Past Events
Villa-Lobos Spring Concert
Friday, May 29
The Piano Music of Heitor Villa-Lobos
Featuring the Piano Studio of Alexandre Dossin
7:30 p.m., Aasen Hull Hall (Room 190), Frohnmayer Music Buiding
The piano students of Alexandre Dossin will perform works by the famed Brazilian composer, including “Ciclo Brasileiro” (Brazilian Cycle), a group of 4 pieces, “A Prole do Bebê no. 1” (Baby’s Family, vol. 1) and “Bachianas Brasileiras no. 4.”
LAS Spring Commencement
The Latin American Studies Spring Graduation Ceremony will be held at noon on Monday, June 15th, 2015. Our ceremony will be held indoors, in the Gerlinger Alumni Lounge.
A reception with refreshments will follow, for graduates to enjoy with their guests.
Latin American Studies Major and Minor undergraduates who have applied for their degrees for Fall 2014, Winter, 2015 Spring 2015, and Summer 2015 are welcome to participate!
Please email bcagno@uoregon.edu to RSVP
Bartolomé de las Casas Annual Lecture–Gustavo Germano–“A Photographic Memory: Seeing the Disappeared”
Bartolomé de las Casas Annual Lecture
“A Photographic Memory: Seeing the Disappeared”
Wednesday, May 13, 7pm, 182 Lillis
Gustavo Germano will examine the use of photographs of the disappeared to reclaim truth and justice in the aftermath of the military dictatorships in Argentina (1976-1983) and Brazil (1964-1985). He will present the “antecedents” of the use of photography—both by the State organisms of control and the families of those kidnapped and murdered by the regime, who generally used the same photos emitted by the State in their campaign to find their family members. Germano will speak of his project, which seeks to give visibility to the disappeared. The Argentine photographer has personal connections to the issue, as his own brother was one of the disappeared, whose remains were found only last summer.
This lecture is co-sponsored by the Clark Honors College, the Office of Academic Affairs, the Global Studies Institute, the Department of Romance Languages and the Savage Endowment’s Global Justice Program.
**”Ausencias” at the JSMA**
In his work “Ausencias” (Absences), Germano restages snapshots of Brazilian and Argentine families whose loved ones are among the “disappeared”–people who were tortured and murdered by dictatorial regimes in South America from the 1960’s to 1980’s. The two images—the original photo and the recreated photo, with one or more people missing, are displayed together.
The Latin American Studies Program at the University of Oregon brought this work to the Jordan Schnitzer Museum, which embraced the project. The exhibit is currently on view, running from April 14 to August 16. More information about Gustavo Germano can be found at his site, http://www.gustavogermano.com. See also http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-21295117, http://www.puppiesandflowers.com/?p=4840 and https://jsma.uoregon.edu/Ausencias. The Latin American Studies Program would like to acknowledge the generous support of the “Oregon Humanities Center’s Endowment for Public Outreach in the Arts, Sciences, and Humanities” in securing the rights to present Gustavo Germano’s work at the UO.
LAS Student Symposium: Dictatorship, Transitional Justice, and Human Rights in Latin America
Latin American Studies Student Symposium
Dictatorship, Transitional Justice, and Human Rights in Latin America
LAS Student Symposium: April 17, 2015, McKenzie Hall 229
LAS Student Symposium Schedule
Featured speakers
- Christopher Dunn, Tulane University, “Tropicalia and the Emergence of a Brazilian Counterculture”
- Michel Gherman, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and Hebrew University of Jerusalem, “Jews and the Brazilian Military Dictatorship”
Visiting guest speaker Prof. Christopher Dunn to discuss music of the Brazilian counterculture
UO Latin American Studies program presents Guest Speaker Prof. Christopher Dunn, who will be giving a presentation titled “Maluco Beleza: Music of the Brazilian Counterculture”
UO Latin American Studies program presents Guest Speaker Prof. Christopher Dunn, who will be giving a presentation titled:
“Maluco Beleza
Music of the Brazilian Counterculture”
April 16th, 2015
6:00 p.m.
221 Allen Hall
This presentation will explore the popular music associated with the Brazilian counterculture of the early 1970s This presentation will explore the popular music associated with the Brazilian counterculture of the early 1970s during the most repressive phase of military rule. In the wake of the Tropicália movement of 1968, a broad range of artists, including Gal Costa, Jards Macalé, Luiz Melodia, Raul Seixas, and the Novos Baianos created music that spoke to the despair and desire of a generation of urban youth. As the revolutionary energies of the sixties subsided, artists explored notions of personal liberation associated with the so-called desbunde, a distinctly Brazilian experience with the international youth counterculture.
The Latin American Studies Program at the University of Oregon features Prof. Rebecca Atencio from Tulane University
“Official and Other Truths: Memories of Dictatorship in the Wake of Brazil’s National Truth Commission.”
Monday, February 23, 2015, at 5:00 pm.
Gerlinger Lounge
Faculty Workshop on “Researching Human Rights in Latin America: Challenges, Resources, and Strategies.”
Tuesday, February 24, 2015, from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
EMU Metolius Room
Rebecca J. Atencio is Associate Professor of Brazilian Cultural Studies in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, and an affiliate faculty member of the Stone Center for Latin American Studies at Tulane University. She is a member of the Executive Committee of the Brazilian Studies Association. Her research focuses on reckoning with dictatorship in contemporary Brazil and the role of artisticcultural production in human rights struggles and processes of transitional justice in particular.
6TH ANNUAL GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH FORUM
FEBRUARY 20TH | 11:45 am-12:45 pm | FORD ALUMNI CENTER
Brazil: Favelas, Gender, Planning, and the World Cup
Presenters:
Emily Brown (Community & Regional Planning); Fabio Andrade (Community & Regional Planning); Jaleel Reed (Environmental Sciences); Shannon East (International Studies)
Description:
Favelas throughout Brazil house some of the nation’s lowest-income residents. Residents of these low-income, high-risk communities often find themselves trapped in a cyclical pattern of crime as a means to survive. Brazilian favelas are often internationally notorious for their violence and poverty but also feature a rich culture and strong community relationships. Because of recent increases in international tourism and the 2014 World Cup, these communities have been receiving more attention. Controversial favela tourism is becoming more popular, and many residents in cities featuring World Cup matches rented out their homes to visitors during the event. The Brazilian government received bad press after entire communities were forcibly displaced to make way for pre-event construction. Panel members discuss social and environmental justice issues associated with community displacement and favela tourism in Rio de Janeiro and Salvador, Brazil, such as increased housing costs and continued displacement. The panel ends on a positive note: one member will discuss ongoing research on the potential use of music and dance to decrease violence and empower marginalized young women in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro. Another member will discuss first-hand experience collected while working for the City of Salvador prior to the World Cup, ongoing research on participatory planning and governance models, specifically in the areas surrounding the World Cup stadium, and a comparative study with a model used in the United States.
Bartolomé de las Casas Lecture in Latin American Studies
Professor Stefano Varese (Native American Studies, UC Davis) will deliver the 2014 Bartolomé de las Casas Lecture in Latin American Studies. His talk, entitled “THE RIGHT TO RESIST DEVELOPMENT: ETHNOCIDE AND ECOCIDE IN AMAZONIA,” will take place on WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, AT 2 PM, in the Ford Lecture Hall at Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art.
STEFANO VARESE is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Native American Studies and Director of the Indigenous Research Center of the Americas at the University of California, Davis. He obtained his PhD at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú and taught at the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, in Lima. In the 1970s Varese worked for the Division of Native Communities of the Amazonia in Peru. Later, he moved to Oaxaca, Mexico, where he headed “Culturas populares,” a unit of the Secretary of Education devoted to the promotion of Indigenous development. He implemented a number of projects, from bilingual-bicultural education, to artisan production, and to novel forms of political organization. In the early 1990s he moved to Davis and became a member of the Department of Native American Studies while also continuing his involvement with Indigenous organizations, especially the Frente Indígena Oaxaqueño Binacional (FIOB). His scholarly work has focused on Indigenous community development and self-determination, human rights, transnational Indigenous migration and identity, and Indigenous epistemology. He was the recipient of the 2013 LASA/Oxfam America Martin Diskin Award. His publications include Witness to Sovereignty: Essays on the Indian Movement in Latin America (2006) and Salt in the Mountain: Campa Asháninka History and Resistance in the Peruvian Jungle (2004).
For further information please contact Carlos Aguirre at caguirre@uoregon.edu or 541-346-5905.
Latin American Studies Coffee Hour
Thursdays at Espresso Roma
Please join us every Thursday of Spring Term, between 2:00 and 3:30, for an informal gathering of students, faculty, and friends of the program. This will be a space for fun and interesting conversations and for sharing information about events, courses, and opportunities to learn more about Latin America.
Come for free coffee and pastries and help build our intellectual community!
