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Jobs for 2025[]

*** Anyone got anyone of those.... jobs?***

Please list alphabetically by institution.

San Francisco State University (CA, USA)

San Francisco State University, Department of Humanities and Comparative World Literature offers an exciting opportunity for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Video Games Studies beginning August 2025. We seek an exceptional colleague interested in the intersection of video games studies with fields such as literary, cultural, or media studies. We are particularly looking for candidates with some expertise in Japanese culture. Successful candidates should have an active research agenda and be able to demonstrate a strong commitment to excellence, equity, and inclusion in teaching diverse student bodies. Application review begins November 15, 2024, and continues until the position is filled.

Required qualifications:

Ph.D. in a humanities field such as media or cultural studies, literature, East Asian studies, etc. Degree must be completed by the first day of employment.
Record of working and communicating effectively with students and colleagues

For more information, please visit this link:

https://careers.pageuppeople.com/873/sf/en-us/job/543382/assistant-professor-video-game-studies-humanities-and-comparative-world-literature

Florida State University (FL, USA).[]

Teaching Faculty I, University Honors Program. 9/23/2024. NT. FT. https://jobs.omni.fsu.edu/psc/sprdhr_er/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM_FL.HRS_CG_SEARCH_FL.GBL?Page=HRS_APP_SCHJOB_FL&Action=U (Job ID 58290)

Michigan Technological University (MI, USA). Department Chair, Associate or Full Professor of Humanities (specialization open). Open until filled; Review of applications will begin December 1, 2024. https://www.employment.mtu.edu/cw/en-us/job/493755/department-chair-humanities

Loyola University Chicago (IL, USA). Assistant Professor of English in Comparative Ethnic American Literature[]

The Department of English in the College of Arts and Sciences at Loyola University Chicago seeks qualified candidates for an appointment as Assistant Professor beginning Fall 2025. We seek candidates with strong research and teaching profiles in early comparative ethnic American literature and culture, especially early Latino/a/e/x and/or early Asian American and Asian diasporic writing and expression. Preferred: Scholars working in comparative or relational race and ethnic studies are especially desired. Preferred: Specialists in all literary genres, critical approaches, and topics are encouraged to apply, particularly those in: queer, trans, feminist or sexuality studies; migration studies; labor studies; textual studies; digital humanities; critical race theory; environmental humanities, medical humanities, or the history of science; or revolutionary studies or the Age of Revolution. Encouraged: Scholars whose work expands the definition of Pre-1900 ethnic American literature using hemispheric, oceanic, or global frameworks and comparative interdisciplinary methods are also welcomed to apply. This may include comparative studies between one of the above fields and another body of literature from the early modern, eighteenth- or nineteenth-century Americas, Atlantic and Pacific worlds, such as but not limited to Caribbean (e.g., Puerto Rican, Cuban, Saint-Domingue/Haitian, Chinese Jamaican or Trinidadian, etc.), Mexican Indigenous, Afro-Brazilian, or Hawaiian literatures. See details here: https://www.careers.luc.edu/postings/29717. Dec. 9. TT. FT. 2/2. Apply here: https://www.careers.luc.edu/postings/29717.

Randolph College (USA:VA) - Non-TT, American Culture[]

Ainsworth Visiting Scholar of American Culture. Three-year appointment at the assistant professor level. Specialization open but encourages applicants with strengths in interdisciplinary fields such as African-American Studies, Asian American Studies, Latino/a Studies, Native American Studies, and Gender Studies
Ph.D., well-advanced ABD, or equivalent; evidence of scholarly achievement or promise; and success in teaching undergraduates. Salary at the Assistant Professor level.
In the fall, the candidate will teach one course in their field in each session. In the spring, the candidate will teach one course in their field in one session and team-teach two courses comprising the American Culture Program in the other.
Application includes a letter of interest, CV, and three names of references. In their cover letter, candidates should address teaching philosophy and how diversity informs their teaching, scholarship, and service.
Application deadline December 15. Review of applications will begin January 15.

University of Rochester (USA:NY). Assistant Professor of Chinese. Deadline 11/1/2024. TT[]

The Department of Modern Languages and Cultures (MLC) at the University of Rochester is seeking applicants for the tenure-track position of Assistant Professor of Chinese, specializing in modern and/or contemporary Chinese and/or Sinophone literature and culture. We are particularly interested in candidates who work in Chinese or Sinophone popular culture, film, or media studies, or with digital humanities methodologies; however, consideration will also be given to exceptional candidates whose specialties fall outside of these areas. Candidates whose work spans the late imperial and modern period will also be considered, provided that they have a research or teaching interest in one of the above-mentioned areas.

Teaching load is 2/2. Candidates must have a PhD in hand or expected by the time of appointment (July 1, 2025) and must possess native or near-native proficiency in Mandarin or another Chinese language. They must also have a track record of excellence in research and show an interest in innovative pedagogy and creative teaching methodologies.

The successful candidate will teach courses that support our undergraduate Chinese program and will work closely with other Chinese and MLC faculty to expand our current curriculum. They will also be encouraged to work collaboratively with faculty with shared research and teaching interests in the University of Rochester’s many interdisciplinary and graduate programs such as East Asian Studies, Comparative Literature, Gender, Sex, and Women’s Studies, Film and Media Studies, Digital Media Studies, Digital Humanities, and Visual and Cultural Studies.

Salary range: $68,000-$95,000. The referenced pay range represents the full base range of pay for this job. Individual salaries will be determined within the job’s salary range and established based on market data, experience and expertise of the individual, and internal equity considerations.

Candidates should submit a cover letter, CV, dissertation or book abstract and chapter outline, three letters of recommendation, and writing sample of a maximum of 25 pages (double spaced). The cover letter should include a description of your research and a brief teaching statement. In a separate document, please describe how you will add to the University's core values of Meliora (“Ever better”), discussing the ways in which your experiences will shape your pursuits as a member of our faculty (see Vision and Values statement here: https://www.rochester.edu/college/odos/meliora-vision-values/index.html).

For full consideration, please submit application materials by November 1, 2024.

Please address questions to Prof. Robert Doran, Chinese Search Chair: robert.doran@rochester.edu

SUNY Stony Brook (USA:NY) – Modern Chinese History[]

Tenure-track Assistant Professor of History in the area of modern Chinese history
Area of expertise is open. We particularly encourage scholars with interests in the following areas: history of science, technology and medicine; energy and environmental history; imperial borderlands, transregional, or multiethnic histories; political economy including capitalism; gender and diaspora. We are, however, open to applications beyond this scope.
We expect the scholar in question to have completed significant work in a Chinese language and archives.
Apply using above interfolio link above.
See full posting at Asian History 2024-2025
Review of applications begins Oct 1, 2024.

UC Berkeley (CA, USA). Assistant Professor - Afro-diasporic Cultures, Gender and Sexuality, Indigeneity Studies - Department of Music.[]

The Department of Music at the University of California, Berkeley invites applications for a fulltime tenure-track Assistant Professor in Ethnomusicology with an expected start date of July 1, 2025. For more information about the position, including required qualifications and application materials, go to https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04491. The deadline to apply is September 20, 2024. Please direct questions to Marié Abe, Committee Chair, at marie.abe@berkeley.edu. Questions about the application process can be directed to Kris Andrews, Academic HR Analyst, at musichr@berkeley.edu. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or protected veteran status., TT/NT

UC Berkeley (CA, USA). Assistant/Associate/Full Professor - AAPI Transpacific Futures

The Asian American and Pacific Islander Transpacific Futures cluster aims to place UC Berkeley at the forefront of transpacific research to understand the formation of Asian American and Pacific Islander communities within the US-Asia-Pacific dynamic, the continued growth and diversification of Asian American and Pacific Islander populations in the U.S., and the challenges and opportunities of their political, economic, and social inclusion. Deadline 10/14. Participating units:
- Ethnic studies
- Geography
- Education
- Public Health

University of Utah (UT: USA) Honors College (non-TT)[]

The Honors College at the University of Utah seeks candidates for a core faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor (Lecturer). Honors faculty positions are renewable and on-going, with highly competitive salaries and outstanding benefits.
Applicants from any discipline whose educational background and experience demonstrates readiness to teach the Intellectual Traditions curriculum will be considered. The position offers the opportunity to participate in some of Honors’ newest curricular offerings, and we especially welcome candidates with expertise in Latin American, Asian, or African studies, along with candidates whose experience outside U.S. borders would contribute to Honors offerings. Successful candidates will bring their particular disciplinary expertise but also be excited by and ready to teach broadly scoped humanities courses that push beyond the usual temporal, geographical, or topical boundaries of their training and research.
To ensure full consideration, complete applications should be submitted by December 20, 2024.
Please view the job announcement for more information and how to apply:
https://employment.utah.edu/salt-lake-city-ut/assistant-professor-lecturer-for-the-honors-college/32200B6511AF40E0B7B574E365582F3C/job/

Yale University (CT: USA) - Institute of Sacred Music - Interdisciplinary Fellowships -Deadline Oct 15, 2024[]

Offers made/ search concluded (I think it helps to add this section at this point in time)[]

Vassar
Bryn Mawr
Princeton
UC Davis

Any other updates would be appreciated...

Word on the Street[]

2/15 - any updates on the Berkeley positions?

11/12 - Has anyone heard from the Berkeley Transpacific Asian/Pacific Futures job in Ethnic Studies (not the Music one posted above)?

Rec request about 3 weeks ago

Ethnic studies (heard held zooms)
Geography (campus visits)
Education (heard held zooms)
Public Health (campus visits scheduled as of 1/28/25)
Ethnic Studies Zoom interview requested 12/2

11/03 - Any news from these places?:

U Maryland, College Park - Asian American Lit TT
- -> 10/22: received letter request (three LORs) +1
- 11/07 interview request received
Bryn Mawr - Asian American Lit TT
- 11/07 first round interview invites via phone call +1
- 11/25 Campus visit invites via phone call +1
Rice - South Asian/Transnational Asian Studies TT
- 11/20: Any updates?
- 12/3 -- still no updates?
- 12/25: nothing on my end
Vassar - Asian American Lit TT
11/20 has anyone heard back from Vassar? This was due Oct 14 with letters & sample all submitted at the first stage.
- 11/08 First round interviews scheduled for early December +1
William & Mary - Asian American (/Indigenous/Latinx) Lit TT
U San Diego - Asian American Studies TT
Toronto, - Asian North American Lit TT
- 12/3- interview request last week
- 1/10- any campus visit update?
- 1/11- nothing on my end since the Zoom interview +2
Vanderbilt University -- Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies TT
- 11/19 -- Any updates?
- 12/3 -- still no updates?
- 12/6 - zoom interview request
- 12/20 Any update after the zoom interview?
University of California, Davis - Asian American Studies TT
- 11/19 -- Any updates?
- 11/25 -- it's been 7 weeks since it was due, even though they probably got like 500 apps, there's no way it would take this long to send out request for additional materials, etc?
- 11/25 -- I haven't heard anything. It's possible that requests for zoom interviews have been sent out. I am hoping that they haven't finalized the short list until the end of Thanksgiving break.
- interview requested 11/26
- --> did they request letters of rec before the interview request?

Pomona, - Asian American Lit TT

Received request for writing sample (11/1) +2
11/30: any updates?
12/3: Email request for interview+ 1
1/31: Any update after the interview?
1/22: Campus visit invitation

Oregon - Asian American Lit TT
- 12/16 - too early but adding for later
- 1/17/25 - any news? -> they reposted the same job post around this time so I'm not sure what's going on.
- 2/4 - anything yet?
- Zoom Interviews conducted 2/3 through 2/7
- 3/1 - any follow up after interviews?

University of Hawaii - Asian International Affairs (was due Nov 18)
- Any updates? (2/1)

Princeton - Asian American Studies postdoc
- 12/16 - too early but adding for later
- 12/20 Still nothing
  - It was due a week and a half ago lol
- 1/17/25 - any news?
- 2/4 - no news on my end, anyone else?
- 2/3 - interview requested via email
- 2/14 - any updates?
- 3/5 - I'm told by a friend that an offer was sent out
Northwestern - Asian American Studies
- 1/14 - early but adding for later
- interview request sent 1/20
- 5/18 - any updates?
Columbia - US History (preference Asian American Studies) any updates? (1/16)

Stanford, AP in Trans-Asian Studies

Any news? (November 19)

Northeastern, Postdoc in Asian and Asian American Studies (due Jan 31, 2025)

2/1: just starting an update section for this position
2/17: any updates?
2/24: any updates?
3/17: Any updates?
3/24 Any updates anyone? 3 letters of reference, 5 page research proposal, most demanding postdoc application requirement and not a single word to anyone?
3/29: Always a chance the folks who got the interviews/offers just aren't here but also seems kind of unlikely. Maybe hiring freezes have affected this search...
4/1 Just adding a +1 to the crowd that hasn't heard anything at all
4/1 Received rejection email.

Harvard, Lecturer in Asian American Studies (due Feb 7, 2025)

2/15: might be early, but any updates?
2/19: interview requested
4/1: was informed the search was frozen about two weeks ago

University of Pennsylvania, Panda Express Postdoctoral Fellow in Asian American Studies (due Feb 15, 2025)

3/3: any updates?
4/1: offers have been made as of a few weeks ago

Binghamton University, Lecturer in Asian American Studies (due March 7, 2025)

3/12: any updates?

Colorado College, VAP in Asian Studies (due March 1, 2025)

3/13: any updates?
3/12: interview requested
3/26 anyone heard back after the interview?

Loyola Marymount University, Teaching Postdoctoral Fellowship in Asian/Asian American Studies (due March 30, 2025)

3/20: starting a section for this now
4/20: any news?
5/12: any news?

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