Brazil: From Dictatorship to Democracy (1964-2014) - Brown University

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 Brazil: From Dictatorship to Democracy (1964-2014) 

A Brown Student and Alumni Conference and International Symposium 

April 9-12, 2014 

Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University 

111 Thayer Street, Providence, Rhode Island 

Wednesday, April 9 

12:00-1:30 “The Upcoming Brazilian Elections” 

Argelina Maria Cheibub Figueiredo, Rio de Janeiro State University 

Brown Bag Lunch (reservations required: <brazil@brown.edu>) 

3:00-5:20 Movie: The Day That Lasted Twenty-one Years (2013) 

Panel discussion with Camilo Tavares, Director, and José Itzigsohn, Brown University 

Thursday, April 10, 2014 

9:00-3:50 Thomas E. Skidmore Student and Alumni Conference on Brazil (See page three) 

4:00 Opening Ceremony 

Chair: James N. Green, Director, Brown Brazil Initiative 

• Richard M. Locke, Director, Watson Institute for International Studies 

• Cézar Amaral, Ambassador, Brazilian Consulate, Hartford, CT 

• Richard Snyder, Director, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies 

• Nelson Vieira, Chair, Department of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies 

4:30 Inauguration, Opening the Archives Project 

Chairs: Patricia Figueroa, Curator, Latin American Collection, Brown University Libraries 

André Pagliarini, Graduate Student, Brown University 

• Harriette Hemmasi, Brown University Librarian 

• William Meyer, Executive for Research Services, U.S. National Archive and Records Administration 

• Sidnei J. Munhoz, Professor, State University of Maringá, Paraná; Project co-sponsor 

• “Working in the Archives,” Ben Vila ‘15 and Erika Monouselis, ‘15 

5:30 Keynote Lecture 

“The 1964 Coup and the Recent History of Brazil” 

Carlos Fico, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro 

6:30 Reception, Foyer, Watson Institute 

Friday, April 11, 2014 

8:30-9:00 Light Breakfast, Watson Institute 

9:00-11:00 Panel I: Governance during Dictatorship and Democracy 

Chair: Geri Augusto, Brown University 

• João Roberto Martins Filho, Federal University of São Carlos 

• Paulo Roberto de Almeida, diplomat, University Center of Brasília. 

• Glenda Mezarobba, Advisor to the Brazilian National Truth Commission

11:00-1:00 Panel II: Economic and Social Development with Inclusion and Equality? 

Chair: Richard Snyder, Director of Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies 

• Werner Baer, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 

• Lena Levinas, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro 

• Rebecca Weitz-Schapiro, Brown University 

1:00-2:00 Lunch, Watson Institute Library, 3rd floor

2:00-4:00 Panel III: The Dictatorship and Its Legacies 

Chair: Anani Dzidzienyo, Brown University 

• Benito Schmidt, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul 

• Kenneth Serbin, University of San Diego 

• Amy Nunn, Brown University 

• Ann Schneider, Human Rights Violators and War Crimes Center 

4:00-4:30 Coffee Break 

4:30-6:30 Panel IV: Forms of Cultural Resistance 

Chair: Nelson Vieira, Brown University 

• Tania Pellegrini, Federal University of São Carlos 

• Daria Jaremtchuk, University of São Paulo 

• Christopher Dunn, Tulane University 

• Marcos Napolitano, University of São Paulo 

7:00-9:00 Dinner at the Brown Faculty Club for Symposium Participants 

Saturday, April 12, 2014 

8:30-9:00 Light Breakfast, Watson Institute 

9:00-11:00 Panel V: Social and Political Movements in Authoritarian and Democratic Regimes 

Chair: Keisha-Khan Perry, Brown University 

• Victoria Langland, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 

• Bryan Pitts, Duke University 

• Manuela Picq, Institute of Advanced Studies, Princeton 

11:00-11:15 Coffee Break 

11:15-1:15 Panel VI: Environmental Justice and Society 

Chair: Chris O’Neill, Brown University 

• Margaret Keck, Johns Hopkins University 

• Kathy Hochstetler, Waterloo University 

• Leah VanWey, Brown University 

1:15-2:15 Lunch, Watson Institute Library, 3rd floor 

2:15-4:30 Panel VII: Expanding Democracy during the Dictatorship and Afterward 

Chair: Roquinaldo Ferreira, Brown University 

• Keisha-Khan Perry, Brown University 

• Marlon Weichert, Regional Prosecutor, Federal Public Ministry of Brazil 

• Michel Gherman, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro 

4:30-4:40 Awarding of Thomas E. Skidmore Best Student Presentations 

4:40-5:00 Closing Remarks: James N. Green, Brown University

Sponsored by: The Brazil Initiative, Brown 250th Anniversary Celebration Fund, Center of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Dean of the College, Department of History, Department of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies, A Família Fund, Office of Global Engagement, Watson Institute for International Studies. 

Thomas E. Skidmore Student and Alumni Conference on Brazil (1964-2014) 

Thursday, April 10, 2014, Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute for International Studies 

8:30-9:00 Light breakfast, Watson Institute 

9:00-9:15 Conference Opening 

James N. Green, Director, Brazil Initiative, Brown University 

Mateus Baptista, Organizer, Thomas E. Skidmore Student and Alumni Conference 

9:00-10:20 Panel I: The 1964 Coup d’état and its Aftermath 

Abigail Jones, ’06, “Lincoln Gordon’s Evolving Discourse” 

William Janover, ’15, “From ‘Red is Red’ to ‘We Cannot Be Silent’: An Analysis of the Evolution of Latin America Calls!, 1963-1970 

Cos Tollerson, ’12, “In Search of Support from the Western Bloc: The Brazilian Military 

Regime’s Evolving Discourse on Western Exceptionalism” 

Commentator: Bryan Pitts, Duke University 

10:20-10:30 Coffee Break 

10:30-11:50 Panel II: Resistance, Repression, and Political Openings 

Andre Pagliarini, Graduate Student in History, Brown University, “‘De onde? Para onde?’ New Social Movements and the Debate over Brazil’s ‘Civil’-Military Dictatorship” 

Lanna Leite, ’14, “Maria Auxiliadora Lara Barcelos: A Portrait of a Brazilian Revolutionary” 

Natan Zeichner, ’06, Graduate Student in History, New York University, “Exploring Radical Political Identities in Brazil During the End of the Military Dictatorship, 1976-1985” 

Commentator: João Roberto Martins, Filho, University Federal de São Carlos 

12-1:00 Lunch, Watson Institute Library, 3rd floor 

1:00-2:20 Panel III: Popular Movements, Exile, and Democratization 

Emma Wohl, ’14, “The Marks of Memory: Grassroots Activism and Transitional Justice in Brazil, from Abertura to the Truth Commission” 

Meg Weeks, ’10, “‘Urbanization Yes! Removal Never!’: Favela Removal and Popular Resistance in Rio de Janeiro during the Brazilian Military Dictatorship” 

Benjamin Legg, Graduate Student, Portuguese and Brazilian Studies, Brown University 

“Henfil's American Illusion” 

Commentator: Ann Schneider, Historian, Human Rights Violators and War Crimes Center 

2:30-3:50 Panel IV: Post-dictatorial Brazil/ 

Michael Hoffmann, ’14, “Democratization and the Politics of Equality: Herbert Daniel’s 1986 Campaign for Deputado Estadual” 

Sam Novacich, ’08, “Uncertain Futures: Strategic Prudence and Local Understandings of Public Security Policy in Mangueira, Rio de Janeiro” 

Sílvia Cabral-Teresa, Graduate Student, Portuguese and Brazilian Studies, Brown University, “Newspapers as Political Agents: The Instability of Brazil's Post-dictatorship and Pre-constitution Period, 1985-88”

Commentator: Manuela Picq, Institute of Advanced Studies, Princeton 

Sponsored by: Dean of the College and the Departments of History and Portuguese and Brazilian Studies. 

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