BRASA

Tenth International Conference of the Brazilian Studies Association
July 22-24, 2010 - Brasília, DF

The Brazilian Studies Association (BRASA) will hold its Tenth International Conference July 22-24, 2010. In conjunction with the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the inauguration of Brazil’s modernist capital, the conference program will include panel presentations, special guest lectures, workshops, plenary meetings, and cultural activities.  We will honor the distinguished economist Werner Baer (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) with the BRASA Lifetime Contribution Award.  Our partner in Brasília is the Centro de Pesquisa e Pos-graduação sobre as Américas (CEPPAC) of the Universidade de Brasília (UnB).  The conference will be held at the Centro de Convenções e Eventos Brasil 21.

To see the preliminary conference program is available in MSWord and pdf formats click here.




BRASA X is sponsored with the generous assistance of

The Roberto Reis BRASA Book Award recognizes the two best books in Brazilian Studies published in English that contribute significantly to promoting an understanding of Brazil. This award honors Roberto Reis, one of the founders of BRASA, who was committed to developing Brazilian Studies in the United States.  The two best books will receive US$200 awards each. The two honorable mentions will receive certificates.

The prizes will be awarded at the closing ceremonies of the Tenth International Congress of BRASA on Saturday, 24 July 2010 at the Memorial JK in Brasília.

The 2010 committee has voted to award the Reis Book Prizes to (in alphabetical order)

Fischer, Brodwyn.  A Poverty of Rights:  Citizenship and Inequality in Twentieth-Century Rio de Janeiro (Stanford, 2008)

 and

Holston, James.  Insurgent Citizenship:  Disjunctions of Democracy and Modernity in Brazil (Princeton, 2008)

The committee has also voted to award the Reis Book Prize Honorable Mention to (in alphabetical order)

French, Jan Hoffman.  Legalizing Identities:  Becoming Black or Indian in Brazil’s Northeast (North Carolina, 2009)

Lesser, Jeffrey.  A Discontented Diaspora:  Japanese Brazilians and the Meanings of Ethnic Militancy, 1960-80 (Duke, 2007)
 

Prize Committee:
Jeffrey Needell (History) University of Florida
John Karam (Anthropology) DePaul University
Rebecca Atencio (Portuguese) Tulane University


A BRASA, Brazilian Studies Association, tem o prazer de anunciar os recipientes dos Prêmios Jon M. Tolman para Alunos de
Pós-Graduação que vão participar da BRASA X em Brasília. O Prêmio Tolman confere a um número máximo de quatro alunos de pós US$500 a cada um, visando cobrir parte das despesas de viagem e hospedagem em Brasília.

Stephen Bocskay,
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies
Brown University

Montie Bryan Pitts, Jr.
Ph.D. candidate
Department of History
Duke University

Débora Racy Soares
Doutorado em andamento em Teoria e História Literária
Universidade Estadual de Campinas

Fábio Borges
Doutorando em Sociologia.
Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho

Comitê:
Jan Hoffman French (Richmond University)
Cristina Ferreira Pinto-Bailey (Washington & Lee University)
Kathy Hochstetler (University of Waterloo)
Elizabeth Kiddy (Albright College)

The 2010 BRASA elections have been completed.

Our congratulations to the following newly-elected officers.

Vice President/President Elect (2010-2012/2012-2014)

Jan Hoffman French
Department of Anthropology
University of Richmond
 
Executive Committee (2010-2014)

Marianne Schmink
Center for Latin American Studies
University of Florida

Sonia Ranincheski
Centro de pesquisa e pós-graduação sobre as Américas, CEPPAC
Universidade de Brasília

Vânia Penha-Lopes
Department of Sociology
Bloomfield College

Bryan McCann
Department of History
Georgetown University

James Green
Department of History
Brown University

The Brazilian Studies Association is pleased to announce the winners of the third annual competition for our Brazil Initiation Scholarships (BIS).  The Brazil Initiation Scholarship (BIS) is a key component of BRASA’s agenda to expand Brazilian Studies in the United States. BRASA invites applications from graduate and undergraduate students for a one-time $1,500 travel scholarship to do exploratory research or language study in Brazil. This scholarship targets aspiring Brazilianists with relatively little or no experience in Brazil. It seeks to contribute to the student’s initial trip (for a period from six weeks to three months), to heighten the student’s interest in Brazil, and deepen his/her commitment to Brazilian studies in the United States. Students are encouraged to combine this scholarship with other grants or awards. This year's recipients will be recognized during the awards ceremony of Tenth BRASA International Congress in Brasília in July 2010.

For more information on the recipients  and the scholarship click here.

Josh Franklin, Princeton University, undergraduate with an interest in public health
Dan O'Maley, Vanderbilt University, doctoral student in anthropology
Serena Stein, University of Pennsylvania, recent graduate in anthropology and comparative literature
Arika Virapongse, University of Florida, doctoral student in tropical ecology