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

Memory and Truth: 6 Decades Since The Brazilian Military Coup