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,...
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); ...
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...
Speakers: Claudia Agostoni, Researcher, Institute for Historical Research, National Autonomous University of Mexico; Ana María Carrillo, Professor, School of Medicine, National Autonomous University of Mexico; Paola Sesia, Professor, Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social, Pacífico Sur Moderated by: Gabriela Soto Laveaga,...
4:00pm Chile Time This event is virtual and will be held in Spanish with simultaneous English translation. To register, click here.
The 5th #AprendoEnCasa Learning Lab International Conference
The #AprendoEnCasa Learning Lab is a space for conferences and workshops guided by renowned professors from Harvard University and leading regional experts, providing tools to inspire, share...
Introduction: Alicia Ely Yamin, Senior Fellow in Global Health and Rights, The Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School; Senior Advisor on Human Rights, Partners in Health Speakers: José Alfredo...
Speakers: Cristián Bellei, Associate Researcher, Center for Advanced Research in Education, and Professor of Sociology, University of Chile; Sergio Cárdenas, Professor of Public Administration, CIDE; Antonio Madero-Fundación México en Harvard Visiting Scholar, DRCLAS, Harvard University; Claudia Costin, Founder and Director, Center for Excellence and Innovation in Education...
3:00 pm Chile Time This event is virtual and will be held in Spanish with simultaneous English translation. To register, click here.
The 4th #AprendoEnCasa Learning Lab International Conference
The #AprendoenCasa Learning Laboratory is a space for conferences and workshops guided by leading professors from Harvard University and experts from the region, with tools to inspire,...
The economic toll of the Covid crisis on Latin America has been catastrophic. According to The Economist, whereas global GDP contracted by 3% last year, that of Latin America and the Caribbean fell on average by 7%, the worst of any region tracked by the IMF. Lengthy lockdowns have contributed to the exacerbation of poverty and inequality, and school closures...
Speaker: Dr. Vicente Vérez Bencomo, Director of the Finlay Institute of Vaccines Moderated by: Marcia Castro, Chair, Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Dr. Vicente Verez Bencomo is a scientist with a nationally and internationally recognized trajectory. He is a Chemical Engineer from the “Lomonosov” Institute in Moscow, State Doctor from the University of Orleans (France, 1983), Doctor Honoris causa from the Canadian University of Quebec in Montreal and Member of...
In the field of health practices enlivened by the emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic, the emergence of variants of the SarsCov-2 virus, the lack of sufficient vaccines and the uncontrolled infection in Brazil, the response to the pandemic has depended on the participation and production of researchers from various areas and the involvement of community leaders in the social response. The objective of this international seminar, the...
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Speakers: Eliana Silva, Diretora, Redes de Desenvolvimento da Maré; Gilson Rodrigues, Presidente, União dos Moradores e do Comércio de Paraisópolis; Preto Zezé, Presidente Global da CUFA- Central Única das Favelas; Raull Santiago – Fundador, Coletivo Papo Reto
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Speakers: Adriana Abdenur, Coordenadora da área de Paz e Segurança Internacional, Instituto Igarapé; Hussein Kalout, Research Scholar, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University, Ex-Secretário de Assuntos Estratégicos da Presidência da República (2017-2018); Rubens Ricupero, Embaixador do Brasil em Genebra, Washington e...
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Um diálogo online com: Sidney Chalhoub, Historiador. David e Peggy Rockefeller Professor de História e de Estudos Africanos e Afro-Americanos; Diretor do Programa de Pós-graduação em História, Harvard University; João José Reis. Historiador. Professor Titular de História,...
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The DRCLAS Brazil Studies Program and Brazil Office, together with the Harvard Alumni Club of Brazil, are pleased to invite you to the Harvard-Brazil Dialogue Online: The Impact of COVID-19 on Higher Education: The challenges of going online. A comparative dialogue on education quality, equity and access in times of...
