French & Francophone 2020-2021

Wiki page for Academic Jobs in French & Francophone Literature & Culture advertised during the 2020-2021 hiring season.

Last year's page: French and Francophone Studies 2019-2020.

See also Critical Theory, Ethnic Studies, Comparative Literature, and Philosophy.

Instructions

Please add jobs in the following format and order them alphabetically by institution.

TT/NT: Tenure-track or tenured

FT/PT: Full-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.) Please post "Have you heard?" questions above, under Word on the Street.

Please contribute to transparency in the academy by adding yourself and your advisors to the Academic Tree project.

See also Humanities and Social Sciences Postdocs 2020-2021 .

Jobs with 2020 Application Deadlines

1. Auburn University (AL). Assistant Professor of French. 11/1. TT. https://joblist.mla.org/job-details/2692/assistant-professor-of-french/
2. Beloit College (WI). Visiting Assistant Professor/Instructor of French and Francophone Language and Cultures. Francophone literature and culture. Review begins 8/1. NT. https://careers.insidehighered.com/job/2003763/visiting-assistant-professor-or-instructor-of-french-and-francophone-language-and-cultures/
3. Brown University (RI). Lecturer in French Studies. 11/15. NT. https://joblist.mla.org/job-details/2771/lecturer-in-french-studies/
4. Eastern Michigan University (MI). Assistant Professor of French. 12/10. TT. https://www.schooljobs.com/careers/emichedu/jobs/2914038/assistant-professor-french?pagetype=jobOpportunitiesJobs
5. Hillsdale College (MI). Assistant Professor of French. 11/16. TT. https://joblist.mla.org/job-details/2705/assistant-professor-of-french/ - Interview 12/16
6. Santa Clara University (CA). Assistant Professor of French & Francophone Studies. 20/21C French and Francophone Studies. 10/1. TT. https://www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/details.cfm?JobCode=177285985 - Interview 11/20
7. Stanford (CA). Postdoc. Mellon Fellowship. 11/1. NT. [http://https://joblist.mla.org/job-details/2610/postdoctoral-opportunity-mellon-fellowship-of-scholars-in-the-humanities-at-stanford/
8. Swarthmore College (PA). Visiting Assistant Professor (3 years). Medieval to 19C + medical humanities/ecocriticism. https://joblist.mla.org/job-details/2715/visiting-assistant-professor-of-french/?porder=French&ix=2#top-pagination
9. Texas Tech (TX). Assistant Professor of French. 11/10. TT. Modern (18-21C) French literature and culture. https://joblist.mla.org/job-details/2683/assistant-professor-of-french/ - Interview 11/23
10. UC Berkeley (CA). Assistant Professor of French. 19-21C French. 10/30. TT. https://joblist.mla.org/job-details/2625/assistant-professor-modernism-nineteenth-to-twenty-first-centuries-french/?porder=French#top-pagination 
11. University of Houston (TX). Instructional Assistant Professor -French             https://uhs.taleo.net/careersection/ex2_uhf/jobdetail.ftl?job=FAC001481&tz=GMT-05%3A00&tzname=America%2FChicago
12. University of Maryland Baltimore County (MD). Assistant Professor in French and Francophone Civilizations. 12/07. TT. https://jobs.chronicle.com/job/298440/assistant-professor-in-french-and-francophone-civilizations-tenure-track-/?Action=ShowConfirmation&UserState=NewUser&ApplicationId=3369#apply-form
13. University of Miami (Florida,). Position Title. Open Modern languages. 11/24. . https://mll.as.miami.edu/hiring/index.html).
14. University of North Carolina Chapel Hill (NC). Teaching Associate Professor of French. 12/1. https://joblist.mla.org/job-details/2826/teaching-associate-professor-of-french/ - Interview 1/12
15. University of Notre Dame (IN). Assistant Teaching Professor - French and Francophone Language and Culture. 11/1. https://joblist.mla.org/job-details/2663/assistant-teaching-professor-french-and-francophone-language-and-culture/?porder=French&ix=5#top-pagination - Interview 12/15
16. Wofford College (SC). Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies. Non-western Francophone. 19-21C. 11/1. TT. https://www.wofford.edu/Wofford.edu/Documents/Administration/Human%20Resources/Job-Posting-PDFs/assistant-professor-french-francophone-studies.pdf  - Interview 11/24 ; Rejection by email 12/4; Campus visit invite 12/14; Rejection after campus visit 2/3;

Jobs with 2021 Application Deadlines

1. Oberlin College (OH). Visiting Assistant Professor in French Cultural Studies. Due 3/15. https://jobs.oberlin.edu/postings/9841?job_application_id=85487
2. College of Wooster (OH). Visiting Assistant Professor in French & Francophone Studies. Due 2/1. http://apply.interfolio.com/81231
3. University of North Florida. Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies with a specialization in the study of Haitian and/or Francophone Caribbean Language, Literature and Culture. Due 2/1. http://www.unfjobs.org/postings/15277
   

Word on the Street

Any news from the cluster hire at Miami? -- They interviewed a full professor and she gave a job talk-lecture two weeks ago and I think they are in the process of hiring her. (12/24)

I heard there is a strong internal candidate for Texas Tech. -any news ? (12/14) - Has anyone heard anything since the first round of interviews? (12/19) -nothing here (12/21)

Any news about Berkeley? -nothing here (12/14) - they sent out interview requests + asked for supplemental materials (12/18) — campus visit invitation received (11/01)

Any news about Auburn? - Auburn has done first-round interviews. - Any news since then? (12/12) - Any news? (01/11) - Offer made to a candidate (02/10)

Any news from Wofford after first-round interviews? - Haven't heard anything yet either (12/09). -They said they will be conducting interviews all this week so interviewees will hear end of the week or next week. (12/10). Added on 12/16: I got a formal rejection email from Wofford on 12/04. Added on 2/1: They made an offer. / 2/3: Got a rejection after campus visit; Congrats to the person who accepted the offer!

Colby is interviewing next week. - It seems like Colby has a strong internal candidate. (12.11) - Whoever is going to be interviewed needs to be careful not to overstep on the other faculty members' research and geographical focuses. - Anyone heard from Colby after first round interviews? (12.22)

Anything from Santa Clara? (12/14) - I heard they've already scheduled campus visits (12/14). Added on 2/1: Any news since they conducted campus interviews? - 2/12: I heard someone accepted the offer.

Curious what campus visits are looking like this year.. ?

Did anyone get an invite from Swarthmore to interview this week? - Still nothing here (12/17). - Invite 12/14. Interviews held 12/17-12/18 - Has anyone heard back after the interviews? (01/06) - On 12/19 was invited for campus visit for second week of January - Anything since the campus visits? (02/01) - Still nothing here (02/08) - received email saying they made an offer that was accepted (2/11)

LSU: Request for additional materials (12/18). - Interview requests sent (01/15) - Campus visit requests (01/27)

Any news from the lecturer position at Brown? (12/18) - Any news since December? (1/27)

Has anyone heard anything about the lecturer position at Penn? It's not listed above. (12/28) They should have a short-list by mid-January (01/01) Does anyone have an interview for the lecturer position at UPenn? (1/16)- They are interviewing their first selection of candidates (email received 01/31)

Any news from University of Houston? (01/11)

Has anyone heard from Notre Dame? (01/11) - They told me during the interview that they won't be in touch with anyone until they resume classes in February. (01/15)

Has anyone heard from Hillsdale College? (01/12) - Nothing since the interview on 12/16 (01/13). - Campus visits scheduled for end of January (01/16) - Rejection by email (02/11).

Any news from University of Maryland, Baltimore County? (1/14) - Nothing here (1/14) - Still nothing? (1/22) - Still nothing here (1/25) Still nothing?? (2/10)

Eastern Michigan U: Interview request, first-round (1/18)

Any news from Furman after the first interviews on the first week of January? (01/24) - nothing here (1/27)

Any news from San Diego State? (1/27) - nothing here (2/07)

Has anyone heard from Sam Houston State? (1/27)

French Instructor Position-Mississippi State University, rejection email received on 01/30

Any news from University of Michigan-Ann Arbor? (2/1) No, but I know they have an internal candidate and the job was open for him. (2/1) Welp (2/4)

Any news from UConn? (2/2)

(2/10: Is it me or is 'still nothing' the most used phrase this year?...)