Posts by Biorn Maybury-Lewis
-
Bethsaira de Oliveira, July to December 2015
Bethsaira De Oliveira is a senior at Northeastern University majoring in International Relations and minoring in Human System Sustainability, Health, and Equity. She is of Brazilian and Guatemalan descent, speaking […]
continue reading → -
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, […]
continue reading → -
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 […]
continue reading → -
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 […]
continue reading → -
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). […]
continue reading → -
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 […]
continue reading → -
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 […]
continue reading → -
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 […]
continue reading → -
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). […]
continue reading → -
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 […]
continue reading →