Renaissance 2010

Renaissance/Early Modern
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Applicant Count:
Please count yourself according to which genre you primarily work in. Make sure to update the total:

Drama:8

Poetry: 5

Prose: 1

Total: 14

Demographics:
ABD (early): 1

ABD (will finish this academic year): 6

Ph.D. in hand (one-year, VAP, Lecturer, post-doc): 9

Assistant Professor: 7

Associate Professor:

Full Professor:1

Lurker:

Renaissance/Early Modern Jobs:
Albion College (11/05)

Allegheny College (2 year VAP) (11/2)

University of Arkansas at Little Rock (11/15) link

Assumption College (11/30)

Carnegie Mellon University (10/20)

Clemson University (10/16) link

Coastal Carolina University (11/15) link

Dartmouth College (11/2)

Duquesne University (10/15)

Fu Jen Catholic University (Taiwan) (10/05) link

University of Haifa (11/20)

Ithaca College (until filled) link


 * Q. Any idea if this is a replacement or expansion? Looks like they have an early modernist who joined them this school year.

Lake Forest College (11/15) link

Lehigh University -17th Century (10/19) link

-- does anyone know what happened at Lehigh last year?

-- some scuttlebutt plus some sleuthing suggests that they offered the job to a couple of people who then turned them down for jobs elsewhere.

Linfield College (no deadline stated)

Loyola Marymount University (10/19)

Manhattan College (11/13)link

Mary Baldwin College (10/15) link Muskingum College link
 * Phone interview scheduled 9/30 (x2 - they said that they're trying to make the hire as quickly as possible)

Nazareth College of Rochester (11/13)

University of Nebraska (11/1)
 * Didn't Nebraska just hire an early modernist 3 years ago? Is this an expansion, a replacement, or did someone not get tenure?
 * Expansion and replacement. Seemed short staffed to begin with, and a Med/Ren prof moved spring of 2009.

Northeastern University (11/16)

Pomona College (11/6)link

Saint Joseph's College (CT) (11/15)

-- Q: Last yr, I got a phone interview for this job. Later, got a rejection letter saying "It was a really difficult decision, outstanding candidates, etc. but we've narrowed the pool and are confident we will hire from this pool." Now, today, I see the job is reposted for nx year. So should I reapply or should I assume that this means I was pretty categorically rejected, since they did not re-approach me once their preferred candidates apparently turned them down last year? Could it possibly be that they are afraid I won't take their job b/c I'm overqualified and will sneer at their low salary? (I won't. I really would like the job.  I'm already TT junior fac elsewhere but am very unhappy there and don't get to actually do any teaching.)  At my previous institution, I know many many candidates have turned down the low salary, so maybe St. J's wants to save themselves the rejection?? If I reapply do I look pathetic?
 * R: There are lots of other repeats this year: Carnegie Mellon, Lehigh, Loyola Marymount, and Wake Forest. Go ahead and reapply, there is every chance that either the composition of the committee or the sort of candidate they think they can get has changed over the last year.
 * R: Or maybe their funding was pulled last year.
 * R: I agree that you should apply again and I think the first responder has a good point that the committee might have changed, etc. Moreover, you have nothing to lose by re-applying.
 * R: Definitely re-apply. There may be different faculty on the search committee, and different faculty present during job talks (different folks on leave, etc).  But write a new letter, update your CV and letters of rec, revise your writing sample, etc.
 * The Wake Forest isn't a repost. It's a different job. They did hire an Early Mod person last year. They just seem to like Shakespeare. [eta: this is what I heard from a VAP friend there. Guess he's wrong! sorry to misinform]
 * as a matter of fact, WFU did NOT hire last year. Search failed or something, I believe. They have a visiting person now.
 * this is true: they did not make a hire last year. They have a lot of visiting people.
 * You should *absolutely* reapply. They may very well hope that you do! Go in with confidence. And Wake Forest most definitely did not hire last year. This is the same position. Like Lehigh and CMU, their offers didn't pan out. I imagine all three schools will be very keen to make it work this time, since a failed search is an expensive and frustrating experience.

South Carolina Beaufort (11/10) link

Union College (Schenectady, NY) (11/2)link

University of Victoria, BC (11/30)

Wake Forest University (10/31)

Washington University (St. Louis) (11/1) (Can someone post a link to this job? I can't find it.)
 * I found this on the JIL. Try searching for the University there.
 * You can see it on the list of open searcheshere but full details are on JIL.

Xavier University (Cincinnati, OH) (11/6) link