DRCLAS-Brazil-list September 2008

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by Marcio Siwi

Brazil Film Series Moro no Brasil Mika Kaurismäki, 2002 Date: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 Time: 6:00 - 8:00pm Location: Tsai Auditorium, CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge Street Contact: Marcio Siwi, msiwi(a)fas.harvard.edu This documentary mines Brazil's diverse cultures and unearths many musical gems. It takes us through some of Sambs’s unsung origins, tracing it back to the Indian and African roots that are so predominant in the country's Northeast. Moro no Brasil then takes us through Forrò, Frevo, Samba, rap and funk, through the eyes of the real Brazilian people who play the music and enjoy it on their daily lives. Presented by The Brazil Studies Program at DRCLAS and The Harvard Brazilian Organization This event is made possible by the generous support of the Jorge Paulo Lemann Fund. http://www.drclas.harvard.edu/brazil/events/moronobrasil -- 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

15 years, 6 months

by Marcio Siwi

HSPH WinterSession in Brazil - Information Session Date: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 Time: 12:30 - 1:20 pm Location: Kresge 213, HSPH Come learn about this exciting opportunity for HSPH students to participate in a for-credit WinterSession course in Salvador, Brazil. Amie Shei (Ph.D. Candidate in the Health Policy Program and Research Assistant for Course), Jason Dyett (Program Director of the DRCLAS Brazil Office), and Lorena Barberia (Program Associate, DRCLAS Brazil Office) will speak about this unique opportunity to study public health in the field. For more information and site location photos, please see: http://www.drclas.harvard.edu/courses/brazil/hsphfiocruz_2009 This course is made possible, in part, through the generous support of Pedro Conde Filho. ____________________________________________________________ DRCLAS Summer Internship Program (SIP) Date: Thursday, October 2nd, 2008 Time: 4:00pm Location: CGIS South - Room S 216 (DRCLAS Resource Room) The DRCLAS Internship Program facilitates summer placement of Harvard College students with organizations across South America. Students are immersed in the local culture, context, and language of the country where they are working, while actively contributing to a project defined by the local organization. DRCLAS Summer Internship Program deadline: Friday, February 20 by 12 pm Opportunities are available in: > Argentina > Bolivia > Brazil > Chile > Mexico > Peru For more information go to: http://www.drclas.harvard.edu/students/summer_internships

15 years, 7 months

Brazil Studies Program - Upcoming events

by Marcio Siwi

Brazil Film Series - featuring Brazilian Music in Film Moro no Brasil Directed by Mika Kaurismäki, 2002 Date: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 Time: 6:00 - 8:00pm Location: Tsai Auditorium (CGIS South), 1730 Cambridge Street Follow Finnish director Mika Kaurismäki on a musical odyssey of his second home, Brazil. Digging deeper than the well-known samba and bossa nova styles, this documentary mines Brazil's diverse cultures and unearths many musical gems. This wonderful documentary manages to take us through some of Samba’s unsung origins, tracing it back to the Indian and African roots so predominant in the country's Northeast. Moro no Brasil then takes us through Forrò, Frevo, Samba, rap and funk through the eyes of the real Brazilian people who play the music and live with it their daily lives. Presented by The Brazil Studies Program at DRCLAS and The Harvard Brazilian Organization ____________________________________________________ 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 (DRCLAS) 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. Music by Choro Democrático starting at 6pm Free and open to the public _____________________________________________________ Conversa 1968 Revisited: Brazilian Social Movement under the Military Dictatorship Date: Thursday, October 9, 2008 Time: 12:15 - 1:45pm Location: DRCLAS, CGIS - S-050, 1730 Cambridge Street Conversa with Victoria Langland, Assistant Professor in History at the 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. ______________________________________________________ These events 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

15 years, 7 months

DRCLAS: Open House Invitation

by Marcio Siwi

*OPEN HOUSE * *CELEBRATION* *Wednesday, September 24* *6 - 8 PM* Featuring the Latin American and Latino Art Forum *Hunting and Gathering* Gallery talk by the artist Kyle Huffman at 6:30 PM Reception with refreshments and music *David** Rockefeller Center** for Latin American Studies* *CGIS** South Building*** *1730 Cambridge Street** (2nd Floor)* *For more information call (617) 495-336*6

15 years, 7 months

Black Orpheus - TONIGHT

by Marcio Siwi

The Harvard University Brazil Studies Program at DRCLAS along with the Consulate General of Brazil in Boston and Grupo Mulher Brasileira invite you a special screening of: _*Black Orpheus*_ (1959) Directed by Marcel Camus Date: Friday, September 5, 2008 Time: 7:00 - 9:00 pm Location: Tsai Auditorium, 1730 Cambridge St. Free and open to the public Contact: Marcio Siwi (msiwi(a)fas.harvard.edu) For more information on this special screening please go to: http://www.drclas.harvard.edu/brazil/events/blackorpheus This special event is part of the 13th Brazilian Independence Day Festival in Boston. For more information on the Festival please go to: http://www.drclas.harvard.edu/brazil/13thindependencia -- 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

15 years, 7 months

Brazil Studies Program - Special Event - Black Orpheus

by Marcio Siwi

15 years, 7 months

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