{"id":160,"date":"2016-04-06T15:18:59","date_gmt":"2016-04-06T15:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/?page_id=160"},"modified":"2022-10-13T16:38:15","modified_gmt":"2022-10-13T16:38:15","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/host-organizations-2\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Prerequisites: Arts and Sciences majors, priority given to History, Political Science, Anthropology, Sociology and Policy Studies majors\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blackhistorymonthflorence.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Black History Month Florence<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><b>Company Description: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The cultural association <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Black History Month Florence (BHMF)<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is the administrative body that oversees the<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Recovery Plan Black Culture Center<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and its range of programs and research platforms dedicated to promoting an awareness of black cultural production within the context of Italy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Job Description: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">An internship with BHMF is dedicated to developing, promoting, documenting and archiving Black History Month Florence initiatives as well as those of its related platforms such as The Black Archive Alliance, Fischi per Fiaschi, Di Palo in Frasca, and more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Tasks:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Develop graphic design strategies\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Create social media campaigns<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Archival research and cataloging<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Coordinate logistics<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Exhibit curation and artist assistance\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Develop workshops and\/or cultural activities<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Community and cross-institutional outreach<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Required Skills:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">English, no Italian required\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Passion for art\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Strong cross-cultural communication skills<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Some experience in PR\/Marketing preferred\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishinstitute.it\/en\/library\/harold-acton-library\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">British Institute Library<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><b>Company Description: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The British Institute and it\u2019s library have played an important role in Anglo-Florentine cultural life since 1917. Today the Harold Acton Library continues to provide a rich resource of books to borrow and browse, and it is the venue for the institute\u2019s stimulating cultural program of lectures and films.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Job Description:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Interns assist the librarians with their daily activities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;margin: 0in 0in 11.25pt 0in\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif;color: red\">PLEASE NOTE: The British Institute Library is open in the afternoon only. Check that your class schedule allows before application<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Tasks:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Archive organization\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cataloging and classifying materials\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Plan and organize special events such as the regular Cultural Programme<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Required Skills:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">English, no Italian required<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/cimiteroevangelicoallori.it\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cimitero Evangelico Agli Allori\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><b>Company Description:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> In 1878 the Florentine evangelical churches (Anglican, Battista, dei Fratelli, Lutheran, Swiss Reform, Waldensian) opened the Evangelical Cemetery &#8220;agli Allori&#8221; to give a worthy burial to non-Catholics who were not welcomed by the cemeteries of the city, especially after the closure of the English cemetery following the law that established the minimum distance of cemeteries from the inhabited center to be 100 meters. This place has welcomed and buried many important Italian and foreign figures as well as many renowned women artists, intellectuals and writers. The cemetery, therefore, offers itself as a testimony, a document of life, a monument of art, a real open-air museum that houses significant pieces of sculpture and applied arts between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Job Description:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Interns will assist in research assignments as well as the daily runnings of the cemetery.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Tasks:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Archive organization\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cataloging and classifying materials<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Researching and compiling new information\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Assist in event and\/or visit planning, organization and promotion\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Required Skills:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Some Italian preferred<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.museidifiesole.it\/en\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fiesole Musei<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><b>Company Description: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For this internship students will work in the nearby town of Fiesole. Projects might include work in the town\u2019s archaeological area (which holds the most important Roman amphitheater in or around Florence) or in the Museo Archeologico.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Job Description:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Interns will help staff and curators with daily museum activities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Tasks:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Assist in developing information material for visitors<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Assist in curation\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Give guided tours in English<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Required Skills:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Basic to intermediate Italian<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Requires a bus commute<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insr.it\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Istituto Nazionale di Studi sul Rinascimento (INSR)<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><b>Company Description:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> The INSR is a research institute for Renaissance studies and a member of the IRIS Consortium, a network of Florentine libraries specializing in Renaissance art history.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Job Description:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Interns will work mainly with the consortium\u2019s digital archives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Tasks:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Update extensive archives\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Update, clean and organize databases<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Required Skills:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Basic to intermediate Italian<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Recommended for students of history with good organizational skills<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.istoresistenzatoscana.it\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Istituto Storico della Resistenza in Toscana (ISRT)<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><b>Company Description:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> The ISRT is an institute for historical research that promotes the study of the Anti-Fascist and Resistance movement as well as a greater understanding of contemporary European and Italian history through its documentary archive and library consisting of more than 50,000 books and 2,500 periodicals. The institute also organizes training courses for teachers and students.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Job Description:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Interns have the opportunity to experience a remarkable Italian cultural institution while assisting in the various projects and daily activities of the library.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Tasks:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Organize archives and records\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Assist in library management\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Participate in historical education programs offered to schools and other associations<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Required Skills:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Intermediate to advanced Italian<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/medicidynasty\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Medici Dynasty Show<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><b>Company Description:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> The Medici Dynasty Show is a piece of multimedia theater covering 300 years of Florentine history through the lives of the Medici Family.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Job Description:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Interns will assist in show promotion, administrative work and ushering duties.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Tasks:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Assist administration with daily tasks<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Develop promotional content and campaigns\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Assist with digital and social media marketing<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Collect tickets and usher guests at shows<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Required Skills:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">English, no Italian required<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prerequisites: Arts and Sciences majors, priority given to History, Political Science, Anthropology, Sociology and Policy Studies majors\u00a0 Black History Month Florence Company Description: The cultural association Black History Month Florence (BHMF) is the administrative body that oversees the Recovery Plan Black Culture Center and its range of programs and research platforms dedicated to promoting an&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"parent":129,"menu_order":11,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wds_primary_featured-nav":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-160","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8514,"href":"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/160\/revisions\/8514"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/suabroad.syr.edu\/florence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}