George Mason University offered a position 3/12 in global history. Candidate is considering acceptance.

Princeton and Yale will be conducting modern African history job searches in the next year.


University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign-campus visits have been scheduled for week of November 6.
Campus visits finished at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (early Dec) 2 offers made; one of them accepted


Arkansas is interviewing at AHA and Cornell appears to not be formally interviewing.

What kind of interviews is Cornell doing then?

Anyone know about IOWA?

SUNY Oswego invited two Nigerian candidates (both ABD from Canadian universities) and one (white)woman with a Ph.D and teaching experience in hand (also Canadian). While the woman withdrew from the search, the other two candidates have apparently been deemed aceptable by the Affirmative action officer at the college. News of an offer being made and accepted has not yet come down from the Department's chair. Several doubts hang over this search: where were the candidates from U.S. programs? Why two Africans and a (white) woman? Why ABD's when excellent candidates with PhD's completed are available? Who exactly ran this search? The Department or the University Administration? Is this the way jobs in Africah History at less-well-known universities and colleges are handled? Do non-African candidates even stand a chance in African history searches?

New African history professor accepted at George Mason University. Will Start in January b/c is still ABD.