A screening of
<http://adorocinema.cidadeinternet.com.br/filmes/entreatos/entreatos.htm>"Entreatos"
(Intermissions)<http://adorocinema.cidadeinternet.com.br/filmes/entreatos/entreatos.htm>,
2004, 117 min.
followed by a conversation with renowned filmmaker
JOÃO MOREIRA SALLES
This documentary offers a intimate behind-the-scenes look at Luiz Inácio
"Lula" da Silva's historic 2002 presidential campaign. Based on 240 hours
of exclusive footage taken by Salles' crew --- which had unprecedented
access to the former metalworker from São Paulo and his family, friends and
fellow PT party members --- the filmmaker reveals a startlingly candid
backstage view of a unique modern politician.
Documentary in Portuguese with English subtitles.
THURSDAY, MAY 26
7:00-9:30pm
The Humanities Center at Harvard
Thompson Hall - Barker Center - 12 Quincy Street
Directions: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~humcentr/generalinfo.html
Sponsored by the David Rockefeller Center's Brazilian Studies Program.
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Tomás Amorim
Brazilian Studies Program Coordinator & Research Associate
David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS)
Harvard University
61 Kirkland St.
Cambridge, MA 02138
Tel: (617) 495-5435
Fax: (617) 496-2802
Email: amorim(a)fas.harvard.edu
Web: http://drclas.fas.harvard.edu
Classes at Harvard are over, but the "Brazil Semester" rages on.
I am delighted to announce the two final Brazil-related events of the
Spring 2005 Semester (see below).
I also wanted to say "muito obrigado" for your participation, feedback and
support during this "Brazil Semester." On behalf of our faculty-led
Brazilians Studies Committee and all of us at DRCLAS, we hope we have
helped strengthen Harvard's place in the Brazilian Studies map and bring
more of Brazil into Harvard Yard and beyond.
Um grande abraço, Tomas
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Wed., May 18:
"Managing the Politics of Education Reform: A Conversation with Paulo
Renato Souza"
PAULO RENATO SOUZA, former Minister of Education of Brazil (1995 to
2002). He is also a former Secretary of Education for the State of São
Paulo and Rector at the University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in Sao Paulo. He
earned his doctorate in Economics from the University of Campinas, where he
has taught since 1978. Dr. Souza also holds degrees from the Universidade
Federal do Rio Grande do Sul and the Universidade do Chile.
FERNANDO REIMERS (presider), Ford Foundation Professor of International
Education; Director, International Education Policy Program; Director of
Global Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 18
4:00-6:00pm, reception to follow
Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE)
Larsen Hall - Room G-08 (Ground Floor) - 14 Appian Way
Directions: http://gseweb.harvard.edu/~admit/directions.html
Sponsored by the HGSE International Education Policy Program.
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Thurs., May 26:
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A screening of "Entreatos" and a conversation with JOÃO MOREIRA SALLES
"Entreatos" (Intermissions), 2004, 117 min.
This documentary offers a intimate behind-the-scenes look at Luiz Inácio
"Lula" da Silva's historic 2002 presidential campaign. Based on 240 hours
of exclusive footage taken by Salles' crew --- which had unprecedented
access to the former metalworker from São Paulo and his family, friends and
fellow PT party members --- the filmmaker reveals a startlingly candid
backstage view of a modern politician.
Discussion with filmmaker João Moreira Salles to follow the screening.
Documentary in Portuguese with English subtitles.
THURSDAY, MAY 26
7:00-9:30pm
The Humanities Center at Harvard
Thompson Hall - Barker Center - 12 Quincy Street
Directions: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~humcentr/generalinfo.html
Sponsored by the David Rockefeller Center's Brazilian Studies Program.
Tomás Amorim
Brazilian Studies Program Coordinator & Research Associate
David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS)
Harvard University
The David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS)
proudly announces its most recent thesis prize competition:
Kenneth Maxwell Thesis Prize in Brazilian Studies
The Kenneth Maxwell Thesis Prize in Brazilian Studies -- which will be
awarded for the first time this Spring, as the golden key to DRCLAS's
"Brazil Semester at Harvard" -- was established to recognize the best
Harvard College senior thesis on a subject related to Brazil. Candidates
may be nominated by their department/concentration/instructional committee,
or candidates may nominate their own theses. This annual prize is funded
by a gift to DRCLAS from Professor Kenneth Maxwell. The winner is
determined in late May and announced at the DRCLAS Certificate Ceremony
held on June 8. This prize carries a monetary award of $500.
Deadline for submissions: FRIDAY, MAY 6, 2005
This prize will join the prestigious James R. and Isabel D. Hammond Thesis
Prize for the best thesis related to Spanish-speaking Latin America
(established in 1992) and the Inter-Faculty Committee on Latino Studies
Thesis Prize for the best thesis on a subject concerning Latinos
(established in 2003). For more information on these prizes, please see:
http://drclas.fas.harvard.edu/resources/students/undergrads
I am delighted to report that (to my knowledge) there are at least 4
seniors this year who have written Brazil-related theses. If you are aware
of any Harvard College seniors who have written theses on Brazil, please
forward this notice to them.
To submit a thesis for consideration, please contact:
Tomás Amorim, Brazilian Studies Program Coordinator & Research Associate at
DRCLAS, at amorim(a)fas.harvard.edu
See below for details on two talks on Brazil this Wednesday evening by two
outstanding DRCLAS visiting scholars (both, regrettably, will take place at
6pm.)
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DRCLAS's Boston Area Workshop for Latin American History presents:
"Brazil, 1978: The Dictatorship Dismantled"
A work-in-progress portrait of the last months of the political opening
under the presidency of General Ernesto Geisel, from the October 1977
firing of Army Minister Silvio Frota to General João Figueiredo's March
1979 presidential inauguration. 1978 was the year in which two words
reappeared in the Brazilian political vocabulary: strike and amnesty. Along
with them emerged a new figure: Lula.
ELIO GASPARI is the Lemann Visiting Scholar for Spring 2005 at Harvard
University's David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies. Gaspari
is one of Brazil's most respected journalists and historians, currently
writing weekly columns for the leading newspapers Folha de São Paulo and O
Globo (and syndicated in ten other newspapers). He has been widely
acclaimed for his four-volume history of the Brazilian military
dictatorship and its transition to democracy, based on extensive interviews
and special access to military archives: The Dictatorship Ashamed, The
Dictatorship Unmasked, The Dictatorship Defeated, and The Dictatorship
Cornered. The first and second volumes were awarded the Brazilian Academy
of Letter's award in the essay category in 2003. For the forthcoming fifth
and final volume--tentatively titled The Dictatorship Dismantled and
covering the 1978-1979 period--he is currently engaged in archival research
at the Harvard libraries. This talk will feature a sneak-preview into this
eagerly awaited book.
Wednesday, May 4
6:00 - 7:30pm
DRCLAS - 61 Kirkland St., Cambridge - Conference Room (2nd floor)
http://drclas.fas.harvard.edu/about/directions
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The Sackler Museum's M. Victor Leventritt Lecture Series presents:
"Ancient Symbols, Modern Visions: Latin American Visual Languages"
"Infinite Space and Today's News"
(formerly entitled "Carnival of Perception")
With certain digressions, Guy Brett's lecture will explore the combination
of a cosmic longing with social consciousness in mid-20th century Brazilian
avant-garde art.
GUY BRETT is the Peggy Rockefeller Visiting Scholar for Spring Term 2005 at
Harvard University's David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies.
Internationally recognized as one of the most influential writers and
thinkers on contemporary art, Brett occupies a distinctive position as an
independent curator and critical historian of the visual arts. He has
championed artists regularly left out of the international surveys,
particularly artists from Latin America, whose importance within the
history of modern art is now being fully acknowledged. During his stay at
Harvard, he will develop a project investigating the notion of the "void"
in the work of Lygia Clark, Hélio Oiticica, Mira Schendel and other
Brazilian and Latin American artists. His research will also explore the
role played by the box-format and book-format in Brazilian avant-garde art
from 1960, and the differences in the origins of conceptual art in Latin
America, the United States, and Europe in response to formal and
socio-political concerns.
Wednesday, May 4
6:00pm
Sackler Museum Auditorium
http://www.artmuseums.harvard.edu/information/directions.html
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