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MLA, Foreign Languages and Literature Listings, Comparative Literature, 2008-2009 Cycle

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Comparative Literature Job Offerings Advertised Fall 2008 for Jobs starting Fall 2009

Baylor U Great Texts

• Anyone hear anything about this one other than acknowledgement of application? No, nothing.

Cornell

Florida Atlantic

• offer made on January 25th

Kenyon College IPHS VAP

• interview scheduled (12/16-- interviewing at MLA and APA)
• rejection by email (after MLA interview) 2/6

Loyola

Richard Stockton College of New Jersey

San Francisco State University

• acknowledgement received
• writing sample requested (12/9)
• writing sample requested (12/12) by email
• interview scheduled (12/19) by phone
• offer made (2/20)
• offer accepted (3/5)

University of Dayton

• request for writing and dossier (11/15)

University of Minnesota

U of Puerto Rico (Where is this job ad posted? Anyone have a link to it?)

Washinton University (St. Louis) French wiki shows that MLA interviews were scheduled 11/24

Yale

• request for dossier and writing (11/20)

Q: Anyone heard anything about this job lately? According to the other Comp page interviews have been scheduled 12/15 and rejections sent. R: Thanks, but to what other "Comp page" are you referring? A: http://academicjobs.wikia.com/wiki/Comparative_2009 R: Thanks! I appreciate it.

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Schools That Have Requested More Materials

Individual Stats: Interviews, etc.
Postdocs in the Humanities (2008)

Page last updated: 1/26/08

MLA, Foreign Languages and Literature Listings, Comparative Literature, 2007-2008 Cycle

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I'm on the market 12

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Schools That Have Requested More Materials

Butler University
Assistant Prof. of English, Comparativist, requested 11/19 (due 11/30) SFSU, requested ws 12/4, email

Schools That Have Sent Rejection Letters

U of Iowa
Dept of Comp Lit & Cinema, TT Asst. Prof. in Translation Studies, Nov 23

Cal State Fullerton
Dept of English, Comp Lit & Linguistics (asst prof of English/Comp Lit), 12/5

Schools That Have Scheduled MLA Interviews

Indiana University, TT Asst. Prof (Comp Lit: Ren/Early Modern), 12/02
UC-Riverside, TT French and Comparative Studies, 12/06
Washington University in St. Louis, TT Comp Lit, 12/05
Cal State Fullerton, TT English/Comp Lit, 12/11
U Chicago, Open Rank, Comp Lit, 11/21
Butler University - I'm surprised that the interview call 12/9 disappeared??? Does anyone know what happened here??
Salem State, Mass., TT World Lit., 12/12
U of Oregon, TT, CompLit 12/15 (according to old wiki page)
Brown University, TT Comp Lit (Ren/Early Modern), 12/17

Schools That Have Scheduled Phone Interviews

Schools That Have Scheduled CCCC or Other Interviews

Schools That Have Invited Candidates to Campus

Cal St Fullerton, for early Feb. Cal St. Fullerton, rejection for on-campus by e-mail 1/14

Salem State said that they would call candidates about three weeks after MLA

Salem State, 1/18

Indiana University, TT Asst. Prof (Comp Lit: Ren/Early Modern), mid-January

HAS ANYBODY HEARD BACK FROM BUTLER? I got a request for a writing sample in Nov. but never heard back. Did they hold MLA interviews? Yes, they held interviews at the MLA, invited three candidates for campus visits in late January and should be making an offer in early February.

Schools That Have Made Offers

Butler University, TT Asst. Prof, 02/14 or so

Indiana University, TT Asst. Prof (Comp Lit: Ren/Early Modern), 1/23 or so (actually 1/22)

Cal State Fullerton
Position Filled

Butler University

Indiana University

Positions Advertised

See also comparative_literature on the English Literature Jobs Page Unfortunately no longer an option...

Brown University (Comp. Lit.: Renaissance/Early Modern) TT Asst. Prof. Ack. received by snail mail (11/13) MLA interview request (12/17) Also posted at early_modern_renaissance

Indiana University (Comp. Lit.: Renaissance/Early Modern) TT Asst. Prof Ack. received by snail mail (11/13) MLA interview request (12/02) Also posted at early_modern_renaissance

Butler University Assistant Prof. of English, Comparativist Deadline: Nov. 11 request for dossier on 19th (due by 30th) See also comparative_literature

California State Univ. - Fullerton TT Asst. Prof. (Comp. Lit.: S. Asian, Middle Eastern, S. American) Deadline: Nov. 2 Q: Has anyone heard from them at all? Rejection by snail mail on 12/11: 2

NYU (Comp. Lit. and Modern Japanese Lit.) TT Asst. Prof.

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U. of Oregon (Comp. Lit.) TT Asst. Prof. Ad claims they are seeking strengths in critical theory, early modern, postcolonialism, or psychoanalysis, +/or queer theory, translation theory, visual culture. Deadline: Nov. 5 Q: Where is this ad posted? I do not see it on the U of O's web site. It is posted in the current MLA JIL (Sept. 2007). This job is also posted at comparative_literature App. submitted 10/29; ack. received by post 11/8.

Penn State (Comp. Lit. and Japanese Lit.) Open rank

Job description

Salem State, Mass. Asst. Prof. World Lit., Comparativist (Latin American) [see also comparative_literature] Deadline: until filled

Washington University, Saint Louis Comparative Literature - Assistant Professor with joint appointment in Asian & Near Eastern Studies, English, Performing Arts, or Romance Languages and Literatures Also posted at comparative_literature Someone posted Wash U. on the French page as having asked for interviews. This isn't the same position, right? Ahh, so it was.