Walter Belik
"Brazil: New Proposals to Banish Hunger"

Walter Belik is Assistant Professor of Economics at the State University of Campinas (Unicamp), São Paulo, Brazil. He is the coordinator of the Food and Nutrition Research Unit at Unicamp and one of the coordinators of the Zero Hunger Project, adopted as priority by the new elected Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Projeto Fome Zero/Zero Hunger project description (Acrobat .pdf file)

Tuesday, January 28, 4:00-6:00 p.m.
CLAS Conference Room, 2334 Bowditch Street

Analysis and photos of the event

Paulo Paiva
“Challenges Facing the New Brazilian Government”

Mr. Paiva is the Vice President of the Inter American Development Bank (IADB). Previously he served as Brazil’s Minister of Planning and Budget (1998-1999) and Minister of Labor (1995-1998). He has published several articles in the area of population and labor market developments and, more recently, on development in Latin America.

Mr. Paiva's biography

Friday, January 31, 4:00-6:00 p.m.
CLAS Conference Room, 2334 Bowditch Street

Analysis and photos of the event

Prof. Antonio Barros de Castro
"Brazil in Transition"

Professor Barros de Castro teaches at the Institute of Economics of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and has been a visiting professor at the Center for Latin American Studies. Professor Barros de Castro is an expert on Brazilian industrial and trade policy, having directed BNDES, Brazil's giant development bank, which has a loan volume greater than the World Bank's.

Wednesday, April 23, 4:00-6:00 p.m.
CLAS Conference Room, 2334 Bowditch Street

Analysis and photos of the event

Roberto Schwarz
“Misplaced Ideas: A Colloquium With Roberto Schwarz on Cultural Theory and the Peripheries of Capitalism”

A special seminar and colloquium discussion featuring:

-Introduction and opening remarks from Candace Slater, professor of Spanish and Portuguese and Director of the Townsend Center for the Humanities, UC Berkeley

-Opening discussion moderated by Neil Larsen, professor of comparative literature and Co-director of the Program in Critical Theory, UC Davis

-Presentation by Roberto Schwarz, professor of literary theory, University of Campinas, São Paulo. Professor Schwartz’s materialist interpretation of cultural history has produced many works of critical theory, spanning 25 years. His books include Um Mestre Na Periferia do Capitalismo: Machado de Assis (1990) and Misplaced Ideas: Essays on Brazilian Culture (1992).

Co-sponsored with: the Townsend Center for the Humanities, the Department of English, the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, the Department of Comparative Literature, the Interdisciplinary Marxism Working Group, Spatial Theories/Spatial Practices and the Consortium on the Novel.

Monday, May 5, 4:00 p.m.
Geballe Room, Townsend Center, 220 Stephens Hall