French and Francophone Studies 2024-2025

Wiki page for Academic Jobs in French & Francophone Literature & Culture advertised during the 2024-2025 hiring season. This page is for jobs that start in 2025.

Last year's page: French and Francophone Studies 2023-2024

Instructions[]

Please add jobs with the following format:

Name of college/university, title/rank, preferred area(s) of specialization, application due date, link to job ad.

Follow alphabetical order for school names. As job search progress indicators become available, add the type of information and date. The link to a job description can be deleted after the application due date. After an offer has been accepted, please underline the name of the institution so that we can easily see which positions have already been filled.

For example:

Midwest Dreamland C, asst. prof., 20th C, due 2024-11-17, link
- writing sample requested by email, 2024-12-05 (x5)
- phone interview scheduled, 2024-12-15 (x4)
- MLA interview scheduled, 2024-12-20 (x3) is that
- on-campus interview invitation, 2025-1-2
- offer extended, 2025-3-2
- offer accepted, 2025-3-3
- rejection letter received, 2025-6-3

Please post "Have you heard?" questions below, under Word on the Street.

RECENT ACTIVITY on French and Francophone Studies 2024-2025[]

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Jobs for 2025[]

Senior Faculty/Tenured[]

Amherst College (Amherst, MA). Open rank, TT. Sub-Saharan Africa, the Maghreb, the Caribbean, the Pacific, and/or Asia. Welcomed: interdisciplinary approach with research interests in any combination of the following: colonial and post-colonial history, environmental humanities, medical humanities, gender and sexuality studies, and visual studies. DUE 09/16/2024. LINK
- zoom interview request 2024-10-01
Universität Wuppertal (Wuppertal, GRMN). W2. Professorship in French Literature and Cultural Studies. DUE 10/07/2024. LINK

Tenure-Track[]

Bucknell University (Lewisburg, PA). TT. Assistant Professor in Francophone African Studies. Focus on Sub-Saharan Africa or the Maghreb. DUE 10/21/2024 LINK
Grinnell College (Grinnell, IA). TT. Assistant Prof. preferred (ABD and Assoc. possible). Francophone Caribbean Studies. Welcomed: ecocriticism, film and media studies, gender and sexuality studies, or theatre and performance studies, reading or speaking creole. DUE 10/15/2024. LINK
Harvard University (Cambridge, MA). TT. Professor in African literature and cultural studies. Specialization in any of the major language traditions for African literature is welcome (Anglophone, Francophone, Lusophone, Hispanophone, Afrophone). DUE 09/16/2024*. LINK
Middlebury College (Middlebury, VT). TT. Assistant Prof. of French and francophone studies. 20th and 21st c. including Sub-Saharan Africa, the Caribbean, North Africa and the Indian Ocean. Highly desirable: film, new media, digital humanities, theater and performance, gender and sexuality studies, and race. DUE 10/15/2024. LINK
Northwestern University (Evanston, IL). Assistant or Assoc. Professor of Sub-Saharan Francophone African Literatures and Cultures (TT). Country/region and period of specialization are open, but we seek candidates with a background in literary studies enhanced by interdisciplinary strengths in, for example, cinema and media studies; critical approaches to race; cultural studies; environmental humanities; gender and sexuality studies; performance studies; or world literature. DUE 11/01/2024. LINK
Oberlin College (Oberlin, OH). TT. Assistant Professor of French. "[I]ncumbent will teach the standard teaching load (4.5 courses per year) in the general area of French language (2 courses per year), as well as literatures and cultures from French-speaking countries except France (ie. countries in Francophone Sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa, the Caribbean, Haiti, Québec, etc.). Candidates are invited to propose Francophone courses that offer wide undergraduate appeal and intersect with one of the following new integrative concentrations/majors at Oberlin: business, global health, public humanities, journalism, peace and conflict studies, public humanities." DUE 10/7/2024. LINK
Pepperdine University (Malibu, CA). TT. Assistant Prof of French Studies. Specialization in French/Francophone literature, film, or cultural studies. DUE 10/15/2024. LINK.
Texas A&M University (College Station, TX). TT. Assistant Professor in Global Studies. "Applicants should demonstrate evidence of a strong research program, a record of successful independent teaching, and be credentialed to teach culture and language courses at all undergraduate levels in at least one of the language programs in the Department [French is included]. Commitment to developing new courses in Global Studies and teaching existing Global Studies and advanced language courses while maintaining a high-level research program is essential." DUE 10/15/2024. LINK
University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ). TT. Assistant Professor to serve as Director of Basic Language Program (BLP), with a Ph.D. (in hand at time of appointment) in French, French linguistics, Applied linguistics, second language acquisition, or a closely related field. Areas of interest include but are not limited to: integrating French for Professional Purposes, technology in language education, online second language education. DUE 11/15/2024. LINK
Université Catholique de Louvain (Brussels, BE). Maître de conférences à plein temps. Histoire de la littérature française. Spécialisation en littérature française du XVIIIe ou du XIXe constitue un atout. DUE 11/12/2024. LINK
University of British Columbia (Vancouver, BC). TT. Assistant prof. of French Education. DUE 09/05/2024. LINK
University of Georgia (Athens, GA). TT. Assistant professor of French. We are seeking an innovative and versatile colleague whose research and teaching interests complement those of our current faculty. We particularly welcome candidates whose work engages a range of disciplines within a wide understanding of cultural studies. DUE 11/15/2024. LINK
University of Kansas (Lawrence, KS). TT. Assistant Professor in French. Open search/specialization. DUE 10/30/2024 LINK
University of New Brunswick (Fredericton, NB). TT. Professeur•e adjoint•e en études françaises. Littérature francophone du Canada avec spécialisation en au moins deux des domaines suivants : littérature québécoise, littérature francophone du Canada hors-Québec, littérature autochtone de langue française, postcolonialisme, écriture féministe, éco-littérature, littérature de personnes de couleur et littérature LGBTQIA2S+. DUE ?. LINK
University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX). TT. Assistant prof. of French and Francophone Studies. Open field, but particularly interested in people working on the Caribbean, Africa, the Americas, and beyond. DUE 09/30/2024. LINK
Wesleyan University (Middletown, CT). Assistant prof. of French. 20th- and 21st-century France and women's lit. DUE 10/7/2024. LINK
Yale University (New Haven, CT). Assistant prof (TT) Early Modern French Theater and Performance (1500-1800). DUE 11/15/2024. LINK

Full-time, non-tenure-track[]

Australian National University (Canberra, ACT, Australia). Associate Lecturer of French. DUE 10/15/2024. LINK Australia doesn't have the specific tenure process, but this is a permanent, ongoing role.
Boston College (Boston, MA). Assistant Professor of the Practice in French/Coordinator of French Language Program (3 yr. renewable post). DUE 11/01/2024. Link.
Georgetown University (Washington, DC). Assistant Teaching Professor, Department of French and Francophone Studies, hiring 2 people (3 yr with possible promotion within the non-tenure line). DUE 11/15/2024. LINK
Institute for Research in the Humanities, UW–Madison, (Madison, WI). Kingdon Fellowships and Solmsen Fellowships (1 yr. fellowship). DUE 10/24/2024. LINK.
United States Military Academy (West Point, NY). Visiting Instructor/Assistant Professor of French (3yr; Fall 2025-Spring 2028). DUE 10/11/2024. Link.
Virginia Military Institute (Lexington, VA). Visiting Assistant Professor of French (3 yr; Jan 2025 OR Aug. 2025 start). OPEN UNTIL FILLED. LINK
- Zoom interview request 2024-10-03
Washington College (Chestertown, MD). Visiting Assistant Professor of French (1 semester - Spring 2025 - with possibility of ongoing appointment). OPEN UNTIL FILLED. LINK.

Part-time[]

Word on the Street[]

09/30. Didn't Bucknell do a Francophone Africa search last year? Did the search fail or is this a new search?

-- Yes, they did. From the language that was used by recruiters in final rejections, I assume that the search failed. I could still be wrong though.

09/26 - If "French is excluded" why the hell is the Texas A/M add on here, on the French/Francophone page? It's enough that all jobs are Francophone, now they have to ban or exclude France completely. Enough of this!

-- Wut? It reads 'French is Included'?

---I moved this thread up because I want to avoid last year's mini hell that was scrolling all the way to bottom of the page to get updated on discussions. Anyway, if you read the Interfolio page for the job posting there's nothing that says French is excluded. It's a big job search.

-- Deleted chain of unnecessary and inappropriate comments. This is a job wiki and those answers did not help resolve the parent thread comment. There are other platforms for arguing about unrelated topics.

9/27: no one wants to read an exchange of inflammatory insults, that's not what this page is for. This is not a good year for the market, it is a shockingly small number of available jobs and many of us will be struggling with that. There is a lot of randomness in what jobs become available (often depending on when a tenured prof. retires or dies, let's be honest) so I don't think we can speculate that one specialization is "replacing" another so much as simply growing, while posts available for more "traditional" specializations are probably just occupied by mid-career or late-career professors. In any case this page becomes difficult to use and navigate when comments devolve like this. solidarité à tous et toutes (x74)

9/28. Agree with comment directly above. I don't want to take up too much space, but I wanted to add on to that sentiment and ask that we refrain from doxx'ing candidates and very specific search-related information this year, which was a huge issue last year. Moreover, let's stop arguing if certain candidates "earned it" or not, which has happened in recent years re: publication amounts, training, etc. Departments are diverse with department-specific wants and needs. We're not in the faculty meetings. We can't get too into the weeds of why and how certain searches go the way they do (which is already happening in the Yale thread below). We can only do our best in this roulette wheel of a market. Comme dit, solidarité à tous et à toutes !

-- 9/29 I responded to the original 9/15 speculations about the Yale post in an attempt to reassure applicants and diffuse anxiety and speculation. Since it appears that my words had the opposite effect, I deleted them. RE from Yale speculation OP: I appreciated your answer about it. I don't think you needed to delete it. I don't see how it was misinterpreted (although I didn't seek to put it in connection with above rife). Commenter from 9/27: I also appreciated your answer! No shame to you or anybody who spoke in the Yale dialogue--I understand the anxieties, but it will very often devolve, especially if we look at years past. Your response was helpful in quelling the fears.

09/18. *Harvard's African lit TT was due last week but they just reposted the ad so they might've extended the due date. I would ask them personally.

09/15 Anybody else feel like the Yale posting is so incredibly specific and dense, it seems to be targeting someone in particular?

--not really - personally I didn't get that impression from it at all, I think they just have a specific idea of what they consider to be excellence and what they perceive to be the intellectual culture of their department. trust me if Yale had someone specific in mind they wanted to hire they would just do it, they wouldn't go to the trouble of posting a job ad soliciting applications

09/12 - Are there any Amherst insiders here? Any clue why they keep reposting the ad and extending the due date? I was tempted to apply but I don't really do the regions they ask for, and I seriously doubt they won't get enough applicants who do work in those.

Not an insider, but my only guess was that they wanted to get more applicants. For me, they were the first application due by ~3 weeks (with their initial deadline).