April 1, 2014 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Brazilian military coup d’état that led to twenty-one years of authoritarian rule followed by twenty-nine years of democracy. Brazil: From Dictatorship to Democracy will examine Brazil's recent past with a day-long conference where Brown students and alumni will present research on contemporary Brazil that will highlight ongoing research at Brown. It will be followed by an international symposium of leading U.S. and Brazilian scholars that will reassess the two decades of the military regime and its legacy, consider challenges and achievements since Brazil’s return to democracy, and discuss perspectives for the future. The symposium is one of five international events co-organized by a Brown in partnership with other institutions that will be held at the University of São Paulo, Brown University, the École des Hautes Études (Paris), University of Michigan, and Hebrew University (Jerusalem) between March and December 2014. Brazil: From Dictatorship to Democracy will also launch the “Opening the Archives Project,” an international collaboration between Brown and the State University of Maringá, which has digitized 10,000 U.S. State Department records on Brazil from 1963-73 in collaboration with the U.S. and Brazilian National Archives that will be hosted by the Library’s website. The Conference will contribute to the goal of Brown’s Brazil Initiative: consolidating and improving our comparative advantage to become the best place to study Brazil outside of Brazil while providing leadership for the future of Brazilian Studies in the United States.
Schedule
Thursday, April 10, 2014
4:00 Opening Ceremony
Chair: James N. Green, Director, Brown Brazil Initiative
• Richard M. Locke, Director, Watson Institute for International Studies
• Cézar Amaral, Ambassador, Brazilian Consulate, Hartford, CT
• Rev.William L Wipfler, Director, Latin America and Human Rights Depts. (1969-1988), National Council of Churches
• Richard Snyder, Director, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
• Nelson Vieira, Chair, Department of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies
4:30 Inauguration, Opening the Archives Project
Chairs: Patricia Figueroa, Curator, Latin American Collection, Brown University Libraries
• André Pagliarini, Graduate Student, Brown University
• Harriette Hemmasi, Brown University Librarian
• William Mayer, Executive for Research Services, U.S. National Archive and Records Administration
• Sidnei J. Munhoz, Professor, State University of Maringá, Paraná; Project co-sponsor
• “Working in the Archives,” Ben Vila ‘15 and Erika Monouselis, ‘15
5:30 Keynote Lecture
“The 1964 Coup and the Recent History of Brazil”
Carlos Fico, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
6:30 Reception
Friday, April 11, 2014
9:00-11:00 Panel I: Governance during Dictatorship and Democracy
Chair: Geri Augusto, Brown University
• João Roberto Martins Filho, Federal University of São Carlos
• Paulo Roberto de Almeida, diplomat, University Center of Brasília
• Glenda Mezarobba, Advisor to the Brazilian National Truth Commission
11:00-1:00 Panel II: Economic and Social Development with Inclusion and Equality?
Chair: Richard Snyder, Director of Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
• Werner Baer, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
• Lena Lavinas, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
• Rebecca Weitz-Shapiro, Brown University
1:00-2:00 Lunch
Watson Institute Library, 3rd floor
2:00-4:00 Panel III: The Dictatorship and Its Legacies
Chair: Anani Dzidzienyo, Brown University
• Benito Schmidt, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
• Kenneth Serbin, University of San Diego
• Amy Nunn, Brown University
• Ann Schneider, Human Rights Violators and War Crimes Center
4:00-4:30 Coffee Break
4:30-6:30 Panel IV: Forms of Cultural Resistance
Chair: Nelson Vieira, Brown University
• Tania Pellegrini, Federal University of São Carlos
• Daria Jaremtchuk, University of São Paulo
• Christopher Dunn, Tulane University
• Marcos Napolitano, University of São Paulo
Saturday, April 12, 2014
9:00-11:00 Panel V: Social and Political Movements in Authoritarian and Democratic Regimes
Chair: Keisha-Khan Perry, Brown University
• Victoria Langland, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
• Bryan Pitts, Duke University
• Manuela Picq, Institute of Advanced Studies, Princeton
11:00-11:15 Coffee Break
11:15-1:15 Panel VI: Environmental Justice and Society
Chair: Christopher Neill, Brown University
• Margaret Keck, Johns Hopkins University
• Kathy Hochstetler, Waterloo University
• Leah VanWey, Brown University
1:15-2:15 Lunch
Watson Institute Library, 3rd floor
2:15-4:30 Panel VII: Expanding Democracy during the Dictatorship and Afterward
Chair: Roquinaldo Ferreira, Brown University
• Keisha-Khan Perry, Brown University
• Marlon Weichert, Regional Prosecutor, Federal Public Ministry of Brazil
• Michel Gherman, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
4:30-4:40 Awarding of Thomas E. Skidmore Best Student Presentations
4:40-5:00 Closing Remarks
James N. Green, Brown University
For more information contact brazil@brown.edu.
