The preliminary 2008-2009 German wiki is here.

For new position announcements, please add the relevant information: School, specialty, due date, and link to job description, if available.

As job search progress indicators become available, add the type of information and date preceded by a hyphen on the next line after the position announcement. 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 11/1/07 - updates:
   - writing sample requested by e-mail 11/5
   - phone interview scheduled 11/20
   - MLA interview scheduled 12/3
   - on-campus interview invitation 1/12
   - offer extended 3/11
   - offer accepted 3/25
   - rejection letter received 4/1 (Rejection letters received after the on campus visits.)
   

June's here. The new job list comes out in a couple months. Time to see how things are going. If you haven't done so yet, bump up the appropriate category by one.
I was on the market this year, and...
...I have a TT job in the fall: 5
...I have a full-time visiting position in the fall: 6
...I have a part-time position in the fall:
...I will still be at my PhD institution in the fall:
...I will have a non-academic job in the fall:
...I have a grant or postdoctoral appointment for the fall:
...I'm still on the market for a job in the fall:
...I will be unemployed this fall:

1. ACTFL interviews
2. Where is last year's Wiki? Right here: http://wikihost.org/wikis/academe/wiki/german
3. Do you mind putting how you were contacted for interviews?
4. How many people are on the job market this year, any estimate? 100, 150, 200?
5. About how many people does any particular college/university usually invite to an MLA interview?
6. Schools without updates
7. Should we post second-hand info and rumors?

1. Agnes Scott C, 20th/21st c., due 11/15/07 - updates:
   - MLA interview scheduled 12/18
   - on-campus interview scheduled by phone 12/31
   - offer made and rejected
   - offer made and accepted (second hand)
   - rejection email received 3/11
   
2. Auburn U, 19th/20th c., due 11/25/07 - updates:
   - MLA interview scheduled 12/20
   - on-campus interviews scheduled
   - offer made and accepted (rejection letter) 4/3
   
3. Augustana College, due 10/15/07 - updates:
   - MLA interview scheduled 11/30
   - on-campus interview scheduled 1/7
   - rejection email received 2/9 (apparently offer has been made and presumably been accepted)
   - offer accepted (second hand)
   
4. Austin College, due 12/1/07 - updates:
   - MLA interview scheduled 12/17
   - on-campus interview scheduled 1/11
   - offer made
   - offer accepted (according to rejection e-mail) 3/14
   
5. Central Connecticut SU, due ASAP - updates:
   - telephone interview scheduled 3/11
   - invited for campus interview 4/1
   - rejection letter sent 7/9/08
   
6. Clemson U, 20th c., due 11/30/07 - updates:
   - MLA interview scheduled 12/6
   - on-campus interview scheduled 1/3
   - offer made and accepted
   
7. Coastal Carolina U, due 1/1/08 - updates:
   - on-campus interviews scheduled (second hand)
   
8. Duke U, 19th c. or contemporary, due 10/26/07 - updates:
   - writing sample requested 11/15
   - MLA interview scheduled 12/5
   - on-campus interviews scheduled 12/30
   - offer made and accepted 2/19
   
9. East Carolina U, German, due 2/18/08 - updates:
   - phone interviews scheduled by email 2/29
   - phone interviews ongoing 3/5-3/7
   - campus interview scheduled 3/11
   - offer made and accepted 4/1
   
10. Georgetown U, curriculum coordinator/SLA, due 11/1/2007 - updates:
    - writing samples requested 11/20
    - offer made and accepted (second hand)
    
11. Georgetown U, 18th/19th c., due 11/1/2007 - updates:
    - writing samples requested 11/20
    - MLA interview scheduled 12/12
    - rejection letter received via email 1/8
    - offer made and accepted (second hand)
    
12. Georgia SU, 20th/21st c., due 11/21/07 - updates:
    - MLA interview scheduled 12/7
    - on-campus interview scheduled 1/9
    - offer made and accepted
    - rejection email received 3/15
    
13. Gettysburg C, due 11/30/07 - updates:
    - MLA interview scheduled 12/11
    - on-campus interview scheduled 1/9
    - offer made and accepted (second hand) 2/11
    - rejection letter received 2/23
    
14. Hardin-Simmons U, posted 7/6/07 (reposted as French and/or German for 2008? see multi-language section)
15. Henderson SU, due 2/15/08 - updates:
    - on-campus interview scheduled
    - offer made, and presumably accepted (from rejection e-mail) 4/17/08
    
16. Indiana U, Bloomington, film/media/visual culture, due 10/31/07 - updates:
    - MLA interview scheduled 12/11
    - on-campus interview scheduled 1/4
    - offer made and accepted (second hand) 2/18
    
17. Iowa SU, due 1/15/08 - updates:
    - contacted via e-mail if still interested in the job; short list has been determined 2/12
    - offer made and rejected, 3/15
    - 2nd offer made (first hand information) and accepted (first hand), contract pending
    
18. James Madison U, due 11/24/07 - updates:
    - MLA interview scheduled 11/29
    - on-campus interview scheduled
    
19. Juniata C, due 11/21/07 - offer accepted
    
20. Kenyon C, due 12/7/07 - updates:
    - MLA interview scheduled 12/19
    - on-campus interview scheduled 1/8
    - offer made and accepted (according to rejection email)
    
21. Lewis and Clark C, 19th/20th c., due 11/16/07 - updates:
    - MLA interview scheduled 12/6
    - on campus interviews scheduled
    - offer made and accepted (second hand)
    - rejection email received 3/7
    
22. Michigan SU, 20th c., due 11/2/07 - updates:
    - writing sample requested 11/15
    - MLA interviews scheduled
    - on campus interviews scheduled
    - offer made and accepted (according to rejection email)
    
23. Middlebury C, 20th c., due 12/1/2007 - updates:
    - MLA interview scheduled 12/6
    - on-campus interviews scheduled 12/30
    - offer accepted (second hand)
    
24. Mississippi SU, German, due 12/7/2007
25. Moravian C, due 12/3/07 - updates:
    - MLA interview scheduled 12/11
    - offer made (second hand)
    - offer declined (second hand) 2/20
    - offer made 2/27
    - offer accepted 3/6
    
26. North Carolina State U, post-Reformation, due 11/15/07 - updates:
    - MLA interview scheduled 11/27
    - on-campus interviews scheduled 12/29
    - offer made and accepted (second hand)
    - rejection letter received 2/28
    
27. Northwestern U, 20th c., due 11/21/07 - updates:
    - MLA interviews scheduled
    - search canceled
    
28. Oklahoma Baptist U, no due date listed
29. Oregon SU, due 3/7/08 - updates:
    - contacted for phone interview 3/19
    - rejection e-mail received and retracted 3/22 (see discussion page)
    - on-campus interview scheduled 4/6
    - offer extended 4/22
    - offer accepted 4/30
    
30. Pacific Lutheran U, due 11/15/07 - updates:
    - MLA interview scheduled 12/16
    - on-campus interviews scheduled 1/11
    - offer made
    - offer rejected 3/26
    - on-campus interview scheduled 4/4
    - offer made and accepted (rejection e-mail) 4/29
    
31. Sam Houston SU, no due date given, for fall 2008 - updates:
    - on campus interviews scheduled 2/15
    - search completed (rejection email) 4/7
    
32. Shippensburg U of Pennsylvania, due 11/15/07 - updates:
    - phone interviews scheduled 12/8 and 12/11
    - on-campus interviews scheduled 12/21
    - offer made and accepted 3/18
    
33. Southern Connecticut SU, asst/assoc, due 12/1/07 - updates:
    - MLA interview scheduled 12/20
    - on-campus interviews scheduled 1/20
    - rejection letter dated 4/11
    
34. Stanford University, German Studies, due electronically 12/31/07 - updates:
    - video-conference interviews scheduled 1/9
    - on campus interviews scheduled 1/25
    - offer made
    - offer accepted (second hand)
    
35. Tennessee Tech U, due 11/15/07 - updates:
    - audio CD requested by e-mail 11/6
    - teaching philosophy requested by e-mail 12/7
    - phone interview scheduled 12/11 and 12/13
    - MLA interview scheduled during phone interview 12/13 and 12/14 and 12/17
    - offer made (second hand)
    - offer rejected 3/12
    - contacted for campus visit 3/13
    - offer extended 4/22
    - offer accepted 4/29
    
36. Texas A&M U, post-Enlightenment, due 11/1/07 - updates:
    - offer made (according to rejection letter)
    
37. Texas A&M U, modernist, due 11/1/07 - updates:
    - position filled (second hand)
    - offer made (according to rejection letter) 2/25
    
38. Texas Tech U, Asst./Assoc./Full Professor, due 11/15/07 - updates:
    - phone interview scheduled 12/4
    - on-campus interviews scheduled 12/14
    - offer made
    - offer declined 3/1
    
39. U Arizona, due 11/10/07 - updates:
    - MLA interviews scheduled 11/20
    - on campus interviews scheduled
    - offer made and accepted (according to rejection email) 2/6
    
40. U Arkansas at Little Rock, due 11/16/07 - updates:
    - MLA and/or phone interviews scheduled on 12/10 and 12/14
    - on-campus interview, 3rd week of Feb. (second hand)
    - offer made (second hand)
    - offer accepted
    
41. U California, Santa Cruz, modernist, due 11/15/2007 - updates:
    - writing sample requested 12/6
    - MLA interview scheduled 12/14
    - on-campus interviews scheduled 12/29
    - offer made 2/20
    - offer accepted
    - rejection received via email 3/26
    
42. U California, Santa Cruz, Asst./Assoc./Full Prof. of Language Study, postmarked by 12/5/07 - updates:
    - MLA interview scheduled 12/17
    - invited first round of candidates to campus 1/18 (others might be invited later - second hand info)
    
43. U Chicago, due 11/15/07 - updates:
    - MLA interviews scheduled 12/5
    - on-campus interviews scheduled 12/30
    - assistant professor search cancelled (second hand)
    
44. U Illinois - Chicago, due 11/5/07 - updates:
    - MLA interview scheduled 12/10
    - on campus interviews scheduled
    - offer made (second hand)
    - offer accepted 4/1
    - rejection letter received 4/1
    
45. U of Illinois - Springfield, due 1/7/08
46. U Kansas, asst/assoc professor, 19th-century, due 11/5/07 - updates:
    - MLA interview scheduled 12/1
    - on-campus interviews scheduled 1/14
    - offer made and accepted (second hand)
    
47. U Maryland, 18th c., due 10/15/07 - updates:
    - phone interview 10/29
    - campus interview 11/28
    - offer extended and accepted 12/11
    - rejection letter received via mail 12/20
    
48. U Miami, 20/21st c., due 11/15/07 - updates:
    - MLA interview scheduled 12/4
    - on-campus interviews scheduled
    
49. U Mississippi, due 11/10/07 - updates:
    - phone interviews scheduled 11/27
    - on-campus interviews scheduled 12/5
    - offer made and accepted (according to rejection email) 2/18
    
50. U Missouri, Columbia, due 11/5/07 - updates:
    - writing sample requested 11/14
    - MLA interview scheduled 12/5
    - on-campus interviews scheduled 1/3
    - offer made and accepted
    
51. U North Carolina - Chapel Hill, Early Modern/pre-1750, due 10/31/07 - updates:
    - writing sample requested 11/19
    - MLA interview scheduled 12/7
    - on campus interviews scheduled
    - offer made and accepted (second hand)
    
52. U North Carolina - Wilmington, due 11/15/2007 - updates:
    - MLA interviews scheduled 12/10
    - on-campus interview scheduled 1/8
    - offer extended 2/28
    - offer accepted 3/5
    
53. U Northern Iowa, pre-20th c., due 2/22/08 - updates:
    - phone interview scheduled by e-mail 3/3
    - on-campus interview scheduled by e-mail 3/27
    
54. U South Alabama, due 3/1/08 - updates:
    - phone interview scheduled by email 3/7
    - invited to campus interview 3/20
    - offer extended 4/16
    - offer accepted 4/21
    
55. Virginia Tech, due 12/1/07 - updates:
    - MLA interviews scheduled 12/10
    - on-campus interviews scheduled 1/15
    - offer made and accepted (second hand) 2/20
    - rejection letter received 3/20
    - contacted for phone interview for VAP position 2/28
    
56. Wabash College, due 11/19/07 - updates:
    - MLA interviews scheduled 12/12
    - on-campus interviews scheduled 1/2
    - offer made
    - offer declined 2/9
    - rejection email received 3/14
    
57. Wellesley C, post 1750, due 11/1/07 - updates:
    - MLA interviews scheduled 11/29
    - on-campus interviews scheduled 1/2
    - no assistant professor hire will be made this year (from rejection email 3/12)
    
58. Western Carolina U, due 11/10/07 - updates:
    - MLA interviews scheduled 12/12
    - offer made and accepted (according to rejection email) 2/27
    
59. Western Washington U, applied ling., due 11/15/07 - updates:
    - MLA interviews scheduled 12/6
    - on-campus interviews scheduled 1/9
    - offer extended 2/15
    - offer accepted 2/18
    
60. Western Washington U, due 11/15/07 - updates:
    - MLA interview scheduled 12/6
    - on campus interviews completed
    - offer made and accepted (second hand)
    
61. Willamette U, due 11/1/07 - updates:
    - MLA interviews scheduled 12/3
    - on-campus interviews scheduled 1/9
    - offer declined (second hand)
    - offer made and accepted (second hand)
    

1. U Kansas, Yiddish, due 12/14/07
2. U North Dakota, Norwegian, due 11/1/07

1. Monash University, Australia, Lecturer in German Studies, due 12/20/2007 - updates:
   - rejection email received 3/13
   
2. U Alberta, 18-21st c., due 10/20/07 - updates:
   - on-campus interviews scheduled for 11/22-11/30
   - on-campus interviews scheduled for 1/14-15 and 1/24-25
   - offer made
   - offer accepted 2/15
   
3. University C, Cork, Ireland, Lecturer in German (2 positions) Job Description
4. U Otago (New Zealand) - updates:
   - rejection letter received via mail 10/22
   
5. U Toronto, 18th-21st c., due 11/20/07 - updates:
   - MLA interviews scheduled 12/7
   - on-campus interviews scheduled
   - offer made and accepted 2/20
   - rejection letter received 3/12
   
6. U Victoria, 19th/20th c., due 9/30/07 - updates:
   - on-campus interviews scheduled 11/29
   - offer made and presumably accepted (according to rejection letter)
   - rejection letter received via email 3/26
   

1. Bellarmine U, full-time instructor of German + other language, due 12/15/07
2. East Tennessee SU, French/German, due 10/15/07
3. Hampton U, asst/assoc with German + French MA, no due date Job Description
4. Hardin-Simmons U, new, or reposted as German and/or French? Job Description - updates:
   - job posted 3/25/08; appt. to begin Fall 2009
   - applications accepted through October 2008
   
5. Illinois SU, applied linguistics + German or other language, due 11/9/07 - updates:
   - phone interview scheduled 12/5
   - invited Spanish applied linguists to campus (visits early Feb.)
   
6. Marlboro C, applied linguistics + European language (not Spanish), due 11/15/07 - updates:
   - MLA interview scheduled 12/13 - they invited a French applied linguist
   
7. Midwestern SU, German/Spanish, no due date listed - updates:
   - on-campus interviews scheduled 1/10
   - offer made
   - offer declined 4/9
   
8. North Georgia C & SU, French/Spanish + German, no due date given
9. Sam Houston SU, German and Arabic, starting date ASAP - updates:
   - search completed according to rejection mail 4/7
   
10. Shenandoah U, German and French, no due date given
11. Southern Utah U, French + German or other language, no due date given
12. U Saskatchewan, Asst. Prof. of German AND Russian, due 1/1/08
13. U San Diego, SLA, any language, due 11/15/07 - updates:
    - according to the Spanish wiki, candidates have been contacted 12/17
    
14. U Toledo, French/German VAP, due ASAP via AATG job list
15. Washington State U, German and second language, one year, option of 3 year extension, review begins 04/25/08 Job Description
16. West Texas A&M U, teach two of German, French, or Spanish, due 3/31/08

1. Angelo SU, VAP, open until filled Job Description - updates:
   - contacted by phone for confirmation of continued interest 4/1
   - phone interview scheduled 4/11
   - invited to campus interview 4/19
   - offer extended and accepted 5/2
   
2. Auburn U, 1-year instructor renewable up to 5 years, due 4/15 - updates:
   - contacted for phone interview 4/22
   
3. Ball SU, 1-year contract faculty position, open until filled Job Description - updates:
   - contacted by phone for confirmation of continued interest 4/21
   - phone interview scheduled 4/24
   - offer made 5/2
   - offer accepted 5/14
   
4. Bucknell University, 1-year VAP, 20th/21st c. lit and film, open until filled - updates:
   - on-campus interview scheduled 4/3
   
5. C of Holy Cross, visiting instructor, 1 year, open until filled - updates:
   - phone interview scheduled 4/11
   - on campus visit scheduled 4/25
   - offer made and accepted 5/21
   
6. C of St. Scholastica, visiting lecturer, 1 year, no due date given Job Description - updates:
   - phone interview scheduled 2/8
   - on-campus interview 4/24
   - offer extended and declined 4/26
   
7. California State U, Fullerton, full-time lecturer, due 10/29/07 - updates:
   - phone interview scheduled 11/21
   - on-campus interview scheduled 11/26
   - offer made and declined (second hand)
   - rejection letter sent 7/9/08
   
8. Carleton C, Visiting Asst. Prof., due 11/26/07 - updates:
   - MLA interview scheduled 12/10
   - on-campus interviews scheduled 12/29
   - offer made (second hand)
   - offer accepted (according to rejection email) 2/18
   
9. Carnegie Mellon U, Lecturer in German, 3-year renewable, professional track, due 10/29/07 - updates:
   - MLA interview scheduled 12/12
   - on-campus interviews scheduled
   - offer made and accepted
   
10. Centre C, 1 year VAP, due 11/30/07 - updates:
    - phone interview scheduled 1/25
    - on-campus interviews scheduled 2/1
    - offer accepted (according to rejection letter) 3/26
    
11. Central C, 1 year VAP, no deadline, ongoing from 3/09/08 - updates:
    - phone interview 4/3
    - offer made and accepted 4/23
    
12. Chapman U, 1-year instructor, open until filled via AATG job list
13. Colby C, non-tt 80% FT 3-year renewable, due 12/1/07 - updates:
    - MLA interviews scheduled 12/13
    - on-campus interviews scheduled 1/15
    - offer made and accepted 2/20
    
14. Cornell U, Senior Lecturer/Lecturer in German, due 11/5/07 - updates:
    - MLA interviews scheduled 12/05
    - on-campus interview scheduled 12/31
    - offer made and accepted (second hand)
    
15. DePaul U, VAP, due 4/15/08 - updates:
    - offer made and accepted (according to rejection email)
    
16. Dickinson C, 1-year VAP, due 4/15/08 - updates:
    - offer accepted 4/29
    
17. East Stroudsburg U, 1-year position, no due date via AATG job list - offer accepted 6/13 (second-hand)
    
18. Fordham U, full-time lecturer, no due date via AATG job list - updates:
    - on campus interview scheduled 4/24
    - offer made and accepted 5/21
    
19. George Mason U, VAP/instructor, due 5/14/08 via AATG job list
20. Harvard U, Preceptor of German, renewable up to 8 years, due 11/26/07 - updates:
    - MLA interviews scheduled 11/30
    - on-campus interviews scheduled 12/29 and 1/4
    - offer made (second hand)
    
21. Hobart & William Smith, asst. prof., 2-yr., renewable for 3rd, due 11/2/07 - updates:
    - MLA interviews scheduled 12/5
    - on-campus interviews scheduled 1/4
    - offer made and accepted (second hand)
    - rejection letter received via email 2/24
    
22. Hunter C, 1-year replacement, due 12/7/07 - updates:
    - MLA interview scheduled 12/7
    - offer made and accepted 2/29
    - rejection letter received 3/14
    
23. Illinois Wesleyan U, VAP - updates:
    - phone interview scheduled
    
24. Iowa SU, Lecturer, 9 months, full or part time, due 3/31/08 - updates:
    - reposted to ADFL job list 4/25 (or a second position?)
    - 3 phone interviews scheduled 5/21
    
25. Ithaca C, Instructor/Asst. Prof., 3 years, no deadline - updates:
    - phone interviews scheduled by e-mail 2/25
    - phone interviews conducted 2/27-2/29
    - offer accepted 4/7 (stop deleting this, please!)
    
26. Louisiana SU and A&M C, VAP, 1 year, due 2/19/08 - updates:
    - conducting phone interviews (second hand) 2/22
    - search narrowed after phone interviews (from rejection letter) 4/7
    - offered and accepted (according to rejection letter) 4/24
    
27. Mansfield University one-year, full-time lecturer, ongoing until filled (Ger-Jobs-L)
28. Marquette U, Adjunct Instructor or Adj. Asst. Prof., one semester: spring 2008, due 11/16/07
29. McGill U, faculty lecturer (3-year renewable), language coordinator, due 1/10/08 - updates:
    - phone interview scheduled 2/6
    - offer made and accepted (according to rejection email)
    
30. MIT, Lecturer in German, 3-year renewable, due 10/30/07 - updates:
    - campus interviews before winter break
    - offer made prior to MLA
    
31. Northern Michigan U, Asst. Prof., 3-year, due 2/20/08
32. NYU, Asst. Prof. / Faculty Fellow, 2-year, Goethe to present, start date: Jan 1, 2008, due 10/1/07 - updates:
    - rejection letter received 12/6
    
33. Northwestern SU, 1-year VAP, no due date given Job Description
34. Purdue U, VAP, open until filled via AATG job list
35. The Citadel, VAP, up to 3 years, jule 7/4/08
36. Tufts U, Lecturer, due 2/15/08 - updates:
    - phone interviews scheduled 2/25
    - offer extended 4/15
    - offer accepted
    
37. Tulane U, 1-year VAP, open until filled - updates:
    - phone interview scheduled 4/7
    - offer made (second hand) 4/15
    - offer accepted (second hand) 5/20
    
38. U Arkansas, instructor, due 3/14/08 - updates:
    - phone interview scheduled by e-mail 3/20
    - offer made (second hand) 3/26
    - offer accepted 4/9
    
39. U California, Los Angeles, VAP for 1-2 quarters, 18th AND/OR 21st c., due 6/27/08
40. U Central Missouri, 1 year with chance of renewability, due 4/1/08 - updates:
    - phone interview scheduled by phone 4/5
    - offer made (second hand)
    - offer accepted
    
41. U Illinois, Study Abroad Program Manager, 3-year renewable, due 4/11/08
42. U Iowa, Visiting Asst. Prof., 3 years, due 3/1/08 - updates:
    - phone interviews 4/2 and 4/3
    - offer accepted (according to rejection letter) 4/26
    
43. U Massachusetts Amherst, Lecturer, 12/3/07 - updates:
    - request for confirmation of continued interest 1/24
    - phone interview scheduled 2/25
    - offer made and accepted 3/14
    
44. U Michigan, Lecturer III, Business/Engineering German, renewable up to 4 years, due 11/1/07 - updates:
    - MLA interviews scheduled 11/24
    - on-campus interviews scheduled 1/7
    - ad reposted
    - 4/11 search postponed; rejection letter sent out
    
45. U Minnesota, Visiting Asst. Prof., 9 months, post-1750, due 12/10/07 - updates:
    - MLA interviews scheduled 12/21
    - on-campus interviews scheduled
    - offer accepted
    - rejection letter received
    
46. U Nevada, Reno, 1-year non-renewable lecturer - updates:
    - phone interviews scheduled 5/30
    - offer made and accepted 6/9
    
47. U Northern Iowa, 3-year term instructor, due 2/8/08
48. U Oklahoma, German language coordinator, 5-year renewable, due 3/31/08
49. U Portland, Visiting Asst. Prof., one semester: spring 2008, due 11/1/07 - updates:
    - phone interview scheduled 11/15
    - offer extended 11/20
    - offer declined 11/26
    - phone interview scheduled 11/27
    - offer extended 11/27
    - offer declined 11/28
    
50. U Puget Sound, Visiting Asst. Prof., 3 years, postmarked by 3/15/08 - updates:
    - contacted via email requesting confirmation of continued interest 4/1
    - phone interview scheduled 4/3
    - on-campus interview scheduled 4/14
    - offer made and accepted
    
51. U Wisconsin-Platteville, 1-year lecturer with possibility of renewal, due 7/10/08 via AATG job list
52. U Wyoming, lecturer/academic professional, due 2/15/08
53. Virginia Tech, VAP, for more information, see: http://www.fll.vt.edu, review of applications begins April 25, 2008
54. Wellesley, 80% VAP, due 4/4/08 - updates:
    - offer made and accepted (from rejection letter 5/1)
    
55. Wesleyan U, adjunct asst professor, renewable, due 11/10/07 - updates:
    - MLA interviews scheduled 12/08
    - on-campus interviews scheduled 1/10
    - conducting on-campus interviews 2/5
    - offer made (second hand)
    - offer accepted (according to rejection email)
    
56. Wesleyan U , 2-3 year VAP, due 11/21/07 - updates:
    - MLA interviews scheduled 12/12
    - on-campus interviews scheduled 2/6
    - offer made and accepted
    
57. Western Illinois U, instructor renewable to 3 years, due 5/27/08
58. Williams C, Visiting Asst. Prof, 1-year, due 12/1/07 - updates:
    - MLA interviews scheduled 12/14
    - campus interview scheduled 3/12
    - contacted for interview 4/8
    - invited to on-campus interview 4/14
    - offer extended and accepted 4/18
    

Baylor U, department head, due 11/1/07
Clark U, endowed chair, due 10/15/07
Georgia Perimeter C, academic discipline dean: ESL & Foreign Languages, due 11/30/07
Indiana U-Purdue U, Indianapolis, endowed chair, due 11/1/07 - updates:
- offer made
- offer rejected
Middlebury C, summer German school director, due 11/15/07
Princeton U, professor, 18/19th c., due 10/15/07 - updates:
- offer made and accepted
U Arizona, associate, applied ling, due 11/10/07 - updates:
- rejection letter received via email 12/10/07
U Buffalo, Full or Assoc. Prof., Founding Director of Institute of Jewish Thought, Heritage and Culture, no due date given
U Chicago, associate or full professor, due 11/15/07 - updates:
- on campus interviews scheduled
- offers made and accepted
U Kansas, distinguished professor in modern Jewish studies, due 12/3/07
U South Alabama, department chair, due 11/1/07 - updates:
- offer made and accepted
U Waterloo, professor, Romanticism, due 1/1/08
Wright SU, department chair, due 11/21/07

Based on ALL German jobs advertised on the ADFL list:

• The opening-day number this year (54) is nearly identical to last year.
• Last year, 55 of 154 jobs advertised during the year (36%) appeared on the first day.
• For 2005, 44 of 135 jobs (33%) appeared on the first day.
• Half of the jobs appear after five weeks, and 70% by 12 weeks.
• Last year, the last tenure-track job ad was posted on February 9.
• The last job ads appeared after 40 weeks or more.
• According to last year's Wiki, only one department contacted candidates for MLA interviews before November 30, and the latest contacts were on December 21.
• For the 2006-2007 cycle, 64 U.S. universities made tenure-track hires in German and at least 47 made visiting or non-tenure-track hires.
• For the 2007-2008 cycle, 58 U.S. universities made tenure-track hires in German and around 56 made visiting or non-tenure-track hires.
• For the 2007-2008 cycle, a total of 174 German positions appeared on the ADFL job list during the year, up substantially from 2006 (154) and 2005 (135). Fewer positions were at the rank of tenure-track assistant professor, however. As with previous years, around a third of all jobs appeared on the opening day.