Feb 12, 2020
Jaime Amparo Alves — Whitopia: Biopolitics of Lethal Democracy in the Multiracial Brazilian Polity
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Brazil Initiative
Housed at the Watson Institute, the Brazil Initiative was established with two strategic goals: to make Brown the best university for the study of Brazil outside of Brazil, and to be a hub for research collaborations between Brown faculty members and Brazilian scholars and researchers.
Feb 5, 2020
Raquel Luciana de Souza ─ Racial Democracy and Black Disposability in the City of Salvador, Bahia
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Dec 5, 2019
Nov 20, 2019
Feliciano de Sá Guimarães ─ Far-Right Populism and Foreign Policy Identity: Evidence from Bolsonaro’s Ultra-Conservative Foreign Policy in Brazil
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Watch on Watson's YouTube Channel. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Nov 14, 2019
Screening of Entre os homens de bem (Among Righteous Men) and discussion with Jean Wyllys
7 p.m. – 9 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Nov 13, 2019
Viviane A. Pistache ─ Blackness on Screen: Between Archetypes, Stereotypes and New Imaginaries of Race and Gender
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Nov 6, 2019
Fernanda Martinelli — Territories of Flavor: Production of Food and Affection in the Social Construction of Brazilian Terroir
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Watch on Watson's YouTube Channel. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Oct 31, 2019
Charles Bicalho ─ The Sung Cinema of the Maxakali People
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Oct 24–26, 2019
Oct 24, 2019
Human Trafficking in Brazilian and Jamaican Contexts
2:30 p.m. – 4 p.m. Nicholson House, Conde Seminar Room
Brazil Initiative
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Oct 23, 2019
Erica Williams ─ Ancestralidade e Aquilombamento: Black Feminist Activists Occupying Spaces of Power in Bahia
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Watch on Watson's YouTube Channel. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Oct 17, 2019
Jean Wyllys ─ Fake News and the Violation of Rights in Bolsonaro's Brazil
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. George Monteiro Conference Room, 159 George Street
Oct 16, 2019
Kia Caldwell ─ #MariellePresente: Reflections on Black Feminism, Political Power, and Violence in Brazil
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Oct 10, 2019
Screening of Sem Descanso (Restless, 2018) and Discussion with Director Bernard Attal and Producer Gel Santana
7 p.m. – 9 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Oct 9, 2019
Luis Inácio Adams ─ Challenges to the Brazilian Constitution: Is Our Democracy in Jeopardy?
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Watch on Watson's YouTube Channel. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Oct 2, 2019
Marlise Matos ─ Violence against Women in Politics (VAWIP): The Case of Dilma Rousseff
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Watch on Watson's YouTube Channel. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Sep 25, 2019
Fernanda Sposito ─ The Role of Indigenous Leadership in the Construction of American Colonization between the 16th and 17th Centuries
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Watch on Watson's YouTube Channel. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Sep 13, 2019
Teach-in with Craig M. Cogut Visiting Professor Estevão Fernandes ─ The ‘Chainsaw Captain’ and the Brazilian Amazon: Why Our Rainforest Is Burning
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Brazil Initiative
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Apr 25, 2019
Spring Film Series 2019 – The Dead and the Others (Chuva é Cantoria na Aldeia dos Mortos, João Salaviza and Renée Nader Messora, 2018)
8 p.m. – 10 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Apr 21, 2019
Challenges to Brazilian Democracy Conference – Day 4
9 a.m. – 12 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Apr 20, 2019
Challenges to Brazilian Democracy Conference – Day 3
10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Apr 19, 2019
Challenges to Brazilian Democracy Conference – Day 2
10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Apr 18, 2019
Challenges to Brazilian Democracy Conference – Day 1
6 p.m. – 9 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Apr 16, 2019
Michel Gherman – Israel Studies in the Era of BDS
7 p.m. – 9 p.m. Room 101, Stephen Robert '62 Hall, 280 Brook Street
Apr 11, 2019
Spring Film Series 2019 – Screening of Bright Flower and the Scars from the Stone and The Dark Side of Green
7 p.m. – 9 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street