[Brazil@Harvard] Brazil Related Events at Harvard and Boston

*The Brazil Studies Program at Harvard's David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies would like to inform you of the following upcoming Brazil related events at Harvard* *Why This World: The Life and Times of Clarice Lispector* A Presentation by *Benjamin Moser*, a writer, editor, critic, and translator who was born in Houston in 1976 and currently lives in the Netherlands. He is the New Books columnist for /Harper's Magazine/ and a regular contributor to /The New York Review of Books/. His work has appeared in many publications in the United States and abroad, including Condé Nast Traveler, Newsweek, and The American Scholar. His first book, /Why This World: A Biography of Clarice Lispector/, will be published in August 2009 by Oxford University Press (USA), Haus Publishing (UK), and Cosac Naify (Brazil). Moderated by Verena Conley, Long Term Visiting Professor of Comparative Literature and of Romance Languages and Literatures at Harvard University Date: *Tuesday, November 10, 2009* Time: 6:00-8:00pm Location: TSAI Auditorium, 1730 Cambridge Street Contact: Marcio Siwi, msiwi(a)fas.harvard.edu Brazilian Salgadinhos will be provided Free and open to the public This event is co-sponsored with The Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at Harvard ___________________________ Brazil Film Series* Santiago* Directed by João Moreira Salles In 1992, filmmaker João Moreira Salles began making a film about Santiago, the family butler who worked for Salles's parents since his childhood. Years later, after the death of the flamboyant servant, Salles returns to the unused footage and crafts a moving portrait of an enigmatic man who, aside from running the household, is a talented pianist, a poet and an amateur historian interested in the lives of aristocrats. The film is an evocative reflection on the components of a person's identity and those traits that make us memorable to others. Through his personal voice-over, Salles sheds light on his family and childhood as well as universal topics such as memory, identity, and documentary filmmaking. Date: *Tuesday, November 17, 2009* Time: 6:00-8:00pm Location: TSAI Auditorium, 1730 Cambridge Street Contact: Marcio Siwi, msiwi(a)fas.harvard.edu _________________________ Brazilian Music Brazilian drumming workshop at Berklee with *Marcus Santos* Date: Friday, November 20 Time: 1:00 - 2:30pm Location: David Friend Recital Hall, 921 Boylston Street. http://www.berklee.edu/events/detail/4090/marcus-santos _________________________ FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF THE BRAZIL STUDIES PROGRAM CALENDAR OF EVENTS GO TO: http://www.drclas.harvard.edu/brazil/events -- 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