Monthly Archives: September 2012
Princeton acquires the papers of Vicente Leñero and Alejandro Rossi
Giancarlo Mazzanti at the MoMa
Giancarlo Mazzanti, who is spending the fall semester teaching at PLAS, is featured in the exhibition “9+1 Ways of Being Political” which just opened at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMa) in New York. The exhibit will be on view until March 2013:
http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/exhibitions/1313
Earlier in the summer Giancarlo’s work was featured in a New York Times article on Colombia:
New York Times: Past Its Golden Moment, Bogotá Clings to Hope
Giancarlo will be giving a talk about his work on November 6th at 12:00pm in 219 Burr Hall.
Roots of Brazil – A very important edition of a very important Brazilian essay
Sérgio Buarque de Holanda’s Roots of Brazil is one of the iconic books on Brazilian history, society, and culture. Originally published in 1936, it appears here for the first time in an English language translation with a foreword, “Why Read Roots of Brazil Today?” by Pedro Meira Monteiro, one of the world’s leading experts on Buarque de Holanda.