CALAS will offer different formats for individual researchers who wish to develop their research without the constraints of day-to-day academic life.

I. Senior research fellowships

Annually, CALAS grants six Individual fellowships to distinguished experts in Latin American Studies for research stays at the Guadalajara headquarters as well as at each regional center of CALAS in San José-Costa Rica, Quito-Ecuador, and Buenos Aires-Argentina. Applicants are expected to contribute to the development of new methodological and analytic approaches to understand changes and crises from a Latin-American perspective. This may include a revision of Latin-American approaches, theories, and methodologies that deal with crises.

The calls for research stays in 2024 are already closed. The conditions can be consulted here:

1. Three senior research fellowships at the CALAS headquarters in Guadalajara, México

2. Senior research fellowship at the CALAS regional center Centralamerica and the Caribbean in San Jose, Costa Rica

3. Senior research fellowship at the CALAS regional center Andes in Quito, Ecuador

4. Senior research fellowship at the CALAS regional center Southern Cone and Brazil in Buenos Aires, Argentina

II. Guest Chairs

Complementing the fellowships at the central and regional centers, CALAS implements guest chairs in cooperation with affiliated partners in Latin America and Europe.

a) Guest Chair in Cuba

In cooperation with the the University of Havanna, the CALAS guest chair Cuba is open once a year for a period of up to six month.

For the moment, there is no open call.

 

b) Guest Chair in Brazil

A second CALAS guest chair is hosted at the Instituto de Estudos Avançados Transdisciplinares of the Federal University of Minas Gerais in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. The call is open once a year for a perior of three month. The current call for application for the CALAS guest chair in Brazil is closed. 

 

c) Guest Chair in Germany (HIAS/Bielefeld-Kassel)

Two further CALAS guest chairs in Germany are hosted by the Hamburg Institute for Advanced Studies and the Universities of Bielefeld and Kassel. These calls open once a year for a a period of six months each (4 in Hamburg, 2 in Bielefeld/Kassel).

The current call for application for the CALAS guest chair in Germany 2025 in Hamburg & Kassel is open until May 31, 2024. The conditions can be consulted here.