Brazilian Studies in the U.S.: The Road Ahead

A Conference at Yale University, New Haven, CT November 30 and December 1, 2018 Closing Comments Fernando de Mello Barreto, Consul General of Brazil in Hartford Carlos Ivan Simonsen Leal, President of Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Stuart Schwartz, George Burton Adams Professor of History, Yale University For more information and a complete conference schedule, please visit:

A Conference at Yale University, New Haven, CT November 30 and December 1, 2018 Public Health & Medicine Discussion Questions: With respect to public health and medicine, how to effectively study Brazil as a field study? What impacts and challenges are there for the exchange of this knowledge developed between American and Brazilian universities? Moderator: Albert Ko, Department Chair and Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases) and of Medicine (Infectious Diseases), Yale School of Public Health Marcelo de Oliveira Dietrich, Assistant Professor of Comparative Medicine and of Neuroscience, Yale School of Medicine Marcia Castro, Professor of Demography, T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University Mitermayer Reis, Researcher of Molecular Epidemiology and Immunopathogenesis of Parasitic and Genetic Infectious Diseases, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) For more information and a complete conference schedule, please visit:

A Conference at Yale University, New Haven, CT November 30 and December 1, 2018 Sociology, Demography & Urban Planning Discussion Question: Regarding studies on urban formation and Brazilian environmental challenges from the US perspective, what are the best ways in which US researchers can contribute to the debate in Brazil? Moderator: Claudia Valeggia, Professor of Anthropology and Spanish and Portuguese; Chair, Council on Latin American and Iberian Studies, Yale University John Logan, Professor of Sociology, Brown University Brodwyn Fischer, Professor of Latin American History and the College, University of Chicago For more information and a complete conference schedule, please visit:

A Conference at Yale University, New Haven, CT November 30 and December 1, 2018 Culture – Art History, Communications & Education Discussion Questions: In thinking about research in Brazilian culture and education from the perspective of the American academy, how important are these fields of research in the United States? What is their place in the academy at present, and what is the importance to the academy of their contribution to Brazil? Have you seen any change in these perspectives? Moderator: Cécile Fromont, Associate Professor of Art History, Yale University David Plank, Research Professor and Executive Director of Policy Analysis for California Education, Stanford University School of Education Joseph Straubhaar, Amon G. Carter Centennial Professor of Communication, The University of Texas, Austin For more information and a complete conference schedule, please visit:

A Conference at Yale University, New Haven, CT November 30 and December 1, 2018 History & Literature Discussion Question: What are the challenges in research on Brazilian history and literature at US universities: elements of attraction and indifference from American students to exchanges with Brazilian universities? Moderator: Stuart Schwartz, George Burton Adams Professor of History, Yale University Dain Borges, Associate Professor of History, Romance Languages & Literatures, and The College, University of Chicago César Braga-Pinto, Professor of Brazilian, Lusophone African and Comparative Literature, Northwestern University Seth W. Garfield, Professor of History, University of Texas, Austin For more information and a complete conference schedule, please visit:

A Conference at Yale University, New Haven, CT November 30 and December 1, 2018 Law & Political Science Discussion Question: How does the foreign view of the American academy contribute to the development of research on Brazilian politics and institutions in both countries? Moderator: Daniel Vargas, Professor of Law, FGV Law School Sérgio Guerra, Dean, FGV Law School David Trubek, Voss-Bascom Professor of Law; Dean of International Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison Fabio de Sa e Silva, Assistant Professor of International Studies; Wick Cary Professor of Brazilian Studies, University of Oklahoma For more information and a complete conference schedule, please visit:

A Conference at Yale University, New Haven, CT November 30 and December 1, 2018 Anthropology, Ecology, Environmental Sciences Discussion Question: Thinking about the development and protection of large biomes, how do studies about Brazil and the exchange of knowledge with Brazilian universities contribute to this debate in U.S. academies? Moderator: Florencia Montagnini, Senior Research Scientist; Director, Program in Tropical Forestry, Global Institute of Sustainable Forestry, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies Suzanne Oakdale, Associate Professor of Convener and Ethnology, University of New Mexico Jung-Eun Lee, Assistant Professor of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Brown University Bette Loiselle, Professor of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation; Director, Tropical Conservation and Development Program; Director, Center for Latin American Studies, University of Florida For more information and a complete conference schedule, please visit:

A Conference at Yale University, New Haven, CT November 30 and December 1, 2018 Opening Comments Pericles Lewis, Vice President for Global Strategy; Deputy Provost for International Affairs, Yale University Claudia Valeggia, Professor of Anthropology and Spanish and Portuguese; Chair of the Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies, Yale University Felipe Sartori Sigollo, National Deputy Executive Secretary of the Ministry of Education of Brazil Kenneth David Jackson, Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies for Portuguese, Yale University Carlos Ivan Simonsen Leal, President of Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil For more information and a complete conference schedule, please visit: