We mourn the passing of the great historian Stanley J. Stein, the Walter Samuel Carpenter III Professor in Spanish Civilization and Culture, emeritus, and Professor of History, emeritus, and a most wonderful supporter and friend of the Brazil LAB.
News
Wednesday, Jan 8, 2020
Tuesday, Dec 10, 2019
The Brazil LAB director João Biehl and the Princeton Visiting Student Rodrigo Simon de Moraes (PhD Unicamp) published an op-ed –– “O Pulo do Gato para a Amazônia” –– on the Sunday edition of Folha de S.Paulo, December 8, 2019.
Tuesday, Dec 10, 2019
On Thursday, November 21st, the Brazil LAB hosted a book forum with Lilia M. Schwarcz, Professor of Anthropology at the University of São Paulo and Visiting Professor at Princeton University, with Debora Diniz and Arcadio Díaz-Quiñones as discussants.
Monday, Nov 25, 2019
On Friday, November 8th and Saturday, November 9th, the Brazil LAB hosted a two-day workshop/oficina on Amazonian Poetics, bringing together scholars, activists, indigenous artists, translators and students from...
Thursday, Nov 21, 2019
On Thursday, November 7th, the Brazil LAB hosted Carlos Fausto, a leading Brazilian cultural and visual anthropologist and Professor at the Brazil’s Museu Nacional, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, with...
Tuesday, Nov 5, 2019
On Thursday, October 3rd, the Brazil LAB hosted Ilona Szabó, a leading Brazilian social entrepreneur specializing in public security and drug policy, to discuss "Public Security and Democracy in Brazil: Challenges and Opportunities," with professor Marcelo Medeiros as discussant.
Wednesday, Oct 23, 2019
The conference “Amazonian Leapfrogging: Long-term Vision for Safeguarding the Amazon for Brazil and the Planet” took place at Princeton Oct. 17-18 and offered an opportunity for multiple stakeholders and Princeton scholars to discuss an alternative vision for the Brazilian Amazon, which is threatened by illegal deforestation, fires and...
Wednesday, Oct 2, 2019
On Tuesday, September 24th, the Brazil LAB welcomed literary breakout star Geovani Martins to campus.
Monday, Sep 30, 2019
On Thursday, September 19, the Brazil LAB hosted two outstanding Brazilian public intellectuals, economist Laura Carvalho, Professor of Economics at the University of São Paulo (USP) and columnist for Folha de São Paulo, and political commentator Celso Rocha de Barros, sociologist and analyst at the Brazilian Central...
Thursday, Sep 12, 2019
The Brazilian filmmaker and friend of the Brazil LAB Estevão Ciavatta gave a testimony on the perils facing Amazonia today. During a visit to the Munduruku indigenous community by the Tapajós River, Ciavatta presented and discussed his documentary film Amazonia: Anonymous Society.
