DRCLAS @ Harvard
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@Harvard's David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies promotes the cultures and contemporary affairs of past and present Latin America.
Cambridge, MA, USA
Joined February 2010
The course brought together global research and Brazilian experience to reflect on how conversations at home and in school can transform learning outcomes and build more connected communities.
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Over three days, we gathered researchers and leaders from government, civil society, and the media to dive into one essential question: how does language -- developed through daily interactions -- shape how children learn, think, and engage with the world?.
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In June, the DRCLAS Brazil Office, in partnership with Laboratório de Educação, had the pleasure of welcoming Professor Paola Uccelli (Harvard University) for the short course “Language Development: Comprehension, Communication and School Achievement.”
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We’re proud to share that Prof. @FernandoReimers, member of our Executive Committee, received the 2025 Premio Nacional “Enrique Anderson Imbert” from ANLE for his work advancing bilingual education & Hispanic culture in the U.S. More here:
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📢 Calling @Harvard faculty! | Deadline: October 1, 2025. DRCLAS Faculty Research Grants offer funding support for collaborative and individual projects, exploratory research funds, and research conferences on or in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Over three days, we gathered researchers and leaders from government, civil society, and the media to dive into one essential question: how does language—developed through daily interactions—shape how children learn, think, and engage with the world?.
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Congratulations to @CarlaYumatle our 2024–2025 RFK Visiting Professor on being selected as an @OpenSociety fellow! We can’t wait to read your book on this important topic!.
Very exciting news, I've been selected for the 2025-26 @OpenSociety Fellowship. Proud of joining 30.other public intellectuals and so grateful for the opportunity to work on my book on the structural transformations of our democracies & their impact on its current institutions.
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De la Fuente argues that the excellence of American higher education rests on the freedom to ask hard questions, pursue visionary ideas, and teach without fear. Without it, universities lose what makes them thrive.
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I have been trying to make sense of the administration’s demands on Harvard, where I have taught for over 10 years. The university described by officials is not the one I know.
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“This kind of state interference is the death of academic excellence. Surveillance destroys scholarship and breeds mediocrity,” he writes.
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In a recent op-ed, Harvard professor Alejandro de la Fuente, Chair of the DRCLAS Cuba Studies Program, reflects on his early life in Cuba and warns that proposed federal oversight of universities resembles the kind of state control he once left.
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I have been trying to make sense of the administration’s demands on Harvard, where I have taught for over 10 years. The university described by officials is not the one I know.
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@hgse Supported by a DRCLAS Faculty Grant, the trip invited connection, creativity, and reflection — in classrooms, on city streets, and across the painted walls of a San Juan elementary school. Listen here:
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@hgse Through murals, parades, and workshops, students witnessed how art can help communities tell their own stories, bridge divides, and imagine more holistic ways of learning.
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In this episode of #FacultyVoices, Raquel Jimenez, lecturer at @hgse, and curator and Harvard Law alum David Guerra reflect on the Arts and Cultural Organizing Intensive course in Puerto Rico.
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@Insper To know more about the Harvard Brazil Alumni Summit 25', click here:
drclas.harvard.edu
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Organized by the Harvard Alumni Club of Brazil and supported by the DRCLAS Brazil Office and @Insper, the summit offered space for dialogue, collaboration, and a shared commitment to building a fair, inclusive, and human-centered technological future.
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From reimagining finance and healthcare to transforming education, climate action, and the creative industries, speakers from academia, government, and the private sector explored how AI is reshaping society — and the challenges of integrating it equitably.
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Harvard alumni and industry leaders gathered in São Paulo for the third annual Harvard Brazil Alumni Summit — this year, reflecting on the promise and responsibility of artificial intelligence under the theme "AI Beyond the Hype.".
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