German Studies 2014-2015

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.

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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 11/1/08
 * 2) * writing sample requested by e-mail 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 Literature/Culture/Film Faculty Positions

 * 1) Boston C (MA), asst. prof., due 11/15/14, link
 * 2) * Invited for MLA interview via email, 12/17 (2x)
 * 3) California Polytechnic SU, San Luis Obispo, asst. prof., due 12/15/14, link
 * 4) Catholic U of America (DC), asst. prof., area of expertise open, focus in cross-cultural or multicultural studies desirable, review begins 12/1/14, closes 12/10/14, link
 * 5) * Request for writing samples, course evaluations, and sample syllabi 12/7 (9x)
 * 6) * Invited for Skype interview, 12/12 (3x)
 * 7) Indiana SU, asst. prof. of Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (German), no details given, link
 * 8) Massachusetts Institute of Technology, asst. prof., specialization in contemp. German studies with direct relevance to cultural anthropology, media and arts, digital humanities, urban/youth/popular cultures, ethnicity/diaspora, or German history/literature/cultural studies, due 10/1/14, link
 * 9) * Invited for Skype interview, 10/22 (5x)
 * 10) * Invited for on-campus interview, 11/7 (3x)
 * 11) Michigan SU, asst. prof. of German studies and global studies, due 11/30/14, link
 * 12) * Invited for online interview, 12/19 (4x)
 * 13) Michigan SU, open rank, German literature and culture, due 11/30/14, link
 * 14) * Invited for online interview, 12/9 (2x)
 * 15) Palomar C (CA), asst. prof., due 1/9/15, link
 * 16) Portland SU (OR), asst. prof., due 12/15/14, link
 * 17) St. Olaf C (MN), asst. or assoc. prof., review begins 10/1/14, link
 * 18) * MLA interview scheduled (4x)
 * 19) * Rejection received by email, 1/3
 * 20) Texas Christian U, asst. prof, 1750-present, due 11/21/14, link
 * 21) * Request for writing sample, 3 letters of recommendation, and teaching evaluations (11/18 x2), (12/5 x5)
 * 22) * Invited for MLA interview (12/22 x 2)
 * 23) U of Alabama, asst. prof., area of expertise open, review begins 11/1/14, open until filled, link
 * 24) U of Arkansas, asst. prof., 1700-present, due 12/15/14, link
 * 25) U of California, Berkeley, asst. prof., 1750 to the present, due 11/3/14, link
 * 26) * Invited for MLA interview, 11/28 (4x)
 * 27) U of Colorado, Boulder, asst. prof., any research specialty post-1750 (Romanticism, gender studies, queer theory, psychoanalysis especially desirable), review begins 10/1/14, open until filled, link
 * 28) * Request for writing sample, letters of recommendation, and skype/phone interview 10/9
 * 29) * On-campus interview invitation 10/24
 * 30) * Offer extended 11/14
 * 31) * Offer accepted
 * 32) U of Mary Washington (VA), asst prof., preference for Holocaust Studies, Memorial Studies, and experience conducting short-term study abroad, due 12/1/14, link
 * 33) U of Massachusetts, Amherst, asst. prof., specialization open, preference for lit./cult. theory, gender studies/queer theory, Enlightenment/Romanticism, drama/performance studies, due 12/1/14, link
 * 34) * Invitation to MLA interview 12/13 (x2)
 * 35) U of Massachusetts, Boston, asst. prof., German studies and film, due 12/15/14, link
 * 36) * Request for letters of recommendation 12/31
 * 37) * Invited for Skype interview 1/8/15
 * 38) U of Michigan, asst. prof., esp. interdisciplinary research foci such as migration/diaspora studies, ethnic/minority studies, or transnational/comparative studies, due 10/15/14, link
 * 39) * Invited for MLA Interview 12/15 (x3)
 * 40) U of New Hampshire, asst. prof., research area open, preference for interdisciplinary fields and/or comparativist research in the 20th and 21st C, due 12/15/14, link
 * 41) * asked for recommendation letters 12/18
 * 42) * Invited for Skype interview 12/22 (x5)
 * 43) U of North Carolina, Asheville, asst. prof., 20th or 21st C German lit. and culture, due 10/13/14, link
 * 44) * Invited for MLA interview 12/5 (4x)
 * 45) U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, asst. prof., medieval German studies, due 11/7/14, link
 * 46) * MLA interviews scheduled (reliable second-hand)
 * 47) U of Pennsylvania, asst. prof., 20th and 21st C, modernism through the present, due 11/10/14, link
 * 48) * Request for letters of recommendation 11/21 (6x) and 11/24
 * 49) * Request for writing sample 12/4 (x3)
 * 50) * Invited for MLA interview 12/10 (3x)
 * 51) U of Southern Indiana, asst. prof., review begins immediately, continues until filled, link
 * 52) * Invited for Skype interview, 12/11
 * 53) U of Washington, asst. prof., late 18th, 19th, or early 20th C German lit. and culture, due 10/31/14, link
 * 54) * MLA interview invitation by phone, 12/15
 * 55) U of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, asst. prof., screening begins 2/3/15, link
 * 56) Wayne SU (MI), asst. or assoc. prof., contemporary German cultural studies, link
 * 57) * Invited for Skype interview, 11/24 (3x)
 * 58) Williams C (MA), asst. prof., specialization from 18th C to present, interdisciplinary and/or comparative focus strongly preferred, due 12/1/14, link
 * 59) * Invited for MLA interview, 12/18 (x2) and 12/19

Senior Faculty Positions

 * 1) Duke U (NC), two full-time, tenured faculty positions at rank of assoc. prof., specialization open but applicants specializing in Enlightenment & Goethezeit; 19th C; German-Jewish Studies; lit. & intellectual history welcomed, due 12/5/14 for full consideration, link
 * 2) Michigan SU, chair of the Dept. of Linguistics and Germanic, Slavic, Asian and African Langs., review begins 10/10/14, link
 * 3) U of Missouri, St. Louis, prof. and dept. chair, Dept. of Anthropology, Sociology, and Languages, review begins 11/1/14

Visiting/Lecturer/non-Tenure Track Positions
See also: Humanities and Social Sciences Postdocs 2014-15
 * 1) Amherst C (MA), full-time lecturer in German language and culture, multi-year renewal contingent upon 3rd-yr. review, review begins 12/1/14, continues until filled, apply by 12/10/2014 for full consideration, link
 * 2) *Invited for Skype interview (12/12)
 * 3) *Invited for 2nd interview at MLA (12/18)
 * 4) Antelope Valley C (CA), adjunct, due 12/8/2014, link
 * 5) Baylor U (TX), regular lecturer, due 10/15/14, link
 * 6) *Skype interview requested (11/5)
 * 7) Boston U (MA), lecturer, due 11/14/14, link
 * 8) *Skype Interview requested (12/15)
 * 9) Carleton C (MN), 1-yr. asst. prof. or instructor, open until filled, link
 * 10) Centre C  (KY), 2-yr. asst. prof., a period prior to 1900, due 1/26/15, link
 * 11) * Search has been cancelled, notification by email, 11/18
 * 12) Colby C (ME), 1-yr. faculty fellow (sabbatical replacement), due 1/30/15, link
 * 13) Cornell U (NY), visiting asst. prof., specialization open but film and/or media preferred, due 12/15/14, link
 * 14) Cornell U (NY), visiting lecturer, coordination experience preferred, due 12/15/14, link
 * 15) Franklin & Marshall C (PA), visiting asst. prof. or instructor, due 12/15/14, link
 * 16) *MLA interview scheduled (12/18) (2x)
 * 17) Hamline U (MN), 1-yr. lecturer in German, due 1/31/15, link
 * 18) Kenyon C (OH), 1-yr. VAP, open specialization, review begins 2/9/15, link
 * 19) Lafayette C (PA), lecturer, due 11/7/14, link
 * 20) *Skype interview requested (11/18) (2x)
 * 21) *MLA interview scheduled (12/10) (2x)
 * 22) Lawrence U (WI), postdoctoral fellow in German and global studies, due 2/16/15, link
 * 23) New York U, 3-yr. faculty fellow, due 2/16/15, link
 * 24) Northern Michigan U, 3-year asst. prof., due 11/10/14, link
 * 25) *Skype interview requested (12/5) (2x)
 * 26) *Rejection received by e-mail (not an interviewee) (12/23)
 * 27) Northwestern U (IL), 2-5 year appointment in German Studies through DAAD, only EU citizens may apply, due 11/2/14, link
 * 28) Pennsylvania SU, 3-year lecturer, must have experience teaching online, due 11/15/14, link
 * 29) *Skype interview requested (11/26) (2x)
 * 30) *Additional materials requested after interview (12/4)
 * 31) Purdue U (IN), VAP, renewable, review begins 1/26/15, open until filled, link
 * 32) Rhodes C (TN), 2-year asst. prof., specialization open, some preference for 20th and 21st C literature and culture, due 11/15/14 link
 * 33) * Invited for Skype interview, 12/10, 12/17
 * 34) Sam Houston SU (TX), lecturer/visiting asst. prof, link
 * 35) SU of New York at New Paltz, 3-year lecturer, link
 * 36) Swarthmore C (PA), 3-year visiting asst. prof., German and gender and sexuality studies, due 12/10/14, link
 * 37) *Skype Interview requested (12/11) (2x)
 * 38) United States Military Academy (NY), 3-year instructor or asst. prof., due 12/8/14, link
 * 39) U of Arizona, non-tenure eligible asst. prof., 1750 to the present, review begins 11/15/14, link
 * 40) *MLA interview requested (12/9) (2x)
 * 41) U of California, Irvine, lecturer for spring 2015, European and German Studies, due 11/16/14, link
 * 42) U of California, Santa Barbara, lecturer, background in applied linguistics desirable, due 2/9/15, link
 * 43) U of Minnesota, 2-5 year appointment in German Studies through DAAD, only EU citizens may apply, due 11/2/14, link
 * 44) U of Pennsylvania, 2-5 year appointment in German Studies through DAAD, only EU citizens may apply, due 11/2/14, link
 * 45) Virginia Commonwealth U, instructor, due 1/12/15, link
 * 46) Washington & Jefferson C (PA), one-semester asst. prof./instructor of German, review begins 1/1/14, continues until filled, link

Applied Linguistics/Language Coordinator/Pedagogy/Program Director Positions

 * 1) Carnegie Mellon U (PA), open rank prof. in second language acquisition, due 10/31/14, link, also posted at Linguistics 2014-2015
 * 2) *Received rejection by e-mail (12/17)
 * 3) Carson-Newman U (TN), asst. or assoc. prof. of linguistics and German, open until filled, link
 * 4) Dartmouth C (NH), language program director, due 11/15/14, link
 * 5) *MLA interview requested via email (11/26) (5x)
 * 6) Oakland U (MI), asst. prof of teacher education (K-12), language of specialization open to French, German, Japanese, Spanish, due 2/5/15, link
 * 7) Rice U (TX), lecturer in German, training in second language pedagogy, due 11/15/14, link
 * 8) *Skype interview requested (12/3) (2x)

Faculty Positions outside of the US

 * 1) Bergische U Wuppertal, Juniorprofessur für Germanistische Linguistik, due 11/21/14, link
 * 2) Chinese U Hong Kong, prof., assoc. prof., or asst. prof. of Second Language Acquisition / European Linguistics (incl. German), 3 yrs., renewable, Reference Number 1415/029(737)/2, open until filled, link
 * 3) Deutsch-Jordanische Hochschule (Jordan), Promovierte Lehrkraft für Fach- und Wissenschaftssprache, link
 * 4) Durham U (UK), full-time lecturer in German, preference for mediaeval/early modern studies, visual culture, contemporary studies, or science and culture studies, due 12/19/14, link
 * 5) * Invited to informal meeting at MLA (x2)
 * 6) Europa-U Flensburg, Universitätsprofessur (W2), germanistische Literaturwissenschaft mit Schwerpunkt "Deutschsprachige Literatur des 20. und 21. Jahrhunderts im europäischen Kontext", due 10/23/14, link
 * 7) Friedrich-Schiller-U Jena, Wissenschaftliche/r Geschäftsführer/in, Europäisches Kolleg „Das 20. Jahrhundert und seine Repräsentationen“,  due 11/15/2014
 * 8) Friedrich-Schiller-U Jena, four positions as wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiter/innen (Doktorand/innen), Europäisches Kolleg „Das 20. Jahrhundert und seine Repräsentationen“, due 11/15/14
 * 9) Fritz Bauer Institut (Frankfurt a. M.), Wiss. Mitarb., "Die deutsch-israelischen Beziehungen in den Geisteswissenschaften zwischen 1970 und 2000",  due 10/15/14
 * 10) Georg-August-U Göttingen, W3-Professur für Germanistische Mediävistik/Ältere deutsche Literatur und Sprache, link
 * 11) Gulf U for Science and Technology (Kuwait), asst. prof., due 12/1/14, link
 * 12) Karl-Franzens-U Graz, Professur für Neuere deutschsprachige Literatur, Schwerpunkt 18. und 19. Jh., due 1/2/15, link
 * 13) Koç U (Turkey), open rank in Comparative Literature, focus on German, due 1/15/15, link
 * 14) Leopold-Franzens-U Innsbruck, Universitätsprofessor/in, Fachdidaktik des Unterrichtsfaches Deutsch (Literaturdidaktik), due 10/15/14
 * 15) Leopold-Franzens-U Innsbruck, wissenschaftliche/r Mitarbeiter/in, DFG-Projekt "'Versuch‘ und 'Experiment': Konzepte des Experimentierens zwischen Naturwissenschaft und Literatur (1700-1960)," due 11/18/14
 * 16) U Brunei Darussalam (Brunei), lecturer/assistant professor of German language, link
 * 17) U Brunei Darussalam (Brunei), Education Officer in German language, link
 * 18) U Hamburg, wissenschaftl. Mitarbeiter/in im Projekt »Geteilte Erfahrung Migration im deutsch-türkischen und türkischen Film«, due 10/21/14
 * 19) U Heidelberg, W3-Professur für Neuere deutsche Literatur (Nachfolge Helmuth Kiesel), Schwerpunkt Literatur und Kultur des 20. Jh. und der Gegenwart, weiterer Schwerpunkt erwünscht, vorzugsweise Klassik und Romantik, due 12/31/14
 * 20) U de Lausanne, Ordentliche Professur für germanistische Linguistik (100%), no due date given
 * 21) U Paderborn, wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin/wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, neuere deutsche Literaturwissenschaft, insbesondere Literatur des 17./18. und des 20. Jahrhunderts (Entgeltgruppe 13 TV-L), due 11/13/14
 * 22) U of St. Andrews (UK), Professor of German, any area of German Studies, due 11/14/14, link
 * 23) Vietnamesisch-Deutsches Zentrum Hanoi (Vietnam), freiberufliche Lehrkräfte für Deutsch als Fremdsprache für Stipendiatensprachkurse, due 12/15/14, link

Multi-Language Faculty Positions

 * 1)  New Mexico SU , college asst. prof. of German and Portuguese, due 10/15/14, link
 * 2) *Rejection e-mail; recruitment process has ended and a candidate was selected (11/10)
 * 3) St. Edward's U (TX), asst. prof., qualified to teach another language taught in the department, preferably Spanish, due 12/1/14, link
 * 4) U of Chicago, asst. prof. comparatist, nineteenth- and twentieth-century German and Russian literature and culture, due 09/22/14, link (also posted at Comparative 2015 and Russian/Slavic 2014-2015)
 * 5) * Did others apply to this job? Is there any reason to believe that it's real?

Other Germanic Languages

 * 1) Harvard U, preceptor in Scandinavian, review begins 1/20/15, link
 * 2) U of California, Berkeley, lecturer in Dutch (beginning spring 2015), due 11/5/2014 link
 * 3) U of California, Los Angeles, lecturer in Swedish, due 2/15/2015 link
 * 4) U of Washington, asst. prof. of Norwegian
 * 5) U of Wisconsin, Madison, asst. prof. of Norwegian

Other German-Related Faculty Positions
NOTE: German History positions are also posted at European History 2014-15
 * 1) Brandeis U, Albert Abramson Chair in Holocaust Studies, due 11/1/2014 for full consideration
 * 2) Loyola U Maryland, asst. prof. of modern German history, due 11/15/14, application link ; link with extended description and additional submission requirements
 * 3) Missouri Western SU, asst prof. of English Grammar & Linguistics, experience teaching German is desired, due 01/15/15, link (also posted at Linguistics 2014-2015)
 * 4) Murray SU, asst. prof. of English Medieval Literature, ability to teach German courses required (graduate coursework in German), due 12/1/14, link (also posted at Medieval 2015)
 * 5) U of Chicago, asst. or assoc. prof. of philosophy, German idealism, due 9/30/14, link
 * 6) U of North Carolina, Asheville, asst. prof. of modern German or Central European History, incl. colonial or postcolonial African History link
 * 7) U of Utah, asst. prof. of history, 20th C German history, due 10/20/14, link

Discussion

 * 1) U of Massachusetts, Amherst
 * 2) *In the initial application, they requested contact information for references. On 12/1 I got an e-mail asking me to request letters from the three recommenders. I'm not sure if this is a sign that I'm being considered further or if they sent that request to all applicants. (5x)
 * 3) *I spoke with Human Resources after I submitted the application, and the system is set up to automatically request letters after you submit your application.