Fortunately, today my google groups reminded me that the fellowship/one year appointment applications are never done. There's a:
- Two year reduced teaching load fellowship at Lawrence University (though apparently a lot more people are getting in on this action).
- A One Year Lectureship at University of Birmingham (UK).
- A One year Lectureship in Continental
- A One year at Oxford/Corpus Cristi....
-- Second Suitor
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I graduated from Lawrence University in philosophy. I didn't continue studies in philosophy after my BA, though I often wish I had. If I had done so, I think I would have jumped at the opportunity to go back and teach at Lawrence, even in a short-term capacity. Yes, a longer-term appointment elsewhere (especially a tenure-track one) would probably win out over a two-year gig at Lawrence, but I love the school and the department, and as I think my goals would have been more teaching-oriented than research-oriented, it is the kind of place I would have hoped to end up.
I think I'm done with the job search process for Fall 08. I've got a few adjunct gigs lined up for the fall and I'm defending my dissertation shortly. Won't be graduating for a while though....
It is scary to be venturing out of the secure confines of grad school without a full-time position lined up, but such is life (at least, right now). Will be spending a good deal of time this summer retooling my application materials for the Fall 09 job season.
It might be worthwhile to discuss here what others think should be involved in revising one's application materials...
And don't forget the two one-year positions at Leeds:
http://www.jobs.ac.uk/jobs/YZ235/Lecturers/
What are the rules for applying to teach in the UK, if you're just a regular old American? I've looked at a couple of applications and they all have a question that says "are you allowed to work in the UK"? My frist response is, How the hell would I know? I'm not a lawyer. So I say "yes, I think so, I mean I'm American and lots of Americans work in the UK," but I haven't gotten a reply for any jobs and maybe it's because I should know better what to say.
Thanks
For UK work, I would suggest that you just mention that you're a US citizen, so you'll need some sort of visa. I seem to remember the UK jobs I applied to all made strange assumptions in their application material, asking for things like my UK health insurance number and other things that I clearly didn't have. But I was shortlisted at two of the jobs anyway.
I don't know if they'd be as interested in going through the administrative hoops of getting a visa for a one-year position, but you might as well apply and mention this relevant fact.
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