Mar 15, 2017
CANCELED - Miqueias Mugge – Militias and the Politics of War in 19th Century Brazil
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Joukowsky Forum
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.
Mar 9, 2017
Screening of Terra deu, terra come (The Earth Giveth, the Earth Taketh Away)
7 p.m. – 9 p.m. Joukowsky Forum
Mar 8, 2017
Gladys Mitchell-Walthour – Black Group Attachment and Political Opinion in Brazil
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Joukowsky Forum
Mar 2, 2017
Roee Ben Sira – Recrossing the Atlantic: The Case of Brazilian Choro
7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. Grant Recital Hall, 105 Benevolent Street
Mar 1, 2017
Diogo de Sant'Ana – The Right-Wing Backlash in Brazil: Origins and Consequences for Brazilian Democracy
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Joukowsky Forum
Feb 23, 2017
Feb 22, 2017
Andrea Allen – Violence, Passion, and Power: Lesbian Women and Cultural Ideologies in Brazil
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Joukowsky Forum
Feb 16, 2017
Screening of Deus e o diabo na terra do sol (Black God, White Devil)
7 p.m. – 9 p.m. Joukowsky Forum
Feb 14, 2017
Screening of Serras da desordem (The Hills of Disorder)
7 p.m. – 9 p.m. Joukowsky Forum
Feb 14, 2017
Feb 9, 2017
CANCELLED - Screening of Serras da desordem (The Hills of Disorder)
7 p.m. – 9 p.m. Joukowsky Forum
Feb 8, 2017
Vânia Penha Lopes – Confronting Affirmative Action in Brazil: University Quotas and the Quest for Racial Justice
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Joukowsky Forum
Nov 30, 2016
Tiffany Joseph – Race, Migration, and the Transnational Racial Optic
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Joukowsky Forum
Nov 17, 2016
Marc Hertzman – The Death of Zumbi: Suicide, Slavery, and History in Brazil and the Black Atlantic
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Joukowsky Forum
Nov 9, 2016
Fabio Kerche – A New Political Actor: Brazil's Prosecutor's Office and Political Crises
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Joukowsky Forum
Nov 7, 2016
Jean Wyllys – Brazil's Political Future, What's Next?
7 p.m. – 9 p.m. Joukowsky Forum
Nov 2, 2016
Maxine Margolis – What Does It Mean to be Brazilian?
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Joukowsky Forum
Oct 28–29, 2016
The Working Group on Comparative Slavery, Slaves and the Law: Comparative Questions and Approaches
Petteruti Lounge, Stephen Robert Campus Center, 75 Waterman Street
Oct 17, 2016
The Early Modern Amazon: Indigenous Histories from Above and Below
4 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. MacMillan Reading Room, John Carter Brown Library, 94 George Street
Oct 15, 2016
Unearthing the South: Indigeneity, Globality, Community: A Colloquium
10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Pembroke Hall, Room 305, 172 Meeting Street
Brazil Initiative
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Oct 12, 2016
Tianna Paschel – The Making and Unmaking of Black Rights in Latin America
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. BassPas, Churchill House, 155 Angell Street
Oct 6, 2016
Kwame Dixon – Afro-Politics and Civil Society in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Joukowsky Forum
Oct 4, 2016
Márcia Lima – The Challenge of Racial Inclusion in Brazil: The Case of Higher Education
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Joukowsky Forum
Sep 28, 2016
Brazilian Democracy and the Aftermath of Impeachment
7 p.m. – 9 p.m. Joukowsky Forum
Sep 22–24, 2016