Fall 2011 Events
september 2011
Classes Begin
Wednesday, September 7
OPEN HOUSE
Friday, September 9
3:00pm-5:00pm
Location: 159 George St., Department of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies
lecture - 20th Anniversary
"Kaleidoscopic Narration and Perception in Brazilian Literature: Aesthetics of Cyberspacing for Brazil's Zero-Zero Generation" [PDF]
by Nelson H. Vieira
Friday, September 16
6:00pm
Location: Smith-Buonanno Hall, 95 Cushing St., Room 106
lecture/lunch
"Entrepeneurs North and South: Americans and Germans in Brazil" [PDF]
by Marion Pinsdorf
Monday, September 19
12:30 Noon (preceded by lunch)
Location: 159 George St., George Monteiro Conference Room, Department of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies
the annual vasco the gama lecture
"Inconvenient Truths: The Hidden Histories of African Lisbon during the Era of the Slave Trade"[PDF]
by James H. Sweet
Thursday, September 29
5:30pm
Location: John Carter Brown Library
Corner of George and Brown Streets
october 2011
symposium: Poetry and resistance
Download the program for the symposium
Friday, October 7 and Saturday, October 8
Location: Smith-Buonanno Hall, 95 Cushing Street, room 106
PERFORMANCE
Sortilégio by Abdias do Nascimento
Directed by Elmo Terry-Morgan
Wednesday, October 26 to Sunday, October 30 with a discussion on Wednesday at 4pm
Location: Rites and Reasons Theatre, Churchill House,
155 Angell Street
Co-sponsored with the Department of Africana Studies
See the poster for specific dates and times of the performance
november 2011
lecture/lunch
by Monica Shupun [PDF]
Wednesday, November 2
12:30PM (Preceded by lunch)
Location: George Monteiro Conference Room, 159 George St., Department of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies
lecture/lunch
by José Luís Peixoto [PDF]
Friday, November 4
12:30PM (Preceded by lunch)
Location: George Monteiro Conference Room, 159 George St., Department of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies
lecture
"Rethinking Identities in Latin America's Cultural Production"
Invited Guest: Eduardo F. Coutinho, Professor of Comparative Literature, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro [PDF]
Monday, November 7
11:00AM
Location: Anthropology Department (Giddings House), at the intersection of Hope and Power, Room 212
Sponsored by the Office of International Affairs, the Portuguese and Brazilian Studies Department and the Anthropology Department
december 2011
pre-dissertation colloquium
"Literatura no Estado Novo de António de Oliveira Salazar"
by Ana Letíicia Fauri Gaspar [PDF]
Thursday, December 1
1pm
Committee: Onésimo T. Almeida (Director), Leonor Simas-Almeida (Reader), Luiz F. Valente (Reader)
Location: George Monteiro Conference Room, 159 George St., Department of Portuguese and Brazilian Studie
pre-dissertation colloquium
"Latino-americanismo à Brasileira: Diálogos Críticos entre o Brasil e América Hispânica"
by Thayse Leal Lima [PDF]
Friday, December 2
2:30pm
Committee: Luiz F. Valente (Director), Nelson H. Vieira (Reader), Julio Ortega (Reader)
Location: George Monteiro Conference Room, 159 George St., Department of Portuguese and Brazilian Studie
doctoral dissertation defense
"O escritor no palco: representação e performance em três romances brasileiros contemporâneos"
by Maria (Lolita) Villanua [PDF]
Monday, December 5
10am
Committee: Nelson H. Vieira (Director), Luiz F. Valente (Reader), Patricia I. Sobral (Reader)
Location: George Monteiro Conference Room, 159 George St., Department of Portuguese and Brazilian Studie
performance
Performance and Exhibit Night
Tuesday, December 6
8pm
Location: Smith-Buonanno Hall, Room 106, 95 Cushing St..
Brought to you by the
Department of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies.
SYMPOSIUM
"Nation and Narration (1854-1981)" [PDF]
Thursday, December 8
9:30am - 4:00pm
The members of the graduate seminar "Nation and Narration" will be presenting and discussing their final projects.
Location: George Monteiro Conference Room, 159 George St., Department of Portuguese and Brazilian Studie
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