2021 Apr 30
ALARI Seminar Series with Danielle Boaz and Umi Vaughan: "Making/Erasing Africana Religions: Brazil at the Crossroads of Heritage and Intolerance"
12:00pm to 1:30pm

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Speakers: Danielle N. Boaz, Assistant Professor of Africana Studies, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Stuart Hall Fellow, Hutchins Center for African and African-American Research at Harvard University (2019-2020); Umi Vaughan, Scholar and Artist
Many Candomblé communities in Brazil trace...
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2021 Apr 29
Carnival in the Caribbean: Pleasure, Healing, and Liberation
3:00pm

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The West Indies, and the Caribbean as a whole, are well-known for Carnival, a beautiful and cultural celebration. However, beyond the surface, there is so much there: cultural pride and affirmation, healing, community-building, solidarity, and so on. In particular, we are looking at how Carnival can be an affirming community and space for LGBTQ+ peoples as its celebrations, embracing of diversity...
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2021 Apr 27
Reforming Chile’s Constitution: The Debate over Social and Ethnic Rights
12:00pm to 1:20pm

This event is part of a virtual series. It will be held in English with simultaneous Spanish interpretation. To view the recording, click here. 
Speakers: Veronica Figueroa Huencho, Associate Professor at the Institute of Public Affairs, University of Chile; Daniel Brinks, Professor of Government and of Law, UT Texas at Austin; Rossana Castiglioni, Professor of Political Science, Universidad...
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2021 Apr 26
Iris Kantor, University of São Paulo “Portuguese Transatlantic Slave Trade and the History of Cartography”
6:00pm to 8:00pm

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Speaker: Iris Kantor, Professor, University of São Paulo
Join us for a talk on modern cartography and its ties to slavetrade with Prof Íris Kantor, University of São Paulo.
Presented in collaboration with the Department of...
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2021 Apr 21
Eduardo Matos Moctezuma Lecture Series: The Dawn of Olmec Civilization
6:00pm

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Speaker: Ann Cyphers, Archaeologist, Institute of Anthropological Research National Autonomous University of Mexico
The hearth of Olmec civilization is located in the tropical lowlands of Mexico’s...
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2021 Apr 20
Votes, Drugs, and Violence: The Political Logic of Criminal Wars in Mexico
12:00pm to 1:20pm
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Speakers: Sandra Ley, Assistant Professor of Political Studies, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE); Guillermo Trejo, Professor of Political Science, University of Notre Dame
Discussant: Kaitlyn Chriswell, PhD Candidate in Government, Harvard University
Moderated by: Alisha Holland, Associate Professor of Government...
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2021 Apr 16
Liberation Literacies: At the Intersection of Language, Race, and Power
5:00pm

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We are planning a series to bring together academics to talk about the connection between identity development and language. Our goal is to bring in scholars, educators, and students to talk about how important it is for students of minoritized backgrounds--emphasizing Latinx students, to engage with curricula that affirms their linguistic heritage. These...
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2021 Apr 16
Art, Activism, Censorship: A Conversation with Tania Bruguera
12:00pm
Speaker: Tania Bruguera, artist and activist
Moderated by: Doris Sommer, Ira Jewell Williams Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures; Director of Graduate Studies in Spanish, Harvard University; Karina Ascunce González, Harvard College '22; Co-President of Cuban-American Undergraduate Students Association (CAUSA); Alejandro de la Fuente, Robert Woods Bliss Professor of Latin American History and Economics; Professor of African and African American Studies and of History, Harvard University
Presented in collaboration...
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2021 Apr 15
Justicia Restaurativa en Colombia y las Humanidades / Restorative Justice in Colombia and the Humanities
2:00pm

This event is virtual and will be held in Spanish with simultaneous English translation. To view the Spanish recording, click here. To view the English recording, click here. 
Speakers: Roberto Carlos Vidal López, Magistrado del Tribunal para la Paz y Profesor investigador-Pontificia...
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2021 Apr 15
Learning in Hybrid Times: What We Know Works
10:00am
This event is part of a virtual series. It will be held in Spanish with simultaneous English translation. To register, click click here.
Speakers: Chris Dede, Professor of learning technologies at Harvard University; Cristóbal Cobo, Senior Education Specialist at the World Bank; ...
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2021 Apr 13
Peru’s Presidential Election: A Path Out of Crisis, or More of the Same?
12:00pm to 1:20pm

This event is part of a virtual series. It will be held in Spanish with simultaneous English translation. To view the recording, click here. 
Speakers: Marisa Glave, Peruvian Sociologist and Politician, Member of Congress (2016-2019); Maria Antonieta Alva, Peruvian Former Minister of Economy and Finance (...
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2021 Apr 11
Brazil Conference at Harvard & MIT
Repeats every weekday until Sat Apr 17 2021 .
4:15pm to 9:00pm
4:15pm to 9:00pm
4:15pm to 9:00pm
4:15pm to 9:00pm
4:15pm to 9:00pm
4:15pm to 9:00pm

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A Brazil Conference ocorrerá entre os dias 11 e 17 de Abril. Com o intuito de levantar debates pertinentes para a sociedade brasileira como um todo, anualmente trazemos palestrantes especializados nos assuntos em questão, que divididos em diversos painéis contribuem para uma discussão organizada e com potencial para gerar frutos reais para o nosso país.
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2021 Apr 08
La segunda vuelta presidencial en Ecuador y el futuro de su democracia / The runoff election in Ecuador and the future of its democracy
5:30pm

This event is virtual and will be presented in Spanish with simultaneous English translation. To view the recording, click here. 
Speakers: Manuela Picq, Profesora en la Universidad de San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador; Diego Ordóñez, Doctor en Jurisprudencia, Legislador y Diputado Provincial por Pichincha; Franklin Ramirez, Investigador-Profesor en Flacso Ecuador
Moderated by: ...
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2021 Apr 08
Colombian Conference 2021
Thu Apr 8 (All day) to Sat Apr 10 (All day)

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In a broader sense, disruption is an interruption to the current state of things. It can also mean creating solutions for problems that have been historically overlooked, ignored, or have affected neglected populations. By focusing on unattended or previously non-existing problems, disruption leads to questioning conventional thinking and practices. In Colombia, both the pre-pandemic...
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2021 Apr 07
Why Architecture Belongs in the Museum: Barry Bergdoll
5:00pm to 6:00pm

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Speaker: Barry Bergdoll, Professor of Art History and Archaeology, Columbia University
Moderated by: Patricio del Real, Assistant Professor of History of Art and Architecture, Harvard University
Why Architecture Belongs in the Museum | Activism: Future and Historical. This conversation series is part...
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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 Studies,...
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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 view the recording, 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,...
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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 Apr 01
Religion and Spirituality: ReVista Launch
1:00pm to 2:30pm
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Speakers: Fernanda Abreu, Brazilian filmmaker; Marjorie Agosín, Wellesley College; Ruth Behar, University of Michigan; Ana María Bidegain, Florida International University; Octavio Carrasco, historian of religion; Jessica Christie, East Carolina University; Juliana Cohen, Harvard University; Evgenia Fotiou, Kent State University; Rachelle Grossman, Harvard University; Emilio Adrian...
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2021 Mar 31
Walkout Film Screening and Panel Discussion
6:00pm

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Join us for a film screening and panel discussion about the historic 1968 East LA Walkouts by Latinx/Chicanx students in the Los Angeles Unified School District and their enduring impact on educational equity for Latinx youth. View the "Walkout" film asynchronously (access details provided upon registration), and then join us for a panel discussion about...
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