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Last edit on Apr 24, 2008 8:23 PM by Anonymous

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so, are we listing names of the chosen candidates?

Why not? As long as offers have been accepted, I for one would like to know.

Accepted Offers

American University - Cairo Hanan Kholoussy (NYU)
University of Arizona
Florida State University Will Hanley (Princeton)
University of Iowa Meriem Belli (Georgetown)
James Madison University
Missouri State University
Oberlin Zeinab A. Abul-Magd (Georgeotwn)
Northwestern University Henri Lauziere (Georgetown)
Rhodes College: Etty Terem (Harvard)
Tulane University: Ibrahim Kaya Sahin (Chicago)
University of Redlands
University of Southern Mississippi
University of Wisconsin - Whitewater: Molly Patterson (Wisconsin)



  • American University in Cairo - Modern Middle East History MESA interviews held Offer made and accepted Congratulations! Great institution and location! May I ask who accepted?
  • Amherst College - Islam (Assistant Professor)
  • Appalachian State University - Modern Middle East History (Assistant Professor)
  • University of Arizona - Modern Iranian History (Assistant Professor) On Campus scheduled Offer made and accepted
  • Auburn University - History of the Islamic World (Assistant Professor) Rejection received February 29
  • Bard College - Arabic & Middle Eastern Studies (Tenure Track) Campus visits held in December
  • Brandeis University - Israel Studies (Full Professor)
  • Bryn Mawr College - Comparative Medieval, Islamic world preference AHA interviews scheduled Campus Visits Scheduled
  • University of California, Davis - History of Islamic Empires (tenure-track, Assistant Professor) Dec 16: AHA interview request (email)
  • University of California, Davis - History of the Jews of the Mediterranean Basin (Assistant or Associate Professor) Anyone heard anything about what's happening with this position? See http://scratchpad.wikia.com/wiki/Jewish_Studies
  • University of California, Davis - Qur'an and Early Islam (600-1300) (Assistant Professor) Campus interviews held late Nov.
  • University of California, Riverside - Middle East History (Assistant Professor) AHA interviews scheduled CAMPUS INTERVIEWS HELD
  • California State University - San Marcos - Assistant Professor, History of the Middle East Phone interviews scheduled for January Feb. 1: Search delayed for budgetary evaluation Search closed without hire
  • Clark University - Armenian Genocide and Modern Armenian History (Assistant or Associate Professor)
  • Eastern Kentucky University - Assistant Professor of Ancient World or Islamic World Offer made
  • Florida State University - Middle East History (Assistant Professor) Nov. 10: MESA interviews scheduled, Nov. 22: campus visits scheduled Offer made
  • Furman University - Islamic History (Assistant Professor) Dec 9: AHA interview scheduled Campus Visits Underway
  • Georgia State University - Medieval Mediterranean/Islamic World History (Assistant Professor) Nov 15: AHA interviews scheduled. 3/1 Offer made
  • University of Iowa - Middle East Campus visits scheduled Offer made
  • Iowa State University - Mediterranean World and/or Middle Eastern History Nov. 10: telephone interviews scheduled, week of Nov 12-17 Have they made calls for on-campus interviews yet? (Nov. 16) Yes, they've started. (Nov 16) offer made
  • James Madison University - World History, Pre-18th Century Islamic (Assistant Professor) AHA interviews scheduled Offer made and accepted
  • John Jay College of Criminal Justice - Islamic History (Assistant Professor) Nov 14: Campus visits in Dec/Jan
  • Kenyon College - History of the Islamic World (Assistant Professor) December 4: AHA interviews scheduled Campus Visits Scheduled
  • University of Maryland - College Park - History of Early & Classical Islam (Assistant Professor)Nov 25: 4 Campus visits in late Nov/early Dec Received rejection letter stating that an offer was made
  • University of Maryland - College Park - Full, Associate, or Assistant Professor, Israeli history
  • McGill University - Pre-Nineteenth-Century Textual and/or Visual Cultures of the Persian World (Assistant or Associate Professor)
  • Missouri State University - Middle East History AHA interviews scheduled
  • Monmouth University - tenure track assistant professor in Middle East history Nov 13: Doing phone interviews, Nov. 6: received snail mail rejection
  • University of Montana - Middle East History (Assistant Professor) campus interviews held late late Nov. offer made
  • Montana State University-Bozeman - African or Middle Eastern Islamic World History (Assistant Professor) Nov. 19: Campus interviews scheduled offer made
  • Naval Postgraduate School - Middle East Studies (Open Rank) Muhammad Hafez (rumor)
  • University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill - Assistant Professor, Pre-Modern Muslim North Africa History Dec 6: Requested writing sample Dec 17: AHA interview scheduled
  • University of North Florida - Assistant Professor, modern Middle East Feb. 2 - I went by the application site, and this search was marked "Position Withdrawn." Given the cancellations of the FAU and USF searches, my guess is that the search was a victim of Florida's budget woes.
  • Northwestern University - Modern Middle Eastern History (Assistant Professor) Nov 19: On-Campus interview scheduled offer made
  • Oberlin College - Islam in the Pre-modern Mediterranean world (Assistant Professor or higher)
  • Oberlin College - Contemporary MENA (Assistant Professor or higher)
  • Ohio State University - Hebrew & Israel Studies (Assistant Professor)
  • Penn State - Erie-Behrend - Assistant Professor Asian, African or Middle Eastern History
  • University of Pittsburgh - History of the Islamic World (Associate or Assistant Professor) Nov 13: rejection email received ; early Dec: received snail rejection letter, then the following week, an AA form. Tacky. I wonder if it's a fake/inside search.
  • University of Pittsburgh - Islamic Societies (Advanced Associate or Full Professor)
  • Princeton University - Middle East since WWI (2 Postdoctoral Fellowships)March 11:Rejection e-mail received
  • Queens College, CUNY - Islamic Middle East (Assistant or Associate Professor) Nov 22: Campus visits arranged; Offer made
  • Radford University - Tenure-Track, Assistant Professor, Modern Middle East
  • Ramapo College of New Jersey - Middle Eastern & Islamic History (Assistant Professor)
  • University of Redlands - Assistant or Associate Professor, Middle Eastern History/Islamic Studies AHA interviews scheduled Offer made and accepted
  • Rhodes College - History of the Islamic World (Assistant Professor) MESA interviews scheduled/ On campus interviews begun Offer made and accepted (Etty Terem)
  • Rice University - Islamic History (Lecturer)
  • Rutgers University - Islamic History or Islamic Art History
  • University of the South - Islamic History (Assistant Professor) Nov 13: MESA interviews scheduled; on-campus interviews week of 12/10
  • University of South Carolina - History of the Islamic World (Assistant or Associate Professor) Nov 13: MESA interviews scheduled Nov. 22: Campus visits scheduled. Offer made.
  • University of Southern Mississippi - Asian or Middle Eastern History (Assistant Professor) Dec 5: AHA Interview scheduled Offer made and accepted
  • St. Lawrence University - History of Islamic Civilizations (Assistant Professor) Dec 14: AHA interviews scheduled Campus Visit - February
  • Swarthmore College - Modern Middle Eastern History (Assistant Professor 3-year position) Nov 13: MESA interviews scheduled. campus visits scheduled Offer made
  • University of Tennessee - Martin - Assistant Professor of Asian or Middle Eastern History AHA interviews scheduled Campus visits in progress
  • University of Texas - Dallas - Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern History Nov 18: AHA interviews scheduled Campus Visits February; Rejection letter received 1/26 Offer made.
  • Tulane University - Assistant Professor, Islamic/Middle Eastern History Dec 2: Requested writing sampleDec 15: AHA interview scheduledCampus Visits Scheduled
  • Vanderbilt University - Middle Eastern History (Assistant Professor) Nov. 10: MESA interviews scheduled. rejection email received
  • Vanderbilt University - Modern Jewish History (Assistant Professor)
  • Virginia Tech - Middle Eastern/ North African History (Assistant Professor)Nov. 10: MESA interviews scheduled. Nov 26: Campus visits scheduled in late Nov/early Dec Offer made
  • Western Illinois University - Tenure-track Assistant Professor, Middle East History AHA interviews scheduled Jan. 14: Campus visit scheduled for Feb.
  • University of Wisconsin-Whitewater - History of the Islamic world (Assistant Professor) AHA interviews scheduled Campus Visits Underway Offer made and accepted (Molly Patterson)
  • Yale University - Early Modern Muslim World (Assistant Professor) AHA interviews scheduled