Internships at the RISM Editorial Center

The RISM Editorial Center in Frankfurt offers internships in its editorial department to people interested in experiencing the day-to-day work of a major digital bibliographic and musicological project.

Internships are organized based on the interests and schedules of the intern. Internships should last at least 3 weeks, though other arrangements can be considered. At the end of the internship, a short report is required that we will publish on the RISM website.

We can work with the requirements of an educational institution if an internship is to be completed for academic course credit. RISM can support ERASMUS placements. Unfortunately, RISM cannot offer any monetary compensation.

Knowledge of German is helpful but not required.

Editorial Internships

Editorial interns will get a taste of the full range of editorial activities that RISM engages in: database development and maintenance, authority files, library sigla, secondary literature, cataloging, reference work, outreach, and training.

Qualifications:

Experience with historical musical sources
Major in music or strong background in music
Plans to pursue a career or advanced studies in librarianship or musicology
Familiarity with databases and searching
Ability to work independently

Application procedure

Currently we are not accepting any new interns.

Current and former interns

2023

Tanja Rodić (Germany)

2022

Henryk Edlund (Germany)
Ayleen Klinder (Germany)
Noah Lieven (Germany)
Till Umbach (Germany)

2021

Carina Umanski (Germany)
Deanna Pellerano (United States) Report

2020

Yu-Lin Chiang (Germany)

Miquela Döppenschmitt (Germany) Report

Daniel Kneer (Germany) Report

Julius Rüttger (Germany) Report

Karin Weißert (Germany) Report

2019

Carmen Álvarez (Spain). Blog entries: Welcome, Carmen Álvarez!, Johann Walter, Ecuador, Hilario Olazarán, Instrument of the Year 2019: Saxophone, Articles about Spanish printed music in the 16th century.

2018

Andrea Ickstadt (Germany)

Charlotte Köhler (Germany)

Ulrike Schädel (Germany). Report: A RISM Internship: A Report from the Central Office in Frankfurt

2017

Vivian Tompkins (USA): Report: A Musicological Summer in Frankfurt

2015

Anne-Marie Wurster (Germany). Report: Music, musicology, libraries: An intern’s report

2014

Martin Bierwisch (Germany). Report: A Summer of Musical Sources

Marc-André Leysaht (Germany)

2013

Adrian Alban (Germany)

2009

Marina Warlow (Germany)