The 1856 Project welcomes applicants for an internship for the Fall 2023 academic term. As part of The 1856 Project, interns will have the opportunity to do the following:

• Engage in primary research meant to uncover data relevant to enslaved individuals and communities tied to the history of the university and its intersections with the surrounding community.
• Build skills in packaging complex research to large audiences through digital humanities-related work.
• Assist in producing The 1856 Project podcast.
• Provide copy editing support,…
  See More

The 1856 Project is once again collaborating with the BSOS Summer Research Initiative (SRI) and the Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP) hosted by College of Arts and Humanities to seek rising juniors and seniors to participate in an 8-week (June 5th - July 28th, 2023) research internship. The 1856 Project SRI/SROP scholars will work with the University of Maryland Libraries' Special Collections and University Archives in the historical exploration of the slave economy and how slavery operated in the immediate vicinity of the Maryland Agricultural College (MAC, now…