The Brazil Studies Program at Harvard’s David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies presents

Remembering Villa-Lobos

Live musical performance by Tom Rohde
&
Screening of the film Villa-Lobos: Uma Vida de Paixão

Special event cosponsored by the Consulate General of Brazil in Boston, Grupo Mulher Brasileira and the Harvard University Brazil Studies Program at DRCLAS to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the death of the Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos.

Date: Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Time: 6:30-7:00pm (Live musical Performance)
Time: 7:00 – 9:00pm (Screening of the film Villa-Lobos: Uma Vida de Paixão)
Location: TSAI Auditorium, 1730 Cambridge Street
Contact: Marcio Siwi, msiwi@fas.harvard.edu

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Place Makers: Designing through Political Engagement

Presentations by Loeb Fellows

José de Filippi, engineer, former Mayor, Diadema, Brazil
&
Peter Steinbrueck, architect, former City Councilor, Seattle

José de Filippi has just completed a third term as the Mayor of Diadema, Brazil. Diadema, located in the metropolitan area of Sao Paulo, had a reputation as a place of violence, inadequate housing and little economic potential. Under Jose’s leadership major changes have occurred. He focused particularly on innovative programs to reduce violence and on cooperative ways to renew the favelas within his community. Trained as an engineer, Jose believes good design can have a major impact on the livability of a city. Jose will study urban planning and revitalization and design during his Fellowship.

Peter Steinbrueck FAIA, principal of Steinbrueck Urban Strategies, LLC, is an architect who recently completed a third successful term as a Seattle City Councilor.Peter has lead efforts toadvance cutting edge sustainable practices in the Pacific Northwest. He played a major role in revamping citywide zoning to become more sustainable, and creating a new “Livability Plan” for Seattle’s urban core, to foster growth of vibrant mixed-use neighborhoods and a more pedestrian-friendly downtown. He has been an effective civic advocate for tearing down a crumbling elevated highway that separates the city from the bay of Puget Sound, Peter will study the politics, principles and best practices of urban sustainability in the U.S. while at the GSD.

Date: Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Time: 12:30 - 2:00 pm
Location: Gund Hall, 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Contact: Sally Young, syoung@gsd.harvard.edu or at (617) 495.9345

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DRCLAS Tuesday Seminar: Urban Crime in Brazil

A presentation by
Claudio Beato, Lemann Visiting Scholar, DRCLAS.

Claudio Beato Filho is a Professor at the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Minas Gerais Federal University (UFMG). He received his Bachelor’s degree in Social Science from UFMG and a Ph.D. in Sociology from the Rio de Janeiro Institute for Graduate Studies. He has been a visiting professor at the Center for Brazilian Studies, Oxford University, England and is currently the coordinator of the Center for Studies in Criminality and Public Security at the UFMG and a Researcher at the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development, Brazil. He has authored numerous works on the subject of criminality, violence and public policy on security. He is a consultant to the Inter-American Development Bank, the United Nations Development Programme and the Colombian government. He will be the Lemann Visiting Scholar during the Fall 2009 semester working on a project entitled Urban Spaces and Crime Control in Brazil.

Opportunity for comments and questions to follow presentation. The Tuesday Seminar is co-sponsored by the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs.

Date: Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Time: 12:00 - 2:00 pm
Location: CGIS South, S-250, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
Contact: Monica Tesoriero, smtesor@fas.harvard.edu

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FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF THE BRAZIL STUDIES PROGRAM CALENDAR OF EVENTS GO TO: http://www.drclas.harvard.edu/brazil/events

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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