<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div style="line-break:after-white-space"><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt"><br></span></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">Dear graduate students (and advisors), </span></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></div><div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">This year’s Getty Graduate Symposium will take place on Friday 6 February 2024. Each year our department is privileged to name one student to represent us by delivering a paper based on their current research. This year, the event will take place at the Getty all-day on February 6, with a catered dinner for speakers and advisors the night before on February 5. </div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Typically, the department selects an ABD student at an advanced stage in their research. If you would like to be considered as the speaker from our department, please: 1) confer with your primary advisor, and 2) send me (with cc to Iselda) a prospective paper abstract (around 250 words, with title) and short (100-word or less) academic bio by <b>Monday, October 27</b>. Note: repeat performances are not allowed, so if you’ve already presented here please don’t apply.<u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">For those who are new or unfamiliar with this event, every year the Getty Research Institute hosts this symposium which brings together students and faculty from a selected group of Art History programs in California. (See list below) As each school is allowed to name a single speaker, this event is also an opportunity for departments to showcase the work of their most promising students. For students, it is a fantastic chance to share your work, connect with peers in other programs, as well as faculty and Getty-based scholars (who very well may review your future fellowship applications). Moreover, conferences and symposia are always  valuable markers within the research and writing process because it allows one to get feedback from a broader audience of specialists. Here is the link to the website for the last Getty Graduate Symposium; one additional click toward the bottom of the page will take you to the program: <a href="https://www.getty.edu/calendar/getty-graduate-symposium-2025/" target="_blank">https://www.getty.edu/calendar/getty-graduate-symposium-2025/</a></div></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></div><div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);background:white">University of California, Riverside</span><u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);background:white">University of California, Berkeley</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br><span style="background:white">University of California, Irvine</span><br><span style="background:white">University of California, Santa Barbara</span><br><span style="background:white">University of California, San Diego</span><br><span style="background:white">University of California, Los Angeles</span></span><u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);background:white">University of California, Santa Cruz</span><u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);background:white">Stanford University</span><u></u><u></u></div></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);background:white">University of Southern California</span><u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">I look forward to hearing from you. <u></u><u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-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