European History Jobs, 2010-11

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 * ABD: 14


 * VAP: 14
 * Postdoc: 12 (2 UK though, slightly different system!)

Specialization breakdown:
 * TT but looking: 17 (in this market?)
 * Employed but reading out of curiosity: 5
 * Unemployed PhD: 4
 * Adjuncting PhD/ABD: 14
 * Please note ABD and Adjuncting w/ PhD in hand and years of experience and still looking, are NOT the same! Let's separate these two - in my world, ABDs have better chances these days....
 * in my world ABDs should get in the back of the line. harsh, but sorry. x2
 * nothing like the job market to bring out some latent bitterness.....grow up people.
 * Bitter? no, it's just having a monograph with a major academic press, a full postdoc at an R1, 20 conference papers, 5 articles, along with teaching appointments and having no job opportunities. I think the idea that ABDs are competing at the same point is disengenuous to both those of us who are still looking for the first post in a horrible market, and ABDs who think, coming out of a degree, that they're fully marketable. It depends on the field for sure, bitter, no - realistic, yes.
 * could be your attitude....i'm just sayin'... x8
 * best of luck to you all - seriously - the statement was about job opportunities. Not exactly sure how my supposed 'attitude' is going to make universities present more offers to all of us whether it's peachy or frank. So ya, bitterness about opportunities. When it comes to playing the best hand when jobs do come along, all's fair. Not so naive to think it works any other way, but if you're ABD you might appreciate someone telling it like it is. i'm just sayinG.
 * Cobbing together a living adjuncting and other weird odd jobs: 1
 * Clicked Google's "I'm feeling lucky," ended up here, didn't know there were still jobs in academia: 1
 * Trying to gauge the market to give best possible advice to my advisees looking for jobs: 1
 * That would be: Lasciate ogni speranza, voi ch'entrate.
 * Trying not to cry: 3
 * Schadenfreude
 * Ancient: 1
 * Medieval: 14 (we are so dead...)
 * Med/Ren/Early Modern: 5
 * Early Modern: 14
 * British (Modern): 3
 * British (Early Modern): 5
 * Modern: 28

Mixed, Multiple, or Thematic (period unspecified) Hires:
Brigham Young University
 * "Open Field & Open Rank: Multiple, permanent (continuing faculty status) track appointments at Brigham Young University, to begin August 2011, pending administrative approval and budget funding. PhD required. Department is accepting applications in all fields, but has particular needs in Western US, Modern Europe, and Modern Middle East. Teaching load will include US, American Heritage, or World Civilization survey courses, courses in field of specialization, and other core courses for the History major."
 * Note that BYU strongly favors hiring LDS members and has a conduct code
 * Deadline October 1, 2010.

Hebrew University of Jerusalem
 * Advertising for mutliple tenure-track and tenured positions, including the following fields: Western History, Jewish History, Ancient Near East; Romance and Latin American Studies
 * Deadline October 31, 2010.

Mississippi University for Women
 * Tenure-track assistant professor in the Department of History, Political Science and Geography to begin August 2011.
 * "Applicants must be able to teach in at least two of the following three fields: ancient history, medieval European history, early modern European history. Preferred specialties include social history, cultural history, or a non-western subfield."
 * Application review begins immediately (7/24)

Pennsylvania State University - Hazleton
 * Asisstant Professor in European History. Teaching reponsibilities will include "three classes (9 credits) each semester including Western Civilization surveys and other classes in the candidate’s area of specialty using traditional and hybrid delivery modes."
 * Application (online) due October 1, 2010.

University of Sussex (UK)


 * Seeking an experienced scholar in Modern European Jewish HIstory and Culture, with a special focus on the experience of German-speaking Jewry. Will lead Centre, teach undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the Department of History and convene the MA in Holocaust and Genocide Studies.


 * Closing Date September 17, 2010 (short deadline). "Expected start date: 1 January 2011 or by mutual agreement."

Ancient:
Oxford University
 * Part time research associate attached to the 'Social and Cultural Construction of Emotions: The Greek Paradigm' research project.
 * The postholder will work on the collection and analysis of inscriptions that provide information concerning the history of emotions in the Greek world (c. 800 BCE - c. 500 CE). Applicants must have a doctorate in an appropriate area of Greek history or Classics and have a good knowledge of Greek epigraphy, ancient Greek and Latin, and Greek social, political, and cultural history. IT skills and experience would be an advantage.
 * Deadline: August 25, 2010

Ancient/Medieval:
The Mississippi University for Women


 * Assistant Professor of History (Ancient, Medieval, and/or Early Modern Europe)


 * Nine-month assistant professor position


 * Applicants must be able to teach in at least two of the following three fields: ancient history, medieval European history, early modern European history. Preferred specialties include social history, cultural history, or a non-western subfield.


 * Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.

Medieval:
Brown University
 * Tenure-track assistant professor in Early Medieval Mediterranean History.
 * We especially encourage applications from historians working on relations between the Muslim and Christian worlds.
 * Review of applications will begin on October 15, 2010.
 * Note: Brown does not interview at the AHA

Ohio State University
 * Assistant professor in European medieval history. Scholars whose research centers on any field between about 500 and about 1500 are invited to apply.
 * Application deadline November 1 2010.

Rutgers University, New Brunswick
 * Assistant Professor, Medieval Women's and Gender History
 * Review of applications will begin on Dec. 1.

Valdosta State University (GA)
 * "New" tenure track assistant professor position: "The primary area of specialization is Medieval Europe. Secondary fields are open."
 * Application Deadline: Nov. 1, 2010

Medieval/Early Modern/Renaissance
Loyola Marymount University
 * "The History Department of Loyola Marymount University invites applications for a full-time, entry-level, tenure-track position in the history of the Mediterranean World, 700-1400. We are especially interested in applicants whose work focuses on cross-cultural encounters. Teaching responsibilities include an introductory course in western civilization, Global Encounters (world history before 1500), and more advanced courses in the successful candidate’s area of specialization. Ph.D. is required."
 * Deadline November 5, 2010.

Early Modern Europe
Agnes Scott
 * Candidates should specialize in some aspect of European history from 1400 to 1800 and be able to teach a range of thematic and chronologically structured undergraduate courses. Ability to teach medieval history is also expected
 * Deadline: December 1, 2010 - a bit late - does this mean no AHA?
 * Women's college where entire history department is female; anyone know if this job is informally reserved for women? Yes it is.


 * How do you know? It looks like somewhere between 1/4 and 1/3 of their faculty overall are male. Given that, I'd say that there's actually a chance that their history department should be looking to diversify a bit...
 * I have no inside information, but the previous person in this position was a man, so I doubt that it's reserved for women.
 * Thanks for this. Let's hope that the person who answered that the job was reserved for women has no inside information either... I don't. It just seemed like an absurd question (no offense meant), so I offered an absurd answer. I actually agree with the idea that they may want to diversify, but the number of jobs "reserved" on the basis of sex or race are vanishingly small, and not worth the worrying.

Bowdoin College
 * Assistant Professor, 17th and 18th-century continental European history. "We especially welcome candidates whose research and teaching interests address the European Enlightenment and Europe's interaction with the non-European world."
 * Application due November 1, 2010.
 * Being replaced is Paul Friedland, 18th-c. France.
 * he left - where did he go?
 * His position was a shared position with his wife, who now has the full position. He decided to seek a full position elsewhere.

Penn State
 * Tenure-track position at the rank of assistant professor in the history of the Early Modern Mediterranean (1450-1700), with a preference for Iberia.
 * Deadline for submission of applications is November 1, 2010.

University of Groningen (Netherlands)
 * Seeking a professor of Early Modern History focusing on the study of the history of the period from 1500 to c. 1800.
 * Starting 1 February 2011.
 * Deadline: September 22, 2010 (?)
 * Note this position is for a full professor, i.e. per their website someone with extensive publications and good experience overseeing graduate students.

University of Louisville
 * Tenure-track Assistant Professor in the history of early modern/Reformation-era Europe, excluding the history of the British Isles. "Candidates specializing in family and/or gender history are especially encouraged to apply."
 * Application (online) due December 3, 2010.

Wilfrid Laurier University (Ontario)


 * A 6-month position at the rank of Assistant Professor starting 1 January 2011


 * The successful candidate will be expected to teach History 221 (France from the Wars of Religion to Napoleon); History 311 (The Reformation); and HI 374 (Jews, Witches & Heretics: Persecution and Toleration in Pre-Modern Europe, c 1050-1700).


 * Deadline: 15 September 2010
 * Note - WLU doesn't give much discretion to its 'instructors' - courses tend to be set in terms of syllabi. Sounds like Chris Nighman is out for a bit.

British History
Not looking good for the early modernists right now -- 9/1
 * Maybe we can all get the Agnes Scott job.
 * Perhaps we could start a discussion on the "discussion" page - but I'm pretty sure that this is the future of British history in this country. Once upon a time any history department worth its salt had an early modernist and a modernist - but those days are gone. British history is coming to mean British imperial history from the 16th through the 20th centuries. If you don't work on some aspect of the British Empire then history departments these days are not interested.

How absolutely true! Except that British Imperial for most departments starts in the mid17thc.

Wake Forest University 

They ran an advertisement every year from (I think) 2004-2007--Tudor/Stuart or Victorian. They finally hired someone, but I understand this person died early in 2010. Now it's Tudor/Stuart to present, so 18th and 20th centuries are (presumably) fair game.
 * Tudor/Stuart period to the present
 * Deadline November 1
 * Ad also on AHA website
 * Applied for this job: 1
 * seriously, I'm sorry to hear about the last hire, but 1485-2010 is a bit vague. I'm sure they've got some ideas - anyone got the scoop? I can't imagine sorting through the pile of applications...

East Stroudsburg State
 * Britain since 1600, A second field in Middle East or African History is preferred.
 * Deadline November 12


 * Looks like pickings will be slim this year for early modern historians . ..
 * Anyone else notice an interesting thread running through the academic background of the faculty here?
 * Quite local, by my read. Cautionary words about the school on other Wikia pages.

University of Northumbria (UK)


 * Lecturer/Senior Lecturer (tenured position) in British History, 1600-1750


 * Likely that the search committee want this position to start in the 2010-11 academic year.


 * "You will be an early career or established research active academic with a relevant PhD and/or equivalent postgraduate or professional qualification/experience"


 * Deadline: 19 August 2010


 * 'Selection date': 19 October 2010

University of Wisconsin-Madison
 * Assistant Professor, Britain or Ireland since 1688
 * Deadline November 1.
 * Ad on AHA website University website (I changed it so everybody could have access, including non AHA-members).

Staffordshire University (UK)
 * Senior Lecturer (tenured) in Modern British History
 * Deadline: 20 Aug. 2010
 * Interviews: 13 Sept. 2010

Syracuse University (NY)
 * Assistant Professor "Modern Britain and/or British Empire"
 * Deadline: 15 Oct. 2010
 * This is the third time this job has been advertised in the last 6 years. Anyone know why?
 * It's syracuse.
 * What does that last comment mean? (9/2)
 * Syracuse has run several searches over the last few years that have failed for a variety of reasons. For example, see the discussion about their colonial US job on the 2008-09 US wiki page.

Texas Christian University
 * Assistant Professor Britain/British Empire
 * Deadline November 25
 * "with a preference for South Asia or Africa" - yeah, get in line.

Wilfrid Laurier University
 * Assistant Professor, Britain and its empire (excluding North America) from 1783 to 1914.
 * The deadline for applications is 10 December 2010.

==Russian History ==

Smith College


 * Assistant progessor in "the history of imperial Russia and the Soviet Union, including Eurasia, through the twentieth century, with research interests focused in the 19th and 20th C."


 * The position is based at Smith, shared with Amherst, and may involve teaching at other Five College institutions (Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, and Smith Colleges and the University of Massachusetts Amherst) on occasion.


 * Application due November 8, 2010.
 * Sounds like they already have their guy -- note, Eurasia.
 * Has Sergey Glebov quit?
 * Any word on how this shared position shakes out - anything good about it? Sounds like it could have its serious downsides: not being rooted in a single department (and not being embraced as a full colleague anywhere), shuttling around to various campuses, etc.

Middlebury College
 * 3-year VAP in Modern Russia
 * Deadline December 13, 2010

Northern Illinois
 * Imperial Russia/Soviet Union - Open rank.
 * Deadline November 5, 2010

Murray State
 * Assistant Professor of Eastern European/Russian/Soviet History
 * Deadline October 15, 2010
 * Relatively heavy teaching load

Villanova University
 * Women and Gender in Modern Europe, Soviet period required
 * Deadline October 8
 * their website lists a visiting assistant professor who specializes in this field and has been teaching there for a long time
 * Their current VAP is also listed as the Director of Russian Area Studies. Given the way the ad is written, they already have their candidate.
 * Now that is flipping hillarious. And by hillarious, I mean really depressing.
 * Perhaps we should consider that this VAP has paid his/her dues and now has the opportunity to become a tenure-stream professor instead of a visitor - which typically means that he/she teaches more classes than his/her tenure-track colleagues for less money? Perhaps we should be happy for this person?
 * Perhaps some sympathy for all the applicants who will put a lot of effort and financial resources into applications that will never be given serious consideration.
 * Yes - sympathy for everybody. Being on the job market totally blows, no matter who you are or what your status.


 * However, almost every job you apply to, no matter if there is a VAP in place or not, is a waste of time, effort and financial resources - when over 100 people apply to each position, the odds are simply stacked against you.
 * Friends, let's try and keep this page informative, with updates on the specific searches only. There are separate pages for discussion, as well as "the venting page," where we can discuss the hardships and frustrations of being on the market.
 * The more dialogue the better -- it's all informative -- when it comes down to it.

Modern Europe
Amherst College
 * Tenure-track Assistant Professor in Modern European History. "We welcome applications from candidates specializing in any time period after 1789 and in any geographical area except Russia and Central and Eastern Europe."
 * Applications due November 1, 2010.
 * Any idea who is being replaced?
 * Bezucha (France). But past VAP did Britain, and current VAP does hist/memory of Indochine War in France.

Drury University


 * Applications due November 12, 2010.
 * "The Department of History, Political Science, and Geography at Drury University invites applications for a tenure-track position in Modern Europe/World History, beginning August 2011. Open rank. The department is seeking broadly trained candidates to teach introductory and upper level courses in modern European and world history. Area specialization is open (excluding East Asia, Middle East, and Latin America). Candidates will be expected to teach in the university’s interdisciplinary core curriculum, Global Perspectives 21. Teaching load: 3/4."


 * This is the re-do of a search that didn't pan out last year. Based on last year, you will be expected to teach European and non-European history, potentially including African history.
 * My memory may be off on this, but I think they've hired for this position a couple of times in the last six or seven years. In the past the hires have been Africanists who also do Europe. Keeping good folks like this is no mean feat, and I've heard great things about the school, so don't let this put you off.
 * This information is only partially accurate - the people who held this position in the last few years were specialists in European history. Teaching is mostly in European history, with African history being just one of the courses.
 * Does anyone know if a specialist in early modern Europe would have a chance? Sadly, I doubt it. They have a medievalist who covers E.Mod. as well. The previous poster seems to know more than some - do you have any insight into how the department defines Modern?
 * Past 6-7 years, 1 who was pretty much both Africa and Europe, 1 who was Europeanist first, Africanist second. Modern likely to be defined as post French-Rev but I don't think an early-modernist would necessarily be out of the running (depending on ability to teach more than just Europe).

Georgia Southern University
 * Tenure-track position of Assistant Professor of Modern French History.
 * Screening of applications begins October 8, 2010.

Gustavus Adolphus


 * Colonialism/Imperialism with a focus on the relationship between Europe and sub-Saharan Africa or the Middle East.


 * Review of applications will begin on November 5, 2010

Mississippi State University
 * Assistant Professor in French History.
 * Deadline: November 12, 2010

Mercyhurst College
 * Assistant Professor, 20th Century World/European History
 * Consideration of applicants will begin September 20 and will continue until the position is filled.

Pennsylvania State University Erie, The Behrend College
 * Assistant Professor in Modern European History.
 * Review of applications will begin on October 10, 2010.

Reed College
 * Tenure track assistant professor in Modern Europe (19th-20th century, excluding Germany) and Western Humanities
 * "We encourage applications from candidates with interests in one or more of the following: international relations and diplomacy, war and society, labour and industrialization, migration and citizenship, and Europe and the world."
 * Complete applications must be received by November 12, 2010

Reed College (VAP)
 * Visiting assistant professor in Continental European History since 1800 and Modern European Humanities.
 * "We encourage applications from candidates with interests in one or more of the following fields: intellectual history, the history of science, Central Europe. In addition to courses in one’s own area, teaching duties include a team-taught, yearlong, interdisciplinary Humanities course (http://academic.reed.edu/humanities/hum220/index.html) and advising yearlong senior theses."
 * Application deadline is November 12, 2010

St. Mary's College of California
 * Deadline November 1
 * Modern Europe, "Specialization open," helps to have interests in "imperialism, migration," or "other transnational approaches"

University of California - Berkeley
 * "Full-time appointment at either the tenure-track assistant professor or tenured associate professor level in modern European history, excluding Britain, East Europe, and Russia."
 * Deadline: October 1, 2010 (submission electronic)
 * replacement for which faculty member? does anybody know?


 * A: It's to replace their Germanist, Margaret Anderson, but the search is not for German history only.
 * My guess is that they would prefer someone who does Germany or France, but would be open to other fields: Neither Susanna Barrows nor Carla Hesse nor Tyler Stovall is teaching French history full time (for health reasons and deanship reasons); for Germany, Gerry Feldman passed away, and Margaret Anderson is retiring.
 * Does anyone have a sense of just how grave the financial issues are at Berkeley? Do you think there is any chance of a tenure freeze in the coming years?
 * I can't speak to Berkeley, but a friend at UCSB said that things are pretty dire there, with real hits to the teaching mission: sabbaticals continue, but faculty are not replaced; grad program slashed, etc. With only a little exaggeration, he said, "Everyone who isn't nearing retirement is on the market. Lucky for us, it's no better elsewhere."
 * While things are bad at Berkeley, the history department is quite aware of the budget issues and is doing everything itcan to make sure that faculty are supported. And the department has a fairly large endowment to make that possible. However, like all UCs, things are not good and unlikely to get better in the near future, yet it is unlikely that the situation in the history department specifically is as dire as the poster above related for UCSB.
 * I heard that they've already targeted someone - an asst prof who is going up for tenure and just published a book w/ rave reviews.
 * more details about the "targeted" one?
 * Ad on Chronicle lists salary range for an assistant professor as: $53,200 to $69,200.
 * So moved.

University of California-Davis
 * Assistant professor in 19th century Europe. "Applicants should possess specialist credentials in such research subjects as European political, economic or social history, comparative or transnational European history, and/or European (including Russian) empires."
 * Submission due November 1, 2010.

University of Illinois - Chicago
 * "The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago seeks candidates for the Chair of Modern Greek Studies endowed by the Foundation for Hellenic Studies-Illinois. Candidates must have a distinguished scholarly record and be eligible for appointment at the rank of Associate Professor or Professor in the departments of Classics and Mediterranean Studies or History. The successful candidate will specialize in Modern Greek literature or Modern Greek history and culture, broadly conceived. Chronological sub-specialties should focus on the post-Byzantine era. Other sub-specialties might include Greek history or literature under the Ottoman Empire, the struggle for independence and the founding of the modern Greek nation-state, literature of the Kingdom of Greece, and Greece and its role in the larger Mediterranean and European world over the course of the 19th and 20th centuries."
 * Deadline: October 1, 2010

University of Pittsburgh


 * Applications due October 15, 2010
 * Central Europe, "with a preference for Germany in a European or global context. We invite applications from candidates working on any time period."
 * They started a search two years ago (to replace Christian Gerlach, I believe), but suspended it in December '08.

University of Pennsylvania
 * tenure-track Assistant Professor in transnational modern Europe, 1789-1989, including modern European international history and/or modern Europe and empires.
 * Candidates are encouraged to apply by November 5th.

University of Sussex (UK)


 * Position: Reader in Jewish History and Director of the Centre for German-Jewish Studies
 * "We are seeking an experienced university teacher with a strong record of research and publication in the field of Modern European-Jewish History and Culture, with a special focus on the experience of German-speaking Jewry. The successful applicant will provide academic leadership for the Centre, organize conferences and workshops, develop links with cognate institutions and maintain the Centre's archival collection, communicating the findings of research to a wider public."
 * Starts January 1, 2011 (or after)
 * Closing date for applications: 24 September 2010

University of Toronto Scarborough


 * Applications due October 15, 2010
 * The Department of Humanities of the University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC) invites applications for a tenure-stream position at the rank of Assistant Professor in modern (post-1750) continental European history, including East Europe and Russia (Britain is excluded) to begin July 1, 2011.
 * This is a re-do of last year's search, which was suspended. There is some discussion of it on last year's wiki page.
 * Is it odd that 47 percent [7 of 15] of the UTSC history faculty have degrees from the University of Toronto? Source: http://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/~registrar/calendars/calendar/History.html#Faculty_List15493
 * welcome to Toronto...

Washington University in St. Louis
 * Assistant Professor, Modern Western Europe. "Area and chronological expertise are open, although there is a preference for historians of Great Britain and France."
 * Applications due October 15, 2010.
 * Q: Has anyone been able to find the job details on the university's website? Searching by department and by 'history' or 'europe' as keywords isn't bringing anything up! [3 Aug]
 * A: You can find it at this link https://jobs.wustl.edu/ (the Job ID # is 20536).

Wheaton College


 * Ad on AHA, including: "Wheaton College is an evangelical Christian liberal arts college whose faculty and staff affirm a Statement of Faith and adhere to lifestyle expectations."
 * Deadline November 1
 * There was some discussion on last year's site about Wheaton's strict Christian values and policies, which faculty are apparently obliged to uphold (scroll to the very bottom): http://academicjobs.wikia.com/wiki/European_History_Jobs,_2009-10