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🏛️ District of Columbia, Washington – Remote

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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

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201 - 500 employees

🤝 Non-profit

📚 Education

🌍 Social Impact

💰 $15M Grant - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on 2022-05

Non-profit • Education • Social Impact

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is a national museum and living memorial in Washington, D. C. that documents, preserves, and interprets the history of the Holocaust and related genocides. The Museum maintains extensive collections (more than 270,000 records including photos, personal stories, artifacts, and films), offers permanent, special, traveling and online exhibitions, and provides education and outreach programs for teachers, students, military, law enforcement, judiciary, religious leaders, and international audiences. It also supports academic research, maintains databases such as the Database of Holocaust Survivor and Victim Names, and runs genocide prevention and antisemitism resources and initiatives. The Museum is free and open to the public (closed Yom Kippur and Christmas Day) and is located at 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW, Washington, DC.

📋 Description

• Assist with projects and activities related to genocide prevention and response, including research, policy outreach, education initiatives, and administrative support • Support Simon-Skjodt Center research projects, including the Early Warning Project and the Lessons Learned in Preventing and Responding to Mass Atrocities project • Research the dynamics of mass atrocities and policy responses in countries at risk of or experiencing mass atrocities • Conduct literature reviews of scholarly studies about mass atrocities and their prevention • Prepare detailed notes from interviews and meetings • Support Early Warning Project research by analyzing fatality counts in high-risk countries using Excel, analyzing qualitative reporting, and researching selected countries at risk • Draft analytic memos and rapporteur’s reports • Perform other duties as assigned

🎯 Requirements

• Pursuing an undergraduate degree as a junior or senior at the time of applying, or a graduate degree, from an accredited university • Strong interest in genocide and mass atrocity prevention, demonstrated through dedicated coursework, research experience, and/or professional experience • Experience with research and writing about contemporary mass atrocities and their prevention • Excellent communication and collaboration skills • Strong organization and attention to detail • Preferred: Experience researching contemporary cases of mass atrocities and/or countries at risk of potential mass atrocities • Preferred: Familiarity with social science research methods • Submit a one-page resume, one-page cover letter, and a relatively short 5–7 page policy memo or excerpt from a class paper as a writing sample

🏖️ Benefits

• Paid internship • Virtual/remote work location • 20 hours per week