New Page for Academic Positions that begin in Fall 2011
Last Year's Page: English Literature Jobs AY 2010-2011
According to MLA JIL (English): "The database of new job listings for the fall will be available for searching online beginning 16 September."
- And so it begins...
- 9/16 (a.m.): the JIL is up, but it is running veryyy slowlyyyy . . .
- 9/16 (1:15 pm EST): I can't get the JIL to load at all...
- I can't get through either. I think the system is overwhelmed . . .
- 9/17 (a.m.) JIL is loading relatively better so far. Maybe the crunch is over. . .
- yeah, now all we gotta deal with is how sh*tty the list is so far. at least in my field...
- Is it possible that the job market is even worse this year than it was last year? Whereas I went into the market with my eyes wide open to the slim pickings, I'm a bit surprised at how few TT positions there are available in 20th century British. My second year on market, vast teaching experience, four big journal publications in past year, several awards, a lot of recommendation and support from both PhD and teaching institutions, and my applications only got a nibble last year. I'm not looking forward to a full-time career of being a part-time faculty member.
- It definitely depends on the field. Mod. Brit. is really, really tough this year. On the other hand, 20-21 c. American was absolutely miserable last year, but seems healthier this year. Renaissance also looks pretty good.
- OK. Now I don't mind revealing perhaps my ignorance revealed in this question concerning job search: My specialization and dissertation is modernist British novelists. But I spent a great deal of my PhD program studying/ conducting research on Shakespeare and Renaissance, work that led to my dissertation--AND nearly half of courses I have taught over past 8 years at a private liberal arts college were Shakespeare--I have taught all of the college's Shakespeare: the survey classes, the seminar, and a special topics Shakespeare class I create every year. Additionally, I have an article coming out in a major journal that uses Shakespeare in context of modernist political philosophical argument. Would I be a viable candidate for jobs in both Renaissance / Early Modern and 20th cent Brit lit, or am I stuck with looking only at 20th century Brit lit since my dissertation was on three modernst Brit novelists? (As you can see, I'm hoping I can widen my search, and, quite frankly, I love teaching Shakespeare).
- Yes, if you have experience teaching Shakespeare and some publication record on Shakespeare, I think it is realistic to apply for both Early Modern and Modern jobs. The more you can widen your search, the better your chances . . .
Jobs also posted at The Chronicle of Higher Education, HigherEdJobs.com, Inside Higher Ed, H-Net and Academic Careers Online
- Rhetoric and Composition Jobs are also posted at the WPA Job Board.
Subfields
British/Anglophone Literature
Restoration/18th-Century British
Romanticism, Victorian/19th-Century British
Modern and Contemporary British
Anglophone and World Literature/Postcolonial
American/North American Literature
Early and 19th-Century American
20th and 21st-Century American
Generalist & Non-National Categories
Children's/YA Literature/ English Education