International Internships and Fellowships

Human Rights Summer Intern Fellowship in La Plata, Argentina

Description: The program offers undergraduate students fellowship awards that enable them to travel to Argentina and spend six weeks engaged in hands-on work with Argentina’s Comisión Provincial por la Memoria (CPM- Memory Commission), staff addressing human rights issues, past and present. Students live with host families, select the area of work in which they wish to participate, and dive into that work in collaboration with CPM staff.

Anticipated Internship Options:

Art, Memory, and Human Rights 

• Introduction to the connections between art, memory, and the struggle for human rights in Argentina 
• Researching the lives and works of artists linked to human rights who are part of the museum's heritage collection 
• Conducting interviews with national artists 
• Producing and assembling traveling exhibitions 
• Training on inventory, materials, and packaging. Repairing frames, restoring images, etc. 
• Creating biographies of artists in English and Spanish 
• Translating and voice recording of audio guides for the museum  
• Assisting and documenting during guided tours 

Mechanism for the Prevention of Torture 

• Theoretical introduction to the concepts of torture, monitoring of detention institutions, and the local and international legal frameworks supporting intervention, reading, analysis, and collective discussion. 
• Training on the judiciary, criminal process, and judicial actions. 

Choosing a specific program for the internship among Childhood, Mental Health, Inspection of Detention Facilities, Reception of Reports, and Complex Interventions. 

Depending on the chosen program, interns may engage in tasks such as: 

• Reception of Reports from detained persons and their families. 
• Inspecting prisons and detention facilities for young people 
• Inspecting psychiatric institutions 
• Conducting interviews with detainees 
• Conducting interviews with individuals with mental health issues housed in detention facilities 
• Documenting and intervening in the situations of detained persons 
• Preparing reports for judicial presentations 
• Developing and consulting databases of victims 
• Systematizing interviews in institutional databases 

Research on Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity 

• Studying crimes related to State Terrorism. 
• Researching to produce information for the REVIGE database (Registry of Genocidal Violence) 
• Reading and analyzing documents from the archive of the Buenos Aires Provincial Police Intelligence Directorate (DIPPBA) 
• Creating maps to geo-reference the cases surveyed during the research. 

Archives of Repression 

• Searching for information in the archive and preparing reports 
• Receiving personal requests regarding individuals registered by the Intelligence Directorate during the dictatorship and democracy 
• Cleaning and preserving paper documents that make up the Archive of the Directorate of Intelligence of the Buenos Aires Province Police (DIPPBA)  

Communication and Culture 

• Designing graphic and audiovisual materials for institutional social media 
• Translating materials from Spanish to English 

Youth and Memory 

• Introduction to the history of the program and the pedagogy of memory 
• Viewing productions created by youth
• Participating in district meetings of young people 
• Training on the dictatorship extermination plan and the desaparecido concept  
• Systematizing projects about victims of state terrorism carried out by young people 
• Creating a map of desaparecidos from the Buenos Aires province. 

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Freeman Intern Fellowships in East Asia

A generous grant from the Freeman Foundation has made it possible for up to 24 William & Mary undergraduates to conduct unpaid internships in Asia since the summer of 2018.  The purpose of this program is to provide students with a range of professional opportunities in structured, real-world settings that will allow them to clarify their career goals, enhance their career preparation, and develop their cultural competencies. Learn more

Credit Bearing Internship Opportunities While Studying Abroad

Some study abroad programs offer part-time internships during a semester or summer.  These internships are typically imbedded into the curriculum of a seminar class and have an academic component for which credit will be awarded with faculty appoval. Often the study abroad provider can offer a wide range of internship placements depending on interest.  Some internship options may require an additional fee.

The following W&M Sponsored Semester programs offer the possibility of internships:

• W&M Semester in Sevilla, Spain
• W&M Semester in La Plata, Argentina  

Study abroad credit processes for internships

Third Party Providers
The following providers offer internship placements in select programs.  To participate in these types of study abroad/internship programs students must apply directly to the program and register online with the Global Education Office by the appropriate deadline for that semester:

• Academic Programs International (API)
• Advanced Studies in England (ASE)
• Arcadia University
• Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE)
• GlobaLinks Learning Abroad
• Institute for the International Education of Students (IES)
• Internships in Francophone Europe (IFE)
• The Institute for Study Abroad, Butler University (IFSA-Butler)
• International Studies Abroad (ISA)
• Study Abroad Italy (SAI)
• CET in China (Beijing or Shanghai)

NON-Credit Bearing Internship Opportunities 

The Cohen Career Center is responsible for advising and providing information about non-credit bearing international internships and employment to undergraduate students. For more information on these topics, students should call 221-3231 to make an appointment  with the appropriate Career Advisor.  These internships are NOT study abroad and students do not need to register with the Global Education Office to participate.