The department of Ethnic Studies will welcome Idelber Avelar, a full Professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Tulane University, to lecture on the ways that Brazil's Political system has dealt with agnosticism over the past 30 years.
In his lecture entitled: "Brazil under the far right: Political antagonism and Discourse Analysis" will examine Brazil's transition from dictatorship to oligarchical democracy in the 1980's and the continued transitions that followed until the early 2000's. Dr. Avelar will also examine how the years following Brazil's volatile election of 2014 and the following seven years of capricious political proceedings are still influencing the country's government today. The talk will also specifically focus on Lulismo's methods of managing antagonism during the terms of President Lula (2003-2010) and the beginning years of President Rousseff's administration.
The lecture will take place on Tuesday, March 31, 2020 at 4:00 P.M. in Andrews Hall. It is free and open to the public.
Bio:
Idelber Avelar is Full Professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Tulane University and affiliated with the Stone Center for Latin American Studies. He is the author of The untimely present: Postdictatorial Latin American Fiction and the Task of Mourning (Duke UP) and The Letter of Violence: Essays on Ethics, Narrative and Politics (Palgrave), among others. His prizes include the MLA Kovacs Singer Award and the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Relations' Essay Contest on Machado de Assis. His book on the rhetoric of politics in 21st century Brazil will be published this year by Editora Record.
