DRCLAS-Brazil-list October 2008

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Harvard University Art Museums- Lecture on Brasilia - TONIGHT

by Marcio Siwi

Harvard University Art Museums presents Cities: Their Art & Architecture, a series designed to highlight the artistic and cultural histories diverse destinations. Brasilia: Symbol of Modernity in an Era of Cultural Vibrancy Mary Schneider Enriquez, Consultant on Latin American Art Today, Wednesday, October 29, 2008 6:30 - 7:30pm Arthur M. Sackler Museum, 485 Broadway, Cambridge, MA Brazil’s modernist capital Brasilia was designed amid the dynamism and economic prosperity of the mid-1940s and 1950s. Brazil’s culture flourished during this period, giving birth to the São Paulo Biennial, the nation’s first museum of modern art, and the concrete and neoconcrete art movements. Tickets are $12 for Members of the Harvard Art Museum; $18 for non-Members To register, contact the Membership Office at (617) 495-4544. Participants in this series may make reservations for dinner at the Harvard Faculty Club following the lectures. A dish inspired by the cuisine of the city presented that evening will be served. For reservations, please contact the Faculty Club directly at (617) 495-5758 and mention the Cities lecture series. -- Marcio Siwi Fellow / Program Officer Brazil Studies Program Harvard University David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies 1730 Cambridge St. Cambridge, MA 02138 tel (617) 495-5435 http://drclas.harvard.edu/brazil

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Brazil Film Series - Viva São João! - TONIGHT

by Marcio Siwi

Brazil Film Series Viva São João! Directed by Andrucha Waddington, 2002 In this epic documentary about the popular celebrations in honor of St. John, world-renowned musicians and Brazil’s Minister of Culture Gilberto Gil, takes the viewer to the Northeastern parts of Brazil where the festivities for São João are rich in color and sound, uniquely traditional and widespread. Directed by the creator of House of Sand and Me You Them, this musical journey into the Brazilian heartland pays tribute to Luiz Gonzaga, the iconic accordion player who is personally responsible for the promotion of Northeastern music on the rest of the country, as well as numerous local musicians and communities for whom celebrating St. John continues to be an important cultural heritage. Date: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 Time: 6:00 - 8:00 pm Location: Tsai Auditorium (CGIS South), 1730 Cambridge Street Co-sponsored by The Harvard Brazilian Organization and The Brazil Studies Program at DRCLAS -- Marcio Siwi Fellow / Program Officer Brazil Studies Program Harvard University David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies 1730 Cambridge St. Cambridge, MA 02138 tel (617) 495-5435 http://drclas.harvard.edu/brazil

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Chief Justice Gilmar Mendes at Harvard - TODAY

by Marcio Siwi

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Upcoming Brazil Related Events at Harvard

by Marcio Siwi

Judicial Control of Constitutionality in Brazil A lecture by: Justice Gilmar Ferreira Mendes, President of the Brazilian Supreme Court Date: Monday, October 27, 2008 Time: 1:30 - 3:00 pm Location: John Chipman Gray Room - Pound Hall at Harvard Law School. The lecture will be followed by Q& A and a reception (roughly from 2:30 to 3:30) Co-sponsored by the Harvard Law School and the Brazil Studies Program at DRCLAS ________________________________________________ Brazil Film Series Viva São João! Directed by Andrucha Waddington, 2002 In this epic documentary about the popular celebrations in honor of St. John, world-renowned musicians and Brazil’s Minister of Culture Gilberto Gil, takes the viewer to the Northeastern parts of Brazil where the festivities for São João are rich in color and sound, uniquely traditional and widespread. Directed by the creator of House of Sand and Me You Them, this musical journey into the Brazilian heartland pays tribute to Luiz Gonzaga, the iconic accordion player who is personally responsible for the promotion of Northeastern music on the rest of the country, as well as numerous local musicians and communities for whom celebrating St. John continues to be an important cultural heritage. Date: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 Time: 6:00 - 8:00 pm Location: Tsai Auditorium (CGIS South), 1730 Cambridge Street Co-sponsored by The Harvard Brazilian Organization and The Brazil Studies Program at DRCLAS __________________________________________________ Boston Area Latin American History Workshop and Brazil Studies Workshop Rethinking Migration from the Brazilian Northeast to the Amazon: Historical Trends from World War II A presentation by: Seth Garfield, Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Texas, Austin. Author of Indigenous Struggle at the Heart of Brazil: State Policy, Frontier Expansion, and the Xavante Indians, 1937-1988. Date: Wednesday, November 5, 2008 Time: 6:00 - 7:30pm Location: DRCLAS, CGIS S-250, 1730 Cambridge Street __________________________________________________ These events are free and open to the public and are made possible by the generous support of the Lemann Family Endowment. -- Marcio Siwi Fellow / Program Officer Brazil Studies Program Harvard University David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies 1730 Cambridge St. Cambridge, MA 02138 tel (617) 495-5435 http://drclas.harvard.edu/brazil

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Brazil Studies Program Conversa - CANCELED

by Marcio Siwi

Dear friends and colleagues: Unfortunately we are having to cancel our Conversa originally scheduled for tomorrow, October 23rd. We apologize for the short notice but our speaker was called to an emergency meeting in New York. Sincerelly, Marcio Siwi ___________________________ Brazil Studies Program Conversa - CANCELED Brazil Update Conversa with Riordan Roett, Sarita and Don Johnston Professor and Director of Western Hemisphere Studies and the Latin American Studies Program at Johns Hopkins University. Moderated by Steven Levitsky, Associate Professor of Government and Social Studies at Harvard University Date: Thursday, October 23, 2008 - CANCELED Time: 12:15 - 1:45 pm - CANCELED Location: DRCLAS CGIS - S-050, 1730 Cambridge Street -- Marcio Siwi Fellow / Program Officer Brazil Studies Program Harvard University David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies 1730 Cambridge St. Cambridge, MA 02138 tel (617) 495-5435 http://drclas.harvard.edu/brazil

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Brazil Studies Program - Upcoming events

by Marcio Siwi

Brazilian Response to HIV/AIDS: Achievements and Challenges. Insights from a University HIV care center A lecture by: Aluisio Segurado MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, São Paulo and Visiting Research Fellow at the Program on International Health and Human Rights, Harvard. The Brazilian response to HIV/AIDS has yielded significant improvement of clinical outcomes, including reduced HIV disease progression and prolonged survival. However, prevention and care interventions, including universal access to antiretroviral therapy, may not equally benefit all affected population groups. Professor Segurado will discuss the social and programmatic vulnerability issues that may account for such inequalities, as well as new important demands that have been recognized at the HIV care provision level. Date: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 Time: 12:30-1:30 pm Location: Harvard School of Public Health, Fracois-Xavier Bagnoud (FXB) Room G-11 Co-sponsored by the Harvard School of Public Health Program on International Health and Human Rights and the Brazil Studies Program at DRCLAS. __________________________________________ Brazil Studies Program Conversa: Brazil Update Conversa with Riordan Roett, Sarita and Don Johnston Professor and Director of Western Hemisphere Studies and the Latin American Studies Program at Johns Hopkins University. Moderated by Steven Levitsky, Associate Professor of Government and Social Studies at Harvard University Date: Thursday, October 23, 2008 Time: 12:15 - 1:45 pm Location: DRCLAS CGIS - S-050, 1730 Cambridge Street __________________________________________ Bate-Papo Members of the Harvard Community can practice their Portuguese language skills and discuss Luso-Brazilian cultures in a round-table setting. Date: Friday, October 24, 2008 Time: 4:00 - 5:30 pm Location: DRCLAS, CGIS Resource Room, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge Contact: Dr. Clémence Jouët-Pastré, cpastre(a)fas.harvard.edu Co-sponsored by the Portuguese section of the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures and the Brazil Studies Program at DRCLAS _________________________________________ Judicial Control of Constitutionality in Brazil A lecture by: Justice Gilmar Ferreira Mendes, President of the Brazilian Supreme Court Date: Monday, October 27, 2008 Time: 1:30 - 3:00 pm Location: John Chipman Gray Room - Pound Hall at Harvard Law School. The lecture will be followed by Q& A and a reception from 2:30 to 3:30 Co-sponsored by the Harvard Law School and the Brazil Studies Program at DRCLAS ________________________________________________ Brazil Film Series Viva São João! Directed by Andrucha Waddington, 2002 In this epic documentary about the popular celebrations in honor of St. John, world-renowned musicians and Brazil’s Minister of Culture Gilberto Gil, takes the viewer to the Northeastern parts of Brazil where the festivities for São João are rich in color and sound, uniquely traditional and widespread. Directed by the creator of House of Sand and Me You Them, this musical journey into the Brazilian heartland pays tribute to Luiz Gonzaga, the iconic accordion player who is personally responsible for the promotion of Northeastern music on the rest of the country, as well as numerous local musicians and communities for whom celebrating St. John continues to be an important cultural heritage. Date: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 Time: 6:00 - 8:00 pm Location: Tsai Auditorium (CGIS South), 1730 Cambridge Street Co-sponsored by The Harvard Brazilian Organization and The Brazil Studies Program at DRCLAS __________________________________________________ These events are free and open to the public and are made possible by the generous support of the Lemann Family Endowment. -- Marcio Siwi Fellow / Program Officer Brazil Studies Program Harvard University David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies 1730 Cambridge St. Cambridge, MA 02138 tel (617) 495-5435 http://drclas.harvard.edu/brazil

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Brazil Studies Program - Upcoming events

by Marcio Siwi

Brazilian Response to HIV/AIDS: Achievements and Challenges. Insights from a University HIV Care Center A lecture by: Aluisio Seguardo, Associate Professor of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, São Paulo and Visiting Research Fellow at the Program on International Health and Human Rights, Harvard. Professor Segurado will present an overview of the main achievements of the Brazilian response to HIV/AIDS and discuss the most important challenges to be faced in HIV care, based on his clinical experience at AIDS Clinic, affiliated to the University of Sao Paulo Medical School. Date: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 Time: 12:30-1:30 pm Location: Harvard School of Public Health, Francois-Xavier Bagnoud (FXB), Room G-11 Co-sponsored by the Harvard School of Public Health Program on International Health and Human Rights and the Brazil Studies Program at DRCLAS. __________________________________________ Brazil Studies Program Conversa: Brazil Update Conversa with Riordan Roett, Sarita and Don Johnston Professor and Director of Western Hemisphere Studies and the Latin American Studies Program at Johns Hopkins University. Moderated by Steven Levitsky, Associate Professor of Government and Social Studies at Harvard University Date: Thursday, October 23, 2008 Time: 12:15 - 1:45 pm Location: DRCLAS CGIS - S-050, 1730 Cambridge Street __________________________________________ Bate-Papo Members of the Harvard Community can practice their Portuguese language skills and discuss Luso-Brazilian cultures in a round-table setting. Date: Friday, October 24, 2008 Time: 4:00 - 5:30 pm Location: DRCLAS, CGIS Resource Room, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge Contact: Dr. Clémence Jouët-Pastré, cpastre(a)fas.harvard.edu Co-sponsored by the Portuguese section of the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures and the Brazil Studies Program at DRCLAS _________________________________________ Judicial Control of Constitutionality in Brazil A lecture by: Justice Gilmar Ferreira Mendes, President of the Brazilian Supreme Court Date: Monday, October 27, 2008 Time: 1:30 - 3:00 pm Location: John Chipman Gray Room - Pound Hall at Harvard Law School. The lecture will be followed by Q& A and a reception (roughly from 2:30 to 3:30) Co-sponsored by the Harvard Law School and the Brazil Studies Program at DRCLAS ________________________________________________ Brazil Film Series Viva São João! Directed by Andrucha Waddington, 2002 In this epic documentary about the popular celebrations in honor of St. John, world-renowned musicians and Brazil’s Minister of Culture Gilberto Gil, takes the viewer to the Northeastern parts of Brazil where the festivities for São João are rich in color and sound, uniquely traditional and widespread. Directed by the creator of House of Sand and Me You Them, this musical journey into the Brazilian heartland pays tribute to Luiz Gonzaga, the iconic accordion player who is personally responsible for the promotion of Northeastern music on the rest of the country, as well as numerous local musicians and communities for whom celebrating St. John continues to be an important cultural heritage. Date: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 Time: 6:00 - 8:00 pm Location: Tsai Auditorium (CGIS South), 1730 Cambridge Street Co-sponsored by The Harvard Brazilian Organization and The Brazil Studies Program at DRCLAS __________________________________________________ These events are free and open to the public and are made possible by the generous support of the Lemann Family Endowment. -- Marcio Siwi Fellow / Program Officer Brazil Studies Program Harvard University David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies 1730 Cambridge St. Cambridge, MA 02138 tel (617) 495-5435 http://drclas.harvard.edu/brazil

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Brazil Film Series - TONIGHT

by Marcio Siwi

The Brazil Studies Program at the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies and The Harvard Brazilian Organization presents: Brazil Film Series Jongos, Calangos e Folias: Música Negra, Memória e Poesia Directed by Hebe Mattos and Martha Abreu, 2005. Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 Time: 6:00 - 8:00 pm Location: CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium, S-010, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge This documentary explores the largely forgotten history of Jongos, Calangos and Folias de Reis, as well as the social groups associated with them. It documents the lives of residents of the coastal region of the state of Rio: the inhabitants of Vale do Paraíba, and individuals from the old mining towns along the Baixada Fluminense. By focusing on these three different regions, the film depicts the relationship between Jongos, Calangos and Folias de Reis, and the challenges associated with these unique Afro-Brazilian cultural patrimony. This event is made possible by the generous support of the Jorge Paulo Lemann Fund. -- Marcio Siwi Fellow / Program Officer Brazil Studies Program Harvard University David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies 1730 Cambridge St. Cambridge, MA 02138 tel (617) 495-5435 http://drclas.harvard.edu/brazil

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Brazil Studies Program Welcome Reception - TODAY at 5pm

by Marcio Siwi

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Brazil Studies Program - Upcoming Events

by Marcio Siwi

Brazil Studies Program Welcome Reception Date: Tuesday, October 7, 2008 Time: 5:00 - 7:00pm Location: CGIS Concourse S030 & Rock Garden, Cambridge, MA The Harvard University Brazil Studies Program at the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American invites students, faculty, staff, and community friends to join us in celebrating the start of the 2008 Fall Semester and another active year of Brazil events at Harvard. Featuring music by Choro Democrático, starting at 6pm Free and open to the public. _________________________________________________ Brazil Studies Conversa 1968 Revisited: Brazilian Social Movements Under the Military Dictatorship Date: Thursday, October 9, 2008 Time: 12:15 - 1:45pm Location: CGIS South , S-050, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge Victoria Langland, Assistant Professor in History, University of California at Davis and Christopher Dunn, Chair of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Tulane University. Moderated by June Carolyn Erlick, DRCLAS Publications Director and Editor of ReVista. ___________________________________________________ Brazil Film Series: Presented by The Brazil Studies Program at DRCLAS and The Harvard Brazilian Jongos, Calangos e Folias: Música Negra, Memória e Poesia Directed by Hebe Mattos and Martha Abreu, 2005 Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 Time: 6:00 - 8:00 pm Location: Tsai Auditorium (CGIS South), 1730 Cambridge Street This documentary explores the largely forgotten history of Jongos, Calangos and Folias de Reis - afro-Brazilian musical and verbal expressions - as well as the social groups associated with them. The film highlights the role of afro-Brazilian poetry in these three afro-Brazilian cultural expressions and how poetry provides political legitimacy for the remaining inhabitants of former slave based societies (Quilombos) in the state of Rio de Janeiro. The film documents the lives of residents of the coastal region of the state of Rio; the inhabitants of Vale do Paraíba, a prominent coffee producing region in the1800s; and individuals from the old mining towns along the Baixada Fluminense. By focusing on these three different regions, the film depicts the relationship between Jongos, Calangos and Folias de Reis, and the challenges associated with these unique Afro-Brazilian cultural patrimony. ______________________________________________________ These events are made possible by the generous support of the Lemann Family Endowment.

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