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Wondering: Molloy's deadline isn't until May 1. It's going to be a long wait, I'm afraid.
Posted by: circling the drain | 04/21/2021 at 09:09 PM
I've just received an email from the Boğaziçi University's hiring committee. They are asking whether I am still willing to be in the candidate pool given the current politically messy situation in Turkey. I suppose this is a kind of generic email for all applicants?? Has anyone not received this email yet?
Posted by: curious | 04/22/2021 at 04:29 PM
Curious, I got the same e-mail. I suspect it was mass e-mailed to all the applicants.
Posted by: Gambling Addict | 04/22/2021 at 07:44 PM
@ Gambling Addict, Thank you for your reply!
Posted by: curious | 04/23/2021 at 10:34 AM
Central State (TT, open) is scheduling interviews
Posted by: Ohio dreamin’ | 04/23/2021 at 10:49 AM
Xavier University (Besl chair) has made an offer.
Posted by: rural juror | 04/24/2021 at 06:10 AM
Has anyone who interviewed with SUNY Buffalo ( non TT) heard back yet or know when they will be making a decision about the next step? I did not ask at the interview.
Posted by: Wondering | 04/24/2021 at 11:25 AM
Wondering: I interviewed this past Monday and have not heard back. I kind of suspect that there is an internal candidate who may be renewed.
Posted by: Rural juror | 04/24/2021 at 12:10 PM
Has anyone who interviewed with Bethel and subsequently had their references contacted heard anything?
Posted by: stressed | 04/24/2021 at 01:22 PM
Anyone hear from Emory?
Posted by: Curious? | 04/25/2021 at 04:31 PM
Anyone heard news from Central European University?
Posted by: Annie | 04/25/2021 at 05:40 PM
Has anyone heard from any of the following? Thanks in advance for any info.
U Richmond (VAP, ancient), U Puget Sound (VAP, ancient), CU-Boulder (non-TT instr., various AOCs), U Leeds (lecturer, AOC: continental/race)
Posted by: spreadsheet nearly cleared | 04/25/2021 at 10:56 PM
Wondering ...
just contact them, and ask when they think they will have made a decision. It is a normal thing to do.
Posted by: wandering | 04/26/2021 at 07:48 AM
has anyone who interviewed at Albion heard about second round?
Posted by: albion | 04/26/2021 at 04:12 PM
Spreadsheet: Do you mean the Leeds liberal arts job? I think it's open AOS, but the ad was a bit opaque. I heard the long listing meeting is on Wednesday.
Posted by: Anon | 04/27/2021 at 04:34 AM
Calgary is scheduling virtual flyouts.
Posted by: Calgary | 04/27/2021 at 09:21 AM
Buffalo scheduled second-round interviews.
Posted by: no buffalo for me | 04/27/2021 at 11:53 AM
UIndy anyone?
Posted by: anon | 04/27/2021 at 02:23 PM
Anon, no word from UIndy yet.
Has anyone who interviewed at Denison heard back?
Posted by: kiu | 04/27/2021 at 04:00 PM
Pfo for Richmond Ancient VAP; Kiu I haven't heard back from Denison either. I'd expect them to contact people for the next round (?) by the end of the week.
Posted by: Gambling Addict | 04/27/2021 at 06:38 PM
Denison has scheduled at least one second round.
Posted by: anon anon anon | 04/27/2021 at 07:24 PM
PFO North Hennepin CC
Posted by: Late Season Pessimist | 04/28/2021 at 12:34 PM
Hey folks, anyone knows what happened with Florida AI ethics? Did they hire anyone? Still waiting for my pfo after first round interview
Posted by: Florida? | 04/29/2021 at 12:15 PM
@Florida?: I emailed them a week ago to check because I got another offer. According to the search chair, the have someone they are probably going to hire. i'm guessing the PFO is coming for us all, probably just doing some negotiating.
Posted by: nowarmweatherforme | 04/29/2021 at 12:47 PM
Any finalists receive offers from St. Scholastica or NOVA Southeastern?
Posted by: The winter of my discontent | 04/29/2021 at 02:05 PM
Thanks nowarmweatherforme!
Posted by: Florida? | 04/29/2021 at 02:39 PM
Does anyone have any information about NYU Abu Dhabi?
Posted by: CuriousCarnap | 04/29/2021 at 03:09 PM
@The winter of my discontent: Someone has accepted the St. Scholastica offer.
Posted by: anon | 04/29/2021 at 03:24 PM
Has anyone heard from Tulane's VAP (deadline 4/5)? It was to teach ethics/social political/logic/phil religion...I can't find the philjobs post even in the expired ads to link to here
Posted by: Tulane VAP | 04/29/2021 at 03:55 PM
"Tulane VAP": An offer is out, I'm afraid
Posted by: AnonT | 04/30/2021 at 07:28 AM
Indianapolis is scheduling first-round interviews.
Posted by: anon | 04/30/2021 at 01:45 PM
U Puget Sound (VAP, ancient) has sent out interview requests
Posted by: Why are there so few schools in the best part of the US, i.e., the Pacific Northwest? | 04/30/2021 at 05:26 PM
Anyone heard from LMU Munich?
Posted by: A | 05/01/2021 at 05:26 PM
still nothing from Albion?
Posted by: albion | 05/03/2021 at 11:53 AM
any news about the Oxford moral philosophy postdoc(s)?
Posted by: Noxious Mark | 05/04/2021 at 01:23 PM
Bowling Green (TT)? Western Kentucky (TT)? Rhodes (TT)?
Posted by: T-bone | 05/04/2021 at 01:25 PM
Read the previous thread T-Bone:
"Rhodes has moved to 'on-campus' interviews.
Posted by: rhodes | 04/12/2021 at 01:53 PM "
"Interviews for Western Kentucky TT have been scheduled.
Posted by: A Name | 04/15/2021 at 07:35 PM "
Posted by: anon | 05/04/2021 at 02:45 PM
Florida Gulf Coast has finally decided to inform first round interview candidates of their unsuccessful application.
Posted by: Recent PhD | 05/04/2021 at 05:18 PM
Forgive the repetition, but I'm assuming there's still no word on CU-Boulder (non-TT instr., various AOCs)? I had the sense that interviews would have gone out by now.
Posted by: Sisyphus seeks a boulder | 05/05/2021 at 06:55 PM
LMU Munich (Practical) has asked for additional stuff from longlisted candidates.
Posted by: recent phd | 05/06/2021 at 06:09 AM
Sisyphus seeks a boulder: see previous thread
CU BOULDER: request for teaching video sent out today (three year instructor--NTT)
Posted by: rural juror | 04/12/2021 at 10:28 AM
Posted by: anon | 05/06/2021 at 11:09 AM
@anon, yes, the requests for videos were sent out (to a longlist?) a few weeks ago and then immediately retracted for FERPA reasons. I'm wondering about actual interviews since then.
Posted by: Sisyphus reads the threads | 05/06/2021 at 01:42 PM
Any finalists get an offer from McDaniel VAP?
Posted by: McDaniel? | 05/06/2021 at 03:54 PM
Fairfield VAP has scheduled Zoom interviews.
Posted by: anon | 05/07/2021 at 12:53 PM
Any info on Bowling Green?
Posted by: greenery | 05/09/2021 at 04:09 PM
Oklahoma State (VAP, open) is scheduling interviews.
Posted by: Oklahoma dreamin' | 05/10/2021 at 12:51 PM
Rhodes made an offer for their TT position and it's been accepted.
Posted by: Done@Rhodes | 05/10/2021 at 12:52 PM
Any second round invites to Utah Valley University (environmental)?
Posted by: UVU Environmental | 05/11/2021 at 01:29 PM
Anyone heard from Gustavus Adolphus College (VAP Philosophy of Science or Environmental Philosophy)?
Posted by: Gustavus | 05/12/2021 at 10:19 AM
PFO from Denison
Posted by: Nominous | 05/12/2021 at 12:52 PM
Seconding the question about Bowling Green. Anyone?
Posted by: BG app gang | 05/12/2021 at 02:17 PM
I emailed Bowling Green two days ago to withdraw my application and I was told by the contact person that they would pass the info along to the search committee. This suggests to me that they have not contacted interviewees yet.
Posted by: fwiw | 05/12/2021 at 03:15 PM
Any updates on Central European University (CEU)?
Posted by: Wondering | 05/14/2021 at 10:03 AM
has anyone heard from Molloy?
deadline was May 1
Posted by: anon | 05/14/2021 at 11:17 AM
@Wondering: CEU sent out PFOs yesterday
Posted by: Alexandru Marcoci | 05/14/2021 at 11:48 AM
Still waiting for my pfo from CEU!
Posted by: Austria | 05/14/2021 at 12:33 PM
Thanks, Alexandru. Although I don't love the continuing uncertainty that comes with not having received that PFO from CEU, I'll take what I can get I suppose. Anyone know if CEU have contacted their short list with interview requests?
Posted by: Wondering | 05/14/2021 at 12:40 PM
Molloy asked me for additional materials (teaching evals) on Tuesday, but I haven't heard anything since.
Posted by: Molloy or bust | 05/14/2021 at 01:45 PM
PFO from the Rotman Institute of Philosophy (Western University)
Posted by: no wonder | 05/14/2021 at 04:19 PM
Also haven't heard from CEU. Reckon there are enough of us that we shouldn't get our hopes up by putting too much stock in it. :/
Still, good luck everyone.
Posted by: Annie | 05/14/2021 at 05:54 PM
Also haven't heard anything from CEU. Any news about Indiana?
Posted by: anon | 05/16/2021 at 09:57 AM
Indianapolis held first-round interviews.
Posted by: hoosier | 05/17/2021 at 12:16 AM
PFO from CEU, about an hour ago
Posted by: gt | 05/18/2021 at 07:19 AM
Does anyone have any news about the phil science/epistemology postdoc at the University of Vienna?
Posted by: gt | 05/18/2021 at 07:46 AM
Has anyone who had a first round interview at either HKU or Lingnan (open search) heard anything back yet (i.e. either second round interview invites, or PFO)?
Posted by: Anon | 05/18/2021 at 09:34 AM
I am reliably informed that the Vienna postdocs have been filled.
Posted by: abc | 05/18/2021 at 10:01 AM
@abc: argh! I suspected as much, but having heard nothing -- and since I had initially been asked to supply additional materials -- there was still that minuscule sliver of irrational hope... anyway, thanks!
Posted by: gt | 05/18/2021 at 11:32 AM
Has Indianapolis scheduled flyouts?
Posted by: anon | 05/18/2021 at 01:31 PM
Dartmouth has hired one one-year lecturer (race/gender) and is talking to candidates for a second (history). https://philjobs.org/job/show/17162
Posted by: twirling towards freedom | 05/19/2021 at 05:08 AM
Has anyone heard from U Ill., Urbana-Champaign (non-TT lecturer, ancient)?
Posted by: anon ancient | 05/19/2021 at 12:46 PM
A bit confused by the CEU trickle. Are they sending the PFOs out individually?
Posted by: Annie | 05/20/2021 at 05:54 AM
Has anyone heard from any of the three LSE positions?
Posted by: anon | 05/20/2021 at 06:57 AM
@Annie: it's bizarre, I agree. The email I received was classic PFO - perhaps more polite and carefully worded than others I've received, but certainly not recipient-specific. Who knows... fingers crossed you have better luck!
Posted by: gt | 05/20/2021 at 10:25 AM
Thanks so much @gt — and for the well-wishes, too. Fingers crossed for you with any other apps!
Posted by: Annie | 05/20/2021 at 11:33 AM
Really hate to be yet another person asking about Bowling Green but we’re coming up on a month since the deadline now and the new hire is supposed to start in August. And there’s been no news here or in my inbox. Does anyone close to Bowling Green know if they canceled the search, or if they’re just sorting through the (likely) enormous number of applications, or something else?
Posted by: BeeBop Rocksteady | 05/20/2021 at 01:38 PM
Miami University, OH (VAP Ethics/Environmental) is scheduling first round interviews.
Posted by: not dead yet | 05/20/2021 at 04:38 PM
Bowling Green has scheduled second-round interviews.
Posted by: The Messenger | 05/20/2021 at 07:13 PM
Does anyone know if the Singapore Management University teaching positions (critical thinking) are sending out offers yet? Last I heard there was 7 candidates and all the job talks/interviews should be done by now.
Thanks!
Posted by: Trying to Retire | 05/21/2021 at 11:45 AM
Penn State (non-TT teaching, open) is requesting further materials (letters).
Posted by: State College dreamin' | 05/21/2021 at 01:25 PM
I'm under no illusion that I've been successful, but I'm very curious about what happened with the NIH Bioethics Post-Doc. I never heard one way or the other and my inquiries went unanswered. Did anyone else receive at least a PFO?
Posted by: NIH info? | 05/23/2021 at 11:56 AM
I am just purely curious about whether the University of Alberta hired somebody or not. It was a TT in Technology and Society Studies and the deadline was last October.
Posted by: pure curiosity | 05/24/2021 at 11:12 AM
Has anyone heard from Bowdoin about their postdoc teaching fellowship? Their confirmation of receipt emails says "you will be notified if selected for further consideration" so I am guessing they will not be sending out PFOs....
Posted by: Beep Beep Lettuce | 05/24/2021 at 11:17 AM
Any news on either of the two Limited Term Appointments at University of the Fraser Valley?
https://philjobs.org/job/show/17270
https://philjobs.org/job/show/17274
Posted by: UFV | 05/24/2021 at 06:49 PM
Has anyone heard from Grand Canyon University?
Posted by: GC wondering | 05/24/2021 at 07:35 PM
Has anyone else noticed an apparent pattern of there being more hires than usual for jobs that were never advertised this year? (I know this is common at the senior level, but I'm talking about the junior level.) I can count at least three that I can think of, plus a bunch of people who gave what were very clearly job talks at institutions that didn't put out jobs (i.e. clusters of three-four very junior people, most of whom didn't have permanent jobs, giving talks on Fridays in January and February). This seems like a really bad development to me if true!
Posted by: anonymous tenure track at R1 | 05/24/2021 at 08:11 PM
Has anyone heard from King's College Halifax (the faculty fellow position for the Foundation Year program)?
Posted by: wondering | 05/24/2021 at 09:08 PM
Anonymous tenure track at R1: probably this is a topic for the job market discussion thread. But I'm just curious if you are willing to point at specific cases. I have in mind [*moderator redacted*] but I cannot remember any job ad. But even if this was the case (and I'm not sure it is), what is the problem exactly? Why can't a department of a private institution hire whoever it wants, as departments often do with senior scholars? This is not a rhetorical question, I'm genuinely asking.
Posted by: But what's the problem exactly | 05/25/2021 at 08:27 AM
'What's the problem' and 'Anonymous tenure-track': This kind of discussion does belong on the job-market discussion thread, rather than on the reporting thread. But regardless, I'm concerned about asking for particular examples, which is why I've redacted the example that 'What's the problem' gave. In brief, my concern is that these discussions can very quickly result in casting aspersions regarding whether 'X deserved to be hired' or was 'hired illegitimately', and I don't think those kinds of explicit or implicit implications are consistent with this blog's mission.
If you want to discuss the *general* phenomenon of hires being made without advertisements, that's fine--though I ask that the discussion be careful in terms of respecting this blog's mission. Also, one quick note: isn't it possible that some of the hires in question were for jobs advertised in previous job seasons? My sense is that sometimes people report their "new hires" on PhilAppointments years late in some cases.
Posted by: Marcus Arvan | 05/25/2021 at 09:27 AM
I know of at least one case where someone had an appointment for a position advertised the *previous* year, but because of covid, the hire was delayed from starting. So it need not be nefarious.
Posted by: Anon | 05/25/2021 at 10:30 AM
Has anyone heard from LMU Munich (Decision Theory)?
Posted by: Oktoberfest | 05/25/2021 at 10:45 AM
LMU Munich (Practical) has scheduled interviews for shortlisted candidates.
Posted by: recent phd | 05/25/2021 at 07:04 PM
Any updates on Central European University (CEU)? Still haven't heard anything after several on here mentioned receiving PFOs a week ago.
Posted by: Annie | 05/26/2021 at 09:32 AM
Does anyone know if Calgary has made an offer? Or has that decision not yet been made?
Posted by: Anon wondering | 05/26/2021 at 11:04 AM
Penn State (non-TT teaching) is scheduling interviews
Posted by: State College still dreamin' | 05/27/2021 at 06:44 PM
@Annie: I still haven't heard from their either. Thought they said they'd be doing interviews now, too, so I wonder if they're running behind, not sending PFOs to everyone, or what.
Posted by: Vienna dreaming | 05/28/2021 at 01:44 PM
Ugh. I meant: "...from *them, i.e., CEU* either." It has been a long year.
Posted by: Vienna dreaming | 05/28/2021 at 02:14 PM
Oklahoma State University VAP positions have been filled.
Posted by: xmas spirit | 05/28/2021 at 03:52 PM
Thank you, Vienna dreaming. It has indeed been a very long year.
Posted by: Annie | 05/29/2021 at 06:59 AM
I'm guessing there is still no word, but has anyone had an update on the CU-Boulder non-TT teaching position?
Posted by: Adrift | 06/01/2021 at 01:38 PM
@Adrift: the rumor, secondhand but from a reliable source, is that CU Boulder (non-TT inst., various AOCs) has not yet sent out interview invitations and is likely to send them out sometime this week.
Posted by: Boulderless Sisyphus | 06/01/2021 at 02:12 PM