Political Outlook in Brazil in the wake of Elections and the Global
Financial Crisis
A presentation by:
Professor David Fleischer, Institute of Political Science at the
Universidade de Brasília
Professor Fleischer joined the faculty of the Universidade de Brasília
in 1972, where he was Chair of the Department of Political Science and
International Relations (1985-1989) and member of the University Council
(1985-1993). He is the president of TCC-Brazil (Transparency,
Consciousness and Citizenship), an NGO founded in Brasília in 1996
which is the national chapter of Transparency International. Fleischer
has published widely on Brazilian politics (Congress, elections,
parties) and North-South Relations. He is also active in political risk
analysis and has published the Brazil Focus -Weekly Report since 1996.
Fleischer holds a doctorate in Political Science from the University of
Florida. Prof. Fleischer is also a founding member of the DRCLAS Brazil
Office Advisory Group.
Date: Monday, November 17, 2008
Time: 12:30 - 2:00pm
Location: CGIS South, S-216 - Resource Room, 1730 Cambridge Street,
Cambridge, MA
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Brazil Film Series: Presented by The Brazil Studies Program at DRCLAS
and The Harvard Brazilian Organization
The Sound of Brazil: Brasileirinho
Directed by Mika Kaurismäki, 2005
Mika Kaurismäki's toe-tapping, finger-snapping documentary reveals the
vibrant sounds of Brazil's old-style Choro music, a blend of native
Indian, European and African styles that forms the foundation of modern
musical styles including Bossa Nova and Samba. This musical documentary
shows the history and the vitality of Choro, one of the first genuinely
Brazilian urban musical style. Choro was created around 1870 when new
music groups in Rio de Janeiro started mixing European music with
Afro-Brazilian rhythms and melancholic music of Brazilian Indians. After
being overshadowed by the Samba in the 1920s and later by the Bossa
Nova, Choro is now livelier than ever before in the bars and concert
halls. Brasileirinho focuses on the musicians from "Trio Madeira Brasil".
Date: Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Time: 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Location: Tsai Auditorium (CGIS South), 1730 Cambridge Street
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Bate Papo
Date: Friday, November 21, 2008
Time: 4:00-5:30 pm
Location: DRCLAS, CGIS Resource Room, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
Contact: Dr. Clémence Jouët-Pastré, cpastre(a)fas.harvard.edu
Members of the Harvard Community can practice their Portuguese language
skills and discuss Luso-Brazilian cultures in a round-table setting.
Co-sponsored by the Portuguese section of the Department of Romance
Languages and Literatures
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These events are free and open to the public and are made possible by
the generous support of the Lemann Family Endowment.
--
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