Latin American History, 2010-2011

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Aberdeen University (Scotland)

 * Senior Lecturer or Lecturer in Hispanic Studies in the area of Latin American studies
 * Deadline August 27, 2010.
 * Rejection email received 11/18. I'd already given up.

Adelphi University

 * Tenure-track assistant professorship in Latin American history beginning fall, 2011
 * Ph.D. by time of appointment and some teaching experience required.
 * Review of applications begins immediately and will continue until the position is filled.
 * Any news on this position? (11/22)
 * E-mail request for dissertation chapters (11/23) x 6 (11/23)
 * AHA interview scheduled (12/8) X 7

Augustana College (Sioux Falls, SD)

 * The Department of History at Augustana College invites applications for a full-time, tenure track appointment in Latin American History (scholars of the Atlantic world whose research focuses on the Iberian Peninsula and its colonies will be considered). A Ph.D. at the time of appointment is expected.
 * Besides their area of expertise, the successful candidate will teach both halves of Augustana’s Western Civilization sequence.
 * Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until Friday, October 22, 2010.
 * 11/8: Email received announcing a short list of candidates for campus interviews.
 * 12/15: Email received announcing offer accepted.

Emory University

 * Tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Latin American History to begin in Fall 2011.
 * Area of specialization is open. Possible thematic emphases include, but are not limited to, empire, colonialism, postcolonialism, and identity formation (especially national identity, ethnicity, gender and race).
 * Deadline November 15, 2010.
 * Any news here?
 * AHA interviews will be scheduled at the end of the second week of December
 * AHA interview request 12/9
 * - did they finish calling all candidates for AHA? did they??
 * all candidates for AHA have been contacted

Georgia College & State University

 * Tenure-track position as an assistant professor of Latin American and Caribbean history
 * Teaching experience is very desirable. Applicant should be able to engage students in a liberal arts environment in which the primary emphasis is teaching.
 * Review of applications begins on 15 October 2010
 * Deadline is now 15 November 2010, as indicated on H-Net
 * References contacted 11/18
 * Phone interview scheduled for next week 11/22 (x2)
 * any news since the phone interviews?
 * Campus interview scheduled 12/6

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

 * Tenure-track or tenured position in "Romance and Latin American Studies"
 * Deadline October 3, 2010.

King's College London (UK)

 * Lecturer for King's Brazil Institute. The field for the appointment is open, but themes of particular interest for the Institute are Brazil and global politics; creative and cultural industries; environmental policy; the political economy of energy; law, justice, and human rights; public health and social policy; and Brazilian history.
 * Deadline 24 September 2010.
 * 11/1 - Interviews of finalists held this week
 * 11/28 - Offer accepted

Loyola Marymount University

 * Full-time, entry-level, tenure-track position in the history of colonial or post-colonial Latin America.
 * Deadline November 5, 2010.
 * Anyone heard anything?
 * AHA Interview scheduled 12/7 (+3)

Minnesota State University, Mankato

 * Tenure track Assistant Professor appointment in History beginning August 15, 2011.
 * A Ph.D. with emphasis in Latin American History is required prior to the date of hire.
 * Primary responsibilities include: Effective teaching, continuing preparation, student advising, service, and scholarly activities, teaching Latin American History, and teaching general education world history or US history surveys.

Morehouse College

 * The History Department at Morehouse College has an opening for an Assistant Professor of Latin American and Caribbean history.
 * Candidates should submit applications by January 10, 2011

Southeast Missouri State University

 * Assistant Professor (Tenure Track)
 * Ph.D. or ABD (with Ph.D. by August 2011) in Latin American History, with secondary teaching field(s) to complement departmental strengths
 * Applications must be received by November 30, 2010.
 * AHA interview scheduled. 11/10 x3

University of Delaware

 * Tenure-track assistant or associate professor of Latin American and/or Caribbean History (specialization open) to begin September 1, 2011.
 * Deadline October 15, 2010 (postmarked)
 * Any news?
 * Info update: Inviting finalists to campus before the AHAs.
 * 10/27 - Request for writing sample.
 * does anyone have any news?
 * 11/8 - Nothing here beyond the request for additional matterials.
 * 11/12- Given that they want to bring finalists to campus before the AHAs I assume they have already contacted people for interviews.
 * 11/14-How many finalists are there? Anybody know?
 * 11/16- Campus interview scheduled
 * 11/29 - Five campus finalists -- ABD yes; postdocs yes; professors yes

University of Leeds (UK)

 * Teaching Fellow in Latin-American Historical and Cultural Studies; fixed term for one year from February 2011 to February 2012
 * Candidate will be an expert in Latin American Historical and/or Cultural Studies and will also have substantial experience in teaching Spanish language.
 * Deadline August 31, 2010

University of Pittsburgh

 * Tenure-stream Assistant Professor or tenured Associate Professor. We invite applications from candidates working on any country within the region, on any time period.
 * Deadline October 15 2010
 * Any news?
 * does anyone have any news on Pittsburgh?
 * From the SC: Pittsburgh will not be interviewing at the AHAs
 * 11/10 - Request for writing samples
 * Skype interview - 12/6
 * Recieved Rejection Letter -12/13 (x2)
 * 110 applicants

University of North Carolina-Wilmington

 * Assistant Professor of Latin American History, beginning August 2011. Area of specialization is open.
 * Teaching responsibilities include upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses in specialty, a two-semester survey of Global History Since 1500, and participation in the university’s Latin American Studies Minor.
 * Deadline November 1, 2010
 * Any news on this position?
 * anything, anyone?
 * AHA interview scheduled - 12/7 (x 5)

University of South Carolina Aiken

 * assistant professor pre or post colonial Latin American history
 * review begins Nov. 10, 2010 and all applications received by Dec. 1, 2010 will receive full consideration
 * 12/6 - Phone interview scheduled (x2)

University of Wyoming

 * Tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Latin American History
 * Although areas of specialization are open, the ability to teach Mexican history is critical
 * Applicants should electronically submit a letter of application and a curriculum vita by November 15, 2010
 * 11/1 Confirmation of CV / Letter arrival received as well as the EEO survey
 * 11/22: Request for additional materials (x3)
 * Has anyone been contacted for an interview?
 * 12/15 - Phone interview conducted
 * Rejection received today via email. Assume on campus invites are extended by now.
 * --today? date?

Valdosta State University

 * Tenure-track position at the rank of assistant professor. The primary area of specialization is Latin America.
 * The successful candidate should be able to teach U.S. History and/or World Civilizations survey courses and upper-level courses in area of specialty.
 * Review of applications will begin November 1, 2010
 * Phone interview scheduled (11-18)
 * Phone interview scheduled 11/18
 * phone interview scheduled 11/18
 * How did they contact you? And can I ask what is your status (ABD, VAP, Adjunct, etc)? Thanks!
 * ABD

Villanova University

 * Entry-level, tenure track position, starting August 2011. PhD. required at time position commences. Teaching load 3-2, including undergraduate and master’s level courses in area of specialization. Specialty and period open but ability to teach survey courses in Latin American history and thematic core course in world history (pre-modern or modern), required.
 * Deadline November 1, 2010
 * Has anyone heard anything?
 * Has anyone received a confirmation of application or something?
 * didn't somebody post something about an AHA interview?
 * 12/8 - AHA interview scheduled +2
 * 12/13-AHA interview scheduled

Whitworth University

 * Tenure-track Assistant Professor of History. Ph.D. in History or Latin American Studies with a History emphasis preferred.
 * Primary specializations in colonial and contemporary Latin American History, Afro-Caribbean cultures, and the Hispanic/American experience desired.
 * Applications will be reviewed beginning October 15, 2010.
 * Phone interview scheduled (11/19) (x3)
 * I assume someone has been contacted for an on campus visit? Any news? (12/3)
 * Nada.
 * The AHA job center schedule says that Whitworth will interview at the conference. Any news on that? (12/27)

Boston College

 * Assistant Professor in Latin American History prior to 1900. "The successful candidate for this position... will offer broad and specialized courses in the history of Spanish America."
 * Deadline: November 1, 2010.
 * additional writing requested 11/29 x 2
 * AHA interview scheduled 12/13

University of Massachusetts - Amherst

 * The History Department has an opening for a historian of Latin America of the Colonial Period (circa 1500 to 1820s) to start September 1, 2011.
 * Preference will be given to candidates whose research complements existing fields of study in the Department, this campus or in the Five Colleges, especially empire/imperialism, Atlantic world, and indigenous peoples.
 * Review of applications will begin November 8, 2010.
 * Received snail mail ack letter w/EOE survey and Letter of Rec Access Waiver (11/15)x4(11/16)
 * AHA interviews scheduled (11/19) +1

University of Kansas

 * Assistant Professor in Central American, Circum-Caribbean and/or Mexican history
 * Position is expected to begin as early as August 18, 2011.
 * Initial review of applications will begin November 17, 2010.
 * Any news on this position?
 * 12/9 - AHA interview scheduled (+2)

Colorado State University-Pueblo

 * Assistant Professor of History - Mexican American/Latin American
 * The occupant of this position will teach history courses in the pre-1848 US-Mexico Borderlands/Latin America.
 * Applicant materials received by December 1, 2010 are ensured full consideration; position is open until filled.
 * Received snail mail ack letter w/ EOE demographic survey (11/15) x2 (12/3)
 * Received E-Mail Request for AHA Interview (12/13) x5

Trinity University

 * HISTORY OF MEXICO. Assistant Professor, tenure track position, August 2011. PhD expected by Fall 2011.
 * Deadline: November 8, 2010
 * Received acknowledgment letter (11/8)x2 (11/12)
 * AHA interview scheduled (11/23) x4

The Catholic University of America

 * Tenure-track assistant professor of modern Latin American History
 * Geographical and topical focus are open
 * Deadline: November 1, 2010
 * Request for additional chapters 11/19
 * AHA interview scheduled 12/1 x 3
 * Received rejection email 12/17 (70 applicants)

College of Charleston

 * Tenure-track assistant professor in modern Spanish-speaking Latin American history
 * Theme and geographical region post-1800 are open and include the Spanish-speaking Caribbean.
 * Deadline: November 12, 2010
 * AHA interview scheduled (12/10) +2

San Diego State University

 * Assistant Professor beginning August, 2011
 * Historian of Modern Latin America, excluding Mexico, whose scholarship and teaching situates Latin America in a comparative, multicultural, and/or global context. Candidates should have research and teaching interests in the historical intersections among the people and places in Latin America and the rest of the world from 1800 through the present.
 * Deadline: October 31, 2010
 * Phone interview scheduled (11/10) x4
 * Any word for those who had phone interviews?
 * Nope.
 * ditto
 * nada.
 * Any news, anybody?
 * Nope.
 * Has anybody ever contacted a committee to know if the finalists have been notified? Is this considered rude or inconvenient? I'm tempted to do it, since nobody seems to have news from this job. In any case, at this point the finalists must've been notified already, correct?
 * I think that it is completely reasonable to inquire about the status of a search. Once you interview, I believe that the professional relationship also has some personal responsiblities (like not treating someone you have met as a nameless, faceless applicant/committee member). I have, on another occasion, asked about the timing and status of a search. That is just my two cents though.
 * Nada. Nada?

Stony Brook University

 * Tenure-track Associate Professor/Advanced Assistant Professor
 * Modern (19th and 20th Century) Latin American History
 * Applications for this position will be considered until December 1, 2010.
 * I just heard from a friend that they have gone straight to campus visit stage, fearing the line might be cancelled if they waited til the new year, and have already invited three people, all of whom are already tenured or tenure-track elsewhere. 12/10/2010.

University of Alabama

 * tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor in Modern Latin American History (excluding Mexico)
 * Review of applications will begin on 1 November and continue until the position is filled.
 * Email request for diss chapters and sample syllabi 11/19 (x2)
 * 12/4 - AHA interview scheduled (x2)