Word: brazile
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...That’s the novelty of the program,” Dominguez said. “[Lemann]’s not compelling anybody to work on a topic that they’re not interested in, but if you decide to work in Brazil, he’s making your life a heck of a lot easier...
...donor made it clear that he had this hope of a better Brazil on the public service side, and that one way to advance his own objective was to make it possible for Harvard to advance that goal,” Dominguez said...
Visiting Professor of History Kenneth R. Maxwell, director of Brazil Studies, cited the specific focus on Brazil as one of the most unconventional aspects of the program...
...Latin American Studies is generally marginalized at most universities, and Brazil tends to be marginalized even within those programs,” Maxwell said, referring to the fact that most students who study Latin America gain proficiency in Spanish but not Portuguese...
Because the program has already functioned for a year—the Brazil Studies Program was launched in May 2006 through the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, and the São Paulo office opened in July of 2006—Maxwell said that distributing the funds will not pose a major challenge...