Events

    2023 Oct 10

    Collaborative Systems for Solving Complex Social Challenges: Preventing Mental Illness in Chile

    4:00pm to 6:30pm

    Location: 

    Thompson Room (110), Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street

    In-person: to register for this event, click here.

    Event showcasing Worldwide Week: Harvard’s Chile Regional Office, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, part of the Mahindra series...

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    2023 Oct 03

    Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Brazilian Favelas: The Work of G10 Favelas

    5:00pm to 7:00pm

    Location: 

    CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium

    The event will be held in Portuguese with simultaneous English interpretation.

    Speakers: Gilson Rodrigues, President, G10 Favelas; Givanildo Pereira, CEO and Founder, Favela Brasil Xpress; Suéli Feio, Co-Founder, Costurando Sonhos Brasil; Rosilane Queiroz Soares, CFO, G10 Favelas
    Moderated by: Marcia Castro, Andelot Professor of Demography; Chair of...

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    2023 Apr 18

    Haddad Distinguished Lecture: Arminio Fraga

    5:00pm to 6:30pm

    Location: 

    CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium

    For a recording of this event, click here.

    Speaker: Arminio Fraga, Founding Partner, Gavea Investimentos

    The Haddad Distinguished Lecture was established in honor of Claudio Haddad, Chair of the DRCLAS Brazil Office Advisory Group since 2006, and President and founder of Insper, a leading not-for-profit business and economics school in Brazil. The inaugural Haddad Distinguished Lecture will be delivered by renowned Brazilian economist Arminio Fraga....

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    2023 Mar 20

    Film Screening: "Out of Breath" & Interview with Director, Helena Lemos Petta

    5:00pm to 8:00pm

    Location: 

    Tsai Auditorium, CGIS South

    To register for this event, click here.

    Speaker: Helena Lemos Petta, Lemann Visiting Scholar, DRCLAS
    Moderated by: Marcia Castro, Andelot Professor of Demography; Chair of the Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Chair,...

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    2023 Jan 30

    Peru’s Deepening Political Crisis: Is There a Way Out? / La profundización de la crisis política en Perú: ¿hay una salida?

    4:00pm to 5:30pm

    Location: 

    CGIS South, S-030

    For a recording of this event, click here.

    Speakers: Rodrigo Barrenechea, Assistant Professor of Political Science at the Universidad Católica del Uruguay and Santo Domingo Visiting Scholar at Harvard University; Madai Urteaga, Graduate Student Comparative Politics, School of Government at Harvard University; Eduardo Dargent, Professor Principal at the Pontifical Catholic University of Perú (PUCP); Omar Coronel,...

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    2022 Nov 30
    2022 Oct 24

    Costa Rica's health care response to the pandemic

    12:00pm to 1:30pm

    Location: 

    S216, CGIS South

    Speaker: Roman Macaya, PhD, Richard L. and Ronay A. Menschel Senior Leadership Fellow, HSPH
    Moderated by: Marcia Castro, Andelot Professor of Demography; Chair of the Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Chair, Brazil Studies Program - DRCLAS

    Ambassador Roman Macaya will discuss how Costa Rica played to the strengths of the Costa Rican Social Security Fund, the sole provider of all public health care services, to respond to the pandemic. The conversation will cover challenges faced...

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    2022 Oct 04
    2020 Apr 14

    O que o coronavírus revela sobre as cidades brasileiras? Favelas e assentamentos informais, até quando?

    11:30am to 12:45pm

    Location: 

    Zoom Webinar

    Speaker: Washington Fajardo, Arquiteto e Urbanista; Harvard DRCLAS Visiting Researcher

    Moderator: Philip Yang, Fundador do Urbem – Instituto de Urbanismo e Estudos para a Metrópole; Membro do Conselho Consultivo do Harvard-Brazil Office

    Washington Fajardo é arquiteto e urbanista pela FAU-UFRJ ’96, e dedica-se ao desenvolvimento urbano. Autor de projetos de reabilitação, habitação social, urban design e espaços culturais. Ex-presidente do Instituto Rio Patrimônio da Humanidade (2009-2016) implementou...

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    2020 Apr 08

    Transparência e resposta à COVID-19 no Brasil

    6:00pm to 7:15pm

    Location: 

    Zoom Webinar

    This event is virtual. To register for this event, please click here

    Speakers: Fernanda Campagnucci, Executive Director of Open Knowledge Brasil;  Manoel Galdino, Executive Director of Transparência Brasil

    O Brazil Caucus, uma organização de estudantes da Harvard Kennedy School, com o apoio do David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS), convida para o debate com Fernanda Campagnucci, Diretora Executiva da...

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