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Calendar of Events, Summer and Fall 2008
Monday, 8/25 – Wednesday, 8/27: “Social Movements and the State in a Transnational and Interdisciplinary Context,” in conjunction with the Watson Institute and the Vice President of International Affairs, McKinney Conference Room, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer Street, 9 A.M. – 5 P.M. Tuesday, 9/2: Lunch for the Executive Committee, Watson Library, 111 Thayer Street, 12 P.M. Thursday, 9/11: “La Nueva Canción chilena (The New Chilean Song Movement),” Grant Recital Hall, 1 Young Orchard Avenue, 7:00-9:00 P.M., Reception to follow Friday, 9/12: “Chile, 35 Years: The Pinochet Dictatorship and Its Aftermath,” Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer Street, 9 A.M. – 5 P.M. Monday, 9/15: Guatemalan Immigration and Emigration, Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer Street, 6:00 P.M Tuesday, 9/16: Lunch for the Latin American Studies Departmental Undergraduate Group, Watson Library, 111 Thayer Street, 12 P.M. Wednesday, 9/17: CCR Lecture: Sonia Alvarez, Department of Political Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, McKinney Conference Room, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer Street, 5:00 P.M. Wednesday, 9/17: “Climate Change and Challenges of Post-Kyoto Agreements,” Former Chilean President Ricardo Lagos Escobar, Joukowsky Forum, Watson Insitute, 111 Thayer Street, 6:30 P.M. Thursday, 9/18: “Sarmiento, Public Education, and the Making of an Argentine Icon,” Georgette Dorn, Library of Congress Hispanic Division, John Hay Library, 20 Prospect Street, 5 P.M. Monday, 9/22: “US-Latin American Relations Today: Challenges for the New Administration,” Former Chilean President Ricardo Lagos Escobar, List Art Building 120, 64 College Street, 6:00 P.M. Wednesday, 9/24 – Sunday, 9/28: Providence Latin American Film Festival, RISD Auditorium, MacMillan 117, List Art Building, and Cable Car Cinema, schedule to be posted online at www.plaff.org Wednesday, 9/24: “‘Reality Show’: USAID Media Intervention in Guatemala,” Ron Davenport, Johns Hopkins University, Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer Street, 4:00 P.M. - 6:30 P.M. Thursday, 9/25: An evening with Fernando Birri: celebrating the donation of the Fundación Fernando Birri de Artes Multimediales, John Hay Library, 20 Prospect Street, 6:30-8:00 P.M. Friday, 9/26: The Stephen A. Ogden Jr. '60 Memorial Lecture on International Affairs: “The Transformation of the Dominican Republic,” Dr. Leonel Fernandez, the President of the Dominican Republic, The Salomon Center for Teaching, DeCiccio Family Auditorium, Room 101, The College Green, 2:00 P.M. Following the lecture, President Fernandez will be joined by Ricardo Lagos Escobar, former president of Chile and Brown professor-at-large, for a conversation moderated by James N. Green, Director of the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Thursday, 10/2: “Oil in the Amazon, A Toxic Legacy: The Social, Environmental, and Geopolitical Consequences of Oil Extraction,” Manuel Pallares, Esperanza International, Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer Street 7:00 P.M. Friday, 10/3 – Saturday, 10/4: New England Council on Latin American Studies (NECLAS), Watson Institute, 111 Thayer Street, 8:30 A.M. – 5:30 P.M. Tuesday, 10/7: Lunch for the Executive Committee, Watson Library, 111 Thayer Street, 12 P.M. Thursday, 10/16: “In Search of Providence: Transnational Mayan Identities,” Patricia Foxen, Women’s Health Program/Toronto General Hospital, Anthropology Department, University of Toronto, Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer Street, 6:00 P.M. Friday, 10/31: 25/35: Celebration at Faculty Club, One Magee Street, 6:00-8:30 P.M. with awards ceremony and performance by the musical group Sabiá Thursday, 11/6: Lunch for the Executive Committee, Watson Library, 111 Thayer Street, 12 P.M. Friday, 11/7—Saturday 11/8: A conference on Antonio Vieira, Baroque Portugal and Colonial Brazil. Locations: John Carter Brown Library (11/7), the College Green; Smith Buonnano 106 (11/8), Meeting Street, Pembroke Campus. Schedule to be posted. Monday, 11/10: “Household Saints’ Go Global: The Rural Women's Movement and Agricultural Unions in Northeast Brazil,” Millie Thayer, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer Street, 6:00 P.M. Friday, 11/14: Graduate Students’ Conference on Presentation of Research, Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer Street Wednesday, 12/3: CCR Lecture: Juan Pablo Luna of the Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, McKinney Conference Room, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer Street, 5:00 P.M. |
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