Seminars and Symposia

 

The Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies
Presents:

Brazil Futures:
Past and Present

Colloquium

April 7, 2006
9 A.M. – 6 P.M.

Information for Attendees

All attendees must pre-register using the downloadable registration form. The colloquium registration fee is $20 for each attendee and $10 for CUNY students with ID. Fee includes refreshments and lunch voucher. Fees can be paid by check or money order, made out to Brazil Project/CUNY.

This colloquium explores how Brazilians have attempted to grow and develop in ways that meet the needs of its population, the extent to which such efforts have succeeded, and the obstacles that impede faster progress. How close is Brazil to shaking its “land of the future” syndrome? How consolidated and functional is Brazilian democracy? How is Brazil responding to the challenges of globalization? How is the country addressing its equity gaps? What is the country’s reform agenda to reach its potential?

Participants in four panels will address these and related questions.

Panels:
(1) Brazil Futures in Historical Perspective
(2) Reform Agenda: Social Policy
(3) Players, Policy and Prospect
(4) Reform Agendas: The FHC, and Lula Years

Panelists: Jordan Young, Albert Fishlow, Ronald Schneider, Renato Boschi, Joao Paulo Peixoto, Tom Trebat, Jose Antonio Cheibub, Vanessa Elias de Oliveira, John Guidry, Jeffrey Rubin, Claudio Goncalvez Couto, Maxine Margolis CUNY faculty, and others.

Updates and background information will be posted at www.bildner.org.
Send inquires to brazilproject@gc.cuny.edu.

 

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