The Beatrice Bain Research Group (BBRG) is UC Berkeley’s research center for the production and dissemination of critical, interdisciplinary feminist research on women and gender. The BBRG is particularly interested in enabling research on gender in its intersections with sexuality, race, class, nation, religion, postcoloniality, globalization and transnational feminisms.

Among the BBRG programs and activities is the BBRG Affiliated Visiting Scholars Program, designed to accommodate scholars who would like to spend a relatively short period of time in residence, ranging from two weeks to one semester. (For a period of residency of one full academic year, please see the BBRG Scholars In Residence Program). The BBRG Affiliated Visiting Scholars Program is open to senior and junior faculty (tenured and untenured), visiting scholars, postdoctoral scholars and independent scholars, from the U.S. and abroad, whose work is centrally on women and gender. Applicants must have the Ph.D. in hand one year prior to the beginning of the appointment. The BBRG accepts applications for the BBRG Affiliated Visiting Scholars Program throughout the academic year. 

Affiliated Visiting Scholars who are in residence for less than one month will have access to a shared office, and shared computer and internet access. Those who are here for periods of between one month and six months may have access to UC Berkeley library privileges, a shared office, and shared computer and internet access. Affiliated Visiting Scholars are invited to participate in the BBRG Scholars’ Writing/Reading Group, and may request that the BBRG organize a public presentation wherein the scholar would present her or his scholarly or creative work to the Berkeley campus community and the public.

Affiliated Visiting Scholars provide their own financial support during the residency. There is a $200 affiliation fee which scholars accepted to the Program must pay to the Visiting Scholar and Postdoctoral Affairs Office at UC Berkeley. Non-U.S. scholars must pay for all J-1 visa application fees both at UC Berkeley and in their home countries.

To apply for the BBRG Affiliated Visiting Scholars Program, please send the following materials to:

Professor Paola Bacchetta, BBRG Director
Applications/ BBRG Affiliated Visiting Scholars Program
Beatrice Bain Research Group
616 Barrows Hall
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-2050

1. Letter of Intent. (This should include the reason why you seek affiliation and the proposed duration of your stay with the BBRG.)
2. Curriculum Vitae
3. Abstract of Research or Creative Project (proposed for the BBRG appointment period). The length should be 200 words or less.
4. Supporting materials. Scholars in the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences should submit photocopies of a written work (such as an article, book chapter, or draft thereof) not to exceed 30 pages. Artists should submit photos of artwork; film-makers, copies of films; musicians, a CD copy of their creative work; and creative writers, a text (fiction, non-fiction, play or part thereof) not to exceed 30 pages. Journalists should submit articles not to exceed 30 pages. Please provide a self addressed, stamped envelope or container, or an envelope or container and your fed ex account number, if you wish to have your materials returned to you.
   NB: International applicants who wish to submit supporting materials in languages other than English are requested to first contact BBRG at bbrg@berkeley.edu.