Paid Internship with the Black Metropolis Research Consortium

The Black Metropolis Research Consortium (BMRC) is an unincorporated Chicago-based association of libraries, universities, and other archival institutions with major holdings of materials that document African American and African Diaspora culture, history, and politics, with a specific focus on materials relating to Chicago. The University of Chicago serves as Host Institution to the BMRC.

Internships Working with Faculty

Internship opportunity to research the 50^th anniversary of the Feminine Mystique - Fall 2013.  The Feminine Mystique intern will work with Professor Michelle Nickerson (mnickerson@luc.edu) to develop a blog for the November 2013 Symposium at the Newberry Library commemorating the 50th Anniversary of this path-breaking book by feminist Betty Friedan.  Work will include acquisition of visual (historical and contemporary), printed (historical), audio, and possibly video materials to post on this blog about symposium presenters and their research that relates to the Feminine Mystique.

Exciting New Internship Program for 2013-14

Through the generosity of the CAS Dean’s Office, the History Department is able to offer seven fellowships a semester (fourteen for the year total) to History undergraduates to undertake HIST 398 internships at selected local cultural institutions in the 2013-14 academic year. The History at Work Fellowship Intern Program recognizes the importance of non-profit cultural organizations to the lifeblood of a great city and encourages students to think about careers in public history. As History at Work Fellows, undergraduates will be enrolled in HIST 398, the History Undergraduate Internship Program and fulfill all the requirements for the course; will be profiled on the History Department website; will give a short talk at their institution about their internship; and will receive a $250 stipend applied towards their tuition.