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MLA, Foreign Languages and Literature Listings, Chinese, 2007-2008 Cycle

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Small Liberal Arts College (Assistant Professor, Chinese; tenure-track) Job description
- acknowledgment received (by postcard) 10/4
- writing sample requested (by email) 10/9
- phone interview scheduled 10/10

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Positions announced:

Literature/Language/Culture

Searches completed:

Auburn University (Assistant Professor, Chinese; tenure-track) Job description - PDF DOWNLOAD
-Received an email request for a phone interview on 11/29.
-Request for campus visit 12/14.
-Offer made and accepted in February.

University of British Columbia (Assistant Professor, Modern Chinese Literature; tenure-track) Job description
-Dec 12, 2007 SSC emailed to request writing sample
-JAN 24, 2008, phone call 3 finalists
-offer made and accepted (early march) (please keep name withheld)

Brooklyn College (Assistant Professor, Chinese Language, Literature, and Culture; tenure-track) Job description
-phone interview scheduled 12/12
-campus visit scheduled 2/22
-offer made and accepted (mid-April)

University of Iowa (Assistant Professor, Modern/Contemporary Chinese Literature and Culture; tenure-track) Job description
-Dec 3 2007, ack letter by regular mail
-Dec 10, phone (not email) to schedule MLA interview in Chicago
-Dec 27, letter of rejection
-Jan. 15, email invitation for campus visit
-Offer extended late February
-Offer accepted mid-March

University of Kentucky (Assistant Professor, Chinese; tenure-track) Job description
-ack. regular mail, before nov.
-Nov 8, 2007, email those who are in short list
-Nov 20, 2007, email those who are in an even shorter list (for online interview) for an interview on the phone
-Dec 12 finalists decided
-Dec 13: email for campus visit
-Dec 20: rejected by snail mail
influenced by budget cut?
-Campus interviews conducted during January
-Ready to make offer but influenced by budget cut, offer pending
-Offer made, budget cut no longer problem
-OFFER ACCEPTED

University of Massachusetts, Amherst (Ming, Qing, or early Twentieth Century Lit; tenure-track)
-Does anyone have a link to the exact ad? Where is it posted?
http://clta-us.org/employ.htm
-Has anyone heard anything, at all, about this job? Is the search still going on?
-I've heard second-hand (2/13) that they're still looking at applications. Those must be some complex applications...
-Feb 26: campus visits begin
-offer made and accepted (please keep name withheld)

The Ohio State University (Assistant Professor, Modern Chinese Cultural Studies; tenure-eligible) Job description
-Finalists decided
-Campus interviews end 02/05
-Requested more written work after campus visit, no move yet
-offer made
-offer accepted late February (please keep name withheld)

Sewanee: The University of the South (Assistant Professor, Modern Chinese Language and Literature; tenure-track) Job description
-ack email Jan 2 2008
-email for phone interview, 1/22
-offer extended 2/28
-accepted last week of February

University of Toronto (Assistant Professor, Premodern Chinese Cultural Studies; tenure-stream) Job description
campus visit conducted up to Feb 15; decision pending in the next week or so
any news? anyone??
-Offer extended and accepted (early March).

Wellesley College (Assistant/Associate/Full Professor, Traditional Chinese Literature; tenure-track/tenured) Job description
-campus visit scheduled for mid- to late-Feb
-offer made & accepted, mid-March (Please keep name withheld)

Offers made:

Bryn Mawr College (Assistant/Associate Professor, Chinese Intellectual and Cultural Traditions; tenure-track/tenured) Job description
-EE card and ack letter arrived Nov 26 2007
-letter reject 12/20
-offer late feb

University of California, Santa Barbara (Assistant Professor, Late Imperial (Ming-Qing) Chinese Literature; tenure-track) Job description
-MLA interview scheduled 11/27
-campus visit scheduled feb. 11-14
-offer made

Duke University (Assistant/Associate/Full Professor, Chinese Cultural Studies; open rank) Job description
(any move?)
-Offer Made

Georgetown University (Assistant Professor, Chinese; tenure-track) Job description - LOGIN REQUIRED
-ack. regular mail, before nov 20
-offer made

Hamilton College (Assistant/Associate/Full Professor, Chinese Language and Literature; tenure-track/tenured) Job description
-ack letter regular mail Nov 30
-Email for MLA interview 11/30.
-Email for MLA interview schedule (date/hour) 12/10.
-OFFER MADE (early march)

Harvey Mudd College (Assistant Professor, Contemporary Chinese Culture and Language; tenure-track) Job description
-ack. regular mail, 12/23
-request phone interview 1/8/2008 -ditto
-SCC phoned to invite finalists Jan 31 2008
-offer feb 26 2008

University of Hawaii at Manoa (Assistant Professor, Twentieth Century Chinese Literature and Culture; tenure-track) Job description
-OFFER MADE

Indiana University (Assistant Professor, Traditional Chinese Literature; tenure-track) Job description
-Phone interview scheduled 11/28
-snail-mail rejection mailed to those not invited for visit 2/11
- offer made, Feb.

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (Assistant Professor, Chinese Language/Culture, Linguistics or Literature; tenure-track) Job description - LOGIN REQUIRED
-EEO Information Request - by email (Nov 30)
-Email to schedule phone interviews (Dec 6 2007)
-Call (not email) to arrange campus visit Dec 18
Offer Made

Luther College (Assistant Professor, Chinese Language and Culture; tenure-track) Job description
-ACTFL interview scheduled Nov 1 2007
-Saw interview booth at ACTFL
-finalists determined Dec 14
-offer made

Miami University (Ohio) (Assistant Professor, Chinese; tenure-track) Job description
-Email from SCC to ack. receiv. 12/10
-Email from SCC to schedule phone interview Dec 11
-Dec 17 (informal) request of campus visit (formal request depends on the admin)
-Dec 22 invite to campus
-Feb 22 offer pending on dean's signature
-May 20 seems failed 1st round search, they post a one year position again

University of Michigan (Associate/Full Professor in Modern Chinese Literature; tenured) Job description - LOGIN REQUIRED
-finalists (3) determined
-offer made

University of Nevada, Las Vegas (Assistant/Associate Professor, Chinese; tenure-track/tenured) Job description
-Email to schedule phone interview (Dec 4 2007)
-it seems SC will go to MLA too
-Dec 17 SCC says will not go to MLA
-Request for campus visit 12/17.
-offer made

New College of Florida (Assistant Professor, Chinese Language and Culture; tenure-track) Job description
-Nov 20 2007 sent ack. letter and AA form
-phone interview scheduled 12/03
-campus visit scheduled 12/14
-offer made

University of Oregon (Assistant Professor, Japanese or Chinese Literature, Culture, and/or Visual Media; tenure-track) Job description
-ack. regular mail, before nov.
-Campus visits already begin (Jan 10 2008)
-Letter Rejection snail mail Jan 18 2008
-offer late feb

Presbyterian College (Assistant Professor, Chinese Studies; tenure-track) Job description
-Ack. Email right after the application deadline
-12/12 call and/or email to request more material (a list of 15 candidates ready)
-Phone call for campus visit 1/18
-offer made

Rhodes College (Assistant/Associate/Full Professor, Chinese Language and Culture; tenure-track/tenured) Job description
-Dec 12 email from chair to ask if interested in phone interview?+ request writing sample
offer made

Rutgers University (Assistant Professor, Late Traditional and Early Modern Chinese Literature and Culture; tenure-track) Job description - LOGIN REQUIRED
-finalists determined
-Offer made

St. Lawrence University (Assistant Professor, Chinese Language/Chinese Studies; tenure-track) Job description
-ack. regular mail. before nov.
(any new move?)
-OFFER MADE

Stanford University (Assistant Professor, Modern Chinese Literature; tenure-track) Job description
-Dec 14 Email ack.
-OFFER MADE

Tufts University (Assistant/Associate Professor, Premodern Chinese Literature and Culture; tenure-track) Job description - LOGIN REQUIRED
-campus interview conducted 2/4
-offer made 2/26

Whitman College (Assistant Professor, Chinese Language and Culture; tenure-track) Job description - LOGIN REQUIRED
-Oct 31, 2007 Search Chair called to ask if available for interview at ACTFL
-Early Nov, ACTFL interviews confirmed
-Offer made, rejection sent Feb 25 2008

On-campus interviews scheduled or held:

University of Alberta (Assistant Professor, Chinese Premodern Literature and Culture; tenure-track) Job description
-campus visit conducted week of 1/28

University of Arizona (Assistant Professor, Early Chinese Studies; tenure-track) Job description
-On-campus interviews completed

University of California, Irvine (Assistant Professor, 20th Century Chinese Literature, Cultural, and Visual studies; tenure-track) Job description
-Request for more info received 11/15.
-(short?) (long?) list decided 12/10
-Finalists decided
-&&& hearsay search failed (early march)

Georgia Institute of Technology (Assistant Professor, Chinese; tenure-track) Job description - LOGIN REQUIRED
-ack. regular mail, before nov.
-Nov 20, 2007, email from SC chair to schedule phone interview (Chair says they will not go to MLA)
-Dec 6, 2007, finalists for campus visit decided

Rider University (Assistant Professor, Chinese Studies; tenure-track) Job description - LOGIN REQUIRED
- MLA interview scheduled 12/8
- Jan 7 campus visit scheduled

On-campus interviews not yet scheduled:

Hey folks, this is a big list if you have any information on these searches, let us know!!

University of Arizona (Assistant Professor, Premodern Chinese Literature; tenure-track) Job description
?

California State University, Long Beach (Assistant Professor, Chinese; tenure-track) Job description

University of California, Berkeley (rank unspecified, Ancient Chinese Culture [Han and earlier]; tenure-track) Job description

Concordia College, MN
closely affiliated with the Lutheran Church

DePaul University (Assistant Professor, Chinese Language; tenure-track) Job description
-Dec 5, ack letter sent regular mail
-Rejection mail Feb 26

Franklin and Marshall College (Director, Chinese Language Program; ?) Job description
-Saw the interview booth at the ACTFL conference. Nov 17.
-Posted again! On Feb 5, 2008!!!

Hamilton College (Visiting Assistant Professor/Instructor, Chinese Language and Culture; one-year VAP) Job description

Lingnan University (Lee Wing Tat Chair Professor of Chinese Literature; tenured?) Job description

University of Macau (Associate Professor, Classical Chinese Literature; tenured?) Job description

University of Macau (Assistant Professor, Chinese Language and Culture for Non-Native Speakers; tenure-track?) Job description

Middlebury College (Visiting Assistant Professor/Visiting Lecturer, Chinese Language and Culture; one-year VAP) Job description

Nanyang Technological University (Assistant/Associate Professor, Modern Chinese Literature and Culture; tenure-track?) Job description
-Phone interview scheduled 11/27

University of Oregon (Department Head, East Asian Languages and Literature; tenured) Job description

University of Redlands (Assistant/Associate Professor, Chinese Language and Culture; tenure-track) Job description
-phone interview 12/11

Reed College (Assistant Professor, Chinese Literature and Language; tenure-track) Job description
-12/5 2007 Ack letter regular mail
-email for phone interview 1/12

Reed College (Visiting Assistant Professor, Chinese Literature and Language; 2-year VAP) Job description
-Ack. received 12/10 by regular mail.

Spelman College (Assistant Professor, Chinese Language and Culture; tenure-track) Job description
-Dec 15 email to request MLA interview

St. Mary's College of Maryland (Assistant Professor, Asian Studies/Chinese; tenure-track) Job description
-Acknowledgment letter and affirmation action card arrived on Nov 13 2007 (announcing the search process started on Nov 6)
-MLA interview conducted
-Early Feb campus interview
?

University of Tulsa (Assistant Professor, Chinese; tenure-track) Job description - LOGIN REQUIRED
-MLA interview confirmed. 11/15
?

United States Military Academy (Instructor/Assistant/Associate Professor of Chinese; renewable) Job description
-Saw the interview booth at the ACTFL conference. Nov 17.

University of Victoria (Assistant Professor, Chinese Studies; tenure-track) Job description
-ack. email in Oct.
-(short or long) list determined Dec 14

Victoria University of Wellington (Lecturer/Senior Lecturer, Chinese Studies; tenure-track?) Job description

University of Virginia (Full Professor, Weedon Chair in Modern Chinese Literature; tenured) Job description

Winona State University (MN) (Assistant Professor of Chinese Mandarin Language/China Studies) (chronicle.com)
I remember this school did the same search last year. So the position was not filled?


==Searches cancelled:

Brown University (Assistant Professor, Premodern Chinese Language, Literature, and Culture; tenure-track) Job description - LOGIN REQUIRED
-Campus visit scheduled 12/06.
-Failed search.

University of Texas at Austin (Assistant Professor, Modern Chinese Literature and Culture; tenure-track) Job description
-(long?)(short?) list decided 12/10
-request more material 12/20 (so list is still longish?)
-finalists decided
-offer late feb
-person must've declined because received email 4/23 that the position wasn't filled and that the search will start up again next fall

Wesleyan University (Assistant/Associate/Full Professor, Chinese Literature and Language; tenure-track/tenured) Job description
Phone interview scheduled 11/26
-Finalists determined & campus visits scheduled, beginning 1/30.
-Failed search!

Western Kentucky University (Assistant Professor, Chinese; tenure-track) Job description
-Jan 10, secretary called to ask if still interested, no communication before. why?
-search cancel, Jan 17
-What The !!!! 'cause there is no fund to continue?

Linguistics/Pedagogy/Other

Binghamton University (Assistant Professor, Chinese Language Pedagogy; tenure-track) Job description
?

University of California, Santa Cruz (Assistant/Associate/Full Professor, Language Program; tenure-track/tenured, up to 3 positions, Chinese possible) Job description - DOWNLOAD PDF

Hamilton College (Visiting Assistant Professor/Instructor, Chinese Language and Literature/Linguistics; one-year VAP) Job description

Hong Kong Baptist University (Assistant Professor, Translation; fixed-term contract) Job description

University of Kansas (Assistant/Associate Professor, Chinese Language or Linguistics; tenure-track/tenured) Job description - WORD DOCUMENT FOR DOWNLOAD

University of Massachusetts, Amherst (Assistant Professor, Chinese Language Pedagogy; tenure-track) Job description - LOGIN REQUIRED
-Job talks March 6-11
-offer made and accepted

Nanyang Technological University (Assistant/Associate Professor, Chinese Linguistics, two positions; tenure-track?) Job description

The Ohio State University (Assistant Professor, Chinese Language Pedagogy; tenure-eligible) Job description

University of Florida (Chinese Language)
Saw the interview booth at the ACTFL conference. Nov 17.

University of Oregon (Assistant/Associate/Full Professor, Chinese Flagship Academic Director; tenure-track/tenured) Job description

Possible openings/other questions/rumors:

Montana State U may have an opening for Mandarin this fall.

Did NYU hire anyone last year?
A: I do not think so. (You mean the non-TT language position?) NYU is doing a new search now.
Q2: No, I meant the TT Modern Chinese lit position. I was wondering if they hired anyone last year.
A2: I did not see any new Modern Chinese Lit person when I was there this past spring.

A3: NYU has a visiting professor in Modern Lit now, with publications galore. Currently visiting, perhaps
since Sep 2007. I guess NYU chooses to recruit a short-term visiting prof with established status in
Modern Lit rather open a new TT line.
...........

   No, it is more likely because the job was offered to someone last year who rejected it and went to a top

Canadian university.

Did Reed college hire anyone last year? I saw the same opening.
A: I do not think so. I guess the Reed search last year was canceled (reason unknown; maybe no fund to hire).
Several searches of several schools (both Uni and Colleges) were canceled last year. Such as Hamilton.
So Hamilton is re-doing a TT search now.

A2: Reed DID hire someone last year. The person whom they hired, X-X-X-X-X-X-X, was a visiting assistant
professor there last year. Thus the reason it looks like they didn't make a hire is because the faculty didn't change
between last year and this year. The position that's being advertised this year is due to a new TT line.
As for Hamilton, the reason they didn't make a hire last year is because the person to whom they offered the
job turned them down; I don't know if they couldn't find any acceptable alternates, or if they suddenly lost the
funds, but they did intend to make a hire.




QUESTION:
Is the following search moving at all? Or, reopened?
University of Mississippi (Assistant Professor, Chinese; tenure-track) Job description
(any move?)
?