DRCLAS-Brazil-list October 2010

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TOMORROW: Info session for new Language and Public Service Program in Brazil (January 2011)

by DRCLAS Brazil Studies Program

*Language and Public Service Program in Florianópolis, Brazil in January 2011* Learn Portuguese and engage in community service in Florianópolis (Santa Catarina) during Winter Break! *Information session: Friday, October 29th, 3:00-4:00 p.m. CGIS South Building, Room S-216 (1730 Cambridge Street)* This program is open to Harvard undergraduate and graduate students. *Application Deadline: Thursday, November 4th* For more information and to access the online application, please go to: * http://www.drclas.harvard.edu/brazil/2011-lps* * *--- Aaron Litvin Program Manager, Harvard Brazil Studies Program David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 brazil(a)fas.harvard.edu

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Harvard Gazette: Brazil's public intellectual - Nicolau Sevcenko

by Tomas Amorim

http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2010/10/brazil%E2%80%99s-public-intell ectual/ HARVARD GAZETTE Brazils public intellectual Now a Harvard professor, Nicolau Sevcenko finds time to reflect By Alexandra Perloff-Giles (21 October - 3 November 2010 issue) When Nicolau Sevcenkos parents arrived in Brazil as political refugees a destination chosen mostly because it was one of the few nations in the 1950s that accepted Soviet émigrés they never imagined their newborn son would become perhaps the worlds leading authority on Brazilian cultural history. Sevcenko was born in the coastal city of Santos while his family was en route to São Paulo to escape the turmoil of Europe after World War II. Once settled in Brazil, however, Sevcenkos parents were reluctant to integrate into the culture. Convinced that the Soviet Union would soon collapse and they could return home, they made no effort to learn Portuguese, or to teach it to their young son. The Harvard professor remembers sitting at the back of the classroom on his first day of school and not understanding a word that was said. I came home and told my mother that she had made a mistake and accidentally sent me to a foreign school, said Sevcenko, who joined the Harvard faculty last year as a professor of Romance languages and literatures. But he quickly learned that he, in fact, was the foreigner. Learning a new language and trying to navigate his position within Brazilian society were not the only obstacles Sevcenko faced growing up. He was born left-handed, but because left-handedness was considered a sin by his church, Sevcenkos mother tied that hand behind his back, forcing him to become right-handed. Then, as a young adult, he was diagnosed as severely dyslexic. Adding to his confusion was his parents refusal to discuss the circumstances that had brought them to Brazil. People would get very nervous if you ever mentioned the past or the word communism, Sevcenko said. It was very disturbing. Sevcenkos desire to surmount this secrecy and understand his familys story contributed to his decision to become a historian, and he sees his scholarly interests as a means of filling in the gaps and coming to terms with his own national identity. More than anything else, I wanted to know what Brazil was, what Latin America was, he said. While Sevcenko was navigating a difficult childhood and adolescence, all of Brazil was facing the turmoil of the military dictatorship that ruled the country from 1964 to 1985. This period was marked by severe censorship of books, movies, television shows, and music. Ironically, because of this censorship, young people of Sevcenkos generation became particularly interested in avant-garde cultural forms, and Sevcenko was exposed to experimental writing at an early age. His 1983 book on Rio de Janeiros Belle Époque at the beginning of the 20th century attracted widespread attention, his access to underground networks of banned cultural materials allowing him to present a vision of social and cultural life that challenged the party line of the waning military dictatorship. Almost immediately after publication of this first book, Sevcenko rose to the status of public intellectual in Brazil. Its a position he has maintained since: In addition to his academic writings, he has written for a number of newspapers and magazines on a diverse array of topics, ranging from theater and film to architecture and urban studies. Sevcenko is often recognized on the street when in Brazil and is asked to comment on issues of public debate. He admits to enjoying his newfound anonymity in Cambridge, which allows him to walk unimpeded all over the city. Sevcenko first came to Harvard, which he calls the intellectual crossroads of the world, as a visiting professor in 2004. Though he misses his wife, who remains in Brazil caring for his ailing mother and mother-in-law, Sevcenko expresses his delight at being at Harvard, not least because of the tranquility of Cambridge compared with São Paulo, a teeming metropolitan area of 20 million people. Its an urban inferno, he said of the city in which he had taught since 1983. Changing from that into little Cambridge is just coming into paradise. http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/HarvardGazette10. 21.10.pdf Tomás Galli de Amorim Program Officer, Brazil Office Harvard University David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS) http://www.drclas.harvard.edu/brazil

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THURSDAY: Affirmative Action and Quotas at Brazilian Universities

by DRCLAS Brazil Studies Program

*Harvard Brazil Studies Program Seminar* *Affirmative Action and Quotas at Brazilian Universities* *Prof. Antonio Sérgio Alfredo Guimarães* Professor of Sociology, University of São Paulo Moderator: Prof. Orlando Patterson John Cowles Professor of Sociology, Harvard University Discussant: Adilson José Moreira SJD Candidate, Harvard Law School *Thursday, October 28th at **12:00 p.m.* Location: CGIS South, S-050 (1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge) Contact: Aaron Litvin, brazil(a)fas.harvard.edu A Brazilian lunch will be served.

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Brazilian Music: Upcoming Boston-area events

by DRCLAS Brazil Studies Program

*UPCOMING BOSTON-AREA BRAZILIAN MUSIC EVENTS* * * *Wednesday, October 20th* *Samba de Gafieira Night, featuring Receita de Samba* 7:30pm-12:00am Samba dance lesson with Deraldo Ferreira 7:30-8:30pm; Live Performance by Receita de Samba 8:30-12:00pm Anna Borges (vocals) Bill Ward (guitar, vocals) Fabio Saffi (drums) Jose Pienasola (bass) Amir Milstein (flute) Gabriel Meireles (percussion) Conga (in Harvard Square) 1 Eliot Street, Cambridge $10 cover (Samba de Gafieira Night will be held every Wednesday, beginning 10/20) *Thursday, October 21st* *Caminhos Cruzados with Evelyn Rosenthal* 8:00-10:45pm Brazilian bossa nova, samba, MPB, jazz, and more, at a warm, intimate café Evelyn Rosenthal, vocals Molly Flannery, piano Jason Davis, bass Steve Rose, drums Café Luna 403 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge (corner of Columbia St & Main St) Contact: 617-576-3400 www.cafeluna-centralsq.com $5 cover *Saturday, October 23rd* *Evelyn Rosenthal & Steve Kirby Brazilian Duo* 7:00-10:30pm Brazilian bossa nova, samba, MPB, jazz, and more, at a Portuguese restaurant The Sunset Cafe 851 Cambridge Street, Cambridge Contact: 617-547-2938 www.thesunsetcafe.net Free *Sunday, October 31* *DJAVAN, presented by World Music/CRASHarts* 8:00pm Berklee Performance Center 136 Massachusetts Ave, Boston Contact: Susan Weiler, susan(a)worldmusic.org or 617-876-4275 Tickets $30-65; available online at www.worldmusic.org

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TOMORROW: Two Brazil Events

by DRCLAS Brazil Studies Program

*DRCLAS Brazil Studies Program Seminar* *Presidential Leadership and Governance in Power-Sharing Democratic Regimes: The Cases of Mexico and Brazil, 1995-2010 Prof. José Luis Méndez Martínez* Visiting Scholar, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies Lecturer on Government, Department of Government, Harvard University Moderated by Prof. Frances Hagopian (Jorge Paulo Lemann Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Government, Harvard University) * Thursday, October 14, 12:00PM CGIS South Building, Room S-050*, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge A light lunch will be served. *This seminar is co-sponsored by the DRCLAS Mexico & Central America Program.* *Law and Development in Brazil* *Thursday, October 14, 5:00-7:00PM Harvard Law School, Pound 213*, 1563 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge Judith Tendler, Professor of Political Economy, MIT "The Rule of Law, Economic Development, and Modernization of the State in Brazil: Lessons from Existing Experience for Policy and Practice" Luciana Gross Cunha, FGV Law School, São Paulo "Recent Research on the Judiciary in Brazil and the Role of the Brazilian Justice Council" Fabio de Sá e Silva, IPEA Research Center, Brasilia and Northeastern University "Law and Developmental Projects in Brazil: Problems, Solutions, and Directions for Future Research" David Trubek, Professor of Law, Wisconsin "The ABDI Law and Development Initiative and the FGV Conference on Law and Development in Brazil in Global Context" Commentator: Ary Oswaldo Mattos Filho, Dean of FGV Law School, São Paulo Brazil played a major role in the law and development movement of the 1960s and now is showing renewed interest in the subject. Schools like the FGV Law School in São Paulo are offering specialized programs on law and development and the government is supporting research. The Brazilian Agency for Industrial Development (ABDI) has launched a “law and development” initiative; the National Council on the Judiciary (CNJ) has allocated over $500,000 for research on the role of courts in the economy; and the government's Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA) is working with both ABDI and CNJ in this field. Professor Judith Tendler from MIT, Professor Luciana Cunha from FGV, Fabio de Sá e Silva from IPEA, and David Trubek from Wisconsin (who works with ABDI and FGV) will discuss some of these initiatives in an informal roundtable. This event is part of the Program on the Legal Profession at Harvard Law School. For more details about this event, please contact plpevents(a)law.harvard.edu.

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Brazil Studies Program Seminar Series - October 2010

by DRCLAS Brazil Studies Program

*Brazil Studies Program Seminar Series* *~ October 2010 ~* *Thursday, October 14* *Presidential Leadership and Governance in Power-Sharing Democratic Regimes: The Cases of Mexico and Brazil, 1995-2010* *Prof. José Luis Méndez Martínez* Visiting Scholar, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies Lecturer on Government, Department of Government, Harvard University Moderated by Prof. Frances Hagopian (Jorge Paulo Lemann Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Government, Harvard University) * *12:00PM @ CGIS South Building, Room S-050, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge * This seminar is co-sponsored by the DRCLAS Mexico & Central America Program* * Thursday, October 28* *Affirmative Action and Quotas at Brazilian Universities* *Prof. Antonio Sérgio Alfredo Guimarães* Professor of Sociology, University of São Paulo Moderated by Prof. Orlando Patterson (John Cowles Professor of Sociology, Harvard University) Discussant: Adilson José Moreira (SJD Candidate, Harvard Law School) 12:00PM @ CGIS South Building, Room S-050, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge --- *All Brazil Studies Program Seminars will be held on Thursdays at 12:00PM in the CGIS South Building, Room S-050 (1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge) Contact: brazil(a)fas.harvard.edu www.drclas.harvard.edu/brazil*

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TOMORROW: “Brazil After the Elections: Will Lula's Legacy Help or Limit His Successor?”

by DRCLAS Brazil Studies Program

*The MIT-Harvard Workshop on Contemporary Brazil presents*: *“Brazil After the Elections: Will Lula's Legacy Help or Limit His Successor?” Paulo Sotero* Director, Brazil Institute, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Date: Thursday, October 7, 2010 Time: 5:00-7:00pm Location: 1 Amherst Street, E40-496, Cambridge (at MIT)

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TONIGHT: "Brazil's Elections"

by DRCLAS Brazil Studies Program

*"Brazil’s Elections"* *Prof. Filipe Campante* Assistant Professor in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School * **With special guests*: *Prof. John Briscoe* Gordon McKay Professor of Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University *Prof. Aldo Musacchio* Marvin Bower Fellow and Associate Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School Date: Tuesday, October 5th - *TODAY* Time:* 6:00pm*-7:30pm Location: *Perkins Room (R-415), Rubenstein Hall - **4th Floor, Harvard Kennedy School* *This event is part of the Future of Latin America Series at the Harvard Kennedy School's Center for International Development.*

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TOMORROW: "Brazil 2010: Why the Future Is No Longer What It Used to Be"

by DRCLAS Brazil Studies Program

*"Brazil, 2010: Why the Future Is No Longer What It Used to Be"* *Prof. Frances Hagopian* Jorge Paulo Lemann Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Government, Harvard University *Tuesday, October 5th* 12:00-2:00PM CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Room S-250 *This event is co-sponsored by the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies and the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs.*

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Portuguese Language Proficiency Test (CELPE)

by DRCLAS Brazil Studies Program

*Sign up for the CELPE -- the internationally-recognized Portuguese language proficiency exam run by the Brazilian government.* *REGISTRATION DEADLINE: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5* *Date:* *Wednesday, October 27* *Time:* 9:00-11:30am *Location:* CGIS South, Room S-250 ** <http://celpebras.inep.gov.br/inscricao> Register at: http://celpebras.inep.gov.br/inscricao Questions? Contact: Clémence Jouët-Pastré, cpastre(a)fas.harvard.edu *Certificado de Proficiência em Língua Portuguesa para Estrangeiros* O CELPE-Bras é o Certificado de Proficiência em Língua Portuguesa para Estrangeiros, desenvolvido e outorgado pelo Ministério da Educação (MEC), aplicado no Brasil e em outros países com o apoio do Ministério das Relações Exteriores (MRE). O CELPE-Bras é o único certificado brasileiro de proficiência em português como língua estrangeira reconhecido oficialmente. Internacionalmente, é aceito em firmas e instituições de ensino como comprovação de competência na língua portuguesa e, no Brasil, é exigido pelas universidades para ingresso em cursos de graduação e em programas de pós-graduação.

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DRCLAS-Brazil-list October 2010