Georgetown Americas Institute

The Americas Forum event series at Georgetown University aims to bring innovative perspectives to understanding the United States and the diversity within its borders, to engaging the diverse peoples, nations, and communities across the Americas, and to exploring the accelerating movement of peoples and visions across borders—and across the hemisphere. In this spirit, the Americas Forum, coordinated by John Tutino, Professor of History, appointed in the College of Arts & Sciences and in the School of Foreign Service,  is pleased to collaborate with the Georgetown Americas Institute and the Center for Latin American Studies to host the following events.

Some of these events will be streamed to the GAI YouTube channel.

Spring 2025 Program

April 4, 2:00 - 6:00 p.m., Arrupe Hall, Multipurpose Room

Ecology, Power, and Culture in Brazil: New Perspectives

This event will feature two sessions. In the first session, Hydro Power in Authoritarian Brazil, Matt Johnson, research associate at the High Meadows Environmental Institute at Princeton University, will make a presentation followed by comments from Barbara Weinstein, Silver Professor of History from New York University, and John McNeill, Distinguished University Professor at Georgetown University. In the second session, Guaraná: The world's Most Caffeine-Rich Plant, Seth Garfield, professor of history from the University of Texas at Austin, will make a presentation followed by comments from McNeill and Weinstein. Both sessions will be introduced by John Tutino, professor of history and director of the Americas Forum at Georgetown University, and moderated by Bryan McCann, professor of history at Georgetown University. The sessions will be followed by a reception.