Calendar
Events for 2010
Nelson Freire
A documentary by JoãoMoreira Salles
Wednesday, January 06, 2010
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
James Bridges Theater
Study and Research in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
An informal discussion about PUC-Rio, one of Brazil's largest private universities; how it functions, and what it has to offer.
Monday, January 11, 2010
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Beyond Frontiers: The International Reach of TV Globo and Brazilian Television
Presented by Ricardo Scalamandré, Head of International Business at TV Globo.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
4:00 PM
UCLA Anderson
Transnational Blackness and the Early Social History of Brazilian Popular Music
A talk presented by Dr. Darien J. Davis from Middlebury College.
Tuesday, February 02, 2010
2:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Santíago
A documentary by João Moreira Salles
Wednesday, February 03, 2010
7:30 PM
James Bridges Theater
Mosaics Versus Collages in the Modern Taste for Musical Roots
A lecture by Professor Elizabeth Travassos, from the Universidade de Rio de Janeiro(UNIRIO), Brazil.
Friday, February 26, 2010
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Schoenberg Music Building
Era uma Vez... (Once upon a time in Rio)
A film by Breno Silveira
Wednesday, March 03, 2010
7:30 PM
James Bridges Theater
Brazil in the Emerging New World Economy
Presented by Ambassador José Alfredo Graça Lima, Consul General of Brazil in Los Angeles. Lecture followed by a piano recital by acclaimed artist Alexandre Dietrich.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Jan Popper Theater
Envisioning Brazilian Cinema
A conversation with Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Bunche Hall 6275
Quanto Vale ou é Por Quilo? (What is it Worth?)
A film directed by S?rgio Bianchi.
Wednesday, May 05, 2010
7:30 PM
James Bridges Theater
The Secret History of Subversion: Sex, Modernity, and the Brazilian National Security State
A talk by UCLA Ph.D Candidate Benjamin Cowan.
Monday, May 17, 2010
4:00 PM
Bunche Hall 10367
The Current State of the Social Sciences in Brazil
A conversation with Nadya Araujo Guimarães, Chair and Professor in Sociology at the University of São Paulo, Brazil.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Bunche 10383
Unemployment and Precarious Work in Brazil: How International Comparisons Illuminate Brazilian Workers' Experiences
Presented by Nadya Araujo Guimarães, Chair and Professor in Sociology at the University of São Paulo, Brazil.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
279 Haines Hall
Domésticas (Maids)
A film directed by Fernando Meirelles and Nando Olival
Wednesday, June 02, 2010
7:30 PM
James Bridges Theater
A Mulher Invisível (The Invisible Woman)
A film directed by Claudio Torres
Wednesday, July 07, 2010
7:30 PM
James Bridges Theater
Jean Charles
A film directed by Henrique Goldman. Based on a True Story.
Wednesday, October 06, 2010
7:30 PM
James Bridges Theater
O homem que engarrafava nuvens (The Man who Bottled Clouds) (2009)
A film directed by Lírio Ferreira
Wednesday, November 03, 2010
7:30 PM
James Bridges Theater
The Current State of Luso-Brazilian Studies in Japan
A lecture by Professor Akira Kono from Osaka University.
Thursday, November 04, 2010
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Dodd 167
Perceptions of Boundary Policing in the Lives of Black-White Couples in Rio de Janeiro
A presentation by UCLA Ph.D Candidate of Sociology, Chinyere Osuji.
Thursday, November 18, 2010
1:00 PM
167 Dodd
É Proibido Fumar (Smoke gets in your eyes) (2009)
A film directed by Anna Muylaert
Wednesday, December 01, 2010
7:30 PM
James Bridges Theater