February

02.06.08
"Why Do Americans Drink Coffee: The Boston Tea Party or Brazilian Slavery?"

With Steven Topik, Professor of History, University of California, Irvine. Author of Trade and Gunboats, the United States and Brazil in the Age of Empire.

Sponsored by the Boston Area Latin American History Workshop and Brazil Studies Workshop

Wednesday, February 6 - 6:00 to 7:30 PM - DRCLAS, CGIS S-250

02.07.08
"Urban Violence and Human Rights in Brazil"

Conversa with
Luiz Eduardo Soares, Secretary for the Prevention of Violence in Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro. Co-author of Elite da Tropa and author of Meu Casaco de General: 500 dias no front da Segurança Pública do Estado do Rio de Janeiro.

and

James Cavallaro, Clinical Professor of Law and Executive Director, Human Rights Program, Harvard Law School. Editor of Front Line Brazil: Murders, Death Threats and Other Intimidation of Human Rights Defenders, 1997-2001.

Moderator:
Robert Gay, Lemann Visiting Scholar at DRCLAS, working on Drugs, Corruption and Everyday Violence in Rio de Janeiro: A Soldier's Story. Professor of Sociology, Connecticut College. Author of Lucia: Testimonies of a Brazilian Drug Dealer's Woman.

Thursday, February 7 - 12:15 to 1:45 PM - DRCLAS, CGIS S-050

02.11.08
Brazil Studies Program / Harvard Brazilian Organization Film Series

O Caminho das Nuvens (2003)
Directed by Vicente Amorim

Monday, February 11 – 6:00 to 9:00 PM - Tsai Auditorium (CGIS)

02.13.08
"Brazil - U.S. Relations: The Bilateral, Regional and Global Agendas"

Special Event with:
Ambassador Antonio Patriota, Brazilian Ambassador to the United States.

Chaired by Kenneth Maxwell, Director, Brazil Studies Program, Harvard University.

Wednesday, February 13 - 12:30 to 2:00 PM - DRCLAS, CGIS S-050

02.25.08
Brazil Studies Program / Harvard Brazilian Organization Film Series

Edifício Master (2002)
Directed by Eduardo Coutinho

Monday, February 25 – 6:00 to 9:00 PM - Tsai Auditorium (CGIS)

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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