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
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.
Oct 23, 2019
Erica Williams ─ Ancestralidade e Aquilombamento: Black Feminist Activists Occupying Spaces of Power in Bahia
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. 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. 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. 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. 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
Apr 10, 2019
Paula Halperin - Dancing Days: Nationalism, Soap Operas, and Dreams of Modernization in Authoritarian Brazil. 1978-1979
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Apr 4, 2019
Spring Film Series 2019 – Screening of Xingu (Cao Hamburger, 2012)
7 p.m. – 9 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Apr 3, 2019
Benjamin Cowan – Invaluable Friends: Hemispheric Conservatives and the Construction of a Transnational Christian Right
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Mar 21, 2019
Spring Film Series 2019 – Screening of The Hyperwomen (As hiper mulheres, Itão Kuẽgü, Takumã Kuikuro, Fausto Carlos, Leonardo Sette, 2012)
7 p.m. – 9 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Mar 20, 2019
Rafael Ioris – Partners in What? US-Brazil Relations and the Path of Modernization of Latin American Capitalism in the Cold War Era
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Mar 19, 2019
Social Movements, City Politics and Citizenship in Dangerous Times: A "Roda de Conversa" with Salvador (Brazil) City Councilman Sílvio Humberto (PSB)
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. McKinney Conference Room, 111 Thayer Street
Mar 13, 2019
CANCELED– Elizabeth Farfán-Santos – Black Bodies, Black Rights: Quilombola Lives Under Attack
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Mar 7, 2019
Spring Film Series 2019 – Screening of Ex-Shaman (Ex-Pajé, Luiz Bolognesi, 2018)
7 p.m. – 9 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Mar 6, 2019
Nicholas Barnes – The Origins of Gang Governance in Rio de Janeiro
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street