Within the US House of Representatives, the Office of the Historian and the Office of Art and Archives have internships available for undergraduate and graduate level students. They are looking for candidates with a background in history, political science, library science, and art history. The interns will spend approximately 24 hours a week working on historical and biographical research, educational content creation and outreach, archival and object processing, object, photo, and record preservation, and curatorial content creation. While the offices are located in Washington D.C. there is potential for in-person, hybrid, or virtual work. This internship is unpaid; however, interns may work with the intern coordinator to accommodate scheduling relating to potential academic or work requirements. These internships may be available for the Spring, Summer, and Fall semesters. Applications for Summer of 2024 are now open.
The Rachel Carson Council is hiring a Research and Policy Associate who is an aspiring, creative, committed and flexible environmental leader at the beginning of their career. The candidate should be willing to help expand and innovate at a small, but growing organization.
A bachelor’s or master’s degree in marine or environmental studies, science, history, or political science, or combined with other majors, minors or concentrations in helpful fields such as African American or Women’s Studies, English, journalism, creative writing, public policy is required.
Responsibilities:
- Track proceedings in the House and Senate to help inform RCC’s priorities in the policy agenda; attend legislative hearings, write memos, and send weekly updates to RCC staff regarding relevant issues.
- Write and publish reports, articles, Op-Eds, policy briefs and papers for the RCC on its issues to include placement in other media outlets, journals, magazines, etc.
- Speak publicly for the organization through lectures, workshops, rallies, and in the media.
- Participate in and present to the RCC Campus Network, at RCC conferences, advocacy days, and trainings for RCC Fellows, etc. Work closely under the RCC Director of Policy and Programs to execute events, research, writing, and more.
- Carry out additional tasks as needed and directed by the President & CEO within RCC’s mission.
Pay is $50,000 annually, or commensurate with experience.
The deadline for application is January 31, 2024, or until filled.
American Historical Association Conference
Are you interested in presenting at the American Historical Association’s 137th annual conference in San Francisco? The conference will be held January 4th-7th, 2024. A lightning round session as well as poster presentation are available for undergraduates. The lightning round contains three-minute presentations by undergraduate historians describing their research for fellow historians. The deadline for submissions for the lightning round is November 15, 2023. The poster presentation provides opportunity for undergraduates to share their research with peers and scholars. Submissions for the poster presentations are due October 15th, 2023.
Don’t forget the department offers the Developmental Mini Grant to help fund these kinds of opportunities.
- Paid Internship in Historical Archaeology
- The Department of Archaeology and Landscapes at Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest is offering one funded research position for May 30 through July 21, 2023.
- This internship is intended for early-phase graduate students and advanced undergraduates who have previous field training and are looking for more experience conducting fieldwork and supervising field school students in a research-oriented setting.
- The application deadline is April 1, 2023.
- San Gemini Preservation Studies-Summer Field School in Italy
- Offers students the opportunity to study and travel in Italy where they acquire hands-on experience in restoration and conservation.
- Two sessions are available and focus on different specialties. An intersession focused on travel is also available.
- Session I: June 5 – June 30, 2023 (programs include historic buildings, archaeological ceramics and book binding restoration)
- Intersession: Italy Preservation Tour – July 2 to July 11, 2023
- Session 2: July 17 – August 11, 2023 (programs include paper restoration and painting techniques)
- These sessions are available as a certificate or as university credits.
- The deadline for applications is March 15, 2023.