MIT Sloan School of Management 12th Latin Conference: "Opportunities in
Times of Adversity"
Date: Saturday May 2nd 2009
Location: Building 10, Maclaurin Buildings10-250 auditorium (Second
floor of MIT's signature building with the dome)
The MIT Sloan Latin Conference is a student driven event held once a
year that gathers influential leaders from business, government,
academia, and society in Latin America. In this context, speakers share
their views and debate about opportunities and challenges for the
region. Last year more than 500 people attended including business
leaders, students and professors from MIT and other important
universities from the New England area.
This year, the MIT Sloan Latin Conference will address Latin America's
challenges for succeeding in the new global environment. We will present
four outstanding panels that include topics ranging from financial
sector to energy and infrastructure, venture capital and technology to
new business models, and three fantastic keynote speakers.
For more information click on: http://www.mitsloanlatinconference.com/
*Kenneth Maxwell Senior Thesis Prize in Brazilian Studies*
*Deadline:* May 1, 2009
The Kenneth Maxwell Thesis Prize in Brazilian Studies
<http://www.drclas.harvard.edu/brazil/fellowships_grants/km_prize> was
awarded for the first time in the Spring of 2005, and was established to
recognize the best Harvard College 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 additional information, please contact: msiwi(a)fas.harvard.edu
<mailto:brazil@fas.harvard.edu>
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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
Site logo <http://www.hks.harvard.edu/hauser/>
*Seeing Like a Citizen:
International Perspectives on Deepening Democracy*
*
John Gaventa
Fellow, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex** ***
*Chair of Oxfam Great Britain ***
*
Vera Coelho
Visiting Fellow, Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations
Moderated by Archon Fung
Ford Foundation Professor of Democracy and Citizenship, Ash Institute
for Democratic Governance and Innovation
Thursday, April 30, 2009
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Light refreshments served
Fainsod Room, L324, Harvard Kennedy School
Free and open to the public
Co-sponsored by the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations and
The Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation *
* *
*John Gaventa** **is a political sociologist, educator and civil society
practitioner with over 30 years experience of research, training and
organisational leadership in North and South. Currently he is a
Professor and Research Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies
(IDS) at University of Sussex, where he is a member of the
Participation, Power and Social Change team and Director of the
Development Research Centre on Citizenship, Participation and
Accountability. He has written widely on issues of power, participatory
development and governance, civil society and social change. Before
coming to IDS in 1996, John was the co-director of research and Director
of the Highlander Centre, an NGO with over seven decades of experience
in working on poverty and social justice issues in poor regions of the
United States. John also serves as Chair of Oxfam Great Britain.
Vera P. Coelho** **is a Visiting Research Fellow at the Hauser Center
for Nonprofit Organizations. She has a PhD in social sciences from
UNICAMP (Campinas State University), Brazil. She is a Senior Researcher
and coordinator of the Citizenship and Development Group at the
Brazilian Centre for Analysis and Planning (CEBRAP). Prof. Coelho
co-coordinates with Bettina Von Liers, the Comparative Research Program,
Deepening Democracy in States and Localities at the Citizenship
Development Research Centre (IDS) at Sussex University. Other research
interests include public policy, political participation,
accountability, democracy and development. She has written various
articles on health, social security, social policies and citizen
participation. Prof. Coelho edited,** */*Social Security Reform in Latin
America*/* **(fgv, 2003);** */*Participation and Deliberation in
Contemporary Brazil*/* **(with Marcos Nobre, 34 Letras, 2004) and**
*/*New Democratic Spaces: The Politics of Citizen Participation In New
Democratic*/* */*Arenas*/* **(with Andrea Cornwall, Zed Books, 2006).
She works with both qualitative and quantitative research methods and
has extensive experience in evaluating policies and coordinating
research projects at local, national and international level, having led
various comparative studies in her area.
** *
Harvard University Brazil Studies Program at the DRCLAS and Harvard GSAS
Brazilian Organization presents
Origins of Bolsa Escola and Bolsa Familia
Special Event with Senator Cristovam Buarque
Senator Buarque holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Sorbonne. He worked at
the inter-American Bank of Development and is the former President of
the University of Brasília, former governor of Brasília and the former
Minister of Education. Currently he is a senator at the Brazilian
National Congress, professor at the University of Brasília and a member
of the Unesco Education Institute. Senator Buarque is the author of
several books including The End of Economics, The Gold Curtain, and
Abolishing poverty.
Date: Monday, April 20, 2009
Time: 12:15 - 1:45pm
Location: CGIS South S-050, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
for more information go to:
http://www.drclas.harvard.edu/brazil/events/cristovam
--
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
I apologize for the duplicate messages, but just a clarification the
Conversa is TODAY, April 16th at 12:15
___________________________________________________________________________________
Harvard University Brazil Studies Program at the David Rockefeller
Center for Latin American Studies presents
How Machado de Assis Became a Universal Writer
A Conversa with:
Speaker:
John Gledson, Emeritus Professor and Research Fellow, the Institute of
Latin American Studies at the University of Liverpool, England and
author of The Deceptive Realism of Machado De Assis: A Dissenting
Interpretation of Dom Casmurro.
Commentators:
Joaquim-Francisco Coelho, Nancy Clark Smith Professor of the Language
and Literature of Portugal and Professor of Comparative Literature and
Director of Graduate Studies in Portuguese. Author of Manuel Bandeira
Pre-modernista.
Nicolau Sevcenko, Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures,
Harvard University. Author of A corrida para o século XXI: no loop da
montanha-russa.
Date: Thursday, April 16, 2009
Time: 12:15 - 1:45pm
Location: CGIS South S-050, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
Contact: Marcio Siwi, msiwi(a)fas.harvard.edu<mailto:msiwi@fas.harvard.edu>
For more information click on:
http://www.drclas.harvard.edu/brazil/events/conversamachado
--
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
Harvard University Brazil Studies Program at the David Rockefeller
Center for Latin American Studies presents
How Machado de Assis Became a Universal Writer
A Conversa with:
Speaker:
John Gledson, Emeritus Professor and Research Fellow, the Institute of
Latin American Studies at the University of Liverpool, England and
author of The Deceptive Realism of Machado De Assis: A Dissenting
Interpretation of Dom Casmurro.
Commentators:
Joaquim-Francisco Coelho, Nancy Clark Smith Professor of the Language
and Literature of Portugal and Professor of Comparative Literature and
Director of Graduate Studies in Portuguese. Author of Manuel Bandeira
Pre-modernista.
Nicolau Sevcenko, Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures,
Harvard University. Author of A corrida para o século XXI: no loop da
montanha-russa.
Date: Thursday, April 16, 2009
Time: 12:15 - 1:45pm
Location: CGIS South S - 050, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
Contact: Marcio Siwi, msiwi(a)fas.harvard.edu<mailto:msiwi@fas.harvard.edu>
For more information click on:
http://www.drclas.harvard.edu/brazil/events/conversamachado
--
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
Harvard University Brazil Studies Program at the DRCLAS and Harvard GSAS
Brazilian Organization presents
Origins of Bolsa Escola and Bolsa Familia
Special Event with Senator Cristovam Buarque
Senator Buarque holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Sorbonne. He worked at
the inter-American Bank of development and is the former President of
the University of Brasília, former governor of Brasília and the former
Minister of Education. Currently he is a senator at the Brazilian
National Congress, professor at the University of Brasília and a member
of the Unesco Education Institute. Senator Buarque is the author of
several books including The End of Economics, The Gold Curtain, and
Abolishing poverty.
Date: Monday, April 20, 2009
Time: 12:15 - 1:45pm
Location: CGIS South S-050, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
for more information go to:
http://www.drclas.harvard.edu/brazil/events/cristovam
--
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
Harvard University Brazil Studies Program at the David Rockefeller
Center for Latin American Studies presents
*How Machado de Assis Became a Universal Writer*
A Conversa with:
Speaker:
John Gledson, Emeritus Professor and Research Fellow, the Institute of
Latin American Studies at the University of Liverpool, England and
author of The Deceptive Realism of Machado De Assis: A Dissenting
Interpretation of Dom Casmurro.
Commentators:
Joaquim-Francisco Coelho, Nancy Clark Smith Professor of the Language
and Literature of Portugal and Professor of Comparative Literature and
Director of Graduate Studies in Portuguese. Author of Manuel Bandeira
Pre-modernista.
Nicolau Sevcenko, Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures,
Harvard University. Author of A corrida para o século XXI: no loop da
montanha-russa.
Date: Thursday, April 16, 2009
Time: 12:45 - 1:45pm
Location: CGIS South S - 050, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
Contact: Marcio Siwi, msiwi(a)fas.harvard.edu<mailto:msiwi@fas.harvard.edu>
For more information click on:
http://www.drclas.harvard.edu/brazil/events/conversamachado
--
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
Harvard University Brazil Studies Program at the David Rockefeller
Center for Latin American Studies presents
*Brazil Film Series*
Casa de Areia (House of Sand)
Andrucha Waddington, 2005
In 1910, Vasco de Sa moves with his mother-in-law and pregnant wife to
an inhospitable wilderness near a lagoon surrounded by shifting sand
dunes in the middle of untamed Brazil. Following Vasco de Sa's death,
they must care for themselves with the support of friendly strangers
like Massu, the local son of a former slave, and Lieutenant Luiz, a
young guide for a group of astronomical researchers. Aurea, Vasco's
wife, spends decades hoping to move back to the city, while her anguish
and despair slowly turn into acceptance of her fate.
Date: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 - TONIGHT
Time: 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Location: CGIS South,Tsai Auditorium, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
Contact: Marcio Siwi, msiwi(a)fas.harvard.edu
Free and open to the public. Screened with subtitles in English.
For more information about this and other Brazil related events go to:
http://www.drclas.harvard.edu/brazil/events
--
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
Harvard University Brazil Studies Program at the David Rockefeller
Center for Latin American Studies presents
Brazil Film Series*
Casa de Areia. House of Sand*
Andrucha Waddington, 2005
In 1910, Vasco de Sa moves with his mother-in-law and pregnant wife to
an inhospitable wilderness near a lagoon surrounded by shifting sand
dunes in the middle of untamed Brazil. Following Vasco de Sa's death,
they must care for themselves with the support of friendly strangers
like Massu, the local son of a former slave, and Lieutenant Luiz, a
young guide for a group of astronomical researchers. Aurea, Vasco's
wife, spends decades hoping to move back to the city, while her anguish
and despair slowly turn into acceptance of her fate.
Date: Tuesday, *April 14,* 2009
Time: 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Location: CGIS South,Tsai Auditorium, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
Contact: Marcio Siwi, msiwi(a)fas.harvard.edu
Free and open to the public. Screened with subtitles in English.
_________________________
*How Machado de Assis Became a Universal Writer*
A Conversa with:
Speaker:
John Gledson, Emeritus Professor and Research Fellow, the Institute of
Latin American Studies at the University of Liverpool, England and
author of The Deceptive Realism of Machado De Assis: A Dissenting
Interpretation of Dom Casmurro.
Commentators:
Joaquim-Francisco Coelho, Nancy Clark Smith Professor of the Language
and Literature of Portugal and Professor of Comparative Literature and
Director of Graduate Studies in Portuguese. Author of Manuel Bandeira
Pre-modernista.
Nicolau Sevcenko, Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures,
Harvard University. Author of A corrida para o século XXI: no loop da
montanha-russa.
Date: Thursday, *April 16*, 2009
Time: 12:45 - 1:45 pm
Location: CGIS South S - 050, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
Contact: Marcio Siwi, msiwi(a)fas.harvard.edu<mailto:msiwi@fas.harvard.edu>
For more information click on:
http://www.drclas.harvard.edu/brazil/events/conversamachado
__________________________
*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, *April 17*, 2009
Time: 4:30 - 5:30 pm
Location: CGIS South, 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
--
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