Middle Eastern History Jobs, 2009-10

Middle Eastern History
--it seems to vary from school to school. I applied for a handful of jobs last year; some were quick to tell me where they were in the process, while others never contacted me at all. --Not sure. I do know, however, that Grinnell is holding 18 preliminary interviews, and I am not one of them. Ouch. *Bard College Tenure-Track, post 1600 middle east request for telephone interview 12/4 Phone interview for 11/19
 * How many people are checking this board regularly? Add one for yourself:  27
 * Do schools send out rejection letters as soon as they decide that you're not their candidate or do they wait until the search is over to inform everyone at once?
 * Does anyone have an interview at MESA?
 * Just Fairfield for me
 * I have two, TAMU and Fairfield
 * me too
 * Does anyone know how many people apply per position, on average, and how many people are asked to be interviewed per job, on average?
 * Colby-Sawyer College, Tenure-Track Assistant
 * Georgetown University
 * Grinnell College Middle East and Religion      Anybody hear about Grinnell interviews yet?
 * Rejection email 11/9
 * invited for campus visit 12/4
 * This was a failed search last year. I don't think it was for financial reasons as three candidates were brought in for campus interviews. It might help those who get to that stage this year to subtly find out the reason for the failure last year.

Rejection email 12/11 --rumor of phone interviews back in late Nov.
 * Northwestern University
 * Old Dominion University
 * SUNY - New Paltz, Tenure-Track Assistant, Middle East before 1918
 * Texas A&M, Tenure-Track Assistant, Islamic World

Rejection letter 10/21
 * Inteview at MESA 10/25

invited for campus visit 11/11
 * University of Manitoba
 * University of Notre Dame, Medieval Middle East

Has anybody heard back about interviews for Notre Dame job?

I got a rejection letter 10/22

Any other news about Notre Dame? I haven't heard anything.

request for a writing sample on 10/10

Has anybody gotten a Notre Dame interview?


 * University of Oregon
 * request for additional materials 10/25--they will contact AHA interviewees in mid December
 * request for AHA interview 12/3
 * rejection emails (for AHA interview stage) sent 12/8. Said they had received more than 130 applications for the position.


 * University of St. Thomas
 * -Search cancelled due to budget cuts, will be redone next year


 * Rutgers-Newark
 * request for additional materials early/mid October.x2
 * request for additional materials 10/19, request for teaching evals 11/9
 * -phone interview 11/19
 * -has anyone been invited to campus at Rutgers-Newark?
 * -I was on 11/15 or so, and the visit has been completed
 * -have they made an offer yet? I know they were working on a very short timeline...

-rumor of phone interviews back in late Nov.
 * Northeastern Illinois U

request for additional materials 11/19
 * Dartmouth

request for AHA interview 12/3 (x3)

request for additional materials 11/17--word on the street is that they aren't conducting AHA interviews (11/20)
 * University of Kansas

any more news from Kansas? (12/14)

If they're not doing AHA interviews does that make it more likely that they're looking at the Associate rank? The job was listed as Assistant/Associate. I'm not sure if they would have Associate level people do the AHA cattle call.

-Good point, hadn't thought of that. Not that it means anything, but I got a request for more materials and I'm definitely not at Assoc level.

-Has anyone heard anything from UNL?
 * U of Nebraska-Lincoln

-Nothing yet 12/4

-request for AHA interview 12/16
 * Fairfield U
 * -request for MESA interview 11/18
 * -invitation to campus 11/27
 * --said they would do AHA interviews? --yes they are going to the AHA - has anyone had confirmation of that since MESA? They said there they were considering trying to get out of doing AHA-- as of 12/8 they were planning to interview at AHA as promised


 * Western Carolina U
 * -Email acknowledgement 11/30 (x2)
 * Anyone hear anything about this position yet? Normally I cast a skeptical eye on those who mention the possibility of an inside hire but in this case, the department already has someone who does Islamic World.---Their visiting professor does medieval muslim spain. Maybe they want a early modern/modern?
 * -12/3 Contacted re: short list. Said they will decide short-short list for campus visit soon. (x2)

--ack letter received by snail mail 12/9
 * U of Louisville
 * U of Maine at Farmington

-- request for AHA interview 12/15 (x2)
 * U of Illinois Springfield

---ack. letter received 12/4 (x2)

---request for AHA interview 12/11 (X5)

African History
Carleton College Asst Prof http://h-net.org/jobs//display_job.php?jobID=38878
 * any news from Carleton yet?
 * No news yet (12/4)
 * Rejection letter (12/4) x5
 * Interview requested (12/3) Extended writing sample (12/3)

McGill University, Quebec CanadaHistory of Sub-Saharan Africa in the 19th and 20th centuries
 * anyone else apply for this? -mcgill? yes. i think we are two among many, many applicants, from what i've been hearing (11/22)
 * yes, I've applied and heard the same (12/2)
 * have not heard anything yet (12/4)
 * Letter acknowledging receipt of materials (12/4)
 * email asking short-listed abd candidates for more materials (12/10) x2 /non-abd (12/10) x1

Pomona College, Northern Africa
 * Any news from Pomona?
 * AHA interview scheduled by email, 12/16.

University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, environmental and natural resource issues in Sub-Saharan Africa

University of Oregon 
 * Surely this was from last year. There is no Oregon search this year.-there is an Oregon search that includes North Africa
 * The Sub Saharan position was filled last year (12/2)
 * The North African position? it was open this year as well (I applied)

University of Wisconsin -- La CrosseAssistant Professor of World History / Sub Saharan Africa
 * Short list of applicants made, have been contacted for AHA interviews.
 * contacted today 12/1x3
 * Found this over in the World History section: "Short list of applicants made, have been contacted for AHA interviews." I can't verify. (12/8)
 * I can. 12/9

Yale, sub saharan Africa since 1850 
 * SEARCH CANCELED

University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Africa/Europe, 800-1700. Apply at http://www.jobsatcu.com, refer to posting 808542.
 * the posting is now up on h-net, so i took down the details to keep this page streamlined

College of William and Mary, Assistant Professor African History
 * request for writing samples (11/19) x3
 * Any interview scheduled?
 * Asked for more writing, but no interview news, yet (12/4) x3

Hofstra University 

--Confirmation letter promises AHA invites/rejections by 12/15.
 * it's 12/15... still no response...
 * Yup, no response...
 * hiring freeze, search cancelled. GRRRR.

Lehman College, CUNY 
 * request for interview (11/11); likewise - they're interviewing at both New Orleans and San Diego (11/11)
 * interview at ASA (12/4) x2
 * Request for interview at AHA
 * Are people who are being interviewed at AHA going for round one or follow up from ASA? (12/12). Interviewed at ASA, asked for a second round at AHA (12/14)

Connecticut College 
 * any news from CC? (12/1)
 * No news yet (12/4) x2
 * requested affirmative action info (12/3) (x2)
 * AHA interview (12/11) x3
 * Was the AHA invite by email or phone?
 * email x3

Syracuse University

--Anyone heard anything from SU yet? (10/26)-Nothing (10/30)-- Has to be soon right if they're interviewing in New Orleans?? (10/30)- qui sait? sigh.-- Nothing yet...(11/3)-request for extended writing sample (11/3)--anyone have an interview set up? (11/10)-not yet (11/11)-request for interview (11/12)- did you just get invited for the interview today? and is it still in New Orleans? (11/12)-yes and yes (11/12)
 * At least one person has been invited for an on-campus December interview (12/3)
 * out of curiousity - is anyone who has been invited for an on-campus interview ABD? or has everyone already defended? thanks. (12/3)
 * one is ABD, one maybe not. (12/3)
 * 3 short-listed as far as I know; 1 is ABD. Not confirmed, though (12/4)

Gettysburg College
 * no confirmation of receipt of materials (12/8)
 * received confirmation in mid-November by mail (12/8)
 * Affirmative action/confirmation rec'd today (12/8)
 * ABD emailed about AHA interview (12/16)
 * Non-ABD emailed re AHA interview (12/16)

The College Brockport, SUNY (British and British Africa)
 * no confirmation of receipt of materials (12/8)
 * received confirmation of receipt in mid-November by email (12/8)
 * AHA interview e-mail
 * ABD emailed about AHA interview (12/17)

University of Tennessee-Knoxville (Africana Studies, 4 separate hires)
 * no confirmation of receipt of materials (12/8)


 * Received confirmation of receipt by email, but only after I contacted them by email (12/8)
 * Email confirmation rec'd today (12/8) (x2)
 * are they doing AHA interviews?

Western Carolina University
 * Received confirmation of receipt by email in mid-November (12/8)

West Virginia University (Excluding East Africa)
 * They interviewed at ASA in New Orleans (12/4)

College of Charleston (Precolonial West or Central Africa)
 * They interviewed at ASA in New Orleans (12/4)

University of Florida (Francophone Africa)

University of Tampa (World and Africa)
 * Just posted over on Historians.org (the AHA job search site)