Musicology/Ethnomusicology 2012-13

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Jobs for 2013
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Boston College - Assistant Professor in Ethnomusicology (Deadline: 15 December 2012)

 * "Primary responsibility is teaching undergraduate courses in ethnomusicology, world music and popular music."
 * "The Boston College Music Department favors an integrated approach to the discipline and places non-Western traditions within a broad cultural context that emphasizes the interdependence of theoretical approaches and practical music making."
 * "While specialization in any area will be considered, candidates with expertise in African, Asian, or Hispanic music traditions, an interest in sacred music (broadly defined), and/or a willingness to form and/or direct a performing ensemble may be preferred."

Boston University – Associate Professor of Historical Musicology (with tenure) (Deadline: 1 November 2012)

 * Applicants must possess a long-held Ph.D., associate professor status in current position, a rich publication record, prominence in the field of historical musicology, and a distinguished record of teaching at the graduate and undergraduate level.

===California State University, Fullerton – Assistant Professor in Ethnomusicology (Deadline: 15 November 2012)===
 * African American Music, Culture and History. The position is in the African American Studies department, not music.

Cape Breton University – Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology (Deadline: 4:00PM, 30 November 2012)
===Chinese University of Hong Kong - Associate/Assistant Professor in Historical Musicology (Deadline: 15 November 2012)===
 * "The successful candidate must have an established teaching and/or research record in the area of analysis and theory of traditional and popular musics. A research specialization in some aspect of Cape Breton music would be considered a strong asset."
 * The Department invites applications for a full-time faculty post in historical musicology. Other areas of specialization will also be considered, and expertise complementary to the research areas of serving faculty members will be an advantage. Appointment will be considered for the appropriate rank with reference to the candidate’s qualifications and experience.
 * Applicants should have (i) a doctoral degree in a relevant discipline; (ii) demonstrated potential for developing as distinguished and productive scholars; and (iii) commitment to teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

===College of Charleston - Assistant Professor of Music History (with Secondary Area in Viola or Collaborative Piano) (Deadline: 15 November 2012)===
 * Qualifications: Candidates must have a PhD in musicology/music history earned by date of hire, college-level teaching experience, and teaching/performing experience in a secondary area of either applied viola or collaborative piano.
 * Principal duties include: teach upper-level undergraduate Music History, teach and develop General Education music history survey and First-Year Experience courses; teach applied viola & chamber music OR collaborative piano, class piano, and applied piano for non-majors.
 * The successful candidate must show a strong commitment to teaching with proven successful skills at the college level.

College of Charleston – Associate / Full Professor of African American Studies (Deadline: 26 October 2012)

 * Preference given to applicants specializing in one or more of the following: art, art history, music, ethnomusicology, or performance studies.
 * Also posted in Cultural Studies/Ethnic Studies 2012-13

Colorado State University - Assistant Professors of Music History (two positions) (Deadline: 9 November 2012)

 * "We are interested in candidates whose interests could include ethnomusicology, music in popular culture or other innovative areas of research in musicology."
 * Q: I am sorry to be slow but what does it mean when a position is "nine-month, tenure track"? It seems contraductory.
 * I think that means that you only get paid on a 9-month schedule. Many institutions do this and give you the option for spreading out your pay checks over 12 months.
 * 9/8: I agree with the previous poster; this is how it is done at my institution. It also means that summer courses (if taught) would be paid over and above the regular 9-month salary.
 * 9/10: Does anyone know who is chairing this committee?
 * 9/14: "9-month salary" also indicates that it is not a faculty/admin position, which are usually "12-month salary" like deans, chairs...
 * 9/15: How can an Assistant Professorship not be a faculty position?
 * I think they meant it's not a COMBINED faculty/admin position, but rather is solely a faculty position.

Cornell University - Assistant Professor in Ethnomusicology (Deadline: 14 September 2012)

 * Repeat of search from last year? See Musicology/Ethnomusicology, 2011-12
 * Yes, this is a repeat of last year's search.

Florida State College of Music - Assistant Professor of Musicology (Deadline: 30 November, 2012)

 * Teaching experience, record of research, and evidence for continuing research career. Specialization in music before 1750. Ability to direct early music ensemble program. Interest and outstanding experience in teaching music to nonmusic majors highly desirable.

Harvard University Department of Music - Post-Doctoral Fellowship: "Hearing Modernity"(Deadline: 10 December, 2012)

 * The music department at Harvard University is pleased to announce its John E. Sawyer seminar in 2013/14 on the topic of “Hearing Modernity.” The interdisciplinary seminar series, generously funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and organized by Professor Alexander Rehding, will explore diverse aspects of sound culture.
 * As part of this project we invite applications for a one-year post-doctoral fellowship. Scholars with expertise in one or more areas relating to sound studies and a broad interdisciplinary outlook are invited to apply. Applicants who received the PhD degree (or equivalent) after January 2009 are eligible to apply. Applicants who do not yet hold a PhD must include a letter from their committee or department chair confirming that the PhD degree will be conferred before the fellowship begins.
 * We will welcome the postdoctoral fellow as a member of the intellectual community at the Music Department and Harvard University. The fellow will conduct his/her research, will help with the preparation of the seminar and will be an active participant in it. There is no required teaching component. The appointmentwill run from August 1, 2013 through May 31, 2014, and the fellowship offers a salary of $46,000 (plus benefits). There is no citizenship requirement or restriction for this fellowship. Non-US nationals are welcome to apply. If required, Harvard University will sponsor a J-1 visa for international fellows.

Hobart and William Smith College - Assistant Professor, Musicology (Deadline: November 1, 2012)
===Illinois State University - Assistant/Associate Professor- Music History (Deadline: 1 November, 2012)===
 * The Department of Music at Hobart and William Smith Colleges invites applications for a tenure-track position in musicology at the assistant professor rank, beginning Fall 2013. The position involves teaching music history courses within the major/minor curriculum, including periodic upper-level seminars and service courses on music history topics to be determined, and general curriculum courses with a preference for interdisciplinary approaches. Other responsibilities include academic advising, and other forms of service; opportunities to mentor honors students also exist. Preference will be given to candidates with a secondary area, such as ethnomusicology, and to candidates with a vibrant scholarly or creative agenda that complements those of the department's current faculty.
 * Candidates should have completed the doctoral degree (ABD candidates will be considered), and at least two years experience of undergraduate teaching is preferred. An appreciation for and understanding of the liberal arts is expected.
 * Teach a broad range of undergraduate and graduate courses in Western music history and literature to music majors; teach in the university's general education program; develop and sustain a positive record of scholarly/creative activity; other teaching and services as appropriate and needed.
 * Applicants with strong additional skills in an area other than Music History are encouraged to highlight those abilities in the application.

Indiana University Jacobs School of Music - Post-Doctoral Resident Scholar, Department of Musicology(Deadline: 15 November, 2012)

 * Tenure-Ineligible, Two-Year Visiting Appointment.
 * The successful candidate will teach one course per semester during three semesters, and two courses during one semester. Conduct an active program of research during the appointment, resulting in the submission of proposals to research conferences, the submission of articles to academic journals, or other scholarly projects. Attend two conferences per year and deliver a colloquium to the department each year. It is expected that the resident will teach a seminar in his or her area of expertise during the appointment. The resident will participate in departmental activities, exclusive of committee and other administrative duties.
 * A completed Ph.D. degree in music is required. Candidates must have received the Ph.D. from an institution other than Indiana University no more than five years prior to their appointment.

Ithaca College - Music Theory and/or Musicology (Deadline: December 1, 2012)

 * full-time, tenure-eligible position in music theory and musicology at the rank of Assistant Professor, to begin fall 2013.
 * Primary responsibility will be teaching music theory, aural skills and/or Western music history courses for music majors.

Middle Tennessee State University - Director, School of Music (Deadline: 29 October 2012)

 * "visionary leader to oversee the growth and development of its dynamic School of Music"

New York University Abu Dhabi – Open rank, musicology and/or ethnomusicology(Deadline: 1 November 2012)

 * preference for those with an expertise in music of the Middle Eastern region

===Northwestern University (Bienen School of Music) - Open Rank, Musicology/Ethnomusicology: Music in Contemporary Culture (Deadline: November 1, 2012)===
 * Does anyone know who is heading the search committee for this position? 9/1/2012
 * R: I believe Linda Austern is behind the description. Although, as seen in recent ethno/musicology searches at Northwestern, the committee's decision is not necessarily final as the dean seems to have the power to arbitrarily override it.

===Ohio State University (Department of Spanish and Portuguese) Assistant Professor of Latin American culture (music, dance, performance) (Deadline: 14 November 2012)===
 * Specialist in Latin American indigenous cultures, ethnographic studies, and/or ethnomusicology
 * "Candidates whose research analyzes material culture and/or practices (performance, popular rituals, music, dance, etc.) and how such signifying practices relate to larger social, political and economic processes and dynamics (e.g. colonialism/postcolonialism, citizenship, globalization, identity formation, patterns of sociability)."

Pennsylvania State University – Assistant Professor in Musicology (Deadline: 20 September 2012)

 * specialist in music after ca. 1650
 * "Experience with online or hybrid teaching formats would enhance applications."

Quest University Canada (Deadline: 26 October 2012)

 * "Although research, especially that involving undergraduates, is encouraged, those seeking a research-focused faculty position should not apply."

Syracuse University - Post-Doctoral Fellowship in American Popular Music (Deadline: 15 January, 2013)

 * The Department of Art & Music Histories, an interdisciplinary unit housed in the College of Arts and Sciences, seeks to appoint a post-doctoral fellow specializing in American popular music.
 * The Schragis Fellowship is a two-year appointment designed to give emerging scholars the opportunity to pursue their research while in residence at Syracuse University. The Schragis Fellow will teach one course during each semester of the fellowship, and will also give one public lecture on his/her current research topic(s) for each of the two years of the fellowship. A Ph.D. in musicology or related field by the appointment date is required, and the successful candidate will show the potential for a distinguished scholarly profile.

The College at Brockport, State University of New York (Deadline: 1 November, 2012)

 * Teaching the equivalent of four courses per semester drawn from the music courses offered by the Department of Theatre and Music Studies and to the Human Heritage and Aesthetics sequences in the Delta College Program. Service to the Delta College Program and Department of Theatre and Music Studies through student advisement and mentoring, recruitment, and participation in departmental events. This position is split 50/50 between the two programs.
 * The College at Brockport is a comprehensive college of approximately 9,000 students located in the village of Brockport, minutes from the city of Rochester. The Delta College Program is an exciting and unique alternative to the traditional General Education Program, featuring interdisciplinary courses that together fulfill the College's General Education requirements, complemented by experiential learning courses that prepare students for life after they graduate.
 * Required Qualifications: Completed Terminal Degree in Music (Terminal degree may be, but is not limited to a degree in Music Arts, Musicology, Music History, Music Theory, or Music Performance). At least one year of successful college-level teaching experience. Desire and ability to participate in interdisciplinary and team-taught courses. Ability to work with culturally diverse populations.
 * Preferred Qualifications: Successful experience in teaching music as part of a college liberal arts curriculum. Successful experience in directing instrumental or vocal ensembles. Successful experience in advising and mentoring college-level students. Experience with hybrid or asynchronous online course development. Potential for increasing the diversity of the faculty, curriculum and/or student experience through teaching and mentoring activities.

===Towson University – Assistant Professor of Music History and Literature (16 October 2012)===
 * "Expertise in the broad spectrum of American music is desirable."
 * Wow, names and contact info for 6 referees? I don't understand why, if they're getting letters from three people, they need to hear from three other people in order to vouch for me.
 * Do you think that with all of the materials they ask for, they are just trying to winnow down the applicant pool? (Who can blame them?) Now, to email my undergrad advisor about being a reference...

===University of Birmingham - Lectureship in Music (Ethnomusicology and/or Popular Music) (Deadline: August 6, 2012)===
 * additional links: http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AEQ473/lecturer-in-music/ (down); PDF (still available 8/22)
 * looks like this didn't get up in time, but I thought it's worth adding it late, so we can have a complete record of the year's advertised positions.
 * "The appointee will be expected to be a specialist in popular music and/ or ethnomusicology. Skills in performance and a commitment to outreach into the larger community are also desirable."
 * rejection email 8/22 x2
 * Just out of curiosity, where was this originally posted? <--- Whoops, nevermind. I should read more carefully!
 * Offer made and accepted.

University of California, Los Angeles – Assistant Professor of Musicology (Deadline: October 15, 2012)

 * "The department is fully open to all research specialties, but does have teaching and advising needs in the following areas: music before 1600, 19th-century music, popular music and jazz, film music and new media, music theory, performance practice, music of California and Latin America."
 * Anyone figure out how/where to apply for this? The link provided has led me nowhere.
 * The link provided goes to the google groups announcement from the AMS announce list, which is also the same link in other public announcements of the post.
 * There is no online application form. Email materials (cover letter, CV, letters of reference) to [mailto:musicologysearch2013@humnet.ucla.edu musicologysearch2013@humnet.ucla.edu]. [Chair of search committee]

University of California, Merced - Open Rank Global Arts Studies Professor (Deadline: October 15, 2012)

 * "Rank and area of specialization are open, but priority will be given to music scholars who are interested in crossing boundaries of discipline, genre, geography and history to develop a new interdisciplinary program in close collaboration with colleagues in visual arts."
 * Help grant a diverse student body of undergraduates the tools to read artistic objects across a range of media and cultural contexts as texts bearing information about society. Participate in an interdisciplinary humanities graduate program.
 * Required: excellent research/teaching, Ph.D. by July 1, 2013. Desirable: technology focus, background in historical research, dedication to critical music-cultural analysis, ability to cross the Western/non-Western divide.

University of California, San Diego – Assistant Professor of Music (Deadline: October 1, 2012)

 * "The successful candidate must have a completed doctorate in ethno/musicology or an allied field."
 * "Candidates will be expected to contribute to the undergraduate music program, preferably in the Jazz and Music of the African Diaspora concentration, and to the graduate program in Integrative Studies. Potential areas of interest include (but are not limited to) improvisation, experimental practices and creative processes, and/or music of the African Diaspora."
 * Has anyone figured out how to apply for this position? The online job application page for UCSD doesn't have the position listed. ETA: It looks like it's listed now! 
 * Does anyone know if the university's required "personal statement summarizing teaching experience and interests, leadership efforts, and/or contributions to diversity" is the same document required in the job description ("a personal statement summarizing past or potential diversity and leadership efforts")?
 * Is the "documentation of research and creative or professional activity" a research statement? Or a narration of parts of my CV? Any idea?
 * Further: is it code for samples of writing? performance portfolios?
 * Without descending too much into negativity, search committees please take note: when you write your job ads, there's nothing wrong with being very specific in your requests for what materials! Vague wording like in this UCSD posting (not that it is unique to them) benefits nobody. You have to read a lot of garbage that doesn't address what you are looking for, and it provokes undue anxiety and mind-reading-attempts on our parts.

===Université de Genève - Professeur/e ordinaire ou professeur/e associé/e en Musicologie (Deadline: 31 October 2012)===
 * "Poste en musicologie moderne et contemporaine (17e-20e siècles)"

University of Illinois - Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology (Deadline: 22 October 2012)

 * Dynamic, interdisciplinary scholar-musician of the highest intellectual, creative, and pedagogical potential.
 * Teaching and research specializations will complement and lend new direction to existing emphases within a vitally integrated musicology program whose faculty regularly interface with many distinctive cross campus institutions and activities. These include five federally funded National Resource Centers for area studies, similar centers for ethnic and gender studies, the Robert E. Brown Center for World Music, cutting edge symposia and colloquium series, and a vibrant array of performance ensembles and events.
 * Duties: Establishing a record of professional excellence through innovative scholarship and publication, contributing to the teaching of diverse interdisciplinary music courses, such as focused courses in the area of specialization and graduate seminars targeting contemporary topical, theoretical, and methodological issues in ethnomusicology, mentoring of theses and dissertations, and service, such as advising, committee membership, and public outreach.
 * All areas of specialization will be considered.

University of Louisville - Assistant Professor in Western Musicology (Deadline: 12 November, 2012)

 * Candidates in Western musicology with primary specialization(s) in music before 1750 and/or after 1900. Those with research specialties in additional areas (such as jazz studies, popular music studies, ethnomusicology, etc.) are especially encouraged to apply.
 * Experience with distance learning and familiarity with current classroom technology tools will be an advantage.
 * 10/5: The Human Resources employment page doesn't have the job listed, but the music dept has a description here: http://louisville.edu/music/files/Music%20History%20ad.Fall2012.final.pdf

University of Massachusetts Amherst - Associate Professor of Music History (Deadline: 29 October 2012)

 * record of excellence in college or university teaching, including interdisciplinary experience"
 * To see the job posting, go to the UMass music webpage (linked above), click Faculty, then Faculty Searches, and download the PDF.

University of Minnesota - Assistant Professor of Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature (Deadline: 22 October, 2012)

 * Includes "critical musicology and sound studies"
 * Also posted at Comparative 2013 and Cultural Studies/Ethnic Studies 2012-13
 * For those who care, this job is to replace Adorno scholar and all around super guy Richard Leppert who retired last year.

University of North Florida – Assistant Professor of Musicology (Open Until Filled)

 * "Initial assignment will include teaching undergraduate courses within the music history sequence, world music, literature and musicology topics."


 * "Demonstrated success in applied teaching is welcome."
 * By "applied teaching" I assume they mean teaching lessons. Am I reading this right?
 * That's how I read it; not uncommon at smaller schools or those who hire mostly adjuncts to do the studio lessons. I once got a job bc I listed my undergrad instrument - chair said not many put it on their CVs.

University of Notre Dame - Assistant Professor of Musicology (Deadline: 1 October 2012)

 * "We seek applicants with an interest in interdisciplinary work and/or sacred music who would complement the expertise of the Notre Dame music faculty
 * Has anyone actually found this job on the Notre Dame website? It doesn't seem to come up under the 'search for positions' link ...
 * Deadline extended to October 15.

University of Oregon - Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology (Deadline: October 1, 2012)

 * "undergraduate and graduate-level courses in ethnomusicology and world music. Specialization in any area will be considered"
 * Email acknowledging receipt of materials (9/26)

University of Pennsylvania - Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology (Deadline: 30 September 2012)

 * "All areas of specialization will be considered; the Department especially encourages applications from scholars with strong interdisciplinary orientations and with an ability to engage other sub-disciplines in music."

University of Pennsylvania - Musicology (Open Rank) (Deadline: 30 September 2012)

 * "All areas of specialization will be considered; however, scholars who work on topics pre-1700 or post-1900 are especially encouraged to apply. We also encourage applications from scholars with strong interdisciplinary orientations and with an ability to engage other sub-disciplines in music and sound studies."
 * (Technically, this job posting is "open rank.")
 * Does anyone know if the reference letters are on the we'll-contact-your-references model? The wording of the ad is a bit confusing.
 * Yes, they contact your references asking for letters shortly after you submit the application (or at least that was the case with the ethno position).
 * My first job market mistake of the year: I thought their phrasing meant they'd only ask for letters of recommendation later in the process... so I didn't alert my referees. Fortunately, they are champs and submitted them on time anyway.
 * It doesn't sound like a mistake, but rather you took their description at their word. I suspect that they automatically requested letters from applicants' references, but they will still consider applications without them.
 * I made this mistake last year and felt terrible. Now I just assume that all online applications will automatically request letters if I include an email address on the form. For what it's worth, it did take a couple of weeks after I submitted my application for them to request letters. I'm not sure if it was a timing issue or if they are doing a quick review of the application before requesting letters (although my assumption is the former).

University of Richmond – Assistant Professor of Musicology/Ethnomusicology (Deadline: 22 October 2012)

 * specialist in American vernacular music
 * Connections across departments and programs are a strength of the University of Richmond curriculum and applicants who can offer interdisciplinary courses are strongly desired.

University of Waterloo (Conrad Grebel University College) - Faculty Position in Global Music (Ongoing)

 * According to CUMS, "There is no change to the position, just not yet filled and still accepting applications."
 * In case it's of use--I was an applicant in last year's search process and my understanding, based on the feedback & conversations I had, is that (while the search is "global") the committee is interested in someone with relatively long-term life experience & fieldwork in Africa, Latin America, or Asia (so perhaps "global South" would be a good way to describe "global" in this case).
 * Yep. I had a phone interview, and my rejection email hinted at the same thing. I think multiple members of the search committee were missionaries, and they really value that long-term life experience in the global South.
 * I was short-listed last year and did an on-campus interview. I was told that the search committee after interviewing 4 candidates was confused about whather it wanted a social scientist, a musicologist or a performer-scholar. Then I was told that my application was no longer under consideration with no explanation provided. This position requires service in the college (a Mennonite, Christian college within a public university) as well as the university. A Mennonite probably would be most comfortable with that. According to Canadian law, the search cttee cannot say explicitly that it prefers hiring a Mennonite or active Christian, but if you are one, pursue this position if you like. I didn't fit this description.
 * I was also one of the four finalists and my experience tracks yours pretty closely--I was told, similarly, that the committee did not know what it wanted, and then was told that my application was no longer under consideration with no further explanation.

Victoria University, New Zealand - Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Ethnomusicology (Deadline: September 17, 2012)

 * "U.S. equivalent to Assistant/Associate Professor"
 * "may give preference to candidates with a strong background in music cultures of the Asia/Pacific region, who are sensitive to fostering music in the local community, and who will consider ways to enhance the study of music at the NZSM across the breadth of its programmes"

Williams College - Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology (Africa or African diaspora) (Deadline: 30 November 2012)
===Yale Institute of Sacred Music - Assistant Professor of Music History (Deadline: November 5, 2012)===
 * specialty in the sacred repertories of the Medieval period (ca.900-1400). This appointment will provide teaching to students in Yale College and the Graduate School as well as the Institute and Divinity School.

Yale University – Assistant Professors of Music History (two positions) (Deadline: October 15, 2012)

 * "primary specialties in any period of post-medieval Western Art Music. Strong secondary specialties, including but not limited to popular music and/or non Western music, are also welcome."
 * From description: "We are looking for early career scholars" - Is this code for "Graduated before 2010 need not apply"? There has been significant discussion at CHE about the use of terms like "enthusiastic" and "energetic" in job ads to signify age/experience preference. Is this blatant discrimination against anyone who graduated in the recent Depression when there were no fellowships or jobs?

UPCOMING DEADLINES
(In chronological order; please update this when you add a new item above, and please mark expired deadlines with strikeout ) Musicology Department
 * 06/Aug/2012: University of Birmingham - Lectureship in Music (Ethnomusicology and/or Popular Music)
 * 14/Sep/2012: Cornell University - Assistant Professor in Ethnomusicology
 * 17/Sep/2012: Victoria University, New Zealand - Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Ethnomusicology
 * 20/Sep/2012: Pennsylvania State University – Assistant Professor in Musicology
 * 30/Sep/2012: University of Pennsylvania - Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology
 * 30/Sep/2012: University of Pennsylvania - Musicology (Open Rank)
 * 01/Oct/2012: University of California, San Diego – Assistant Professor of Music
 * 01/Oct/2012: University of Oregon - Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology
 * 15/Oct/2012: Peabody Conservatory of Music – Musicology Faculty, Full Time (not tenure-track)
 * 15/Oct/2012: University of California, Los Angeles – Assistant Professor of Musicology
 * 15/Oct/2012: University of California, Merced - Open Rank Global Arts Studies Professor
 * 15/Oct/2012: University of Notre Dame - Assistant Professor of Musicology
 * 15/Oct/2012: Yale University – Assistant Professors of Music History (two positions)
 * 16/Oct/2012: Towson University – Assistant Professor of Music History and Literature
 * 20/Oct/2012: Washington and Lee University - Associate or Full Professor of Music and Department Head
 * 22/Oct/2012: University of Illinois - Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology
 * 22/Oct/2012: University of Minnesota - Assistant Professor of Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature
 * 22/Oct/2012: University of Richmond - Assistant Professor of Musicology/Ethnomusicology
 * 26/Oct/2012: College of Charleston - Assistant Professor of African American Studies
 * 26/Oct/2012: Quest University Canada
 * 29/Oct/2012: Middle Tennessee State University - Director, School of Music
 * 29/Oct/2012: University of Massachusetts Amherst - Associate Professor of Music History
 * 31/Oct/2012: Univeristy of Geneva - Professeur-e ordinaire ou professeur-e associé-e en Musicologie
 * 01/Nov/2012: Boston University - Associate Professor of Historical Musicology
 * 01/Nov/2012: Hobart and William Smith College - Assistant Professor, Musicology
 * 01/Nov/2012: Illinois State University - Assistant/Associate Professor- Music History
 * 01/Nov/2012: New York University Abu Dhabi – Open rank, musicology and/or ethnomusicology
 * 01/Nov/2012: Northwestern University (Bienen School of Music) - Open Rank, Musicology/Ethnomusicology: Music in Contemporary Culture
 * 01/Nov/2012: The College at Brockport, State College of New York
 * 05/Nov/2012: Yale Institute of Sacred Music - Assistant Professor of Music History
 * 09/Nov/2012: Colorado State University - Assistant Professors of Music History (two positions)
 * 12/Nov/2012: University of Louisville - Assistant Professor of Western Musicology
 * 14/Nov/2012: Ohio State University - Assistant Professor of Latin American Studies (ethnomusicology, music, dance, performance studies)
 * 15/Nov/2012: California State University, Fullerton - Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology (African American Music)
 * 15/Nov/2012: Chinese University of Hong Kong - Associate/Assistant Professor in Historical Musicology
 * 15/Nov/2012: College of Charleston - Assistant Professor of Muisc History (with Secondary Area Viola or Collaborative Piano)
 * 15/Nov/2012: Indiana University Jacobs School of Music - Post-Doctoral Resident Scholar,
 * 30/Nov/2012: Cape Breton University – Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology (Deadline: 4:00PM)
 * 30/Nov/2012: Florida State College of Music - Assistant Professor of Musicology
 * 30/Nov/2012: Williams College - Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology (Africa or African diaspora)
 * 01/Dec/2012: Ithaca College - Assistant Professor of Music Theory/Musicology
 * 10/Dec/2012: Harvard University Department of Music - Post-Doctoral Fellowship: "Hearing Modernity"
 * 15/Dec/2012: Boston College - Assistant Professor in Ethnomusicology
 * 15/Jan/2012: Syracuse University - Post-Doctoral Fellowship in American Popular Music
 * Ongoing: University of Waterloo (Conrad Grebel University College) - Faculty Position in Global Music

Acronym guide
CMS: College Music Society

CHE: Chronicle of Higher Education

HERC: Higher Education Recruitment Consortium

IHE: Inside Higher Ed

MVL: Music Vacancy List (published by the College Music Society). Requires a member login.

AMS-L: American Musicological Society listserv

SAM-L: Society for American Music email list

SEM-L: Society of Ethnomusicology listserv

SEM: Society of Ethnomusicology. Their current job list requires a member login.

TT: Tenure Track

VAP: Visiting Assistant Professor

ABD: All-But-Dissertation

Wiki Counter: (check all that apply)
I am a musicologist: 15

I am an ethnomusicologist: 5

I am a little of both: 10

I am currently in a TT position: 4

I am currently in a VAP/Lecturer position: 8

I am currently a Postdoctoral Fellow and on the market: 4

I am a recent PhD and on the market: 6

I am a no-longer-so-recent PhD and on the market: 4

I am ABD and on the market: 12

I am ABD and no longer on the market:

I am not on the market but am an interested observer: 2

I am a member of a search committee: 2

I will keep this wiki a positve place for discussion and not post negativity: 5

Recent grads are getting most of the jobs
8/10: The numbers from last year's wiki show that 61.5% (32/52) of the TT musicology or ethno jobs in the United States went to people whose doctorates were finished in 2010 or later. When the 11 2009 and 2008 graduates are added, this number increases to 82.6%, and if the 4 2007 graduates are included, the figure is 90.4%. There are obviously other relevant factors here, but these numbers clearly show that schools prefer to hire recent grads.

8/12: I suspect that recent grads are also much more likely to be unemployed or underemployed. Statistically, you can't really claim that search committees have a preference for recent grads unless you know the make-up of the entire sample space of applicants. If, for example, 70% of the applicants for TT jobs last year were themselves recent grads (i.e. post-2010), then your calculations would suggest a slight disinclination to hire recent grads.

8/12: Comparing the DDM database with the wiki shows that there is a ratio of at least 2-1 (and sometimes 3-1 or even 4-1) between the number of people who get musicology doctorates each year and the number of people who get TT jobs. Unless all of the unsuccessful candidates from earlier years have given up trying to get a TT job, how could there not be a large number of not-so-recent grads in the job market? Most teaching in American universities is now done by adjuncts, many of whom have been teaching for many years and have qualifications that match or even exceed those of their TT colleagues. Don't you think these people are interested in TT jobs? The evidence shows that these less recent PhDs are out there, and that they are not getting hired (only 5 pre-2007 PhDs became TT musicology faculty last year). Though not derived from a large sample space, I can add my own anecdotal evidence. I happen to have inside info on four different TT searches in which an ABD or very recent PhD was hired over dozens of more experienced candidates. Everything that I have seen during my six years of TT job searching convinces me that schools prefer recent grads, including my own experience. I got 3 TT interviews when I was ABD, and I made several short lists in the first two years after graduating. I've received almost no interest since then despite the fact that I've compiled a pretty decent record of publication and teaching experience.

8/13: My own experience is similar to the last poster. My publication and teaching record keeps on getting better while the interest in my candidacy has remained pretty much unchanged. You'd think it would increase, but that simply isn't the case. I wonder if the academic societies can take a more proactive role to advocate on behalf of all of the contingent laborers among us. We aren't damaged goods, but I suspect that search committees might view us that way.

9/11 And now it's a visible form of discrimination http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/09/11/colorado-state-criticized-job-posting-favoring-recent-phds 9/12 I hate to play librarian but is there a forum somewhere on the wiki for general commiserations or kvetching? This issue might effect us but is not particular to the Ethno/Musicology job forum. Thanks!
 * At some point, I think, you have to take the remaining pride you have left and acknowledge that *they* are missing out on you, that all of the problems with academia are eliminating some fantastic people and some fantastic minds from higher education. We're all smart enough to find something else to do with our talents and energy - and we might even find better paying jobs that are less stressful. [It's my last year on the job market, if you can't tell. Good luck, everyone!!!]

9/12 The main Academic Jobs Wiki has a directory of relevant articles. The venting page is just that. Also, there are wikis for airing our feelings on good and awful interviewing experiences: Universities to Love, Universities to fear. I know a lot of people dislike this wiki in place of the old format, but it is nice to have all of these resources and other wikis around.

9/15 @ 9/11 Careful there. I have it on pretty good authority that things are a little wacky at CSU. Unreasonable tenure denials, closed searches with no finalists hired, etc... I'm just saying that discrimination at Fort Collins might not reflect a national trend.

===Job disappeared: University of North Texas (Visiting Assistant or Associate Professor, Ethnomusicology)=== 8/13 I posted this job on the wiki but t's been removed I guess. You can see it on the cached page if you Google. The deadline is past, but it starts in 2013. Does it belong somewhere else? I'd be interested in following it. Thanks! -S

8/13: The start date in the ad says August 2012. Someone else posted, "Position offered and accepted by Cathy Ragland (CUNY/University of Texas-Pan American)."

8/14 So sorry- I was unable to see that here.

Applying to Liberal Arts Colleges
8/19. I'm a recent UK PhD and would love to teach in a liberal arts college. Does anyone out there -- either candidates or members of search committees -- have any idea how UK PhDs are looked upon by such institutions? (Apologies if I'm posting this in the wrong place).

8/20. How much teaching (as the main instructor) have you gotten to do in the UK?

OP: I've done maybe 10 or so independent lectures, plus various seminars and tutorials, but haven't taught any complete courses on my own (almost all courses in the institution I was at are team-taught). I've also co-supervised some final year undergrad research projects. What kind of teaching experience do successful applicants tend to have? (ps. thanks for responding)

8/23. You might check last year's wiki; there was a long discussion re: how important teaching experience is to one's application. Some search committee members chimed in...As for the UK angle, I have no idea. I do know that lots of US PhDs would also love to teach at a SLAC. Super competitive - as competitive as R1 jobs, or really, every job nowadays. Good luck!

OP: Thanks -- I'll check it out. It's pretty competitve here in the UK at the moment, too.