BRAZIL!an evening in celebration of the

emerging brazilian studies program at the university of utah

¡VIVA

The University of Utah College of Humanities warmly invites you to join us for an intimate evening with

Ambassador Antonio de Aguiar Patriota Ambassador to the United States

and a special keynote address by

Wade DavisNational Geographic Society Explorer in Residence

WHEN

Wednesday, February 25, 20087:00pm

WHERE

Tucano’s Brazilian Restaurant162 South 400 WestSalt Lake City, Utah

Antonio de Aguiar PatriotaAmbassador of Brazil to the United States

Ambassador Antonio de Aguiar Patriota has been the Ambassador of Brazil to the United States since February 2007, representing the government of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Prior to assuming his current position, Ambassador Patriota served as Under Secretary General for Political Affairs, at the Ministry of Foreign Relations (Itamaraty), in Brasília (2005-2006), where his responsibilities included Brazil-U.S. relations. He was promoted to the rank of Ambassador in December 2003 and served as Chief of Staff to the Minister of Foreign Relations, Ambassador Celso Amorim, from May 2004 through May 2005. He also served as Secretary for Diplomatic Planning in the Office of the Minister of Foreign Relations (2003-2005).

Previous positions in Brazil included two years as Deputy Diplomatic Advisor to former President Itamar Franco (1992-1994) and an equal period as Advisor to the Secretary General for Political Affairs, at Itamaraty (1990-1992). Ambassador Patriota’s assignments abroad included two years as Deputy Permanent Representative of Brazil to the World Trade Organization in Geneva, Switzerland (2001-2003), and five years as Political Counselor at Brazil’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations, in New York, where he was a member of the Brazilian Delegation to the U.N. Security Council (1995 and 1998-1999). He also served as Head of the Economic Section of the Brazilian Embassy in Caracas, Venezuela (1988-1990), as Political Counselor at the Brazilian Embassy in Beijing, China (1987-1988), and as a member of Brazil’s Permanent Mission to the International Organizations in Geneva (1983-1986).

Wade DavisExplorer in Residence, National Geographic Society

Wade Davis, currently a Visiting Scholar for the College of Humanities Environmental Humanities graduate program, holds degrees in anthropology and biology, as well as a Ph.D. in ethnobotony from Harvard University, where he met and studied under Richard Evans Schultes. He spent more than three years in the Amazon and in the Andes, exploring plants and living among fifteen indigenous groups in eight countries. Currently he is Explorer in Residence at the National Geographic Society. Davis is a critically acclaimed writer, whose books include the international best seller The Serpent and the Rainbow; The Clouded Leopard; Travels to Landscapes of Travel and Desire; Light at the Edge of the World; A Journey through the Realm of Vanishing Cultures, and One River: Explorations and Discoveries in the Amazon Rain Forest. In 2002 he was awarded a Lannan Foundation Literary Award.

BRAZILIAN STUDIES PROGRAM At The University of Utah

Brazilian Studies constitutes the core of the College of Humanities Latin American Studies program. The unique focus on Brazil within the Latin American Studies Program differentiates the program from Latin American Studies program of other universities, whose predominant focus is Mexico and/or Central America. The Brazilian Studies program at The University of Utah has the potential to interacts in very intriguing ways with existing programs within the University. This includes areas such as medical ethics, business, social science, law, history and environmental humanities.

There is increasing demand in our community for a sophisticated scholarly framework of instruction through which students can study Brazil and Portuguese. This is driven by many factors, including a large student population that has served full-time missions in Brazil for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, a growing Brazilian population within our State, and the richness of Brazilian culture and politics. It also comes from recognition of the preeminent role that Brazil now plays in the global community. This exciting and timely program at The University of Utah is being made possible in large part through the generous support of David G. Neeleman, who is honoring his father by helping to establish the Gary J. Neeleman Chair in Brazilian Studies.

For more information about the Brazilian Studies program at The University of Utah, contact Rebecca Horn, Ph.D., Director of Latin American Studies (rebecca.horn@mail.hum.utah.edu).

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