Restoration/18th-Century 2010

Demographics
ABD (early):

ABD (will finish this academic year): 7

Ph.D. in hand (one-year, VAP, postdoc, Lecturer): 7

Assistant Professor: 3

Associate Professor:

Full Professor:

Lurker: 1

Thinks it's a bad omen that the ad that keeps running on this page is for the community college show starring Chevy Chase: 1

Observation: Well, it could be worse: we could be 20th-c. Americanists. Here's hoping that with the economy apparently recovering some new lines will get approved in the next few months.

Restoration/18th-Century British Jobs
(please add jobs alphabetically)

Adelphi University (11/10) link
 * Teaching load: 3/3                                                                                                                                                                              
 * California State University, Northridge (11/18) link
 * Teaching load: "12 units per semester" (does anyone know if that means 4/4?)
 * Yes, 4-4; that's the standard. They say somewhere that reductions are available on a competitive basis.

Colby College (ME) (Review begins Oct 19; Restoration and 18thc; 1670-1780) Link Connecticut College (11/17; 18thc and race/ethnicity) (from MLA) link
 * Teaching load: 3/2, incl. comp.
 * Teaching load: 3/2 (2/2 first year)
 * Second year for this search

Illinois Wesleyan University (11/01) link
 * Teaching load: 3/3
 * Materials requested by email, 10/12

Pacific Lutheran University (11/01; 18thc and Romantic lit) link
 * Teaching load: 3/3
 * Second year for this search
 * - Anyone know why the search failed last year?
 * A: That's a sort of deep, philosophical sounding question, but the answer is quite pedestrian. Position was offered, position was declined. End of story.

Suffolk University (Boston, MA) (11/2)
 * Teaching load: 3/2
 * MLA ad says "pending funding"

Trinity University (11/17) (from MLA) link
 * "Primary emphasis on drama"

University of British Columbia (10/09) link

• Teaching load:  2/2

University of Nevada (10/29) link
 * Teaching load: 2/2


 * - This job asks just for CV and cover letter for initial round. anyone know what they want following that?
 * - Yeah. They'll request a dossier of references and a writing sample after reviewing your CV and letter in the online application. I believe they're attempting to save trees.

University of Pittsburgh (11/17) (from MLA) link
 * Teaching load: 2/2

University of Southern Indiana (review begins 10/1) Long 18th c. or Rom./Vict. link
 * Teaching load: 4/4 incl. comp.
 * Did anyone else get a "failed delivery" notice saying the intended recipient (the e-mail address the USI app materials were to be sent to) was "over quota?" (I got this notice via e-mail today from the server, 10 days after sending the materials) A: A friend of mine did. She has also had a difficult time following up on the problem.

Winona SU (MN) [18th Century Literature (1642-1832)] (11/9)

• Teaching load:  4/4

Yale University (11/17) (from MLA) link


 * Second year for this search. Did they ever make an offer last year? So far as I know, they did not.

Jobs listing 18th-Century British Literature as a secondary specialty
(please add jobs alphabetically)

Harvard University (British Romanticism) (10/26)

Linfield College (Shakespeare)

Miami University (Romantic Poetry) (11/2) (link)

University of Tennessee, Knoxville (British Romantic Literature and Culture) (11/1) (link)

University of Wisconsin, La Crosse (19th-Century British) (11/20) (link)