2021 Apr 21
The Roots of Brazil's Weak Party System
12:00pm to 1:20pm

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Speaker: Fernando Bizzarro, PhD Candidate in Government, Harvard University
Moderator: Frances Hagopian, Jorge Paulo Lemann Senior Lecturer on Government, Harvard University
Brazil's political parties have been historically weaker than in many other major democracies. Personalism runs deep in the country's politics...
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2021 Apr 07
Popular Participation and the Making of Brazil's 1988 Constitution
12:00pm to 1:20pm

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Speaker: Dan McDonald, Postdoctoral Fellow, Mahindra Humanities Center, Harvard University; Harvard Mellon Urban Initiative Research Fellow
Discussant: Victoria Langland, Associate Professor, University of Michigan
Moderator: Sidney Chalhoub, Professor of History and of African and African American...
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2021 Apr 06
Race and Politics in 21st Century Latin America
12:00pm to 1:20pm

This event is part of a virtual series. To register, click here.
Speakers: Marcus Johnson, Assistant Professor of Political Science, CUNY Baruch College; Natalia Salgado Bueno, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Emory University; David de Micheli, Assistant Professor of Political Science and Ethnic Studies, University of Utah
Discussant: Danilo Contreras, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Wellesley College...
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2021 Apr 01
Race, Representation, and Agassiz’s Brazilian Fantasy
4:00pm to 5:30pm

This event is virtual and will be held in Portuguese with simultaneous English translation. To register, click here.
Speakers: Sandra Benites (Guaraní Ñandeva), Adjunct Curator of Brazilian Art, Museum of Art of São Paulo; Anita Ekman, Visual and Performance Artist; Christoph Irmscher, Director, Wells Scholars Program, Provost Professor, Department of English, Indiana University;...
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2021 Mar 30
U.S. Policy Towards Latin America Under Biden
12:00pm to 1:20pm

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Speakers: Laura Chinchilla, Co-chair of the Inter-American Dialogue, President of Costa Rica (2010-2014); Arturo Valenzuela, Emeritus Professor, Georgetown University; former Assistant Secretary of State for WHA; Jeffrey DeLaurentis, Career member of the Senior Foreign Service, Chief of...
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2021 Mar 10
Machine [Gun] Politics: Why Politicians Cooperate with Criminal Groups
12:00pm to 1:00pm

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Speaker: Jessie Bullock, PhD Candidate in Government, Harvard University
Discussants: Ignacio Cano, Professor of Sociology, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro; Ben Lessing, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Chicago
Moderator: Frances Hagopian, Jorge Paulo Lemann Senior...
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2021 Mar 05
Innovation in Emerging Markets Asia and Latam
12:00pm to 1:30pm

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Speakers: Lourdes Casanova, Senior Lecturer and Emerging Markets Institute Gail and Rob Cañizares Director, S.C. Johnson School of Management, Cornell University; Veneta Andonova, Dean of Universidad de los Andes School of Management; Moacir Oliveira, Full Professor and Head of the Business Administration Department at USP - University of...
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2021 Mar 03
The Right to Your Duties: Interpersonal Responsibilities in Riverside Amazonia
12:00pm to 1:00pm

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Speaker: Vinicius Furuie, Environmental Fellow, Harvard University Center for the Environment
Discussants: Mauro Almeida, Professor of Anthropology, UNICAMP; Natalie Unterstell, Director, Talanoa Think Tank
Moderator: Bruno Carvalho, Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures and African and...
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2021 Mar 02
The Return of the Military?
12:00pm to 1:20pm

This event is part of a virtual series. To register, click here.
Speakers: Wendy Hunter, Professor of Government, UT-Austin; Diego Vega, PhD Candidate in Government, UT-Austin; John Polga-Hecimovich, Assistant Professor of Comparative Politics, U.S. Naval Academy; Kristina Mani, Associate Professor of Politics, Oberlin College and Conservatory; David Pion-Berlin, Professor of Political Science, University of...
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2021 Feb 26
Democratic Resilience Against Political Violence: A Conversation with Congresswoman Talíria Petrone
4:00pm to 5:15pm

4:00pm ET / 18h Horário de Brasília
This event is virtual and will be held in Portuguese with simultaneous English translation. To register, click here.
Speaker: Talíria Petrone, Brazilian Congresswoman
Moderated by: Steven Levitsky, Professor of Government, Harvard University; Director, DRCLAS
Brazil has been in a state of...
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2021 Feb 25
Democratic Backsliding and International Relations in the Americas
3:30pm to 4:45pm

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Speakers: Celso Amorim, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Defense, Brazil; Susana Malcorra, Dean, IE School of Global and Public Affairs and Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Argentina; Ambassador Thomas Shannon, Senior Fellow, Future of Diplomacy Project, Harvard Kennedy School and Former U.S. Under Secretary...
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2021 Feb 24
Affirmative Action in Graduate Studies in Brazil: Possibilities and Challenges
12:00pm to 1:20pm
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Speaker: Anna Carolina Venturini, Postdoctoral Fellow - IPP-CEBRAP
Moderator:  Jennifer Hochschild, Henry LaBarre Jayne Professor of Government and Professor of African and African American Studies, FAS
Discussants: Cristiano dos Santos Rodrigues, Professor of Political Science,...
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2021 Feb 23
Latin America’s Energy Transition: Wind and Solar Power in Brazil
12:00pm to 1:20pm

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Speaker: Kathryn Hochstetler, Professor of International Development, London School of Economics
Discussants: Alicia Cooperman, Assistant Professor in Political Science, Texas A&M University; Eduardo Viola, Professor of International Relations, University of Brasilia
Moderated by: Frances Hagopian, Jorge Paulo Lemann Senior Lecturer on...
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2021 Feb 18
DRCLAS Film Series: The Dead and the Others by Renée Nader Messora and João Salaviza
6:00pm to 7:00pm

This event is virtual and will be held in Portuguese with English translation. To register click here.
Speakers: Renée Nader Messora, Filmmaker; and João Salaviza, Filmmaker
Moderated by: Ana Laura Malmaceda, PhD student in Romance Languages, Harvard University
A conversation with filmmaker Renée Nader Messora and João Salaviza on their...
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2021 Feb 10
Urban Power: Democracy and Inequality in São Paulo and Johannesburg
12:00pm to 1:20pm
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Speaker: Ben Bradlow, Postdoctoral Fellow, Weatherhead Scholars Program, Harvard University
Moderator: Bruno Carvalho, Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures and African and African American Studies
Discussant: Alisha Holland, Associate Professor of Government, Harvard University
The divergent trajectories of São Paulo...
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2021 Feb 02
Latin American Prisons: Challenges and Opportunities from COVID-19
12:00pm to 1:20pm

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Speakers: Benjamin Lessing, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Chicago; David Skarbek, Associate Professor in Political Science, Brown University; Marcelo Bergman, Professor of Sociology and Criminology, Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero (UNTREF)
Discussant: Jessie Bullock, PhD candidate, Harvard University
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2020 Dec 09
Ecological Urbanism 2020 - Colaborar
9:30am to 11:00am

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Speakers: Mohsen Mostafavi, Alexander and Victoria Wiley Professor of Design and Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor; Gareth Doherty, Director of the Master in Landscape Architecture Program, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture (GSD); Marina Correia, Professor at FAU-UFRJ. Guests: Angelo Bucci, Guilherme...
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2020 Dec 01
Right Wing Populism in Latin America
12:00pm to 1:20pm
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Speakers: Kenneth Roberts, Binenkorb Director of the Latin American Studies Program and Richard J. Schwartz Professor of Government, Cornell University; Cristobal Rovira, Professor of Political Science, Universidad Diego Portales in Chile; Amy Erica Smith, Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean's Professor and Associate Professor of Political Science, Iowa State University
...
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2020 Nov 24
Authoritarian Police in Democracy: Contested Security in Latin America
12:00pm to 1:20pm
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Speaker: Yanilda María González, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
Discussant: Eduardo Moncada, Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Barnard College, Columbia University
Moderated by: Steven Levitsky, Professor of Government, Harvard University; Director, DRCLAS
In countries around the world, from the...
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2020 Nov 19
Machado de Assis in Translation: Race, Slavery, and History
5:00pm to 6:30pm

A shared reading of The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas with Flora Thomson-DeVeaux and Sidney Chalhoub
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