[Brazil@Harvard] BRAZIL RELATED EVENTS AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY THIS WEEK

HSPH Winter Session in Brazil - Information Session Tuesday, October 2, 2007 12:30 - 1:20 pm Kresge 213, HSPH Contact: Simone Pinheiro <spinheir(a)hsph.harvard.edu> Come learn about this exciting new opportunity to participate in a for-credit WinterSession course in Brazil. Dr. Felipe Fregni, Assistant Professor at the Harvard Medical School and course co-instructor, will speak about this unique opportunity to study infectious diseases in the field. He will be joined by Jason Dyett, Program Director of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies’ Brazil Office. Lunch will be provided For more information and site location photos, please see: http://drclas.harvard.edu/courses/brazil/infectious_diseases http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k17719 ***** Novacap and the Making of the Brasilia October 02, 2007 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM Gund Hall Piper Auditorium Fares el-DahDah Associate Professor, School of Architecture, Rice University, Houston, Texas For more information, please visit Click here for more information on Fares el-Dahdah and his work_ http://cohesion.rice.edu/administration/fis/report/FacultyDetail.cfm?DivID=… Sponsored by Department of Urban Planning and Design ***** Research and Development Strategies in the Brazilian STD/AIDS Program Wednesday, October 3, 2007 12:30 – 1:30pm Contact:Jessica Schneider (jschneid(a)hsph.harvard.edu) Location:FXB G – 3651 Huntington Avenue Population and International Health Ecology / Modeling Seminar Series Presents: Dr. Cristina Posas Head of Research and Development Unit Ministry of Health, Brazilian National STD/AIDS Program Sponsored by the Department of Population & International Health - Harvard School of Public Health ***** The Harvard International History Seminar "The Abolition of Slavery: Panel Discussion" Featuring Emmanuel Akyeampong, Vincent Brown, Maya Jasanoff, and Kenneth Maxwell Wednesday, October 3, 2007 4-6pm CGIS S-250 1730 Cambridge Street Refreshments will be served Panelists: Emmanuel Akyeampong - Harvard College Professor & Professor of History and of African and African American Studies, Harvard Vincent Brown - Dunwalke Associate Professor of American History, Harvard Maya Jasanoff - Assistant Professor of British History, University of Virginia Kenneth Maxwell - Director, Brazil Studies Program & Visiting Professor of History, Harvard ***** HARVARD UNIVERSITY BRAZIL STUDIES PROGRAM, at the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies "Brazil and Latin America in Global Context" Thursday, October 4 12:15-1:45 PM DRCLAS, CGIS S-050 Conversa with Richard Lapper (Latin America Editor, Financial Times) and Fernando Rodrigues (Nieman Fellow and Folha de São Paulo). Moderated by Kenneth Maxwell (Director of the Brazil Studies Program, Harvard University). -- Marcio Siwi Research Associate / Program Officer Harvard University David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies 1730 Cambridge St. Cambridge, MA 02138 tel (617) 495-5435 http://drclas.fas.harvard.edu