Musicology/Ethnomusicology 2012-13

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Last year's page: Musicology/Ethnomusicology, 2011-12

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Colorado State University - Assistant Professors of Music History (two positions) (Deadline: 9 November 2012)

 * " We are interested in candidates whose interests could include ethnomusicology, music in popular culture or other innovative areas of research in musicology."
 * Q: I am sorry to be slow but what does it mean when a position is "nine-month, tenure track"? It seems contraductory.

Cornell University - Assistant Professor in Ethnomusicology (Deadline: 14 September 2012)

 * Repeat of search from last year? See Musicology/Ethnomusicology, 2011-12
 * Yes, this is a repeat of last year's search.

New York University Abu Dhabi – Open rank, musicology and/or ethnomusicology (Deadline: 1 November 2012)
===Northwestern University (Bienen School of Music) - Open Rank, Musicology/Ethnomusicology: Music in Contemporary Culture (Deadline: November 1, 2012)===
 * preference for those with an expertise in music of the Middle Eastern region
 * -Does anyone know who is heading the search committee for this position? 9/1/2012


 * R: I believe Linda Austern is behind the description. Although, as seen in recent ethno/musicology searches at Northwestern, the committee's decision is not necessarily final as the dean seems to have the power to arbitrarily override it.

Pennsylvania State University – Assistant Professor in Musicology (Deadline: 20 September 2012)

 * specialist in music after ca. 1650
 * "Experience with online or hybrid teaching formats would enhance applications."

===University of Pennsylvania -- Assistant professor in ethnomusicology (Deadline: 30 September 2012)===
 * "All areas of specialization will be considered; the Department especially encourages applications from scholars with strong interdisciplinary orientations and with an ability to engage other sub-disciplines in music.

Peabody Conservatory of Music – Musicology Faculty, Full Time (not tenure-track) (Deadline: 15 October 2012) – MVL
===Towson University – Assistant Professor of Music History and Literature (16 October 2012)=== ===University of Birmingham - Lectureship in Music (Ethnomusicology and/or Popular Music) (Deadline: August 6, 2012)===
 * "Expertise in the broad spectrum of American music is desirable."
 * additional links: http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AEQ473/lecturer-in-music/ (down); PDF (still available 8/22)
 * looks like this didn't get up in time, but I thought it's worth adding it late, so we can have a complete record of the year's advertised positions.
 * "The appointee will be expected to be a specialist in popular music and/ or ethnomusicology. Skills in performance and a commitment to outreach into the larger community are also desirable."
 * rejection email 8/22 x2
 * Just out of curiosity, where was this originally posted? <--- Whoops, nevermind. I should read more carefully!

University of California, Los Angeles – Assistant Professor of Musicology (Deadline: October 15, 2012)

 * "The department is fully open to all research specialties, but does have teaching and advising needs in the following areas: music before 1600, 19th-century music, popular music and jazz, film music and new media, music theory, performance practice, music of California and Latin America."

University of California, Merced - Open Rank Global Arts Studies Professor (Deadline: October 15, 2012)

 * "Rank and area of specialization are open, but priority will be given to music scholars who are interested in crossing boundaries of discipline, genre, geography and history to develop a new interdisciplinary program in close collaboration with colleagues in visual arts."

University of California, San Diego – Assistant Professor of Music (Deadline: October 1, 2012)

 * "The successful candidate must have a completed doctorate in ethno/musicology or an allied field."
 * "Candidates will be expected to contribute to the undergraduate music program, preferably in the Jazz and Music of the African Diaspora concentration, and to the graduate program in Integrative Studies. Potential areas of interest include (but are not limited to) improvisation, experimental practices and creative processes, and/or music of the African Diaspora."
 * Has anyone figured out how to apply for this position? The online job application page for UCSD doesn't have the position listed. ETA: It looks like it's listed now! 

University of Illinois - Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology (Deadline: 22 October 2012)

 * "interdisciplinary scholar-musician"

University of Minnesota - Assistant Professor of Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature (Deadline: 22 October, 2012)

 * Includes "critical musicology and sound studies"
 * Also posted at Comparative 2013 and Cultural Studies/Ethnic Studies 2012-13
 * For those who care, this job is to replace Adorno scholar and all around super guy Richard Leppert who retired last year.

University of Notre Dame - Assistant Professor of Musicology (Deadline: 1 October 2012)

 * "We seek applicants with an interest in interdisciplinary work and/or sacred music who would complement the expertise of the Notre Dame music faculty

University of Oregon - Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology (Deadline: October 1, 2012)

 * "undergraduate and graduate-level courses in ethnomusicology and world music. Specialization in any area will be considered"

University of Pennsylvania - Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology (Deadline: 30 September 2012)

 * "All areas of specialization will be considered; the Department especially encourages applications from scholars with strong interdisciplinary orientations and with an ability to engage other sub-disciplines in music."

University of Pennsylvania - Musicology (Open Rank) (Deadline: 30 September 2012)

 * "All areas of specialization will be considered; however, scholars who work on topics pre-1700 or post-1900 are especially encouraged to apply. We also encourage applications from scholars with strong interdisciplinary orientations and with an ability to engage other sub-disciplines in music and sound studies."
 * (Technically, this job posting is "open rank.")

University of Waterloo (Conrad Grebel University College) - Faculty Position in Global Music (Ongoing)

 * According to CUMS, "There is no change to the position, just not yet filled and still accepting applications."
 * In case it's of use--I was an applicant in last year's search process and my understanding, based on the feedback & conversations I had, is that (while the search is "global") the committee is interested in someone with relatively long-term life experience & fieldwork in Africa, Latin America, or Asia (so perhaps "global South" would be a good way to describe "global" in this case).
 * Yep. I had a phone interview, and my rejection email hinted at the same thing. I think multiple members of the search committee were missionaries, and they really value that long-term life experience in the global South.

Victoria University, New Zealand - Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Ethnomusicology (Deadline: September 17, 2012)

 * "U.S. equivalent to Assistant/Associate Professor"
 * "may give preference to candidates with a strong background in music cultures of the Asia/Pacific region, who are sensitive to fostering music in the local community, and who will consider ways to enhance the study of music at the NZSM across the breadth of its programmes"

Williams College - Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology (Africa or African diaspora) (Deadline: 30 November 2012)
===Yale Institute of Sacred Music - Assistant Professor of Music History (Deadline: November 5, 2012)===
 * specialty in the sacred repertories of the Medieval period (ca.900-1400). This appointment will provide teaching to students in Yale College and the Graduate School as well as the Institute and Divinity School.

Acronym guide
CMS: College Music Society

CHE: Chronicle of Higher Education

HERC: Higher Education Recruitment Consortium

IHE: Inside Higher Ed

MVL: Music Vacancy List (published by the College Music Society). Requires a member login.

AMS-L: American Musicological Society listserv

SAM-L: Society for American Music email list

SEM-L: Society of Ethnomusicology listserv

SEM: Society of Ethnomusicology. Their current job list requires a member login.

TT: Tenure Track

VAP: Visiting Assistant Professor

ABD: All-But-Dissertation

Wiki Counter: (check all that apply)
I am a musicologist: 13

I am an ethnomusicologist: 4

I am a little of both: 7

I am currently in a TT position: 4

I am currently in a VAP/Lecturer position: 6

I am currently a Postdoctoral Fellow and on the market: 2

I am a recent PhD and on the market: 6

I am a no-longer-so-recent PhD and on the market: 4

I am ABD and on the market: 9

I am ABD and no longer on the market:

I am not on the market but am an interested observer: 2

I am a member of a search committee: 1

I will keep this wiki a positve place for discussion and not post negativity: 2

Recent grads are getting most of the jobs
8/10: The numbers from last year's wiki show that 61.5% (32/52) of the TT musicology or ethno jobs in the United States went to people whose doctorates were finished in 2010 or later. When the 11 2009 and 2008 graduates are added, this number increases to 82.6%, and if the 4 2007 graduates are included, the figure is 90.4%. There are obviously other relevant factors here, but these numbers clearly show that schools prefer to hire recent grads.

8/12: I suspect that recent grads are also much more likely to be unemployed or underemployed. Statistically, you can't really claim that search committees have a preference for recent grads unless you know the make-up of the entire sample space of applicants. If, for example, 70% of the applicants for TT jobs last year were themselves recent grads (i.e. post-2010), then your calculations would suggest a slight disinclination to hire recent grads.

8/12: Comparing the DDM database with the wiki shows that there is a ratio of at least 2-1 (and sometimes 3-1 or even 4-1) between the number of people who get musicology doctorates each year and the number of people who get TT jobs. Unless all of the unsuccessful candidates from earlier years have given up trying to get a TT job, how could there not be a large number of not-so-recent grads in the job market? Most teaching in American universities is now done by adjuncts, many of whom have been teaching for many years and have qualifications that match or even exceed those of their TT colleagues. Don't you think these people are interested in TT jobs? The evidence shows that these less recent PhDs are out there, and that they are not getting hired (only 5 pre-2007 PhDs became TT musicology faculty last year). Though not derived from a large sample space, I can add my own anecdotal evidence. I happen to have inside info on four different TT searches in which an ABD or very recent PhD was hired over dozens of more experienced candidates. Everything that I have seen during my six years of TT job searching convinces me that schools prefer recent grads, including my own experience. I got 3 TT interviews when I was ABD, and I made several short lists in the first two years after graduating. I've received almost no interest since then despite the fact that I've compiled a pretty decent record of publication and teaching experience.

8/13: My own experience is similar to the last poster. My publication and teaching record keeps on getting better while the interest in my candidacy has remained pretty much unchanged. You'd think it would increase, but that simply isn't the case. I wonder if the academic societies can take a more proactive role to advocate on behalf of all of the contingent laborers among us. We aren't damaged goods, but I suspect that search committees might view us that way.

8/13: Really? It's only August and we have already started this crap. blech. I hope that there are more jobs this year than last (and there were quite a few last year) and also I hope that I don't have to come here often, it's so.....depressing. ===Job disappeared: University of North Texas (Visiting Assistant or Associate Professor, Ethnomusicology)=== 8/13 I posted this job on the wiki but t's been removed I guess. You can see it on the cached page if you Google. The deadline is past, but it starts in 2013. Does it belong somewhere else? I'd be interested in following it. Thanks! -S

8/13: The start date in the ad says August 2012. Someone else posted, "Position offered and accepted by Cathy Ragland (CUNY/University of Texas-Pan American)."

8/14 So sorry- I was unable to see that here.

Applying to Liberal Arts Colleges
8/19. I'm a recent UK PhD and would love to teach in a liberal arts college. Does anyone out there -- either candidates or members of search committees -- have any idea how UK PhDs are looked upon by such institutions? (Apologies if I'm posting this in the wrong place).

8/20. How much teaching (as the main instructor) have you gotten to do in the UK?

OP: I've done maybe 10 or so independent lectures, plus various seminars and tutorials, but haven't taught any complete courses on my own (almost all courses in the institution I was at are team-taught). I've also co-supervised some final year undergrad research projects. What kind of teaching experience do successful applicants tend to have? (ps. thanks for responding)

8/23. You might check last year's wiki; there was a long discussion re: how important teaching experience is to one's application. Some search committee members chimed in...As for the UK angle, I have no idea. I do know that lots of US PhDs would also love to teach at a SLAC. Super competitive - as competitive as R1 jobs, or really, every job nowadays. Good luck!

OP: Thanks -- I'll check it out. It's pretty competitve here in the UK at the moment, too.