Past Events - 2003

December 12, 2003
Bildner Center Holiday Get Together

December 11, 2003
Moving Mountains and Changing Seas: Fomenting Reform for Democratic Policing in Brazil

December 5, 2003
Cuban Studies at CUNY: History and Promise

November 25, 2003
Current Issues in Politics and Economics in Latin America

November 21, 2003
Faculty Development Workshop Series Colombia

November 14, 2003
Old Utopias, New Realities: Film Publics, State Power, and New Modes of Incorporation in Contemporary Cuba

November 11, 2003
Favelas: Race, Urban Poverty and Policy in Brazil

November 7, 2003
New Scenarios for US-Cuba Relations: Historical Perspectives

October 31, 2003
Faculty Development Workshop Series Mexico

October 24, 2003
US-Cuba Relations: A United States Perspective

October 20, 2003
Land Occupations, Violence, and the Politics of Agrarian Reform in Brazil

October 17, 2003
From Goulart to Lula: Balancing National and International Pressures in Undertaking Socioeconomic Change

October 16, 2003- POSTPONED NEW DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED
The Chile-US Free Trade Agreement and Economic Relations in the Western Hemisphere (FTAA)

October 10, 2003
Faculty Development Workshop Series Economic Reform in Latin America

October 9, 2003
Cuba-Europe Relations Today

October 3, 2003
Economic Crises Then and Now: A Comparison of Responses to the Mexican Crisis of 1994 and the Argentine Crisis of 2001

September 30, 2003
Choro Meets Jazz

September 26, 2003
US-Brazil Relations

September 23, 2003
On the Origins of the Informal in Brazil: Urban History and the Case of the Jogo do Bicho

September 19, 2003
Faculty Development Workshop Series Brazil

September 18, 2003
Fashion Shows and Broadway Plays: Performing Opposition to the Brazilian Military Dictatorship in the United States, 1971-78

September 16, 2003 - CANCELLED
Cuban Music in Cinema

September 12, 2003
Political and Economic Reform in Brazil: From Sarney to Lula

September 10, 2003
Legacies of Authoritarianism: The Case of Chile in Comparative Perspective

September 3, 2003
Lula in Office for Eight Months: Winning Elections vs. Governing

September 2, 2003
The Afro Brazilian Movement: New Challenges in 2003 and Beyond- CANCELLED

June 18
From Cardoso to Lula: Social Reform and Political Stability in Brazil

June 10
Cuban National Reconciliation: Memory, Truth, and Justice

May 22
Tribute to José Martí

May 13
The Spirit of Development: Santería and Social Welfare in Havana

May 9
Cuban Energy Policy: Backcasting A Sustainable Energy Future

April 30
Civil Society and Democratic Politics in the Dominican Republic

April 17
Conversatorio sobre Música Cubana

April 11
Lest We Forget: The Legacies of El Proceso, 1976-1983

April 10
Cuban Miami: Changing Culture and Politics

April 9
Sustainable Development in Cuba: A Model for Community Action

April 8
The Brazilian Economy and the Second Washington Consensus

April 7
The History and Context of US Policy Toward Cuba

April 4
Election Analysis: What's Next for Argentina?

April 3
Ugly Stories from the Peruvian Agrarian Reform

April 2
Toward a More Egalitarian Third World City

March 31
Religion in Changing Cuba: Five Years After the Pope's Visit

March 31
U.S.- Latin America Relations Today

March 22
An Evening of Brazilian Music

March 17
La Evolución de la Izquierda y el Socialismo en Chile

March 14
Impediments to Resolving the Crisis POSTPONED

March 7
What Role Can Civil Society in Argentina Play in Resolving the Crisis?

March 3
Globalizing the Brazilian Garment Industry: Korean and Bolivian Sweatshops in São Paulo

February 28
Political and Educational Reform in the Midst of Crisis

February 21
Batista: From Revolutionary to Strongman

February 14
A New Diaspora: Crisis Induced Emigration

February 11
Promoting Social Development in Cuba: What Works Best?

February 7
The Costs of Crisis

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