be won by people already in TT jobs looking for better ones. ABDs will have the least chance, but PhDs a year or two in without TT jobs currently (unless they have multiple good pubs) will also come up short. But maybe I'm just pessimistic?
 * Just want to disagree about there being so few medieval jobs. There are many more this year than in the last couple of years as far as I can tell.
 * Last year there were 35 jobs (according to the wiki) but 7 were canceled. This year there are 21 jobs (I didn't count the medieval rhetoric or the Mediterranean ones), some of which may come to be canceled (although I hope not).
 * I stand corrected. I think more of the jobs seem like good ones than last year's batch, but that's subjective, of course. In any event, best of luck to us all.
 * I personally was more excited about more of last year's jobs than I am about this year's batch, but as you say, it's definitely subjective.

Anyone heard anything from Loyola Marymount? I'm surprised they haven't sent out calls for dossiers yet.
 * The two-year VAP? Quite a few people have received requests for more materials (dossiers) already.
 * Apologies, I meant to say Marymount!

I just looked at the Renaissance Wiki and they've put up a neat chart for tracking interviews. Anyone object to doing the same thing here?
 * I think it's fine (we had something similar last year) but I'd rather see it on this page, so I'm going to take the lead and add a section to this page. I'll format it like we did here last year since that includes more information than what the Ren page is doing.
 * Awesome -- it looks great!

Statistics
Please add your information (and update it) about how you're doing on this year's job search. Information included is ABD/PhD/Current position type (Area): # of applications | # of requests for more materials | # of rejections | # of initial interviews (MLA or phone; you can specify which type if you'd like | # of campus visits | # of offers

PhD non-TT (Middle English): 17 applications | 2 requests for more materials | 1 rejection | 0 interview requests | 0 campus visits | 0 offers (updated Dec. 1)