BRASA X - Brasília - DF

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

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)
2010 Election Results
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
Recipients of the Third Annual Brazil Initiation Scholarship Competition
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











