2008-2009[]
For Jewish Studies Jobs advertised in 2009-2010 see: Jewish Studies 2009-2010
Number of searches canceled due to the economy (and ponzi schemes): 4
Area of Specialization:
Medieval: 2
Hebrew Bible: 5
Hellenistic-Second Temple Judaism: 1
Rabbinic Literature: 3
Ancient: 1
Modern: 5
Tenure-Track Jobs[]
- Boston College: Hebrew Bible
- Interviewed at SBL
- Rejection email received (not so classy)
- Interviewed at SBL
- Boston University: Religion and literary arts
- Updates
- contacted about AAR interview
- Updates
- Boston University: Modern Jewish History
- Updates
- Contacted about AJS/AHA interview (11/12)
- Rejection received by mail (12/12)
- "Rejection (post AJS interview) received by email"
- Hire announced on Dept. website. No name released.
- Updates
- Chicago Theological Seminary: Filled
- Claremont School of Theology: Hebrew Bible
- Updates
- Interviews conducted at SBL
- rejection letter received
- Updates
- Columbia University: Rabbinic-Medieval Judaism (Senior position)
- Columbia University: Witten professorship
- semi-finalists contacted
- George Washington University: Hebrew Bible
- Search cancelled for financial reasons
- Harvard Divinity School Women's Studies in Religion Program
- Has anyone heard from them? Last year, rejection letters had arrived by now.
Hofstra University: Hebrew and Comparative Literature- Updates
- Search canceled (Madoff related). I believe all Hosftra jobs were frozen. (12/16)
- Updates
Hofstra University: Pre-modern Judaism- Updates
- contacted for SBL interview
- heard they have contacted finalists about on campus interviews
- Search canceled due to budget problems (12/16)
- Updates
- King's University College at the University of Western Ontario: Jewish Studies/Hebrew Bible
- Updates
- Initial interviews took place at AAR
- oncampus interviews completed
- job offer extended (December)
- Not accepted; they will try again next year
- Updates
- Princeton University Tikvah Fellowship: Jewish Thought
- Rejection letter received
- Princeton University: Hebrew Bible
- has anyone heard anything? I sent application in mid october and haven't even received an acknowledgment letter/email (as of 12/19).
- rejection letter recieved (01/02)
- Queens College: Eastern Europe and Holocaust
- Has anyone heard anything from them?
- Position filled! Congrats to Elissa Bemporad!
- Has anyone heard anything from them?
- Queens College: Medieval/Pre-Modern (yay!) History/Thought
- Received confirmation of receipt of application (12/16)
- 1/5 - received letter that review of applications will begin in late January
- 2/3 finalists will be chosen before the end of next week--that's right, no preliminary interviews!
- 2/8 campus invitations
- 3/4 offer extended to somebody deserving, but unfortunately not me
- Rhodes College:Hebrew Bible
- Phone interview scheduled (1/7/09)
- Campus interview scheduled (1/27/09)
- Offer made and accepted
- Phone interview scheduled (1/7/09)
- San Francisco State University: Israel Studies
- October 31 application deadline
- Received confirmation of receipt of application (mid-November)
- Has anyone heard anything else on this one?
- Santa Clara: Modern Judaism:
- Updates
- On-campus visits scheduled for January. Heard it was filled.
- Updates
- St. Thomas More College:
- offer extended and accepted (3/10)
- Swarthmore College: Open specialization
- Updates
- contacted about AAR interview
- contacted for campus interview
- job offer made and accepted
- Updates
- Temple University: Jewish History
- University of Buffalo: Rabbinics (Senior position)
- Updates
- Interviewed at AJS
- Rejection received.
- Offer extended and accepted by Aaron W. Hughes (02/13)
- Updates
- Univ. of California - Davis: Pre-modern Judaism
- Updates
- contacted about AAR interview
- contacted about AJS interview
- contacted for additional materials, including dissertation to date (12/24)
- contacted about campus interview 1/13
- RE:question about fields that was posted earlier: I'm also going there and also not in Hebrew Bible.
- rejection received by phone after campus interview (2/4)
- Updates
- University of Chicago Divinity School: Hebrew Bible
- University of Colorado: Jewish Literature (Yiddish, German, Slavic languages)
- Updates
- contacted for AJS interview
- contacted for campus interview (1/5)
- offer extended (2/2)
- contacted for AJS interview
- Updates
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: Israeli Cultural Studies
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: Rabbinics
- contacted about preliminary interview
- Search canceled 12/15
- University of Maryland - College Park: Israel Studies*
- flying out finalists in February
- University of Memphis: Judaic Studies, 1-yr position with possibility of renewal for up to 2 additional years.
- Updates
- Contacted regarding phone interview (01/22)
- Updates
- University of Michigan: Modern Hebrew and Jewish Culture
- 3 flyouts scheduled, Jan. 14-23rd.
University of Minnesota: Israelite religion- Updates
- contacted about SBL interview
- cancelled for budgetary reasons [1]
- Updates
Univ. of North Carolina -- Chapel Hill: Medieval/Early Modern Jewish History
- interviews to take place at AHA
- cancelled for budgetary reasons
- Univ. of North Carolina -- Chapel Hill: Hebrew Bible
- Updates
- preliminary interviews took place at SBL
- received notice that they are now conducting on-campus interviews
- Updates
- Univ. of North Carolina -- Chapel Hill: Rabbinics
- contacted (by phone) about AJS interview (12/2)
- contacted for campus interview (ph, 1/20)
- University of North Carolina -- Wilmington (Bloch Distinguished Professor)
- Updates
- Contacted about on-campus interview in January
- Updates
- Univ. of Pittsburgh: Classical Judaism (Perlow Lectureship)
- Updates
- Interviewed at AJS
- offer extended 4/6
- Updates
- University of San Diego: Contemporary Judaism:
- Updates
- Conference interviews took place at AAR.
- On-campus visits took place in December.
- Received rejection letter via email (1/14); position filled
- Updates
- Univ. of Southern California: Ruth Ziegler Chair in Culture and Faith (11/15)
- Updates
- Has anyone heard any news about this?
- Not a word: Jan/18
- I've heard the committee is looking at a short list.
- Updates
- University of Texas Austin: Jewish Studies/Rabbinics
- Updates
- contacted about AJS interview
- rejection email received (classy!) 12/11
- rejection received; short list determined
- Updates
- University of Washington: Hazel D. Cole Fellowship
- Updates
- rejection email received (1/12)
- Updates
- University of Wisconsin - Madison: Israeli Literature & Culture
- Position filled
- Vanderbilt University: Rabbinics
- Updates
- contacted about AJS interview (11/21)
- rejection received, did not interview (something in the works?) (1/13)
- contacted for campus interview
- offer extended 3/2
- offer accepted 3/10
- Updates
- Wellesley: Hebrew Bible
- Updates
- First round interviews took place at SBL
- On-campus invitation 12/17
- offer made and accepted
- Updates
- Wesleyan University
- Updates
- contacted about interview
- phone interview 12/10 in lieu of AAR interview
- Campus invitation, 1/12 (ph)
- Updates
- Yale: Intellectual and Cultural History, 1800-present (1/15)
- campus interviews scheduled
- offer made and accepted 4/20
Visiting Positions[]
- American University - Schusterman Teaching Fellowship/Visiting Assistant Professor in Jewish Studies
- Miami University - Visiting Instructor or Visiting Assistant Professor, Ancient Judaism / Rabbinics, job posted 3/1
- Telephone interview scheduled 4/6
- Offer made
- Offer declined, interviews are ongoing
- Offer made and accepted
- Georgetown University-Visiting Assistant Professor, Jewish Civilization, posted 1/16
Format guidelines[]
For new position announcements, please add the relevant information: School, specialty, due date, and link to job description, if available.
As job search progress indicators become available, add the type of information and date preceded by a two asterisks on the next line after the position announcement. The link to a job description can be deleted after the application due date.
For example: Midwest Dreamland U, 16/17th c., due 11/1/08
- Updates:
- writing sample requested by e-mail 11/5
- phone interview scheduled 11/20
- MLA interview scheduled 12/3
- on-campus interview invitation 1/12
Search Canceled- offer extended 3/11
- offer accepted 3/25
- rejection letter received 4/1 (Rejection letters received after the on-campus visits.)