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 31

    Religion and Civil Society in Contemporary Cuba

    12:00pm to 1:30pm


    For a recording of this event, click here.

    Speakers; Margaret E. Crahan, Senior Research Scholar and Director of the Cuba Program at the Institute for Latin American Studies at Columbia University; Maha Marouan, Visiting Scholar, Weatherhead Scholars Program at Harvard University; Associate Professor, Department of Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies and African Studies Program, The Pennsylvania State University; Mabel Cuesta...

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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 Feb 09

    La crisis social vista por los retos del cuidado y envejecimiento en Cuba

    1:00pm to 2:30pm


    For a recording of this event, click here.

    Esta será la primera sesión del Seminario de Estudios de Cuba Harvard-Sorbonne Nouvelle. Este será un seminario transnacional sobre Cuba que fomentará intercambios productivos y rigurosos entre diferentes enfoques de los mismos temas.

    Panelistas: Blandine Destremau, Socióloga y Directora de Investigación, Centro Nacional de Investigación Científica de Francia (CNRS); Juan Carlos Albizu-...

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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 Dec 13

    2° Conferencia Regional de Educación para el Siglo XXII - COEDU22

    7:00am

    7:00 am ET / 9:00 am Chile

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

    Speakers: Katherine K. Merseth, Educadora y miembro del profesorado, Harvard Graduate School of Education; Arnaldo Canales, Director Ejecutivo, Fundación Liderazgo Chile FLICH; Marcela Rentería, Directora Ejecutiva, Oficina Regional en Chile DRCLAS Harvard University; Carolina Albornoz,...

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    2022 Nov 30
    2022 Nov 16

    AprendoEnCasa - Session 3: Driving Motivation and Interest for Everyone to Learn

    5:00pm to 6:30pm


    This event is virtual, to register click here.

    Speaker: Katherine Merseth, Professor and expert in critical learning, Harvard University

    AprendoEnCasa.org invites you to a new series of workshops led by Harvard Professor Katherine Merseth in collaboration with leading educational organizations in Latin America.

    During the sessions, you will learn the keys to...

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    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 19

    AprendoEnCasa - Session 2: Essential Strategies to Innovate in Language and Mathematics

    5:00pm to 6:30pm


    This event is virtual, to register click here.

    Speaker: Katherine Merseth, Professor and expert in critical learning, Harvard University

    AprendoEnCasa.org invites you to a new series of workshops led by Harvard Professor Katherine Merseth in collaboration with leading educational organizations in Latin America.

    During the sessions, you will learn the keys to...

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    2022 Oct 04
    2022 Sep 28

    AprendoEnCasa - Session 1: Empowering the Instructional Core to Transform Learning

    5:00pm to 6:30pm


    This event is virtual, to register click here.

    Speaker: Katherine Merseth, Professor and expert in critical learning, Harvard University

    AprendoEnCasa.org invites you to a new series of workshops led by Harvard Professor Katherine Merseth in collaboration with leading educational organizations in Latin America.

    During the sessions, you will learn the keys to...

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    2022 Jul 13
    2022 Mar 03

    Brazil's Handling of the Pandemic: A Conversation with Senator Randolfe Rodrigues on the Covid-19 Congressional Inquiry

    2:30pm to 4:00pm


    For a recording of this event, click here.

    Speaker: Randolfe Rodrigues, Senator for Amapá, Brazil; Vice President, COVID-19 Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CPI)
    Interviewers: Thiago Amparo, Professor, Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV); Malu Gaspar, Columnist, O Globo; Miguel Lago, Executive Director, Institute for Health Policy Studies (IEPS- Instituto de Estudos para Políticas de Saúde); ...

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    2021 Nov 24

    Conferencia Regional de Educación para el Siglo XXII - COEDU22

    7:00am

    7:00 am ET / 9:00 am Chile

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

    Speakers: Richard Weissbourd, Profesor de Educación, Director de la Facultad de Desarrollo Humano y Psicología de la Universidad de Harvard; Sergio Herskovits, Abogado y Educador; Joaquín Walker Martínez, Director Ejecutivo de Elige Educar; Peter Higgins, Profesor Educación Mediambiente...

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