The Maria Sibylla Merian Center for Advanced Latin American Studies (CALAS) announces a visiting scholarship, based at the CALAS headquarter in Guadalajara, Mexico and its three regional centers in Quito, Ecuador/ Buenos Aires, Argentina/ San José, Costa Rica.
The scholarship covers a stay in residence from 4 to 8 months. We offer three scholarships for our headquarter in Guadalajara, México and one for each regional center. According to the CALAS research program, the applicant is expected to contribute to the development of innovative methodological and analytical approaches to understand the changes and crises in Latin America. This might include a review of Latin American approaches, theories and methodologies that address crises.

Thematic focus
Latin America counts on significant experiences in the processing of multiple crises. In facing these challenges, theoretical and empirical approaches are generated which are important not only for the region, but also for the understanding and general solutions to humanity’s current problems. CALAS’ trans-disciplinary research on “Coping with Crises from Latin American Perspectives” focuses on critical questions about how these crises and processes of change are provoked, accelerated, decelerated, perceived and reflected by different social actors. What strategies for coping with crises at multiple levels emerge in the process? How can new problem-solving approaches, including those of a transregional nature, be effective or institutionalized?
Proposals that are submitted should address in one way or another these general approaches of CALAS. We particularly welcome projects that show interest in more than one of the research areas covered by CALAS, and whose academic profile guarantees the interdisciplinary theoretical and methodological focuses which are required for research at CALAS. In this sense, it is expected that the proposed research projects contribute to reflecting, deconstructing and decentralizing the state of knowledge centered in the West on concepts, dynamics and solutions, and thus adapt them to the context of the region.
For more information about CALAS, please visit the Centre’s website: www.calas.lat.

Conditions of the scholarship
The call is directed to outstanding academics with university formation in the Humanities or Social Sciences, internationally recognized for having a significant impact in their field of research. The minimum academic degree is a doctorate; in addition, the scientific background and reputation, publications, experience in the research field, and the quality of the project submitted will be evaluated. An effective operational level of Spanish is required.
CALAS is committed to inclusion and the goal of gender equality. It explicitly welcomes applications from qualified persons with severe disabilities and handicaps. The CALAS scholarship program aims at gender parity and promotes affirmative action policies.
Fellows are expected to reside for the duration of the fellowship at one of the CALAS centers and participate in CALAS activities and events. They will have the opportunity to make use of the resources of CALAS and of the respective host institution, including office space, access to libraries and research facilities.
The scholarship is endowed with a competitive remuneration. In the event that the applicant fills a permanent position, the scholarship can be used to finance a temporary replacement. In addition, fellowship recipients will be reimbursed for their round-trip airfare and to visit one of CALAS’s other affiliated centers, where they are expected to present their research at a public conference. CALAS provides family support and provides a small fund for research trips to work in libraries and archives. CALAS does not have a residence to house its visiting researchers. However, their administrative staff will help you find suitable lodging to rent.
Fellows are expected to publish the results of their research in agreement with the editorial committee of CALAS and, at the end of the fellowship, to give an account of their activities in a 5-page report.

Application
You must fill out the online application form and add the following documents in pdf format and in Spanish or English:

• Motivation letter explaining how the project fits into the CALAS research and what their expectations are.
• Two-page curriculum vitae with list of relevant publications.
• Copy of the PhD certificate (2016 or earlier).
• Presentation of the research project, including schedule, work plan and bibliography, with a maximum extent of 8 pages/4,000 words.

Important dates

• Opening of the call: January 31, 2022
• Closing of the call: April 20, 2022
• Notification of results: August 15, 2022
• Start of the scholarship: between January and September 2023.

Due to the number of requests, rejections cannot be justified.

Further Information: Dr. Jochen Kemner, Maria Sibylla Merian Center for Advanced Latin American Studies, tel. ++52 33 3819 3000 (ext. 23594), info@calas.lat