The Liberal Arts Honors Program offers an internship at the Harry Ransom Center (http://www.hrc.utexas.edu) that is designed to provide an LAH senior or advanced junior with experience in the nature and operation of a major humanities research center. The experience gained by interns will benefit them in their own research projects, in possible graduate studies, and even as a career option in such fields as librarianship, museum studies, archival or curatorial work, as well as public affairs, marketing, public programming and event management.

Once selected, interns will choose from a variety of opportunities within the center. These vary from year to year, but will likely include:

processing collections

planning exhibitions

doing editorial and publicity work

working on website enhancement projects

marketing and public affairs

 

Academic year 2016-2017:

Three LAH internships are available for the academic year 2016-2017. Internships begin the second week of classes and conclude on the last class day. Most interns work in a single department throughout the year, but some choose to change at semester break.

The position is not a benefits-eligible one, but there is a stipend of $1500 per semester, for which the intern is expected to put in a 10-hour work week. The student must be registered for a minimum of six hours of coursework. In addition there is the possibility of academic credit if the student registers for a conference course (either TC or English) with an appropriate supervising professor.

Applying

An applicant should provide the following:

a one-page resumé,

a letter from the student describing his/her interest and qualifications,

a letter of recommendation from a UT faculty member or someone who knows the candidate’s professional qualification pertinent to this internship

Both letters should be addressed to Danielle Brune Sigler, Associate Director for Scholarly Programs, but should be attached to the resumé and delivered to the LAH office.

Deadline for 2016-2017 academic year applications is April 4, 2016 in the LAH Office.