Category: Internships
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Music and Memory: Stephanie Bonaroti on the Torch Fellowship
A guest post by Stephanie Bonaroti, MAPH’s 2014 recipient of the Rafael Torch Memorial Fellowship. After another zero-results-yielding LinkedIn search for a post-MAPH job, I was exhausted. I was getting my degree from UChicago, and I didn’t understand why typing “music” into the search box wasn’t granting me with endless career opportunities. Just like everyone…
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Archivist as Gatekeeper: Liisa Freeh (’13) on the MAPH Internship at the Newberry Library
My experience in MAPH taught me the relevance of archival work and the way it breathes life into the arguments I want to make in my field. My MAPH internship made me a participant, a gatekeeper, in that archival work. As an intern in the Department of Special Collections at the Newberry Library, I have been…
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Blurred Lines*: A Critical Examination of the Trans/Cis Dichotomy
a guest post by Nicole Rea, MAPH’s 2013 recipient of the Rafael Torch Memorial Fellowship “What makes you interested in transgender issues?” “So then, are you cis or are you trans?” As a woman perceived to be “cis” doing work that centers on issues faced by the transgender community, these are questions that I’m asked…
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Molly Foltyn (’13) on the Browne & Miller Internship: Book People
When I was an undergrad, I interned at a production company in Los Angeles. I answered phones, made sure the coffee pot was always full, battled daily with the copy machine, and was once awarded the great responsibility of driving to Saks Fifth Avenue to pick up not one, but three pairs of pants for…
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The Chicago Manual: 2013 MAPH Grads in Newcity
Reaching out to the city’s newcomers, this week’s Newcity (“The Chicago Manual”) explores life at UChicago and in the South Side. The issue features pieces by three 2013 MAPHers: Greg Langen’s reflections on the value of embracing CTA-derived anonymity, Amanda Scotese’s guide to on-campus architecture, and Charlie Puckett’s breakdown of an exciting new Hyde Park establishment.
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Jeff Gilliland (’13) on his MAPH Internship: “Life Lessons from the Illinois Humanities Council”
A Guest Post by MAPH’s 2013 IHC Intern Lesson #1: If you don’t have time, make time. Well, bombed that interview, I thought as I hurried out of the office. After twenty minutes with the Illinois Humanities Council’s garrulous Director of Programs & Partnerships, I felt that I had made less of an impression than…
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Greg Langen on The Odyssey Project Internship: Freedom and its Discontents
Check out MAPH Alumnus Greg Langen’s (’13) reflections on his internship at the Odyssey Project. Also be sure to see the Odyssey Project’s latest issue of In Medias Res, edited by Greg Langen. A liberal arts education is, on the graduation speech level, freedom granting. With the powers of critical thinking and a strong (passable) handle…
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The Odyssey Project’s In Medias Res: New Issue!
The Odyssey Project‘s summer class just released the new issue of In Medias Res. Filled with original content by Odyssey Project students and alumni, the new issue features artist profiles, original fiction, restaurant reviews, interviews, poetry, photography and more. All work was produced during this summer’s seminar, In Media Res: Arts & Literary Publications, led by Greg Langen (MAPH ’13).
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Project on Civic Reflection – The Reflection
Tim Fosbury, MAPH ’12, reflections on the MAPH year and his internship at the Project on Civic Reflection. Two phrases stick out in my mind from my MAPH year. First is David Wray’s assertion, during one of our first core lectures no less, that we could expect MAPH to be a sort of “P90X for…
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The Odyssey Project: Anna Burch and Marybeth Southard (MAPH ’12) reflect on their internships
I first heard about the Odyssey Project during a “What am I going to do with my life?” conversation with Hilary Strang, who teaches Critical Thinking and Writing to Odyssey students. To be honest, I wasn’t really sure what I was getting into, other than what I knew from the description on the Illinois Humanities…