Organized by César Braga-Pinto and Christopher Bush.
Thursday, October 19, 2017
4:30-7:00 PM
Keynote: “Brazilian Modernism: Nocturnes,” Flora Süssekind (Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro)
John Evans Center, 1800 Sheridan Rd
Friday, October 20, 2017
9:00-4:30 PM
Sessions (see below) in the John Evans Center, 1800 Sheridan Rd
Sponsored by French and the Global Humanities (Buffett Institute), co-sponsored by: Department of Art History, Department of French and Italian, Global Avant-Garde and Modernist Studies (TGS), Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program, Department of Spanish & Portuguese, and the Vernon Jackson Fund
Moderator: Alejandra Uslenghi (Associate Professor, Spanish/Portuguese, Northwestern University)
Moderator: Cintia Vezzani (Graduate student, Spanish/Portuguese, Northwestern University)
Moderator: Sarah Ann Wells (Assistant Professor, Comparative Literature and Folklore Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Moderator: Jessica Passos (Graduate student, French/Italian, Northwestern University)