Work with us

I – The internship within the project Lost and Anonymous Works of the Latin Middle Ages (OPA) is a free training opportunity organized and supervised by the OPA Editorial Board in Florence. It stems from the experience in distance learning developed by the central editorial office of Medioevo Latino (MEL); see the Link.

II – It consists of a maximum of 6 hours of individual training, or training in small groups of up to three participants, to be carried out on demand during the period from October 2025 to March 2026, structured as follows:

• 2 hours of training on the methodologies employed in the Integrated Archive for the Middle Ages (AIM), on the structure of the OPA record, and on the bibliographical and editorial methods used for its compilation;
• 2 hours of supervised drafting of one or more OPA records;
• 2 hours devoted to the review and evaluation of the materials produced.

IV – To enroll, the following are required:

• an application addressed to the President of SISMEL, to be sent to mel.formazione@sismelfirenze.it, in which applicants should also indicate their preferred period for undertaking the training. Applications may be submitted from 1 to 20 August, from 1 to 20 October 2025, and from 1 to 20 January 2026;
• a letter of presentation;
• a curriculum vitae.

V – A certificate of participation will be issued by SISMEL. Participants will be granted free access to the Mirabile databases for two weeks and, at the end of the course, will receive a complimentary volume from the OPA series.