German Studies 2014-2015

This page is dedicated to academic jobs in German. The jobs found here are added by individuals as well as drawn from sources such as the MLA job list, Higher Ed Jobs, the Chronicle of Higher Education, Inside Higher Ed, the AATG job list, jobs.ac.uk, and other lists and websites. This site will serve as the primary source of information this year as the previous host site (wikihost.org) has become unreliable.

Click here for the 2013-2014 list

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.

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:

1. Midwest Dreamland U, 16/17th c., due 11/1/08
   • writing sample requested by e-mail 12/1
   • phone interview scheduled 12/15
   • MLA interview scheduled 12/20
   • on-campus interview invitation 1/15
   • offer extended 3/15
   • offer accepted 3/25
   • rejection letter received 4/1

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Tenure Track Literature/Culture/Film Faculty Positions

1. Boston C (MA), asst. prof., due 11/15/14, link
2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, asst. prof., specialization in contemp. German studies with direct relevance to cultural anthropology, media and arts, digital humanities, urban/youth/popular cultures, ethnicity/diaspora, or German history/literature/cultural studies, due 10/1/14, link

• Invited for Skype interview, 10/22/2014

1. Michigan State U, asst. prof. of German studies and global studies, due 11/30/14, link
2. Michigan State U, open rank, German literature and culture, due 11/30/14, link
3. Portland State U (OR), asst. prof., due 12/15/14, link
4. St. Olaf C (MN), asst. or assoc. prof., review begins 10/1/14, link
5. Texas Christian U, asst. prof, 1750-present, due 11/21/14, link
6. U of Alabama, asst. prof., area of expertise open, review begins 11/1/14, open until filled, link
7. U of California, Berkeley, asst. prof., 1750 to the present, due 11/3/14, link
8. U of Colorado, Boulder, asst. prof., any research specialty post-1750 (Romanticism, gender studies, queer theory, psychoanalysis especially desirable), review begins 10/1/14, open until filled, link
   • Request for writing sample, letters of recommendation, and skype/phone interview 10/9
9. U of Mary Washington (VA), asst prof., preference for Holocaust Studies, Memorial Studies, and experience conducting short-term study abroad, due 12/1/14, link
10. U of Massachusetts, Amherst, asst. prof., link [this job has not been officially posted but is anticipated]
11. U of Michigan, asst. prof., esp. interdisciplinary research foci such as migration/diaspora studies, ethnic/minority studies, or transnational/comparative studies, due 10/15/14, link
12. U of New Hampshire, asst. prof., research area open, preference for interdisciplinary fields and/or comparativist research in the 20th and 21st C, due 12/15/14, link
13. U of North Carolina, Asheville, asst. prof., 20th or 21st C German lit. and culture, due 10/13/14, link
14. U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, asst. prof., medieval German studies, due 11/7/14, link
15. U of Pennsylvania, asst. prof., 20th and 21st C, modernism through the present, due 11/10/14, link
16. U of Washington, asst. prof., late 18th, 19th, or early 20th C German lit. and culture, due 10/31/14, link
17. Wayne State U (MI), asst. or assoc. prof., contemporary German cultural studies, link
18. Williams C (MA), asst. prof., specialization from 18th C to present, interdisciplinary and/or comparative focus strongly preferred, due 12/1/14, link

Senior Faculty Positions

1. Michigan State U, chair of the Dept. of Linguistics and Germanic, Slavic, Asian and African Langs., review begins 10/10/14, link
2.  U of Missouri, St. Louis, Prof. and Dept. Chair, Dept. of Anthropology, Sociology, and Languages, review begins 11/1/2014

Visiting/Lecturer/non-Tenure Track Positions

See also: Humanities and Social Sciences Postdocs 2014-15

1. Amherst C (MA), full-time lecturer in German language and culture, multi-year renewal contingent upon 3rd-yr. review, review begins 12/1/14, link
2. Baylor U (TX), regular lecturer, due 10/15/14, link
3. Boston U (MA), lecturer, due 11/14/14, link
4. Centre C (KY), 2-year asst. prof., a period prior to 1900, due 1/26/15, link
5. Lafayette C (PA), lecturer, due 11/7/14, link
6. Northern Michigan U, 3-year asst. prof., due 11/10/14, link
7. Northwestern U (IL), 2-5 year appointment in German Studies through DAAD, only EU citizens may apply, due 11/2/14, link
8. Pennsylvania State U, 3-year lecturer, must have experience teaching online, due 11/15/14, link
9. Rhodes C (TN), 2-year asst. prof., specialization open, some preference for 20th and 21st C literature and culture, due 11/15/14, link
10. State U of New York at New Paltz, 3-year lecturer, link
11. Swarthmore C (PA), 3-year visiting asst. prof., German and gender and sexuality studies, due 12/10/14, link
12. United States Military Academy (NY), 3-year instructor or asst. prof., due 12/8/14, link
13. U of Arizona, non-tenure eligible asst. prof., 1750 to the present, review begins 11/15/14, link
14. U of Minnesota, 2-5 year appointment in German Studies through DAAD, only EU citizens may apply, due 11/2/14, link
15. U of Pennsylvania, 2-5 year appointment in German Studies through DAAD, only EU citizens may apply, due 11/2/14, link

Applied Linguistics/Language Coordinator/Pedagogy/Program Director Positions

1. Carnegie Mellon U (PA), open rank prof. in second language acquisition, due 10/31/14, link
2. Dartmouth C (NH), language program director, due 11/15/14, link
3. Rice U (TX), lecturer in German, training in second language pedagogy, due 11/15/14, link

Faculty Positions outside of the US

1. Chinese U Hong Kong, prof., assoc. prof., or asst. prof. of Second Language Acquisition / European Linguistics (incl. German), 3 yrs., renewable, Reference Number 1415/029(737)/2, open until filled, link
2. Deutsch-Jordanische Hochschule (Jordan), Promovierte Lehrkraft für Fach- und Wissenschaftssprache, link
3. Europa-U Flensburg, Universitätsprofessur (W2), germanistische Literaturwissenschaft mit Schwerpunkt "Deutschsprachige Literatur des 20. und 21. Jahrhunderts im europäischen Kontext", due 10/23/14, link
4. Fritz Bauer Institut (Frankfurt a. M.), Wiss. Mitarb., "Die deutsch-israelischen Beziehungen in den Geisteswissenschaften zwischen 1970 und 2000",  due 10/15/14
5. Georg-August-U Göttingen, W3-Professur für Germanistische Mediävistik/Ältere deutsche Literatur und Sprache, link
6. Gulf U for Science and Technology (Kuwait), asst. prof., due 12/1/14, link
7. Leopold-Franzens-U Innsbruck, Universitätsprofessor/in, Fachdidaktik des Unterrichtsfaches Deutsch (Literaturdidaktik), due 10/15/14
8. U Brunei Darussalam (Brunei), lecturer/assistant professor of German language, link
9. U Brunei Darussalam (Brunei), Education Officer in German language, link
10. U Hamburg, wissenschaftl. Mitarbeiter/in im Projekt »Geteilte Erfahrung Migration im deutsch-türkischen und türkischen Film«, due 10/21/14
11. U de Lausanne, Ordentliche Professur für germanistische Linguistik (100%), no due date given
12. U of St. Andrews (UK), Professor of German, any area of German Studies, due 11/14/2014, link

Multi-Language Faculty Positions

1. New Mexico State U, college asst. prof. of German and Portuguese, due 10/15/14, link
2. U of Chicago, asst. prof. comparatist, nineteenth- and twentieth-century German and Russian literature and culture, due 09/22/14, link (also posted at Comparative 2015 and Russian/Slavic 2014-2015)

Other Germanic Languages

1. U of California, Berkeley, lecturer in Dutch (beginning spring 2015), due 11/5/2014 link
2. U of Washington, asst. prof. of Norwegian

Other German-Related Faculty Positions

NOTE: German History positions are also posted at European History 2014-15

1. Brandeis U, Albert Abramson Chair in Holocaust Studies, due 11/1/2014 for full consideration 
2. Loyola U Maryland, asst. prof. of modern German history, due 11/15/14, application link ; link with extended description and additional submission requirements
3. Murray State U., asst. prof. of English Medieval Literature, ability to teach German courses required (graduate coursework in German), due 12/1/14, link (also posted at Medieval 2015)
4. U of Chicago, asst. or assoc. prof. of philosophy, German idealism, due 9/30/14, link
5. U of North Carolina, Asheville, asst. prof. of modern German or Central European History, incl. colonial or postcolonial African History link
6. U of Utah, asst. prof. of history, 20th C German history, due 10/20/14, link