top of page

Event Program

DAY 1 – August 5th

​14h Registration Begins (Kennedy Building Pilotis)

​18h Opening Panel – RDC Auditorium

  • The President Prof. Pe. Anderson Antonio Pedroso, S.J. (PUC-Rio)

  • Prof. Marcelo Burgos, Dean of the Center of Social Sciences (PUC-Rio)

  • Prof. Arthur Ituassu, Chair of the Organizing Committee (PUC-Rio)
     

18h30 Opening Conference

  • Prof. Rousiley Maia (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais): “Rethinking the Counterface of the Public Sphere: Context, Challenges, and Opportunities”​

DAY 2 – August 6th

​9h Round Table – Media and Politics in Latin America: Systemic Perspectives (Room K102)​

  • Afonso de Albuquerque (Universidade Federal Fluminense-Brazil)

  • Dan Hallin (University of California San Diego-U.S.)

  • Manuel A. Guerrero (Universidad Iberoamericana-Mexico)

  • Maria Helena Weber (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul-Brazil)

  • Juliana Gagliardi, moderator (Universidade Federal Fluminense-Brazil)
     

12h-13h Lunch – Suggestion: “Restaurant Couve-Flor” at PUC-Rio

​13h-18h Working Groups (1st. floor, Kennedy Building)

DAY 3 – August 7th

​9h Round Table: Elections and Democracy in Latin America (Room: K102)

  • Tatiana Dourado, moderator (Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro-Brazil)

  • Carlos Muniz (Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León-México)

  • Marcelo Santos (Universidad Diego Portales-Chile)

  • Sandro Macassi (Pontificia Universidad Católica-Peru)

  • Wilson Gomes (Universidade Federal da Bahia-Brazil)
     

12h-13h Lunch – Suggestion: “Restaurant Couve-Flor” at PUC-Rio

13h-18h Working Groups

​18h – Closing Reception (CTC Dean’s Office Terrace)

bottom of page