Intern-Mexico-U.S.-Foreign Relations (fwd)

Thu, 11 May 1995 19:41:29 -0400 (EDT)
Christoph Chase-Dunn (chriscd@jhu.edu)

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Date: Wed, 10 May 1995 20:58:13 -0400
From: Carlos Osorio <cosorio@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu>
Subject: Intern-Mexico-U.S.-Foreign Relations (fwd)

The followwing is an interesting announcement

Carlos Osorio National Security Archive
Phone: (202) 994-7219 Suite 701, Gelman Library
Fax: (202) 994-7005 2130 H St. NW
Email: cosorio@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu Washington, D.C. 20037

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INTERN NEEDED

THE NATIONAL SECURITY ARCHIVE, an independent, non-profit
research institute and library, seeks an intern to assist
this summer on a project concerning U.S. relations with
Mexico.

The intern will research U.S.-Mexico relations since the
1960s, examining bilateral political, diplomatic, security,
trade, migration and narcotics issues. The research will
contribute to a broad Archive project on Mexico, resulting
in publication of a collection of declassified government
documents -- one of several collections undertaken by the
Archive to enrich debate on American public policy by making
available to scholars, researchers and Congress internal
government documentation on a variety of important foreign,
defense and intelligence issues.

The intern will work out of the Archive's offices on the
campus of George Washington University in Washington, DC,
participating in the project in a number of substantive
ways. Depending on the project's needs and the interests of
the intern, those may include: tracking down bibliographies
on U.S.-Mexico issues; assembling a set of secondary sources
for reference (from Facts on File, specialty journals and
newspapers, published chronologies, university theses);
attending congressional hearings, seminars and conferences;
collecting data from government documents (such as security
assistance figures, trade statistics, international lending
data, NAFTA-related information); building an extensive
chronology of events; drafting glossary entries on key names
and organizations; and investigating leads from scholars or
journalists already working on U.S.-Mexico relations. In
short, the limits of the intern's participation in the
project will be largely defined by the intern.

The position is available on June 15. Applicants may begin
after that date, but no later than July 1.

REQUIREMENTS: The Archive is seeking applicants with strong
writing and research skills, and some understanding of U.S.
policy in Latin America. Proficiency in Spanish is helpful
but not required. Please note that applicants must be able
to make a commitment for a minimum of eight weeks, 20-40
hours a week.

TO APPLY: Respond to:

E-mail:

kadoyle@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu

Mail:

Kate Doyle
Project Director
National Security Archive
The Gelman Library, Suite 701
2130 H St. NW
Washington, DC 20037

Phone: (202) 994-7035
Fax: (202) 994-7005

Please explain your interest in the project, how your own
background or experience relates to the project's focus, and
your availability this summer. Be prepared to submit (via
fax, mail or e-mail) a resume, short writing sample, one or
two recommendations and a transcript.