DRCLAS-Brazil-list April 2015

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TOMORROW 12PM - Sustainability of the Amazon: Tradeoffs Between Environmental Change, Hydropower and River Alterations

by DRCLAS Brazil Studies Program

*DRCLAS Brazil Studies Program Seminar* *Sustainability of the Amazon: Tradeoffs Between Environmental Change, Hydropower and River Alterations* *Mauricio E. Arias* Giorgio Ruffolo Post-doctoral Research Fellow in Sustainability Science, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Department, Harvard University Thursday, April 30, 12:00 p.m. CGIS South Building, 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.* www.drclas.harvard.edu

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THURSDAY 12PM - Sustainability of the Amazon: Tradeoffs Between Environmental Change, Hydropower and River Alterations

by DRCLAS Brazil Studies Program

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TOMORROW 3PM - 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! Guaraná and salgadinhos will be served. *Friday, April 24, 3:00-4:30 p.m.* CGIS South Building, 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.* www.drclas.harvard.edu

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TOMORROW 12PM - Facing the City: Brazilian Urban Fiction (1990 to Present)

by DRCLAS Brazil Studies Program

*DRCLAS Brazil Studies Program Seminar* *Facing the City: Brazilian Urban Fiction (1990 to Present)Sophia Beal* Assistant Professor of Portuguese, University of Minnesota Thursday, April 23, 12:00 p.m. CGIS South Building, 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.* www.drclas.harvard.edu

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THURSDAY 12PM - Facing the City: Brazilian Urban Fiction (1990 to Present)

by DRCLAS Brazil Studies Program

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Brazil Studies Program Events for the week of April 20th- April 24th

by DRCLAS Brazil Studies Program

*Brazil Studies Program Events for the week of April 20th- April 24th* *Monday, April 20th:* Beyond Samba: The Musical Others of Brazilian Counterculture Date: Monday April 20th (5:30pm) Location: Tsai Auditorium, CGIS South Screening of Botinada: A Historia do Punk no Brasil (2006). Comments by Rodrigo Lopes de Barros, Boston University. http://drclas.harvard.edu/event/artsdrclas-brazil-studies-program-rll-film-… *Tuesday, April 21st (until Thursday, April 23rd):* 13th Annual Brazil Week and 1st Luso Week at Harvard Date: Tuesday April 21st (5:00pm) until Thursday April 23rd (7:00pm) Every year, the Portuguese Department at Harvard puts on an entire week of seminars, workshops, lectures/palestras, and other cultural events in celebration of Brazilian/Lusophone culture and studies. This year, the theme is "Os sons da Lusofonia." https://www.facebook.com/portugueseatharvard?_rdr <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.facebook.com_portu…> *Thursday, April 23rd:* “Facing the City: Brazilian Urban Fiction (1990 to Present)” Date: Thursday April 23rd (12:00pm) Location: CGIS South S-050 Speaker: Sophia Beal, Assistant Professor of Portuguese at the University of Minnesota http://drclas.harvard.edu/events/brazilian_urban_fiction *Friday, April 24th:* ARTS@DRCLAS Spring Music Concert: Forró Pé-de-Serra Date: Friday April 24th (12:00pm) Location: Science Center Plaza Public concert featuring dance music from Northeastern Brazil by Harvard affiliated music group Forró Zabumbeca. Co-sponsored by Brazil Studies Program Bate-Papo (Portuguese conversation practice) Date: Friday April 24th (3:00pm) Location: CGIS South Resource Room, 2nd Floor Practice your Portuguese and discuss Brazil and other Portuguese speaking countries and cultures at this informal roundtable. Everyone is welcome!

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TOMORROW 12PM - Revolutionary Masculinity and the Underground Opposition to the Brazilian Dictatorship in the 1960s and 70s

by DRCLAS Brazil Studies Program

*DRCLAS Brazil Studies Program Seminar* *Revolutionary Masculinity and the Underground Opposition to the Brazilian Dictatorship in the 1960s and 70sJames N. Green* Carlos Manuel de Céspedes Chair in Latin American History, Brown University Thursday, April 16, 12:00 p.m. CGIS South Building, 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.* www.drclas.harvard.edu

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CORRECTION: THURSDAY 12PM - Revolutionary Masculinity and the Underground Opposition to the Brazilian Dictatorship in the 1960s and 70s

by DRCLAS Brazil Studies Program

*DRCLAS Brazil Studies Program Seminar* *Revolutionary Masculinity and the Underground Opposition to the Brazilian Dictatorship in the 1960s and 70s* *James N. Green* Carlos Manuel de Céspedes Chair in Latin American History, Brown University Thursday, April 16, 12:00 p.m. CGIS South Building, 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.* www.drclas.harvard.edu

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THURSDAY 12PM - Suicide, Slavery, and Martyrdom in Brazil and the Black Atlantic: The Case of Zumbi dos Palmares

by DRCLAS Brazil Studies Program

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Kenneth Maxwell Senior Thesis Prize in Brazilian Studies

by DRCLAS Brazil Studies Program

DRCLAS Looking for Theses about Brazil! Are you a senior who wrote a thesis about a topic regarding Brazil, Brazilian culture, or Brazil-related issues in the global community? Then you should apply for the Kenneth Maxwell Senior Thesis Prize in Brazilian Studies! The Maxwell Prize rewards $500 to the best undergraduate thesis related to Brazil. Candidates may be nominated by their department, concentration, instructional committee, or* they may nominate their own theses. * Seniors, this is a great opportunity to showcase and possibly receive an award for your interest in/passion for Brazil! *SUBMISSION DETAILS:* Please submit the student’s name and email address, department, thesis advisor(s), and 2 hard copies of the nominated thesis to Juliana Deleo, Brazil Studies Program Manager at DRCLAS via mail or drop off at 1730 Cambridge Street, 2nd Floor. In addition, please send an electronic version to j <yrivera(a)fas.harvard.edu>deleo(a)fas.harvard.edu. *Deadline: Extended to Friday, April 17 at 5pm* For more information, please visit: http://drclas.harvard.edu/pages/certificate-latin-american-studies

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