The University of Oxford’s “Brazil Week” aims to raise awareness about the richness and diversity of Brazilian culture by organising a number of free events open not only to students and academics, but also to the general public. It celebrates the fact that there are so many academics and students at the University of Oxford who are working in and on Brazil (from areas as wide-ranging as Literature, Politics, Anthropology, Environmental Science, Linguistics, Theology and Ethnomusicology), and to bring them together. It also functions to introduce the culture and society of Brazil to those who are interested. It facilitates interaction between the University and the public – including the approximately 4,000 Brazilians living in Oxford. Over more than ten years, the event has attracted people from far and wide.
All events are free and open to all, but numbers are limited and registration is required for some events.
Monday 3 Feb
“Hunting for closure: a translation workshop with Sophie Lewis”
Sophie Lewis is an editor and translator from Portuguese and French, with many years of experience. Her work has been shortlisted for a number of major literary prizes and longlisted for the International Booker Prize.
3-4.30pm, Dorfman Room, St Peter’s College
Numbers are limited. Please register with claire.williams@mod-langs.ox.ac.uk
Tuesday 4 Feb
Postgraduate Round Table
Organised by Aggie Fanning and Lingchen Huang
Postgraduates from different departments and disciplines around Oxford University will present their research projects in 10-minute-long presentations.
1-2pm, Miles Room, St Peter’s College
Thursday 6 Feb
Trudruá Dorrico Macuxi: ‘Contemporary Indigenous Literature: Women, Authorship, Theory’
Dr Trudruá Dorrico Macuxi will talk about her work as an author, researcher and activist.
1-2pm, Taylorian Institute, St Giles
This event will be in English.
Please register via Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/brazil-week-trudrua-dorrico-tickets-1205028676209(
Later in Hilary term:
In Conversation
Alfie Enoch, star of Brazilian film ‘Medida Provisória’ [Executive Order] (dir. Lázaro Ramos, 2020), in conversation with Gui Perdigão.
2-3pm, Fitzhugh Auditorium, Cohen Quad, Exeter College, Walton Street, OX1 2HG
Please register via Eventbrite
NB ‘Executive Order’ can be seen/purchased on various viewing platforms.
Film Screening [postponed to March]
Crowrã, A Flor do Buriti [The Buriti Flower], followed by online Q&A with the directors João Salaviza and Renée Nader Massora. The film has English subtitles and runs for 125 minutes.
Organised by Luísa Coelho, part of the LMH Foreign Film Club ‘Environmental and Ecocritical Cinema’ series. (with thanks to Sophia Buck, LMH and the Camões — Institute for Cooperation and Language, Public Institute)
Trailer available here: https://aflordoburiti.pt/
Contacts: gui.perdigao@mod-langs.ox.ac.uk; claire.williams@mod-langs.ox.ac.uk; maria.desousacoelho@mod-langs.ox.ac.uk