FIRST NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BRAZILIAN IMMIGRATION TO THE UNITED STATES
Friday, March 18 (2:30pm-8:30pm) - Saturday, March 19 (8:00am-6:30pm)
Location: Boylston Hall - adjacent to Widener Library
(for Harvard Yard map, see http: //map.harvard.edu)
This conference will bring together scholars, community leaders, members of the
Brazilian community, and college students to discuss for the first time the
phenomenon of Brazilian immigration to the United States. Studies conducted
about a variety of issues affecting Brazilian immigrants living in the East and
West Coast of the United States suggest that there are different perspectives
and issues to be considered. The time has come for a national conference to
enable scholars and community groups to interact and exchange their views about
the existing literature, its gaps, and new questions that deserve further study.
For conference program & registration, see:
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~port-rll/Events/Spring05_Conference_Index.htm
Conference chair:
CLÉMENCE JOUËT-PASTRÉ
Senior Preceptor in Portuguese, Department of Romance Languages & Literatures,
Harvard University.
In addition to more than 60 papers & presentations, the keynote speakers are:
MAXINE MARGOLIS
Professor of Anthropology, University of Florida; Author of "Little Brazil: An
Ethnography of Brazilian Immigrants in New York City."
BERNADETE BESERRA
Associate Professor of Anthropology, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Brazil;
Author of "Brazilian Immigrants in the United States: Cultural Imperialism and
Social Class."
This conference is sponsored by Harvard University's Portuguese Program of the
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures & David Rockefeller Center for
Latin American Studies.
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~port-rll
http://drclas.fas.harvard.edu/brazil