2018 Lectures and Events
Brazil at a Turning Point: Post-Election Dynamics and Outlook
Date: Friday, November 9, 2018 – 4 PM
Location: The Graduate Center, Room 9206
Brazil at a New Crossroads: Political Outlook before the 2018 Elections
Date: Wednesday, April 18, 2018 – 4 PM
Location: The Graduate Center, Room C201/02
State and Development: Fiscal Crises in Brazil
Date: Friday, March 16, 2018, 4 PM
Location: The Graduate Center, Room C201/02
2017 Lectures and Events
Embrace of the Serpent: Screening and Discussion
Date: Tuesday, July 25, 2017, 4 PM
Location: The Graduate Center, Recital Hall
2016 Lectures and Events
Brazil’s New Political Dynamics
Date: Thursday, November 10, 2016, 4:15 PM
Location: The Graduate Center, Room C201
Brazil: The Battle for the Amazon
Date: Friday, October 28, 2016, 4 PM
Location: The Graduate Center, Room C198
Xingu: Screening and Discussion
Date: Wednesday, August 24, 2016, 6 PM
Location: The Graduate Center, Room Segal Theatre
Black Orpheus: Screening and Discussion
Date: Thursday, August 11, 2016, 6 PM
Location: The Graduate Center, Room Segal Theatre
Bye Bye Brazil: Screening and Discussion
Date: Thursday, July 21, 2016, 6 PM
Location: The Graduate Center, Segal Theatre
Brazilian Democracy: Crisis and Prospects
Date: Wednesday, May 25, 2016, 3:30 PM
Location: The Graduate Center, Room C201
Brazil’s Big Soy Frontier
Date: Friday, March 11, 2016, 4 PM
Location: The Graduate Center, Room 9100: Skylight Room
2015 Lectures and Events
Colloquium: Thirty Years of Re-Democratization in Brazil
Date: Thursday, April 23, 2015, 10 AM
Location: The Graduate Center, Room 9204
2014 Lectures and Events
Mexico-Brazil: Literature and Culture
Date: Wednesday, November 12, 2014, 4 PM
Location: The Graduate Center, Room 9100: Skylight Room
Brazil’s Politics: Post-Election Dynamics
Date: Thursday, November 6, 2014, 4 PM
Location: The Graduate Center, Room C201
Brazil: The 2014 Elections
Date: Thursday, June 26, 2014, 5 PM
Location: The Graduate Center, Room 9100: Skylight Room
Orientalisms in the Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian World
Date: Thursday, May 22, 2014, 12:15 PM
Location: The Graduate Center, Room 9204
Brazil and the World: Strategy and Foreign Policy
Date: Friday, April 25, 2014, 6 PM
Location: The Graduate Center, Room C201
2012 Lectures and Events
Brazil Municipal Elections 2012
Date: Wednesday, November 14, 2012, 4 PM
Location: The Graduate Center, Room C201/202
Media and Democracy in Brazil
Date: Wednesday, October 17, 2012, 3 PM
Location: The Graduate Center, Segal Theater
Brazil’s Evolving Role in the Americas
Date: Tuesday, April 10, 2012, 4 PM
Location: The Graduate Center, Skylight Room
365 Fifth Avenue (@ 34th Street)
The Workers’ Party and Democracy in Brazil
Date: Thursday, April 12, 2012, 4 PM
Location: The Graduate Center, Skylight Room
The Problem of Populism in Brazil: São Paulo’s Autor Workers in Historical Perspective
Date: Thursday, March 22, 2012, 4 PM
Location: The Graduate Center, Room C201/202
2011 Lectures and Events
Integration in South America: Promises, Realities and Challenges
Date: Thursday, November 10, 2011, 4 PM
Location: The Graduate Center, Room Segal Theater
The Brazilian State: Debate and Agenda
Date: Friday, October 7, 2011, 9 AM
Location: University of Brasilia, Brazil
The Politics of Transformation in Brazil
Date: Wednesday, September 14, 2011, 4 PM
Location: The Graduate Center, Room 9206/07
Brazilian Major Media and Affirmative Action: the Cases of Veja and O Globo
Date: Thursday, May 26, 2011, 4 PM
Location: The Graduate Center, Room C204/205
2010 Lectures and Events
Healthcare in Brazil: The Subnational Dimension
Date: Friday, November 12, 2010, 4 PM
Location: The Graduate Center, Room 9205
Historical Perspectives on Rio de Janeiro
Date: Wednesday, October 13, 2010, 12:30 PM
Location: The Graduate Center, Room 9204
Opportunities for Collaboration with Brazilian Universities
Date: Monday, September 20, 2010, 12:30 PM
Location: The Graduate Center, Room 9204
Joaquim Nabuco and Brazilian Abolitionism
Speaker: Prof. Angela Alonso, University of São Paulo; Guggenheim Fellow; and Visiting Fellow at Yale University
Date: Tuesday, April 20, 2010, 4 PM
Location: The Graduate Center, Rooms C201/202
New Seminar Series: Brazil: 25 Years of Democracy
The Sleeping Giant Awakens: Unraveling Brazil’s Surprising Success
Speakers: Prof. Peter Kingstone, University of Connecticut and
Dr. Mauricio Font, The Bildner Center and the Graduate Center
Date: Friday, January 29, 2010, 4 PM
Location: The Graduate Center, Rooms 9204/9205
2009 Lectures and Events
Brazil: The Politics of Cultural Heritage
Speaker: Prof. Stephen Selka, Indiana University
Date: Tuesday, December 8, 2009, 4 PM
Location: The Graduate Center, Rooms C201/202
Urban Crime in Brazil
Speaker: Claudio Beato, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais / Harvard University
Date: Tuesday, November 24, 2009, 4 PM
Location: The Graduate Center, Segal Theatre
BRAZIL COLLOQUIUM
The Brazilian State: Paths and Prospects of Dirigisme and Liberalization
Date: Monday, November 9 – Tuesday, November 10
Location: The Graduate Center, Rooms 9204-9206
South American Intervention in Haiti: The Challenges of Comparative Advantages
Speaker: Prof. Monica Hirst, Professor, Torcuato Di Tello University
Date: Thursday, October 8, 2009, 4 PM
Location: The Graduate Center, Political Science Student Lounge
*Cosponsored by the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies
and the Global Center for the Responsibility to Protect
Brazil’s Amazon: Biofuels, Beef, and Biodiversity
Speaker: David Cleary, Director, Conservation Strategies, Latin America
Date: Wednesday, September 16, 2009, 4 PM
Location: The Graduate Center, The Science Center, Room 4102
*Cosponsored by the Office of the Vice President of Research and Sponsored
Programs and the Doctoral Program in Earth and Environmental Sciences*
Brazil’s Interface with the Global Crisis, 2008-2009
Date: Thursday, May 7, 4 PM
Location: The Graduate Center, Science Center, Room 4102
Recent Crime Trends in Brazil: Possible Causes and Policy Solutions
Date: Friday, May 1, 4 PM
Location: The Graduate Center, Rooms C202/C203
From Squatter Cities to Zones of Special Interest: The Changing Logic of Urban Informality in Rio de Janeiro
Date: Wednesday, April 29, 4 PM
Location: The Graduate Center, History Department Lounge
Co-sponsored with the Doctoral Program in History
Party and Democracy in Brazil
Date: Thursday, February 19, 2009, 4 PM
Location: The Graduate Center, Rooms C203/204