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UWM Brazil Day – A Symposium on Brazilian Culture

April 5, 2011

Various locations across UW-Milwaukee campus

Panels on:

  • Brazilian Literature: writer João Almino, Ricardo Vasconcelos (UWM) and Luciana Namorato (Indiana U)
  • Brazilian Politics and Diaspora: Simone Conceição (UWM), Natasha Sugyama (UWM), and Cassio Muniz (UWM)
  • Brazilian Popular Festivals: Simone Ferro (UWM) and Armando Duarte (U. of Iowa)

Other activities included a capoeira performance with Grupo Corpo e Movimento (UWM), a soccer performance by players of the Milwaukee Wave, language classes with Marta Bosio (UWM); film screenings integrated in the UWM Latin-American Film Festival, organized by the UWM Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies; a music performance by René Izquierdo and Caen Thomason-Redus; a Luso-Brazilian book sale organized by Boswell Books.

Please consult the program with more information on our sponsors and more details on the presentations:

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April 5, 2011