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Wiki page for Academic Jobs in Early Modern / Renaissance Literature advertised during the 2024-2025 hiring season. This page is for jobs that begin in 2025.

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1. Example University. Position Title. Specializations. Deadline. TT/NT. FT/PT. Link to Job ad(s).

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See also Humanities and Social Sciences Postdocs 2024-2025 .

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Jobs for 2025

1. Durham University (Durham, UK). Career Development Fellow in Early Modern English Literature. "We welcome applications from those with research and teaching interests in the broad field of Early Modern English Literature, in any genre, including applicants with expertise in classical reception." December 27, 2024. NT. FT. PD (2 years). https://durham.taleo.net/careersection/du_ext/jobdetail.ftl?job=24002163&lang=en&src=%20JB-10260
2. Sul Ross State University (Eagle Pass, TX). Assistant Professor of English. "Courses include British literature surveys, Shakespeare, other literature courses, and advanced composition." N.D. TT. FT. https://sulross.peopleadmin.com/postings/8303
3. Penn State - Harrisburg. (Harrisburg, PA). Assistant Professor of English and Theatre. "Applicants working in premodern critical race studies, disability studies, and gender and sexuality studies are particularly welcome. The successful candidate will be able to teach the required Shakespeare class for the English major as well as offerings across multiple periods of British literature, including medieval, early modern, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries. This position includes an appointment in Theatre to support the theatre minor." N.D. TT. FT. https://psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Academic/job/Penn-State-Harrisburg/Assistant-Professor-of-English-and-Theatre_REQ_0000062314-1?
4. UCLA. (Los Angeles, CA). Early Modern British Literature Lecturer. "We are particularly interested in candidates with expertise in teaching poetry, prose and drama of the early modern period, including the works of Shakespeare and Milton. Experience in upper as well as lower division teaching at a major research university is preferred." December 31, 2024. NTT. FT. https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF09908 (Note the disclaimer: "Internal applicants will be considered for reappointment prior to the consideration of external applicants.")
5. American University of Kuwait. (Hawali, Kuwait). Open-rank Faculty in 16th or 17th Century British Literature. "Preference will be given to candidates with a teaching/research background in political and aesthetic theory, philosophy, novel, drama, and poetry, in the emergence of literature and other disciplines, scientific and humanistic." N.D. NTT. FT. https://careers.auk.edu.kw/en/kuwait/jobs/open-rank-full-time-faculty-english-literature-sixteen-and-seventeenth-century-british-literature-5207123/
6. University of Utah. (Salt Lake City, UT). Postdoctoral Fellow in Early British Literature. "University of Utah seeks a postdoctoral scholar in British Studies working in historical periods before 1800 to begin in Fall 2025. We invite applications from scholars working in any aspect of British Studies, including but not limited to gender and sexuality studies, post-colonialism, poetry and poetics, and histories of the book." December 2, 2024. PD. FT. https://utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/173140
7. Mississippi University for Women. (Columbus, MS). Assistant Professor - Linguistics and Early Literature. "Mississippi University for Women invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in English with emphases in the History and Structure of the English Language, Linguistics, and Early English Literature." December 1, 2024. TT. FT. https://muw.peopleadmin.com/postings/6201
8. St. Bonaventure University. (St. Bonaventure, NY). Assistant Professor - Early Modern British Literature. "We welcome applications from scholars across medieval and early modern periods. Interests may include, but are not limited to, book history, critical race theory, gender studies, environmental studies, indigenous studies, or digital humanities." December 10, 2024. TT. FT. https://www.schooljobs.com/careers/sbuedu/jobs/4688813/assistant-professor-early-modern-british-literature?pagetype=jobOpportunitiesJobs
9. University of Texas-Austin. Associate or Full Professor of English. "We seek a scholar and director for the Shakespeare at Winedale program specializing in the study of Shakespeare, early modern performance, and pedagogy of performance." November 1, 2024. T/TT. FT. - Request for interview 12/5 https://faculty.utexas.edu/career/145618
10. Goshen College. (Goshen, IN). Assistant or Associate Professor of English. "Candidates with one or more of the following specialties preferred: Global Anglophone, World Literature, Multi-Ethnic literatures, British literature, American Literature before 1900, or Shakespeare." N.D. TT. FT. https://www.goshen.edu/employment/2024/09/26/assistant-or-associate-professor-of-english-literature/ Request for additional materials 11/15 Request for Zoom interview 12/6
11. Utah State University. Assistant Professor of English in Shakespeare and Early Modern Literature. "Desired secondary areas include performance studies and the history of drama; gender, sexuality, and queer studies; Shakespeare and race; global Shakespeare; ecocriticism and the history of science; disability studies; and/or secondary education." October 21. TT. FT. https://careers-usu.icims.com/jobs/8397/assistant-professor-of-english-in-shakespeare-and-early-modern-literature/job Request for rec letter from references indicating search has moved to next round (11/17)-- Zoom Interview Request (11/26)
12. Georgia Institute of Technology. Assistant Professor of Early Modern Literature and Culture. "The School of Literature, Media, and Communication (https://www.lmc.gatech.edu/) at the Georgia Institute of Technology invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor of Early Modern Literature and Culture with scholarly interests including but not limited to cultural studies, digital humanities, ethnic and race studies, gender and sexuality studies, history of science, material culture, science and technology studies, and queer studies. Candidates are expected to demonstrate a commitment to teaching and mentoring students." November 15th. TT. FT. https://joblist.mla.org/job-details/9399/assistant-professor-of-early-modern-literature-and-culture/
13. California Institute of Technology (Caltech). Postdoctoral Instructor in Early Modern Literature and the Classical Tradition. "We welcome applications from candidates working in the field of (neo-) Latin and/or Greek context of early modern English literature." November 1st. PD. FT. https://applications.caltech.edu/jobs/modernclassical
14. Stanford. Assistant Professor of Renaissance Literature. "We welcome applications from scholars across the entire range of the Renaissance period and of all methodological approaches. We are focused on identifying exceptional scholarship rather than looking for a specific specialization." October 1st. TT. FT. https://facultypositions.stanford.edu/en-us/job/494714/assistant-professor-of-renaissance-literature?lApplicationSubSourceID=11250 Interview Request 10/24. Rejection 10/28. Rejection after interview 11/12.
15. University of Michigan. Assistant Professor of Anglophone Literature from 1500 to 1700. "We seek candidates who can teach well-known texts in Anglophone literary and cultural history, but who will also expansively reimagine the traditional curriculum to encompass global and comparative approaches, long chronologies, interdisciplinary inquiry, new methods, and unusual genres." October 14th. TT. FT. https://careers.umich.edu/job_detail/251415/asst-professor Form rejection (email) 11/20. Interview request (11/22). Campus visit request (12/11).
16. Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey-New Brunswick campus. Tenure-track Assistant Professor in Medieval or Early Modern Literature and Culture. "We welcome applications from scholars working across the entire range of the medieval and early modern periods, from Old and Middle English to the late seventeenth century, and from a variety of methodologies, including work that embraces cross-cultural or global perspectives as well as trans- and circum-Atlantic writing." October 8th. TT. FT. https://jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/235609 Request for additional writing sample (11/30). Zoom interview invitation (12/6).
17. University of Southern California. Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of English, Early Modern Literature from 1500-1700. "The Department of English at the University of Southern California invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor appointment in early modern literature from 1500 to 1700. We look for applicants with a strong research profile and welcome applications across a range of research methodologies. Applicants must have a commitment to effective teaching and mentoring at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. The PhD must be in hand by start date." October 15th. TT. FT. https://usccareers.usc.edu/job/los-angeles/assistant-professor-of-english/1209/69782416048 Zoom interview invitation 12/7.
18. San Jose State University. Assistant Professor of Early Modern Literature. "We seek an Assistant Professor in Early Modern or Renaissance Literature to teach undergraduate and graduate courses in English and World literature prior to 1800.  These will include surveys of literature in English before 1680, Shakespeare, and other courses at both graduate and undergraduate levels.  The ideal candidate will engage with Early Modern emergent technologies in their research and/or teaching.  A developing record of peer-reviewed scholarship, and a Ph.D. in English or related field of study is required by August, 2025." November 15th. TT. FT. https://jobs.sjsu.edu/en-us/job/543037/assistant-professor-of-early-modern-literature Zoom Interview Invitation 12/4, Contact to references 12/4
19. University of California, Irvine: Assistant Professor of English--Early Modern English Literature, c. 1500-1800. "The Department of English at the University of California, Irvine, is conducting a search for a tenure-track assistant professor in earlier literatures. Literary genres and fields might include drama (Shakespearean, non-Shakespearean, Restoration, etc.), poetry and poetics, satire, history of the novel, print culture, travel narrative, and religious and political writings, among others. Cultural areas of focus might include colonial encounter, indigeneity, race and racialization, gender and sexuality, the rise of capitalism, labor history, legal studies, ecocriticism, and literature in transatlantic, Mediterranean, or other geographical contexts." November 1st. TT. FT. https://recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09271 Zoom interview Invitation 12/6.
20. University of Texas at Austin: Assistant or Associate Professor – English Department. "The Department of English, in partnership with the Plan II Honors Program at The University of Texas at Austin, invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor or tenured Associate Professor to begin Fall of academic year 2025-2026. We seek a literary scholar specializing in the area of pre-1940 British Studies, with the understanding that the Anglophone literary production of (now) formerly colonized nations and the broad history of the Anglophone novel (eighteenth, nineteenth, and early twentieth centuries) forms part of a world history shaped by imperialism and its aftermath. November 1, 2024. T/TT. FT. https://faculty.utexas.edu/career/145594
21. 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 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. Dec. 1, 2024. TT. FT. https://www.timeshighereducation.com/unijobs/listing/379550/assistant-professor-literature-/?LinkSource=PremiumListing.

Word on the Street

Did anyone apply on here for the University of Glasgow job at the Stirling Maxwell Center in Text/Image Studies (emblems, comics)? Deadline 11/13. Any news?

Does anyone know what the deadline is for references for the Stanford job? My letter writers seem to have received conflicting information (two different deadlines). Can anyone clear this up? -My letter writers were told two weeks from October 1st.

Has anyone had any word from USC? I guess it's a bit early to say, but I am still curious as it's been more than 3 weeks. --> I think they are just starting to read applications - I was contacted about missing materials from my original application two days ago. --> Ah, interesting. Thanks for the update!

-> any news from USC or Michigan or others? - crickets over here, also nothing from Rutgers (11/19) - yeah, crickets all around (11/20) --Michigan sending out rejections (11/20)

What about Rutgers? It's been over a month–– seems like they contacted people over the break for more materials? (12/2) Would the poster who got a zoom interview mind sharing how they were contacted (phone, email), when interviews are taking place, and, if they were told, how many candidates they’re interviewing? Thanks so much and congratulations. ––Over the phone; early next week; no information about the number of candidates. Also, I did not receive a request for additional materials over the break; that might have been a special case. (12/9)

Any news on USC or UCI? If they want to do first-round interviews before the end of the year, I assume they'll contact people soon? But if invites don't go out in the next week or so, it will probably be January? That's my gut feeling but I could be wrong. (11/25)