News & Events
Where We Stand: Empowering Voices Through Speaking Place
Aztec Student Union, Theatre
Thursday, November 14, 2024
4 p.m.
The Territorial Struggle for the Conservation of the Amazon Rainforest in Brazil
Zoom
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
11 a.m.
Food Sovereignty and Agrarian Territorial Development in Brazil
Zoom
Tuesday, September 24, 2024
11 a.m.
Past Events
BRASA XVII
SDSU's Center for Brazilian Studies hosts the 17th Biennial Congress of the Brazilian Studies Association
Aztec Student Union
Wednesday, April 3 - Saturday, April 6, 2024
San Diego Latino Film Festival: The Day I Met You
Film screening followed by Q&A with actor Renato Novaes
Thursday, March 14, 2024, 6:30 p.m. @ AMC Mission Valley - Screen 2
Friday, March 15, 2024, 7:30 p.m. @ AMC Mission Valley - Screen 10
SDSU Film Series: We Are Guardians
Film screening
Aztec Student Union Theatre
Tuesday, February 6, 2024
11:00 a.m.
State Violence and Social Justice
A conversation with Rute Fiúza and Mônica Cunha
SSW 2522
Wednesday, January 31, 2024
2:00 p.m.
Google Earth Engine as a Tool for Climate Studies in the Brazilian Amazon
A lecture by Rodrigo Moreira
Storm Hall 31
Friday, December 1, 2023
3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
It's Brazilian!
Brazilian music performance by Silvia Nicollato and Friends
Aztec Student Union
Tuesday, October 17, 2023
12:00 p.m.
A Conversation with Edgar Kanaykõ Xakriabá
A lecture by indigenous activist and photographer Edgar Xakriabá
AH 3110
Monday, October 16, 2023
4:00 p.m.
Reparations Between the U.S. and Brazil
A lecture by Diva Moreira
Love Library 430
Tuesday ,October 6, 2023
12:30 p.m.
Research Practice in Popular TerritorieBelo Horizontezonte, Brazil
A lecture by DeMoradoorado
HT 135
Wednesday, February 1, 2023
4:00 p.m.
The Point is the Change It: PFreirereire, Education, and Liberation
The PFreirereire Lecture on Education and Social Transformation
A lecture by Olúfẹ́mTáíwòTáíwò
SSE 1401
Tuesday, March 7, 2023
4:00 p.m.
SDSU Brazilian Film Series: The Mother
Film screening followed by Q&A Déboraébora Mdaia da Silva
AL 201
Monday, March 13, 2023
3:30 p.m.
Insurgent Voices in Brazil’s Lethal Democracy: A Marielle Franco International Colloquium
Panel discussions
Scripps Cottage
Tuesday, March 14, 2023
11:00 a.m.
CelebPalmaresalmares: Brazilian Black Consciousness Month
Lunch and live music with Raquel Almeida
Black Resource Center
Thursday, November 17, 2022
12:00 p.m.
Indigenous Territories, the Amazon, and the Environment
A lecture bySchwartzmanartzman
Finch Conference Room, AL 660
Monday, November 28, 2022
12:00 p.m.
DES|DES|CENTRAL
Virtual exhibition launch with curaShinjiiShiozakizaki
Thursday, December 1, 2022
11:00 a.m.
Re-Inventing PFreirereire: Experiencing a Childlike Pedagogy of the Question
a seminar by WaKohanKohan
Monday, April 11, 2022
4:00 p.m. PST
Who Needs Climate Justice in Brazil?
a lecturAndréiadCoutinhotLoubackuback
Tuesday, April 5, 2022
4:00 p.m. PST
A Look at Inequality and Violence in Brazil through RiJaneironeiro
a lecture by LLoubackuback
Monday, April 4, 2022
4:00 p.m. PST
Affirmative Action in Brazil: From Quotas for Black Students to Quotas for Public School Students
a lecture by Sales Augusto dos Santos
Tuesday, March 22, 2022
8:00 a.m. PST
ReliHealthcarethcare, and Politics in the Pandemic Context in Brazil
a lecture by Sandra Duarte Souza and Clarissa De Franco
Monday, March 21, 2022
4:00 p.m. PST
Can Brazil Defeat the Far-Right? Similarities and differences between US 2020 and Brazil 2022
a lecture by KeAlencarlencar
Wednesday, March 16, 2022
2:00 p.m. PST
Insurgent Voices in Brazil’s Lethal Democracy: Events in Honor of Marielle Franco 1978-2018
Film Screening
Monday, March 14, 2022 6:00 p.m. PST
Panel Discussion
Tuesday, March 15, 2022 10:00 a.m. - noon (PST)
Keep the Bones Alive
Monday, March 14, 2022
10:00 a.m. PST
World Portuguese Language Day
A celebration of the Portuguese language with music and poetry.
Wednesday, May 5, 2021
12:00 p.m. PST
Art and EmpowKadiwéu Kadiwéu Women’s Pottery
A talk by Viviane Luiza Silva
Wednesday, March 24, 2021
4:30 p.m. PST
“The Chicken Is a Being:” Clarice Lispector’s Echo-Poetics
A talkMarília LibrandiLibrandi-Rocha, Princeton University
Thursday, January 28, 2021
11:00 a.m. PST in English
2:00 p.m. PST in Portuguese
ThFreireo Freire Lecture on Education and Social Transformation
Social Justice in Applied Linguistics: Critical Perspectives on Language Teaching,
Research, and Civic Engagement
November 30, 2020 at 10:00 am PST
Race, Racism and Resistance in Latin America Lecture Series
Afro-Brazilians Struggle for Citizenship
November 18, 2020 at 4:30 pm PST
Indigenous Women and Sustainability in the Brazilian Amazon
Policy and Politics for the Environment
October 5, 2020 at 12pm PST
Climate Challenges and Territorial Protection
October 12, 2020 at 12pm PST
SDSU Brazilian FestivalTheal
The Behner Stiefel Center for Brazilian Studies presents the 2nd annual SDSU Brazilian Film Festival.Enjoy free monthly Brazilian films at home by visiting https://sdsubrazilianfilm.
Fall program for virtual film series:
- September - Praça Paris
- October - QueeLapa Lapa
- November - In the Heart of the World
Workshop on Low-Income Housing
