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/ //You are cordially invited to the/
David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
/ //2009 Certificate Ceremony /
*Wednesday June 3, 10:00 am*
David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
CGIS South Building, Concourse Level
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
A light breakfast will be available beginning at 9:30 am.
Friends and family are welcome.
Please RSVP to Yadira Rivera
yrivera(a)fas.harvard.edu or (617) 496-9153.
The Harvard GSAS Brazilian Organization presents
An informal talk with sailing legend Torben Grael
Torben Grael is one of the most important Brazilian sailors, renowned in
international competitions. A descendant of Danes, he was taken sailing
by his grandfather at five years old on the sailboat Aileen, of the
extinct 6 meter class. Once he moved to Niterói, he started sailing
with his brother, Lars Grael, also an Olympic medal winner, on the Bay
of Guanabara. Awards include: Gold medal in Athens 2004; Bronze medal
in Sydney 2000; Gold medal in Atlanta 1996; Silver medal in Los Angeles
1984 among others.
Date: Today (Thursday 14th)
Time: 3-4PM
Location: Littauer (Economics building) Room M-17
Contact: Fabiano Romeiro
Tel. 617-519-7160
Brazil Film Series
Madame Satã
Directed by Karim Aïnouz, 2002
Born to slaves in the northeast, João Francisco dos Santos - better
known by his stage name of Madame Satã - moves to Rio and becomes a
bandit, transvestite, street fighter, brothel cook, and father to seven
adopted children. A notorious gay performer who pushed social boundaries
in the volatile Rio of the 1930s and 1940s, Madame Satã immerses
himself, and comes to define, the sordid yet lively world of the
bohemian Lapa district. In Rio's underbelly, home of pimps, prostitutes,
and other misfits, director Karim Ainouz tells a story of desperate
dreams that transcend poverty and squalor.
Date: *Tuesday, May 12*
Time: 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Location: CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
Free and open to the public. Screened with subtitles in English.
For more information click on:
http://www.drclas.harvard.edu/brazil/events/madamesata
Cosponsored by the Brazil Studies Program at DRCLAS and the Harvard
Brazilian Organization (HBO)
Brazil Film Series
Madame Satã
Directed by Karim Aïnouz, 2002
Born to slaves in the northeast, João Francisco dos Santos - better
known by his stage name of Madame Satã - moves to Rio and becomes a
bandit, transvestite, street fighter, brothel cook, and father to seven
adopted children. A notorious gay performer who pushed social boundaries
in the volatile Rio of the 1930s and 1940s, Madame Satã immerses
himself, and comes to define, the sordid yet lively world of the
bohemian Lapa district. In Rio's underbelly, home of pimps, prostitutes,
and other misfits, director Karim Ainouz tells a story of desperate
dreams that transcend poverty and squalor.
Date: *Tuesday, May 12*
Time: 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Location: CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
Free and open to the public. Screened with subtitles in English.
For more information click on:
http://www.drclas.harvard.edu/brazil/events/madamesata
Cosponsored by the Brazil Studies Program at DRCLAS and the Harvard
Brazilian Organization (HBO)
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Brazil on Screen
"From Brazil to Japan"
Directed by Aaron Litvin and Ana Paula Hirano Litvin
From Brazil to Japan is a transnational film project that documents the
personal trajectories of Brazilian dekassegui migrants on both sides of
the Pacific. Since 1990 more than 300,000 Brazilians have gone to Japan
to work, forming a wave of migration known as the dekassegui movement
that has had a profound social and economic impact on both countries.
This 90-minute film accompanies five different families of Brazilian
migrants over the course of two years, from their preparation for
departure in Brazil to their adaptation to life and work in Japan. The
migrants, in expressing their hopes and experiences, provide their own
narrative. The film puts a personal face on a major social phenomenon.
Date: *Saturday, May 16*
Time: 7:00 - 9:00 pm
Location: Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Pozen Center, 621
Huntington Avenue, Boston (entrance on the side of the Tower Building on
Tetlow St.)
Contact: Savana Vagueiro, info(a)brazilonscreen.com or 203-589-2202
For more information click on:
http://www.drclas.harvard.edu/brazil/external/events/braziltojapanhttp://www.brazilonscreen.com/
The event is free and open to the public. The film is in Portuguese and
Japanese, with English subtitles.
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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
*Kenneth Maxwell Senior Thesis Prize in Brazilian Studies*
*Deadline:* Today - 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.
To submit a thesis please email it to me at 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
