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
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 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. Watch on Watson's YouTube Channel. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Feb 28, 2019
Spring Film Series 2019 – Screening of Indigenous-Themed Shorts
7 p.m. – 9 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Feb 26, 2019
Rosana Pinheiro Machado – From Hope to Hate: The Rise of Conservative Subjectivity in Brazil
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Feb 14, 2019
Spring Film Series 2019 – Screening of How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman (Como era gostoso meu francês, Nelson Pereira dos Santos, 1971)
7 p.m. – 9 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Feb 7, 2019
Spring Film Series 2019 – Screening of Martírio (Vincent Carelli, 2016)
7 p.m. – 9 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute
Feb 6, 2019
Márcia Lima – Narratives on Race and Gender in the Brazilian Elections
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Watch on Watson's YouTube Channel. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street
Dec 5, 2018
Fábio de Sá e Silva ─ A New Republic of Lawyers? Legal Careers, State Power, and Political Change in Contemporary Brazil
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Joukowsky Forum
Nov 28, 2018
Zachary Morgan – Neither Slave nor Citizen: State Control of Brazilian Free Blacks in the 19th Century
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Joukowsky Forum
Nov 14, 2018
William Rohter - From General Rondon to Captain Bolsonaro: The Brazilian Military in Historical Perspective
12 p.m. – 2 p.m. Joukowsky Forum
Nov 7, 2018
Nov 7, 2018
Hal Langfur ─ Pedagogies of Racial Violence in Colonial Brazil
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Location Change: McKinney Conference Room
Nov 6, 2018
Bolsonaro, Brazil's Next President: A Teach-In
7 p.m. – 9 p.m. Joukowsky Forum
Oct 24, 2018
Oct 23, 2018
Oct 22, 2018
Pedro Mandagará - Native Brazilian Literatures and Ecocriticism
11 a.m. – 12 p.m. George Monteiro Conference Room, 159 George Street, Providence, RI
Oct 17, 2018
Stanley Gacek – The Global Labor Movement and its Support for Brazilian Democracy and Worker Rights in 2018
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Joukowsky Forum
Oct 16, 2018
Screening of The Trial (O Processo), with Director Maria Ramos
7 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. Joukowsky Forum