Calendar
Events for 2009
Nome Proprio (Camila JAM)
Screening of Brazilian film "Nome Proprio", directed by Murilo Salles.
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
James Bridges Theatre
Ideology and Architecture in U.S.-Brazilian Relations, 1945-1960
Lecture by Professor Sonia Marques from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, UFRN, Brazil.
Thursday, January 08, 2009
12:00 PM
Lydeen Library, 4302 Rolfe Hall
Notes on Masculinity in Spanish American and Brazilian Cultures
Presentation by Dr. Idelber Avelar, Professor of Spanish & Portuguese, Tulane University.
Monday, February 02, 2009
4:30 PM
Rolfe 4302
A Casa de Alice (Alice's House)
Screening of Brazilian film "A Casa de Alice", directed by Chico Teixeira
Wednesday, February 04, 2009
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
James Bridges Theatre
Rio de Janeiro: Two Centuries of Urban Change, 1808-2008
Launching of the Latin American Institute's Center for Brazilian Studies.
Thursday, February 05, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Presentation Roon
Flying Down to Rio (1933)
Screening of Flying Down to Rio (1933) directed by Thornton Freeland.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Presentation Room
Books, Writers, and Editors in Nineteenth-Century Rio de Janeiro
Lecture by Fernando Paixo, visiting professor in the Spanish and Portuguese Department.
Thursday, March 05, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Presentation Room
Gang Violence in Brazil's Northeast: Notes for a Debate
A lecture by Jose Luiz Ratton,Professor of Sociology at the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE)
Monday, March 09, 2009
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
1301 Rolfe Hall
Black Orpheus (1959)
Screening of Black Orpheus (1959) directed by Marcel Camus.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Presentation Room
Love by the Sea: Rio de Janeiro and Bossa Nova
Lecture by Eliane R. Moraes, visiting professor in the Spanish and Portuguese Department.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Presentation Room
O Misterio do Samba (The Mystery of Samba)
Screening of O Misterio do Samba(2008), directed by Lula Buarque de Hollanda and Carolina Jabor.
Wednesday, April 01, 2009
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
James Bridges Theatre
Amazonian Concert: A Roundtable Discussion with Brazilian Writer Alvaro Cardoso Gomes
A roundtable discussion on Brazilian Writer Alvaro Cardoso Gomes' latest novel Concerto Amazonico(Amazonian Concert)
Friday, April 17, 2009
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
4302 Rolfe Hall
XXXII Symposium on Portuguese Traditions- Day 1
A Symposium on Portuguese Traditions (Europe, America, Africa, Asia).
Saturday, April 18, 2009
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
UCLA Sunset Recreation Center
Portuguese and Luso-Brazilian Studies in Japan
Lecture by Professor Akira Kono, from Osaka University,Japan.
Monday, April 20, 2009
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
4302 Rolfe Hall
Lavoura Arcaica (To the Left of the Father)
Screening of Lavoura Arcaica (To the Left of the Father)directed by Luiz Fernando Carvalho
Wednesday, May 06, 2009
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
James Bridges Theater
The Aesthetics of the Heart: Lavoura Arcaica
A Discussion with Luiz Fernando Carvalho.
Thursday, May 07, 2009
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Young Research Library (YRL)
Machado de Assis, Capitu and Luiz Fernando Carvalho
A Symposium with Luiz Fernando Carvalho.
Friday, May 08, 2009
2:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Rolfe 3126
Capitu (2008)
Screening of Capitu(2008)directed by Luiz Fernando Carvalho
Friday, May 08, 2009
6:00 PM - 10:30 PM
James Bridges Theater
The Favela Genre and the Transnational Other: Street Kids in the 21st Century
Lecture by Professor Joao Luiz Vieira, Universidade Federal Fluminense - UFF, Brazil.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
3:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Self and Solitude in Machado de Assis's Late Novels, 1904-1908
Lecture by Professor Dain Borges from the University of Chicago.
Friday, May 22, 2009
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Bunche 10367
Nosso grao mais fino
Book presentation of Professor Jose Luiz Passos' latest book Nosso grao mais fino.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
4:15 PM
Rolfe 4302
Modernism and Architecture in Brazil: The Transnational Career of Gregori Warchavchik, 1896-1972
A Talk by Professor Jose Lira, University of Sao Paulo (USP, Brazil)
Wednesday, June 03, 2009
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Bunche 6275
Podecrer! (Right on!)
Screening of Podecrer!(Right on!)by Arthur Fontes
Wednesday, June 03, 2009
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
James Bridges Theater
Se Eu Fosse Você 2 (If I Were You 2)
Directed by Daniel Filho.
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
James Bridges Theater
Olhar Estrangeiro (The Foreign Eye)
Directed by Lúcia Murat.
Wednesday, October 07, 2009
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
James Bridges Theater
Estômago- A Gastronomic Story
Directed by Marcos Jorge.
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
7:30 PM
James Bridges Theater
O Rei do Carimã(The King of Carimã)
A documentary by Brazilian Director Tata Amaral.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
4:00 PM
Haines 220
Linha de passe
A film by Walter Salles and Daniela Thomas
Wednesday, December 02, 2009
7:30 PM
James Bridges Theater
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