7th Brazil Week at Harvard
Brazilian Immigration to the US: Linking Theory and Action
Tuesday, April 7, Belfer from 6- 8pm.
Opening and welcome: Clémence Jouët-Pastré, Harvard University
Title: Politics of Reality? Immigration Laws in the Obama Era
Marcony Almeida- Director of Organizing and Advocacy at the Massachusetts
Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy (MIRA) Coalition and Co-editor of The Brazilian
Journal Magazine.
Wednesday, April 8, Belfer from 6-8 pm
The Present and the Future of the Brazilian Community: Trends and Issues for
Youth
Heloísa Galvão Brazilian Women's Group
Ana Velasco Framingham School District
Ana Nogueira Somerville High School and Everett Literacy Program
Leticia J. Braga - Harvard Graduate School of Education
Student and Parent representatives
Thursday, April 9, Belfer, from 5-8pm
Media Coverage of Brazilian Immigrant Health in Massachusetts- Panel
coordinated by Eduardo de Oliveira, Health Reporter -New England Ethnic
Newswire- University of Massachusetts-Boston
The Mental Health of Brazilian Immigrants in Massachusetts- Panel
coordinated by Dr. Percy Andreazi, MD, LMHC - Director of the Wayside Men
Against Violence Program
Patricia Cintra Franco Schram, MD - Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard
Medical School
Helena Santos-Martins, MD - Cambridge Health Alliance and Harvard Medical School
All activities are free and open to the public
Our events will be held at 1730 Cambridge Street, CGIS South, Belfer Case Study
Room
Sponsored by the Jorge Paulo Lemann Fund of the Brazil Studies Program at the
David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, and the Department of
Romance Languages and Literatures, Harvard University
Supporters: Brazilian Womens Group, Brazilian Immigrant Center, and
Massachusetts Alliance for Portuguese Speakers
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 - 1:45 pm
Location: CGIS South S - 050, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
Contact: Marcio Siwi, msiwi(a)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
*Diálogo Latinoamericano*
* *
*_Leveling the Playing Field: A New Economic Approach_*
* *
Moderated by:
Filipe Campante, Assistant Professor of Public Policy
* *
*Thursday, April 2nd *
*4:30-6:30 PM*
* *
/Empanadas will be served at 4:30 pm with the presentation beginning at
5 pm/
*David** Rockefeller Center** for Latin American Studies*
*1730 Cambridge Street**, Room S-216 ***
Contact: Yadira Rivera <yrivera(a)fas.harvard.edu>