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Global Studies Internship Program

Extend classroom learning through an Iran-related internship. Students can apply for a pre-identified position through the Stanford Global Studies Internship Program or identify their own internship opportunity and apply for funding from the Iranian Studies Program.  

Currently enrolled freshmen, sophomores, juniors, seniors, and coterms at Stanford in ALL majors are eligible to apply, including undeclared students.  Priority is given to Iranian Studies minor students. 

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Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington D.C.

Work with senior Iran scholars at Carnegie during a summer research internship.

Application Deadline: January 28, 2024

Organization Profile: The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace is a unique global network of policy research centers in Russia, China, Europe, the Middle East, India, and the United States. Our mission, dating back more than a century, is to advance peace through analysis and development of fresh policy ideas and direct engagement and collaboration with decision-makers in government, business, and civil society. Working together, our centers bring the inestimable benefit of multiple national viewpoints to bilateral, regional, and global issues.

We are 120 thinkers and doers from diverse disciplines and perspectives spread across more than twenty countries and six global centers working together as one network to advance international peace

I am grateful for the opportunity to work at the Carnegie Endowment under Karim Sadjadpour and contribute to a better future of peace, liberty and prosperity between the United States and the Iranian people.
Pierce Reza Lowary
Intern, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
It was truly an unforgettable experience. I got to work on the correlation of political repression/regional authoritarianism/terrorism and sexuality. I [learned] various new information through case studies, political theory readings, French interviews, comparative analysis, literature, and psychology papers. I was very fortunate to learn through Karim Sadjadpour’s passion, expertise, and his insightful perspectives not only concerning his book project, but especially concerning the Middle East.
Tiffany Saade
Intern, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace