[Brazil@Harvard] Brazilian Studies Program Launch

The David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies Cordially Invites You to Celebrate The Official Inauguration of The Brazilian Studies Program Monday, May 1, 2006 6:00 PM Featuring a lecture by Lilia Moritz Schwarcz: "Harvard, 1876: The Poet, the Emperor, and the Scientist" Followed by a reception with Brazilian food & live music! In June, 1876, Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil, visited Harvard. He strolled across the Yard and had dinner with Henry Longfellow. Other guests included Ralph Waldo Emerson, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and Alexander Agassiz (the son of his old friend, the late Louis Agassiz). Afterwards, Longfellow wrote: "Dom Pedro is the modern Haroun al Raschid, and is wondering about to see the great world we live in, as simple traveler, not as king. He is a hearty, genial, noble personage, and very liberal in his views." Professor Lilia Moritz Schwarcz will discuss the long standing relationship between these New England "Eminent Victorians" and the Emperor. Professor Schwarcz teaches at the University of São Paulo and is the author of "Spectacle of Races" (Hill and Wang, 1999) and "The Emperor's Beard" (Hill and Wang, 2004), for which she received the Jabuti Prize, Brazil's major book award. --- *David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies* *Tsai** Auditorium* *CGIS Building** Concourse Level S-010* *1730 Cambridge Street*** * * *FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC*