2019 Sep 27
BLIFF: La Camarista (The Chambermaid)
Repeats every day until Sat Sep 28 2019 .
8:05pm
8:05pm
Location: 
Bright Family Screening Room at the Emerson Paramount Center
LA CAMARISTA (THE CHAMBERMAID)
Narrative, 102 mins, Lila Avilés, Mexico, 2018

Eve (Gabriela Cartol) works long hours as a maid at a luxurious hotel in Mexico City. A young, single mother who travels far to get to her place of work, Eve has aspirations for the future and hopes that her diligence will get her a coveted spot as the cleaner on an executive floor. She enrolls in the hotel's adult education program in her quest for a better life but quickly discovers that it's not necessarily the most hard-working who get noticed for advancement. Q&A with producer
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2019 Sep 27
BLIFF: Caballerango (Horse Wrangler)
6:00pm
Location: 
Bright Family Screening Room at the Emerson Paramount Center
Caballerango (Horse Wrangler)
Documentary, 61 mins, Juan Pablo González, Mexico, 2018
A family reflects on a young man’s disappearance in a Mexican village under the watchful eyes of the horse who saw him last.
• Official Selection, 2018 International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA)
• Official Selection, 2019 True/False Film Festival
• Official Selection, 2019 Ambulante
• Official Selection, 2019 Festival Internacional de Guadalajara (FICG)
• Official Selection, 2019 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival

Trailer: https://youtu.be/2Yl2sJEzkyc...
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2019 Sep 27
The U.S. – Central America Immigration Crisis: How it started, why it continues, and what you can do to make a difference
10:00am to 3:00pm
Location: 
CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium (S010), 1730 Cambridge Street
Speakers: 
Jocelyn Viterna, Professor of Sociology, Harvard University
Oscar Martinez, Award winning Salvadoran journalist and author of The Beast
Elizabeth Oglesby, Associate Professor of Geography and Development, University of Arizona
Ieva Jusionyte, Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Social Studies, Harvard University
Deborah Anker, Clinical Professor of Law; Founder and Director, Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinic
Sabrineh Ardalan, Assistant Clinical Professor of Law; Assistant Director, Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinic
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2019 Sep 26
Student Info Session: Puerto Rico Winter Institute
4:30pm to 5:30pm
Location: 
CGIS South, S216, 1730 Cambridge Street
Interested in spending January in Puerto Rico? Come to the DRCLAS Info Session to learn how you can get involved in our annual Winter Institute for Harvard and University of Puerto Rico Students. 

PRWI is a 10-day graduate seminar in collaboration between DRCLAS and the College of...
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2019 Sep 25
Education has limitations: inequality and poverty in Brazil
6:00pm
Location: 
L-382 (Khan Room), Harvard Kennedy School, 79 JFK Street
Speaker: Marcelo Medeiros, PLAS Fellow, Princeton University 
Moderator: Fernando Bizzarro, PhD student, Government Department, Harvard University; Graduate Student Associate, DRCLAS

There are important limitations to what educational policies can do:...
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2019 Sep 24
Electoral Dis-connection: The Limits of Re-Election In Contexts of Weak Accountability
12:00pm
Location: 
CGIS South, S250, 1730 Cambridge Street
Speaker: Julie Weaver, PhD candidate, Department of Government
Moderator: Fernando Bizzarro, PhD student, Department of Government; Graduate Student Associate, DRCLAS
Conventional academic wisdom holds that the carrot and stick of...
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2019 Sep 20
Student Info Session: CASA (Study Abroad) in Argentina
2:00pm
Location: 
OIE, 1414 Massachusetts Ave., Room 333 (requires HUID)
Join us at the information session for the term-time DRCLAS Study Abroad Programs and learn about opportunities available for Harvard undergraduates to study at top universities in Argentina for transfer credit. 
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2019 Sep 20
OPIUM: A Conversation with Cuban Artist José Toirac
12:00pm
Location: 
CGIS South, S216, 1730 Cambridge Street
Speakers: José Toirac, independent Cuban Artist; Octavio Zaya, curator and art critic
Moderator: Alejandro de la Fuente, Chair, Cuba Studies Program
Cuban Artist José Toirac and Art Curator Octavio Zaya will discuss the exhibition "OPIUM: Works by José Toirac", as...
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2019 Sep 19
Anti-Corruption Efforts and the International Circulation of Ideas
12:00pm
Location: 
CGIS South, S030, 1730 Cambridge Street
Speakers: Matthew C. Stephenson, Eli Goldston Professor of Law, Harvard Law School; Fabio de Sa e Silva, Assistant Professor of International Studies and Wick Cary Professor of Brazilian Studies, University of Oklahoma
Moderator: Bruno Carvalho, Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures; Affiliated Professor in African and African American Studies; Affiliated Professor in Urban Planning and Design at the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University
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2019 Sep 17
Student Info Session: Mexico Winternships
4:30pm to 5:30pm
Location: 
CGIS South, S216, 1730 Cambridge Street
How do you plan to spend J-term break? Come to the Mexico Winternship Info Session to learn how you could spend J-term building your resume, exploring a mega-city, improving your Spanish, and eating delicious food! Details below.

Program managers will be in-person to review the internships offered, funding, and all program detials. Past participants will come to...
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2019 Sep 17
Hybrid Regimes within Democracies: Argentina's Subnational Rentier States in Comparative Perspective
12:00pm
Location: 
CGIS South, S250, 1730 Cambridge Street
Speaker: Carlos Gervasoni, Associate Professor of Political Science, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella
Moderator: Fernando Bizzarro, PhD student, Department of Government; Graduate Student Associate, DRCLAS
Both democratic and not-very-democratic (or...
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2019 Sep 13
The Symbolism of Race in Cuba Today
12:00pm
Location: 
104 Mount Auburn Street, 3R
Speaker: Pedro Pérez Sarduy, independent Cuban poet, writer, and journalist
Moderator: Alejandro de la Fuente, Chair, Cuba Studies Program
 Multimedia presentation that will use documentary films that examine the Afro-Cuban experience and explore Afro-...
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2019 Sep 12
Mobilities & Immobilities: Histories of Modern Migration to and in the Americas
Thu - Fri, Sep 12 to Sep 13, 9:00am - 4:00pm
Location: 
Thursday: William James 1550. Friday: Robinson Hall, Basement Seminar Room
This two day conference explores the history of migration to and in the Americas. Click here for more information and the complete schedule. 
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2019 Sep 10
Student Info Session: Healthcare & Education in Rural Chile Program
3:00pm
Location: 
CGIS South, S216, 1730 Cambridge Street
Interested in health? Want to spend January in Chile? Come to our info session to learn more!

Come to the DRCLAS Info Session to learn how you can get involved in the region over casual refreshments. The Chile program allows you to participate in experiential learning...
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2019 Sep 10
Strategies of Redistribution. The Left and the Popular Sectors in Latin America
12:00pm
Location: 
CGIS South, S216, 1730 Cambridge Street
Speaker: Andrés Schipani, PhD in Political Science, University of California, Berkeley
Moderator: Fernando Bizzarro, PhD student, Department of Government; Graduate Student Associate, DRCLAS
The study analyzes the different redistributive strategies adopted by presidents...
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2019 Sep 09

Open House Celebration

5:30pm to 7:30pm

Location: 

CGIS South, Concourse Level

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



Get a chance to speak with faculty and staff about DRCLAS opportunities, enjoy some refreshments, and enter a raffle for some fun door prizes!

2019 Sep 09
The Confessional Community: Narratives of Violence and Survival in Mexico City’s Anexos
4:00pm
Location: 
Tozzer 203
Speaker: Angela Garcia, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Stanford University
Moderator: Ieva Jusionyte, Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Social Studies

In the past decade, drug treatment centers called anexos (annexes) have proliferated throughout Mexico...
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2019 Sep 03
Inauguración sala Antártica del Museo Maritimo Nacional
11:00am
Location: 
Museo Marítimo Nacional, Paseo 21 de Mayo 45, cerro Artillería, Valparaíso

 
On September 3, 2019, the Antarctic Hall at the Museo Marítimo Nacional (MMN) will be inaugurated in Valparaiso, Chile. DRCLAS is one of the sponsors of this first exhibit entirely dedicated to Antarctica in the country, led...
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2019 Aug 20
A breakfast conversation with Nicolás Shea: "Cumplo: leading crowdlending platform in Latam"
8:30am to 10:00am
Location: 
Dag Hammarskjold 3269, Vitacura
Speaker: Nicolas Shea
Nicolas Shea is a Chilean entrepreneur, and the founder of Start-Up Chile, eClass & Cumplo. He is the founding president of the Chilean Association of Entrepreneurs (ASECH), Socialab & TODOS. Former advisor of entrepreneurship & innovation to the Chilean Ministry of Economy. M.Sc. Management from Stanford, M.Sc. Education from Columbia, B.A. in business and economics from the Catholic University of Chile.
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2019 Aug 09
Surface Wear in Art, Architecture & Film (Superficies Gastadas)
9:30am to 5:30pm
Location: 
Auditorio Fadeu, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Monseñor Carlos Casanueva 0335, Providencia, Región Metropolitana

Conferencia magistral por: Giuliana Bruno, Emmet Blakeney Gleason Professor of Visual and Environmental Studies at Harvard University
La profesora Bruno es conocida internacionalmente por su investigación de los cruces entre artes visuales, arquitectura, cine...
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