Calendar of Events, Spring 2009

Friday, 1/23: Renato Cordeiro Gomes, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, “A ficção enquanto singular ocorrência em textos de Machado de Assis,” (co-sponsored with Portuguese and Brazilian Studies), George Monteiro Conference Room, 159 George Street, 2:30 PM

Tuesday, 2/3: Concert of Brazilian Jazz by the combo MINAS (Orlando Haddad and Patricia King), (co-sponsored with Portuguese and Brazilian Studies): Brazilian Drumming Workshop, Fulton Rehearsal Hall, Department of Music, 3:00 PM; Brazilian Jazz Concert, Grant Recital Hall, Department of Music, 8:00 PM

Wednesday, 2/4: Ana L.De La O Torres, assistant professor of Political Science, Yale University, “Do Poverty Relief Funds Affect Electoral Behavior? Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Mexico,” Colloquium on Comparative Research, (Watson Institute), McKinney Conference Room, 5:00 PM

Thursday, 2/5: CLACS Executive Committee Meeting, Birklund Board Room, Watson Institute, 12:00 noon

Monday, 2/9: Veneta Andonova, “Violence & Hybrid Organizational Forms: A Study in Conflict-ridden Zones in Colombia.” McKinney Conference Room, 5:00-7:00 PM

Thursday, 2/19: Presentaciones de Libros Series: Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Jessaca Leinaweaver’s new book: “The Circulation of Children: Kinship, Adoption, and Morality in Andean Peru.” Profs. Shirley Bryce Heath and Catherine Lutz comment.  Wine and cheese to follow.  McKinney Conference Room, Watson Institute, 6:00-8:00 PM

Thursday, 2/19: Raul Zurita, readings by the great Chilean poet, (Literary Arts), McCormack Theater, 70 Brown Street, 7:00 PM

Tuesday, 2/24: Guatemalan Film Series, “Estrellas de la Linea” / "The Railroad all-Stars,” Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute, 7:00-9:00 PM

Wednesday, 2/25: CLACS Spring Reception, North Common Room, Watson Institute, 4:00 PM

Wednesday, 2/25: Ben Ross Schneider, Prof. of Political Science, MIT and Northwestern University, “Hierarchical Market Economics and Varieties of Capitalism in Latin America,” Colloquium on Comparative Research, (Watson Institute), McKinney Conference Room, 5:00 PM

Thursday, 2/26: Julia Preston, New York Times journalist, “Immigration: President Obama’s Forgotten Priority,” Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute, 6:00-8:00 PM

Tuesday, 3/3: Guatemalan Show N Tell, service learning adventures of Brown students in the Highlands of Guatemala, McKinney Conference Room, 5:00-6:00 PM.

Thursday, 3/5–Saturday, 3/7: CineBRASIL. Please see the full schedule here.

Friday, 3/6-Saturday, 3/7: Conference: “The Immigrant Paradox: Is becoming an American a developmental risk?” (co-sponsored with the Center for the Study of Human Development, the Center for Race and Ethnicity, and the Education Department), Room 305, Pembroke Hall, 8:30 AM–5:00 PM

Thursday, 3/12: Opening Reception of the exhibit “Environmental History of Hispaniola,” John Hay Library, 6:30 PM

Saturday, 3/14: Ebony Soiree, Caribbean Heritage Week (co-sponsored with SOCA), Andrews Dining Hall, 6:30 PM

Monday, 3/16: Juan Otero Garabís, “Sombras son la gente: Racial Representations in Contemporary Puerto Rican Music”, McKinney Conference Room, 5:30 PM

Wednesday, 3/18: Justice Manuel Cepeda, former president of the Constitutional Court of Colombia, “Adjudicating Social Equality: Economic and Social Rights Under the Colombian Constitution,”  Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute, 12:00 noon (cancelled)

Thursday, 3/19: Guatemalan Film Series, “Discovering Dominga,” Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute, 7:00-9:00 PM

Friday, 4/3: Aimé Césaire Memorial Exhibit, John Hay Library, 5:00-7:00 PM; Reception following poetry readings by faculty and students (co-sponsored with Africana Studies and French Studies)

4/6-4/9: Puerto Rican Cultural Week 2009, ¡Mi Gente! Pa’lante y Pa’ya: Moving Forward as  United People” (co-sponsor)

Monday, 4/6: Ruth Behar, Professor of Anthropology, University of Michigan, “Culture, Memory and Representation,” Wilson Hall, Room 102, 7:00 PM (co-sponsored with Judaic Studies)

Monday, 4/6: Peter Hulme, University of Essex, “The Bishop, the Pirate and the Black Slave: Cuba’s Renaissance Epic” (co-sponsored with Hispanic Studies, JCB Library, Cogut Center for the Humanities, Africana Studies), Reading Room,  John Carter Brown Library, 5:30 PM

Monday, 4/6: Puerto Rican Cultural Week: Professor Juan Flores will present a lecture titled, "La Guaga Aérea Made a U-Turn: Boricua Unity Across the Divide,” Macmillan 117, 5:15-6:30 PM.  Reception in the Macmillan Lobby, 6:30-7:00 PM

Tuesday, 4/7: Puerto Rican Cultural Week: Dr. Cesar Rey will present a lecture titled, "The Puerto Rican Dilemma: National Identity within the Borders of the American Nation,” Mencoff Hall 205, 7- 8:00 PM.  Reception, lobby of Mencoff Hall 8:00-8:30 PM

Wednesday, 4/8: Puerto Rican Cultural Week: Ms. Giannina Braschi will present a lively and dramatic piece about Puerto Rico's political and economic relationship to the United States titled, "Hamlet and Segismundo,”  Carmichael Auditorium, Hunter Lab, 7:00-8:00 PM.  Reception in the Formal Lounge of the Third World Center, 8:00-8:30 PM

Thursday, 4/9: Puerto Rican Cultural Week: Annual Islander-Mainlander Discussion main lobby, Smith Buonanno , 6:30-7:30 PM  

Thursday, 4/9: Ángeles Clemente, “Flying over Prison Walls: The Praxis of Language Performances with a Post-Colonial Accent, an Ethnographic Encounter in Oaxaca, Mexico,” Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute , 1:00-2:30 PM

Tuesday, 4/14: Former President of Chile, Ricardo Lagos to speak on the Financial Crisis in Latin America, “Latin America’s Economic Setback: A Global Downturn Overtakes Local Progress,”  Smith-Buonanno 106, 5:00 PM (co-sponsored with Watson Institute)

Thursday, 4/16: Guatemalan Film Series, “Voice of a Mountain,”  Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute, 7:00-9:00 PM   

Friday, 4/17: Aimé Césaire Memorial Symposium, Professor William Miles, Joukowsky Forum, 1:00-4:30 PM

Monday, 4/20: Transatlantic Conference, “After Globalization: A Critique of the Crisis”, a multidisciplinary forum on the Latin American Response to the international crisis, Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute, 2:00-6:30 PM (co-sponsored with Hispanic Studies, Brown’s Transatlantic Project)

Wednesday, 4/22: Carlos Fuentes, professor at large, Hispanic Studies, returns as University Professor.  Meeting with undergraduates, North Common Room, Watson Institute, 4:00-5:30 PM

Friday, 5/1-Saturday, 5/2: Conference, “Is Brazilian Literature American?: Brazilian Literature in an Inter-American Context,” Smith-Buonanno Hall (co-sponsored with Portuguese and Brazilian Studies). Please see the full conference schedule here.

Sunday, 5/24: Commencement.