HIS42360

This module centres on a 4- to 8-week internship with an industry partner or UCD Library’s Cultural Heritage Collections. The module will enhance core skills, attitudes and competencies that are not only a fundamental feature of the Public History programme, but are also portable and relevant to the workplace and important for active and engaged citizenship. Building on the theoretical and practical public history modules of the first semester, the Internship Programme is designed to allow students gain work experience in using history as part of a career.
A. Internship with repositories within UCD Library’s Cultural Heritage Collections. This internship will encompass UCD Archives, UCD Special Collections, and/or the UNESCO National Folklore Collection. The internship will introduce students to sectoral best practice within the cultural heritage sphere through a structured internship including on-the-job mentoring from staff and engagement with staff working in other UCD Cultural Heritage Collections units including UCD Library, UCD Digital Library, and/or the UCD Library Social Media Team.

B. Internship with an industry partner. This will allow students gain practical work experience in bringing their skills as historians out into the workplace. Internships with industry partners are available on a limited basis in the world of media, politics, communications and in various state institutions. Students, under direction, may also source their own internship.