Events

    The Greener Gender: Women Politicians and Deforestation in Brazil

    12:00pm to 1:15pm

    Location: 

    CGIS South S216, Hybrid

    This event is hybrid, to attend remotely register here.

    This paper examines the impact of women’s political representation on deforestation rates in Brazil. Using close election regression discontinuity design, we show that women, when elected to office, are more likely to drive improved environmental outcomes due to factors such as reduced access to corrupt networks that influence the enforcement of environmental laws at the local level. Altogether, our findings demonstrate...

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    The Impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff

    12:00pm to 1:20pm

    Location: 

    S216, CGIS South

    This event will be hybrid. To register for the virtual session, click here.

    Speaker: Fernando Limongi, Professor of Political Science, São Paulo University; Fundação Getulio Vargas
    Moderated by: Manuel Meléndez-Sánchez, PhD candidate in the Department of Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Associate, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies...

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    Street Politics in Brazil (2003-2013)

    12:00pm to 1:20pm

    Location: 

    S216, CGIS South

    This event is hybrid. To register for the virtual session, click here.

    Speaker: Angela Alonso, Professor of Sociology, University of São Paulo, Visiting Fellow at ALARI
    Moderated by: Manuel Meléndez-Sánchez, PhD candidate in the Department of Government, Harvard University; Graduate Student Associate, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies

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    Cruzando las Américas Arte e ideas en movimiento (1500-1800)

    Wed Jul 19 (All day) to Fri Jul 21 (All day)


    This event is virtual and will be held in Spanish. To register, click here.

    In an attempt to move our discipline beyond Eurocentric perspectives, this conference explores connections that artworks express from within the American territories: from California to Aracuaní (North/South), from Acapulco to Río de Janiero (West/East), and from Potosí to Buenos Aires (High/Low). We propose the concept of “crossing” as the analytical framework, aiming to demonstrate not only intra-American hybridity, but also the...

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    The Brazilian Domestic Workers' Movement: Past and Present Struggles for Racial, Gender, and Economic Justice

    12:00pm to 1:30pm


    For a recording of this event, click here.

    Speakers: Joaze Bernardino-Costa, Professor of Sociology, Universidade de Brasília; Creuza Maria de Oliveira, President, Sindoméstico, the domestic workers' union of Bahia, Former Coordinator, FENATRAD; Luiza Batista Pereira, Coordinator, Federação Nacional das Trabalhadoras Domésticas (FENATRAD); Meg Weeks, PhD candidate in History, Harvard
    Moderated by:...

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    After Clientelism: How the Breakdown of Political Representation Led to a Crisis of Democracy in Brazil and Beyond

    12:00pm to 1:20pm

    Location: 

    CGIS South, S216

    This event will be hybrid. To register for virtual, click here; to register for in-person, click here.

    Speaker: Frances Hagopian, Jorge Paulo Lemann Senior Lecturer on Government, Harvard University
    Moderated by: Alisha Holland, Associate Professor of Government...

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    Civil Society is Not an Unalloyed Good: The Organizational Foundations of Bolsonarismo

    12:00pm to 1:20pm

    Location: 

    CGIS South, S216

    This event will be hybrid. To register for virtual, click here; to register for in-person, click here.

    Speaker: Liz McKenna, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
    Moderated by: Steve Levitsky, Professor of Government, Harvard University; Director of the David...

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    Brazilian Democracy Under Attack: 1964 and 2022

    12:00pm to 1:30pm


    This event is virtual, to register click here. Discussions will occur in English, but simultaneous interpretation will be offered to Portuguese. 

    Speakers: James Green, Carlos Manuel de Cespedes Professor of Modern Latin American History and Portuguese and Brazilian Studies; Director of the Brazil Initiative, Brown University; Rodrigo Patto Sá Motta, Full Professor...

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    Seminar Series on Afro-Latin American Studies with Poliana da Silva Ferreira

    12:00pm to 2:00pm


    This event will be hybrid and will take place in Portuguese. To register for virtual click here. For in-person, go to 104 Mount Auburn Street 3R.

    Speaker: Poliana da Silva Ferreira, Fellow, Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard Kennedy School

    Moderator: Yanilda González, Assistant Professor of...

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    Governing Latin American Cities in the 21st Century: Rio de Janeiro

    12:00pm to 1:20pm


    For a recording of this event, click here.

    Cities often are seen as polluted, dangerous, and unequal. How can cities become more sustainable, safe, and inclusive? What are the political challenges to their transformation? The mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo Paes, will speak about the city’s environmental and public security initiatives.

    Speaker: Eduardo Paes, Mayor of Rio de Janeiro
    Moderated by: Alisha Holland, Associate Professor of...

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    The Battle Against Fake News in Brazil’s 2022 Elections

    12:00pm to 1:30pm


    For a recording of this event, click here.

    Speakers: Claire Wardle, Co-founder and US Director, First Draft; David Nemer, Faculty Associate, Harvard University’s Berkman Klein Center; Pablo Ortellado, Professor of Public Policy, Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
    Moderated by: Sidney Chalhoub, Professor of History and African and African-American Studies, Harvard University; Natalia Viana...

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