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Brazil Colloquium

The Brazilian State: Paths and Prospects of Dirigisme and Liberalization

WHEN: Monday, November 9 - Tuesday, November 10
WHERE:
The Graduate Center, Rooms 9204-9206

        365 Fifth Avenue (@ 34th Street)

 

Rethinking Cuban History: 'Cubanidad' in the Context of the Américas

Speaker: Prof. Eduardo Torres-Cuevas, University of Havana

WHEN: Monday, November 2, 2009, 4:00PM

WHERE: The Graduate Center, Rooms 9206/9207

365 Fifth Avenue (@ 34th Street)

New Perspectives on Cuban Studies

Panel: Raul Rubio, John Devereux, Katrin Hansing
WHEN: Thursday, October 15, 2009, 5:00PM

WHERE: The Graduate Center, Segal Theatre

365 Fifth Avenue (@ 34th Street)

Without Fidel: A Death Foretold in Miami, Havana and Washington

Speaker: Ann Louise Bardach
WHEN: Thursday, October 15, 2009, 5:00PM

WHERE: The Graduate Center, Segal Theatre

365 Fifth Avenue (@ 34th Street)

First Stop in the New World
Mexico City: The Capital of the 21st Century

Speaker: David Lida, Author, Journalist, and Blogger
WHEN: Friday, October 9, 2009, 4:00PM

WHERE: The Graduate Center, Rooms 9206/9207

365 Fifth Avenue (@ 34th Street)

South American Intervention in Haiti:
The Challenges of Comparative Advantages

Speaker: Prof. Monica Hirst, Professor, Torcuato Di Tello University

WHEN: Thursday, October 8, 2009, 4:00PM

WHERE: The Graduate Center, Political Science Student Lounge (5th Floor)

365 Fifth Avenue (@ 34th Street)
*Cosponsored by the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies
and the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect

Brazil's Amazon: Biofuels, Beef, and Biodiversity

Speaker: David Cleary, Director, Conservation Strategies, Latin America,
WHEN: Wednesday, September 16, 2009, 4:00PM

WHERE: The Graduate Center, The Science Center (Room 4102)

*Cosponsored by the Office of the Vice President of Research and Sponsored Programs and the Doctoral Program in Earth and Environmental Sciences*

The War Against Flu: Who Loses?

Speaker: Philip Alcabes, Associate Professor, Hunter College
WHEN: Wednesday, September 16, 2009, 5:00PM

WHERE: The Graduate Center, Rooms C204/C205

365 Fifth Avenue (@ 34th Street)

HAVANA: Old and New Perspectives

Speaker: Dr. Mario Coyula, Cuban Architect, Planner, and Author
WHEN: Thursday, August 20, 2009, 4:30PM

WHERE: The Graduate Center, Segal Theatre

365 Fifth Avenue (@ 34th Street)

Honduras: Coup and Democrarcy

WHEN: Thursday, July 9, 2009, 4:00PM

WHERE: The Graduate Center, Room 9206/9207

365 Fifth Avenue (@ 34th Street)

The Cubans of Union City: Immigrants and Exiles in a New Jersey Community

The Cubans of Union City:

Immigrants and Exiles in a New Jersey Community

WHEN: Thursday, June 25, 4:00PM

WHERE: The Graduate Center, Rooms 9204/9205

365 Fifth Avenue (@ 34th Street)

WORKSHOP on U.S. Global Policy: U.S. Embargo on Cuba

WHEN: Friday, June 19, 4:00-6:00 PM

WHERE: The Graduate Center, Rooms 9204-9206

365 Fifth Avenue (@ 34th Street)


Is Strategic Partnership Possible between the United States and Mexico?

WHEN: Friday, May 8, 4:30PM

WHERE: The Graduate Center, Segal Theatre

365 Fifth Avenue (@ 34th Street)

Brazil's Interface with the Global Crisis, 2008-2009

WHEN: Thursday, May 7, 4:00PM

WHERE: The Graduate Center, Science Center, Room 4102

365 Fifth Avenue (@ 34th Street)


Recent Crime Trends in Brazil:
Possible Causes and Policy Solutions

WHEN: Friday, May 1, 4:00PM

WHERE: The Graduate Center, Rooms C202/C203

365 Fifth Avenue (@ 34th Street)


From Squatter Cities to Zones of Special Interest:
The Changing Logic of Urban Informality in Rio de Janeiro

WHEN: Wednesday, April 29, 4:00PM

WHERE: The Graduate Center, History Department Lounge

365 Fifth Avenue (@ 34th Street)

Co-sponsored with the Doctoral Program in History

The Catholic Church and Political Confrontation in Cuba

WHEN: Thursday, April 23, 4:00PM

WHERE: The Graduate Center, Science Center, Room 4102

365 Fifth Avenue (@ 34th Street)


US-Cuba Relations and the Summit

WHEN: Wednesday, April 22, 4:00PM

WHERE: The Graduate Center, Rooms C201/C202

365 Fifth Avenue (@ 34th Street)

Cultures of Narcotrafficking in Mexico:
Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

WHEN: Monday, April 20, 4:00PM

WHERE: The Graduate Center, Rooms 9206/9207

365 Fifth Avenue (@ 34th Street)

Toward the New Agenda for the Western Hemisphere:
The V Summit of the Americas

WHEN: Wednesday, April 15, 4:00PM

WHERE: The Graduate Center, Segal Theatre

365 Fifth Avenue (@ 34th Street)

Murder in the Public Sphere in Contemporary Mexico

WHEN: Thursday, March 26, 2009, 4:00PM

WHERE: The Graduate Center, Rooms 9206/9207

365 Fifth Avenue (@ 34th Street)

Obama and Cuba: Constraints and Opportunities

WHEN: Friday, March 20, 2009, 4:00PM

WHERE: The Graduate Center, Rooms 9206/9207

365 Fifth Avenue (@ 34th Street)

Studying Cuba: Historical and Theoretical Challenges and Opportunities  

WHEN:  Thursday, March 19, 2009, 4:00PM

WHERE: The Graduate Center, Room C204/C205

365 Fifth Avenue (@ 34th Street)

Contemporary Mexican Literature 

WHEN:  Friday, March 13, 2009, 4:00PM

WHERE: The Graduate Center, Room C204/C205

365 Fifth Avenue (@ 34th Street)

In the Name of El Pueblo: Poetry, Prophecy and History in Yucatán

WHEN: Tuesday, February 24, 2009, 4PM

WHERE: The Graduate Center, Rooms C202/C203 

365 Fifth Avenue (@ 34th Street)

Party and Democracy in Brazil

WHEN: Thursday, February 19, 2009, 4PM

WHERE: The Graduate Center, Rooms C203/C204 

365 Fifth Avenue (@ 34th Street)

The Impact of Plan Colombia in Putumayo:

an Ethnography of U.S. Anti-drug Policy

WHEN: Tuesday, February 10, 4PM

WHERE:  The Graduate Center, Rooms 9206/9207

365 Fifth Avenue (@ 34th Street)

 

 

 

 

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