Brazil Talk, in partnership with Columbia University's Lemann Center for Brazilian Studies and the Institute for Latin American Studies, invites you to participate in an event that will explore the relationship between memory, experience, and democracy, seeking to promote dialogue and reflection on the 21 years of military dictatorship in Brazil, which left deep scars on the nation. We aim to continually give a voice to all those who suffered from the several human rights violations during that period, examine its legacy, the possible risks to the present moment, and contemplate the future of Brazilian democracy.
Event Schedule
11:00 am - 12:30 pm | Panel 1 - Echoes of the past and present risks: the military dictatorship and its political outcomes
- Event introduction and moderator: Paulo Blikstein
- Rogério Sottili, Executive Director of Instituto Vladmir Herzog - online
- Roberto Simon, Journalist and Political Risk Analyst
- Iman Jadallah, Coordinator (Opening the Archives Project)
- Cristiano Rodrigues, Political Scientist (UFMG & Harvard)
- Debate and questions
12:35 pm - 2:00 pm | Panel 2 - Beyond silence: giving voice to the stories from the dictatorship era
- Moderator: Júlia Vargas Jones, Journalist and Columbia University Master's student
- Janice E. Perlman, Researcher & President (Mega-Cities Project)
- Aline Carvalho, Researcher in Public Archeology (Nepam/Unicamp) + documentary exhibition - online
- Vitor Hugo Brandalise, Journalist (Rádio Novelo)
- Debate and questions
2 pm - 3 pm | Reception: Networking and Lunch
