Medieval 2010

Medieval (Update and Demographics)
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Medievalist Wiki Count (please add yourself under the appropriate heading and also update the total)

Anglo-Saxon/Old English: 12

Middle English: 34

Anglo-Saxon/Middle English: 3

Comparative Medieval: 8

Medieval/Renaissance: 11

Lurker: 1

Total:  52  68

Demographics:

ABD (early): 1

ABD (will finish this academic year): 25

Ph.D. in hand (one-year, VAP, Lecturer): 24

Assistant Professor: 9

Associate Professor: 1

Full Professor: 2

Lurker: 1

Total: 48 61

Please visit the discussion page to provide more statistics about your job search.

Albion College (Albion, MI)
Assistant Professor of English (Medieval literature and Early Modern Drama) link

Deadline: Nov. 5th

Acknowledgment received: Oct. 19

Request for additional materials: Oct. 19 (x2); Oct. 29; Nov. 9 (snail mail); Nov. 12 (via snail mail letter x4); Nov. 24 (email); Nov. 27 (snail mail); Nov. 30; Dec. 2 (snail mail - dated Nov. 24); Dec. 3 (snail mail - dated Nov. 24 x4)

MLA interview scheduled: Dec. 8 by email (x3)

Campus interview scheduled: N/A

Offer made: N/A

Offer accepted: N/A


 * My letter requesting more information said that the position is for Shakespeare. Anyone else get the same note?
 * I did. I made sure to include a Shakespeare syllabus.
 * Received a nice email informing me that I would not be interviewed at MLA Dec. 10 (x7), Dec. 11 (x7)
 * Q: Were any (or all) the people who got this email on Dec. 10 the same people who had earlier been asked for additional materials?
 * A: Yes (x7). No. (x2). The dossier request came so late that I doubt they even received my materials before rejection.
 * I was asked to submit a dossier and have not heard back either way yet; presumably my rejection e-mail is in the pipeline. (Dec. 10 x2)
 * Rejection via email received Dec. 14.

Amherst College
Assistant Professor of English link

Deadline: Oct. 1, 2009/ Nov. 1 for full consideration

Acknowledgment received: yes, week of electronic submission; Nov. 2, Nov. 10

Request for additional materials: request for add'l writing sample Dec. 6

MLA interview scheduled: Dec 11, by email (note: they did NOT request another writing sample first) (x5)

Campus interview scheduled: N/A

Offer made: N/A

Offer accepted: N/A

Notes: Email acknowledgment states "Our search committee should be able to review all submitted applications and report on the status of your application by early December." Q: How can there be 150 applicants?! Last year there were 80 for a Research One institution whose job-hiring process I am familiar with. Are there really 150 medievalists on the market? And how have we grown so exponentially in just one year?
 * Rejection rec'd: Dec. 14 by email (x10) 150 applicants!
 * Rejection received via email Dec. 15 (x3)
 * Anyone else in limbo? (Neither a call nor a rejection email?) Yes. (x3) A: I was in limbo but I got an email just now (Dec. 15). Make that two of us in limbo up until the 15th--I got the axe . . ..


 * At my PhD granting institution, they are searching for someone in a completely different field this year (completely different means not medieval). I talked to the department head last week and she said that they are getting applications from people who are not even remotely qualified for the position (who might very tangentially touch the subject). She said that it's probably because of the downturn in the economy and lack of jobs this year, so people are desperate and sending out applications for anything and everything possible. I don't know if that's what happened here, but it is a possibility. (x2: I was just about to tell the same story!)


 * Look at the wiki counter--67 medievalists on the market. That's just the people who have declared.  It doesn't seem impossible that there are close to 150.  A lot of people didn't get jobs last year, and now there's a whole new batch of ABDs.

Does anyone know if this search has been canceled? Shouldn't we have heard something by now?


 * I have heard that there is a strong internal candidate.


 * Keep the hope alive!


 * Really? I thought it's a complete coincidence that they have a VAP who specializes in medieval poetry.


 * Is it a woman who does gender studies? That would be shocking and unpredictable.


 * Yup! Those of us who will be invited to the MLA: it's still a good interview practice!


 * Wow. I really wish I hadn't wasted my time on an application that won't even be considered.


 * Just because there is a VAP in the department does not mean that the search is a foregone conclusion. I've personally been an inside candidate and not gotten the job as well as been an outside candidate who was offered a job over a VAP already in place. Apply and take any interest seriously.


 * Let's meet back here this time next year and see who has the job. ;)


 * I'm game! Same place, same time.


 * I second the poster who says to take the process seriously. Yes, there is an inside candidate; I've heard her husband just received tenure in another department.  Still, the ultimate decision rests with the English department, right?


 * Let me add yet another note about staying in the process. I am the "strong internal candidate" for one of the OTHER schools listed on this wiki, yet I have taken my applying to other positions quite seriously.  I would never want to rule out the chance at another institution, and for that reason, even those who have applied at my current school should take their applications (and interviews) seriously as well. There are all sorts of reasons the inside candidate may not--in the end--be the one who gets offered--or takes--the job.


 * Of course, the above is true, and it's not a lock; BUT, again, let's meet back here next year and see if theory and practice match up.


 * I know someone on the search committee and there is no question that it is a serious search--no internal candidate has a lock on the position.



ON december 11 I got an email asking me to call to schedule an interview at the MLA. I wonder how many they are interviewing.

I wonder how many INTERVIEWERS there will be on the panel? Does anyone know? And how many candidates?


 * If you have an interview, asking how many people will be on the interview committee (and even who they are) is a very valid question. You should ask. No one besides the people who have interviews really needs to know this information.


 * I just got an invitation to the MLA interview: there are FOUR distinguished people: Professor Chickering, Bosman, Sofield and Sander. How MANY are being interviewed?



Arizona State University (Tempe)
Assistant Professor in History of Rhetoric (Classical/Medieval Rhetoric) link

Deadline: Nov. 30, 2009

Acknowledgment received: Acknowledged by e-mail, early November.

Request for additional materials: N/A

MLA interview scheduled: N/A

Campus interview scheduled: N/A

Offer made: N/A

Offer accepted: N/A

Bard College
Assistant Professor of English link

Deadline: Nov. 6, 2009

Acknowledgment received: Sept. 17, Sept. 22

Request for additional materials: Nov. 13 (x5); Nov. 19 via email (x3); Nov. 24 (x3)

MLA interview scheduled: Dec 7 via email (x5)

Campus interview scheduled: N/A

Offer made: N/A

Offer accepted: N/A


 * I received an automatic message after I applied online (x2).

Bemidji State University (MN)
Assistant Professor of English, Medieval, Shakespeare, & 17th Century British Literature link

Deadline: Jan. 4, 2010

Acknowledgment received: N/A

Request for additional materials: N/A

Initial interview scheduled: N/A

Campus interview scheduled: N/A

Offer made: N/A

Offer accepted: N/A

Indiana University Northwest
Assistant Professor in History of the English Language, Professional Writing, Grammar and Usage, and Medieval (or Eighteenth Century) link

Deadline: Jan. 15, 2010

Acknowledgment received: N/A

Request for additional materials: N/A

Initial interview scheduled: N/A

Campus interview scheduled: N/A

Offer made: N/A

Offer accepted: N/A

Kent State University, Stark Campus (OH)
Full Time Tenure Track Faculty in Medieval or Renaissance link

Deadline: until filled ("For full consideration, submit application materials by 1/15/2010.")

Acknowledgment received: N/A

Request for additional materials: N/A

Initial interview scheduled: N/A

Campus interview scheduled: N/A

Offer made: N/A

Offer accepted: N/A

Loyola College In Maryland
Two-Year VAPlink

Deadline: Oct. 23, 2009

Acknowledgment received: Oct. 22

Request for additional materials: Oct. 22 (x12); Nov. 2 (x8)

MLA interview scheduled: Dec 15 (phone) (x5)

Campus interview scheduled: N/A

Offer made: N/A

Offer accepted: N/A


 * Has anybody heard anything since November? The suspense is killing me.
 * Does anyone know if they are going to interview at MLA?
 * Anyone brave enough to e-mail and ask?!
 * Dear Search Committee, I have a friend who was wondering....

Marymount University (VA)
Assistant Professor   link

Deadline: Nov. 1, 2009 (review of applications begins)

Acknowledgment received: N/A

Request for additional materials: Dec. 3 via e-mail (x11)

MLA interview scheduled: Dec. 7 via phone (x3); 12/10 by phone (x2)

Campus interview scheduled: N/A

Offer made: N/A

Offer accepted: N/A


 * So there was a deadline for this job listed somewhere. MLA has no deadline and the job doesn't show up on the Marymount HR website.
 * I found their letter to be confusing. Do you apply online or online AND by mail?
 * I gather that you apply online with letter and cv, then send additional materials by mail if requested.
 * I also thought that you should apply online and address the cover letter to that person.

McGill University (Montreal CA)
Assistant Professor of English (Late-medieval, non-Chaucerian) link

Deadline: Nov. 15, 2009

Acknowledgment received: Oct. 20; Oct. 21; Nov. 10 via email (x2); Nov. 16 via email; Nov 17 via e-mail

MLA interview scheduled: Dec. 3 via phone call (x5)

Campus interview scheduled: N/A

Offer made: N/A

Offer accepted: N/A

Those who have "received acknowledgment": was this a postcard you included in your application, or have you received another form of acknowledgement from the search committee?
 * Mine was in the form of an email this morning.

Miami University Hamilton (OH)
Assistant Professor link

Deadline: Jan. 11, 2010 (screening of applications begins)

Acknowledgment received: N/A

Request for additional materials: N/A

Initial interview scheduled: N/A

Campus interview scheduled: N/A

Offer made: N/A

Offer accepted: N/A

Middle Tennessee State University
Assistant/Associate Professor of Early European Literature link

Deadline: Oct. 26, 2009

Acknowledgment received: Oct. 27. I never received an acknowledgment, so I called the number in the ad; they had in fact received my application but admitted that they had neglected to acknowledge it (Nov. 5).

Request for additional materials: N/A

MLA interview scheduled: N/A

Campus interview scheduled: N/A

Offer made: N/A

Offer accepted: N/A

Q: Does anyone know if they are conducting MLA interviews? The ad doesn't mention anything about it, and from what I inferred from the department's secretary, there is still a lot of work to be done..
 * rec'd rejection email: Dec. 11 (x2)

A: Per Dr. Stallings at MTSU (via e-mail), they don't interview at MLA.

Mount St. Mary's University (Emmitsburg, MD)
Assistant Professor of English link

Deadline: Oct. 23, 2009

Acknowledgment received: Sept. 24, Oct. 21, following electronic submission (x4); EOE letter/form received (via snailmail), Oct. 29

Request for additional materials: Nov. 11 via e-mail (x14)

MLA interview scheduled: Dec. 8 by phone (x4), Dec. 9 by phone

Campus interview scheduled: N/A

Offer made: N/A

Offer accepted: N/A


 * Dropped out of search: Dec. 7 (x1)
 * Just to clarify, this means that an applicant dropped out of the search--not that the search was cancelled. See discussion under Westmont job.

New York University, Gallatin School of Individualized Study
Assistant or Associate Professor, Medieval and/or Renaissance Studies link

Deadline: Dec. 1, 2009

Acknowledgment received: Nov. 3 via e-mail; Nov. 13 via email; Nov 16 via snail mail; Nov. 16 via email; Nov. 21 via snail mail; Dec. 2 via email (x3); Dec. 4 email; Dec. 9 email

Request for additional materials: N/A

Initial interview scheduled: N/A

Campus interview scheduled: N/A

Offer made: N/A

Offer accepted: N/A

NOTE: On the Renaissance wiki, there is a note that they are not doing interviews at MLA.


 * Anyone know when they will start getting back to people?


 * Copied from the Renaissance wiki: "(12/14) Just to pass this along to anyone wondering: I emailed their HR person and asked if they planned on interviewing at the MLA...the answer is no. They're looking to do interviews in NYC in early January."

Reed College
Assistant Professor of English and Humanities (Medieval and/or Early Modern) Link

Deadline: Nov. 17, 2009

Acknowledgment received: N/A

Request for additional materials: N/A

MLA interview scheduled: Dec 11 by email (x3)

Campus interview scheduled: N/A

Offer made: N/A

Offer accepted: N/A


 * Does anyone know if this search is still running? The link above is now dead...
 * I sent a query to the email listed in the ad. Good news. The search is still on (the link was removed because the deadline has passed) and the committee is still working through the applications. (The response also said they were behind in sending out acknowledgments as well.) So although there has been silence, there is definitely still work going on behind the scenes. &gt;Thanks!
 * I am very grateful to Reed for just notifying me about scheduling for an interview at the MLA.
 * Does anyone know how many they are interviewing. A: by the looks of the number of time slots they sent me, as many as 20, if they use all the slots (wow, that's a lot)
 * I wonder if they've done all the notifying or if some of us should keep the hope alive.
 * Personally, I have begun the mourning process (x3).
 * Does anyone know HOW many candidates will be interviewed?

University of Arkansas, Little Rock
Assistant Professor of English (Early Modern/Medieval Literature) Link

Deadline: Nov. 15, 2009

Acknowledgment received: Received by e-mail, Oct. 13, Oct. 23, Nov. 4 (x2)

Request for additional materials: N/A

Phone interview scheduled: Dec. 9 via email

Campus interview scheduled: N/A

Offer made: N/A

Offer accepted: N/A

Q: So. . . are they only conducting interviews by phone and not going to MLA? A: Yes. A: I think it's supposed to be two rounds of phone interviews, then campus visits for this one.

University of California, Los Angeles
Mellon Assistant Professor in Residence at UCLA (2 year term; Mediterranean Studies) link

Deadline: Mar. 15, 2010

Acknowledgment received: N/A

Request for additional materials: N/A

Initial interview scheduled: N/A

Campus interview scheduled: N/A

Offer made: N/A

Offer accepted: N/A

University of Hartford
Assistant Professor of English (broadly trained medievalist) link

Deadline: Oct. 28, 2009

Acknowledgment received: Sept. 23, Oct. 16, Oct. 30; Applicant data sheet (email), Oct. 30 (x2)

Request for additional materials: Nov. 18 via email (x4) Congrats!

MLA interview scheduled: Dec. 9 by phone (x4)

Campus interview scheduled: N/A

Offer made: N/A

Offer accepted: N/A

Rejection letter rec'd by email, Dec. 10 (x25)

University of Michigan
Assistant or advanced Assistant Professor link

Deadline: Oct. 30, 2009

Acknowledgment received: email Oct. 13, Oct. 21, Nov. 2, Nov. 5 (x2)

Request for additional materials: N/A

MLA interview scheduled: Dec. 9 by phone (x2)

Campus interview scheduled: N/A

Offer made: N/A

Offer accepted: N/A


 * I just received a very sloppy rejection email (Dec. 9) (x12). But there it is. Yeah, me too. (Dec 9th 12pm). *sigh. *I got two: one sloppy and one correct. (x 7)
 * I haven't received either a rejection email or an interview call. Is anyone else in this position? Rejection by email (Dec. 15)
 * Yes. Same here. (x2)

University of Oregon
Assistant Professor of Old English Literature (It's on the JIL, but the link seems to be messed up.)

Deadline: Nov. 15, 2009

Acknowledgment received: yes, electronically--last week of September, right after submitting electronic application; reply seemed automatically triggered by submitting application, but was from UO and not from Academic Jobs Online, the site they're using for the process

Request for additional materials: N/A

MLA interview scheduled: Dec. 4 via phone (x2), Dec. 4 via email (x2) --How many years you been with PhD? Two. Five.

Campus interview scheduled: N/A

Offer made: N/A

Offer accepted: N/A

University of Pittsburgh
Assistant Professor of English link

Deadline: Nov. 1, 2009

Acknowledgment received: Oct. 1, Oct. 26, Nov. 2 by snail mail letter (x4)

Request for additional materials: Nov. 5 by e-mail (x6)

MLA interview scheduled: Dec. 9 by e-mail (x4)

Campus interview scheduled: N/A

Offer made: N/A

Offer accepted: N/A

NOTE: This link (to the Pitt website) is slightly different from their posting on the MLA list (I suspect the MLA posting is correct, since this one mentions interviewing in San Fransisco, and says one must have a Ph.D. by 2008!). The list of secondary interests is more complete on the MLA list.


 * Just got a rejection email from Pitt. (x23)
 * Do these numbers mean only ten of us applied to Pitt? Or are bunch of original participants not paying attention (or not tallying)? How many applicants do you think are out there this year? I was thinking 250-300.
 * Not everyone who applies checks in (or even knows about this wiki). And not everyone updates the wiki who does check it. (and if there are 10 rejections and 3 requests for additional materials, then that would be at least 13 who applied; based on past experience, I would guess just under 100 medieval applicants on the market, but that might not be accurate for this year.) Also, I applied to Pitt, received an acknowledgment, so they got my application, but I have not received either a rejection or a request for additional materials yet. So perhaps they haven't gotten all the way through contacting people so far. (Or else I just got overlooked and need to find out what happened to my application.) UPDATE (Nov. 9): Okay, so they just hadn't emailed everyone yet. I got my rejection email today. *sigh*
 * Can those who received requests for additional materials be so kind as to indicate if they are primarily early or late medieval (and/or Old or Middle English)? I'm curious what they are looking for at Pittsburgh.
 * On that note, can I ask whether any of those who received requests are ABD, or do all of you have PhDs in hand? If you choose to answer, thank you.
 * rejected Nov. 9 (by a cordial and gentle email, thank you Pitt) - am ABD
 * also rejected Nov. 9 - ABD
 * For those that were rejected last week, how many were ABD? (x11)
 * Rejected Nov. 9 - PhD last year. (x4)
 * Rejected Nov. 9 - PhD just this summer
 * Rejected 11/06. PhD this fall. (x2)
 * Rejected 11/06. Ph.D. last year (Ivy), currently teaching at Ivy.
 * asked for additional materials: ABD, late medieval/ Middle English (x2)
 * Additional materials: PhD this fall, Old English.
 * Rejected after request for additional materials Dec. 8 (email) (x5)

University of Texas-Pan American
Assistant/Associate Professor of English Link

Deadline: N/A

Acknowledgment received: N/A

Request for additional materials: E-mail request for full dossier, Nov. 9 (x2), Nov. 18, Nov. 23 (x5)

MLA interview scheduled: Dec. 11 by phone (x5)

Campus interview scheduled: N/A

Offer made: N/A

Offer accepted: N/A

Rejection letter: Nov. 21 (x7)

Victoria University of Wellington (NZ)
Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in English link

Deadline: November 20, 2009

Acknowledgment received: Nov. 3 via e-mail; Nov. 10 by email (x2)

Request for additional materials: Dec. 7 by email (x2)

Rejection: email Dec. 9 (x3)

Interview scheduled: N/A

Campus interview scheduled: N/A

Offer made: N/A

Offer accepted: N/A

University of Wisconsin-Madison
Assistant or Associate Professor of Old English link

Deadline: Nov. 30, 2009

Acknowledgment received: Dec. 10 via snail mail (x7)

Request for additional materials: N/A

Interview scheduled: N/A

Campus interview scheduled: N/A

Offer made: N/A

Offer accepted: N/A

Has anyone heard anything about this? It's December 9th and I'm beginning to wonder if it's all said and done.
 * As their deadline wasn't until end of Nov. it could be just before MLA that anyone hears anything.
 * I don't know when they're expecting to contact people, but they're working on applications still because of the late deadline/advertisement. But they're on it.
 * to contextualize: I've received phone calls from Research I schools to set up an MLA interview on Dec. 22
 * The acknowledgment letter I just received (dated Dec. 7) says, "We have begun the initial screening of applications and expect that the screening will continue through the end of the month."
 * Ditto the above; does that mean they're not interviewing at MLA?
 * It looks to me as though they are not interviewing at MLA, since their announcement says that applications received through Dec. 29th will receive full consideration. I guess they're banking on their R1 status. Though the other (crazier) possibility would be that (still banking on R1 status) they've set the deadline to coincide with the end of MLA, so that if they want to consider more people while at the conference they can.  "Oh hi, we're in room 243, would you like to come up for an interview?"  Has this a precedent?? A: Sadly, yes.
 * Point of confusion: the MLA/JIL ad said "must be received by NOV 29; the above link to UW says Dec. 29. The latter seems like a typo. But who can tell?

Westmont College
Assistant Professor of English link

Deadline: Nov. 1, 2009

Acknowledgment received: Oct. 2, Oct. 5, Nov. 3rd (via snail mail)

Request for additional materials: request via email Nov. 13 (x4), Nov. 19 (x3)

MLA interview scheduled: Dec. 4 via email (x2)

Campus interview scheduled: N/A

Offer made: N/A

Offer accepted: N/A

Rejection email: Nov. 19

Rejection email (after submission of dossier): Dec. 4 (x2)

Q: Anyone willing to say why he/she dropped out?
 * Dropped out of search: Dec. 7 (x3)

A: Yes. Accepted early offer for position at another institution; otherwise, this would have been my first choice--it is an excellent Christian Liberal Arts school.
 * Q. Would you consider naming the institution where you accepted a position? Either way, thanks for volunteering this info.
 * That's getting a little too personal, don't you think? (And if this is the person I think it is, it was not a specifically medieval job, so it's not one of the ones on this list.)

Received a warm rejection from the college. Feel comforted.