Trinity College Rome Campus

BIBLIOTECA ANGELICA - http://www.biblioangelica.it/angelica/Angelica/home.jsp 

Interns will work at one of the world’s great libraries of rare books and

manuscripts, the Biblioteca Angelica (Angelica Library). The Library’s 200.000

volumes include the Antique Book Collection, an outstanding compendium of

works published between the 15^th and the 18^th centuries. Highlights are rare

editions of works by Dante, Petrarch, and Boccaccio. Another portion of the

Angelica Library consists of the manuscript Collection, which contains nearly

24,000 documents, including 2,700 Latin, Greek and oriental volumes. The

Angelica library houses more than 1,100 incunabula. Of particular note are an

edition of Cicero’s De Oratore (the first book printed in Italy in 1465) and one of

the earliest known copies of Dante’s Divine Comedy.

The intern will be involved either with promotional work or the cataloguing of the

photographic archive. While the former will mostly focus on the translation into

English of the library’s promotional material, the latter essentially centers on a

more organizational work.

Requirements:

- good/advanced  Italian;

- a good disposition for organizational work, if employed in the photographic archive; 

- basic computing knowledge (Windows, Office).

BIBLIOTECA CAPITOLINA  ARCHEOLOGICA - STORICA - ARTISTICA

(Library of Archaeology and Art History of the Capitoline Museums)

http://www.museicapitolini.org/servizi_scientifici/biblioteca_capitolina

The Biblioteca Capitolina Archeologica- Storica-Artistica (Library of Archeology and Art History of the Capitoline Museums) is a distinguished public library for research on Rome, Roman Archeology and Ancient Art History. BASA is located on the Capitoline Hill, in the heart of Rome.

The intern will work with archivists and librarians to organize and catalogue new collections.

Requirements:

- basic/intermediate Italian;

- basic computing knowledge (Windows, Office).

BIBLIOTECA DELL’ ACCADEMIA NAZIONALE DEI LINCEI     http://www.lincei.it

The Accademia Nazionale Dei Lincei’s Library consists of three main sections: the Sezione Corsiniana,  donated by prince Tommaso Corsini in 1883, the Sezione Accademica, developed in 1848 through donations by its members, and the Sezione Orientale, instituted by prince Leone Caetani as a foundation specialized in studies related to the Arab-Islamic civilization, with the aim of promoting the scientific knowledge in the Muslim world.

The Academy is one of the most prestigious academic institutions not only of Italy, but in the world. It is divided in two classes: one comprising Physical, Mathematical and Natural Sciences; the other Moral, Historical and Philogical Sciences. The Accademia dei Lincei still pursues nowadays its mission promoting, coordinating, integrating and spreading scientific knowledge in its highest expression, in the unity and universality of culture. Back in 1603 Federico Cesi and three other young men drew up a document about the pursuit of science. They shared a fervent love for it further increased by the renown of Galileo’s lectures and experiments. They were animated by a great desire of seeing  into the secrets of nature with a perception as acute as that of a lynx. Hence the name of Lyncei to their association. Despite the long periods of difficulties and separation that characterized the history of this important institution, the founders and their successors managed to carry out their original program by devoting their activities to the natural sciences, with the express aim of discovering the essence of things, without implying the exclusion of the arts and philosophy.

The intern will be employed in the Library’s general reading halls, in that of the Sezione Orientale and in the new acquisitions cataloguing room as well. He/she will help the public with the cross-reference system and will contribute to the computerized cataloguing (basic level) with a particular emphasis on texts in English language.

Requirements:

- good/advanced Italian;

- basic computing knowledge (Windows, Office)

 

COOPERATIVA SPAZIO LIBERO

Spazio Libero is an Onlus Social Cooperative that provides tourist  services and organizes events. In recent years the Italian Ministry of International Affairs has granted Spazio Libero the permission to manage two sites of great relevance for their artistic and archeological significance: the Case Romane al Celio and the Cappella del cardinale Bessarione.

1. CASE ROMANE AL CELIO / ANCIENT ROMAN HOUSES ON THE CAELIAN HILL - http://www.caseromane.it 

This very important archeological site was reopened to the public in 2002 and the Cooperativa Sociale Spazio Libero is entrusted with its management and reception of visitors to whom it provides a guiding service as well. It is situated below the Basilica of Saints Giovanni and Paolo which, according to a tradition, was erected on the site where these two former members of the Costantinian court suffered martyrdom under the emperor Julian the Apostate. The site consists of 20 rooms disposed on various levels showing traces of frescoes dating back to the III-IV centuries A.D. as well as to the medieval period. It is a complex of residential edifices from the imperial time to which belong a characteristic lower class housing, insula, and a domus (single-family home) with a private bathing system. During the III century A.D., these two features came to form one elegant domus inside which originated a place of worship and, afterwards, the christian titulus.

The Cooperativa Sociale Spazio Libero organizes tours of this site that alternate the guiding done by expert archeologists with the declamation by an actor of verses from latin poets such as Martial, Juvenal and Propertius and the tasting of dishes prepared according to ancient recipes going back to the imperial period. 

Requirements:

- Intermediate/Advanced Italian;

- Motivated and enterprising person;

- Basic computing knowledge (Windows, Office)

2. CAPPELLA DEL CARDINALE BESSARIONE / CARDINAL BESSARIONE’S CHAPEL

Cardinal Bessarione, a humanist and diplomat, is a very important figure for understanding  the history of the Renaissance and humanism. Situated within the Basilica of the S.S. Apostoli, his Chapel is a well known jewel of  Italian Renaissance art, mainly because of the beauty of its frescoes, the work of famous artists of the 1400s like Antoniazzo Romano e Melozzo da Forli`.

 The intern will have to conduct some library research in order to collect as much material as possible on this chapel. This work will help in preparing the promotional material for this site. He/she will collaborate with the local personnel to welcome the visitors and eventually lead visits of the site in English

 Requirements:

- Intermediate/Advanced Italian;

- Motivated and enterprising person;

- Basic computing knowledge (Windows, Office)

“GLADIATORI ROMA”, ROME’S AMERICAN FOOTBALL TEAM

www.romagladiatori.com

Originated from an idea of Bruno Beneck, a TV director, and Bob Kap, the President of the Intercontinental Football League Inc., which pursued the diffusion of American Football in Europe by founding some teams in major European cities, the Gladiatori Roma were founded in 1973 thus becoming the first professional team in Italy. In addition to the “prima squadra’ (main team) that competes in the Superbowl League - Serie A1, the Gladiatori Roma include an Under 17 and Under 21 team as well as a “Senatori” team formed by the over 40 years old veterans of the main team. While pursuing the noble purpose of drawing more youth to this sport thus helping considerably its diffusion,  the team’s Football Schools  provide access and training to those teenagers that are fascinated by this discipline.

While pursuing the main goal of contributing to the development of American Football in Rome, the intern will be involved in the organization of a tournament of American Football, flag version, with the participation of some American schools/colleges teams as well as some local ones. He/she may rely on the technical and secretarial support provided by the Gladiators’ coaching and managerial staff as well as promoting material and prospect institutions and people to contact for such purpose.

Requirements: 

- Basic Italian;

- Basic computing knowledge (Windows, Office)

Is.I.A.O.  (Istituto Italiano per l’Africa e l’Oriente) - http://www.isiao.it 

Estabilshed in 1995, l’Is.I.A.O. (Italian Institute for Africa and the Orient) is very active in the field of cultural promotion aimed at fostering always more valid and profitable rapports between Italy and the African and Asian countries. In pursuing its aims of establishment and implementation of study and research, promotion of scientific collaboration through the exchange of knowledge and experience among researchers and specialists, the development of cooperation, consultancy and assistance projects focused on the preservation and promotion of the heritage of the African and oriental countries, over the years Is.I.A.O. has performed its mission through a wide variety of initiatives. They range  from the organization of exhibits, lectures, seminars and conventions to the publication of academic value, the funding of important archeological campaigns and the institution of courses in African and Oriental languages and cultures for a wide audience.

The Is.I.A.O. Library is basically organized in two sections: the Africana and the Orientale. The former is the most important in Italy and very much frequented by scholars of the African continent especially because of the rarity of its holdings concerning Eritrea, Ethiopia, Lybia and Somalia. Beside its historical section focusing primarily on the colonial period, starting in the 50s there has been a continuous increase of material related to all the African countries. The Orientale section is reputed mainly because of its historical, philosphical, literary, archeological, historical-religious, philological and linguistic works focusing for the most part on the Iranian civilization and those of central Asia.Of particular relevance is the G. Tucci Tibetan Collection, of about 25.000 volumes, among which many original xylographies and manuscripts of Tibetan texts.

Requirements:

- Basic knowledge of the Italian language;

- A background in the Humanities and a distinct writing skill;

- Knowledge of Microsoft with both Windows and Mac;

- Natural disposition to group activities and commitment to the pursuit of the Library and Institute’s cultural objectives.

 MAISON VALENTINO - http://www.valentino.it 

Interns will work at Maison Valentino, the Fashion House of Valentino Garavani, a trendsetter in Italian elegance, style and taste. Valentino made his international debut in Florence in the sixties and became a protagonist of la Dolce Vita by dressing celebrities of the jet set. He soon built his atelier into a high fashion empire. Valentino’s “V” logo is now symbol of “made in Italy” throughout the world. Maison Valentino is just a stone’s throw from the Spanish Steps.

The intern will be employed either in the “Ufficio Comunicazione e Immagine” (“Communication and Image Office”) and/or the “Ufficio Risorse Umane” (“Human Resources Office”).

In the former he/she will support his/her tutor mainly in the reorganization of the Maison’s Historical Archive and will be involved with the organization of events and press survey work, both on paper and online. In the latter, besides translating resumés  from English to Italian, the intern will back up the “Area Selezione e Gestione” (the section “Selection and Management”) of the Human Resources Office with the organization of its departmental archive. Additionally, he/she may be employed in the reorganization of the Maison’s Historical Archive as well. 

Requirements:

- intermediate/good Italian;

- basic computing knowledge (Windows, Office, Macintosh, Scanning).