DRCLAS-Brazil-list February 2010

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Upcoming Brazil Related Events at Harvard

by DRCLAS Brazil Studies Program - Brazil-related events, conferences, research, classes and cultural activities.

*The Brazil Studies Program at Harvard's David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies presents* * Brazilian Film Series* *Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures *(2005) Directed by Marcelo Gomes To distance himself from Adolf Hitler and a war he philosophically opposes, a young German moves halfway around the world to Brazil, where he meets a hitchhiker with his own motivations to keep moving. Together, they drive across the country making pit stops in various villages to sell the locals a "miracle" drug. Marcelo Gomes directs this multilingual Cannes Film Festival selection. *Tuesday, March 2* 6:00-8:00pm TSAI Auditorium, 1730 Cambridge Street Contact: Marcio Siwi, msiwi(a)fas.harvard.edu ______________________ *Brazil's Report Card on Education: Overcoming inertia?* Presentation by *Fernando Reimers*, Ford Foundation Professor of International Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and Director of the International Education Policy Program *Paula Louzano*, Lemann Foundation The report cards on education are an initiative of PREAL (Partnership for Educational Revitalization in the Americas) and have been published in nine countries of Latin and Central America. Lemann Foundation was Preal's partner on this initiative and has just released the 1st Brazilian document: Brazil's Report Card on Education: overcoming inertia? released in December 2009. The report cards monitor the evolution of educational indicators and the implementation of public policies considered crucial to the development of education. Out of the nine aspects covered by the Report Card on Education: Overcoming Inertia? (enrollment, frequency, performance, equity, educational standards, evaluation systems, among others) Brazil scored "regular" or "unsatisfactory" in seven of them. The Report Card has also shown that there is no consensus about the question asked in the document's title: "Overcoming inertia?" For most topics, although specialists recognize recent progresses, they don't see clear evidences that Brazil is moving forward. *Wednesday, March 3* 12:00-2:00pm CGIS South Building S-030 1730 Cambridge Street Contact: Marcio Siwi, msiwi(a)fas.harvard.edu This event is co-sponsored with the Harvard University Brazil Studies Program at DRCLAS, the International Education Policy Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and LACE (Latin American and Caribbean Education Network in GSE) ______________________ * Promises and Challenges of Development and Conservation in the Amazon* Presentation and Commentary by *Arnóbio "Binho" Marques*, Governor of the State of Acre, Brazil *Jorge Viana*, Former Governor of the State of Acre, Brazil *Roberto Mangabeira Unger*, Roscoe Pound Professor of Law at the Harvard Law School and former Minister of Strategic Affairs for the Brazilian government *John Briscoe*, Professor of the Practice of Environmental Engineering at Harvard University and former World Bank Country Director for Brazil *Wednesday, March 10* 5:00-7:00pm Science Center, Lecture Hall D 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge MA Harvard University Contact: Marcio Siwi, msiwi(a)fas.harvard.edu This event is co-sponsored by the Harvard University Brazil Studies Program at DRCLAS and The Harvard University Center for the Environment ____________________ FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF THE BRAZIL STUDIES PROGRAM CALENDAR OF EVENTS GO TO: http://www.drclas.harvard.edu/brazil/events

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The Office of Career Services is pleased to present, Career Trek Around Latin America

by DRCLAS Brazil Studies Program - Brazil-related events, conferences, research, classes and cultural activities.

*/The Office of Career Services is pleased to present/*** * /Career Trek Around Latin America/* Tuesday, March 2 Panel: 4-5pm and Mixer: 5-6pm featuring food from the region The economies of Latin America are some of the most vibrant and dynamic in the world. OCS invites you to trek with us and learn more about key industries in this region and how to connect with job opportunities in this exciting part of the world. Panelists include: Hal Jones, Senior Fellow at the Mexico and Central America Program of the DRCLAS Peter Kalil, Managing Director of EcoLogic Development Fund Frederico Meinberg, MPAID Candidate at HKS Eva Thorne, Senior Consultant for Corporate Leadership Initiatives at Catchpole Mixer includes: Individuals representing a variety of experiences throughout Latin America Join us at the Office of Career Services, 54 Dunster Street. To register: email ocsrsvp(a)fas.harvard.edu <mailto:ocsrsvp@fas.harvard.edu> with the name of the event in the subject.

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Brazil Related Events at Harvard

by DRCLAS Brazil Studies Program - Brazil-related events, conferences, research, classes and cultural activities.

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DRCLAS is now on Twitter!

by DRCLAS Brazil Studies Program - Brazil-related events, conferences, research, classes and cultural activities.

DRCLAS is now on Twitter! You can now use your Twitter account to follow happenings at the Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies. We will be using the account to help advertise all DRCLAS events and create a community of online users interested in the Center. The DRCLAS website as well as the Center's email listserves and posters will remain crucial to the dissemination of all programmatic activities. Please find us at: https://twitter.com/HarvardDRCLAS

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Interested in Study Abroad in Latin America?

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*David** Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies Come learn about opportunities in Latin America! * *Study Abroad in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba and Mexico Information Session* Date: Wednesday, February 24th Place: CGIS South Building Room S216 Time: 4pm http://www.drclas.harvard.edu/events/study_abroad_infosession_February We will also be discussing the Certificate in Latin American Studies. For more information, please contact Yadira Rivera at yrivera(a)fas.harvard.edu <mailto:yrivera@fas.harvard.edu> http://www.drclas.harvard.edu/

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Harvard-MIT Workshop on the Political Economy of Development in Brazil - TODAY

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*The Brazil Studies Program at Harvard's David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies presents* Harvard-MIT Workshop on the Political Economy of Development in Brazil *Organization of Public Services in Brazil: The 'Who Guards the Guardians' Problem (with an application for law enforcement)* A presentation by *Sérgio Giovanetti Lazzarini*, Visiting Scholar at Harvard's Weatherhead Center for International Affairs and Associate Professor of Organization and Strategy at the Institute of Education and Research (Insper) in São Paulo, Brazil Moderated by: *Aldo Musacchio*, Associate Professor and Marvin Bower Fellow at the Harvard Business School; and *Ben Ross Schneider*, Professor of Political Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology *Monday, February 22, 2010 - TODAY* 4:00-6:00pm CGIS South Building S-216 1730 Cambridge Street Contact: Marcio Siwi at msiwi(a)fas.harvard.edu The Harvard-MIT Workshop seeks to promote an ongoing interdisciplinary academic exchange among professors, students, and practitioners in the Cambridge Boston area with speakers who are experts on the political economy of development in Brazil.

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Harvard-MIT Workshop on the Political Economy of Development in Brazil - Feb. 22

by DRCLAS Brazil Studies Program - Brazil-related events, conferences, research, classes and cultural activities.

*The Brazil Studies Program at Harvard's David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies presents* Harvard-MIT Workshop on the Political Economy of Development in Brazil *Organization of Public Services in Brazil: The 'Who Guards the Guardians' Problem (with an application for law enforcement)* A presentation by *Sérgio Giovanetti Lazzarini*, Visiting Scholar at Harvard's Weatherhead Center for International Affairs and Associate Professor of Organization and Strategy at the Institute of Education and Research (Insper) in São Paulo, Brazil Moderated by: *Aldo Musacchio*, Associate Professor and Marvin Bower Fellow at the Harvard Business School; and *Ben Ross Schneider*, Professor of Political Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology *Monday, February 22, 2010* 4:00-6:00pm CGIS South Building S-216 1730 Cambridge Street Contact: Marcio Siwi at msiwi(a)fas.harvard.edu The Harvard-MIT Workshop seeks to promote an ongoing interdisciplinary academic exchange among professors, students, and practitioners in the Cambridge Boston area with speakers who are experts on the political economy of development in Brazil.

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Conversa with James Green - TODAY

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*The Brazil Studies Program at Harvard's David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies presents* *Brazil Studies Program Conversa* *The Struggle for Democracy in Brazil * A Conversa with *James Green*, Professor of History as well as Brazilian and Portuguese Studies at Brown University. Professor Green works on the political, social and cultural history of nineteenth and twentieth-century Brazil. His books include: /We Cannot Remain Silent: Opposition to the Brazilian Military Dictatorship in the United States/ (Duke University Press, 2010) and /Beyond Carnival: Male Homosexuality in Twentieth-century Brazil /(University of Chicago, 1999). Moderated by *Alan McPherson*, Visiting Scholar at DRCLAS, Associate Professor of International and Area Studies and ConocoPhillips Petroleum Chair in Latin American Studies, School of International and Area Studies, University of Oklahoma. Professor McPherson is the author of Yankee No! Anti-Americanism in U.S.-Latin American Relations (Harvard University Press, 2003). Date: *Wednesday, February 17 - TOMORROW* Time: 12:00-2:00pm Location: CGIS South, S-250, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge Contact: Marcio Siwi, msiwi(a)fas.harvard.edu ________________________ FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF THE BRAZIL STUDIES PROGRAM CALENDAR OF EVENTS GO TO: http://www.drclas.harvard.edu/brazil/events

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by DRCLAS Brazil Studies Program - Brazil-related events, conferences, research, classes and cultural activities.

Hilight for DRCLAS and Brazil Sites Please post as soon as possible Muchas gracias Marcio -- 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

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*The Brazil Studies Program at Harvard's David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies would like to inform you of the following Brazil related events at Harvard* *Brazilian Film Series* *From Brazil to Japan* (2009) Directed by Aaron Litvin and Ana Paula Hirano Litvin Since 1990 more than 300,000 Brazilians have gone from Brazil to Japan to work, forming a wave of migration that has had a profound social and economic impact on both countries. The transnational documentary "From Brazil to Japan" closely follows five families of Brazilian migrants over the course of three years, from their preparation for departure in Brazil to their adaptation to life and work in Japan. Directors *Aaron Litvin* and *Ana Paula Hirano Litvin* will be taking questions from the audience after the screening. Co-sponsored with the Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies at Harvard University and Grupo Mulher Brasileira. Date: *Tuesday, February 16 - TODAY* Time: 6:00-8:00pm Location: TSAI Auditorium, 1730 Cambridge Street Contact: Marcio Siwi, msiwi(a)fas.harvard.edu _________________________ *Brazil Studies Program Conversa* *The Struggle for Democracy in Brazil * A Conversa with *James Green*, Professor of History as well as Brazilian and Portuguese Studies at Brown University. Professor Green works on the political, social and cultural history of nineteenth and twentieth-century Brazil. His books include: /We Cannot Remain Silent: Opposition to the Brazilian Military Dictatorship in the United States/ (Duke University Press, 2010) and /Beyond Carnival: Male Homosexuality in Twentieth-century Brazil /(University of Chicago, 1999). Moderated by *Alan McPherson*, Visiting Scholar at DRCLAS, Associate Professor of International and Area Studies and ConocoPhillips Petroleum Chair in Latin American Studies, School of International and Area Studies, University of Oklahoma. Professor McPherson is the author of Yankee No! Anti-Americanism in U.S.-Latin American Relations (Harvard University Press, 2003). Date: *Wednesday, February 17 - TOMORROW* Time: 12:00-2:00pm Location: CGIS South, S-250, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge Contact: Marcio Siwi, msiwi(a)fas.harvard.edu ________________________ FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF THE BRAZIL STUDIES PROGRAM CALENDAR OF EVENTS GO TO: http://www.drclas.harvard.edu/brazil/events

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