Brazil Project

The Brazil Project aims at the creation of a network of academic and policy specialists to study processes of reform and sustainable social development in Brazil and neighboring countries. The project fosters its goals through symposia and international seminars, research, collaborative relations, and publications. These seek to better understand and evaluate on-going processes of economic and political reform, their efficiency in addressing societal needs, Brazil's new role in regional and world affairs, and how processes of globalization shape reform and the consolidation of democracy. The first track of this project concentrates on Brazil and Brazil-US relations; the second develops a comparative and regional perspective that includes Chile, Argentina, and other neighboring countries, as well as North America.

The Brazil Project can be contacted at brazilproject@gc.cuny.edu

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Events

The Bildner Center hosts events regularly. Below find past events associated with the Brazil Group. For upcoming Bildner events, visit our event listings.

2014 Lectures and Events

Mexico-Brazil: Literature and Culture
Date: Wednesday, November 12, 2015, 4:00PM
Location: The Graduate Center, Room 9100: Skylight Room

Brazil's Politics: Post-Election Dynamics
Date: Thursday, November 6, 2015, 4:00PM
Location: The Graduate Center, Room C201

Brazil: The 2014 Elections
Date: Thursday, June 26, 2014, 5:00 PM
Location: The Graduate Center, Room 9100: Skylight Room

Orientalisms in the Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian World
Date: Thursday, May 22, 2014, 12:15PM
Location: The Graduate Center, Room 9204

Brazil and the World: Strategy and Foreign Policy
Date: Friday, April 25, 2014, 6:00PM
Location: The Graduate Center, Room C201

2012 Lectures and Events

Brazil Municipal Elections 2012
Date: Wednesday, November 14, 2012, 4:00PM
Location: The Graduate Center, Room C201/02
 
Media and Democracy in Brazil
Date: Wednesday, October 17, 2012, 3:00PM
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, 4PM
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, 4PM
Location: The Graduate Center, Room C201-02

2011 Lectures and Events

Integration in South America: Promises, Realities and Challenges
Date: Thursday, November 10, 2011, 4PM
Location: The Graduate Center, Room Segal Theater
 
The Brazilian State: Debate and Agenda
Date: Friday, October 7, 2011, 9AM
Location: University of Brasilia, Brazil

The Politics of Transformation in Brazil
Date: Wednesday, September 14, 2011, 4PM
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, 4PM
Location: The Graduate Center, Room c204-c205

2010 Lectures and Events

Healthcare in Brazil: The Subnational Dimension
Date: Friday, November 12, 2010, 4:00 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, 4PM
Location: The Graduate Center, Rooms C201/C202

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, 4:00PM
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, 4:00PM
Location: The Graduate Center, Rooms C201/C202

Urban Crime in Brazil
Speaker: Claudio Beato, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais / Harvard University
Date: Tuesday, November 24, 2009, 4:00PM
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, 4:00PM
Location: The Graduate Center, Political Science Student Lounge
*Cosponsored by the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies
and the Global Centre 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, 4:00PM
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, 4:00PM
Location: The Graduate Center, Science Center, Room 4102

Recent Crime Trends in Brazil:
Possible Causes and Policy Solutions
Date: Friday, May 1, 4:00PM
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, 4:00PM
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, 4PM
Location: The Graduate Center, Rooms C203/C204