DRCLAS-Brazil-list April 2009

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MIT Sloan School of Management 12th Latin Conference: "Opportunities in Times of Adversity"

by Marcio Siwi

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/

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DRCLAS Thesis Prize - Deadline: May 1, 2009

by Marcio Siwi

*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> -- 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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Seeing Like a Citizen: International Perspectives on Deepening Democracy - April 30

by Marcio Siwi

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. ** *

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Cristovam Buarque at Harvard Today

by Marcio Siwi

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

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Conversa - TODAY

by Marcio Siwi

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

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Conversa Tomorrow with John Gledson on Machado de Assis - TODAY at 12:15

by Marcio Siwi

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

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Cristovam Buarque at Harvard on Monday April 20th

by Marcio Siwi

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

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Conversa Tomorrow with John Gledson on Machado de Assis

by Marcio Siwi

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

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Brazil Film Series - Casa de Areia - TONIGHT

by Marcio Siwi

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

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Brazil related events at Harvard this week

by Marcio Siwi

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

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DRCLAS-Brazil-list April 2009