Brazil events at Harvard this week

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Lemann Fellow Seminar

The Potential for Early Childhood Care Innovation in Brazil Based on Lessons from the United States

Heloisa Micheletti Alvarez, EDM '08
Program Coordinator, Raising a Reader MA

Monday, April 25th, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
CGIS South, Room S-216, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge

A Brazilian dinner will be served.

Contact: brazil@fas.harvard.edu

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Tuesday Seminar

Race, Region, Nation: São Paulo and the Formation of Brazilian National Identities

Barbara Weinstein
Professor of History, New York University

Tuesday, April 26th, 12:00-2:00 p.m.
CGIS South, Room S-250, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge

A light lunch will be served.

Contact: sjampel@fas.harvard.edu

Co-sponsored by DRCLAS and the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs.

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Belfer Center Seminar

The Role of Brazil in a Changing World

Celso Amorim
Former Minister of External Relations of Brazil

Thursday, April 28th, 4:15-6:00 p.m.
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge

Contact: bcsia_ksg@harvard.edu

Co-sponsored by DRCLAS and the Future of Diplomacy Project at Harvard Kennedy School.

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Advanced Leadership Initiative Think Tank

2011 Revitalizing Cities Think Tank

The Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative's Revitalizing Cities Think Tank is a three-day conference that will involve many prominent public officials, experts, advocates, social entrepreneurs, and community leaders.

Participants from Brazil:
Gilberto Dimenstein (Journalist, Folha de São Paulo; 2011 Advanced Leadership Fellow)
Jaime Lerner (Former Mayor of Curitiba, Brazil)

Thursday, April 28th to Saturday, April 30th
Ames Courtroom in Austin Hall, Harvard Law School, 1515 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge

Free registration required: www.advancedleadership.harvard.edu/revitalizingcitiesthinktank

Contact: lindsey_porter@harvard.edu

Sponsored by the Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative.

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Aaron Litvin
Program Manager, Harvard Brazil Studies Program
David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138