| 9 – 9:30 a.m. |
Welcome Remarks
- Dr. Charles D. Eckman, Dean and University Librarian, Libraries, University of Miami
- Dr. Christina Larson, Visiting Assistant Professor, Andrew W. Mellon Fellow for Academic Engagement, Lowe Art Museum / Libraries, University of Miami
- Cristina Favretto, Head of Special Collections, Libraries, University of Miami
- Dr. Jill Deupi, Beaux Arts Director and Chief Curator, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
- Dr. Steven F. Butterman, Associate Professor of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Miami
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| 9:30 – 11 a.m. |
Panel I – Black Voices and Erasures in Brazilian History and Culture
- Dr. Darién J. Davis (Middlebury College), “The Oblique Gaze in the Land Of Mirrors: Afro-Brazilian Transnational Performance and Struggle For Recognition in the Post-World War II Era” (E)
- Lidiana de Moraes (Ph.D. Candidate, University of Miami), “Erasing Intersectionality: Inconsistencies in Brazilian Governmental Data
Collection” (E)
- Travis Knoll (Ph.D. Candidate, Duke University), “Celebrating Black Revolt in the Name of God: The 1981 Quilombo Mass As a Liberationist Performance” (E)
Discussant: Dr. Otávio Bueno, Professor and Chair of Philosophy, University of Miami
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| 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. |
Panel II – Gender and Sexual Diversities in Brazil: Past and Present
- Caio Fernandes Barbosa (Ph.D. Student, Federal University of Bahia), O Verão das “calças curtas”: Masculinidades e contestação juvenil na ditadura civil-militar brasileira (1968) (P)
- Matheus Magalhães Simões (M.A. Student, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro), “The Bodies Are the Borders” (P)
- Mariana Petersen (Ph.D. Student, University of Miami), “Recreating Lota and Elizabeth: The South American Reactionary and the American Democrat in Bruno Barreto’s Reaching for the Moon” (E)
- Dr. Cristina Mehrtens (University of Massachusetts Dartmouth), “Gendered Metaphors: Historicizing Female Professionals in Twentieth-Century Brazil” (E)
Discussant: Dr. Claire Oueslati-Porter, Interim Director of Gender and Sexuality Studies Program, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Miami
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| 2:30 – 4 p.m. |
Panel III – Activism, Policies, Representations, and Democratizations: From Dictatorship to Present Day
- Dr. Lorena Avella de Muniagurria (University of Campinas), "Cultural Activism and the Construction of a National Policy: Notes on the Brazilian Case" (E)
- Sam G. Johnson (Ph.D. Candidate, University of Miami), “Docufiction of the Forest: Ecological and Epistemic Injustice in Iracema: Uma transa amazônica (1976) and Ex-Pajé (2018)” (E)
- Dr. Márcia Denise da Rocha Collinge (Federal Institute of Pará), “Entre a história e a ficção: Relatos e (re)construções da vida amazônica em Cinzas do norte e A selva” (P)
Discussant: Dr. Nicola Gavioli, Visiting Assistant Professor of Portuguese, Department of Modern Languages, Steven J. Green School of International & Public Affairs, Florida International University
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| 4:30 – 6 p.m. |
Plenary Session: João Silvério Trevisan (Brazilian LGBT activist, journalist, and novelist) - “Da Santa Inquisição a Jair Bolsonaro: a resistência LGBT na história do Brasil” / “From the Saint Inquisition to Jair Bolsonaro: LGBT Resistance in Brazil” (P)
Introduced by Dr. Steven F. Butterman, Associate Professor of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Miami |
| 9 – 9:30 a.m. |
Opening Remarks
- Dr. Charles D. Eckman, Dean and University Librarian, Libraries, University of Miami
- Dr. Steven F. Butterman, Associate Professor of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Miami
- William Walker, The Andrew W. Mellon Director Emeritus of the Research Libraries, The New York Public Library; Professor Emeritus and former Dean and University Librarian, University of Miami
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| 9:30 – 11 a.m. |
Plenary Session: Dr. Leila Míccolis (Lawyer, activist, and writer) - “O acervo que leva o meu nome” / “The Archive That Carries My Name” (P)
Introduced by Béatrice Skokan, Head of Manuscripts and Archives, Libraries, University of Miami |
| 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. |
Panel IV – Leila Míccolis Brazilian Alternative Press Collection
- Marivi Veliz (Ph.D. Candidate, University of Miami), “Desire and the Other (Man). Micropolitics in the Brazilian Fanzine ‘O Corpo’” (E)
- Ícaro Jatobá (Ph.D. Student, Contemporary Brazilian History Research and Documentation Center), “Literatura, jornalismo e ativismo: O feminismo pedagógico de Leila Míccolis nas folhas do Lampião” (P)
- Dr. Marcia Fanti Negri (Ph.D. Student, University of Miami), “A poética entorpecedora de ‘Agora’: reflexões sobre arte no Brasil contemporâneo” (P)
Discussant: Dr. Christopher Dunn, Professor and Chair, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, School of Liberal Arts, Tulane University
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| 2:30 – 4 p.m. |
Panel V – Bolsonarismo: Fascism, Populism, and Religion
- Dr. Rodolfo Coelho Prates (Federal University of Paraná), “O comprometimento da diversidade dos povos indígenas brasileiros e as mudanças institucionais no governo Bolsonaro” (P)
- Dr. Lucas Goulart (Integrated Colleges of Taquara) e Dra. Aline Job (UCS), “O Game Design do Fascismo – Notas Críticas A Respeito do Jogo Digital Bolsomito 2k18” (P)
- Henrique Kopittke (Ph.D. Student, University of Michigan), “Bolsonaro e Bolsonarismo: o populismo de extrema-direita no Brasil” (P)
- Dr. Felipe G. A. Moreira (Independent Scholar), “Bolsonaro’s God and Queerness” (E)
Discussant: Dr. Michael Touchton, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Global Health Associate Faculty, Lead, Institute for Advanced Study of the Americas, University of Miami
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| 4:30 – 6 p.m. |
Plenary Session: Sonia Guajajara (Brazilian environmental and indigenous activist, and politician) - “Uma conversa com Sonia Guajajara” / “A Conversation with Sonia Guajajara” (P)
Introduced by Dr. Tracy Devine Guzmán, Associate Professor of Latin American Studies, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Miami |
| 6 – 6:30 p.m. |
Closing Remarks
- Lidiana de Moraes, Ph.D. Candidate in Literary, Cultural, and Linguistic Studies, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Miami
- Dr. Marcia Fanti, Ph.D. Student in Literary, Cultural, and Linguistic Studies, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Miami
- Mariana Chaves Petersen, Ph.D. Student in English, Department of English, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Miami
- Samuel G. Johnson, Ph.D. Candidate in Literary, Cultural, and Linguistic Studies, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Miami
- Yaliza Gutiérrez-Núñez, M.A. Student and Research Assistant, Latin American Studies Program, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Miami
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