California State University Sacramento
Research Group for Luso-Brazilian Studies http://www.csus.edu/celb
Group vision is to enhance and support creative and scholarly activities and to create opportunities for service, research and cultural exchange between California State University, Sacramento and institutions in Portuguese speaking countries.
CSUS new Brazil Student Club
CSUS faculty doing research on Brazil
Contact: Daniel Clark Orey, Email: orey@csus.edu
Saint Mary’s College of California
Assisting Government of Santa Catarina with a major study on the establishment of a hi-tech environmental cluster called Sapiens Parque. The park is signing up tenants, such as by Sun Microsystems and Intel, brought by Prof. Shyam Kamath.
Contact: Shyam Kamath, Email: sjkamath@comcast.net, Tel: 1-925-631-8674
Saint Mary’s College has affiliations with: Fundação Universidade Regional de Blumenau (FURB) and the Centro Universitário Regional de Jaraguá do Sul (UNERJ).
As a Lasallian institution, Saint Mary’s College also has a relationship with Unilasalle in Canoas in Rio Grande do Sul.
Trans-Global EMBA program participants will connect with Brazilian universities in 2008 after the program is launched next June.
UCLA
Latin American Institute: http://www.international.ucla.edu/lac/
Upcoming activities:
Fall semester course: Brazilian Television, special focus on TV Globo
Symposium on film and television, tentative date late October
Monthly Brazilian Film Series (Fabricating Tom Ze, April 02, 2008)
May 2008, Southern California Brazilianist Association's annual meeting
SoCal Brazilian Studies Association, international academic professional organization
Contact: Professor Randal Johnson, Email: randalj@humnet.ucla.edu
UC-Davis
Summer abroad, Salvador-Bahia – June 28-July 27, 2008
Brazilian Literature and Culture through the Arts
http://summer-abroad.ucdavis.edu/programs/2008/brazil_08/main.cfm
This program will introduce students to the literature and culture of Brazil through the arts (music, painting, architecture, film, dance) from the 17th to the 20th century. During stay in Salvador, Bahia, students will learn about local and national history.
Estimated cost: US$3,999
Contact: Phone 1.530.757.8308 Email: summer-abroad@ucdavis.edu
San Jose State University
Courses:
Brazilian Culture
Portuguese Language
History of Brazil, Instructor Michael Conniff
This course will trace the political, economic, social, and cultural history of Brazil since the arrival of the Portuguese in 1500. It will examine indigenous societies, colonial governance, plantation agriculture, slavery and the slave trade, independence from Portugal, the two Bragança empires, and the republic since 1889. Students will learn about this history through 2 textbooks and a historical novel. Several guest lectures are planned, Brazilian movies and documentaries “made in Brazil”.
Contact: Michael Conniff, Email: Michael.Conniff@sjsu.edu
California Brazil Business and Education Consortium Program
http://www.sjsu.edu/depts/studyabroad/students/bi_brazil.htm
Study Abroad, May 28-June 18, 2008
An Amazonian Adventure http://www.sjsu.edu/depts/studyabroad/students/flp_amazon.htm
This course is offered by the Department of Biological Sciences at SJSU.
The purpose of the course is to provide students with an unforgettable educational experience about the Amazon Tropical Rain Forest.
Estimated cost: US$3,295
Contact: Cleber C. Ouverney, Email: cleber.ouverney@sjsu.edu Office: 408-924-4806
Department of Biological Sciences
UC-Berkeley
Brazil Politics and Culture Working Group
http://www.clas.berkeley.edu:7001/Research/workinggroups/index.html
The Brazil Politics and Culture Working Group serves as a nexus for graduate students and faculty at Berkeley who work on Brazil, are interested in the country, or happen to be Brazilian. Members represent a wide range of disciplines and departments, including History, Geography, Sociology, Political Science and Physics. The group meets twice a month at the Center for Latin American Studies, and features presentations from members on their work, invited guests and occasional films or music.
Contacts: Benjamin Lessing lessing@ berkeley.edu, Meg Stalcup mstalcup@berkeley.edu
Center for Latin American Studies 510-642-2088
Portuguese Department: Estelle Tarico 510 642-5164
Visiting Brazilian Scholar: Glauco Arbix, from USP
Visiting student researcher: Ana Paula Galdeano Cruz, from UNICAMP
Exchange Program:
Creating the Synergism for a Sustainable Agriculture
UC Berkeley and Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
New Program: Adapting to Climate Change
Contact info: Miguel Altieri Tel: (510) 642-9802
Stanford
Lecture Series at Center for Latin American Studies
http://www.stanford.edu/group/las/about/index.html
Courses:
Portuguese language
Contact: Prof. Lyris Wiedemann lyriswie@stanford.edu
Modern Brazil, History Department
Contact: Prof. Zephyr Frank zfrank@stanford.edu
University of California
Education Abroad Program
The calendar for academic Year 2008-2009 includes study abroad programs in the states of Bahia and Rio de Janeiro.
More information at http://eap.ucop.edu/eap/country/brazil
West Valley College
Course: Brazilian Portuguese language
Exchange Program: California-Brazil Business and Education Consortium Program
Funded through FIPSE, U.S. DOE
This project will prepare students to participate in relevant international business, technology, language and cultural preparation courses before embarking on a study abroad program in the United States or Brazil. Students will participate in an internship that gives them relevant technical experience with companies in Brazil or the Silicon Valley of California.
Partners: SJSU, Brazilian universities in Minas Gerais and Amazonas
Contact: Margarise Correa, Email: margarise@yahoo.com