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Brasiliana - Brazil Research Seminar 

We are excited to announce the UNT Brasiliana Seminar, the first academic seminar focused on Brazilian scholarship at UNT! The seminar will include a workshop with Dr. João Vargas, Professor at the Departments of Anthropology and Black Study at University of California Riverside (UC Riverside), and panels across different areas of the Humanities.

Brasiliana

 

Program: April 1st, 2025

 

Time (CT)

Activity

Location
9:30 - 11 am 
Workshop with Dr. João Vargas (UC Riverside)*

 

Discussions around Anti-Blackness

*Please read Antiblackness of the Social and the Human before the workshop

Sycamore Hall 119 (Department of Anthropology)
11:15 am - 12:15 pm
Roundtable: Working in Brazil and Latin America 

 

Mediation: Dr. Karine Narahara

 

Panelists: Dr. Aecio Borba, Msc. Pietro Pizzatto, Msc. Natalia Mendonça, Msc. Maíra T. Ribeiro

Wooten Hall 316
12:15 - 1h15 pm

Break

  
1:15 - 2:45 pm 
Session 1: Queer and Gender Topics

 

Mediation: Manuela Azevedo (BRASA)

 

Panelists: Msc. Elisangela Brito, Msc. Natalia Mendonça, Msc. Pietro Pizzatto

Sycamore Hall 119 (Department of Anthropology)
2:45 - 4:15 pm 
Session 2: Brazilian Religions

 

Mediation: Pietro Pizzatto

 

Panelists: Bsc. Thaíssa Silva, Msc. Victor Bento, Msc. Lucas Cesar Silva, Msc. Letícia Burtet

Sycamore Hall 119 (Department of Anthropology)
4:15 - 4:30 pm

Break

  
4:30 - 6:30 pm
Session 3: Environment and Sustainability

 

Mediation:  Msc. Natalia Mendonça

 

Panelists: Bsc. Bruno Vilela, Msc. Maíra Silva, Msc. Maíra T. Ribeiro, Msc. Eduardo Gonçalves, Msc. Simone Trevisan

Sycamore Hall 119 (Department of Anthropology)

Sponsors: 

Department of Anthropology

SAMBA (Sociology, Anthropology, Music, Brazilianities, and Arts Research Group)

Brazilian Student Association (BRASA)

Cosponsors:

Department of Sociology

Latina/o and Mexican American Studies (LMAS)

Division of Music History, Theory & Ethnomusicology – College of Music