Summer 2008 featured nine lectures in Portuguese for the students of the Portuguese School, and one lecture for the 2007 Middlebury College Baker Fellowship.

Lectures:

SIMONE SILVA (July 7, 2008), University of Oregon; "The Bicentennial of the Royal Family in Brazil: Consequences to the Brazilian Society"

ROBERTO DAMATTA, Ph.D. (July 27, 2008), Professor (Emeritus), University of Notre Dame; "The Symbolism of Animals in Brazil and in the United States"

LUCIA RIBEIRO, Ph.D. (July 22, 2008), University of Southern Mississippi "Salvador, the Magic Land"

CLAUDIA MONTEIRO (July 29, 2008), Universidade de Uberaba; "Plastic Arts of Brazil: The Week of Modern Art in Brazil"

RICHARD MILLER, Ph.D. (August 1, 2008), Catholic University of America; "Raízes da Africa na Música Brasileira: O Choro, O Violão, e Villa-Lobos"

CHERIE HAMILTON (August 3, 2008), Writer, "Cuisine in the Lusophone World"

RUSSELL HAMILTON, Ph.D. (August 4, 2008), Professor of Lusophone Studies (Emeritus), Vanderbilt University;  "CPLP: Eight Countries Divided and United by the Same Language"

ALBERTO R. MONTEIRO, Ph.D. (August 5, 2008), Professor of Biology, Universidade do Vale da Paraíba, São Paolo; "The Amazon Rain Forest and its Sustainability"

JEFF CASON, Ph.D. (August 11, 2008), Associate Professor of Political Science and Dean of International Studies, Middlebury College; "Contemporary Politics of Brazil"

TONI COWLES, Certified OPI Tester, Ph.D. (August 11, 2008), University of Pennsylvania. Recipient of the 2007 Middlebury College Baker Fellowship; "The Impact of Target Country vs. Home Country Immersion Programs on Intermediate Second Language Learners"