Fatma Sinem Eryilmaz, lecturer in the Department of Modern and Early Modern History, in collaboration with Alexander Fidora, ICREA researcher at the Department of Antiquity and Middle Age Studies, has secured funds to study Occult Sciences in the Islamicate Cultures in one of the three Synergy Grant projects awarded by the ERC this year.
Wednesday 30 October the UAB Cinema Hall will be presenting the preview of Off the Archeological Record, a UAB PhD research documentary showcasing a variety of personal archaeological experiences to narrate the recent past of this field from a gender perspective. The experts talk about several issues, including the existence of gender inequality despite a large amount of progress made, and how this can have an influence on professional careers.
Javier Lafuente, rector of the UAB, and Jordi Herreruela, executive director of Barcelona Events Musicals (Festival Cruïlla), presented the ENIA UAB-Cruïlla Chair in Artificial Intelligence in Music and the Arts today. The new chair will provide research support and experimentation in artificial intelligence (AI) solutions, with a strong commitment to transfer knowledge to the ecosystem of cultural industries. With a budget of €800,000, the chair will have an initial duration of three years.
A UAB study in collaboration with the UVic-UCC and the ALBA synchrotron concludes that the Iberian culture (8th to 1st centuries BCE) newborns buried within domestic spaces died of natural causes, such as complications during labour or premature births, and not due to ritual practices. Researchers applied an innovative methodology, based on the study of the neonatal line of baby teeth using optic microscopy and microflourescence with synchrotron light, to analyse the teeth from 45 infant skeletal remains and precisely identified the moments of both birth and death.
Joan C. Tronto, emeritus professor of the City University of New York and the University of Minnesota and one of the greatest exponents of the ethics of care and democracy, will visit the UAB and offer a conference at the Rectorat building on 10 October. The conference will be open to all members of the community and will focus on the revolutionary potential of a care democracy.
The UAB campus services will offer a combination of remote and in-office attention with special opening hours during the month of August.
Retired Professor Elisabet Garcia from the Department of Audiovisual Communication and Advertising passed away on 2 May 2024. The UAB wishes to extend its most sincere condolences to all those who loved and appreciated and express its grief in having lost a member of its community.