Humanities Hall

Applications now open for the Fall 2018 History Internship Program!

Apply for enrollment in the Fall 2018 History Internship Program (History 197)! Internship opportunities include museums, libraries, schools, academic journals and more. Click image for more info and join us for an info session on Thursday, April 26th at 2:00pm in KH 200E!

The internship is structured as a four-unit elective course offered every fall quarter. Participating students learn to “do history” by working with professionals who work as public historians in settings other than the formal classroom.

“Doing history” does not mean memorizing past events but involves research, critical reading, analysis, and presentation of material. This internship program allows students to “do history” in public settings and in dialog with public audiences. It will improve students’ abilities to research and analyze historical questions and then to communicate them effectively in oral, visual, and written forms.

Students will select internship preferences from several partners with which the History Department collaborates. They will each work in this partner institution with professional historians who may be archivists, researchers, project advisers, or exhibit curators.  They will also participate in weekly on-campus workshops, where they will interact with their peer group to reflect on the kinds of histories being produced in their internship experience and thereby to deepen their understanding of historical analysis and modes of historical presentation.

Prerequisites: Students should be a declared history major with junior or senior standing. Other students may apply but will not receive priority.

Course meetings in Fall 2018 will be Mondays, 12:00 – 12:50 pm.

Contact Professor Vinayak Chaturvedi or Undergraduate Program Coordinator Samantha Engler if you have questions about the program.

Interested? Apply at bit.ly/historyintern