VISITING RESEARCHER PROGRAM 2026
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
DEADLINE
September 30, 2025
A Visiting Researcher should already be engaged in academic research.
Prospective Visiting Researchers should align their proposals with the theme of the Archivo Program for 2026, and actively participate in the annual themed program by sharing their research through our activities, which may include public events, reading groups, and talk series.
THEMED PROGRAM 2026
ARCHIVAL ENTANGLEMENTS
RESEARCHING ECOLOGIES OF CARE
The Visiting Researchers' program 2026 invites researchers working across visual culture, archival theory, environmental humanities, and care ethics to explore how archives—understood as material, affective, and conceptual infrastructures—shape and are shaped by ecological thought.
Focusing on the entangled relationships between memory, ecology, and social responsibility, the program encourages critical investigations into how archival practices can generate alternative modes of knowledge rooted in care, situatedness, and interdependence. Selected visiting researchers will develop independent work in dialogue with the broader framework of Archivo Papers thematic volume "Haunted Archives of Livingness," contributing to a collective inquiry into how archives may serve as sites of resistance, healing, and ecological imagination.
In addition, one-to-one discussions will be organised between visiting researchers and the editorial team of Archivo Papers, with a view to developing potential contributions for the 2026 volume of the journal. These meetings aim to foster meaningful exchanges around each researcher's project and support the development of publishable work aligned with the journal's thematic and critical scope.
PROGRAM DURATION
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Selected candidates will engage on a one year program (Jan-Dec 2026).
ACCESS TO RESOURCES
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Visiting Researchers will have access to the Archivo Media Library, and free registration to the online events included in the year's program.
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS
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The deadline for submissions to the Visiting Researchers' Program is September 30, 2025. Interested parties should submit a proposal by filling in the application form below. Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.
APPLICATION FORM
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