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Beautiful BRAZIL
Community Lecture Series ~ Fall 2013
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| Free Admission to these one hour lectures! Question & Answer follows each lecture. |
Tuesday, Sept. 17 6:30pm, Room 201
Matt Zillig
Memorial Lecture
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Cultural Traditions
Discovering Brazil's rich cultural traditions of music, dance and Carnaval.
Dr. Meredith Watts, Professor Emeritus, Political Science
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Simone Ferro, Professor of Dance
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
The Friends of Matt Zillig are sponsoring a social featuring Brazil food samples immediately following this lecture. The art gallery will be open before and after the lecture, and will feature a photography display of Brazil by Dr. Watts.
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Tuesday,Sept. 24
6:30pm
Room 201
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Brazil's "Pro-Poor" Policies
Once one of the world's most unequal societies, Brazil has experienced a remarkable decline in inequality over the past decade. What explains this change, and what lessons does Brazil's experience hold for other developing countries?
Dr. Gay Seidman, UW-Madison, Professor of Sociology,
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Tuesday, October 1
6:30pm, Room 201
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Science & Technology
How does Brazil fund Science & Technology? How is Science in Brazil progressing; what are the gaps? In this talk, Dr. Tachinardi will use publicly available information (adding his personal touch) to guide the audience in the understanding of the history, current status and future of science and technology in this complex and complicated country: Brazil.
Dr. Umberto Tachinardi, UW-Madison, Associate Dean for Biomedical Infomatics |
Tuesday,
October 8
6:30pm, Room 201 |
Politics of Brazil
Poverty, inequality and citizenship development in Brazil.
Dr.Natasha Borges Sugiyama, UW-Milwaukee, Professor of Political Science |
Tuesday, October 15
6:30pm, Room 201
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Global Food Production and Tropical Deforestation
Harnessing global market demand for forest conservation in the Brazilian Amazon.
Dr. Holly Gibbs, UW-Madison, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography
Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies
Center for Sustainability & The Global Environment |
Wednesday, October 23
6:30pm, Room 201
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Life in Brazil
Quality of life in Brazil as well as cost of living and doing business are among the topics of discussion.
(NOTE: This lecture meets on Wednesday evening.)
Panel Discussion led by Dr. Simone Conceicao, UW-Milwaukee |
