*DRCLAS Brazil Studies Program Seminar
Evaluating the Impact of Brazil’s Family Health Program (PSF) on Prenatal
Care and Birth Outcomes
Alexandra Brentani*
Professor, University of São Paulo Medical School; Visiting Researcher,
Harvard School of Public Health
*Günther Fink*
Assistant Professor of International Health Economics, Harvard School of
Public Health
Thursday, November 29th, 12:00 p.m.
CGIS South, Room S-050, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
This event is free and open to the public, and registration is not
required. A Brazilian lunch will be served.
*Co-sponsored by the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University*.
*DRCLAS Brazil Studies Program Seminar
Evaluating the Impact of Brazil’s Family Health Program (PSF) on Prenatal
Care and Birth Outcomes
Alexandra Brentani*
Professor, University of São Paulo Medical School; Visiting Researcher,
Harvard School of Public Health
*Günther Fink*
Assistant Professor of International Health Economics, Harvard School of
Public Health
Thursday, November 29th, 12:00 p.m.
CGIS South, Room S-050, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
This event is free and open to the public, and registration is not
required. A Brazilian lunch will be served.
*Co-sponsored by the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University*
*Brazilian Northeast Debates student organization event
The Political Economy of Drought Relief in the Northeast of Brazil
Joana Monteiro*
Ph.D. in Economics, Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio)
Monday, November 26th, 6:00 p.m.
CGIS South, 2nd Floor, *Room S-250*, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
Dinner will be served.
*Harvard Department of History event*
*Orientalism in One Country? Locating Modernity and Tradition in
Twentieth-Century Brazil*
*Barbara Weinstein*
Professor of History, New York University
Monday, November 19th, 4:00-6:00 p.m.
CGIS South, *Room S-020* (Belfer Case Study Room), 1730 Cambridge Street,
Cambridge
*Harvard Law School Brazilian Studies Association event
*
*Live Brazilian Music at the HLS Pub
*
*Live Brazilian music at HLS? Yes! Come enjoy Bossa Nova and Samba with
Anna Borges and Bill Ward, sponsored by the HLS Brazilian Studies
Association. No fees charged. Just great music and fun!*
Thursday, November 15th, 8:00-10:00 p.m.
Location: The HLS Pub, Caspersen Student Center (WCC), Wasserstein Hall,
1585 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
For additional information about this event, please write to
cmacea(a)llm13.law.harvard.edu
For information about the Harvard Law School Brazilian Studies Association,
please visit http://www3.law.harvard.edu/orgs/brazil/
*Harvard Department of History event*
*Orientalism in One Country? Locating Modernity and Tradition in
Twentieth-Century Brazil*
*Barbara Weinstein*
Professor of History, New York University
Monday, November 19th, 4:00-6:00 p.m.
CGIS South, *Room S-020* (Belfer Case Study Room), 1730 Cambridge Street,
Cambridge
*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!
Guaraná and salgadinhos will be served.
*Friday, November 16th, 3:00-4:30 p.m.*
CGIS South, 2nd Floor, 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. *
*DRCLAS Brazil Studies Program Seminar*
*Urban Marginality in Brazilian Cinema from The Red-Light Bandit to Elite
Squad*
*Maryam Monalisa Gharavi*
Ph.D. Candidate in Comparative Literature with Secondary Field in Film and
Visual Studies, Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences; Lemann Fellow
(2008-2009)
Thursday, November 15th, 12:00 p.m.
CGIS South, Room S-050, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
This event is free and open to the public, and registration is not
required. A Brazilian lunch will be served.
*This seminar is part of the DRCLAS Brazil Studies Program’s Lemann Fellow
Seminar Series. *
*Eight Thousand Years of Ancient Amerindian History in the Central Amazon:
6,500 BC - 1,500 AD*
*Eduardo Neves*
Professor, University of São Paulo
Wednesday, November 14th, 3:30 p.m.
*Location: Pierce Hall, Room 100F, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge*
Refreshments will be provided.
For additional information about this event, please visit
www.drclas.harvard.edu/brazil/events/eduardo_neves_2
*The Brazilian Early Childhood Research Collective*
invites you to an interdisciplinary discussion:
* The Brazilian Crack Cocaine Epidemic and Challenges to Early Childhood
Development*
* Alecia McGregor*
Ph.D. Candidate in Health Policy, Harvard Graduate School of Arts and
Sciences
Tuesday, November 13th, 1:30 p.m.
CGIS South, *Room S-030*, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
This event is free and open to the public, and registration is not
required. Lunch will be served.
* This event is possible thanks to the generous support of the Fundação
Maria Cecília Souto Vidigal.*
Additional information: http://brazilecdcollective.wordpress.com/