Internships
Philly Partners
Philadelphia is home to an extraordinary array of arts and cultural institutions with national acclaim. Partner organizations who participate in this program are committed to supporting the educational and professional growth of their interns. Students apply to this program through the Center, and host organizations invite students for interviews and make final offers directly to interns. Decisions can be expected mid-to-late March.
These internships typically last ten weeks during the summer. Stipends are awarded based on the budget submitted during the application process and cover food, housing, commuting, and living expenses, as well as the summer earnings expectation. Priority goes to students who have not previously participated in the Philly Partners program.
All students must include a detailed budget proposal along with their application. Download the Budget Calculator Spreadsheet
2021 Internship Opportunities
Self-Designed Internships
Students who are accepted into arts and culture internships across the country are eligible to apply to HCAH for funding to cover their financial need during the summer for unpaid or underpaid summer programs. These typically fall into one of two categories: already established internships at larger institutions such as the Penn Museum or the Smithsonian, or an independent internship planned with a smaller institution or an individual. For the latter, students must make primary contact with the host organization/project partner before developing a summer project proposal detailing their proposed role with the organization or person.
All self-designed internships must be full time over at least eight weeks. Stipends are allocated for eight to ten weeks of work and are awarded based on the budget submitted during the application process and cover food, housing, commuting, and living expenses, as well as the summer earnings expectation. Priority goes to students who have not previously participated in the Self-Designed Internship program.
All students must include a detailed budget proposal along with their application. Download the Budget Calculator Spreadsheet
Self-Designed InternshipsDeadline
February 22, 2021
Open to current first-years, sophomores, and juniors.
CPGC-HCAH Partnerships
HCAH and the Center for Peace and Global Citizenship partner to support summer internships with social justice-based arts and humanities organizations. Students apply either through the CPGC or HCAH but are selected by the internship host organizations. Internships typically last ten weeks during the summer. Stipends are awarded based on the budget submitted during the application process and cover food, housing, commuting, and living expenses, as well as the summer earnings expectation.
All students must include a detailed budget proposal along with their application. Download the Budget Calculator Spreadsheet
Colored Girls Musuem
Application Deadline: March 14, 2021 at 11:59 p.m.
The Center for Peace & Global Citizenship and Hurford Center for the Arts and Humanities have paired up with The Colored Girls Museum (TCGM) to offer a fellowship with a unique social justice cultural organization based in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia. The Colored Girls Museum is a memoir museum, which honors the stories, experiences, and history of ordinary Colored Girls. This museum initiates the object—submitted by the colored girl herself, as representative of an aspect of her story and personal history, which she finds meaningful; her object embodies her experience and expression of being a Colored Girl.
Open to first-years, sophomores, and juniors.
Apply online at the CPGC website.
Voice of Witness
Application Deadline: March 14, 2021 at 11:59 p.m.
The Center for Peace and Global Citizenship and Hurford Center for the Arts and Humanities have paired up to offer one or two fellowships with Voice of Witness (VOW), a non-profit organization that advances human rights by amplifying the stories of people impacted by injustices. Through their oral history book series and education program, VOW fosters a more nuanced, empathy-based understanding of human rights crises. They seek summer interns to assist with a variety of projects that are integral to the creation, promotion, and funding of their book projects and education program. Past book topics include: Indigenous communities in North America, the criminal justice system in the US, migrant workers in California agriculture, Central American youths crossing borders, and oral history practices and methods.
Open to first-years, sophomores, and juniors.
Info: yzhang18 [at] haverford.edu
Apply online at the CPGC website.
Woody Guthrie Center Archives
Application Deadline: February 28, 2021 at 11:59 p.m.
Under the supervision of the Woody Guthrie Center Archivist, and with the approval of the Archives Director, the student will focus on a community outreach/public engagement program and/or exhibit utilizing materials available in the archives to develop their theme. The archival collections of Woody Guthrie, Phil Ochs, and other special collections will serve as a basis for promoting social awareness of a selected issue still present in current social affairs.
Open to Haverford first-years, sophomores, and juniors.
Full internship descriptions and application information is on the CPGC website.
Philadelphia Museums Internships
The Center funds all students who are accepted into the Penn Museum’s Summer Internship. The Philadelphia Museum of Art's Museum Studies Internship Program is most likely on hiatus for summer 2021. Students apply directly to the Penn Museum then submit their materials to the Hurford Center. In order to be eligible for Center support, students must send their application materials to James Weissinger upon applying, as well as a detailed budget proposal. Stipends are awarded based on the budget submitted during the application process and cover food, housing, commuting, and living expenses, as well as the summer earnings expectation.
Penn Museum Summer Internship Program
Application Deadline: February 14, 2021
The Penn Museum offers paid and unpaid summer internship opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students, and recent graduates from any college or university. Please see below for more information about eligibility for funding. The internship is made up of two parts: interns are placed in a Museum department and work on a project under a departmental supervisor; each week interns come together for the Museum Practice Program overseen organized by the Summer Internship coordinator. The program includes orientation, weekly lectures, collections tours, a field trip to a local museum, and final presentations. The Penn Museum strongly encourages applications from students who are members of groups underrepresented in careers related to museums and anthropology.