Wiki page for Academic Jobs in Anglophone & World Literature advertised during the 2020-2021 hiring season.
Instructions
Please add jobs in the following format and order them alphabetically by institution.
- Example University (State/Province, Country). Position Title. Specializations. Deadline. TT/NT. FT/PT. Link to Job ad(s). Updates:
TT/NT: Tenure-track or Non-tenure track.
FT/PT: Full-Time or Part-Time
For the sake of user-friendliness, please do not add more detailed content of the job ad on this page. (This is a departure from previous years, when these pages tended to become difficult to navigate. The new guidelines are modeled on more user-friendly Academic Wiki pages serving other disciplines.)
Add updates to the end of each entry as they come in: Additional materials requested, video interview scheduled, campus visit scheduled, offer extended, offer accepted, rejection received.
Please post "Have you heard?" questions above, under Word on the Street.
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See also Humanities and Social Sciences Postdocs 2020-2021 .
Jobs with 2020 Application Deadlines
Berea College (Berea, Kentucky, USA). Two-Year Visiting Position in Global Anglophone Literature (Non-tenure Track). Deadline: November 10, 2020. Link: https://joblist.mla.org/job-details/2716/two-year-position-in-english-global-anglophone-literature/?ix=18#top-pagination
Updates:
Applied: 1X
Zoom interview: requested 11/20
Campus visit: requested on 12/1
Eureka College (Eureka, Illinois, USA). Assistant Professor of Anglophone Literature, Emphasis on Postcolonial Literature (Tenure-Track). Deadline: Open until filled. Link: https://www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/details.cfm?JobCode=177332737&Title=Professor%20of%20Anglophone%20Literature
Updates:
Applied: 1X
(12/10): Anyone hear anything back?
(12/14): No. I was told during the interview that it would take a while.
Gustavus Adolphus College (Saint Peter, Minnesota, USA). Assistant Prof. Of English (Contemporary Global Literatures In English--African Diaspora Literature) TT, FT Link: https://joblist.mla.org/job-details/2603/assistant-prof-of-english-contemporary-global-literatures-in-english-african-diaspora-literature-/?porder=Professor%2c+Assistant&ix=3#top-pagination
Updates:
Applied: 1X
(12/10): Anyone hear anything back?
Texas A&M University- Commerce (Commerce, TX, USA). Assistant Professor of English with a concentration in World Literatures and expertise in critical theory and postcolonial studies (Tenure-Track). Deadline: Open until filled. Link: https://www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/details.cfm?JobCode=177314664&Title=Assistant%20Professor%20-%20English%20%28R00449%29
Updates:
Applied: 1X
(12/10): Anyone hear anything back?
University of British Columbia (Vancouver, Canada). Cluster Hire in Critical Race Studies / Studies of Empire and Colonialism/ Global English Literatures / Indigenous English Literatures (3 Assistant/Associate Professors, tenure-track/tenured). Deadline: November 1, 2020. Link: https://www.arts.ubc.ca/academic-postings/critical-race-studies-studies-of-empire-and-colonialism-global-english-literatures-indigenous-english-literatures-3-assistant-associate-professors-tenure-track-tenured/
Updates:
Applied: 1X
(12/9): Rejected; not longlisted