Academic Careers

finding, applying, and interviewing for jobs in higher education

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STATUS OF WIKI

• last edits April 25, 2008
• other wiki to be found here: http://scratchpad.wikia.com/wiki/Asia

LISTINGS

(only tenure-track or tenure positions listed)

While the applications are going out, it is now time to start posting updates.
Please use something like this:
School's Name:

 (1) Acknowledgement received (date: XX/XX)
 (2) Phone/conference interview scheduled (date: xx/xx)
     /or/: Rejection notice received (date: xx/xx)
 (3) Campus interview scheduled (date)
 (4) Offer extended/accepted/rejected (date)

1. China

Brandeis University: Asst. Professor, East Asian History with Chinese Specialization in any period (deadline 11-15-07; job description)

 (1) AA card received (11/10)
 (2) AHA interview scheduled (12/07)
 Has any one got an on-campus invite already? Thanks for any update (01/21/08)
 (3) Campus interview scheduled (**Can I ask when? Thanks**).
    Campus interview declined (late Feb.).
 (3) Committee likely to meet in early March.

Brown University: Asst. Professor, Premodern Chinese Language, Literature and Culture (deadline 10-15-07; job description)
Bryn Mawr College: Asst./Assoc. Professor, Chinese Intellectual and Cultural Traditions (deadline 11-15-07; job description)
(1) Does anyone know if they are interviewing at AHA?
McDaniel College: Asst. Professor, History of Premodern China (deadline 10-15-07)

 (4) Received rejection letter stating that position has been filled (1/3/08)

McGill University: Asst. Professor, Late Imperial and Modern Chinese History (deadline 11-15-07; job description)

 (1) Request for writing samples (12/6)
 Did anyone get any update since Dec. 6? Thanks (01-01-2008)
 (3) Campus interview scheduled (Date when it is scheduled please?)
 (4) Offer

Middlebury College

 (1) Acknowledgement received (12/3); ack recv'd (12/10).
      - According to the big board at AHA, they held interviews at AHA; can anyone confirm?
      - They did interview at AHA (1/12)
 (3) Rejection letter received.

Northern Kentucky University: Asst. Professor, Chinese History (deadline 10-08-07)

 (4) Offer extended & accepted, per rejection e-mail.

North Georgia College and State University: Asst. Professor, Chinese History (job description)

 (4) Offer extended and accepted

Simon Fraser University: Asst. Professor, Late Imperial or Modern Chinese History (deadline 11-01-07; job description)

 (3) Campus interview invitation extended (11/27)
 (4) Offer accepted

State University of New York, Albany: Asst. Professor, 19th or 20th Century Chinese History (deadline 11-09-07; job description)

 (1) Acknowledgement received - not interviewing at AHA (date: 11/10)
 (2) Surprise unscheduled phone interview conducted (11/25)
 (2) Phone interview completed (11/29)
      - Suprise interviews? Not very professional.
      - Not really. mine was scheduled in advance. I am not sure whether it was due to the
        fact that different search committee members interviewed with different candidates.
      - The worst part is that some candidates were ambushed while others
        had ample time to prepare.  Not a level playing field.
      - Heard that some schools have used surprise interviews to make sure that they did not
        miss some well qualified candidates in their shortlist for scheduled phone interviews.
        But such surprise interviews tended to be much shorter than the 30 or 40-minutes interviews.
      - Yes, the problem is that some people had scheduled interviews and others had suprise interviews. 
      - And how will cmte members compare notes?
      - If the surprise interviews were indeed used to pre-screen some candidates while others had already been shortlisted,
        the former candidates would seem already to have been put in a separate category than the shortlisted ones. If so,
        there was no need to compare notes for scheduled interviews.
  (3) Campus interview offer, not yet scheduled (12/10)
  (4) Offer made and accepted (3/6)

St. Bonaventure University: Asst. Professor, Modern China and World History (deadline 11-01-07; job description)
University of Arizona: Asst. Professor, Early China (deadline 11-15-07)

University of British Columbia: Asst. Professor, History of China, Qing Period (deadline 10-30-07; job description)

 (1) acknowledgment received (postmarked 11/1)
 (3) on-campus interview scheduled for January (12/11)
  Has anyone heard from them ever since the acknowledgment letter?

This school seems to be much slower than all the others.
(4)? I just received rejection letter saying that the search was abandoned.
Any news on why? (I think my colleagues are great in this field are great, so
I am confused!)

   This school failed the search a year before apparently for the same position (then called "China historian"

instead of "Qing historian"). The rejection letter this year indicated that they were
still not sure what specalist they were looking for this year and would redefine and search
for it again next year. Personally, I would think all of this raises serious
issues about the department's internal politics and I would not apply for this school again
next year even though it had a strong reputation in Chinese/Asian studies in Canada.

University of California, Santa Barbara: Asst. Professor, Modern Chinese History, 1644-present (deadline 11-02-07)

 (1) more materials requested (11/5)
 (2) AHA interview scheduled (12/4)
 Any move after AHA interviews? (01/12/08)
  (3) Campus visit scheduled (01/16/08)
  Campus visit completed (02/08/2008)
 (4)Offer to #2 candidate.
    Offer declined by #2. (Can I ask when?)

University of Hawai'i, Manoa: Asst. Professor, Ming-Qing Chinese History (deadline 11-15-07)

  (1) and (2): scheduled AHA interview and writing sample requested (12/5)
  Did anyone hear from them after the AHA? (01/15)
  Campus interview offer, not yet scheduled (01/17)
  Campus interview completed (02/06/08)
  (4) Offer extended and accepted (per rejection e-mail, 3/6)

University of Hong Kong: Asst. Professor, China-West Historical Studies (deadline 12-01-07)
U. of Hong Kong, Modern Chinese History

 (1) acknowledgment received

Univ. of Toronto Scarborough - Chinese History (speciality open).

(3) On-Campus interview scheduled (12/7).
    Campus interview completed (02/06/08)
(4) Offer extended (Feb. 2008)
(4) Cmte is soliciting addl applications. Anyone know status? Was offer declined? (3/5)
        Q: By "addl applications," you meant another round of new applications? Or just the Cmte
        started to contact those on the (long) short list for availability and consideration.
        I would love to be considered, but I learned that the top candidate is still considering
        the offer (03/08). A: They seem to be contacting the *long* list for availability.
 (4) Offer accepted (03/10).

Wake Forest, Chinese History

 (2) AHA interview scheduled (11/15)
 (3) Campus interview scheduled
 (4) Offer accepted (mid-Feb)

Has anyone scheduled (or done) interview with any of the Canadian schools recruiting China historians at all? It seems strange that there is no news from any of those schools yet even though U.S. schools
with later deadlines have already finished phone interviews or scheduled AHA conference interviews. Thanks for sharing any info. if you do have.

      - Many Canadian schools interviewed at AHA last year. Basically they are on the same schedule as US schools.
      - Thanks.
      - Well, I stand corrected. Some Canadian schools that interviewed at AHA last year (Ex. UTSC) have gone straight to campus interviews this year.

2. Japan

Arizona State University: Asst. Professor, Modern Japanese History (deadline: 11-26-07)

 (2) not doing AHA interviews (12/14); phone interviews held 2nd week of January
 (2) Rejection notices received (01-19-08)
 (3) Campus interviews scheduled (01-19-08)

Boston University: Ass. Professor, Modern Japanese History.

 (2) AHA interview invitation received (12-07-07)
 (3) Campus interviews scheduled (01-16-08)
 (3) Rejection letter recieved (1-30-08)
 (4) position filled

University of California, Berkeley: Open Rank, Japanese History (deadline 10-15-07)

 (2) rejection notice received (12-18-07); 19th c only

University of California, Santa Barbara: Asst. Professor, Modern Japanese Cultural Studies (deadline 10-15-07)

 (2) AAA (sic!) interviews scheduled
 (3) Campus interviews scheduled (1/3ish)

Harvard University: Open Rank, Pre-Meiji Japanese History (deadline: 03-14-2008) Job description
University of Hawai'i, Manoa: Asst. Professor, Modern Japanese History (deadline: 11-01-07)

 (1) acknowledgment received
 (2) AHA interview invitations sent out (12-06-07)
 (4) position filled (second hand info)

University of Hong Kong: Asst. Professor, Japanese History (deadline 02-18-08), further particulars
University of Hong Kong: Asst. Professor, Japanese Studies (deadline 08-25-07)
University of Leeds: Lecturer, Japanese Studies (deadline 10-02-07)

 (4) offer extended and declined; search to be started from scratch

University of London, SOAS: Lecturer in the History of Contemporary Japan (deadline 01-11-2008)

 (3) campus inteviews scheduled for 2/20
 (4) position filled (second hand info)

New York University: Asst. Professor, Japanese History

 (2) rejection notice received (12-07-07)

Sophia University, Modern Japanese History, (deadline 12-01-2007)

 (2) rejection notice received (01-22-08)

College of William & Mary: Asst. Professor, Modern Japanese History (deadline 11-02-07)

 (1) more materials requested (11-20-07)
 (2) AHA interview invitation received (12-07-07)
 (3) Campus interviews scheduled (01-16-08)

Yale: Open Rank, Modern Japanese history (1800-present) (deadline: 01-15-2008)

 (3) campus interviews scheduled for 1/17, 1/22, 1/24, 1/29, 2/14
 NB: rumor has it that the institution had its mind set on a list of candidates before the deadline.

3. Korea

Cornell University: Asst. Professor, Early/Pre-Modern Korean Studies (deadline 01-07-08; job description)
Duke University: Open Rank, Korean Cultural Studies (deadline 11-10-07; job description)
Smith College: Asst. Professor, Korean Studies (deadline 10-15-07; job description)
Stanford University: Junior Rank, Contemporary Korea (deadline 10-31-07)
University of Chicago: Open Rank, Modern Korean Studies (deadline 10-15-07; job description)
University of Pennsylvania: Open Rank, Korean Studies (deadline 10-15-07)
University of Wisconsin-Madison: Asst. Professor, History of Korea (deadline 11-15-07; job description)

4. East Asia General

Brigham Young University: Open Rank, East Asian History, preferably China or Korea (deadline 09-15-07)

 (3) Short list for campus interviews set (10/17)
 (4) Rejection letter received (1/30)

DePaul University

 (2) AHA interview invitation (11/20ish)

Guilford College: Asst. Professor, Modern East Asian History (deadline 11-30-07; job description)

 (2) AHA invite (12/11)

Gustavus Adolphus College: Asst. Professor, East Asian History (deadline 11-15-07)

 (2) AHA interview invitation extended (12/7) -- very courteous rejection email.
 (3) Campus Visit invitations extended (1/15) -- only two.
 (3.5) Possible declined offer--they are contacting non-invitees to determine availability (mid-Feb)

Norwich University (Vermont): Asst. Professor, East Asian History since 1500 (deadline 09-01-07; job description)

 (2) AHA Interview invitation e-mail (12/13)

Rhodes College: Asst. Professor (not tenure track), East Asian History (deadline 10-15-07; job description)

 (2) AHA interview invitation extended (11/1)
 (3) Campus invite (early Feb)

Rochester Institute of Technology: Asst. Professor, Modern East Asian History (deadline 11-05-07; job description)

 (1) Request for letters of recommendation (electronic submission) 12/06
 (2) AHA interview invitation (12/10)

Saginaw Valley State University: Asst. Professor, East Asian History (job description)

 (2) AHA interview invitation extended (11/17)
 (3) "we have narrowed our list of candidates" rejection email (3/11/08)

Skidmore College: Asst. Professor, East Asian History (deadline 11-01-07)

 (2) AHA interview invitation extended (11/29)
 (4) "the search is no longer in progress" (which probably means they hired someone) (3/19/08)
 (4) I also got this awkwardly-worded letter and thought it meant the search failed. (3/24)
  I just learned from reliable source that the offer was extended to someone who chose to take the SUNY Albany position
 (apparently the China history position), and Skidmore did not want to go down the list and thus the search failed.

University of Arkansas, Fayetteville: Assistant Professor in East Asian History

 (1) Acknowledgement received (12/04)
 (1) Request for writing samples (1/25)
 (3) Campus invite (2/6)
 (4) Offer extended (2/25) -- offer accepted and rejection letters received (3/6)

University of Bristol: Professor, East Asian Studies (deadline 10-23-07; job description)
University of Colorado, Denver: Asst. Professor, East Asian History (deadline 11-01-07); job description)

 (2) Phone interviews to be scheduled for 1st week of Dec. (11/20)
 (3) Campus invite (12/17)
 (4) Rumored offer (early Feb)
 (4) I heard offered and accepted.

University of Hawai'i at Hilo: Asst. Professor, East Asian History (deadline 11-15-07)

 (1) Ack/EEO form received (1/10).
 (2) Phone interview scheduled (1/30)
 (4) "We have concluded this search, and it is now officially closed." (4-12-08)

University of Minnesota-Duluth

 (2) Phone interview invite (12/11)
 (2) Phone Interview (12/18)
 (3) Campus interview scheduled
 (4) automated HR email - Position has been filled  (3/14/08)

University of Missouri-Kansas City

 (2) AHA invite (12/8)
 (2) very nice rejection e-mail (2/3)
 (4) Offer has been made (per rejection e-mail)

University of North Carolina, Charlotte: Asst. Professor, Modern East Asian History (deadline 11-01-07; job description)

 (1) request for additional material (11/16)
 (2) rejection e-mail recieved (12/5)Me too (12/6) I found it a very courteous rejection message.
 (2) second round of rejection emails (12/17)

University of Tennessee, Knoxville: History of East Asia

 (1) Acknowledgement received (12/04)
 (2) AHA interview scheduled (12/05)
 (3) Finalists have been invited to campus (2/4)
 (4) Offer made and accepted, per rejection letter (3/5)

5. South Asia

Bentley College: Asst. Professor, Modern South Asian History (deadline 12-01-07)

 (2) AHA interview scheduled by phone (12/11)

Miami University (Ohio): Asst. Professor, South Asian History (application review begins 10-08-07; job description)
Rutgers University: Asst. Professor, Modern South Asian History (deadline 11-01-07; job description)

 (1) request for additional material (11/9)

Texas A & M: Asst. Professor, History of South Asia (deadline 10-08-07)

 (4) offer made and accepted (11/15)

Tufts University: Asst. Professor, South Asian History (deadline 10-15-07; job description)

 (3) on-campus interviews are being held Nov. 7-9 (11/7)
 (4) Offer extended/accepted (12/6)

University of California, Santa Cruz: Open Rank, Sikh/Punjabi and South Asian History (deadline 11-12-07; job description)
University of Toronto Scarborough: Asst. Professor, South Asian History (deadline 11-15-07; job description)

  (4) From reliable info. I learned the position has just been filled.

University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh: Asst. Professor, South/Southeast Asia (dealine 11-15-07)
- They were accepting resumes at AHA. Has anyone heard from them? (1/17)

Wake Forest University: Asst. or Assoc. Professor, South Asian History (deadline 10-01-07; job description)

 (3) on-campus interview held
 (4) offer extended and accepted (12/20, posted for a friend)

6. Other

University of Guam: Asst. Professor, Pacific History (application review begins 06-28-07; job description)
Yale: Southeast Asian Studies position (deadline 12-01-07)

7. Asia General

CUNY Lehman College

 (2) AHA invitation extended (12/14)

Fordham University: Asst. Professor, Modern East and/or South Asian History (deadline 12-01-07; job description)

 (1) Acknowledgement received by mail (Nov.); I just got mine, the letter is dated (11/07) but today is (12/12)--rather odd
 (2) AHA interview scheduled (12/10)
 (3) My acknowledgement was dated 12/7; does anyone know how many AHA interviews were scheduled?
 (3) Campus interview scheduled
 (3) Addl candidate being scheduled for campus interview (late Feb)
 (4) Offer made and accepted (3/10)

Longwood University: Asst. Professor, Asian History (application review begins 10-15-07; job description)

 (2) AHA interview scheduled (11/20)
 (3) Campus interview scheduled
 (4) Offer declined (late Jan)
 (4) Probable second offer declined (late Feb)

Meredith College: Asst. Professor, Asian History

 (2) AHA interview scheduled (12/6)
 (3) Campus interview scheduled (1/30)
 (4) Offer extended and accepted

Michigan State University: Asst. Professor, Asian Studies (application review begins 09-15-07; job description)
Otterbein College: Asst. Professor, Asian History

 (2) Phone interview (Jan.25)
 (3) Campus interview scheduled (Feb.14)
 (4) Offer declined (March 7)

Siena College: Asst. Professor, Modern Asian History (deadline 10-20-07; job description)

 (2) AHA interview scheduled (11/26)
 (3) On-campus interview invitations extended; non-invitees notified (11/30)
      - I think that the (3) above should actually be a (2) Rejection notice received. Siena is interviewing at AHA.
      - That's not what the rejection letter said: "Finalists for the position have been invited for on-campus interviews...."
 (4) Our apologies - we are interviewing at the AHA, and the letter sent out must have been a typo. Scott Taylor, search committee member.
 (3) Campus interview scheduled

Tennessee Technological University: Asst. Professor, Asian or American Diplomatic History (deadline 01-01-08; job description)
The University of Virginia's College at Wise: Asst. Professor, Asian History (no deadline specified; job description)

 (2) AHA interview scheduled (11/30)
 (3) Campus Visit scheduled (1/18)

University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa: Asst. Professor, Modern Asian History (deadline 11-15-07; job description)

 (2) AHA interview scheduled (11/29)

University of North Florida: Asst. Professor, Modern Asian History (deadline 10-01-07; job description)

 (4) Offered and accepted

University of Oregon: Asst. Professor, Transnational Modern Asia (deadline 11-15-07; job description)/ Anyone heard from them yet?

 (2) Short list (late Jan)

University of Southern Mississippi: Asst. Professor, Asian or Middle Eastern history (deadline 11-30-07; job description)

 (2) AHA interview scheduled (12/5)
 (3) Campus interview scheduled

University of South Florida: Asia/Middle East

 (1) Acknowledgement received (late Nov.)
 (1) Received separate letter stating that because the department has not received
     final budgetary approval for the position, USF will not be interviewing at AHA
     and will do phone interviews with a short list 'once funding...has been secured.' (12/4)
 (1) Search canceled (early Feb)

University of Tennessee, Martin: Asst. Professor, Asian or Middle Eastern History (deadline 01-11-08; job description)
University of Toronto: Asst. Professor, Postcolonial Studies/Empire in Asia (deadline 11-01-07)
Wilkes Honors College, Florida Atlantic University

 (2) AHA invite (12/11)
 (3) Campus interview scheduled
 -- received email saying that search was cancelled for budgetary reasons.