This workshop is designed to help graduate students across diverse disciplines prepare successful applications for fellowships and positions. In the morning, graduate students at all stages are welcome to attend a discussion of strategies for preparing CVs and applications led by Vanessa R. Schwartz (Director of the Visual Studies Graduate Certificate and Professor of Art History and History). In the afternoon break-out sessions, selected students will workshop their proposals in small groups led by faculty mentors with experience screening applications. Visiting scholars and USC scholars representing a range of disciplinary interests will lead the workshop and comment on materials submitted in advance by graduate students.

Screeners will include:

MICHAEL BERRY, Professor of Contemporary Chinese Culture, UCLA

SUZANNE HUDSON, Professor of Art History, USC

MILOŠ JAVONOVIĆ, Assistant Professor of History, UCLA

To apply, please email a CV (morning session only) or a CV, four page research statement, and a list of fellowships and grants to which you will be applying to [email protected] by October 10, 2025.