Non-Geographical/Methodologically Oriented, 2009-2010

Environmental History
University of Missouri - Columbia -- Assistant Professor
 * Application deadline: October 28
 * U.S. Environmental History
 * Rejection notice within a week of application, damn that is cold 11/6
 * It sounds rigged--no one could actually move that fast

Jewish History
Northwestern University -- Assistant Professor
 * Application deadline: October 31
 * Specialist in Medieval Jewish Studies

University of Denver -- Assistant Professor
 * Application deadline: November 2
 * Excluding American and modern Western/Central European history

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill -- Assistant Professor
 * Application deadline: November 30
 * Medieval and/or Early Modern Jewish History

Labor History
Cornell University -- Visiting Assistant Professor
 * Review of materials will begin October 15
 * U.S. labor and working-class history


 * any news here?  12/15 (no, 12/17)

Military History
Duke University --Hertog Assistant / Associate Professorship
 * Application deadline: November 6
 * American military history and policy or American diplomatic history

-Fast email acknowledgment received. (11/5)
 * Request for additional materials. (11/10)
 * Request for phone interview (12/1)
 * Can you give a sense of timing and/or how many candidates they are continuing to pursue?
 * Still no word received (12/7)
 * Indeed, we're past time when search committee has promised a decision. Anybody know if they are doing AHA or going straight to on-campus? (12/9)
 * Received nice rejection email. (12/9)
 * Invite for campus visit rec'd (12/9)
 * Not everyone who is not on-campus has received a rejection. (12/17)
 * There is a developing rumor from connected people that this is a farce search, where a candidate has been identified already in advance and the search is for propriety's sake. (12/31)
 * Intriguing. Save for naming names, any actual evidence of this? (1/1)

Old Dominion University -- Military History Assistant Professor


 * Application deadline: December 15


 * rec'd letter stating committee will speak with selected candidates in early January (12/23)
 * Does this mean they're by-passing the AHA?

Texas Tech University -- U.S. Military History Assistant Professor
 * Application deadline: November 1
 * Any news here? Ack? (11/25)

(12/10) On campus interview scheduled
 * (12/1) Have a phone interview this week (ditto)

University of Notre Dame
 * Application deadline: October 1


 * Has anyone heard any news?
 * Request for more materials (11/5)
 * Rejection letter (11/13)
 * Word is that there is not much money for this position, even less than originally thought. They will have to hire at the very junior (ABD?) level.  (12
 * Perhaps that is because Notre Dame has to buy Charlie Weis's contract out.
 * To be fair, football IS more important.
 * Anything here? Are they planning on going to AHA to interview? (12/11)
 * Colleague received an email to set up an AHA interview. (12/11)

Public History
Northern Kentucky University -- Public History / Museum Studies Assistant Professor
 * Application deadline: November 6
 * received email from search chair stating that if I ("the candidate" - I assume everyone received this) did not receive an invite for a campus visit by Nov. 30, then I should go ahead and abandon my lifelong dream of living in Northern Kentucky (11/19)

University of Michigan Flint -- Public History Assistant / Associate Profeessor Armstrong Atlantic State University-- African American History/Public History Assistant Professor
 * Application deadline: November 11
 * Any one heard anything on this job? (11/24)
 * Contacted to set up phone interview (12/1)
 * Did anyone every get an acknowledgment from this place? (12/7)
 * Application review begins: December 1

Urban History
Barnard College - Advertisement


 * Application deadline: November 1
 * Job is also listed under United States history []
 * Any further word? (12/11)

General (no regional or methodological focus)
University of Michigan -- Assistant Professor of Organizational Studies / History
 * Application deadline: October 15


 * How many people here applied for this? 11
 * Received email with diversity survey link (11/13)
 * Has anyone heard anything about the timeline? Are they doing a round at the AHA? Anyone invited for anything yet?
 * I haven't heard anything, and it's killing me! Such an early deadline for news. . . (12/16)
 * Anyone else worried that this one is in the process of being axed? (x2)
 * On-campus interviews scheduled for January

University of Richmond-- Assistant Professor of Leadership Studies
 * Application deadline: November 15
 * Specialization in international or cross-cultural studies


 * Received request for additional materials. (11/24)
 * Ditto, any sense about how they're planning to handle this search?
 * Phone interview 12/9---very nice email saying that campus visits will occur in January (I wasnt selected) 12/17

Waynesburg University-- Assistant Professor in non-U.S. History
 * Has anyone been contacted for an interview at Waynesburg? (12/12)

George Washington University - teacher/administrator position
 * deadline was 12/1 - interviewing at AHA - anyone else apply? Any word?
 * Applied also, no word. (12/14)
 * Acknowledgement letter received. Appears as if it might be an inside hire.
 * Any word on whether previous poster is right? Has a hire been made?
 * Sorry - came late to this board. Received AHA interview invite on 12/9 (email invite also included request for writing sample) .  Email also mentioned that a total of 8 finalists had been invited for interviews. (Posted 12/23)