Brazil: UFMG Summer School on Brazilian Studies
The UFMG Summer School on Brazilian Studies (SSBS) is a comprehensive course that offers students from all over the world an understanding of key aspects of Brazil from distinct perspectives. Over two weeks - 15 to 26 July - of intense learning, sessions will cover the underpinnings of Brazilian politics, history, foreign relations, geology, law, economy, arts, culture and race.
The Summer School takes place at UFMG’s main campus in Belo Horizonte – the capital city of Brazil’s federal state of Minas Gerais – every month of July. Instructors are professors from UFMG (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais), a leading Brazilian university, ranked 3th as best federal university and 5th as best institutions of higher education in Brazil, by THE World University Rankings 2023.
Introductory classes of Portuguese language – the sixth most spoken idiom in the world today – will help the course taker dig deeper into Brazil’s complexities and make better sense of the country’s subtleties.
During the two-week course, lectures on selected topics will go from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM and Portuguese for Foreigners will be held from 1:30 PM to 4:00 PM, Brasilia time, four days a week. (to be confirmed)
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