DRCLAS-Brazil-list April 2011

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TODAY 9am-5pm - Brasil21@Harvard: Collaborating on Ideas, Research and Action

by DRCLAS Brazil Studies Program

*Brasil21@Harvard: Collaborating on Ideas, Research and Action* * * *Saturday, April 16th, 9:00 a.m-5:00 p.m. * CGIS South, Belfer Case Study Room (S-020), 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge *9:00 a.m.* *Brazil and the Challenges Ahead * A discussion with Prof. John Briscoe (HKS, SEAS and HSPH; former World Bank Country Director for Brazil) * 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Leveraging Our Work in Brazil * Ideas, Research and Collaboration Student-led Presentations (Brazilian Lunch 12:00-1:15 p.m.) * 4:00 p.m. "Despite it all, we have come to our best moment" and Launch of Open City Project * Keynote Closing Speaker: Gilberto Dimenstein (Folha de São Paulo, Catraca Livre and Cidade Escola) *This event is open to the public and registration is not required.* Contact: brazil(a)fas.harvard.edu *Sponsored by the DRCLAS Brazil Studies Program, **the Jorge Paulo Lemann Fund, and **HKS Brasil Initiative* --- Aaron Litvin Program Manager, Harvard Brazil Studies Program David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

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TOMORROW 9am-5pm - Brasil21@Harvard: Collaborating on Ideas, Research and Action

by DRCLAS Brazil Studies Program

*Brasil21@Harvard: Collaborating on Ideas, Research and Action* * * *Saturday, April 16th, 9:00 a.m-5:00 p.m. * CGIS South, Belfer Case Study Room (S-020), 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge *9:00 a.m.* *Brazil and the Challenges Ahead * A discussion with Prof. John Briscoe (HKS, SEAS and HSPH; former World Bank Country Director for Brazil) * 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Leveraging Our Work in Brazil * Ideas, Research and Collaboration Student-led Presentations 12:00-1:15 p.m. Brazilian Lunch * 4:00 p.m. "Despite it all, we have come to our best moment" and Launch of Open City Project * Keynote Closing Speaker: Gilberto Dimenstein (Folha de São Paulo, Catraca Livre and Cidade Escola) *This event is open to the public and registration is not required.* Contact: Aaron Litvin, brazil(a)fas.harvard.edu *Sponsored by the DRCLAS Brazil Studies Program, **the Jorge Paulo Lemann Fund, and **HKS Brasil Initiative* --- Aaron Litvin Program Manager, Harvard Brazil Studies Program David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

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TODAY 12pm - The Reduction of Urban Violence in Brazil: The Role of Civil Society

by DRCLAS Brazil Studies Program

*Brazil Studies Program Seminar* *The Reduction of Urban Violence in Brazil: The Role of Civil Society* * * *Denis Mizne* Founder and former Executive Director, Instituto Sou da Paz CEO, Lemann Foundation Thursday, April 14th, 12:00 p.m. CGIS South, Room S-050, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge A Brazilian lunch will be served. Contact: Aaron Litvin, brazil(a)fas.harvard.edu --- Aaron Litvin Program Manager, Harvard Brazil Studies Program David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

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TOMORROW 6pm: The New Middle Class in Brazil

by DRCLAS Brazil Studies Program

*Brazil Studies Program Seminar* *Co-sponsored by the Center for International Development at Harvard Kennedy School* *The New Middle Class in Brazil **Marcelo Neri * Director, Center for Social Policies, Getulio Vargas Foundation Moderated by Filipe Campante, Associate Professor, Harvard Kennedy School *Wednesday, April 13th, 6:00 p.m. Harvard Kennedy School, Rubenstein Building*, 4th Floor, Perkins Room (R-415) * *Pizza will be served*. *Contact: Aaron Litvin, brazil(a)fas.harvard.edu* * --- Aaron Litvin Program Manager, Harvard Brazil Studies Program David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

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DRCLAS Brazil Studies Program events this week

by DRCLAS Brazil Studies Program

*DRCLAS Brazil Studies Program events this week ******* *Brazil Studies Program Seminar* *Co-sponsored by the Center for International Development at Harvard Kennedy School* *The New Middle Class in Brazil **Marcelo Neri * Director, Center for Social Policies, Getulio Vargas Foundation Moderated by Filipe Campante, Associate Professor, Harvard Kennedy School *Wednesday, April 13th, 6:00 p.m. HKS Rubenstein Building*, 4th Floor, Perkins Room (R-415) * *Pizza will be served*. * ****** *Brazil Studies Program Seminar* *The Reduction of Urban Violence in Brazil: The Role of Civil Society* *Denis Mizne* Founder and former Executive Director, Instituto Sou da Paz CEO, Lemann Foundation *Thursday, April 14th, 12:00 p.m.* CGIS South, Room S-050, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge A Brazilian lunch will be served. ****** *Brasil21@Harvard: Collaborating on Ideas, Research and Action** * * * *Saturday, April 16th, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. * CGIS South, Belfer Case Study Room (S-020), 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge *Brazil and the Challenges Ahead * 9:00 a.m. A discussion with Prof. John Briscoe (HKS, HSPH, and SEAS; former World Bank Country Director for Brazil) *Leveraging Our Work in Brazil* 10:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m. Ideas, Research and Collaboration Student-led Presentations Brazilian Lunch 12:00-1:15 p.m. *"Despite it all, we have come to our best moment" and Launch of Open City Project * 4:00 p.m. Keynote Closing Speaker: Gilberto Dimenstein (Folha de São Paulo, Catraca Livre, and Cidade Escola) *Supported by: DRCLAS Brazil Studies Program, Brasil Initiative at HKS, and the Jorge Paulo Lemann Fund * --- 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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Kenneth Maxwell Senior Thesis Prize in Brazilian Studies

by DRCLAS Brazil Studies Program

*Kenneth Maxwell Senior Thesis Prize in Brazilian Studies* Awarded to the best Harvard College thesis on a subject related to Brazil. *Deadline for submissions: Monday, April 18, 2011 by 5:00 p.m. * This thesis prize carries a monetary award of $500. The prize will be awarded at the DRCLAS Certificate Ceremony on Wednesday, May 25, 2011 *To submit a thesis for consideration, please send two hard copies to Yadira Rivera, Student Services Associate at DRCLAS, via mail or drop off at 1730 Cambridge Street, 2nd Floor. In addition, please send an electronic version to <yrivera(a)fas.harvard.edu>.* For additional information, please visit http://www.drclas.harvard.edu/brazil/fellowships_grants/km_prize

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TOMORROW: Bate-Papo (Portuguese conversation practice)

by DRCLAS Brazil Studies Program

*Bate-Papo (Portuguese conversation practice)* Practice your Portuguese and discuss Brazil and other Portuguese-speaking countries and cultures at this informal roundtable. Everyone is welcome! Friday, April 8th, 4:00-5:30 p.m. CGIS South, Room S-216 (1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge) Co-sponsored by the DRCLAS Brazil Studies Program and the Portuguese section of the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at Harvard. Contact: brazil(a)fas.harvard.edu --- Aaron Litvin Program Manager, Harvard Brazil Studies Program David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

13 years, 1 month

TONIGHT 6:30pm - Impacting Education Policy and Outcomes: An HKS Graduate’s Experience Inside and Outside the Government in Brazil

by DRCLAS Brazil Studies Program

*Lemann Fellow Seminar * * Impacting Education Policy and Outcomes: An HKS Graduate’s Experience Inside and Outside the Government in Brazil Eduardo Queiroz*, HKS '09 *Director-**President, Fundação Maria Cecilia Souto Vidigal (FMCSV)*; former Special Adviser to the Education Secretary of São Paulo State Tuesday, April 5th, 6:30 p.m. CGIS South, Room *S-216*, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge A Brazilian dinner will be served. Contact: Aaron Litvin, brazil(a)fas.harvard.edu --- Aaron Litvin Program Manager, Harvard Brazil Studies Program David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

13 years, 1 month

TOMORROW 6:30pm - Impacting Education Policy and Outcomes: An HKS Graduate’s Experience Inside and Outside the Government in Brazil

by DRCLAS Brazil Studies Program

13 years, 1 month

CANCELLED: The Expulsion of Drug Gangs from Rio Slums: The View of the Electric Utility

by DRCLAS Brazil Studies Program

*Please note that Jerson Kelman's seminar "**The Expulsion of Drug Gangs from Rio Slums: The View of the Electric Utility,"** which was scheduled for Tuesday at 4:30pm, has been CANCELLED.***

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DRCLAS-Brazil-list April 2011