Comparative Literature 2024-2025

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Jobs for 2025[]

Loyola University Chicago (IL, USA). Assistant Professor of English, 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.

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

--Apparently they begin reviewing Nov 15th

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)

any updates here? (Sept 22)
initial interviews have taken place
Campus invitation were sent

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

Nagoya University (Nagoya, JAPAN). Associate Professor of English/Anglophone Literature. Graduate School of Humanities. 10/31/2024. NT. FT. https://jrecin.jst.go.jp/seek/SeekJorDetail?id=D124091067

National Univ. of Singapore. Assistant Professor, Literature: "The Department of English, Linguistics & Theatre Studies at the National University of Singapore invites exceptional candidates to apply for the position of Presidential Young Professor (PYP) at the rank of Assistant Professor, to commence in July 2025. This position is for research-intensive scholars—ABD, or PhD in-hand within past 5 years—who have expertise in one of the two following areas:

Shakespeare studies, with special focus on either critical race theory and/or queer theories. Those with facility teaching across the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries (including Milton) are especially welcome to apply.
Contemporary literature, with a focus on Asian literatures in English (including South Asian, Southeast Asian, and/or East Asian literature), with special focus on critical race theory and/or queer theories. The PYP scheme is designed for tenure-track faculty with outstanding research potential, and offers a substantial start-up research support scheme (of up to SGD$750,000), as well as an award of SGD$250,000 for discretionary spending. Salaries at NUS are highly competitive, with benefits including comprehensive health insurance and subsidized housing. The teaching load is 2:1 (totaling three per academic year). This will include both undergraduate and postgraduate instruction. Dec. 1, 2024. TT. FT. https://www.timeshighereducation.com/unijobs/listing/379550/assistant-professor-literature-/?LinkSource=PremiumListing.

Oberlin College (OH, USA). Assistant Prof of Comparative Literature https://jobs.oberlin.edu/postings/15605

any updates here? (Oct 22) x2
still nothing? this is an internal hire for their VAP, right? R1: That was my impression as soon as I saw the profile; the work is extremely timely. In all honesty, I'm kind of rooting for the VAP!
nothing here (10/31), though I have heard this rumor as well. who knows!
received rejection email (11/5) x3
also lol at rooting for the VAP! (11/5)
rejection email (Nov 5). after careful consideration of their VAP, they decided this was an internal hire. ;-)
this is sort of a hilarious rejection, since it doesn't actually mention that the recipient wasn't selected. rejection without a technical rejection ----> in a special way, we get to reject ourselves :)
it just seems extra insulting, in the current market, to run a fake search if you have a VAP that you already want to hire. There are three jobs on this list. One was a 4-4-2, one all the way in Japan and this one is a fake search. JFC. ---> yeah, pretty demoralizing year for comparatists.
anyone else rather annoyed that they had the audacity to ask for tailored syllabi for a fake job? Like, just let me send my usual writing sample, don’t waste everyone’s time like this… x2
this rejection made me check the job portal just to make sure it was in fact, a rejection. The worst form email I've received. Ever lol.
11/22: campus visits ongoing (started last week)

TT/NT: Tenure-track or Non-tenure track.

FT/PT: Full-Time or Part-Time

Word on the street[]

12/04 - Also curious to hear any news re: Johns Hopkins, Comp Lit/Comp Thought & Modern Lit/Languages job in Environmental Humanities. Due on 12/1.

12/04 - Not listed here, but any news on the Lecturer job in Comp Lit and Translation Studies at Barnard? I know I'm a little early as the deadline was this past weekend - but the ad says they'll do interviews before Christmas, so I assume they'll be sending invitations soon.

12/4 i also applied and haven't heard anything yet

11/08 - Not comp-lit but not sure where else to ask this, has anyone heard from the Scandinavian lit job at Berkeley?

--> nothing here (17/11)
--> see the Northern European Languages page; zoom invites went out today