DRCLAS Invites You to Reception at LASA in Rio - June 13

The David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS) at Harvard University cordially invites you to a reception for Harvard faculty, students, alumni and friends of the Center on the occasion of the LASA (Latin American Studies Association) 2009 International Congress in Rio de Janeiro, which is expected to bring together more than 6,000 academics. This will be the first time a LASA congress is held in South America. Please note new date and location for this reception (click on title link above).

Leading Harvard Historian of West Africa Travels to Brazil - June 9

Emmanuel Akyeampong, Harvard College Professor and Professor of History and of African and African American Studies, will be in São Paulo on Tuesday, June 9, on his first trip to Brazil. Prof. Marina de Mello e Souza, Chair of the University of São Paulo's (USP) History Department, will lead an informal roundtable with faculty and students of USP's "Slavery and Atlantic History" graduate research program. Prof. Akyeampong's teaching and research interests include social history, comparative slavery and the African diaspora, environmental history, and the history of disease and medicine.

Renowned Shakespeare Scholar to Premiere "Cardenio" in São Paulo - June 11

Stephen Greenblatt, Harvard's Cogan University Professor of the Humanities, will be in São Paulo on June 11 for the Brazilian premiere of "Cardenio", which he co-wrote with playwright Charles Mee. Based on a lost play by Shakespeare, the Brazilian adaptation has been produced by "O Folias" theater group. Prof. Greenblatt is a world-renowned scholar of Renaissance literature and father of the "new historicism" school of literary criticism, which concentrates on understanding works of literature within their historical, social, and anthropological contexts.

HBS to Hold MBA Admissions Event in SP - June 22

As part of Harvard Business School's (HBS) commitment to a truly diverse, international student body, the HBS MBA Admissions team invites you to attend its upcoming outreach session in São Paulo. This evening event is designed to give prospective applicants an opportunity to meet representatives from the HBS community and learn more about the MBA Program and its application process.

"Dirty Work" GSD Exhibition Well Received in Brazil

About 150 visitors attended the opening of "Dirty Work: Transforming the Landscape of Nonformal Cities in the Americas" and the accompanying lecture by exhibition co-curator Christian Werthmann, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture and Program Director at Harvard's Graduate School of Design (GSD). The São Paulo Housing Agency (SEHAB) funded and coordinated the installation. The show will remain on display at the Museu da Casa Brasileira until June 28, and might travel to Rio de Janeiro in October 2009.

Fourth Kenneth Maxwell Senior Thesis Prize Awarded

Hannah Beth Catabia '09 was awarded the Kenneth Maxwell Prize at the DRCLAS Certificate and Awards Ceremony on June 3. Hannah's thesis is entitled "Brazilian Immigrant Participation in the Massachusetts Economy." A Social Studies concentrator at Pforzheimer House, she was a participant in 2006 in the Harvard Summer School program in Rio de Janeiro. The Maxwell Prize was established by DRCLAS in 2005 to recognize the best Harvard College senior thesis on a subject related to Brazil.

ALI Fellows Discuss Ethics, Environment, and Sustainability

On May 29th a group of senior Fellows participating in Harvard’s Advanced Leadership Initiative (ALI) met in São Paulo with leading Brazilian faculty and practitioners. The group, hosted by the DRCLAS Brazil Office and Aduaneiras, included 26 leaders from a wide range of backgrounds. ALI Fellows include a former NASA astronaut, a Surgeon General, a Minister of Health, CEOs and Chairmen of leading firms, a leading advocate for women's rights, and others. Distinguished Brazilian participants included USP Professors Monica Porto and Paulo Saldiva and Fabio Boa Sorte of RealMicrocredito.

GSAS Students Form Organization Focused on Brazil

Brazilian students at Harvard's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) have established a new graduate student organization, the Harvard GSAS Brazilian Organization. There are now two official student organizations at Harvard dedicated to Brazil, one run by college students (HBO) and the other by graduate students (HGBO). Both organizations work closely with the DRCLAS Brazil Studies Program in Cambridge

Brazil Studies Program Events in Cambridge

The Brazil Studies Program hosted several distinguished guests and speakers in the Spring Semester, including Senator Cristovam Buarque who gave a presentation on "Origins and Challenges of Bolsa Escola and Bolsa Família." For the last Conversa, Prof. John Gledson, Emeritus Professor of Brazilian Studies and Research Fellow at the University of Liverpool, spoke on "How Machado de Assis Became a Universal Writer" with comments from Harvard Professors Joaquim-Francisco Coelho and Nicolau Sevcenko of the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures.

In the News

» Certificates awarded by DRCLAS (Harvard Gazette, June 4, 2009)
» Poeira do deserto faz chover na floresta (Agência FAPESP, June 3, 2009)
» HLS students work on Brazil wiretapping case before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (HLS Human Rights Program News, June 1, 2009)
» Adaptação brasileira de Cardenio é auto-irônica (O Estado de São Paulo, May 29, 2009)
» Experiência a favor do terceiro setor (Época Negócios, May 28, 2009)
» Uma oradora em Harvard (Zero Hora, May 27, 2009)
» FGV e Harvard trazem ministro da Suprema Corte Americana ao Brasil (Fator Brasil, May 15, 2009)