Apr 9, 2020
Spring Film Series 2020: Screening of “Negrum3” and “Menino 23”
7 p.m. – 9 p.m. Screening via Zoom
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.
Apr 8, 2020
CANCELED: André Singer — Brazil: From a Rooseveltian Dream to the Nightmare of a Parliamentary Coup
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Mar 10, 2020
A Conversation with Petra Costa
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Leung Conference Room, Stephen Robert '62 Hall, 280 Brook Street
Brazil Initiative
The John F. Kennedy Jr. Initiative for Documentary Film and Social Progress
Mar 4, 2020
Tanya Saunders ─ The Artivist World Makings of Brazilian Black Artivism: Or Several Musings on Decolonization, Race, Affect and Black Aesthetics
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Mar 3, 2020
Screening of The Edge of Democracy
7 p.m. – 9 p.m. True North Classroom, Stephen Robert '62 Hall, 280 Brook Street
Brazil Initiative
The John F. Kennedy Jr. Initiative for Documentary Film and Social Progress
Feb 27, 2020
Spring Film Series 2020 - Screening of Five Shorts
7 p.m. – 9 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Feb 26, 2020
Ivo Herzog — Threats to Brazilian Democracy and the Authoritarian and Violent Legacy of the Dictatorship
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Watch on Watson's YouTube Channel. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Feb 20, 2020
Spring Film Series 2020 – Screening of "Bando, um filme de" (Dirs. Lázaro Ramos and Thiago Gomes, 115 mins)
7 p.m. – 9 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Feb 19, 2020
Bernardo Lewgoy — De Chico Xavier a Divaldo Franco: espiritismo e sociedade no Brasil
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. George Monteiro Conference Room, 159 George Street
Feb 13, 2020
Sonia Guajajara — Indigenous Women on the Frontlines of Climate Activism: The Battle for Environmental Justice in the Amazon
5 p.m. – 7 p.m. Smith College, Conference Center, Paradise Room
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
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