Tuesday 2:00 – 3:30 pm, 101 International Studies Building or as announced
The Lemann Institute organizes together with CLACS a series of lectures about Brazil. Every year the Lemann Institute for Brazilian Studies invites a number of distinguished scholars, faculty and graduate students from UIUC and other institutions to present lectures on the foremost issues regarding Brazil’s economy, society, and culture.
Spring 2019
Wednesday, January 9th
Mariza de Carvalho Soares
Building from Ashes: The African Collection of Museu Nacional as an Experience of Research, and Education
February 12th
Yu-Feng Forrest Lin, Hydrogeology and Geophysics , University of Illinois
Groundwater and Geothermal Resources: From the Temperature in the Guarani Aquifer to the Geothermal Energy in Urbana
April 2nd
Robert Wegner, Fiocruz
Use or Abuse of Genetics? Agriculture and Eugenics in the Work of Eugene Davenport
This talk will be given in Portuguese
April 16th
Stephen Bocskay, Romance Languages & Literatures, University of Michigan
Samba and Black Surveillance: Narratives in Conflict during Brazilian Military Rule
April 23rd, 2:30 PM
Mike Silvers, Music, University of Illinois
Musical Instruments, Manual Labor, and Environmental Change in Cariri, Brazil
April 30th
Rafael do Nascimento Cesar, Social Anthropology, Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Cariocas de New Orleans: Brazilian Interpretations of North American Jazz
Fall 2018
Tuesday, September 11th
Marco Bonomo, Lemann Distinguished Visiting Professor
The Brazilian Economy in 2018: Diagnosis of a Crisis
Tuesday, September 18th
Anne G. Hanley, History, Northern Illinois University
The Public Good and the Brazilian State
Tuesday, October 2nd
Marcus Tardelli
A 21st Century Voice for the Guitar
Tuesday, October 9th
Waltraud Kriven, Materials Science & Engineering, University of Illinois
Geopolymers: Structural Inorganic Polymers and a Potential Partial Solution to Global Warming
Tuesday, October 23rd
Steven Clough, Crop Sciences, University of Illinois
US-Brazilian Collaborations to Address Soybean Disease and Pest Challenges
Tuesday, October 30th
Tianna Paschel, African American Studies, University of California, Berkeley
Roundtable: Rethinking Black Mobilization in Latin America
Spring 2018
Tuesday, January 23rd
João Felipe Sauerbronn, Marketing, Universidade do Grande Rio
Consumer Culture Studies – Caipirinha as Markeplace Icon
Tuesday, February 6th
Nadya Araujo Guimarães, Lemann Distinguished Visting Professor
Home and Market, Love and Work, Nature and Profession: Controversies Regarding Care Work and Lessons from the Brazilian Case
Tuesday, February 20th
Zeuler Lima, School of Design and Visual Arts, Washington University
On Writing [about] Lina Bo Bardi
Tuesday, March 6th
Rosana Ribeiro Tarifa
Substance Use Among Brazilian Emerging Adults
Tuesday, March 27th
Antônio Sérgio Alfredo Guimarães, Sociology, Universidade de São Paulo
Defining Who is Black: Color and Race in Brazilian Public Policies
Tuesday, April 10th
Gilberto Hochman, History of Sciences and Health, Fiocruz
Locating the Cold War: The Rockefeller Foundation, Science and Medicine in Brazil (1945-1964)
Tuesday, April 17th
Damani Phillips, Jazz Studies and African-American Studies, University of Iowa
South American Soul: Melding African-American and Brazilian Influences on “Cannonball’s Bossa Nova”
Tuesday, May 1st
Dain Borges, History, University of Chicago
Psychical Science in Republican Brazil: Telepathy, Spiritism, and Candomblé
Fall 2017
Tuesday, September 5th
Vladimir Safatle, Philosophy, Universidade de São Paulo
The Collapse of the Brazilian New Republic
Tuesday, September 12th
Liv Sovik, Communication, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Rap and the Brazilian Pop Music Tradition
Tuesday, September 26th
Benito Schmidt, History, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Crossing Frontiers and Making the Revolution: Transnational Experiences of a Brazilian Revolutionary Militant (1960s and 1970s)
Tuesday, October 3rd
Ryan Shosted, Linguistics, University of Illinois
Vowel Lenition in Brazilian Portuguese: Ultrasound Evidence
Wednesday, November 1st
Juan Filipe Stacul, Languages, Instituto Federal de Goiás
Tarsila do Amaral and the Brazilian Counterculture
Tuesday, December 5th
Jonathan DeVore, Anthropology, University of Michigan
Forest as a Sublime Power: Reconsidering the Non-Human in Brazilian Struggles for Recognition
Spring 2017
Tuesday, January 24th
Panel Discussion: Challenges and Opportunities Conducting Research in Brazil: Practical Insights from the Field
Juliana Prates Santana, Department of Psychology, Universidade Federal da Bahia
Understanding Potential Academic Research Partners in Brazil
Liliane Cambraia Windsor, School of Social Work, University of Illinois
Working with Partners without a Formal Relationship in a Challenging Political Climate
Lenore Matthew, School of Social Work, University of Illinois
Challenges of Human Subjects Research: Student Perspectives from Fieldwork in Bahia
Marcella Rafaelli, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, University of Illinois
Lessons Learned from 26 Years of Experience Researching in Brazil
Monday, January 30th, ISB 101, 1PM
Panel Discussion: Brazil’s Economy in Challenging Times
Edmund Amann, Professor of Brazilian Studies, Leiden University
Alexandre Tombini, Executive Director, International Monetary Fund; Past-President, Central Bank of Brazil
Tuesday, March 7th
Rodger Antunes, Department of Economics, Universidade de São Paulo
Earmarking Unconstitutionality and its impact on Housing Deficit: Evidence from São Paulo State
This talk will be given in Portuguese
Tuesday, March 14th
Arabela Oliven, College of Education, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Implementing Affirmative Action in Higher Education: African and Native Brazilians in an Elite University
Tuesday, March 28th
José Caixeta, Department of Agricultural Economics of the “Luiz de Queiroz” Agriculture School at the University of São Paulo
Brazilian Agro-Logistics: Challenges and Opportunities
Tuesday, April 25th
Marcia Lima, Department of Sociology, University of São Paulo
Racial inequalities in Brazil and Affirmative Action: What has Changed?
