*The Brazil Studies Program at Harvard's David Rockefeller Center for
Latin American Studies would like to inform you of the following
upcoming Brazil related events at Harvard*
*Why This World: The Life and Times of Clarice Lispector*
A Presentation by *Benjamin Moser*, a writer, editor, critic, and
translator who was born in Houston in 1976 and currently lives in the
Netherlands. He is the New Books columnist for Harper's Magazine and a
regular contributor to The New York Review of Books. His work has
appeared in many publications in the United States and abroad, including
Condé Nast Traveler, Newsweek, and The American Scholar. His first book,
Why This World: A Biography of Clarice Lispector, will be published in
August 2009 by Oxford University Press (USA), Haus Publishing (UK), and
Cosac Naify (Brazil).
Moderated by Verena Conley, Professor of Comparative Literature and of
Romance Languages and Literatures at Harvard University
Date: *Tuesday, November 10, 2009 - TOMORROW *
Time: 6:00-8:00pm
Location: TSAI Auditorium, 1730 Cambridge Street
Contact: Marcio Siwi, msiwi(a)fas.harvard.edu
Brazilian Salgadinhos will be provided
Free and open to the public
This event is co-sponsored by The Department of Romance Languages and
Literatures at Harvard University
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Brazil Film Series*
Santiago*
Directed by João Moreira Salles
In 1992, filmmaker João Moreira Salles began making a film about
Santiago, the family butler who worked for Salles's parents since his
childhood. Years later, after the death of the flamboyant servant,
Salles returns to the unused footage and crafts a moving portrait of an
enigmatic man who, aside from running the household, is a talented
pianist, a poet and an amateur historian interested in the lives of
aristocrats. The film is an evocative reflection on the components of a
person's identity and those traits that make us memorable to others.
Through his personal voice-over, Salles sheds light on his family and
childhood as well as universal topics such as memory, identity, and
documentary filmmaking.
Date: *Tuesday, November 17, 2009*
Time: 6:00-8:00pm
Location: TSAI Auditorium, 1730 Cambridge Street
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
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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