Research Internship
Next semester (HS26) we are offering a one semester internship with our team.
General description:
This internship offers students hands-on experience with historical lexicology and semantics through participation in the project Waxing and Waning Words: Lexical Variation and Change in Middle English (www.waw-me.uzh.ch/en/About.html). The project focuses on four lexical domains: medicine, law, religion, and education. Interns will assist with data collection (e.g., compiling and organising lexical material from Middle English lexicographic sources and corpora) and copy-editing of scholarly outputs. The internship provides practical insight into Middle English lexical and semantic change and the workflows of academic research.
Students are expected to put in 180 hours in the course of the semester. Initial instruction will be provided on site at the project office in FRF ( www.plaene.uzh.ch/FRF ) (days by arrangement). Afterwards students can work on site or from home; however, they are expected to participate in bi-weekly meetings.
ECTS: 6
Application: Students must submit a letter of motivation, their newest transcript and information on their language skills to waw-me@es.uzh.ch by August 12th, 2026.
Successful candidates will be invited to register via the module booking tool.
Max. Number of participants: 5
Learning Outcome:
- Deepen understanding of lexical and semantic developments in the history of English
- Apply bibliographic and historical-linguistic research methods
- Gain experience in precise editorial and copy-editing work within a collaborative research environment
Language: English