Brazil Studies

Join us for a two-part event – half flash talks, half social gathering – to celebrate the beginning of the academic year. To begin, a few Harvard faculty will deliver short presentations on their research and ongoing initiatives related to Brazil. Then...

As part of Boston Climate Week, The Harvard University Biodiversity and Planetary Stewardship Initiative (HUBS) , anchored at the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability invites you to a panel discussion and networking reception around the Future...

Latin America is an extremely diverse region, but there are some commonalities across countries in terms of socio-economic and other inequalities that deeply impact social determinants of health. Most countries have fragmented health systems that further...

In October, 120 million Brazilians will choose a president, members of Congress, and state governors. What is at stake? Will Lula da Silva win a fourth term in the Planalto, or will voters hand power back to Jair Bolsonaro, whose son Flávio is running for...

This event will be held in Portuguese and is organized in collaboration with the (Repara) Study Group on Reparations and the Afro-Latin American Research Institute. The event will feature Ernesto Mané, and Luciana Brito. The conversation will be moderated...

Few social facts demonstrate with such clarity the changes in the constitution and delineation of racial boundaries in contemporary Brazil as the progressive disuse of the category of mulatto as a form of social classification. Indeed, today’s mixed-race...

You're invited to join Abby Córdova, Associate Professor of Global Affairs in the Keough School of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame, for a Global Challenges to Democracy Seminar. This event is part of Ash Center for Democratic Governance and...

Join us for the Tenth Annual Lemann Dialogue, a two-day panel series dedicated to exploring the complex socio-environmental challenges and opportunities facing Brazil's six biomes: the Amazon, Atlantic Forest, Cerrado, Caatinga, Pantanal, and Pampa. We...

Join us for the Tenth Annual Lemann Dialogue, a two-day panel series dedicated to exploring the complex socio-environmental challenges and opportunities facing Brazil's six biomes: the Amazon, Atlantic Forest, Cerrado, Caatinga, Pantanal, and Pampa. We...

Join us to learn about our 2026 Visiting Scholar Vanessa Sander’s work on prison lethality, LGBTQ+ incarceration, and challenges to accountability in Brazil. A postdoctoral researcher at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Sander has conducted...