Practice your Portuguese and discuss Brazil and other Portuguese-speaking countries and cultures at this informal round table. Everyone is welcome! For more information: Everton Vargas da Costa, edacosta@fas.harvard.edu
Con la participación de Mónica Rubio, PHD en Astrofísica, y Profesora Titular del Departamento de Astronomía de la U. de Chile. También fue Presidenta de la Sociedad Chilena de Astronomía y Directora del Programa de Astronomía de Conicyt. Mónica nos comentará sobre su descubrimiento publicado en la revista Nature acerca de las regiones donde nacen las estrellas utilizando el poderoso telescopio ALMA
Speaker: Carlos Diego Mesa, Former President of Bolivia (2003-2005); International Spokesman of the Bolivian Maritime Cause in The Hague
Moderator: Steven Levitsky, Professor of Government, Harvard University
For more than a century the diplomatic relationships between Bolivia and Chile have been conditioned by the Pacific war (1879-1883) where Bolivia and Peru confronted Chile. As a product of the war Bolivia lost access to the Pacific Ocean. This country has not renounced to the right of regaining sovereign access...
Instituto Singularidades - R. Dep. Lacerda Franco, 88 - Pinheiros, São Paulo - SP
At the time of his book launching, One Student at a Time. Leading the Global Education Movement, Professor Fernando Reimers will facilitate a discussion of the role of education leaders in enhancing the relevance of education and the challenges of collective leadership.
The conversation will be divided in two parts and participants are welcome to attend one or both sessions. Professor Manuel Palacios, from the Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora and Teca Pontual, Director of Curriculum at the Ministry of Education...
Speaker: Fabio Kanczuk, Secretary of Economic Policy, Brazilian Ministry of Finance
Moderator: Frances Hagopian Jorge Paulo Lemann Senior Lecturer on Government Harvard University
Fabio Kanczuk is Electronic Engineer “Magna cum Laude” from ITA (Aeronautic Technological Institute) holds a Ph.D. in Economics from UCLA and a post-doctorate from Harvard University. His academic work was published in international journals as Journal of International Economics Review of Economic Dynamics Journal of Development...
