Visiting Scholars

Acceptance as an international visiting scholar requires a scientific host, a member of the BCRS who agrees to accompany the research stay. A list of all professors at the BCRS can be found here.

The Welcome Center at the University of Bonn is the central advisory and service center for international visiting scholars. It is the first point of contact and provides support in obtaining letters of invitation (for visas and scholarships), information about housing options, and local organization (workplace, access to libraries and the internet).

The contact person for visiting scholars interested in conducting research at the Center for Reconciliation Studies is:

Inquiries regarding research stays at the BCRS are accepted at any time. Interested parties should send the following information by email to reconciliation@uni-bonn.de:

• Name and contact details
• Details of the timing, duration, and content of the planned research stay (max. 1 page)
• Curriculum vitae with list of publications
• Name of the academic host at the BVRS.

Before beginning their research stay in Bonn, visiting scholars need to resolve the following issues:

• Visa (country-specific information can be found on the website of the Federal Foreign Office)
• Health insurance
• Accommodation

The Bonn Center for Reconciliation Studies is unfortunately unable to provide financial support for research stays.

Financial support for research stays can be applied for at the following institutions (among others):

• Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD)
• Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung (AvH)

Karla Henríquez

Karla Henríquez is assistant researcher at the Institute for the Analysis of Change in Contemporary and Historical Societies (IACCHOS) and lecturer at the UCLouvain, where she contributes to interdisciplinary research on democracy, social movements, and collective memory. She holds a doctorate in American Studies at the University of Santiago, Institute of Advanced Studies.

Her work focuses on the relationship between subjectivity and social transformation, with particular attention to how collective action shapes political subjectivities and how memories of violence and resistance are constructed, contested, and transmitted. She approaches these topics from a critical perspective, combining empirical research with theoretical reflection.
Dr. Henríquez has been a co-researcher in several international research projects. Among them is the CLACSO-funded project “The Foundations and Institutional Framework: Opportunities and Challenges in Democratic Tensions in Chile and Ecuador” (2021–2022), which examined democratic tensions and institutional dynamics in both countries. She was also a co-researcher in the project “Memory and resistance in women social actors: mournful lives among victims of human rights violations” (WBI, RI 10/2022–2025), focusing on memory, gender, and human rights, with research conducted in Chile and Belgium.

In addition, she is currently participating in the project “The Mournful Protest: Memory and Resistance in Women Victims of State Violence” (FONDECYT No. 1261260), which explores the emotional dimension of protest in Latin America, particularly how grief and loss become politically mobilizing forces. She was also involved in the U-CIRCLE project “Political Affects and Collective Action in Times of Crisis” (2025), led by the Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory at the University of Belgrade, which fosters academic exchange and comparative research on emotions, social transformations, and civic engagement.

Her academic contributions also include the coordination of books addressing political subjectivity and social change, reflecting her ongoing commitment to understanding contemporary societal challenges through the lens of social psychology and interdisciplinary research.