Classes at Harvard are over, but the "Brazil Semester" rages on. 
I am delighted to announce the two final Brazil-related events of the Spring 2005 Semester (see below).

I also wanted to say "muito obrigado" for your participation, feedback and support during this "Brazil Semester."  On behalf of our faculty-led Brazilians Studies Committee and all of us at DRCLAS, we hope we have helped strengthen Harvard's place in the Brazilian Studies map and bring more of Brazil into Harvard Yard and beyond.

Um grande abraço, Tomas

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Wed., May 18:
"Managing the Politics of Education Reform: A Conversation with Paulo Renato Souza"

PAULO RENATO SOUZA, former Minister of Education of Brazil (1995 to 2002).  He is also a former Secretary of Education for the State of São Paulo and Rector at the University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in Sao Paulo. He earned his doctorate in Economics from the University of Campinas, where he has taught since 1978. Dr. Souza also holds degrees from the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul and the Universidade do Chile.

FERNANDO REIMERS (presider), Ford Foundation Professor of International Education; Director, International Education Policy Program; Director of Global Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 18
4:00-6:00pm, reception to follow
Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE)
Larsen Hall - Room G-08 (Ground Floor) - 14 Appian Way
Directions: http://gseweb.harvard.edu/~admit/directions.html
Sponsored by the HGSE International Education Policy Program.

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Thurs., May 26:
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A screening of "Entreatos" and a conversation with JOÃO MOREIRA SALLES

"Entreatos" (Intermissions)
, 2004, 117 min.

This documentary offers a intimate behind-the-scenes look at Luiz Inácio "Lula" da Silva's historic 2002 presidential campaign. Based on 240 hours of exclusive footage taken by Salles' crew --- which had unprecedented access to the former metalworker from São Paulo and his family, friends and fellow PT party members --- the filmmaker reveals a startlingly candid backstage view of a modern politician.

Discussion with filmmaker João Moreira Salles to follow the screening.

Documentary in Portuguese with English subtitles.

THURSDAY, MAY 26
7:00-9:30pm
The Humanities Center at Harvard
Thompson Hall - Barker Center - 12 Quincy Street
Directions: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~humcentr/generalinfo.html
Sponsored by the David Rockefeller Center's Brazilian Studies Program.



Tomás Amorim
Brazilian Studies Program Coordinator & Research Associate
David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS)
Harvard University