THE DEPARTMENT OF PORTUGUESE AND BRAZILIAN STUDIES AT
BROWN UNIVERSITY
Presents
A MOVEABLE FEAST: POETRY IN PORTUGUESE
May 4-5, 2007
PROGRAM
FRIDAY, MAY 4
McCormack Family Theater
Department of English and Program in Literary Arts
Brown Street
3:00pm -- 4:30pm
Opening Remarks
Prof. Luiz F. Valente
Chair, Department of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies
Introductions and Bilingual Readings
Presenters: Prof. Luiz F. Valente, Ms. Ana Catarina Teixeira
and Ms. Sophia F. Beal
Readings by Chacal, Ricardo Aleixo, Rodrigo Garcia Lopes,
Salgado Maranhão (Brazil), Ana Paula Tavares (Angola)
and Paco Sininho (Mozambique)
4:30pm -- 4:45pm
Break
4:45pm -- 5:30pm
Introductions and Bilingual Readings
Presenters: Prof. Leonor Simas-Almeida, Dr. Ana Luisa Amaral,
and Prof. Onésimo T. Almeida
Readings by Vera Duarte (Cape Verde), Ana Luisa Amaral,
Gastão Cruz (Portugal), Eduardo Bettencourt Pinto (Vancouver)
and José Francisco Costa (Providence)
5:30pm -- 6:00pm
Coffee Break
6:00pm -- 7:00pm
"Poemas Americanos"
A Performance by Chacal (Brazil)
SATURDAY, MAY 5
Conference Facilities
Vartan Gregorian Quad
Thayer Street
9:00am -- 10:00am
Coffee
10:00am -- 11:00am
Readings by Rodrigo Garcia Lopes (Brazil), Vera Duarte (Cape Verde)
and Gastão Cruz (Portugal)
11:00am -- 11:15am
Break
11:15am -- 12:15pm
Readings by Salgado Maranhão (Brazil), Ana Paula Tavares (Angola)
and Eduardo Bettencourt Pinto (Vancouver)
12:15pm -- 1:30pm
Lunch
1:30pm -- 2:30pm
Readings by Ana Luísa Amaral (Portugal), Paco Sininho (Mozambique)
and José Francisco Costa (Providence)
2:30 -- 2:45pm
Break
2:45pm -- 4:00pm
A Roundtable with the Poets
Moderated by Prof. Nelson H. Vieira
4:00pm -- 4:15pm
Coffee Break
4:15pm -- 5:00pm
Roundtable Discussion:
Translating Poetry from the Portuguese
Discussion Leaders: Prof. Alexis Levitin (SUNY-Plattsburgh)
and Ms. Patricia Soldati
7:00pm -- 8:00pm
McCormack Family Theater
Department of English and Program in Literary Arts
Brown Street
"Um ano entre os humanos"
A Performance by Ricardo Aleixo (Brazil)
Closing Remarks
Professor Luiz F. Valente
SPONSORS
Anonymous Fund in Brazilian Studies
Camões Institute
Center for Latin American Studies
Cogut Humanities Center
C. V. Starr Foundation Lectureship Fund
Department of Comparative Literature
Heimark Fund in Africana Studies
Karina Lago Memorial Fund in Portuguese and Brazilian Studies
Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD)
Mr. and Mrs. Rexford T. Parker'74
Portuguese Consulate, Boston
Program in Literary Arts
Wayland Collegium for Liberal Learning
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Mr. Luiz C. (Luca) Prazeres
Mr. Guilherme T. Ribeiro
Prof. Leonor Simas-Almeida
Prof. Luiz F. Valente
SPECIAL THANKS
Dr. Manuela Bairros
Prof. Forrest Gander
Ms. Tatiana G. Gottlieb
Ms. Candida Hutter
Ms. Armanda Silva
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Erin Goodman
Program Officer
Harvard University
David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
1730 Cambridge St.
Cambridge, MA 02138
tel (617) 495-5435
http://drclas.fas.harvard.edu