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Internships
The Dietrich von Hildebrand Legacy Project
Announces Internship Openings
What We Are Looking For:
The Dietrich von Hildebrand Legacy Project is seeking to fill multiple paid internships to provide crucial support for ongoing staff projects. Internships begin immediately and last until the end of the 2009/10 academic year. Interns will collaborate remotely by working 10-15 hrs/wk from their already established locations.
Beginning in the fall of 2009 and throughout the spring of 2010, the Hildebrand Project will dedicate significant resources to the creation of a major Internet presence for the writings of Dietrich von Hildebrand. This resource will create a meeting place for scholars around the world interested in von Hildebrand’s thought and enhance our ability to reach audiences not familiar with his work already. The Hildebrand Project will also undertake various promotional efforts to raise awareness of its English translations of von Hildebrand’s writings.
The Hildebrand Project is looking for motivated young academics with a passion for philosophical inquiry, an interest in 20th century Christian intellectual history, and a sense for the essential role that philosophy can play in the rebirth and renewal of culture to assist in these projects. Academics with an interest in Christian personalism and a prior knowledge of 20th century Christian philosophers are especially encouraged to apply.
The Internet resource will be launched in conjunction with a major international conference the Hildebrand Project is hosting in May of 2010 in Rome. The theme of the conference will center on the newly released translation of von Hilebrand’s opus magnum, The Nature of Love. Confirmed speakers include: Metropolitan John Zizioulas, Michael Waldstein, Rocco Buttiglione, Fr. Charles Morerod, OP, Josef Seifert, Michael Novak, and Joseph Bottum.
What’s In It For You:
An internship with the Hildebrand Project provides opportunities rarely available to the up-and-coming academic. These include:
- The chance to play a part in bringing about a worldwide renaissance of interest in Dietrich von Hildebrand.
- The chance to play a vital role in making known the forgotten philosophical and political legacy of a heroic 20th century Christian intellectual.
- The chance to handle rare and historic materials related to the Hildebrand legacy, including handwritten documents, letters, manuscripts, and original photographs.
- The chance to interact with leading philosophers and theologians associated with the Hildebrand Project.
- The chance to be involved with an organization that shapes the way philanthropy supports philosophical and theological scholarship.
What You’ll Be Doing:
Some of the specific tasks and their associated skill sets/requirements include:
Internship #1:
- Tasks: Using academic databases and the Internet, as well as our already existing Hildebrand bibliography, collect and compile an exhaustive amount of secondary literature relating to work on Dietrich von Hildebrand as well as other thinkers who represent a significant voice on the various topics Hildebrand discusses; develop relationships with prominent scholars and journals on behalf of the Hildebrand Project.
- Skill Sets: Graduate student with strong inclination towards research, academic-oriented way of thinking, highly motivated, Internet savvy.
Internship #2:
- Tasks: Establish and maintain social network profiles for the Hildebrand Project (including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc) to drive traffic to our website, post significant announcements; maintain active communication with our email subscription list by creating campaign suites such as a "quote of the week" email blast using the writings of Dietrich and Alice von Hildebrand.
- Skill Sets: Strong social networking skills and a close familiarity with online social network tools.
Internship #3:
- Tasks: Scanning, converting (using OCR text recognition software), and proofing primary and secondary texts; scanning historically important photographs.
- Skill Sets: Tech-oriented or at least basic comfort level working with electronic equipment and software; eye for detail; ability to work carefully and methodically.
Internship #4:
- Tasks: Converting audio recordings (magnetic tape/reel) to digital format; catalogue and manage accurate records of audio material.
- Skill Sets: Experience working with audio-recording and conversion equipment/software. Communications majors or students with access to school owned equipment strongly preferred.
Internship #5:
- Tasks: Coordinate and see to completion the process of getting our newly released translations reviewed in a predetermined set of major magazines and journals. Strategic followup with reviewers will also be undertaken in order to obtain referrals, either to other possible reviewers or to develop relationships with magazines/journals not on our list. We are also interested in obtaining referrals to students and other scholars they think would be interested in our work in order to expand our network for possible future collaboration, attendance at our events, etc. A letter/email campaign structure will be established for handling contact and ongoing cultivation of these referrals. Relationships will be tracked in our online database.
- Skill Sets: Ability to manage a diverse set of time lines and correspondence. Good networking skills.
Application Info:
- There is no deadline for submitting an application. We accept applications on a rolling basis. The sooner you apply the better. As soon as the internships are filled we will remove them from the list above.
- Basic equipment required: computer/broadband Internet connection and a telephone
- All additional software/equipment will be provided by the Hildebrand Project
- Project goals for each internship will be set and a system for reporting on progress will be established
- Possibility of linking the internship to a class project can be arranged
- Interested applicants should send resume and cover letter to Anthony Gualandri, Director of Special Projects, at internships@hildebrandlegacy.org
- Please indication in your submission how you heard about the openings.
On Dietrich von Hildebrand:
“I am personally convinced that, when, at some time in the future, the intellectual history of the Catholic Church in the twentieth century is written, the name of Dietrich von Hildebrand will be most prominent among the figures of our time.”
—Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger
On Dietrich von Hildebrand’s doctoral dissertation: “I almost want to say that the [artistic] genius of Adolf von Hildebrand has been inherited by his son, the author, as a philosophical genius.”
—Edmund Husserl
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