Join Brasa brasa-net BRASAnotes Proceedings Links
Home Page
BRASA X
Enrollment, Inscrição, Renovação
History
Officers & Executive Committee
BRASA IX
BRASA VIII
Future of Brazilian Studies
Constitution, By-Laws, Elections
Congresses
Brazilian Studies at Vanderbilt
Novidades
Member Log-In

Our Mission

BRASA is an international, interdisciplinary group of scholars who support and promote Brazilian studies in all fields, especially in the humanities and social sciences.  BRASA is dedicated to the promotion of Brazilian studies around the world in general, and in the United States in particular.

BRASA organizes an international congress on Brazilian studies every other year.  The most recent congress, BRASA IX, was held at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana, March 27-29, 2008.  BRASA X will take place 22-24 July 2010 in  Brasília.  The call for papers is on this page with a 15 August 2009 submission deadline.

BRASA currently has more than 600 members in the United States, Brazil, Europe, and many other Latin American countries.

The organization is funded through the dues of its members and generous support from the College of Arts and Science at Vanderbilt University.

Propostas para Mesas e Trabalhos Individuais


BRASA X - Call for Papers

 

Chamada de Trabalhos
 
Décimo Congresso Internacional
da
Brazilian Studies Association (BRASA)
http://www.brasa.org
 
22 a 24 de julho de 2010
 
Brasília, Brasil
 
 
O Décimo Congresso Internacional da Brazilian Studies Association (BRASA) será realizado do 22 a 24 de julho de 2010 como parte do cinquentenário do capital federal do Brasil.
 
O programa do Congresso incluirá mesas de trabalho, conferencistas convidados, workshops, plenárias e atividades culturais. Nosso parceiro em Brasília será o Centro de Pesquisa e Pos-graduação sobre as Americas (CEPPAC).
 
O Comitê Executivo da BRASA adotou as seguintes normas para a apresentação de trabalhos e organização de mesas:
 
1. Todas as propostas de mesas e de trabalhos deverão ser submetidas diretamente ao Comitê Acadêmico pelo site da BRASA (começando 15 de maio de 2009). O Comitê Acadêmico não considerará, de modo algum,  propostas que não sejam submetidas e recebidas através do site oficial do Congresso. <http://www.brasa.org/>
 
2. Todos os expositores de mesas deverão ser sócios da BRASA. As fichas de inscrição podem ser encontradas no site da BRASA.
Cada participante poderá apresentar somente um trabalho no Congresso e também poderá dirigir uma sessão ou servir como debatedor.
 
3. A BRASA sugere que as mesas tenham quatro trabalhos, mas não mais do que cinco, e que sejam lideradas por um professor ou pesquisador que não esteja apresentando um trabalho. Cada sessão deverá deixar pelo menos 30 minutos para discussão geral ou para a análise de um debatedor logo após as apresentações.
 
4. O Congresso terá dez sessões com 15 mesas cada sessão, durante o período de tres dias, com um total de 150 mesas.
 
5. Em caso de dúvidas,os interessados na organização de mesas devem entrar em contato com o secretariado da BRASA ou o Diretor do Comitê Acadêmico. Sugestões para outros possíveis eventos deverão ser encaminhadas ao Diretor Executivo da BRASA: Marshall C. Eakin <marshall.c.eakin@vanderbilt.edu>
 
6. O Comitê Acadêmico dará preferência às propostas daqueles que submeterem mesas completas compostas de professores e pesquisadores de diferentes universidades e que tiverem um enfoque interdisciplinar. 
 
7. Os prazos para a submissão e aceitação de propostas de mesas são os seguintes: O prazo para a submissão da mesa completa ou de propostas individuais para o programa através do site da BRASA será 15 de agosto de 2009. O Comitê Acadêmico fará as decisões finais até o dia 15 de dezembro de 2009.
 
Para maiores informações, favor entrar em contato com o escritório da BRASA pelo email <brasa@vanderbilt.edu> ou através do próprio site da BRASA: <http://www.brasa.org>
 
 
Diretor do Comitê Acadêmico:
 
Mark Lokensgard, Department of Languages, St. Mary’s University <mlokensgard@stmarytx.edu>
 
 
 
Call for Papers
 
Tenth International Conference
of the
Brazilian Studies Association (BRASA)
http://www.brasa.org
 
July 22-24, 2010
 
Brasília, Brasil
 
 
The Brazilian Studies Association (BRASA) will hold its Tenth International Conference July 22-24, 2010. In conjunction with the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of Brazil’s capital, the Conference program will include panel presentations, special guest lectures, workshops, plenary meetings, and cultural activities. Our partner in Brasília is the Centro de Pesquisa e Pos-graduação sobre as Americas (CEPPAC). 
 
For the Tenth International BRASA Conference the Executive Committee has adopted the following norms for organizing panels and the presentation of papers:
 
1. All panel proposals and papers must be submitted directly to the program committee via the BRASA website (beginning May 15, 2009). The program committee will not consider any submissions not received via the Conference's official website, http://www.brasa.org/.
 
2. All panel participants must be members of BRASA. Membership forms may be downloaded from the BRASA website.  Each participant may present just one paper, and may also chair a session or serve as a commentator.
 
3. BRASA recommends that panels have four papers (and no more than five) and be chaired by a scholar who is not presenting a paper. Each session should allow at least 30 minutes for general discussion or analysis by a discussant following the presentations.
 
4. The conference will have 10 sessions with 15 panels per session, over two and a half days, for a total of 150 panels.
 
5. For questions, persons interested in organizing panels should contact the BRASA Secretariat or the program committee chair. Those with suggestions for other possible events or presentations should contact Marshall C. Eakin, Executive Director of BRASA at <marshall.c.eakin@vanderbilt.edu>.
 
6. The program committee will give preference in accepting proposals to those who submit complete panels that are composed of scholars from different universities and that have an interdisciplinary focus.
 
7. Deadlines for submission and approval of panel proposals are as follows: August 15, 2009 is the deadline for submission of complete panel proposals to the program committee via the BRASA website. The program committee will make its final decisions by December 15, 2009.
                                                           
For more information, contact the BRASA office (brasa@vanderbilt.edu) or the BRASA website: http://www.brasa.org/.
 
 
Program Committee Chair:
 
Mark Lokensgard, Department of Languages, St. Mary’s University <mlokensgard@stmarytx.edu>
 

 


Brazil Initiation Scholarships:  Competition for 2009

The Brazil Initiation Scholarship (BIS) is a key component of BRASA’s agenda to expand Brazilian Studies in the United States. BRASA invites applications from graduate and undergraduate students for a one-time $1,500 travel scholarship to do exploratory research or language study in Brazil. This scholarship targets aspiring Brazilianists with relatively little or no experience in Brazil. It seeks to contribute to the student’s initial trip (for a period from six weeks to three months), to heighten the student’s interest in Brazil, and deepen his/her commitment to Brazilian studies in the United States. Students are encouraged to combine this scholarship with other grants or awards. Recipients will be recognized during the awards ceremony of BRASA international congresses. Funding will be disbursed prior to travel.

BRASA awarded four fellowships in this year's competition.  The next competition will take place in October 2009.

The winners of this year's competition are:
 
Kiristen Bright, University of Florida (M.A. program in Anthropology), will write an
M.A. thesis on sambaquis, on the coastline of Brazil.
 
Yehonathan Brodski, University of Texas (Ph.D. program in History), will do research
on the Lebanese community in Brazil.
 
Amanda Hughes, University of Chicago (Ph.D. program in History), will do preliminary
research on a dissertation on commodities exports and the business community in Brazil.
 
Hasan Shahid, University of Illinois (M.A. program in Latin American Studies), work on  
Muslim identity among college students in Brazil.
 

  
            

Notícias

O link pelo Congresso do brasilianistas europeias:  http://fundacion.usal.es/estudiososdobrasil/

   New article on Brasilianists in Valor Economico 

Address of Secretariat

                                                          BRASA
                                                          VU Station B 350031
                                                          2301 Vanderbilt Place
                                                          Vanderbilt University
                                                          Nashville, Tennessee 37235-0031
                                                          U.S.A.

                                                          615-343-1764 (tel)
                                                          615-343-6002 (fax)

                                                          email: brasa@vanderbilt.edu

Our Goals

To foster a broader and deeper understanding of Brazil and encourage the teaching of the Portuguese language.

To encourage a multidisciplinary approach to scholarly research and to seek to promote dissemination of research results.

To provide a forum for policy makers, scholars and the public sector to exchange views on problems unique to Brazil and its role in world and regional affairs.

To foster cooperation with the Latin American Studies Association (LASA) and with the several regional Latin American and Brazilian studies associations as well as with other public and private organizations.

To foster the establishment of interdisciplinary Brazilian studies programs in those institutions of secondary and higher education where they do not now exist.

To encourage cooperative research between Brazilian and non-Brazilian colleagues and facilitate relations between American, Brazilian, and other universities and research organizations.

To stimulate the establishment of scholarships, grants, and exchange programs for students and scholars.

To discuss, publicize and exchange experiences related to the problems and needs in Brazilian Studies as an inter-disciplinary field of studies.
BRASA - Brazilian Studies Association
VU Station B 350031 2301 Vanderbilt Place Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN 37235-0031 U.S.A.