German Studies 2017-2018

This page is dedicated to academic jobs in German. The jobs found here are added by individuals as well as drawn from sources such as the MLA job list, Higher Ed Jobs, the Chronicle of Higher Education, Inside Higher Ed, jobs.ac.uk, and other lists and websites.

Click here for the 2016-2017 list

Please add jobs with the following format:

Name of college/university, title/rank, preferred area(s) of specialization, application due date, link to job ad.

As job search progress indicators become available, add the type of information and date. The link to a job description can be deleted after the application due date. After an offer has been accepted, please underline the name of the institution so that we can easily see which positions have already been filled.

For example:
 * 1) Midwest Dreamland U, 16/17th C, due 11/1/17
 * 2) * writing sample requested by email 12/1
 * 3) * phone interview scheduled 12/15
 * 4) * MLA interview scheduled 12/20
 * 5) * on-campus interview invitation 1/15
 * 6) * offer extended 3/15
 * 7) * offer accepted 3/25
 * 8) * rejection letter received 4/1

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Tenure Track Faculty Positions

 * 1)  Auburn U (AL), asst. prof. due 11/1/17, link
 * 2) *Skype interview requested, 11/17 (x3)
 * 3) *On-campus interview scheduled, 12/1 (x2)
 * 4) *Offer made, 2/7
 * 5) *Offer accepted, 2/21
 * 6) *Rejection letter received, 3/6 (x2)
 * 7) Ball SU (IN), asst. prof. due 11/19/17, link
 * 8) *phone interview requested, 12/1 (x3)
 * 9) *on-campus interview invitation, 12/21
 * 10) *offer made, 2/6
 * 11) *offer accepted, 2/15
 * 12) Bucknell U  (PA), open rank, German-Jewish lit. & culture, due 10/15/17, link
 * 13) *Skype interview requested, 10/24
 * 14) *On-campus interview scheduled, 11/10
 * 15) *Rejection email received indicating position has been filled, 3/5
 * 16) Colorado C, asst. prof., modernism/20th C culture, due 11/1/17, link
 * 17) *Skype/MLA interview requested, 12/16
 * 18) C of DuPage (IL), asst. prof., experience with ESL preferred, due 1/15/18, link
 * 19) *Skype interview requested, 2/19 (x3)
 * 20) *On-campus interview scheduled, 3/6
 * 21)  Gettysburg C  (PA), asst. prof., open, due 11/1/17, link
 * 22) *MLA interview scheduled, 11/20 (x4)
 * 23) *Rejection letter indicating position has been filled, 2/22 (x6)
 * 24) *They had 150+ applicants
 * 25) Kennesaw SU (GA), asst. prof., open, due 10/17/17, link
 * 26) *Skype interview requested, 10/30 (x3)
 * 27) *On-campus interview scheduled, 12/4
 * 28) *Rejection letter received, 12/5 (x10)
 * 29) *Offer extended and accepted
 * 30) Longwood U (VA), asst. prof., due 11/1/17, link
 * 31) *Skype interview requested, 12/6
 * 32) *On-campus interview scheduled, 12/14
 * 33) *Rejection letter indicating position has been filled, 2/9 (x3)
 * 34) Montana SU, asst. prof., review begins 12/1/17, link
 * 35) *interview requested via phone call, 12/8
 * 36) *Skype interview scheduled via email, 12/12
 * 37) *on-campus interview scheduled, 1/16
 * 38) *offer made, 2/9
 * 39) *offer declined, 2/13
 * 40) Northern Michigan U, asst. prof, due 2/15/18, link
 * 41) *Rejection letter received, 2/28 (x6)
 * 42) *on-campus interview scheduled, 3/6
 * 43) Oakland U (MI), asst. prof., pre-20th C and feminist or queer theory, link
 * 44) *MLA interview scheduled, 12/22 (x2)
 * 45) *On-campus interview scheduled, 1/18
 * 46) *Rejection email received indicating position has been filled, 3/8
 * 47) Reed C (OR), asst. prof., post-1700, due 11/10/17, link
 * 48) *MLA interview scheduled, 12/8 (x3)
 * 49) *additional materials requested, 1/8
 * 50) *On-campus interview scheduled, 1/17
 * 51) *On-campus interview scheduled, 2/28
 * 52) Sam Houston SU (TX), asst. prof., generalist, review until filled, link
 * 53) US Naval Academy (MD), asst. prof., review begins 11/17/17, link
 * 54) *MLA interview scheduled, 12/4 (x2)
 * 55) U of British Columbia, asst. prof., due 11/15/17, link
 * 56) *Skype interview requested, 11/22 (x3)
 * 57) *Rejection letter received, 12/5 (x4)
 * 58) *On-campus interview scheduled, 12/21
 * 59) *Position filled, 2/20
 * 60) U of California Berkeley, asst. prof., pref. for post-War lit., due 11/3/17, link
 * 61) *Skype interview requested, 11/22
 * 62) *On-campus Interview scheduled
 * 63) *Rejection letter received 12/14 (x7)
 * 64) *Offer made
 * 65) U of Chicago (IL), asst. prof., due 11/15/17, link
 * 66) *Skype interview requested, 12/5
 * 67) *On-campus interview requested, 12/20
 * 68) *Offer made, 2/23
 * 69) U of Cincinnati (OH), asst. prof., review until filled, link
 * 70) U of Rhode Island, asst. prof., German for professional purposes, review begins 10/30/17, link
 * 71) *Skype interview requested, 11/4 (x5)
 * 72) *On-campus interview requested, 11/16
 * 73) *offer made and accepted, 12/21
 * 74) *rejection letter received, 3/6 (x2)
 * 75) U of South Carolina-Upstate, asst. prof., translation/interpretation, link
 * 76) *Skype interview requested, 1/26 (x3)
 * 77) *On-campus interview scheduled
 * 78) *Rejection letter receive (no on-campus interview), 3/20
 * 79) U of Wisconsin-Madison, asst. prof., early Germanic, link
 * 80) *Skype interview requested, 12/1
 * 81) *offer accepted
 * 82) Valparaiso U (IN), asst prof., generalist, due 11/17/17, link
 * 83) *MLA interview scheduled, 12/8 (x2)
 * 84) *On-campus interview requested, 1/13
 * 85) Virginia Tech, asst. prof., Goethezeit, due 11/15/17, link
 * 86) *Skype interview requested, 12/5 (x2)
 * 87) *On-campus interview requested, 12/27
 * 88) *Offer made, 2/19, and accepted, 2/20
 * 89) *Rejection letter received, 3/16
 * 90) Worcester Polytechnic Institute (MA), asst. prof., due 10/15/17, link
 * 91) *References contacted, 11/17 (x5)
 * 92) *interview requested, 11/22 (x2)
 * 93) *Rejection received (after campus interview), 2/2

Senior Faculty Positions

 * 1) Johns Hopkins U (MD), Kurrelmeyer Chair of German, due 10/15/17, link
 * 2) Michigan SU, founding Director of the School of Language Sciences & Literary and Cultural Studies (SLS&LCS), review begins 10/16/17, link
 * 3) U of Colorado Boulder, visiting senior scholar in German Studies, for either Fall 2018 or Spring 2019, review begins 2/15/18, link

Visiting/non-tenure track/term limited faculty positions
See also: Humanities and Social Sciences Postdocs 2017-18
 * 1) Bloomsburg U (PA), 1-yr. instructor, due 3/24/18, link
 * 2) Colby C (ME), 1-yr. faculty fellow, due 1/15/18, link
 * 3) *Skype interview requested 1/29 (x3)
 * 4) C of Charleston (SC), visiting asst. prof., review begins 2/9/18, link
 * 5) *Request for Skype interview, 2/23 (x2)
 * 6) C of William & Mary (VA), 1-yr. visiting asst. prof., due 4/10/18, link
 * 7) C of Wooster (OH), visiting asst. prof., due 2/2/18, link
 * 8) *Skype interview requested 2/21 (x3)
 * 9) *On-campus interview scheduled, 3/7
 * 10) Concordia U (Montreal), 1- to 3-yr. position, due 3/30/18, link
 * 11) Davidson C (NC), 2-yr. visiting asst. prof., due 4/10, link
 * 12) Georgia Tech, GLACT postdoctoral teaching position in German, due 2/1/18, rolling link
 * 13) *Contacted for Virtual Interview 2/21 (x2)
 * 14) Hamilton C (NY),  3-yr. visiting asst. prof., due 3/26/18, link
 * 15) High Point U (NC), visiting asst. prof., due 12/20/17, link
 * 16) *Contacted for Skype interview 1/26 (x3)
 * 17) *Additional materials requested, 2/14 (x2)
 * 18) *On-campus interview scheduled, 2/16
 * 19) *On-campus interview invitation, 2/23 (x2)
 * 20) Lafayette C (PA), visiting asst. prof., due 3/21/18, link
 * 21) Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1-yr. lecturer, due 4/30/18, link
 * 22) New C of Florida, 1-yr. visiting asst. prof., due 4/1/18, link
 * 23) Occidental C (CA), 1-yr. full-time adjunct asst. prof., due 4/30/18, link
 * 24) Pacific U (OR), 1-yr visiting asst. prof., review on-going, link
 * 25) Sewanee: U of the South (TN), 1-yr. visiting asst. prof., review begins 3/12/18, link
 * 26) Stanford U, 3-yr. lecturer, due 4/16/18, link
 * 27) Syracuse U, 1-yr. visiting asst. prof., due 4/13/18, link
 * 28) U of Arizona, 1-yr. full-time adjunct lecturer, review begins 3/1/18 link
 * 29) U of Connecticut, 1-yr. asst. prof. in residence, due 1/12/18, link
 * 30) *Skype interview requested, 3/15
 * 31) U of Maryland, College Park, 1-yr. visiting asst. prof., environmental humanities, due 11/15/17, link
 * 32) *Skype interview requested, 11/30 (x3)
 * 33) *Offer made (reliable 2nd hand information)
 * 34) *Offer accepted (reliable 2nd hand information)
 * 35) U of Nebraska Lincoln, 1-yr. lecturer, review beings 4/3/18, link
 * 36) U of North Carolina Wilmington, 1-yr. full-time nonrenewable lecturer, priority consideration deadline 3/9/18, link
 * 37) *Skype interview requested, 3/15 (x3)
 * 38) U of Richmond (VA), 1-3 yr. visiting asst. prof., review beings 3/30/17, link
 * 39) U of Virginia, 1-yr. post-doc, due 3/30, link
 * 40) Wabash C (IN), 1-yr. visiting asst. prof., due 2/25/18, link
 * 41)  Whitman C  (WA), 1-yr. visiting asst. prof., due 2/12/18, link
 * 42) *Skype interview requested, 2/12
 * 43) *Offer made 3/9
 * 44) *Offer accepted 3/11

Applied Linguistics/Language Coordinator/Pedagogy/Program Director Positions

 * 1) Columbia U (NY), lecturer/senior lecturer, due 11/1/17, link
 * 2) *MLA interview requested, 11/22 (x4)
 * 3) *Campus interview requested, 1/15
 * 4) *Offer extended and declined (reliable seccond-hand information)
 * 5) *Offer extended, 3/8
 * 6) *Offer accepted, 3/12
 * 7) U of Cincinnati (OH), asst. prof. educator; director of Basic Languages; review begins 3/1/18, link
 * 8) *Skype interview requested, 3/9 (x3)
 * 9) *On-campus interview invitation 3/24 (x2)
 * 10) U of Rhode Island, asst. prof., language and applied linguistics, review begins 11/15/17, link
 * 11) *Skype interview requested, 12/15
 * 12) U of Massachusetts, Amherst, Lecturer of STEM-German / Director of iSTEP, link
 * 13) U of Texas at Austin, asst. prof., due 11/15/17 extended to 12/1, link
 * 14) *Email: committee plans to meet later this week to select Skype interview candidates, 12/4
 * 15) *Rejection letter received, 12/8 (x3)
 * 16) *Skype Interview requested, 12/8 (x3)
 * 17) *Invitation to Campus Interview, 12/9 (x1)

Renewable non-tenure track lecturer/instructor positions

 * 1) Baylor U (TX), lecturer, due 11/1/17, link
 * 2) *Skype interview requested, 2/1 (x5)
 * 3) *On-campus interview scheduled, 2/26
 * 4) Carleton C (MN), lecturer, due 12/15/17, link
 * 5) *Skype interview requested, 1/30 (x4)
 * 6) *On-campus interview requested, 2/7 (x2)
 * 7) *Offer extended (reliable second-hand), 3/7
 * 8) *Rejection email received indicating position has been filled, 3/20 (x2)
 * 9) Gustavus Adolphus C (MN), one year with anticipated continuation, due 3/25/18 link
 * 10) Illinois SU, renewable lecturer position, review begins 4/1/18, link
 * 11) Northwestern U (IL), asst. prof. of instruction, due 2/9/18, link
 * 12) *Skype interview requested (reliable 2nd hand information)
 * 13) *Rejection letter received, 3/15 (x3)
 * 14) Texas Tech U, asst. prof. of the practice, due 12/31/17, link
 * 15) U of British Columbia, 2-yr. lecturer, due 3/15/18, link
 * 16) *Skype interview requested, 3/20
 * 17) U of Iowa, lecturer, contemporary German lit. and culture, due 2/1/18, link
 * 18) *Skype interview requested, 2/14
 * 19) U of Pittsburgh (PA), visiting lectureship with possibility of renewal, due 2/16/18, link
 * 20) *Skype interview requested, 2/22 (x2), 2/23
 * 21) *Offer extended (reliable second-hand), 3/7
 * 22)  Yale U (CT), lector, due 12/15/17, link
 * 23) *Skype interview requested, 1/15 (x2), 1/17
 * 24) *Rejection letter received 2/1 (x3),  after skype interview 2/1 (x2)
 * 25) *Offer accepted (reliable 2nd-hand source)

Spring 2018 Positions

 * 1) Cornell C (IA), German studies instructor, link

Faculty Positions outside of Canada and the U.S.

 * 1) Durham U (UK), asst. prof., due 12/17/17, link
 * 2) *Rejection Received, 1/31 (x2)
 * 3) National U of Singapore, lecturer/senior lecturer, due 10/15/17, link

Multi-Language Faculty Positions

 * 1) Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics, and Humanities (IN), instructor of German and Russian, due 12/1/17, link
 * 2) U of Arizona, asst. prof., intercultural competence (2 positions, incl. German), due 11/20/17, link. Also posted at Interdisciplinary Humanities and Liberal Arts 2017-2018, Ethnic Studies 2017-2018, Spanish and Portuguese 2017-2018, and French and Francophone Studies 2017-2018.
 * 3) *Posted in French and Francophone Studies : "Request for Skype in early Jan via email [12/21]"

Other German-Related Faculty Positions
NOTE: German History positions are posted at European History 2017-18
 * 1) U of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Central European Studies (incl. Hungarian), due 11/13/17, link. Also posted at Russian/Slavic 2017-2018.

Demographics
Change the count in the category to which you belong. This permits us to have somewhat of an overview on the nature of the market demographics in German Studies.

ABD (early):

ABD (will finish this academic year): 15

Ph.D. in hand (one-year, VAP, Lecturer, Post-doc, adjunct): 20

PhD in hand (employed full-time; Senior Lecturer; looking for tenure track): 1

Ph.D. in hand (unemployed): 0

Assistant Professor: 4

Associate Professor: 5

Full Professor:

Search Committee Member: 3

Lurker: 1

Concerned grandmother: 1

Faculty "Job Coach": 1

Discussion

 * 1) Two requests: Please do not delete any position that has been added. If a search has been cancelled, strike through it. Please also check before adding a new position to see whether it might already be in a different section. If you disagree with where the position has been placed, discuss the categorization in this section rather than simply duplicate it.
 * 2) Positions that are open rank = tenure track faculty + senior faculty. Should be listed in both. (Some things, studies have shown and experts agree, are more than one, not either / or ... )
 * 3) The purpose here isn't to deny that some jobs could reasonably be placed in multiple categories. It's just to make things easier once people start posting status updates.
 * 4) Idea: post it in both categories with request for people to post update status updates under tenure track.
 * 5) This is becoming needlessly complicated. Senior faculty positions are only for already tenured faculty whereas the tenure track positions are either expressly for or open to non-tenured applicants. Positions that are open rank or adv. asst. have in the past been listed in the first section.
 * 6) Q. (Ball SU) Does anyone know why their system asks applicants to upload their own LoRs? Am I to understand that they want non-confidential letters of recommendation?!
 * 7) This is most likely due to a miscommunication between the dept. and HR rather than a request for non-confidential letters.
 * 8) According to their search committee head, Ball State just implemented the job site this year and this was not something the department anticipated HR doing. They're in communication with HR right now about fixing it.
 * 9) HR has resolved the issue.
 * 10) The Naval Academy job is now listed on the USNA website.
 * 11) The Ball State German/Russian Instructor job is actually at the Indiana Academy of Science and the Humanities, a magnet school for advanced high school students. We can list it here, but it's not a college/university position.
 * 12) Anyone know anything about the U Chicago search? The interfolio link seems to be inactive. Was it cancelled?
 * 13) U of Chicago isn't actually using Interfolio for submissions; it's using a local job site. There seems to be a problem with the job site though too. I was able to access the Interfolio page advertising the position. I recommend contacting the job site's administrative email (ACOppAdministrator@uchicago.edu) and the department contact person, Ingrid Sagor (isagor@uchicago.edu), especially as letters of recommendation are instructed to be sent to her email.
 * 14) I am able to access the application site here . You should be able to find the listing by searching with the job posting number from the Interfolio page linked above (03483)
 * 15) Has anyone heard anything about the Oakland University Job? Have they contacted first-round interviewees?
 * 16) Oakland, anyone?
 * 17) Campus visits? Has Oakland sent those invitations out yet?
 * 18) Haven't heard anything yet. My guess is that several interviews were probably postponed to skype because of the weather in NYC, and thus it might take longer?
 * 19) Good point. I suppose that's the case for a lot of positions that had MLA interviews this year.
 * 20) Has anyone heard about USC Upstate?
 * 21) job site says Skype interviews to be conducted in January 2018. They will likely contact people after the holidays.
 * 22) Has anyone heard about Worcester Polytechnic Institute?
 * 23) I was told (after having a phone interview with them) to expect to hear from no later than the end January.
 * 24) U of Cincinnati posting: Has anybody figured out how to get into the actual online application? I can set up a profile but the link they give for the actual position kicks me back to the jobs home page. >>> solved: turn off adblocker and/or use Safari.
 * 25) Northern Michigan University: Did anyone else receive an e-mail that they had "not met the minimum qualifications? Thanks!
 * 26) Yes, I got the same email. (x3)
 * 27) Yes. WTF? (x3)
 * 28) Besides being untrue, it seems pretty cruel. Are they that desperate to pretend their inside candidate is the only possible good candidate?
 * 29) IDK if they're desperate, per se. The message looks like poorly thought, auto-generated text from HR. It just looks like they had a difficult time getting around the whole "let's make it look like a legitimate search to HR" thing. Sloppy on their part, really.
 * 30) Agreed. I sent a reply asking them if this was an error message, as I did meet the minimum qualfications. I know it is pointless, but I thought I would call out the unprofessionalism to their attention.
 * 31) "Please do not let this discourage you from applying to other positions for which you are qualified." - just WOW. I did not realize I applied for a senior faculty position at Harvard. My bad.
 * 32) U of Nebraska Lincoln: Just a fair warning, this position was made possible through a grant and is advertised as a 9-month position at $31,500. You can finally teach a graduate seminar while still earning a graduate student's salary.
 * 33) Sam Houston SU- So, is everyone expected to send non-confidential LoR for this position? I've attempted to get in touch with their department multiple times with zero response to my messages.
 * 34) Can't get a response on this, either...anyone??!
 * 35) Yep, sent in the same e-mail. No response.
 * Ok, the chair's secretary got back to me and said, "They can be confidential letters.  If you would like to email them, please just include a word document for each recommendation in your application that they will be sent directly to the department. All letters are kept in my office confidentially and shared only with the search committee." The chair's secretary is April Darby and it's her email that's used as the contact email in the advertisement.
 * 1) To user Morganlefay66: Please be aware that several users are monitoring this wiki and can see when you make deletions/ formatting changes to entries.
 * 2) I have reversed Morganlefay66's update.
 * 3) Does anyone know how long the anticipated VAP position for the College of Charleston is for? It doesn’t specify in the job ad.
 * 4) One year, I believe. They said in the interview they hope/plan to do a tenure-track search next year.