The 1856 Project will be 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 5-July 28, 2023) in-person 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 the University of Maryland). Fellows will have the opportunity to utilize and uncover primary resources pertaining to the histories of the enslaved.
Dates: June 5th - July 28th, 2023. All participants are required to arrive at our College Park campus on Saturday, June 3rd, for the required 2-day pre-program orientation.
Application Process:
- In addition to submitting a formal application at https://btaa.org/resources-for/students/srop/how-to-apply,
- Applicants are encouraged to submit preliminary inquiries of interest to the following: Ralph Bauer, Associate Dean, College of Arts and Humanities at bauerr [at] umd.edu, Lae’l Hughes-Watkins, University Archivist, at laelhwat [at] umd.edu, and Christopher Bonner, Associate Professor of History at cjbonner [at] umd.edu.
