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English Literature Jobs for AY 2008-2009

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WIKI MLA PARTY This may not be the best place to post this, but: A friend of mine suggests we hold at Wiki party at the MLA. We'd pick a bar and and all meet there at, say, Friday the 28th at 10 p.m.. But you're not allowed to tell anyone (except, you know, a partner). Only Wiki people should be there. Proposed location: Billy Goat Tavern and Grill, 430 N Michigan Ave. I think it's about a 5-minute walk from the conference hotels. (Please correct me.) My friend says it's the best we'll do in that area: divey, not swarmed with yuppies. Also under Michigan Ave (the stairs are marked). http://www.billygoattavern.com/ I like this idea, and would come to this. (10)

(I feel like you're my friends already, like on TV, when strangers befriend one another in a crisis. This job search is my own personal earthquake.) - Yes, I like the idea, too, but I am worried about getting drunk and meeting people face-to-face who got interviews where I didn't! Chicago Sun Headline: "Wiki Fest Turns Violent!" - Yes, but only if there is a secret Wiki handshake. Of course there is: interlocking pinkies. (It will also get you into the inner circle of my high school football team's alumni. Pretty much the same group, really.) - who isn't a wiki person (at least as a lurker)? - Wouldn't Saturday be better than Friday just in case some people might have to cram a Saturday morning interview? - Well, I (original poster about the party) suggested Friday out of self-interest, as I am leaving Saturday evening. Hey, we've all taught classes/given presentations/written papers hungover and on no sleep. We can handle it. It's what we do.

Wiki Counter (How many people use the Wiki?)

I'm on the market:  127 I've applied to a few jobs that interest me: 31 I've applied to every job that seems plausible: 5 I'm lurking miscellaneously:      3 I'm lurking because my spouse is on the market:  15 I'm lurking because my spouse is on the market and since i cant ask her whats happening five times a day without causing an argument i relieve my stress by spending my time lurking here and looking at housing prices on craigslist for the 30+ places we could potentially move to and isn't it just sad? I cannot believe I am not the only feeling like this....every time I see a post I cringe!: 6 I'm compulsively checking wiki because I'm on the job market and every day about 5 times a day my very supportive spouse asks me, with hope in his eyes, if there is any news and I feel compelled, therefore, to try find out any eenswy weensy scrap of information to       satisfy his curiosity and this is just as sad as the lurkers whose spouses are on the market: 4 I have no spouse because I've dedicated my life to building a career that will yield no       employment thus forcing me back into living with my parents (1) I'm lurking because I'm on a search committee:  4 I'm lurking because my spouse is on a search committee: 0 I'm lurking because the wiki for my field is anemic:  1 I check the wiki far more often than is good for me:  53 I'm so addicted to the wiki that I troll fields not even related my own, even though my field's wiki is quite active: 10 I'm a sadist, who finds it hard to find this many masochists in one place: 1 I'm a masochist: 125 I'm a masochist who just realized the odds are against finding an academic BF, too: 1 My analyst cut back my weekly number of sessions: 3 I'm a nonmedievalist who deeply resents the fact that there are so many medievalist positions this year: 5 I'm a medievalist who deeply resents the fact that I haven't got an interview yet despite all the medievalist positions   4 I'm a medievalist who didn't really think there were many medieval positions, because so many are in undesirable locations, but now I obsessively check the page because I should have applied for a lot more positions than I did so       I might have more interviews: 2 I'm sliding from eagerness and anxiety into resignation and then, presumably, depression. Again. 12       I'm a permanent lurker, and refuse to post anything, but I check it as often as y'all: 1 I had a lot more MLA interviews last year than I do this year: 2 I can't believe I'm on the market for the seventh freaking year (or is it 8? or 9?) (1) I look good in a swimsuit! (Well, no... but the optimism seemed a warm and comfy friend in here :)): 1       I wish the MLA held a swimsuit competition as part of the process: 2        Don't tease me bro!

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Generalist and Open Medieval Early Modern/Renaissance Restoration and 18th Century British Romanticism and Victorian Modern and Contemporary British British Open Early and 19th Century American 20th and 21st Century American African American Other Ethnic American American Open Anglophone and World Literature, Postcolonial American South Literary Theory Drama Irish Literature Children's Literature Environmental Literature Comp Lit is listed in the foreign languages section: http://wikihost.org/wikis/academe/wiki/comp_lit_2007-2008. To the person who added this link: while I appreciate that you added a link to the foreign languages section, NOT ALL JOBS in Comp. Lit. are in foreign language depts. I DO NOT APPRECIATE that you deleted all of the questions and other information that people had written on the page that was here previously! PLEASE DO NOT DELETE OTHER PEOPLE'S STUFF ON THE WIKI!!! I have to second the previous poster's irritation. WTF??! (pardon the use of foreign language...) I have to agree. That was really obnoxious. I'm on the market in English and Comp Lit, and I'm sure I'm not the only one. (3) I found the now-lost discussion useful, and I'm sorry it's gone.

AY 2007-2008 Jobs: english_literature

AY 2007-2008: English Literature Starting Salaries

General Job Search Questions and Discussion

Q: Has anyone out there heard from Swarthmore re: the History of the Novel position? And, if so, what is your period?

Q. Are MLA interviews usually scheduled for the first 3 days of the conference, ie Thurs, Fri, Sat? Do sc's schedule Sunday interviews? Thx. A: Yes, schools may schedule interviews on Sunday. One of mine did. Thank you! A: It's much more common, though, for schools to interview on the middle two days, i.e. Friday and Saturday this year. Some might schedule interviews on Sunday, especially in the first part of the day; but it's less common. And I haven't yet had or heard of any interviews scheduled for the very first day. Usually, the search committee members are just arriving that night themselves. A: Actually, I've had two schools request interviews on the first day.

Q: Am I the only person who applied for the Generalist position at Arcadia University?

Q: Is anyone interested in creating a space on this site to discuss some of the logistical issues (pro and con) about applying on-line? (I think there are potentially some ideological issues here as well). There has been a significant jump in the number of departments using such software this year. Does anyone know if MLA is surveying departments/applicants about what's useful / what's a headache? The only innovation I've seen that seems thoroughly wrongheaded is requiring candidates to ask their own recommenders to upload each recommendation electronically (I know we're language folks, but I think your average 5th grader can do the math on this one). Thanks!

Q: Has anyone had additional material requests from Harvard (Expository Writing Preceptor position) or Duke (Writing Program Fellows)? A1: Yes, I received an additional materials request from Harvard by email on Nov 21. (2) A2: Rejection letter from Duke by snail mail, rec. 12/3 and 12/7 A3: See under Humanities Postdoc 2007-2008 page. Anyone heard from writing programs of Stanford, Michigan, or Washington?