study centre
Inaugurated in 1997, the CCA Study Centre is an international institute for advanced research into all aspects of architectural thought, offering scholars the possibility to pursue a broad range of inquiry spanning the boundaries of the field and related disciplines. Scholars, architects, and students in residence are offered a unique study environment and access to the CCA Collection.
Research opportunities at the Study Centre include the Mellon Senior Fellows Program, Visiting Scholars Program, Research Grants, Power Corporation of Canada Awards, and Support Grants. The Study Centre presents seminars, lectures, colloquia, and other scholarly activities which aim to sustain a collaborative forum for discussion between the academic and professional communities.
mellon senior fellows
Beatriz Colomina: Unbreathed Air, 1956 - Alison and Peter Smithson's House of the Future
31 May 2007 Paul Desmarais Theatre
Beatriz Colomina, 2007 CCA Mellon Senior Fellow, is professor of Architecture and Founding Director of the Program in Media and Modernity... read more about mellon senior fellows
visiting scholars
Scholar's Choice: Le Jeu des monuments de Paris
Le Jeu des monuments de Paris descends from an ancient Greek game. It is one among many expressions of what became broadly known as the Game... read more about visiting scholars apply
research grants
Research grants are developed in partnership with doctoral programs in the history of art and architecture at selected universities in Canada, the Unites States, ad Europe to facilitate access for Ph.D. students to the CCA Collection during residencies of one to four months at the Study Centre. about research grants
power corporation of Canada awards
Time Schedules: Power Corporation of Canada 2009 Research Residencies
Many efforts have been made throughout the 20th century to organise daily life into independent blocks of time for living, working, recreation... read more about power corporation of Canada awards
support grants
Support grants provide reimbursement of costs for traveling to or residing in Montréal for candidates who demonstrate a compelling need to use the CCA Collection during residencies of one to four weeks at the Study Centre. about support grants
selections from the study centre
Two books and some sixty-one British government publications, discarded from the York Public Library, are filed together in a box in the CCA... read more
The CCA Visiting Scholars Program invites scholars at the post-doctoral level to undertake innovative research in the history, theory, and... read more
Scholars and students in residence at the Study Centre offer informal presentations of their research in progress. Presentations take place... read more
The Study Centre Annual Reports describe the scholarly activities of the Study Centre, outlining the research undertaken through the Mellon... read more