[Brazil@Harvard] Brazil Studies Program - Upcoming events

Brazilian Response to HIV/AIDS: Achievements and Challenges. Insights from a University HIV care center A lecture by: Aluisio Segurado MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, São Paulo and Visiting Research Fellow at the Program on International Health and Human Rights, Harvard. The Brazilian response to HIV/AIDS has yielded significant improvement of clinical outcomes, including reduced HIV disease progression and prolonged survival. However, prevention and care interventions, including universal access to antiretroviral therapy, may not equally benefit all affected population groups. Professor Segurado will discuss the social and programmatic vulnerability issues that may account for such inequalities, as well as new important demands that have been recognized at the HIV care provision level. Date: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 Time: 12:30-1:30 pm Location: Harvard School of Public Health, Fracois-Xavier Bagnoud (FXB) Room G-11 Co-sponsored by the Harvard School of Public Health Program on International Health and Human Rights and the Brazil Studies Program at DRCLAS. __________________________________________ Brazil Studies Program Conversa: Brazil Update Conversa with Riordan Roett, Sarita and Don Johnston Professor and Director of Western Hemisphere Studies and the Latin American Studies Program at Johns Hopkins University. Moderated by Steven Levitsky, Associate Professor of Government and Social Studies at Harvard University Date: Thursday, October 23, 2008 Time: 12:15 - 1:45 pm Location: DRCLAS CGIS - S-050, 1730 Cambridge Street __________________________________________ Bate-Papo Members of the Harvard Community can practice their Portuguese language skills and discuss Luso-Brazilian cultures in a round-table setting. Date: Friday, October 24, 2008 Time: 4:00 - 5:30 pm Location: DRCLAS, CGIS Resource Room, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge Contact: Dr. Clémence Jouët-Pastré, cpastre(a)fas.harvard.edu Co-sponsored by the Portuguese section of the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures and the Brazil Studies Program at DRCLAS _________________________________________ Judicial Control of Constitutionality in Brazil A lecture by: Justice Gilmar Ferreira Mendes, President of the Brazilian Supreme Court Date: Monday, October 27, 2008 Time: 1:30 - 3:00 pm Location: John Chipman Gray Room - Pound Hall at Harvard Law School. The lecture will be followed by Q& A and a reception from 2:30 to 3:30 Co-sponsored by the Harvard Law School and the Brazil Studies Program at DRCLAS ________________________________________________ Brazil Film Series Viva São João! Directed by Andrucha Waddington, 2002 In this epic documentary about the popular celebrations in honor of St. John, world-renowned musicians and Brazil’s Minister of Culture Gilberto Gil, takes the viewer to the Northeastern parts of Brazil where the festivities for São João are rich in color and sound, uniquely traditional and widespread. Directed by the creator of House of Sand and Me You Them, this musical journey into the Brazilian heartland pays tribute to Luiz Gonzaga, the iconic accordion player who is personally responsible for the promotion of Northeastern music on the rest of the country, as well as numerous local musicians and communities for whom celebrating St. John continues to be an important cultural heritage. Date: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 Time: 6:00 - 8:00 pm Location: Tsai Auditorium (CGIS South), 1730 Cambridge Street Co-sponsored by The Harvard Brazilian Organization and The Brazil Studies Program at DRCLAS __________________________________________________ These events are free and open to the public and are made possible by the generous support of the Lemann Family Endowment. -- 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