Brazil Studies Program Conversa
Brazilian Music and Social Action
with:
Jason Stanyek, Visiting Professor of Music, Harvard University;
Assistant Professor of Music, New York University; Author, Around the
World Goes Around: Performing Brazilian Music and Dance in the United
States (forthcoming).
Bryan McCann, Associate Professor of History and Director, Brazilian
Studies Program, Georgetown University; Author, Hello, Hello Brazil:
Popular Music in the Making of Modern Brazil.
Moderator:
Alma Guillermoprieto, Visiting Lecturer of Romance Languages and
Literatures, Harvard University; Author, Samba and The Heart That
Bleeds: Latin America Now.
*Date: Thursday, May 1, 2008
Time: 12:15 - 1:45 pm
Location: CGIS South, S-050, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge*
This event is made possible by the generous support of the Jorge Paulo
Lemann Fund.
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Elite Squad (Tropa de Elite)
Film screening will be followed by a panel discussion with director José
Padilha and scholars José Gatti and James Cavallaro
*Date: Monday, May 5, 2008
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: Harvard Film Archive, 24 Quincy Street, Cambridge*
Presented with the Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management at
HKS, The Harvard Film Archive and the Harvard University Brazil Studies
Program at the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies.
Fore More Information:
http://hcl.harvard.edu/hfa/films/2008mayjune/elite.html
Synopsis:
Elite Squad has been a media event in Brazil since the first pirated
copies of the workprint started circulating. It was an instant success
upon its Brazilian release last fall and burst onto the international
scene by winning top prize at this year's Berlin Film Festival. The film
is an adaptation of a book by the same name written by anthropologist
Luiz Eduardo Soares (the former national secretary of public security in
Brazil) and two police officers, André Batista and Rodrigo Pimentel. The
book recounts the experiences of Batista and Pimentel as officers in the
Batalhão de Operações Policiais Especiais, the Special Police Operations
Battalion of the Rio de Janeiro Military Police. Soares is the former
national secretary of public security in Brazil. Both the film and the
book show police brutality and corruption, as well as the violence of
drug traffickers, through the eyes and the voice of a policeman involved
in a world where the war on crime itself becomes criminal.
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Reminder -- DRCLAS Thesis Prize in Brazilian Studies
The Kenneth Maxwell Thesis Prize in Brazilian Studies was awarded for
the first time in the Spring of 2005, and 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 during Commencement
Week. The prize carries a monetary award of $500.
For more information please to go:
http://www.drclas.harvard.edu/brazil/fellowships_grants/km_prize
*Deadline for submissions: Friday, May 2, 2008 by 5pm*
--
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
The *Kenneth Maxwell Thesis Prize in Brazilian Studies* was awarded for
the first time in the Spring of 2005, and 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 during Commencement
Week. The prize carries a monetary award of $500.
For more information please to go:
http://www.drclas.harvard.edu/brazil/fellowships_grants/km_prize
Deadline for submissions: Friday, May 2, 2008 by 5pm
Contact: Marcio Siwi (msiwi(a)fas.harvard.edu <mailto:msiwi@fas.harvard.edu>)
--
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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_TODAY - Monday, April 21, 2008
Brazil Studies Program and Harvard Brazilian Organization Film Series:
Bye Bye Brazil
Carlos Diegues, 1979
Time: 6:00-9:00 pm
Location: CGIS, Tsai Auditorium S-010, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
Synopsis:
The Caravana Rolidei rolls into town with the Gypsy Lord at the mike: he
does magic tricks, the erotic Salomé dances, and the mute Swallow
performs feats of strength. A young accordion player is completely
enamored of Salomé, and he begs to come along. The Gypsy Lord shrugs,
and the accordionist and his pregnant wife, Dasdô, join the troupe.
Television is their enemy as they go from the coast deep into the
Amazon. Salomé lets the accordion player sleep with her once, with
Dasdô's knowledge. He's moon-struck. Then, after Dasdô's baby is born
and financial disaster hits the troupe, and the accordionist must choose
between seeing his wife a prostitute and leaving the caravan.
This event is made possible by the generous support of the Jorge Paulo
Lemann Fund
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Thursday, May 1, 2008
Brazil Studies Program Conversa
"Brazilian Music and Social Action"
Conversa with:
*Jason Stanyek*, Visiting Professor of Music, Harvard University, and
Assistant Professor of Music, New York University. Author of /Around the
World Goes Around: Performing Brazilian Music and Dance in the United
States/ (forthcoming).
and
*Bryan McCann*, Associate Professor of History and Director, Brazilian
Studies Program, Georgetown University. Author of /Hello, Hello Brazil:
Popular Music in the Making of Modern Brazil/.
Moderator:
*Alma Guillermoprieto*, Visiting Lecturer of Romance Languages and
Literatures, Harvard University. Author of /Samba /and /The Heart That
Bleeds: Latin America Now./
Date: Thursday, May 1, 2008
Time: 12:15 - 1:45 pm
Location: CGIS S-050
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
Slavery, Abolition and Race in Brazil
Conversa with:
Zephyr Frank, Assistant Professor of Latin American History, Stanford
University. Author of Dutra's World: Wealth and Family in
Nineteenth-Century Rio de Janeiro.
and
Lilia Moritz Schwarcz, Professor of Anthropology, Universidade de São
Paulo, and Spring 2008 Tinker Visiting Professor, Columbia University.
Author of The Spectacle of the Races: Scientists, Institutions, and the
Race Question in Brazil, 1870-1930.
Moderator:
Vincent Brown, Dunwalke Associate Professor of American History, Harvard
University. Author of The Reaper's Garden: Death and Power in the World
of Atlantic Slavery.
Date: Thursday, April 17, 2008
Time: 12:15 - 1:45 pm
Location: CGIS S-050, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
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
The Workshop on the Political Economy of Modern Capitalism is pleased to
present:
Professor Zephyr Frank of Stanford University presenting a paper titled
“Property and Power in Rio de Janeiro, 1840s-1880s.”
Paper Presentation
Professor Frank's paper is available for download from the workshop's
website, www.fas.harvard.edu/~polecon/papers.shtml
Date: Monday, April 14, 2008
Time: 4:00 - 6:00 pm
Location: Lower Library of Robinson Hall, 35 Quincy Street
Contact: polecon(a)fas.harvard.edu
Refreshments will be served.
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Brazil Studies Program and Harvard Brazilian Organization Film Series
O Ano em Que Meus Pais Saíram de Férias
Cao Hamburger, 2006.
Date: Monday, April 14, 2008
Time: 6:00-9:00 pm
Location: CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
Contact: Marcio Siwi, msiwi(a)fas.harvard.edu
Synopsis:
In 1970, near the World Cup, Daniel Stern and his wife Miriam leave Belo
Horizonte in a hurry and scared with their ten years old son Mauro in
their Volkswagen. While traveling to São Paulo, the couple explain to
Mauro that they will go on vacation and will leave him with his
grandfather, Mótel. Daniel promises to return before the first game of
the Brazilian National Soccer Team in the Cup. The boy is left in Bom
Retiro, a Jewish and Italian neighborhood, and waits for Mótel in front
of his apartment. When the next door neighbor Shlomo arrives, he tells
the boy that Mótel had just had a heart attack and died. Alone and
without knowing where his parents are, the boy is lodged by Shlomo and
the Jewish community. Through the young neighbor Hanna, Mauro makes new
friends, cheers for the Brazilian team and sees the movement of the
police and militaries on the streets while waiting for his parents.
This event is made possible by the generous support of the Jorge Paulo
Lemann Fund.
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Brazil Studies Program Conversa:
Slavery, Abolition and Race in Brazil
Conversa with:
Zephyr Frank, Assistant Professor of Latin American History, Stanford
University. Author of Dutra's World: Wealth and Family in
Nineteenth-Century Rio de Janeiro.
and
Lilia Moritz Schwarcz, Professor of Anthropology, Universidade de São
Paulo, and Spring 2008 Tinker Visiting Professor, Columbia University.
Author of The Spectacle of the Races: Scientists, Institutions, and the
Race Question in Brazil, 1870-1930.
Moderator:
Vincent Brown, Dunwalke Associate Professor of American History, Harvard
University. Author of The Reaper's Garden: Death and Power in the World
of Atlantic Slavery.
Date: Thursday, April 17, 2008
Time: 12:15 - 1:45 pm
Location: CGIS S-050, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
Contact: Marcio Siwi, msiwi(a)fas.harvard.edu
This event is made possible by the generous support of the Jorge Paulo
Lemann Fund.
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Bate-Papo
Date: Friday, April 18, 2008
Time: 4:00 - 5:30 pm
Location: DRCLAS, CGIS S-216, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
Contact: Dr. Clémence Jouët-Pastré, cpastre(a)fas.harvard.edu
Members of the Harvard Community can practice their Portuguese language
skills and discuss Luso-Brazilian cultures in a round-table setting.
Co-sponsored by the Portuguese section of the Department of Romance
Languages and Literatures.
--
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
THIS WEEK
Sixth Annual Brazil Week:
Brazil and Japan: A Century of Journeys Across Borders and Generations
_Monday, April 7th _
6:00pm
Opening and welcome
Clémence Jouët-Pastré and Wesley Jacobsen, Harvard University.
Japanese in Brazil but Brazilian in Japan: The Transnational Ethnic
Experiences of the Japanese Brazilians
Keynote Speaker:Takeyuki (ou Gaku) Tsuda, Arizona State University
Exhibit Opening
20 photos of picture-bride arranged marriages from the 40s to the 70s,
and old objects.
Comments: Naomi Moniz, Georgetown University
Reception to follow presentation.
Location: Tsai Auditorium: All activities are free and open to the public.
_Tuesday, April 8th _
6:00pm
100 Years of Japanese Immigration in Brazil: From Yellow Peril to Model
Citizen
Speaker: Naomi Moniz, Georgetown University
Moderator: Kasumi Yamashita
Location: Belfer Case Study Room. Open to the public.
_Wednesday, April 9th_
6:00pm
Second-generation and First-and-a-half Generation Brazilian-Japanese
youth in Japan.
Speaker: Angelo Ishi, Musashi University, Japan
Moderator: Leticia Braga, Harvard University
Location: Tsai Auditorium. Open to the public.
_Thursday, April 10th_
6:00pm
Screening of Gaijin II
Followed by a conversation with filmmaker, Tizuka Yamazaki
In collaboration with Grupo Mulher Brasileira, Brazilian Women's Group.
Moderator: Heloísa Galvao
Location: Tsai Auditorium. Open to the public.
_Friday, April 11th_
12pm
Haiku in the Coffee Plantations: the Japanese Immigrants in Brazil
Speaker: Juan Ryusuke Ishikawa, California State University, Fullerton
Location: Tsai Auditorium. Open to the public.
_Friday, April 11th_
6:00pm
Tikara and Keika: Mascots of the Brazil-Japan Centenary
Special Guest
Maurício de Sousa
Location: Belfer Case Study Room. Open to the public.
Sponsored by the Jorge Paulo Lemann Fund of the Brazil Studies Program
at the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, the
Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, and the Department of Romance
Languages and Literatures at Harvard University.
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NEXT WEEK
Brazil Studies Program and Harvard Brazilian Organization Film Series:
O Ano em Que Meus Pais Saíram de Férias (2006)
Directed by Cao Hamburger
Date: Monday, April 14, 2008
Time: 6:00-9:00 pm
Location: Tsai Auditorium (CGIS)
free and open to the public
This event is made possible by the generous support of the Jorge Paulo
Lemann Fund.
______________________________________________________________________
Brazil Studies Program Conversa:
Slavery, Abolition and Race in Brazil
Conversa with:
Zephyr Frank, Assistant Professor of Latin American History, Stanford
University. Author of Dutra's World: Wealth and Family in
Nineteenth-Century Rio de Janeiro.
and
Lilia Moritz Schwarcz, Professor of Anthropology, Universidade de São
Paulo, and Spring 2008 Tinker Visiting Professor, Columbia University.
Author of The Spectacle of the Races: Scientists, Institutions, and the
Race Question in Brazil, 1870-1930.
Moderator:
Vincent Brown, Dunwalke Associate Professor of American History, Harvard
University. Author of The Reaper's Garden: Death and Power in the World
of Atlantic Slavery.
Date: Thursday, April 17, 2008
Time: 12:15 - 1:45 pm
Location: CGIS S-050
free and open to the public
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
