Winter 2008

CILAS Winter Workshop
"The Luz District in São Paulo: Anthropological Questions on the Phenomenon of Gentrification"

When: Thursday, March 20, 2008 from 3:30-5:00 p.m.
Where: Deutz Room, Copley Conference center, Institute of the Americas

This workshop will explore the extent to which the concept of gentrification can be applied to current urban interventions in the district of Luz in São Paulo. How can one resolve the conflicting interests of the preservation of historical patrimony, the promotion of cultural consumption, and the historical use of the area’s public spaces by the working class?

Heitor Frúgoli received his Ph.D in Sociology from Universidade de São Paulo. He is a professor in the Department of Anthropology at Universidade de São Paulo. The workshop is based on a paper that he wrote with Jessica Sklair.

CILAS Winter Lecture Series
"State Violence and Gender Trouble in Salvador da Bahia"

When: Thursday, March 13, 2008 from 3:30-5:00 p.m.
Where: Deutz Room, Institute of the Americas Complex

Keisha-Khan Y. Perry, Ph.D. is Assistant Professor of Africana Studies and Anthropology at Brown University. Her scholarly interests include activist anthropology, African Diaspora studies, critical race and feminist theory, and urban politics. Perry is also currently a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Africana Research Center at Penn State University where she is completing a book manuscript on the emergence of black women’s leadership and participation in urban social movements in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil.

Co-Sponsored by the Ethnic Studies Department and the Literature Department

CILAS Winter Lecture Series
"Brazilian Cinema’s Global Dilemma"

When: Thursday, February 21, 2008 from 3:30-5:00 p.m.
Where: Deutz Room, Institute of the Americas Complex

Randal Johnson is a professor in the Department of Spanish & Portugese at the University of California, Los Angeles. His research interests are Brazilian literature and culture, the sociology of literature and culture, Latin American cinema, and cultural policy. Johnson has recently completed a book on Portuguese film director Manoel de Oliveira. The Brazilian government decorated him with the Order of the Southern Cross in 1999. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Texas, Austin.

CILAS Winter Lecture Series
"The End(s) of Brazil? An Analysis of Juridical (Racial) Reforms on the Edges of the Market Capitalist World"

When: Thursday, February 7, 2008 from 3:30-5:00 p.m.
Where: Deutz Room, Copley Conference Center, Institute of the Americas

Denise Ferreira da Silva is an Associate Professor in the Department of Ethnic Studies at the University of California, San Diego. Her writings on social theory and critical legal studies identify the global configuration as the primary site for understanding of the local, national, and regional moments of racial subjugation. Silva received her Ph.D in Sociology from the University of Pittsburgh.