So what searches are expected this fall? Looking at the top departments it seems like there is a lot of room up there, unless they give up on the subfield.
I'm guessing (hoping?):
Harvard (failed search this year)
Columbia (Ang departing, past and pending retirements)
Yale (Landry departed)
Princeton (only Lynn White, BA 1963->almost 70 years old)
And maybe in the next couple of years:
UCLA (as Rick Baum retires)
Any others?
UCLA has Tong, and no money... so no hire.
Where is Landry finally going to?
Northwestern as Shih moves to Duke?
First he needs to get an offer though.
If he had declined offers from Penn and Michigan, why would he go to Duke?
^He did not get an offer from Penn. It was given to a Michigan ABD, who accepted.
I thought the Penn offer went to a Michigan student after first being declined by Shih who preferred a tenured offer. Incorrect?
^That is incorrect. Michigan ABD was the first and only offer.
why would he interview for a junior position if he already has tenure?
If Duke likes him he'll probably get a tenured offer.
"If he had declined offers from Penn and Michigan, why would he go to Duke?"
^ Neither did he receive offer from Michigan
^ but did he apply and interview at Michigan in the first place?
The silly rumor-mongering of China scholars on this board is almost as bad as Canadians...
Countries that start with "C" are hotbeds of rumors (malicious and otherwise).
There is a nice correlation for you. Put that in your pipe and smoke it!
Berkeley should be looking before long, after a couple retirements.
^ exactly how long? 1 year? 2 years? 5 years?
Shih did not apply to Michigan-he is trying to move out of the midwest. Berkeley will not be looking to hire a China person anytime soon and Harvard will be searching at the senior level. UPenn only wanted to hire at the abd level. Why does Stanford only have one China person?
Shih would probably be willing to move to Michigan based on what I have heard.
Yale rarely hires according to geographic considerations in comparative. Exceptions have been a couple recent positions for particular regions (Japanese politics, South Asian politics) that were fully endowed as such by outside donors. Thus, Landry's departure from Yale doesn't guarantee that they will look for another China scholar to fill the slot.
^^^ Why is Harvard only going to search at the senior level? Didn't they interview some junior people last year?
In addition, anything about Princeton?
Yale can't find someone to endow even one China chair? I'm surprised.
Why does Yale need to hire on China again? Didn't they hire Weiss in anticipation of Landry's departure?
Who has the best chance of getting a senior China gig at Harvard? Let's just name possibilities without commenting on the quality of work. My bets:
Lily Tsai
Kevin O'Brien
Melanie Manion
Bruce Dickson
Kellee Tsai
Lynn White is retiring. Princeton can upgrade.
predictions = O'Brien.
If O'Brien goes to Harvard, then who will Berkeley replace him with?
Shih, probably. Or maybe Manion or Whiting
With Manion would also come Weimer. Doubtful, no?
^^^Given the makeup of the Berkeley department and their China types, probably an ABD/AP and female. Political economy would be good, too.
Why would Harvard hire O'Brien? I'm actually a fan, but I'm not sure what he would give them that Perry doesn't.