Brazil Initiation Scholarship Announcement for 2012
Roberto Reis BRASA Book Awards
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 authors of the two best books will each receive a certificate and a check for US$200.
Guidelines for submissions:
1.In order to be considered for the award, the author of the book must be a member of BRASA who is up-to-date in dues and has paid her/his registration fees for the 11th International Conference.
2. Only books published between January 2010 and December 2011 are eligible for the awards.
3.The book submission must have been published in English.
4.The author of the book must submit three copies by mail by February 1, 2012, to the BRASA Secretariat, 223 International Studies Building, 910 South Fifth Street, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois 61820. Late submissions will not be considered. Book submissions will not be returned to the authors or publishers.
5.Deliberations and awarding of the prizes:
a.The Secretariat shall send an e-mail to each author indicating that the submission has been received.
b.The committee will make decisions on the awards by July 1, 2012.
c.The Secretariat will send a letter to the winners. Announcement of the winners shall also be made through the Brasa-net listserv, on the BRASA website, and at the Eleventh International Conference, University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign in September 2012.
Prize Committee:
Brodwyn Fischer
James Holston
Cristina Pinto-Bailey
DEADLINE EXTENDED-BRASA XI-Champaign, IL- Call for Proposals
The Congress program will include academic panels, invited speakers, workshops, plenary sessions, and cultural activities. Our partner at UIUC will be the Lemann Institute for Brazilian Studies.
BRASA’s Executive Committee has adopted the following guidelines for proposing papers and organizing panels:
1. All proposals for panels or papers must be submitted directly to the Program Committee through the BRASA official Proposal portal starting August 15, 2011. The Program Committee will not consider proposals not submitted and received through the official Proposal portal: https://my.atlas.illinois.edu/submit/go.asp?id=293
2. All participants must be members of BRASA. Each participant may present only one paper in the Congress, but may also preside over a panel or serve as discussant.
3. BRASA suggests that all panels include at least four papers, but no more than five, and that the moderator not be presenting a paper. Each session should leave at least 30 minutes for discussion or for comments by a discussant immediately following the presentations.
4. The Congress will have 10 sessions with 12 panels per session during a period of three days, for a total of 144 panels.
5. Questions about the organization of panels should be directed to the BRASA secretariat or to the Chair of the Program Committee. Suggestions for other possible events at the Congress should be sent to the BRASA Executive Office at brasa-illinois@illinois.edu
6. The Program Committee will give preference to proposals to organize complete panels with professors and researchers from different universities and that have an interdisciplinary focus.
7. Dates for submission and acceptance of proposals are the following: the deadline for submission of proposals for panels or individual papers through the BRASA website is DECEMBER 1, 2011. The Program Committee will announce final decisions by February 15. 2012.
8. For the abstract, 300 words for each individual paper. Panels should submit a separate abstract for the panel itself, also at 300 words.
9. For each panel submitted, please place the name and school affiliation of each paper submitted in the "comments" tab of the submission window.
10. Please note, all panel members must be members of BRASA by the time their panel is accepted.
Recipients of Brazil Initiation Scholarships (BIS) 2011
The competition for 2012 will be announced in August 2011.
Eliseo Josue Jacob, Ph.D. candidate in Luso-Brazilian literature at the University of Texas-Austin
He is currently a Ph.D. student in Luso-Brazilian Literature, from where he also received his B.A. and M.A. degrees. He will use the BIS to conduct field research with writers of Literatura Marginal in São Paulo. Eliseo has studied the literary production of Afro-descendant populations in Colombia and the United States as well.
Jessica Neer, B.A. in Latin American Studies and Political Science, University of Florida-Gainesville
She is currently a senior and is completing her degree in Latin American Studies and Political Science. As a result of studying Bolivian/Brazilian relations she is interested in learning more about Brazil’s sustainable energy policies. She will use the BIS to study intensive Portuguese at the IBEU in preparation for study of Brazil at the graduate level.
David Romine, Ph.D. candidate in History, Duke University
He received an M.A. in Latin American Studies from New York University in 2009 where he completed his thesis under the direction of Greg Grandin. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in History at Duke University under the direction of John French. He will use the BIS scholarship to conduct research in the DOPS archives in Rio de Janeiro and will also study intensive Portuguese at the IBEU.
Adam Smith, candidate in Law and International Relations, Tulane University
He received his B.A. from Northwestern University in American Studies in 2003. He is currently pursuing a professional degree in Law and International Relations at Tulane University. Adam will use the BIS to defray expenses associated with an internship at the Nucleo de Inclusão Social at the PUC in Rio de Janeiro under the guidance of Professor Maria Clara Dias. His research focuses on the legalization of the favelas and growth of formal employment as indicators of broader social inclusion.
BRASA X - Brasília - DF
July 22-24, 2010 - Brasília, DF
The Brazilian Studies Association (BRASA) held 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 included panel presentations, special guest lectures, workshops, plenary meetings, and cultural activities. We honored the distinguished economist Werner Baer (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) with the BRASA Lifetime Contribution Award. Our partner in Brasília was the Centro de Pesquisa e Pos-graduação sobre as Américas (CEPPAC) of the Universidade de Brasília (UnB). The conference was held at the Centro de Convenções e Eventos Brasil 21.
The conference program is available in MSWord and pdf formats click here.
For copies of papers from the congress click here.
BRASA X is sponsored with the generous assistance of http://www.petrobras.com.br/pt/
Roberto Reis Book Prizes and Jon M. Tolman Travel Awards
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
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)