Gilda Slifka Internship Program
Summer 2024 - June 3 through July 26
Meet the Interns
The Hadassah-Brandeis Institute accepts six undergraduate and two graduate students with a demonstrated interest in women’s studies, Jewish women’s studies or topics related to Jewish women/Jewish gender issues around the world to participate in our paid residential internship program. Applications are accepted from students attending universities in the U.S. and abroad.
Project Focus
Individual projects are an opportunity for interns to explore an area of Jewish gender studies of personal interest. Each intern is expected to produce a work — an academic paper, a short story, a website, an art work — that is original and personally meaningful, and draws on creative and intellectual energies. Past projects have included a Jewish women's health bibliography, a short film about the spiritual meaning of challah making, and a study of female protagonists of children’s Holocaust literature, the narratives of transgender-identified Jews, and the impact of second-wave feminism on Judaism’s views on reproductive rights.
Undergraduate Internship
The Gilda Slifka Internship Program provides undergraduate students with a variety of opportunities to learn about the work of Jewish women’s and gender studies, and to conduct original research in the field. Interns live on the Brandeis University campus in housing provided by HBI and receive a weekly stipend.
The four pillars of the program include assistance to an HBI-affiliated scholar, development of an individual research or art project, weekly outings to research archives and places of Jewish interest and weekly discussions with Jewish studies and gender studies scholars that expose interns to various methodologies and academic frameworks.
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Participate in a 35 hour per week, Monday-Friday, internship program
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Produce, under staff supervision, an original piece of scholarly research or a creative and/or artistic project that focuses on Jewish gender issues
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Assist HBI-affiliated scholars and Brandeis offices with research and administrative tasks
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Learn about the daily operations of an academic research institute
- Meet and learn from scholars and activists around the world who work on Jewish gender topics
- Visit local institutions and organizations of Jewish interest
- Receive apartment style campus housing
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Receive a weekly stipend
Please submit each of the following items through the online application.
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Two to four paragraphs identifying which TWO of the Supervised Projects listed below are of interest and a description of your qualifications.
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A 500-word essay explaining your interest in Jewish gender studies.
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One or two project ideas for an independent project
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Two references: one academic and one work related (extra curricular activity, work study, etc.) emailed directly to dolins@brandeis.edu. Ask your references to address:
- Subject matter of the course (academic reference) or type of work
- Quality of work
- Timeliness
- Confidence to ask questions
- Interpersonal Skills
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C.V. / Résumé
Graduate Internship
Similar in structure to the undergraduate program, the graduate student interns also facilitate the research of HBI affiliated scholars while carrying out their own research projects. Graduate student interns interact closely with their supervisors, who act as their academic advisers. While not a requirement, the ideal candidates are working towards a degree in an area of study related to the supervisors’ expertise. All field trips and extracurricular activities are optional for the graduate student interns.
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Participate in a 35 hours per week, Monday–Friday, internship program
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Produce under staff supervision, an original piece of scholarly research, a chapter from a dissertation, or a creative and/or artistic project that focuses on Jewish gender issues
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Assist HBI-affiliated scholars and Brandeis Offices with research and administrative tasks
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Learn about the daily operations of an academic research institute
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Receive a weekly stipend
Optional Activities
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Visit local institutions and organizations of Jewish interest
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Meet and learn from scholars and activists around the world who work on Jewish gender topics
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Live on the Brandeis campus in apartment style housing
Please submit each of the following items through the online application.
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Two paragraphs identifying which ONE of the Supervised Projects listed below are of interest and a description of your qualifications
- A description of your research
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Two academic references emailed directly to dolins@brandeis.edu . Ask your references to address your :
- aptitude for graduate study in the humanities and social sciences.
- oral and written communications skills
- conceptual and analytical thinking abilities
- character and interpersonal skills, maturity, integrity and emotional stability.
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C.V. / Résumé
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