*The Brazil Studies Program at Harvard's David Rockefeller Center for
Latin American Studies presents*
*Living with Retroviral Infections: Lessons from Brazil*
Speakers:
*Maria Amelia Veras*, Assistant Professor, Department of Social
Medicine, Faculty of Medical Science, Santa Casa de São Paulo, Brazil
*Vera Paiva*, Associate Professor, Department of Social Psychology,
University of São Paulo, Brazil
*Aluisio Segurado*, Associate Professor, Department of Infectious
Diseases, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, Brazil
The speakers will discuss the following topics: AIDS in Brazil: Overview
of the epidemic and the country's response; Psychosocial aspects of the
Brazilian response to HIV/AIDS; HTLV infection in Brazil: challenges for
prevention and care
Date: *Tuesday, March 16 - TOMORROW*
Time: 3:00 - 5:00 pm
Location: Harvard School of Public Health, Kresge 502, 677 Huntington
Avenue, Boston
Website:
http://www.drclas.harvard.edu/brazil/events/retroviral_infections_03-2010
This event was made possible thanks to support from the Banco Santander
Faculty Grant Fund and the Coolidge First-step Fund at Harvard's David
Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, the Harvard Initiative
for Global Health and the Program on International Health and Human
Rights at the Harvard School of Public Health.
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Brazilian Film Series
*Hour of the Star *(1985)
Directed by Suzana Amaral
After the death of her aunt, Macabéa moves from the Brazilian
countryside to the big city in hopes of escaping economic and social
poverty. Once there she finds a job, but soon loses it due to her lack
of education and hygiene, and has to live in a small room in a boarding
house with other women in the same condition. A fortune teller promises
that Macabéa will meet a tall, blond and rich man who will fall in love
with her and take her away from poverty. But once again, reality is
crueler than Macabéa had imagined.
Date: *Tuesday, March 23*
Time: 6:00-8:00pm
Location: TSAI Auditorium, 1730 Cambridge Street
Contact: Marcio Siwi, msiwi(a)fas.harvard.edu
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*Scientific Expeditions to Brazil*
A Conversa with
*David Grann*, Staff writer for The New Yorker. Author of The Lost City
of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
*Neil Safier*, Professor of History, University of British Columbia.
Author of Measuring the New World: Enlightenment Science and South America
Date: *Thursday, March 25*
Time: 12:00 - 2:00 PM
Location: CGIS South Building S-050
Contact: Marcio Siwi, msiwi(a)fas.harvard.edu
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FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF THE BRAZIL STUDIES PROGRAM CALENDAR OF EVENTS GO
TO:
http://www.drclas.harvard.edu/brazil/events