Romanticism Victorian 2009

Romanticism and Victorian
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I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask, but has anyone heard from Bard College? They listed a 19th Century literature/history position. A: I looked up this position and added it under Victorian.

''Post updates to each school with date (application received, requests for writing samples, MLA interviews, etc.)

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Romanticism
Arcadia U (PA) (19th and 20th and postcolonial)

Deadline: Nov. 1


 * 11/07: Letter of Acknowledgement dated 10/31.

Arizona State U (19c, Romanticism as primary field)

Deadline: Oct 31


 * 10/14: Email of Acknowledgement
 * 11/4: Massive budget cuts reported across Arizona universities: http://www.azcapitoltimes.com/story.cfm?id=9729 . Has anyone heard if ASU has frozen new hiring? A: This job line has survived the cuts.  No worries.


 * 11/4: Application acknowledged via email. (2)

Boston University (British Romanticism)

Deadline: Nov 1
 * 11/5 Rejection letter dated Oct. 30 received. (2)
 * Writing sample request 11/17

Caltech (19th C Brit or Early Amer or Transatlantic)

Deadline: Dec. 1

College of St. Scholastica (MN) (women's, 18th or 19th)

Review begins Oct. 15

Colorado College (ability to teach core poetry classes-18thc and Romanticism)

Deadline: Nov. 6


 * 11/7: Application acknowledged by letter. (2)

Cornell University (Romantic/Victorian Poetry)

Deadline: Oct. 15


 * 10/15: Letter of Acknowledgement (4)
 * 11/3: Bloomberg.com reports non-faculty hiring freeze: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=avcTJ0MUfdYk&refer=us . Can someone confirm this search is proceeding? A: It's proceeding. As noted, hiring freeze does not cover Professorial positions.

Hunter College, CUNY (19th C)

Deadline: Nov. 7
 * 11/07: Letter of Acknowledgement dated 11/05

Lehman College, CUNY (19th c, "Anglophone")

Review begins Dec. 1


 * Canceled due to budget cuts (received letter 10/23)

Louisiana State University (British Romanticism/19th Century American)

Deadline: Nov. 14
 * 11/07: Application acknowledged by email

Miami University (Romantic poetry, open rank)

Deadline Oct. 31


 * Canceled due to budget cuts (received email 11/7) (4)

Mount Holyoke College (MA) (English Romantic poetry)

Deadline: Nov. 11

Northwestern

Deadline: Nov 1


 * email of acknowledgment (10/31) (3)

Northwest Missouri State (18th or 19th)

Screening begins Nov. 1
 * email of acknowledgment

Oberlin (19th C)

Deadline: Nov. 30


 * Undated Letter of Acknowledgment
 * 11/3: Email acknowledgment (for writing sample)

Ohio State, Newark

Review begins immediately


 * 11/6: Application acknowledged by snail mail.
 * 11/17: Writing Sample Request

Portland State U (Brit Romanticism)

Deadline: Nov 7

Randolph-Macon College (VA)

Deadline: Nov. 15


 * 11/6: Application acknowledged by snail mail. (4)

Rice University (Brit Lit and Culture, 1770-1840)

Deadline: Nov 1


 * Writing sample requested via email 11/3 (3)
 * WS requested via email 11/11
 * Writing sample requested via email 11/17

Stephen F. Austin (TX) (19th C)

Deadline: Nov. 15

St. Francis Xavier University

Deadline: Dec. 1

Trinity College (CT) (three-year replacement, British romanticism)

Deadline: Nov. 1

University at Buffalo (19th c. British)

Deadline: Nov. 15


 * 11/3: Received request for sample and recs.
 * 11/4: A Buffalo paper reports the extension of a hiring freeze for SUNY Buffalo: http://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/stories/2008/10/20/daily43.html
 * 11/6: request for ws and dossier.
 * 11/17: request for ws and dossier.

University of California-Los Angeles (transatlantic studies before 1900)

Deadline: Nov. 3

University of Colorado, Boulder (Associate Professor, Romanticism)

Deadline: Oct. 20

University of Delaware (19th c. British)

Deadline: Nov. 10

University of Northern Colorado (British Romanticism)

Deadline: Nov. 1

University of Oregon, Clark Honors College (19th, Romanticism emphasis) letter ack. receipt 11/13, 11/17

Univ. of South Carolina, Beaufort (19th & 20th)

Review begins Nov. 10

Univ. of Tennessee, Martin (19th & 20th)

Review begins Nov. 1

Victorian
Arcadia U (PA) (19th and 20th and postcolonial)

Deadline: Nov. 1


 * 10/20: Letter of Acknowledgment, 11/3, 11/4

Bard College (NY) (Eugene Meyer Professor in Nineteenth Century History and Literature)

Deadline: Applications will be reviewed as received.

Caltech (19th C Brit or Early Amer or Transatlantic)

Deadline: Dec. 1

Coker College (Augustan, Romantic, Victorian)

Review begins Nov. 3rd

College of St. Scholastica (MN) (women's, 18th or 19th)

Review begins Oct. 15

Cornell University (Romantic/Victorian Poetry)

Deadline: Oct. 15 (see comments above)

Gordon College (MA)--Christian

Deadline: Nov. 14

Hunter College, CUNY (19th C)

Deadline: Nov. 7


 * Acknowledgment of Application 10/23; 10/25; 10/27 (2), 11/3

Johns Hopkins (Assistant or Associate)


 * 10/14: Email of Acknowledgment
 * 11/18: Email acknowledgment (5)

Lehman College, CUNY (19th c, "Anglophone")


 * Canceled due to budget cuts (received letter 10/23) (received letter 11/1)

Marshall University (WV)

Review begins: Nov. 17


 * 10/15: Letter of Acknowledgment

Northwest Missouri State (18th or 19th)

Screening begins Nov. 1

Oberlin (19th C)

Deadline: Nov. 30


 * Acknowledgement of Application 10/23 (2), 11/7
 * Request for electronic version of writing sample? (10/20) A: "request for electronic w.s. was part of original job ad"

Ohio State, Newark

Review begins immediately


 * 11/6, 11/17: Letter of Acknowledgment
 * 11/17: Writing Sample Request

Pomona College (British or US Poetry since 1820)

Deadline: Nov 3


 * 11/15: letter of acknowledgment

Queen's University (Ontario, Canada) (Nineteenth-Century British Literature)

Deadline: Oct. 10

Randolph-Macon College (VA)

Deadline: Nov. 15


 * 10/22, 11/12 (2): Letter of Acknowledgment

South Dakota State University (19th Century)

Deadline: Nov. 30

Stephen F. Austin (TX) (19th C)

Deadline: Nov. 15

Syracuse University(19th c) Deadline: Nov 15


 * additional materials req. 11/5, 11/7 (4), 11/11, 11/18

University at Buffalo (19th c. British)

Deadline: Nov. 15


 * Q: Any requests for materials?


 * sample and dossier request, 11/3 (2), 11/6, 11/9, 11/12


 * see above--I don't know why this job has two listings? A: This one is for Victorianists; above for Romanticists (so we know which field they are interested in).

University of Delaware (19th c. British)

Deadline: Nov. 10


 * 10/23: Letter of Acknowledgement, 11/03: Email acknowledgment (11/18), (10/28)
 * Has anyone else received an acknowledgment? (11/18)

Univ. of South Carolina, Beaufort (19th & 20th)

Review begins Nov. 10


 * 10/20: Letter of Acknowledgement

University of Michigan (19th c)

Deadline: Nov. 10


 * What job is this for? A: British literature and culture between 1660 and 1900, ass't or advanced ass't


 * 10/22: Letter of Acknowledgement

University of Nebraska (Digital Humanities and 19th c)

Deadline: Nov. 10


 * 10/30: Received email request for additional materials (3)

Univ. of Tennessee, Martin (19th & 20th)

Review begins Nov. 1


 * 10/2, 10/30: Letter of Acknowledgement

University of Toronto Mississauga

Deadline: Nov. 14


 * Acknowledgment of Application 10/28

University of Vermont (19th c. Brit. novel)

Deadline: Nov. 15'


 * 10/16: Email of Acknowledgement
 * 11/10: Email that job has been cancelled: "the following position has been canceled and will not be filled through this recruitment." (ditto 11/10) Has anyone else received this message?
 * 11/11: Called the department today. Search was officially canceled on 11/10.
 * I wonder why they emailed some and not others. Maybe they'll send out an official letter now to everyone re: the cancellation?
 * Since the deadline isn't until Nov. 15, they'll probably wait until it's passed to send out one mass email or batch of letters.
 * 11/12 Email that search is cancelled.

University of British Columbia (Literatures in English, 1789 to 1914)

Deadline: Oct. 17