Asian History Jobs, 2009-10

East Asian History
I'm on the job market for East Asia Positions this year: 4 (only add for yourself, but add to all categories that apply)


 * Creighton
 * The committee will meet on Dec. 2
 * AHA interview (12/14) (*1)
 * nice rejection letter.

Campus visits scheduled (2/1) Offer made

Phone interviews have been conducted on 1/15 and 1/16. Any further news?
 * Eastern Michigan

Campus visit scheduled. (1/27)

Offer made and accepted


 * Georgia Gwinnett College. East Asian history.  The era and country specialties are open, but they would prefer somebody who can teach courses on both China and Japan.
 * 1) Link to the ad on their website
 * 2) Link to their ad in the Chronicle
 * 3) Does not appear to be a tenure track position, just 3-5 year contract job


 * Grinnell Assistant Professor; ABD accepted. Chinese history sought with ability to teach Japanese history a plus.
 * review began on Nov. 3
 * Additional materials requested (11/23)--Congratulations. May I ask: how did they contact you, via email or phone? Email.
 * Additional materials requested (12/1)
 * AHA interview scheduled (12/1) Anyone heard anything after AHA? Be sure to post here so the rest of us know our situation!

On campus interviews complete. Offer made and accepted.


 * Lamar University


 * Loyola University Chicago (non-tenure track; 3-year renewable)
 * AHA interview scheduled

Campus visits scheduled.

Campus visits complete (2/5)

Offer extended (2/8)


 * Loyola University New Orleans
 * AHA Interview (12/3) (*1); any news about capus visit? (01/20) campus visit scheduled last week

Campus visits complete. Offer made and accepted. if you get the call please give the rest of us a heads up


 * Marshall University (due Feb 1)
 * asked for a phone interview Monday Feb. 1


 * Nebraska Wesleyan
 * They promise to get in touch for AHA interviews by early December.
 * AHA interview scheduled (12/2) (*1)
 * --Any news since the AHA?

--Rejection letter 3/22, search must be complete

Rejection letter arrived-- says they have completed their search.
 * Naval Postgraduate School
 * Has anyone heard anything about this search? Did they do AHA interviews?


 * Ohio University (different than Ohio State, below): was this search canceled? I can't find the ad.--I wonder that too... Haven't heard from them about the cancellation. No cancellation-- still active!!
 * They promise to have a short-list for AHA around Dec. 1 AHA interview scheduled. 1x


 * Reed
 * AHA interview scheduled


 * Rochester: did anyone hear from Rochester?
 * On October 5 they asked for additional materials (10/23) --Thanks and congrats. May I ask: are you a fresh phd, abd or an assistant Prof? -- Detailed rejection letter (dated 11/12) stating that they went straight to campus visits in early Dec. 3 selected: 2 PhD and 1 ABD close to completion. "All of them have published two or more articles in refereed journals or edited volumes." -ouch, too much detail in a rejection letter.

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 * Seattle Pacific University
 * They ask selected candidates to send extra materials, and I think that this will continue until early January, given the Dec. 15 due date.


 * Siena College (East Asia/World) seems to be a re-run of last year's search (and the year before that!)
 * -- has anyone heard from Siena?
 * AHA interview scheduled (12/14)

Any post-AHA news? Made their campus interview invitations (2/3)
 * Skidmore (3 year VAP)
 * The committee will meet on Nov. 16
 * Hope everyone thinks it twice. the teaching load is 6!!
 * Agreed, but this is a buyers' market. I'd take it.
 * Many TT jobs have a teaching load of 8, 6 is not unreasonable.
 * May I also add that a smaller teaching load might mean less money since this is an adjunct position?
 * AHA Meeting Scheduled (Dec. 2) (*1)

Campus visits scheduled.


 * Stonehill
 * Interview at AHA, invitation extended by e-mail on 11/30. Probably 5-6 other candidates.

Campus visits scheduled.

offer extended


 * U of Sydney (2-year term position)
 * has anybody heard from them?
 * phone interview conducted.

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 * Penn State Abington
 * AHA interviews scheduled (12/5)

Any news on this one?

On campus interviews scheduled. Offer made and accepted.


 * Kalamazoo (Nov. 2 East Asian Social Science, focus on history)
 * They sent a snail mail promising to make a selection for on-campus interviews during the month of December.
 * phone interviews conducted

Any news?
 * Campus interviews appear to be complete as of 2/5. Committee is reportedly in session.

Offer made and accepted.


 * Yonsei University (*Only non-Korean citizens will be considered: see their faculty profile for implicit preferences.) AHA interview scheduled
 * (1/23) any latest news on this Yonsei U?


 * their AHA interview list was pretty lengthy




 * University of Maryland, Baltimore County (US in Asia, area specialists esp. welcome)
 * back w/promise to make a "speedy decision". (11/5)
 * So, did the "speedy decision" come through?
 * So, did the "speedy decision" come through?

Chinese History
I'm on the job market for China positions this year: 5 (only add for yourself, but add to all categories that apply)


 * U of Alabama-Tuscaloosa
 * --AHA Interview scheduled (12/08) x 2

Any news? campus visits are being scheduled

Any news? Has an offer been made?

This jobs showed up again on Inside Higher Ed--are they extending their search?

Offer has been made. In discussion.

Phone interviews scheduled, 2/19
 * U of Alaska-Anchorage Modern China / World


 * Brandeis University
 * AHA Website.

--- may I ask where is this job posted? ---check AAS website and you have to register to browser jobs. --anyone heard from Brandies? --nope, but I got an AA/Div


 * Survey from Brandeis.
 * email request for more materials, 12/4. (x11)
 * AHA interview requested (12/15) (x5) Through email or phone call? email.


 * Any word on invites to campus? I've heard they interviewed a bunch of people who already have TT jobs at pretty decent schools...
 * Four finalists invited to campus -- Any idea of the breakdown, TT vs. ABD?


 * Berk's ABD star, Harvard Phds with TT elsewhere, Harvard ABD.

offer supposed to be out now, no?

offer made

offer accepted. (2/18)


 * Cal State-San Bernardino
 * more materials requested October 2.
 * search canceled (budgetary), October 20.
 * Thanks. didn't apply for it,but good to know it's closed for an expected reason.
 * Damn! I just applied yesterday (10/30).


 * Clark University
 * Any news?
 * Telephone interview requested (12/19) - Congrats! Did they call you or e-mail you? email
 * Campus interviews?


 * Concordia University (Montreal, Canada)
 * Concordia has scheduled interviews-Heard they've made an offer. Offer made and accepted


 * University of Iowa  Has anyone heard from Iowa?
 * I received a snail mail last week re: one of my reference letters had not yet arrived (10/30) --Thanks. It probably means they are still reviewing...
 * I received an email today about missing materials (11/5)---suspect they have tons of applicants...
 * --anyone's heard from Iowa?
 * campus interview scheduled (12/17). Offer made.
 * Offer accepted (3/3).


 * Grinnell College
 * I was shown the door by mail, but told that "it's not over till it's over" so they might come back to me (x2)

See above.


 * Ithaca College --any news?
 * AHA interview scheduled (12/14) (x1)

Any updates?

campus visits being scheduled

any news on offer?


 * Missouri State University
 * any news?
 * Rejection letter arrived, saying they have concluded the search.


 * Occidental
 * email from SC stating that position has become a "one-year full time adjunct for the 2010-11 academic year" rather than a TT Assistant Professorship. (11/11)
 * thanks! it's frustrating, but speaks to the state financial crisis... Bummer
 * AHA interview scheduled, for VAP position 12/13

Offer made and accepted. Board said 'Ying Zhang' but then some jerk erased it. --Generally speaking, I think posters have tried to avoid naming names on this section of the board. "Inquiring minds" may want to know, but we should respect the wishes of those who wish to keep their personal details off these forums.
 * Ohio State (different than Ohio, above) Early Modern or Premodern China
 * Additional materials requested. Email indicated no AHA interviews planned (11/5)--thanks and congrats! x2
 * Q: Did anyone get a confirmation of material received? A: Nothing at all, seems strange A2: I also got a request for more materials; they will do video interviews instead of AHA. Most schools do not seem to be confirming receipt of materials this year. I've only heard when there was a problem.
 * I just got my OSU confirmation today, they addressed it wrong, postmark was mid-November. It seems likely that many were addressed wrong; hope this isn't an indicator of general chaos with the committee.
 * Video interview scheduled. (12/5) X3
 * Rejection letter received in the mail dated 12/2--"The search committee has now created a short list and I am sorry to tell you that you were not one of those selected." x2
 * Received a thanking letter for video conference interview. The letter says, "if you have any further question about OSU, do not hesitate to e-ask me." Does it mean rejection for campus interview?
 * Don't think so; probably it was a form letter sent to all interviewees. They said during my interview that the decision might not be made until after Christmas as to who makes the next stage.
 * Campus interview scheduled. (12/22)

Don't censor the board, and don't be so self-righteous. Everyone knows this isn't anonymous. I say this to the above poster without rancor -- I've known you for awhile and congratulate you and wish you luck in the Keystone state.


 * Oklahoma 20th Century China
 * Invitations for AHA interviews have gone out --Could you let me know when the invitations went out？--Has anyone received the invitation by now? yes
 * Campus visits being scheduled (1/25)


 * Penn State University 20th Century China
 * I just received email acknowledgement of my application (11/17). Committee will begin deliberations "shortly", apparently.
 * Skype interview will be conducted on 12/16 and 12/17.
 * What does this mean? Has anybody else heard anything? Preliminary interviews will be conducted on these days. They were scheduled by email last week.
 * Offer accepted


 * Wisconsin-Madison
 * confirmation of application materials via snail mail;--a snail mail received too x4
 * rumor: additional materials requested?--what are those additional materials? Writing samples, syllabi? (They requested hard copies of everything ever published, to be sent by express courier, the day before Thanksgiving x2)
 * rejection letter (dated 11/25)--"I am sorry to inform you that we will not be considering your application further for this position".x5 (12/3)
 * has anyone got an AHA interview invite yet? Still waiting (12/13)
 * sorry I started that digression, it belongs in the venting page--thread removed
 * Invitation for AHA interview received via email (12/17) Wonder if everyone heard at the same time, or (crossing fingers) if there might be a second round of invites...

anybody who interviewed at aha heard anything? Campus visits scheduled.

Japanese History

 * USC
 * Anyone have any updates on USC? Are they planning to interview at the AHA this year?
 * AHA or video conference interview schedule on December 16
 * any word on invites for on-campus interviews?

Invitations sent out Jan. 19.


 * Stanford
 * Any updates? what's going on in this search? Stanford often does only conduct easy phone interviews and then

bring the targeted smallest number of candidates to campus with possibly one already in mind.


 * Washington State University Pullman
 * has anybody been contacted?
 * AHA interview scheduled on December 15.

any word on invites for oncampus interviews?

Invitations made at the end of last week

Korean History
Anyone applied and heard from Stanford yet? Any news to share?
 * Stanford

Re: No news. But they already have an assist prof for the job.

-It's for a different position; this is FSI, Moon is in History.

-this is from APARC, join appointment in the school of humanities/social sciences and the freeman spogli institute.

-rejection email (1/29)

-I got neither rejection nor confirmation/request. I wonder what happened with my application. Is there any progress on this?

they've had at least one job talk so far, though i didn't attend.

Any news? Campus invites went out weeks ago, don't know of any more progress
 * Rutgers

- Any word on this one? Did anyone get any status update notifications from the search committee? Any idea about who's hired? (3/13)

- The job went to a phd who's been in the market for many years. Don't know the name. (3/13)

Any news?
 * University of Iowa

Has anyone been asked to submit two writing samples already? (2/8)--Re: So they asked you for the samples? Congrats. Are you phd or abd?

- abd. i thought they asked for sample to everyone. this is a small field and i thought they would want to check out everyone's writing samples. I wanted to know where SC is at in the process. did anyone receive a rejection notice?

-Re: No rejection yet, they are still going over the applications. I doubt that they requested writing samples from everyone. That's going to be a lot of work.

-Re: (to above poster) thanks for the info. you sound pretty sure of things. are you an insider (know of SC members, or anyone in iowa, etc)? or are you a fellow contender?

- I am neither the above OP nor an applicant for the position, but heard last week the SC was still working on selection process for next round (I personally know some of the SC members there). Be patient, and good luck.

- Thanks! Re: Further progress after the request? --nothing (2/18)

- Any on campus interview? Would appreciate an update. (3/2) - I was told they're still processing apps (3/3) - thanks.

- Was anyone contacted for an interview or job talk?

- Is this search still viable? I heard from my friend there he hasn't yet seen any job talk annoucement for the position across the departments involved in the search. Is this the case? (3/24) --Re: I don't really know what is going on. But I haven't got further notice other than asking for my writing samples. Then, that was it. Maybe they have budget problem or possibly some under the water deals (like the university above)? (3/25)
 * Seoul National University 

South Asian History

 * Nassau Community College January 11 deadline.
 * University of Wisconsin -- La Crosse Assistant Professor of World History / South Asian History. Also listed under World History with the other position from this institution.
 * Short list of applicants made, have been contacted for AHA interviews.
 * Contacted for AHA interview via email (11/30) x5
 * Contacted for AHA interview via email (11/30) x5


 * post AHA meeting to determine on campus (1/12)


 * Shorter list of on-campus interviewees made, to be contacted soon. (1/15)
 * All three on-campus interviews organized for Jan/Feb (1/20)


 * All on-campus interviews completed, bureaucracy in progress, offers soon. (2/20)


 * Has an offer been made yet? 2/26


 * I don't think so, but hopefully in the coming week. 2/27
 * Offer made and accepted (3/1)


 * Congrats to the successful candidate! Can't wait until fall to see who was hired. 3/2


 * Is this a good forum to start a conversation on non-academic careers for PhDs in social sciences and humanities with focus on South Asia? With the way things stand, perhaps it is not a bad idea to at least consider alternative careers....


 * Does anyone know who accepted this position? 3/29


 * University of Delaware
 * Due 12/15.Log in
 * acknowledgement of application (12/19)
 * Has anybody received an interview call at AHA from Delaware? Does anyone know whether Delaware is interviewing at AHA?
 * I am not on SC but can tell you that Delaware is NOT interviewing at the AHA. Interviews will probably begin shortly after semester begins in early Feb.
 * Has anyone heard from Delaware yet? 2/7
 * Candidates contacted and campus visits scheduled last weekend. 2/9
 * Rumor is that offer has been made to same person who received the Montclair offer. He can only take one job right? 3.28
 * Who is this mystery person? Did he accept the job (i.e. sign the contract)? Otherwise, what is the problem in being offered two jobs? (3/28)


 * University of Wisconsin-Madison


 * e-mail request for all available writing samples (11/20)
 * when did you send your app? My app arrived there on 11/17.
 * rejection letter via postal mail on 12/3 x2
 * telephone invitation to AHA interview, on 12/16
 * should contact early next week for campus interview, based on my conversations at AHA 1/20
 * Short list of candidates has been decided and on-campus visits will apparently take place in early March (2/9)
 * Any news from Madison? Have shortlisted candidates been contacted? (2/26) x2
 * Yes. Go to the Center for South Asia website- http://www.southasia.wisc.edu/bulletin/ and click on the March 1st bulletin. You will see the names of two candidates and the titles of their job talk papers. 3/1
 * Offer made and accepted? 3/28


 * Montclair State University (Montclair, NJ) -- Assistant Professor of South Asian History
 * Has anyone heard from Montclair yet? Any news? (1/15)
 * SC currently contacting finalists to schedule campus visits (1/16)
 * Have all of the candidates been contacted? (1/20) Yes, candidates have been contacted. (1/20)
 * Has an offer been made yet? 2/26 Yes. But rumor is that the same candidate has been offered the Delaware job. Can this be confirmed? 3.28
 * Who is this mystery person? Did he accept the job (i.e. sign the contract)? Otherwise, what is the problem in being offered two jobs? (3/28)

Salem State College

Contacted for AHA interview via email 12/14 x5

Contacted for campus interview via telephone 1/13 the campus interviews are late January (1/15)

Have all the candidates been contacted? (1/19) I believe so. (1/23)

What's the status on this search? 2/21 (x3)

Offer made 3/1

Job accepted by Michele Louro.

Southern Methodist University

Call for phone interviews, 11/12


 * Did anyone who interviewed get called back for a campus visit?
 * Yes, visit was on first week of December
 * Rumor has it that an offer has been made. Is this true? Yes, the rumor is true.
 * Has it been accepted? Yes, the offer has been accepted. Congrats! 1/14
 * Azfar Moin selected for position.


 * University of Cincinnati
 * University of Cincinnati
 * University of Cincinnati
 * University of Cincinnati


 * Has anyone heard about this position yet?
 * Request for more materials, 12/8. x3
 * Contacted for AHA interview x4
 * Very nice post-AHA rejection email. Good luck to remaining candidates. (1/15) x3 Interviews scheduled for next week and the week after (1/22) OFFER has been made (2/4) CONGRATS! (2/8)
 * What's the status on this search? First offer turned down? 2/21


 * Trinity College - Dublin
 * Anyone heard anything from this search? 12/31
 * No, nothing, total silence. No acknowledgement of application. But I've heard through the grapevine that they're holding interviews sometime later this month? 01/04
 * I've also heard that this might be an internal hire. But that might be my informant's paranoia and not accurate. Just thought I'd mention it. Anyone heard anything from this search? 2/19 Shortlisted candidates have been notified I believe.
 * Invitation for campus interviews/presentations 3/9

Talks listed at:
 * University of London-SOAS
 * To the poster above: Not sure those are job talks. Informant at SOAS says those are weekly seminar talks. Any reason why you think they are job talks? No.


 * Projit Bihari Mukharji one of the shortlisted.


 * I believe it is now down to two shortlisted candidates, both UK based.


 * Carleton University
 * acknowledgement of application 1/22


 * Has anyone heard anything more than the acknowledgement letter on this job? (2/27)
 * Campus invites made last week (3/2)

Yale University Post-doc

any news about who has been selected?

rejection letter received (3/3)

I guess we'll know this fall who are the "excellent candidates best fitting our needs in the coming year." 3/3