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International Union of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences

  • Type: INGO
  • Field: Education
  • Region: Europe
  • Location: Ferrara, Italy
  • Internship Title: International Intern
  • Duration: 3-9 months
  • Number of Interns: 2
  • Special Requirement: N/A
  • Application Status: Available
  • Remote Internship: Unacceptable
The International Union of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences (Union Internationale des Sciences Préhistoriques et Protohistoriques – UISPP) was founded on May 28th, 1931, in Bern, and groups together all the sciences related to prehistoric and protohistoric studies: archaeology, anthropology, palaeontology, geology, zoology, botany, environmental sciences, physics, chemistry, geography, history, numismatics, epigraphy, mathematics and other.
 
Research into the mechanisms of adaption and the dynamics of human societies lies at the heart of the IUPPS’s scientific interest. The IUPPS therefore periodically organises a world congress of prehistoric and protohistoric sciences. At these world congresses the progress made with regard to the state of knowledge is presented and common research objectives are defined. To this end, the IUPPS creates scientific commissions devoted to specific research issues.
 
The increasing specialisation of disciplines, of organisations and of scientific events requires a particular effort devoted to their incorporation and communication. The IUPPS shoulders this responsibility. It ensures the promotion of multidisciplinary and interinstitutional collaboration through the regional and thematic scientific commissions and affiliated organisations, that share similar objectives, as well as with other scientific institutions.
 
Since 29th September 1955, the IUPPS has been a member of the International Council for Philosophy and Human Sciences, which is affiliated to UNESCO. As an international association of scholars, its aims included the collaboration of scholars from all countries through initiatives that may contribute to the progress of prehistoric and protohistoric sciences, fully accepting the principles of academic freedom and rejecting any kind of discrimination based on race, philosophical or ideological judgement, ethnic or geographic affiliation, nationality, sex, language or anything else, since discrimination is, by definition, the negation of the scientific approach. It also rejects any attempts at fictional rewriting of the past, or at historical revisionism, and it does not exclude any bona fide scholar from its scientific activities.
Internship Tasks：
● Manage the UISPP media.
● Participate in the editing of the UISPP Journal. 
● Update the website.
● Manage the membership management program.

Requirements:
● Bachelor’s degree (completed/ongoing) in Archaeology/History/Communication/ Informatics
● Fluency in spoken and written English
● Strong interpersonal and English communicative skills
● Proficiency in MS software (e.g. Word, Excel, Power point) and computer skills
2021-09-02 | Meknès, Morocco – Evolution of the Human Societies of Prehistory to Protohistory
2020-09-02 | Ferrara, Italy – Conference
2018-06-03 | Paris, France – Adaptation and sustainability of prehistoric and protohistoric societies confronted to climate change
2017-09-04 | Melbourne, VIC Australia – Meeting
2014-09-01 | Burgos, Spain – Congress
2011-09-04 | Florianópolis, Brazil – Quinquennial Congress
2006-09-04 | Lisbon, Portugal – Quinquennial Congress
2001-09-02 | Liège, Belgium – Quinquennial congress
1996-09-08 | Forli, Italy – Data management and methods in archeology
1996-09-08 | Forli, Italy – Quinquennial Congress
1994-09-27 | Carcassonne, France – Scientific colloquium
1994-08 | St Petersburg, Russia – Scientific colloquium
1993-12-13 | Liège, Belgium – Scientific colloquium
1993-07 | Australia – Data management and mathematical methods in archeology
1993-05-03 | Treignes, Belgium – L’industrie osseuse préhistorique
1992-09-11 | Dublin, Ireland – Prehistorical art
1991-09-01 | Bratislava, Czechoslovakia – Quinquennial congress
1991-09 | Oxford, UK – The metallography of ancient iron
1991-07-08 | Liège, Belgium – Colloquium
1991-04-25 | Mainz, Germany – Annual meeting
1991-04-24 | Puigcerdà, Spain – Symposium
1987-10-05 | Liblice, Czechoslovakia | Prague, Czechoslovakia – Conference on early metallurgy of iron as related to Central Europe
1987-08-31 | Mainz, Germany FR – Quinquennial congress / Quinquennial International Congress
1987-05-04 | Czechoslovakia – Annual meeting
1981 | Mexico City, Mexico – Quinquennial International Congress
1976 | Nice, France – Quinquennial International Congress
1971 | Belgrade, Yugoslavia – Quinquennial International Congress
1966 | Prague, Czechoslovakia – Quinquennial International Congress
1962 | Rome, Italy – Quinquennial International Congress
1958 | Hamburg, Germany FR – Quinquennial International Congress
1954 | Madrid, Spain – Quinquennial International Congress
1950 | Zurich, Switzerland – Quinquennial International Congress
1936 | Oslo, Norway – Quinquennial International Congress
1932 | London, UK – Quinquennial International Congress
Relations with Inter-Governmental Organizations
D-XD0435 – Council of Europe (CE) (Cultural Heritage Division); B-XB3383 – UNESCO.

Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
Member of: A-XA1728 – International Council for Philosophy and Human Sciences (CIPSH).

Members
Individual; Affiliated. Members from over 100 countries. Membership countries not specified.