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Please see History's Awards & Scholarships for a list of the awards, prizes and scholarships offered to Â鶹ÊÓƵ students through the History Department.

Student Historical Society

The Student Historical Society of Â鶹ÊÓƵ (SHS) is an officially recognized student organization dedicated to promoting the study of history. We are devoted to education and advocacy, particularly in regards to student involvement with historic preservation and public history. Founded in Fall 2011, the organization has over 25 active members. See SHS for more information about eligibility, major activities, and how to join.

Zotero is free, web-based software that allows you to organize and use your research sources. It works with the Firefox web browser and can be integrated with Microsoft Word. The newest version of Zotero (2.0) allows users to access their resource library from any computer with an internet connection. Firefox can be downloaded for free at the Â鶹ÊÓƵ technology page at . To download Zotero and to access video tutorials and other useful information, see the .

If you are an undergraduate student studying abroad through an Â鶹ÊÓƵ program and would like to receive course equivalency for history credit, please do the following:

Email the History Department at history@american.edu, with "Study Abroad Equivalency" as the subject line, and include the following information:

1. University Name/City of the abroad program;
2. Semester of study;
   
3. Number and title for each course;
   
4. Course description;
   
5. Syllabus of course, if possible; and
   
6. Please indicate if you would like to receive History Major/Minor credit.
   

The History Department will assess and respond to your request. If approved, we will also notify the Study Abroad Office. If you would like us to notify your Study Abroad advisor, please include his or her contact information in the body of your e-mail.

Resources

• (American Historical Association)
• (Portland State University)
• (Stanford)
• (Allegheny College)

For links to specific job opportunities, see the following:

• (Society of American Archivists)
• (Office of Personnel Management)
• (American Association for State and Local History)
• (The Association for Living History, Farm and Agricultural Museums)
• (The American Association of Museums, Aviso Employment ads)

Jobs in Public History:

• (NCPH)
• in the Federal Government
• See also, Great Jobs for History Majors, by Julie Degalan and Stephen E. Lambert (McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Books, 2001).

H-Net Humanities and Social Sciences

Use to find internships, jobs, teaching workshops and conferences. You can also use H-Net listservs to network with others in your area of interest. Subscribe tothree H-Net listservs: H-Public (public history news and conferences), H-Museum (international museum news, jobs, internships and conferences) and H-DC (great sources for folks interested in doing history in the District of Columbia.)

The Chronicle of Higher Education

lists jobs nationally. Follow either the "Positions outside academe" or "Faculty Positions" links for professional history positions.

The Organization of American Historians

lists jobs nationally. Most listings will be for college-level teaching positions but there are also frequently public history positions.

USA Jobs

lists all federal government jobs nationally, including seasonal, temporary, and part-time positions. Vary your search terms in order to see the most positions in which you might be interested.

Smithsonian Institution

. Job listings at all the Smithsonian facilities. These jobs also appear on USAJobs, but this site is worth monitoring.

. Resources, training classes and fellowships in museum studies.

American Association for State and Local History

nationally and allows you to search by job type. These advertisements from the newsletter of the American Association for State and Local History change on a monthly basis.

National Council for Public History

lists jobs and internships nationally. Click on either "Employment" or "Awards, Grants, and Fellowships."

The Society for History in the Federal Government

occasionally posts federal historical jobs and fellowships.

American Cultural Resources Association

lists jobs for archaeologists.

The National Center for Preservation Training

lists jobs and internships nationally. Click on "Job Openings" and specify your search terms, or leave all the search fields blank to see all listings.

The American Alliance of Museums

offers advice on working in the museum field and on how to find jobs and internships at museums. Click on "Careers and JobHQ" under the Resources tab to look at current job openings.

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

lists jobs, internships, and volunteer opportunities. The Museum offers a regular internship program in a number of fields.

National Park Service

Historians who work for the NPS are in the Department of Cultural Resources. NPS jobs are advertised on USAJobs and internships are offered through individual parks. However, the NPS publishes CRM: Journal of Cultural Resource Management online and it is a very useuful source for what's going on in this growing field. This link lists a variety NPS publications.

The National Park Service lists information on full-time permanent, part-time seasonal, and student internships available nationwide at National Parks.

International Council of Museums

covers all the current conversations, publications, and jobs related to international cultural resources including museums.

International Council on Monuments and Sites

that works for the preservation of international heritage sites.

Society of American Archivists

and job listings for archivists.

Other

and allows you to search by state. If the position announcement does not list a deadline, check the posting date to make sure it is current.

nationally and allows you to search by state.

Studying in Washington, DC offers graduate students matchless opportunities for library and archival research. The National Archives, Library of Congress, and other facilities in the Washington, DC area provide the richest base of archival sources and published works in the United States.

The links listed below are just the beginning of research opportunities accessible to history professionals, students, and the Public History:

Libraries

Archives/Museums

Other Area Organizations