由芝加哥大学美术史系、盖蒂基金会联合举办的“中国美术史博士论文写作研习营”，将于2018/19、2019/20年在芝加哥大学、芝加哥大学北京中心两地展开为期四次的“12天研习营”，现面向欧美、亚洲地区高校中国美术史专业博士生招生。活动旨在培养中国美术史历史时期研究的新生代，给不同地区、学术训练体系下的博士生提供交流平台、同时提升博士生论文研究和写作能力。

　　每一期研习营包括演讲、研究、考察等环节，由一位资深的中国美术史学者为导师，邀请相关学者进行专题演讲和指导交流，安排相应的博物馆、美术馆、资料馆、遗址考察，并提供博士生进行个案博士论文个案研究的时间。

　　研习营招生对象为中国美术史领域已完成博士论文开题，正在进行博士论文写作的博士研究生，同时需具备英语交流能力。项目将支付所有学员全程交通费、住宿费、餐费以及签证费用，同时可以享用芝加哥大学图书馆资源， 此外每位学员将有50美元的书籍资料费。

　　研习营第一期将于2018年8月20日至9月1日在芝加哥大学举办。请于2018年5月13日前向邮箱递交申请材料和申请表(申请表见附录)，可能进行视频面试，结果将于2018年7月初公布。详情请见英文启事。

Call for Applications

University of Chicago/Getty Dissertation Workshop in Chinese Art History

　　The Department of Art History at the University of Chicago is seeking applications from doctoral candidates in Chinese art history from the United States, Europe, and Asia for its first University of Chicago/Getty Dissertation Workshop in Chinese Art History, funded by the Getty Foundation as part of its “Connecting Art Histories” initiative.

　　This is the first of four 12-day workshops hosted biannually on the University of Chicago campus and the University’s Center in Beijing during the 2018/19 and 2019/20 academic years. The program seeks to nurture a generation of historians of Chinese art across historical eras and media in an intellectual environment that crosses continental, cultural, and disciplinary boundaries. To that end, the workshops provide an opportunity for advanced graduate students in Chinese art history from different institutions and countries to share their dissertation projects, discuss different methodologies and scholarships, hone their research and writing skills, and connect with senior experts in the field. The workshops will entail presentations of dissertation projects; intense discussion of their content, purpose, and method; and explorations of the state of the field, key texts, and research methods. Related programming for the workshops will include visits to museums, exhibitions, archives, architectural sites, private collections, and/or other art spaces. There will also be time for students to pursue specific, individual dissertation research in local libraries, archives, and collections. The cohort emerging from each workshop is encouraged to cultivate ongoing exchange and collaborations. Each workshop will be led by one senior Chinese art historian. Additional Chinese art specialists will be invited for each workshop to present on selected topics and provide additional feedback on participants’ dissertations.

　　Led by Martin Powers, Sally Michelson Davidson Professor of Chinese Arts and Cultures in the Department of Art History at the University of Michigan, the first University of Chicago/Getty Dissertation Workshop in Chinese Art History will take place at the University of Chicago from August 20 – September 1, 2018 (with travel to/from Chicago on August 19 and September 2). Student participants should have ABD (All But Dissertation status), or equivalent, and be in the research or early writing phase of their doctoral work at the time of the workshop. All participant dissertation proposals will be circulated for close reading by the other participants before the workshop begins. During the workshop, participants will be asked to comment on each other’s projects that may include a range of perhaps unfamiliar topics, consider and test divergent methodologies, and think critically about their projects in historical and historiographical terms. All participants will also be asked to improve their proposals based on the comments and other related discussions during the workshop. English will be the primary teaching language of this workshop, but ideally, all workshop participants should be able to communicate in English and Chinese (Mandarin).

　　The distinct global profile of the University of Chicago’s Department of Art History provides opportunities for fertile scholarly connections for workshop participants based outside of Chicago. The department is home to three full-time tenured faculty members and one regular postdoctoral position in East Asian art history, as well as the Center for the Art of East Asia. During the workshop, participants will have full access to the University of Chicago library’s extensive holdings in East Asian art history, including its East Asian Art Reading Room, a space with open-shelf access to a collection of rare East Asian art books and manuscripts grown over the course of more than eighty years of Chinese art history research and teaching at the University. The workshop will also take full advantage of the city of Chicago’s position as one of the centers for Chinese art history in the United States, with stellar Chinese art collections and curatorial staff at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Field Museum of Natural History; exquisite private collections; and multiple scholars in varied fields of Chinese studies at other local universities.

　　DEADLINE and SUBMISSION

　　Applications for the University of Chicago/Getty Dissertation Workshop in Chinese Art History are due via email to arthistory@uchicago.edu on Sunday, May 13, 2018 CST. Award notifications will be sent in early June. Applicants may be interviewed via Skype.

　　ELIGIBILITY

　　Applicants should specialize in any area of Chinese art history or visual and material culture, be ABD (All But Dissertation status), or equivalent, at the time of application, and still be in the research or early writing phase of their dissertation work. Fluency in English is required and an advanced level of Chinese (Mandarin) is preferred.

　　EXPENSES INCLUDED

　　Roundtrip airfare or trains, lodging, shared meals, local transportation, site admissions, UChicago library access, and visa fees are covered for workshop participants. Each student will also receive a $50 allowance toward book purchases.

　　APPLICATION MATERIALS

　　Please note: application materials may be shared with the Getty Foundation as part of the review and selection process. All application materials should be composed in English.

　　1) Application form (attached)

　　2) Statement of Interest (2 page maximum) explaining the value of this workshop forapplicant’s future scholarship and career path, noting how your research and previousexperience would contribute to the objectives of the workshop

　　3) Statement of dissertation work completed thus far and schedule of work to be completedafter the workshop (2 page maximum)

　　4) Dissertation proposal (2 page maximum)

　　5) One writing sample that could be a dissertation chapter, a published essay, or a polishedseminar paper

　　6) CV (including grants received and their sources, foreign language competence, teachingexperience, any past museum/gallery experience)

　　7) Two recommendation letters; one from the applicant’s advisor and one from anothermember of the applicant’s dissertation committee

　　8) Letter of support from the applicant’s department indicating that the student is in goodacademic standing and has the appropriate language proficiency

　　9) TOEFL or IELTS scores, if available