The International Symposium on Indigenous Peoples and Borders: decolonization, contestation, trans-border practices, will take place on 11-12 November 2019 and is organized by Columbia University (Institute for the Study of Human Rights, Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Program), (UiT) - the Arctic University of Norway and the University of British Columbia (First Nations and Indigenous Studies, Department of Political Science)
This Symposium will be hosted by Columbia University (at Heyman Center). It is co-sponsored by Columbia’s Institute for the Study of Human Rights (Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Program); UiT - the Arctic University of Norway; the University of British Columbia (First Nations and Indigenous Studies, Department of Political Science); University of Guelph (Political Science Department), Canada; University of Lapland, Finland (Sami and Arctic Indigenous Studies); New York University (Center for Latin American Studies); MADRE; and the International Indian Treaty Council. Within Columbia the Symposium is also co-sponsored by the Institute for Comparative Literature and Society (ICLS); the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race and The University Seminar on Indigenous Studies.
The internship is open for applications among senior undergraduate and graduate students with an interest in human rights and Indigenous peoples rights.
Description of tasks
The student will assist ISHR (the Director of the Indigenous Peoples’ Rights’ Program in particular as well as a consultant) in preparing and supporting the International Symposium.
The student will
a) familiarize him/herself with the subject matter
b) become familiar and process organizational and logistical aspects of the Symposium (such as registration issues etc)
c) attend the Symposium and learn from the discussions and from the interaction with the participants.
d) assist in taking notes and creating a summary of the main points of the Symposium
Spanish language skills an advantage.
This is an unpaid internship.
Dates: 1 October to 15 November 2019
Estimated hours per week: average of 2 hours and all day on the 11th and 12th of November 2019 (8 hours on the 11th and 8 on the 12th)
