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“Carnival Crowds: bodily presence and the revival of the street”. Conference given at the University of Zurich, event organized by Professor Jens Andermann, November 4, 2014
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“Espetáculo, Modernidad, Imaginario: Rio de Janeiro”. Conference given at Flacso, Quito Ecuador, April 24, 2014
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“Tropical Babylon: Copacabana”. Talk given at the Annual Conference of the Journal of Latin American Cultural Studies, Zurich University, December, 2013
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“Cities as Cultural Arenas: Media, Art and the Urban Experience”, Talk given at Columbia University, Casa Hispanica, October 24, 2013
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“Masses, Myths and Media: Cultural Imaginaries in Brazil and Argentina”. Public lecture given as the Andrés Bello Chair, King Juan Carlos of Spain Center, New York University, November 28, 2012
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“Imagined Cities: Art, Politics and the Invention of Urban Spaces in Latin America”. Seminar organized as part of the Andrés Bello Chair, King Juan Carlos of Spain Center, New York University, November 9, 2012
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“Imagining the Marvelous City”. Public lecture given as Chair of the King Juan Carlos Center, New York University, September 26, 2012
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“Espectros e espetáculos: o passado no futuro da cidade”. International Seminar “Cidades Futuros Possíveis”organized by Ilana Strozenberg and Teresa Guilhon. Curated by Ilana Strozenberg, Beatriz Jaguaribe and Mariana Cavalcanti, Casa de Rui Barbosa, PACC-UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, August 9,10,11, 2011
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“Favela Tours”. Paper presented in a panel session together with Professor Bruno Carvalho (Princeton University), PLAS, Spanish and Portuguese Department, Princeton University, February 22, 2010
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“Cannibal metaphors in the works of Dias & Riedweg”. Paper given at the panel session: “Optical Drama and Residual Modernities” at the Americas Society, New York, May, 19, 2009