{"id":201984,"date":"2018-10-02T15:33:06","date_gmt":"2018-10-02T18:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=201984"},"modified":"2019-06-30T16:32:55","modified_gmt":"2019-06-30T19:32:55","slug":"course-in-rio-to-cover-brazil-middle-east-relations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/course-in-rio-to-cover-brazil-middle-east-relations\/","title":{"rendered":"Course in Rio to cover Brazil-Middle East relations"},"content":{"rendered":"

S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 The Brazilian International Relations Center (CEBRI<\/a>) is accepting enrolments for the course Getting to Know the Middle East.\u00a0<\/em>Classes will be taught at the CEBRI headquarters in G\u00e1vea, Rio de Janeiro on October 25 and 26, from 9 am to 5 pm, including an opening class by course coordinator Monique Sochaczewski, a professor specializing in Brazil-Middle East relations.<\/p>\n

The opening class will be an overview of historical and cultural aspects of the Middle East. \u201cIt will be a bird\u2019s flight from the dawn of Islam, circa de 6th<\/sup> century, until our days,\u201d said Sochaczewski. She also said that although the course is not historically oriented, it will begin with historical and cultural issues, because \u201cone cannot understand the Middle East at all without learning about its history.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Tortoise Trainer, by Osman Hamdi Bey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The professor said the classes will include maps and artistic material from each of the periods at hand, like a painting by Ottoman artist Osman Hamdi Bey (pictured at the top of this story<\/em>) to illustrate the Ottoman Empire, the differences between the Sunni and the Shia, etc. Books, films and series will also be used as reference.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis particular painting (The Tortoise Trainer<\/em>, pictured on the right) is emblematic, since it pertains to the final phase of Ottoman rule. It\u2019s a satire of the sluggish, largely ineffective attempts at reforming the Empire. The man clad in Ottoman attire is holding a flute to try and coach the turtles at his feet. It\u2019s as though he were trying to awaken the slow-moving, heavy animals \u2013 and failing, for the most part. Indeed, the Ottoman Empire fell apart, and the roots \u2013 and many of the problems \u2013 of modern-day Middle East hark back to that, and to the way national states emerged from that Empire\u2019s ruins,\u201d Sochaczewski explained.<\/p>\n

The program also includes lectures on the Middle East in the Media<\/em>, by GloboNews journalist Ren\u00e9e Castelo Branco, Aspects of Security and Defense<\/em>, by Jorge Lasmar of Pontif\u00edcia Universidade Cat\u00f3lica (PUC-MG), and Petroleum and Geopolitics,<\/em> by Najad Khouri of Petrobras.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will approach media coverage of the region, especially in Brazil, which proves quite cautious and non-stereotypical, in the work of journalists Andrei Netto, Patr\u00edcia Campos Mello and Adriana Carranca, to name a few,\u201d said Sochaczewski.<\/p>\n

Lectures on the 26th<\/sup>\u00a0will cover Brazil-Middle East Relations<\/em>, with Guilherme Casar\u00f5es of think tank Funda\u00e7\u00e3o Getulio Vargas (FGV-SP); Brazil-Middle East Economic Relations<\/em>, with Felipe Haddock Lobo Goulart, of the Brazilian Foreign Ministry; Middle East Companies in Brazil<\/em> (speaker to be confirmed); and the Outlook for Brazil-Middle East Studies and Relations<\/em>, with Paulo Gabriel Hilu da Rocha Pinto of Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), also to be confirmed.<\/p>\n

Prices are BRL 450 for students and CEBRI members and BRL 900 for the general public, including two coffee breaks and lunch each day. The 26th<\/sup> will see an Arab lunch served. \u201cWe usually get students from all walks of life: scholars, military officers, diplomats, diplomats, journalists and anyone interested in Middle East issues of any sort,\u201d the coordinator said. Enrolment is available on the CEBRI website.<\/p>\n

Quick facts<\/strong><\/p>\n

Getting to know the Middle East \u2013 CEBRI<\/strong><\/p>\n

October 25-26, 9am to 5pm
\nCEBRI \u2013 Rua Marqu\u00eas de S\u00e3o Vicente, 336
\nG\u00e1vea, Rio de Janeiro
\nEnrolments open
\nBRL 450-BRL 900
\nFind out more\/enroll: cebri.org.br<\/a>
\ncursos@cebri.org.br
\n+55 21 2206-4402<\/p>\n

Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Reproduction\/Painting by Osman Hamdi Bey (1878)<\/div>\n
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