Thursday, November 18th, 4:00 p.m.

MIT-Harvard Workshop on Contemporary Brazil – Brazil’s Recent General Elections: Considerations and Projections for 2011

Prof. David Fleischer
Emeritus Professor, University of Brasília
President, TCC-Brasil (Transparência, Consciência e Cidadania)

CGIS South, Room S-216, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge

Contact: Aaron Litvin, brazil@fas.harvard.edu

Thursday, November 18th, 6:00 p.m.

Photography and Science: Brazil in 19th Century Travel Narratives

Prof. Nina Gerassi-Navarro

Associate Professor of Latin American Literature, Tufts University

CGIS South, Room S-020, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge

This event is sponsored by the Humanities Center Hispanic Cultures Seminar Series.

Contact: humcentr@fas.harvard.edu

Friday, November 19th, 3:30 p.m.

Special Brazil Studies Program Seminar – Doing Business in Brazil

David Neeleman
Founder, JetBlue Airways and Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras

Moderator:

Tarun Khanna, Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor, Harvard Business School

CGIS South, Room S-216, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge

Contact: Aaron Litvin, brazil@fas.harvard.edu

Monday, November 22nd, 12:00 p.m.

Special Brazil Studies Program Seminar – Monteiro Lobato nos Estados Unidos

Prof. Marisa Lajolo
Professor of Literary Theory, Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie and Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)

Introduction and discussion:
Dr. Clémence Jouët-Pastré, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, Harvard University
Prof. Nicolau Sevcenko, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, Harvard University

Note: This seminar will be in Portuguese.

CGIS South, Room S-216, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge

A Brazilian lunch will be served.

Contact: Aaron Litvin, brazil@fas.harvard.edu