BRAZIL, WHAT’S NEXT?
From the turmoil to the near future:
challenges for democracy, human rights, culture, development and economy in Brazil
Location
K2.40, King's Building Strand Campus (Strand, London WC2R 2LS)
Category
Conference/Seminar
When
19-21 July (14:00 - 20:30)
Contact
[email protected]
The Brazil Institute invites you to a symposium on the challenges for democracy, human
rights, culture, development and the economy in Brazil. This event will consist of one film
exhibition on July 19th and will have various sections with three panels each on July 20th –
21st, details of which you can find in the below schedule.
19/07/2016 - Tuesday
18:00 - Film “Retratos de Identificação (Identification Photos)” by Anita Leandro
S -3.20 (Floor “– 3”)
Synopsis: Two Brazilian former guerrillas get their first glimpse of police identification
photos taken after their respective arrests during the military dictatorship. The past
resurfaces through the images, and with it comes a story of crimes so far unaccounted for.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2oRwACIqrg
20/07/2016 – Wednesday
K2.40
14:00 - 15:30 - Panel Students/Researchers
16:00 - 17:30 - Panel Students/Researchers
17:45 – 19:15 - Democracy & Human Rights
Anthony Pereira (Brazil Institute/KCL)
Maurício Dieter (USP)
Jan Rocha (ex-BBC, ex-Guardian, Latin America Lab and former consultant for the Truth
Commission)
Chair: Octavio Ferraz (KCL)
19:30 – 20:30 - Keynote speaker: Jean Wyllys, Brazilian congressional member and human
rights activist
21/07/2016 – Thursday
K2.40
14:00 - 15:30 - Panel Students/Researchers
16:00 - 17:30 - Panel Students/Researchers
17:45- 19:15 - Economy & Development
Sónia Gonçalves (Brazil Institute and Management Department/KCL)
Marcos Felipe Casarin (Oxford Economics)
Carolina Matos (City University London)
Chair: Anthony Pereira (KBI/KCL)
19:30 - 20:30 - Keynote speaker TBC
Call for abstracts
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/sspp/sga/kbi/NewsandEvents/eventrecords/Brazil,-Whats-Next-Fromthe-turmoil-to-the-near-future-challenges-for-democracy,-economy,-culture-and-humanrights-in-Brazil.aspx
*Programme may be subject to small changes