[Brazil@Harvard] Conference on Brazilian Immigration: Fri & Sat

FIRST NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BRAZILIAN IMMIGRATION TO THE UNITED STATES Friday, March 18 (2:30pm-8:30pm) - Saturday, March 19 (8:00am-6:30pm) Location: Boylston Hall - adjacent to Widener Library (for Harvard Yard map, see http: //map.harvard.edu) This conference will bring together scholars, community leaders, members of the Brazilian community, and college students to discuss for the first time the phenomenon of Brazilian immigration to the United States. Studies conducted about a variety of issues affecting Brazilian immigrants living in the East and West Coast of the United States suggest that there are different perspectives and issues to be considered. The time has come for a national conference to enable scholars and community groups to interact and exchange their views about the existing literature, its gaps, and new questions that deserve further study. For conference program & registration, see: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~port-rll/Events/Spring05_Conference_Index.htm Conference chair: CLÉMENCE JOUËT-PASTRÉ Senior Preceptor in Portuguese, Department of Romance Languages & Literatures, Harvard University. In addition to more than 60 papers & presentations, the keynote speakers are: MAXINE MARGOLIS Professor of Anthropology, University of Florida; Author of "Little Brazil: An Ethnography of Brazilian Immigrants in New York City." BERNADETE BESERRA Associate Professor of Anthropology, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Brazil; Author of "Brazilian Immigrants in the United States: Cultural Imperialism and Social Class." This conference is sponsored by Harvard University's Portuguese Program of the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures & David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies. http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~port-rll http://drclas.fas.harvard.edu/brazil