Montréal, 1 August 2003 - The Study Centre of the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) has awarded eleven research fellowships as part of its 2003 - 2004 Visiting Scholars Program. This program, created for scholars and architects conducting research at the post-doctoral or more advanced academic levels, allows them to pursue their individual research during residencies extending from three to eight months. Candidates for the Visiting Scholars Program submit proposals within any field of research in architectural history, theory, and criticism.

The Study Centre's Consultative Committee, an international body of architects and scholars, reviewed 75 proposals from over 23 countries and awarded fellowships to the following:

Samuel D. ALBERT, Department of Art History, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

Topic: And was Jerusalem builded here...

Jean-Pierre CHUPIN, École d'architecture, Université de Montréal, Canada

Topic: Théories du projet et paradoxes de la pensée analogique (1965-1995)

Maarten DELBEKE, Universiteit Gent, Belgium

Topic: The Sacred History of Architecture: the Writings of Michelangelo Lualdi in Context

Jean-Philippe GARRIC, École d'architecture de Normandie, France

Topic: Les modèles italiens dans les livres d'architecture français et le renouveau de la théorie architecturale au début du XIXe siècle

Anthony GERBINO, Department of Art and Art History, Wesleyan University, USA

Topic: Number, Order, and Measure: Baroque Architects and the Scientific Revolution

Katja GRILLNER, School of Architecture, The Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

Topic: The writing of landscapes: authorship, judgment and representation in the 18th century landscape garden

Robert KIRKIBRIDE, Parsons School of Design, and Studio 'Patafisico, USA

Topic: Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Frederico da Montefeltro

D. Medina LASANSKY, Department of Architecture, Cornell University, USA

Topic: Redefining Modernism: Contextualizing the Image of Tuscan Vernacular Architecture within the Racist Rhetoric of the Fascist Regime

Wallis MILLER, College of Architecture, University of Kentucky, USA

Topic: Architecture on Exhibit

Amy F. OGATA, The Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design and Culture, USA

Topic: Object Lessons: Design, Creativity and the Material Culture of Postwar Childhood

Timothy ROHAN, Art History Program, University of Massachusetts, USA

Topic: Urbanism in Postwar America: Paul Rudolph Buildings and Projects

Inaugurated in September 1997, the CCA's Study Centre is an international institute devoted to advanced research on various aspects of architectural thought. The Study Centre enables scholars to pursue a wide variety of research in architecture and related disciplines. In a setting uniquely conducive to study and scholarly exchange, the CCA provides resident scholars with the outstanding resources of its collections and library, adequate stipends, and administrative and research support. The Study Centre aims at fostering scientific exchange, theoretical debate and the emergence of innovative ideas. In this regard, it offers an integrated program of seminars, lectures, and other research activities intended to create and maintain a forum of exchange for visiting researchers, and the academic and intellectual communities at the CCA and in the Montreal region.

The Canadian Centre for Architecture is an international research centre and museum founded on the conviction that architecture is a public concern. Based on its extensive collections, CCA is a leading voice in advancing knowledge, promoting public understanding, and widening thought and debate on the art of architecture, its history, theory, practice, and role in society today.

The CCA gratefully acknowledges the generous support of  the Ministère de la Culture et des Communications du Québec, the Canada Council for the Arts, the Department of Canadian Heritage, and the Conseil des arts de Montréal.

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