[Brazil@Harvard] Harvard University Brazil Studies Program - upcoming events

The Harvard University Brazil Studies Program at the David Rockefeller presents: *Tuesday Seminar* Occupational Choices: Economic Determinants of Land Occupations in Brazil Speaker: Suresh Naidu, Academy Scholar, Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies Date: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 Time: 12:00-2:00pm Location: 1730 Cambridge Street, DRCLAS CGIS South, Room S-250 The Tuesday Seminar Series is co-sponsored with the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs. ___________________ *History Workshop* Brazilian Abolitionism, Its Historiography, and the Uses of Political History Speaker: Jeffrey D. Needell, Professor of History and Affiliate Professor of Latin American Studies at the University of Florida. Author of The Party of Order: The Conservatives, the State, and Slavery in the Brazilian Monarchy, 1831-1871. Date:Thursday, February 26, 2009 Time: 6:00 -- 7:30pm Location: 1730 Cambridge Street, DRCLAS, CGIS South, Room S-030 This event is co-sponsored by Boston Area Latin American History Workshop and Brazil Studies Program __________________ *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, February 27, 2009 Time: 4:30 - 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 ________________ FOR A FULL LIST OF THE BRAZIL STUDIES PROGRAM SPRING 2009 CALENDAR OF EVENTS GO TO: http://www.drclas.harvard.edu/brazil/events/harvard -- 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