Livio Sansone (Palermo, Italy, 1956) got his PhD from the University of Amsterdam and has been living in Brazil since 1992, where he is Professor of Anthropology at the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA). Prof. Sansone is the founder and director of the Factory of Ideas Program – an advanced international course in ethnic and African studies – and coordinates the Digital Museum of African and Afro-Brazilian Heritage. He has published widely in Portuguese, English, Italian, Spanish, and Dutch. His books include Blackness Without Ethnicity.

Join the Spanish and Portuguese Department for a weekly Portuguese language meet-up! All language levels are welcome and participants will have the opportunity to engage in informal conversation. New homemade desserts will also be provided every week.

Rain location: Language Learning Center, Newcomb 408

If you have any questions, please reach out to portuguese@tulane.edu.

Spring 2024 Friday meetings:

January 19, 1:00 p.m. | January 26, 4:00 p.m.

Symposium Program

8:30-8:50 a.m. Coffee & Snacks

8:50-9:00 a.m. Introduction: Kris Lane & Jason Nesbitt

9:00-10:15 a.m.: Session I: Setting, Speciation, Human ‘Invasion’

David Campbell — Jordan Karubian — Nicole Katin — Karina Yager

10:15-10:30 a.m. Coffee Break

10:30-noon: Session II: Cultural Forests/Terra-Forming/Pre-Columbian ‘Extraction’

Join the Spanish and Portuguese Department for a weekly Spanish language meet-up!

Participants will have the opportunity to engage in Spanish conversation with other individuals. Cookies and coffee will also be provided for those who attend!

Spring 2024 Wednesday meetings:

January 17 | January 24 | January 31

February 7 | February 14 | February 21 | February 28

March 6 | March 13 | March 20

April 3 | April 10 | April 17 | April 24

May 1 

This ensemble focuses on the intersections of Brazilian music with jazz. Bossa nova, samba jazz, baião, choro, ijexá, and many other traditional Brazilian rhythms integrate our repertoire as we explore compositions by Jobim, Hermeto Pascoal, Pixinguinha, Gilberto Gil, and many other giants of Brazilian popular music.

 Strings of the Past: Revisiting the Lapidary Industry of Poverty Point | Shannon Torrens

Uptown Campus
Cassat Courtyard (Jones Hall Patio)

Join the Spanish and Portuguese Department for a weekly Portuguese language meet-up! All language levels are welcome and participants will have the opportunity to engage in informal conversation. New homemade desserts will also be provided every week.

Dew Drop
2836 LaSalle Street

Fulbright U.S. Scholar Awards give opportunities to U.S. citizens to teach, research and carry out professional projects around the world. Join us for an interactive session to explore Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program opportunities available to scholars in Brazil. Join us to hear directly from the Fulbright Commission in Brazil about their awards and program alumni who will share about their experience. Fulbright staff at IIE will also share details about the program and the application process while answering your questions live.