Rare Book School (RBS) at the University of Virginia provides continuing-education opportunities for students from all disciplines and skill levels to study the history of written, printed, and digital materials with leading scholars and professionals in the field. Each summer, RBS offers a series of week-long courses on the history of the book and bibliography in Charlottesville, at remote partner institutions in Chicago, Philadelphia, and elsewhere, as well as online classes.
For the summer course sessions in Charlottesville, RBS is hiring summer assistants who will provide support in managing course sessions, catering, and other tasks related to the running of our summer programming. This is an exciting opportunity to participate in a leading humanities organization and aid in Rare Book School’s mission of creating a “community equipped to advance historically informed understandings of our cultural heritage.”
RBS is seeking conscientious, detail-oriented, and service-driven undergraduate and graduate students as well as early career professionals to work as summer assistants in Charlottesville during the following weeks and weekends:
· 28 May–8 June (Pre-Week 1 training and Week 1)
· 6–15 June (Week 2)
· 3–13 July (Week 3)
· 18–27 July (Week 4)
· 25 July–3 August (Week 5)
The summer assistants will work in the days leading up to and following the dates of each course week. The starting wage for this position is $16 an hour, with time-and-a-half paid for hours worked over 40 hours.
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