HKS Prof. Keyssar to speak on U.S. Democracy at USP next week

Prof. Alexander Keyssar, the Stirling Professor of History and Social Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, will give three talks on Democracy at the University of São Paulo (USP) next week. An historian by training, he has specialized in the excavation of issues that have contemporary policy implications, and has published various critically-acclaimed scholarly books and articles dealing with the economic, social, and political development of the United States. His talks will range from a provocative look at "Democracy at Home and Democracy Abroad: Tensions in U.S. Policy" (at the Instituto de Relações Internacionais) to "The History of Voting Rights in the U.S." (at the Department of Political Science). USP Prof. Rosanna Reis organized and will moderate all three events, which are sponsored by the Vice Provost's Office for Graduate Studies at USP (Pró-Reitoria de Pós-Graduação). Please see link above for times and locations; all are free and open to the public.

DRCLAS Reception at LASA in Rio de Janeiro

On Thursday, June 11, the David Rockefeller Center will host an evening reception in Rio de Janeiro to commemorate "LASA 2009: Rethinking Inequalities", the twenty-eighth International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association. This will be the first time a LASA conference is held in Brazil; and also the first ever in South America. LASA 2009 will take place at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), and promises to bring together more than 7,000 scholars. The Center's Director, Merilee Grindle, and a number of Harvard professors and graduate students look forward to reconnecting with DRCLAS alumni and friends at this event. For details on the DRCLAS reception, please email Tomás Amorim at amorim@fas.harvard.edu

Brazilian student from Public Health Course accepted to HSPH

Ana Luiza Gibertoni Cruz, admitted student to the Harvard School of Public Health class of 2010, talks about how her participation in the Collaborative Course in Public Health shaped her decision to apply (click on above link to watch video). The course was offered from January 6 to January 21, 2008 by HSPH and the Santa Casa de Misericórdia de São Paulo Medical School with the support of the DRCLAS Brazil Studies Program.

Field Course in Brazil on Energy and Environment - January 2010

This collaborative field course, which will take place in January 2010, will include 10 Harvard students and 10 exceptional Brazilian engineering and applied sciences students. By bringing together Harvard faculty and students with top Brazilian professors and students, the course seeks to maximize its long-term impact on Harvard’s research and teaching collaborations in and with Brazil. It will include five to seven lectures and a corresponding number of site visits. The key unifying themes for field sites are energy and technology & the environment. Potential sites include Itaipú, (hydroelectric dam), Petrobrás (oil exploration and extraction), and leading sugar-based ethanol facilities. A number of Brazilian institutions, including universities and private companies, will partner with Harvard’s DRCLAS Brazil Office to make this course possible. Professor Scot T. Martin, Gordon McKay Professor of Environmental Chemistry, is the Harvard faculty lead for this course.