Posts by Biorn Maybury-Lewis
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Maya Tellman, Summer 2013
Maya Tellman interned at CIBS during the summer of 2013, researching the state of Brazilian Studies programs and partnerships at universities throughout the U.S. northeast. Since her time at CIBS, […]
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Chico Mendes: Environmentalist, Unionist, or Visionary? – a paper by Biorn Maybury-Lewis
CIBS co-founder and executive director, Biorn Maybury-Lewis, delivered the paper, below, at the Chico Vive Conference in Washington, D.C., in April 2014, that commemorated the life and struggle of the […]
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Dra. Renata Furtado, Procuradora Geral da República: Visiting Fulbright Scholar at CIBS and UMass. Boston, 2014-2015
On April 23rd, 2014 in Brasĺlia, at the II Encounter of the Cities of the Borderlands, the National Organization of Brazilian Mayors, brought together mayors and specialists to discuss […]
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Claudio de Moura Castro’s 7-1-15 Veja Article: On the Opening of the Tiradentes Institute at UMass. Boston
Below are links to Claudio de Moura Castro’s latest Veja Article (July 1,2015) on the new Tiradentes Institute at UMass Boston (in its original Portuguese version and in English translation). […]
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In Memory of Helena Ribeiro Halston
This is just a brief note that can hardly do justice to the life of Helena Ribeiro Ralston who, in a remarkably short time and with admirable aplomb, entered our […]
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CNPq – Visit to The Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa – CIBS on the Road – Brasília, March 7 to 9, 2013
James and Biorn were invited to visit Marcos Formiga, who heads the Coordenação Geral de Cooperação Internacional at CNPq, along with members of his senior management team. We had a […]
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Itamaraty – Visit with Ambassador João Luiz Pereria Pinto, Ministry of External Relations – CIBS on the Road – Brasília, March 7 through 9, 2013
During our visit to Itamaraty, on March 7, Renata Furtado – General Coordinator of Prior Consent and Federal Attorney at the Presidency of Brazil’s Institutional Security Cabinet – introduced James […]
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Itamaraty – Visit to the Division of Educational Themes (DCE), Ministry of External Relations – CIBS on the Road – Brasília, March 7 to 9, 2013
During our visit to Brasília, we had a chance to call on Conselheira Almerinda Augusta de Freitas Carvalho, Head of the Division of Educational Themes (formerly Division of Educational Cooperation). […]
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Espaço Israel Pinheiro – CIBS on the Road – Brasília, March 7 to 9, 2013
During our recent trip to Brazil in March 2013, CIBS senior staff members, James Ito-Adler and Biorn Maybury-Lewis, made a initial stopover in Brasília, between March 7 and 9, where […]
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Brandeis University – CIBS Executive Director Spoke at Brandeis Symposium: “Brazil’s Balancing Act,” March 5, 2013
CIBS Executive Director Biorn Maybury-Lewis joined four distinguished colleagues at Brandeis University on March 5, from 2 to 5 p.m. at a symposium moderated by Dean Bruce Magid of Brandeis’ […]
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