Brazilian Immigration Expert to Speak at Conference

José Inácio Werneck, Brazilian journalist and author, will speak at the National Conference on Brazilian Immigration to the United States on Friday, March 18th. Werneck is an expert on Brazilian Immitration to the United States and author of the recent Com esperança no coração: os imigrantes brasileiros nos Estados Unidos (With Hope in Their Heart: Brazilian Immigrants in the United States).

(PRWEB) March 13, 2005 -- José Inácio Werneck, Brazilian journalist and author, will speak at the National Conference on Brazilian Immigration to the United States on Friday, March 18th. Werneck is an expert on Brazilian Immitration to the United States and author of the recent Com esperança no coração: os imigrantes brasileiros nos Estados Unidos (With Hope in Their Heart: Brazilian Immigrants in the United States). He will also chair the session of the conference in which he will speak.

Mr. Wernecks session begins at 3:10 pm on March 18th in room 103 of Boylston Hall on Harvard Universitys campus. The other speakers in the same session will discuss the psychological aspects of immigration and the contributions of Brazilian immigrants to North American culture.

The National Conference on Brazilian Immigration to the United States is co-sponsored by Harvards Department of Romance Languages & Literatures and the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies. Mr. Wernecks session is the first of the conference, which concludes Saturday, March 19th after more than 20 sessions and more than 60 presentations. Registration at the door is $30.00, which gives attendees a certificate in addition to drinks and snacks and a lunch on Saturday. For more information on the conference, see http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~port-rll/Events/Spring05_Conference_Index.htm

A highly respected Brazilian journalists, José Inácio Werneck is a commentator for ESPN International as well as a foreign correspondent for several Brazilian publications from his base in Connecticut. His second book, a novel entitled Sabor de Mar (Taste of the Sea), will be published this year. Com esperança no coração: os imigrantes brasileiros nos Estados Unidos, which is currently available only in Portuguese, is distributed in the United States by Luso-Brazilian Books-800-727-LUSO and on the Internet at http://www.lusobraz.com. A translation into English is pending.

Com esperança no coração: os imigrantes brasileiros nos Estados Unidos
by José Inácio Werneck
Aurgurium Editora (Brazil)
Distributed by Luso-Brazilian Books
ISBN: 85-983510-3-2 (Paper) $15.00

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