*7th Brazil Week at Harvard*
IMPORTANT CHANGE: UNFORTUNATELY THE MINISTRO DO TRABALHO HAD TO CANCEL
HIS TRIP TO BOSTON. THEREFORE, BRAZIL WEEK STARTS ON TUESDAY
Brazilian Immigration to the US: Linking Theory and Action
T*uesday, April 7*, Belfer from 6- 8pm.
Opening and welcome: Clémence Jouët-Pastré, Harvard University
Title: Politics of Reality? Immigration Laws in the Obama Era
Marcony Almeida- Director of Organizing and Advocacy at the
Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy (MIRA) Coalition and
Co-editor of The Brazilian Journal Magazine.
*Wednesday, April 8*, Belfer -- from 6-8 pm
The Present and the Future of the Brazilian Community: Trends and Issues
for Youth
Heloísa Galvão -- Brazilian Women's Group
Ana Velasco -- Framingham School District
Ana Nogueira -- Somerville High School and Everett Literacy Program
Leticia J. Braga - Harvard Graduate School of Education Student and
Parent representatives
*Thursday, April 9*, Belfer, from 5-8pm
Media Coverage of Brazilian Immigrant Health in Massachusetts- Panel
coordinated by Eduardo de Oliveira, Health Reporter -New England Ethnic
Newswire- University of Massachusetts-Boston
The Mental Health of Brazilian Immigrants in Massachusetts- Panel
coordinated by Dr. Percy Andreazi, MD, LMHC - Director of the Wayside
Men Against Violence Program
Patricia Cintra Franco Schram, MD - Children's Hospital Boston and
Harvard Medical School
Helena Santos-Martins, MD - Cambridge Health Alliance and Harvard
Medical School
All activities are free and open to the public
Our events will be held at 1730 Cambridge Street, CGIS South, Belfer
Case Study Room
Sponsored by the Lemann Family Endowment of the Brazil Studies Program
at the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, and the
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, Harvard University
Supporters: Brazilian Women's Group, Brazilian Immigrant Center, and
Massachusetts Alliance for Portuguese Speakers
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*Brazil Film Series*
Casa de Areia. House of Sand.
Directed by Andrucha Waddington, 2005
Screened with subtitles in English
Date: T*uesday, April 14* (NEW DATE)
Time: 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Location: CGIS South,Tsai Auditorium, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
Contact: Marcio Siwi, msiwi(a)fas.harvard.edu
Free and open to the public.
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*Brazil Studies Program Conversa*
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How Machado de Assis Became a Universal Writer
Speaker:
John Gledson, Emeritus Professor and Research Fellow, the Institute of
Latin American Studies at the University of Liverpool, England and
author of The Deceptive Realism of Machado De Assis: A Dissenting
Interpretation of Dom Casmurro.
Commentators:
**Joaquim-Francisco Coelho*, *Nancy Clark Smith Professor of the
Language and Literature of Portugal and Professor of Comparative
Literature and Director of Graduate Studies in Portuguese. Author of
Manuel Bandeira Pre- modernista.
Nicolau Sevcenko*, *Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures,
Harvard University. Author of A corrida para o século XXI: no loop da
montanha-russa.
Date: *Thursday, April 16*
Time: 12:45 - 1:45 pm
Location: CGIS South S - 050, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
Contact: Marcio Siwi, msiwi(a)fas.harvard.edu
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