In the Distinguished Visiting Professor program, one or more times a year a distinguished senior scholar with a reputation for interdisciplinary engagement spends approximately one month in residence at the Institute. It is expected that this outstanding international scholar will pursue a specific scholarly agenda, participate in Institute programs and events, and organize a specific activity, such as a workshop, public talk, or speakers' series, intended to contribute to the intellectual life of the Institute and its affiliated scholars.
This is a pilot program to emerge from the former Catalytic Visitor program (1998-2000). Invitations are at the initiative of the Institute's Director, and the Institute's Academic Advisory Committee serves as the review panel.