[Brazil@Harvard] New Seminar Series on Brazilian Challenges

DRCLAS' Brazilian Studies Program is proud to present a new seminar series: BRAZILIAN HISTORICAL & CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES: REFLECTIONS FROM HARVARD Part of the "Brazil Semester at Harvard" (Spring 2005), the first event of this series will be: "A Conversation on Brazilian Culture & Literature with Professors Joaquim-Francisco Coelho and Nicolau Sevcenko" Friday, March 11 12:00-2:00pm A light Brazilian lunch will be served at noon; the presentation with start at 12:30pm. David Rockefeller Center (DRCLAS) - 61 Kirkland Street, Cambridge http://drclas.fas.harvard.edu/index.pl/about/directions JOAQUIM-FRANCISCO COELHO is the Nancy Clark Smith Professor of the Languages and Literature of Portugal & Professor of Comparative Literature in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at Harvard University. He is the author of numerous books including: Os meus Orfeus; Microleituras de Alvaro de Campos e outras investigações pessoanas; Manuel Bandeira pré-modernista; Minerações: ensaios de crítica e vida literária; and Terra e família na poesia de Carlos Drummond de Andrade. Professor Coelho is currently teaching the courses "The Short Stories of Machado de Assis" and "Introduction to the Literature of Brazil II," among others. NICOLAU SEVCENKO is a Visiting Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures at Harvard University this Spring, teaching the courses "Popular Tradition as the Muse of Modern Brazilian Culture" and "Literature and the Plea for Compassionate Modernization in 20th-Century Brazil." He is on the faculty of the University of São Paulo (USP) and has published widely on Brazilian history, literature, and culture, including: Pindorama revisitada: cultura e sociedade em tempos de virada; Orfeu extático na metrópole: São Paulo, sociedade e cultura nos frementes anos 20; and Literatura como missão: tensões sociais e criação cultural na Primeira República. ------------------------------------- Other seminars in this series: [All events are from noon-2pm at DRCLAS, 61 Kirkland Street, and are free and open to the public.] Wednesday, March 23: "A Conversation on Brazilian History" THOMAS SKIDMORE is the Carlos Manuel de Céspedes Professor of Modern Latin American History and Professor of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies Emeritus at Brown University and one of the best known interpreters of Brazil in the United States. He is the author of numerous works including: Politics in Brazil 1930-1964: An Experiment in Democracy; Black Into White: Race and Nationality in Brazilian Thought; and The Politics of Military Rule in Brazil: 1964-1985, which are considered classics in the field of modern Brazilian history. After obtaining his PhD at Harvard in 1960, Professor Skidmore taught here for several years. KENNETH MAXWELL is Visiting Professor at Harvard's History Department and a Senior Fellow at DRCLAS. This Spring semester he is teaching the courses "Turning Points in Brazilian History" and "Brazil Between Revolutions, 1776-1789." His latest book is a recent new edition of the classic: Conflicts and Conspiracies: Brazil and Portugal 1750-1808, widely known in Brazil in translation as: A Devassa da Devassa. Other books include: Naked Tropics, Essays on Empire and Other Rogues; Mais Malandros; Chocolate, Piratas e Outros Malandros; The Making of Portuguese Democracy; and Pombal: Paradox of the Enlightenment. ------------------------------------- Thursday, April 7: "A Conversation on U.S.-Brazil Relations" LINCOLN GORDON was U.S. Ambassador to Brazil from 1961 to 1966 and Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs from 1966 to 1967. Prior to that he helped develop and negotiate President Kennedy's proposal for a generous program of economic and technical assistance under the rubric "Alliance for Progress." Previously he had numerous years of government service in the UN Atomic Energy Commission, the Marshall Plan, and NATO. Harvard Class of 1933 and a former Harvard professor at the Business School, Ambassador Gordon is currently a guest scholar at Brookings Institution. He is the author of Brazil's Second Chance, En Route toward the First World, and he is now working on a book of memoirs. ELIO GASPARI is the Lemann Visiting Scholar at DRCLAS for Spring Term 2005. Gaspari is one of today's most influential Brazilian columnists, writing for Folha de São Paulo, O Globo and ten other newspapers. Since the publication of his first volume on Brazil's military regime, A Ditadura Envergonhada, he has been widely recognized as one of Brazil's leading historians and journalists. He has published four volumes on the history of Brazil's dictatorial military regime including: A Ditadura Escancarada, A Ditadura Derrotada, and A Ditadura Encurralada. During his stay at Harvard, Gaspari is working on the fifth volume of this series: A Ditadura Desmontada, which covers the period of 1978-79. ------------------------------------- Wednesday: April 13: "A Conversation on Gender & Sexuality in Brazil" JAMES GREEN is Associate Professor of History at Brown University. He is a former president of the Brazilian Studies Association (BRASA) and is now chair of the Committee on the Future of Brazilian Studies in the United States. Professor Green is the author of Beyond Carnival: Male Homosexuality in Twentieth-Century Brazil. He is currently finishing the manuscript, 'We Cannot Remain Silent': Opposition to the Brazilian Military Dictatorship in the United States, 1964-85. MALA HTUN is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the New School for Social Research. She is the author of Sex and the State: Abortion, Divorce, and the Family Under Latin American Dictatorships and Democracies. Professor Htun's current work focuses on the initiatives and responses that states take with regard to gender, race, and ethnicity. She is currently finishing the manuscript, Sex, Race, and Representation: Getting Women, Blacks, and Indians into Political Power in Latin America. Professor Htun received a PhD in political science from Harvard University. ------------------------------------- For more information on DRCLAS and its Brazil Program, including details on other "Brazil Semester" events such as our documentary film series, the national conference on Brazilian immigration to the United States, an upcoming talk with one of President Lula's top advisors, and other activities, see: http://drclas.fas.harvard.edu/ To subscribe or unsubscribe to the Brazil Program's moderated e-mail distribution list, see: http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/drclas-brazil-list Um abraço do Tomás Amorim Brazilian Studies Program Coordinator & Research Associate David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS) Harvard University 61 Kirkland St. Cambridge, MA 02138 Tel: (617) 495-5435 Fax: (617) 496-2802 Email: amorim(a)fas.harvard.edu http://drclas.fas.harvard.edu