Skip to main content

Guest Reseachers

Every year, numerous international guest scholars from various disciplines and career stages come to the IAI for research purposes. Their research stays are financially supported by the IAI Scholarship and Fellow Program, by German and foreign funding institutions or their home institutions. The guest researchers mainly come from Latin America, the Caribbean, the USA and Europe.

Guest researcher Sandra Restrepo with books at her workstation in the reading room
Sandra Restrepo, Centro de Documentación e Investigación de la Cultura de Izquierdas, Argentina. © Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut
Guest researcher Alexandre Fortes with books and laptop at his workstation in the reading room
Alexandre Fortes, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. © Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut
Visiting scientist Nicolas Balutet at the table with laptop and notes
Nicolas Balutet, Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France, France. © Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut

Attractive research location

The IAI is an attractive research location for visiting researchers not only because of its extensive collections, but also because of the Institute's diverse networks. They are involved in the Institute's various activities. Examples include the regular research colloquium and the lecture series on the research theme.

The guest researchers strengthen the IAI's research profile with their expertise and knowledge. Visits often lead to longer-term collaboration, which is reflected in joint publications, events, reciprocal guest invitations and research projects.

Invitation as a guest researcher

If you are interested in a research stay at the IAI and require an invitation from us as a guest scholar for this purpose, please send us a CV (maximum 5 pages) and a description of your research project (definition of the topic and the key questions of the study; methodological approach; current status of the project; justification for the need for a research stay at the IAI; bibliography). We will endeavor to process your request as quickly as possible. However, when submitting your documents, please bear in mind that it may take up to three weeks to process your request. Please send the required documents, stating the planned period of your stay, by e-mail to estadias​(at)​iai.spk-berlin.de (opens your email program) 

If you have any questions about using the library and bibliographic research, please contact info​(at)​iai.spk-berlin.de (opens your email program)

Guest Researchers 2026

  • Aused, José María

    • Institution: Universidad Nacional de Rosario / CONICET (Argentina)
    • Period of residence: 17/05/26 - 29/05/26
    • Financing: CONICET
    • Research project: Lo particular y lo universal en la producción de la ciudad latinoamericana: la huella del lugar y la adaptación de los saberes urbanísticos globales

  • Belgrano, Mateo

    • Institution: Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina (Argentina)
    • Period of residence: 01/10/26 - 31/03/26
    • Financing: ICALA
    • Research project: Rodolfo Kusch y su lectura herética-mestiza de “El origen de la obra de arte” de Martin Heidegger

  • Buiza, Nanci

    • Institution: Swarthmore College (USA)
    • Period of residence: 01/09/26 - 15/10/26
    • Financing: IAI
    • Research project: The Salvadoran Transition to Peace and Democracy Through the Lens of Primera Plana: periódico semanal de investigación

  • Correia dos Santos, Carolina

    • Institution: Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (Brasilien)
    • Period of residence: 01/01/26 - 31/08/26
    • Financing: AvH
    • Research project: Colonialism in Os Sertões and the Anthropocene: Euclides da Cunha's Narrative in Relation to European Travel Accounts and the Environmental Crisis

  • Cristal, Yann

    • Institution: Universidad de Buenos Aires (Argentina)
    • Period of residence: 01/09/26 -15/10/26
    • Financing: IAI
    • Research project: Construir la nación: conocimiento técnico, Estado y cuestión nacional en las primeras asociaciones de ingenieros de Argentina, México y Brasil (1880-1910)

  • Cuevas Valenzuela, Hernán

    • Institution: Universidad Austral de Chile (Chile)
    • Period of residence: 15/12/25 - 15/02/26
    • Financing: Fondecyt
    • Research project: Las transformaciones de las cadenas logísticas y del proceso de trabajo en la reestructuración neoliberal de los puertos y los territorios del centro-sur de Chile: 1970-2022 

  • De Souza, Rebecca

    • Institution: University of Stirling (UK)
    • Period of residence: 01/06/26-30/06/26
    • Financing: IAI
    • Research project: Repurposing Premodernity in Mexican lucha libre: From El Santo to El Hijo del Vikingo

  • Durante, Santiago Gabriel

    • Institution: Universidad Nacional de Hurlingham (Argentina)
    • Period of residence: 01/09/26 - 15/10/26
    • Financing: IAI
    • Research project: Hacia una tipología de la literatura oral chaqueña

  • Ehlert Maia, João Marcelo

    • Institution: Fundação Getulio Vargas (Brasilien)
    • Period of residence: 27/06/26 - 27/07/26
    • Financing: IAI
    • Research project: A circulação da sociologia norte-americana na América Latina entre as décadas de 1950 e 1970

  • Gallardo, Osvaldo

    • Institution: Universidad Nacional de Cuyo (Argentina)
    • Period of residence: 02/01/26 - 18/02/26
    • Financing: Berlin University Alliance
    • Research project: A Qualitative Exploration of the Researcher’s Choice of a Journal: Open access, Prestige, and Evaluative Cultures

  • García Palacios, Mariana

    • Institution: Universidad de Buenos Aires / CONICET (Argentina)
    • Period of residence: Summer 2026 (tba)
    • Financing: AvH
    • Research project: Knowledge, Affect and Formative Experiences of Children in Intercultural and Inter-religious Contexts. An Anthropological Approach in Dialogue with Psychology

  • Hernández Rascón, Adriana

    • Institution: Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (Mexico)
    • Period of residence: 27/03/26 - 02/04/26
    • Financing: Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla
    • Research project: Cartografía de la prensa y el impreso efímero mexicano en los acervos 

  • Mackenbach, Werner

    • Institution: Universidad de Costa Rica (Costa Rica)
    • Period of residence: 12/01/26 - 16/01/26
    • Financing: Universidad de Costa Rica
    • Research project: La relación de los autores centroamericanos con Alemania. Miradas tropicales de Alemania en la narrativa de cuatro escritores/as de Centroamérica

  • Masera Cerutti, María Ana

    • Institution: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México / Campus Morelia (Mexiko)
    • Period of residence: 01/03/25 - 28/02/26
    • Financing: UNAM
    • Research project: Los impresos populares Iberoamericanos del teatro al cine: Fronteras culturales, voz y música en la circulación transnacional y preservación digital

  • Matsumoto, Mallory

    • Institution: The University of Texas at Austin (USA)
    • Period of residence: 04/03/26 - 30/05/26
    • Financing: AvH
    • Research project: The Sixteenth-Century Baptismal Registry of Santiago Atitlán, Guatemala

  • Mitidieri, Martín

    • Institution: Université Sorbonne Nouvelle (France)
    • Period of residence: 25/02/26 - 25/04/26
    • Financing: IAI
    • Research project: La circulación de ideas latinoamericanas del siglo XXI en Europa: un enfoque socio-histórico del “giro eco-territorial” y del sumak kawsay

  • Nagy, Ella Bernadette

    • Institution: Conservatorio de La Spezia (Italy)
    • Period of residence: 08/06/26 - 08/08/26
    • Financing: IAI
    • Research project: Redes culturales y circulación del conocimiento musical en el Brasil colonial: Luís Álvares Pinto (1719-1789)

  • Nascimento dos Santos, Daiana

    • Institution: Universidad de Playa Ancha (Chile)
    • Period of residence: 07/09/26 - 15/10/26
    • Financing: Fondecyt
    • Research project: Esclavización moderna en la novela de África y Latinoamérica

  • Palacios Serrato, José de Jesús

    • Institution: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (Mexico)
    • Period of residence: 08/12/25 - 28/01/26
    • Financing: UNAM
    • Research project: Archivo Perlongher: Estudio de su poesía (in)édita: puentes barrocos y conexiones brasileñas

  • Poblete Godoy, Daniela

    • Institution: Universidad de Los Lagos (Chile)
    • Period of residence: 18/05/26 - 25/05/26
    • Financing: ANID
    • Research project: In(movilidades) de mujeres y madres haitianas en chile: Casos de remigración y retorno para un análisis multi-escalar

  • Quesada, Carlos Fernando

    • Institution: Universidad Nacional de Cuyo (Argentina)
    • Period of residence: 01/09/26 - 30/09/26
    • Financing: IAI
    • Research project: La circulación transnacional de intelectuales y expertos entre España y América Latina durante el franquismo. El programa de becas del Instituto de Cultura Hispánica, 1948-1971

  • Raminelli, Ronald

    • Institution: Universidade Federal Fluminense (Brazil)
    • Period of residence: 25/01/26 - 04/02/26
    • Financing: CNPq - Faperj
    • Research project: Escravistas e abolicionistas: autores e leitores sobre a escravidão no Brasil, c. 1790 e 1871 

  • Relly, Eduard

    • Institution: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (Brazil)
    • Period of residence: 12/01/26 - 27/01/26
    • Financing: CNPq
    • Research project: Deutschsprachige Presse in Brasilien, 1852-1941

  • Ruiz Cazares, Ricardo

    • Institution: Universidad Autónoma de Campeche (Mexico)
    • Period of residence: 09/03/26 - 23/03/26
    • Financing: IAI
    • Research project: El legado de Max Uhle: estudios de la momificación en la costa peruana y chilena   

  • Salvarrey, Teo

    • Institution: Universidad de Buenos Aires (Argentina)
    • Period of residence: 01/07/26 - 31/10/26
    • Financing: UBA
    • Research project: La circulación y recepción local de películas en la Buenos Aires del período de entreguerras (1919-1939)

  • Setkowicz-Szymanowicz, Katarzyna

    • Institution: University of Wroclaw (Poland)
    • Period of residence: 01/09/26 - 30/09/26
    • Financing: IAI
    • Research project: Entre periferias: transferencia cultural de los románticos polacos y resignificación del motivo de Polonia en la literatura hispanoamericana del siglo XIX

  • Svampa, Maristella

    • Institution: Universidad Nacional de La Plata / CONICET (Argentina)
    • Period of residence: 22/03/26 - 22/07/26
    • Financing: AvH
    • Research project: Polycrisis, Conflicts and Narratives on the Ecosocial Transition. Perspectives from Latin America

  • Vázquez Carbajal, Martha Fernanda

    • Institution: Universidad Nacional de La Plata (Argentina)
    • Period of residence: 04/06/26 - 03/07/26
    • Financing: IAI
    • Research project: Sátira y circulación de los divertimentos: el matrimonio y los personajes femeninos en la literatura popular impresa (México, Perú y Río de la Plata, 1880-1928)

  • Vidal Molina, Paula

    • Institution: Universidad de Chile (Chile)
    • Period of residence: 25/02/26 - 15/03/26
    • Financing: Universidad de Chile
    • Research project: La noción de democracia: Aportes al pensamiento social en Chile

  • Xavier, Renato

    • Institution: Centro Brasileiro de Analise e Planejamento (Brasilien)
    • Period of residence: 01/03/26 - 28/02/27
    • Financing: FAPESP
    • Research project: Decoding Stuart Hall in the Algorithmic Era: Black Counterpublics and Digital Resistance in Brazil