Opening Remarks / Sessão de Abertura II

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Documenting Diversity & Democracy in Brazil

April 12-13, 2021 / 12-13 de Abril de 2021

Opening Remarks / Sessão de Abertura II

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

About the Symposium

The University of Miami is proud to announce Documenting Diversity and Democracy in Brazil, a symposium established to highlight the unique and richly-textured Leila Míccolis Brazilian Alternative Press Collection. The event features keynote presentations by João Silvério Trevisan (Brazilian LGBT activist, journalist, and novelist), Dr. Leila Míccolis (Lawyer, activist, and writer) and Sonia Guajajara (Brazilian environmental and indigenous activist and politician), alongside invited papers of scholars who have worked with the Collection to showcase intersectionalities and (dis)connections between burgeoning social and political movements in Brazil from the military dictatorship (1964–1985) to the present day, as well as works focusing on human rights, social justice, and cross-fertilization of historical and sociopolitical trajectories that shed more light on recovering the voices of marginalized Brazilians.

Sobre o Simpósio

A University of Miami tem orgulho de anunciar Documenting Diversity & Democracy in Brazil, um simpósio criado para chamar atenção para o tesouro único e diversificado encontrado na coleção Leila Míccolis Brazilian Alternative Press. O evento com sessões plenárias de João Silvério Trevisan (jornalista, romancista e renomado ativista dos direitos LGBT), Dra. Leila Miccolis (Advogada, ativista e escritora) e Sonia Guajajara (proeminente ativista dos direitos indígenas e ambientais), juntamente com apresentações de pesquisadores convidados que trabalham com a Coleção abordando interseccionalidades e (des)conexões entre crescentes movimentos políticos e sociais no Brasil, do período da ditadura militar (1964–1985) até os dias atuais, e também trabalhos que focam direitos humanos, justiça social e convergências de trajetórias históricas e sociopolíticas que elucidam a recuperação de vozes brasileiras marginalizadas.

For more information about this symposium, please visit createbrazil.library.miami.edu
Para mais informações sobre este simpósio, por favor visite createbrazil.library.miami.edu

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