*February*
*02.06.08*
"Why Do Americans Drink Coffee: The Boston Tea Party or Brazilian Slavery?"
With Steven Topik, Professor of History, University of California,
Irvine. Author of /Trade and Gunboats, the United States and Brazil in
the Age of Empire/.
Sponsored by the Boston Area Latin American History Workshop and Brazil
Studies Workshop
Wednesday, February 6 - 6:00 to 7:30 PM - DRCLAS, CGIS S-250
*02.07.08*
"Urban Violence and Human Rights in Brazil"
/Conversa/ with
Luiz Eduardo Soares, Secretary for the Prevention of Violence in Nova
Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro. Co-author of /Elite da Tropa/ and author of/ Meu
Casaco de General: 500 dias no front da Segurança Pública do Estado do
Rio de Janeiro/.
and
James Cavallaro, Clinical Professor of Law and Executive Director, Human
Rights Program, Harvard Law School. Editor of /Front Line Brazil:
Murders, Death Threats and Other Intimidation of Human Rights Defenders,
1997-2001/.
Moderator:
Robert Gay, Lemann Visiting Scholar at DRCLAS, working on Drugs,
Corruption and Everyday Violence in Rio de Janeiro: A Soldier's Story.
Professor of Sociology, Connecticut College. Author of /Lucia:
Testimonies of a Brazilian Drug Dealer's Woman./
Thursday, February 7 - 12:15 to 1:45 PM - DRCLAS, CGIS S-050
*02.11.08*
Brazil Studies Program / Harvard Brazilian Organization Film Series
/O Caminho das Nuvens/ (2003)
Directed by Vicente Amorim
Monday, February 11 -- 6:00 to 9:00 PM - Tsai Auditorium (CGIS)
*02.13.08*
"Brazil - U.S. Relations: The Bilateral, Regional and Global Agendas"
/Special Event /with:
Ambassador Antonio Patriota, Brazilian Ambassador to the United States.
Chaired by Kenneth Maxwell, Director, Brazil Studies Program, Harvard
University.
Wednesday, February 13 - 12:30 to 2:00 PM - DRCLAS, CGIS S-050
*02.25.08*
Brazil Studies Program / Harvard Brazilian Organization Film Series
/Edifício Master /(2002)
Directed by Eduardo Coutinho
Monday, February 25 -- 6:00 to 9:00 PM - Tsai Auditorium (CGIS)
--
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