The Visiting Scholar Program encourages and supports innovative, advanced research based on a broad interdisciplinary perspective on the history, theory, and criticism emerging from the various design disciplines. The Program particularly welcomes research proposals that are prompted by, or refer to the relationship between contemporary design theory and practice, and current social, cultural and political issues. The application of candidates engaged in contemporary professional practice and in the development of new technologies is encouraged. No specific chronological or thematic restrictions apply. Proposals may interpret history in the most comprehensive sense, as a repository or flux of ideas, events and actions.

Currently, the CCA is fostering four thematic lines of research predicted to have major impact on programs and activities at the centre: the emergence of a new historiographical model for contemporary discourse, the relevance of the digital technologies in the evolution of architectural and planning thinking, the growth of environmental studies, and the changing role of photography in architectural media. Scholars in residence are requested to integrate their individual research projects with programs in progress at the CCA. They are also requested to participate in the seminar activities and in the conferences that are organized during their residency. The aim of the program is to nurture intellectual exchange among scholars, the CCA, and the academic community internationally and in Montréal.

Visitor Scholars will work in the CCA Study Centre. The CCA Study Centre, inaugurated in 1997, is today a multi-layered structure specialized in architectural thought and its manifestations. Encompassing a great variety of investigators – academics from diverse backgrounds and appointed scholars of international repute under the Mellon Senior Fellows program, Ph.D. candidates, and Master students – the centre grants access to the CCA collections, and offers a unique environment in which to pursue advanced research. In an attempt to further explore the intersection between the design disciplines and the humanities, the Study Centre has opened up its programs to accommodate scholars with diverse backgrounds related to architecture and planning. In recent years, we have worked with a broad variety of scholars and professionals whose qualifications range from literature, anthropology and philosophy, to urban planning, landscaping and emerging digital technology.

Application

The 2013-2014 Visiting Scholar Program welcomes applications from architects, planners, landscape designers, photographers, scholars and critics in related fields conducting research on post-doctoral or advanced academic levels. Applicants must submit a research proposal taking into consideration the purpose of the Program and the scope of the CCA collections. Appointments will be made based on an open application and selection process conducted by an international jury. Criteria for selection are based on the originality of the project, its relevance to the major lines of research fostered by the CCA, the academic record of the candidate, and the feasibility of the project in relation to the resources of the CCA collections. Residencies will be granted for periods of one to three months. Visiting Scholars will receive competitive research stipends, financial support, logistic assistance for relocation, private offices, and administrative aid as needed.

In addition, the CCA offers a limited number of Associate Scholars position to non-stipendiary residential fellows.

Eligibility

Proposals are welcome regardless of non-academic factors. Applicants should have completed a PhD at the time of application. Alternatively, they should provide evidence of significant scholar or professional achievements. Applications may be submitted in French or English.

Guidelines and Terms of Residency 2013-2014

Deadline

Applications closed. Applicants will be notified early in summer 2013.

Visiting Scholars

2012 - 2013 2011 - 2012 2010 - 2011 2009 - 2010 2008 - 2009 2007 - 2008 2006 - 2007 2005 - 2006 2004 - 2005 2003 - 2004 2002 - 2003 2001 - 2002 2000 - 2001 1999 - 2000 1998 - 1999 1997 - 1998 1996 - 1997

The Study Centre’s Consultative Committee, composed of Marc Angélil, Barry Bergdoll, Adèle Naudé Santos, Brigitte Shim, Jeffrey T. Schnapp (external members), Phyllis Lambert, Mirko Zardini, Maristella Casciato (internal members), reviewed 37 proposals from 14 countries and awarded fellowships to the following scholars

  • Pierre Chabard, École nationale supérieure d'architecture de la ville et des territoires – ENSAV&T, Marne-la-Vallée, France

    Topic : L’architecture en expositions. Contribution à une sociohistoire de la médiation architecturale. Les cas du CCA (Montréal) et du CCI (Paris)

  • Jorge Manuel Simão Alvez Correia, Universidade do Minho, Guimarães, Portugal

    Topic: Late 19th-century photography of Arab cities: perception and reception of Islamic architectural and urban features

  • Anat Falbel, Universidade Estadual de Campinas - UNICAMP, São Paulo, Brazil

    Topic: The national and the foreigner and the space of the in-between. The quest for a dialogue in Brazilian urban space between the 1930’s and 1960’s.