Attend the next information session—with pizza—on the faculty-led summer study abroad program in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, “African Diaspora in the Americas,” taught by Associate Professor João Vargas (African and African Diaspora Studies). RSVP requested tocarla.silva@austin.utexas.edu.

Course dates are June 8 through July 17, 2015. Application deadline is Feb. 15. During the program, students will volunteer with the NGO Criola and its affiliates. Criola serves black women, teenagers and girls in Rio de Janeiro. Students receive credit for ANT 324L/391 African Diaspora in the Americas or ANT 379/391 Field Research in Social Anthropology. Scholarships available through CoLA, AADS, LLILAS and others.

Associate Professor Vargas is a native Brazilian who has worked for over 15 years on gendered dynamics of race in both Brazil and the United States. He has collaborated with Criola on this program for almost a decade.

Learn more about the program here.