On Monday 18 December at 1:30 p.m., the Theatre Hall of the Plaça Cívica will host the traditional Christmas concert of the UAB, under the title "El so de la llum" [The Sound of Light], with performances by the Choir, the Chamber Choir and the University Orchestra.
Joan Baptista Culla Clarà, retired professor of the Department of Modern and Early Modern History of the UAB, has left us. The ceremony will take place on 1 December at 11 am, at the Monastery of Sant Cugat del Vallès. The University extends its deepest condolences to his family and friends and to all those who knew and appreciated him, and shares the sadness felt by his passing.
The AmicsUAB association held its annual festival in which it awarded individuals and organisations in recognition for their contributions to the UAB. The event took place on 16 November in Barcelona. The "Amic dels Amics" awards went to professor Xavier Montalbán, head of the Neurology Unit at the Vall d'Hebron University Hospital; Jesús Alturo and Tània Alaix, palaeographers who certified the oldest text written in Catalan; and Margarita Arboix, former rector of the UAB. The technological centre EURECAT was awarded a group prize, while the Lynx publishing house and lecturer Martí Pumarola received the "Amic de les Biblioteques" award.
UAB master's degree student David Caelles Fernández has designed, built and financed the first giantesses couple in Catalonia - which were presented on Saturday 11 November in Solsona - to show people and groups normally excluded from popular culture and the world of gegants. The project received recognition from the UAB Observatory for Equality as one of the best final projects with a gender perspective in the bachelor's degree in Humanities, in the latest call for the award.
UAB master's degree student David Caelles Fernández has designed and built the first giantesses couple in Catalonia - which were presented on Saturday 11 November in Solsona - to show people and groups normally excluded from popular culture and the world of gegants. The project received recognition from the UAB Observatory for Equality as one of the best final projects with a gender perspective in the bachelor's degree in Humanities, in the latest call for the award.
Ana Mar Fernández-Pasarín, professor of the Jean Monnet Chair at the UAB, inaugurated the exhibition "Pioneering Women of the European Union" in the foyer of the Faculty of Economics and Business studies on Wednesday 25 October. The exhibition pays tribute to ten exceptional women who contributed to the development of the European Union by defending the values of equality, freedom, democracy, solidarity, diversity and respect for human rights.
The UAB organises the First Sebastià Juan Arbó Congress in collaboration with the Amposta Town Council, which will be held on 25 and 26 October. The congress aims to be the first large academic event bringing together researchers and specialists in the figure and works of this author, translator and journalist, and forms part of the commemoration of his 120th birth anniversary.
The purple information points aim to raise awareness and inform on the very concepts of harassment, as well as provide assessment on the circuits, tools and people in charge of equality policies at each centre, as well as on the Observatory for Equality, available to all members of the university community.