Join us on Wednesday, February 26, at 4:30 PM for a discussion of the Oscar-nominated Brazilian political biographical drama, I’m Still Here (Portuguese: Ainda Estou Aqui). Walter Salles’ film, which was selected as Brazil’s official submission for this year’s Oscars and was additionally nominated for best international feature and best actress for Fernanda Torres, has […]
Join us for a presentation by Nivea Canalli Bona, Master Lecturer in Media Science at BU’s College of Communication. Thursday, February 20, 2024 • 3:30 to 4:45 PM Pardee School of Global Studies, 121 Bay State Road Lunch provided. Register using form below. Nivea Canalli Bona truly believes that communication can change the world. She […]
Join us for a presentation by journalist Shandra Back, COM ’25. Shandra is an international journalist specializing in Latin American migration. She serves as the Podcast Director at the BU Center on Forced Displacement. Tuesday, February 18, 2024 • 12:30 to 1:45 PM Pardee School of Global Studies, 121 Bay State Road Lunch provided. Register […]
Please join us for a roundtable discussion with international leaders working to address the needs of underserved and at-risk youth across Latin America. Learn about model violence intervention programs, efforts to promote youth development through sports and entrepreneurship, and mentorship programs for young women. Tuesday, February 11, 2025 • 12:30 to 2 PM Pardee School […]
Join us on Thursday, January 30, at 12:30 PM, for a lecture by Amb. Paul Hare, Master Lecturer in International Relations at BU’s Pardee School of Global Studies and Interim Director of the Center for Latin American Studies. Hare was a British diplomat for 30 years and the British ambassador to Cuba from 2001-04. He […]
The Seeing and not Seeing Seminar is excited to host Atossa Abrahamian, independent journalist and author of The Hidden Globe: How Wealth Hacks the World, in conversation with Quinn Slobodian. The event takes place at the Pardee School of Global Studies, 121 Bay State Road, on Tuesday, February 4, at 4 PM. Abrahamian will discuss the […]
Join us for CONVERSATIONS ON LITERATURE AND CULTURE with ARTURO FONTAINE TALAVERA. author of La vida doble, and ALICIA BORINSKY. This event will take place in Spanish via Zoom on Friday, November 22, 2024, at 11 AM. All are invited. Sponsored by the Center of Latin American Studies and the Department of Romance Studies at […]
Join us via Zoom on Thursday, November 7, 3:30 to 4:45 PM, for a book talk by Dr. Elizabeth Hordge-Freeman. Dr. Freeman will be discussing her 2022 book, Second-Class Daughters: Black Brazilian Women and Informal Adoption as Modern Slavery (Cambridge University Press). A legacy of the transatlantic slave trade, Brazil is home to the largest […]
We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Lagos Rivera, a renowned theater researcher and dramatist from Chile, who will lead a conversation and theater workshop on Monday, November 4th, 2024, from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM at the Pardee School of Global Studies in 121 Bay State Rd. Dr. Lagos Rivera, who holds a PhD from University of […]