Events

    2023 Dec 08

    Mellon Sawyer Seminar on Afrodescendant Citizenship in Latin America: Mobilization, Contestation, and Change

    12:00pm to 2:00pm

    Location: 

    S216, CGIS South

    The yearlong Sawyer Seminar seeks to understand contemporary contestation over citizenship and belonging by Afrodescendants in Latin America, situating these struggles within long-term, historical patterns of nation building, racial stratification, and political mobilization. It will explore the struggles and experiences of citizenship of this vastly heterogeneous group, which have been starkly uneven across time and across (and within) countries.

    The Seminar will also ask what these differences can teach us, including how these Afro-Latin American perspectives can help inform...

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    2023 Nov 30

    ReVista Launch: Queer in Latin America, LGBTQ+ Perspectives

    5:00pm to 8:30pm

    Location: 

    S030, CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA 02138

    This event is hybrid, to register to attend in-person, click here, to register to attend via Zoom, click here.

    Join us for the launch of the Fall issue of ReVista, “Queer in Latin America: LGBTQ+ Perspectives”. The issue focuses on a variety of themes, ranging from arts and culture to the trans community to thinking on the queer in...

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    2023 Nov 17

    Mellon Sawyer Seminar on Afrodescendant Citizenship in Latin America: Mobilization, Contestation, and Change

    12:00pm to 2:00pm

    Location: 

    S216, CGIS South

    The yearlong Sawyer Seminar seeks to understand contemporary contestation over citizenship and belonging by Afrodescendants in Latin America, situating these struggles within long-term, historical patterns of nation building, racial stratification, and political mobilization. It will explore the struggles and experiences of citizenship of this vastly heterogeneous group, which have been starkly uneven across time and across (and within) countries.

    The Seminar will also ask what these differences can teach us, including how these Afro-Latin American perspectives can help inform...

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    2023 Nov 16

    Decentralization and Outcomes: Has Decentralization Improved Health in Latin America?

    12:00pm to 1:30pm

    Location: 

    S216, CGIS South

    Inspired by the DRCLAS Seminar “Was Decentralization a Mistake for Latin America” in November 2022, this seminar is designed to present some recent focused empirical research on how to define types of decentralization and to assess how decentralization contributes to specific outcomes in the health sector. The panelists have experience in specifying characteristics of decentralization in different countries and will present some recent research in Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Honduras using sophisticated methodologies to evaluate outputs and outcomes of different...

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    2023 Nov 08

    RFK Visiting Professor in Latin American Studies Lecture -The Politics of Impeachment: The Brazilian Case

    4:30pm to 5:30pm

    Location: 

    Ash Center Seminar Room 225, Floor Two, Suite 200N, 124 Mount Auburn Street

    Harvard-ID holders are invited to join the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation and David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies for the RFK Visiting Professor in Latin American Studies Lecture featuring Fernando Limongi, Robert F. Kennedy Visiting Professor of Latin American Studies.

    Today, most Latin American countries are democracies. Military regimes and coups are not as frequent as in the past. Yet, political instability remains a regional feature. Several presidents have been forced out of office before concluding their term....

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    2023 Nov 07

    Gender and climate change: an intersectional approach from Latin America and the Caribbean

    4:30pm to 6:45pm

    Location: 

    Tsai Auditorium

    Registration is not required. 

    Join us for a two-part event that aims to create a space for an overview of the intersection between climate change and gender—emphasizing the need for a nuanced understanding of its impacts in Latin America & the Caribbean—and to share efforts on how addressing gender disparities can enhance climate resilience, mitigation, and adaptation efforts.

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    2023 Oct 25

    Letters to Lula in Detention: Epistolary Resistance and Writings on the Self

    12:00pm to 1:30pm

    Location: 

    CGIS South, S-216

    Speakers: Maud Chirio, Associate Professor of History, Université Gustave Eiffel; Ernesto Bohoslavsky, Lecturer, Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento
    Moderated by: Sidney Chalhoub, Chair, Department of History; David and Peggy Rockefeller Professor of History and of African and African American Studies; Faculty Affiliate, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures

    During his 580 days of political imprisonment, from April 2018 to November 2019, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva received more...

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    2023 Oct 17

    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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    2023 Oct 13

    Student Info Session: Portuguese Language Immersion in Brazil: Justice, Equity & Rights

    3:00pm to 4:00pm

    Location: 

    S216, CGIS South

    Interested in spending six weeks in Brazil during Summer 2024 studying Portuguese and learning about contemporary struggles for justice, equity, and rights? Join us for this Harvard Summer School info session to learn about the program structure, objectives, dates, and details.

    Speakers Cristiane Soares, Senior Preceptor in Portuguese and Tiago Genoveze, Brazil Studies Program Director.

    Dr. Cristiane Soares has a B.A in Portuguese and Brazilian Literature, a M.A in Applied Linguistics, and a Ph.D in Luso-...

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    2023 Oct 12

    In our Own Voices: Community-led Research on Police Violence in Brazil

    2:00pm to 3:30pm

    Location: 

    S216, CGIS South

    This event will be held in Portuguese. Online simultaneous translation will be available for those who bring their own earphones.

     

    Join us for a presentation of the participatory action research project, “Voices of Pain, Struggle, and Resistance of Mothers of Victims of State Violence in Brazil”. The project is a collaborative initiative led by researchers...

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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 Sep 26

    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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    2023 Sep 22

    Student Info Session: Mentoring & Language Acquisition

    2:30pm to 3:30pm

    Location: 

    S216, CGIS South (1730 Cambridge St)

    students in the MLAB program standing in front of a mural

    Join us at the Mentoring and Language Acquisition in Brazil (MLAB) program information session!

    MLAB connects Harvard student mentors (undergrad and grad) with high-potential Brazilian high school students to help them improve their English proficiency while inspiring them to apply for college prep programs in...

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    2023 Sep 21

    Open House Celebration

    5:00pm to 7:00pm

    Location: 

    CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium & Concourse

    To register for this event, click here.

    Learn all about DRCLAS programs, events, and student opportunities at the Open House Celebration!

    The evening starts with a panel of students asking our Faculty Director, Steve Levitsky about all things DRCLAS, Latin America, politics, new books, and more.

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    2023 Sep 21

    Sustainable Development and Challenges of the COPs: A Conversation with Izabella Teixeira

    12:00pm to 1:15pm

    Location: 

    Wexner Building, Harvard Kennedy School - W-434 A&B

    To register, please click here

    Speaker: Izabella Teixeira, Co-Chair of the International Resource Panel, United National Environment Programme
    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; Faculty Affiliate, Center for International Development at Harvard University. Roberto S. Waack...

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    2023 Sep 07

    Spotlight on Brazil: Faculty Flash Talks & Community Networking

    5:00pm to 7:30pm

    Location: 

    Tsai Auditorium, GSD Back Yard

    This event will be held in Portuguese.

    Speakers: Alejandro de la Fuente, Director of the Afro-Latin American Research Institute, Robert Woods Bliss Professor of Latin American History and Economics, Professor of African and African American Studies and of History; Cristiane Soares, Senior Preceptor in Portuguese; Fernanda Viegas, Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science; Yanilda González, Assistant Professor of Public Policy
    Moderated by: Marcia Castro...

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    2023 Jul 19

    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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    2023 Apr 28

    ALARI Seminar Series with Gracyelle Costa: "Race, Eugenics and Social Policy in Brazil"

    12:00pm to 2:00pm

    Location: 

    104 Mount Auburn Street 2R, Cambridge

    Speaker: Gracyelle Costa, Visiting Researcher, Afro-Latin American Research Institute at the Hutchins Center
    Moderated by: Sidney Chalhoub, David and Peggy Rockefeller Professor of History and of African and African American Studies; Faculty Affiliate, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures

    Gracyelle Costa Ferreira is a professor in the Social Work Department at the Universidade Federal Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. She is currently a visiting scholar at the Afro-Latin American Research...

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    2023 Apr 26

    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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    2023 Apr 24

    O que precisa ser dito: violência de gênero na literatura brasileira contemporânea

    12:00pm to 2:00pm

    Location: 

    S216, CGIS South

    This event will be held in Portuguese only.

    Speakers: Tatiana Salem Levy, escritora, ensaísta e pesquisadora na Universidade Nova de Lisboa; Manoela Sawitzki, doutora em Literatura, Cultura e Contemporaneidade (PUC-Rio), escritora, roteirista e jornalista
    Moderated by: Ana Laura Malmaceda, Doutoranda, Romance Languages and Literatures, Harvard University

    Vista Chinesa (2021), o mais recente romance de Tatiana Salem Levy, trabalha os dois lados de uma cidade, o Rio de Janeiro pré-Olimpíadas, cuja beleza...

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