Activities
09:28
“Video games should be more inclusive!” with Carme Mangiron in the Science Carriage's Expert Seat
Description:
Carme Mangiron is lecturer of the Department of Translation and Interpreting & East Asian Studies of the UAB, and member of the TransMedia Catalonia research group and of the AccessCat network.
Carme Mangiron will sit in the Science Carriage's Expert Seat and explain how to design a video game that has no physical, sensory or cognitive barriers, and how professionals work on creating more inclusive video games which are accessible for everyone.
The activity will take place on 30 April on the 9:28 a.m. train from Plaça Catalunya to the UAB.
Place: FGC train from Plaça Catalunya to the UAB at 9:28 a.m.
Date: Thursday 30, April2026 - 09:28h
12:00
Physical activity and sports in the university of the future
Description:
As part of the celebration of the 40th anniversary of the UAB Physical Activity Service (SAF) the centre will be holding a round table entitled "Physical activity and sport in the university of the future: challenges, opportunities and social impact". The event will take place on Thursday 30 April and aims to promote a shared reflection on the current situation, challenges and future prospects of physical activity and sports in the university environment.
The round table will bring together representatives from the Ministry for Sports of the Government of Catalonia (General Secretariat of Sports), the Youth Sports Foundation of the Superior Sports Council (CSD), Catalan University Sports (ECU), and the European Network of Academic Sports Services (ENAS). It will be a space for plural dialogue to share experiences, strategic visions and good practices.
The SAF is celebrating its 40th anniversary this academic year, with 30,000 square metres of sports areas, almost 10,000 SAF members, more than 130 hours of guided activities per week, 10 sports programmes that range from support for high-performance athletes (Tutoresport) to the representation of UAB athletes in interuniversity competitions and a team of 65 professionals.
Place: Rectorat building (conference hall), Bellaterra campus, Cerdanyola del Vallès
Date: Thursday 30, April2026 - 12:00h
End date: Thursday 30, April2026 - 14:00h
Organiser: SAF
Monday, May 4, 2026
12:00
Judith Butler to be awarded an honorary doctorate by the UAB
Description:
Judith Butler, professor at University of California, Berkeley, will recieve an honorary doctorate from the UAB after being proposed for the award by the Faculty of Translation and Interpreting. The investiture ceremony will take place on 4 May at 12 noon at the UAB Auditorium, Faculty of Arts & Humanities. Lupe Romero, lecturer in Translation and Interpreting, will be the sponsor of the UAB's newest honorary doctor, and the event will be presided by Rector Javier Lafuente. Registrations are no longer accepted due to the maximum in-person capacity having already been reached. However, the ceremony will be streamed live on the UAB's YouTube channel for those who are not able to attend.
Judith Butler holds the University of California, Berkeley, Distinguished Chair in Comparative Literature. Their contributions to the fields of philosophy and feminist and queer theory, as explained in the honorary doctorate proposal, are among the most influential of our time worldwide. The distinction seeks to recognise Dr Butler's contribution "to the development of contemporary critical thought and, in particular, for their decisive impact on translation and multicultural studies, East Asian studies, and reflection on feminism and queer theory as values of global justice and university ethics".
Place: UAB Auditorium, Faculty of Arts & Humanities
Date: Monday 4, May2026 - 12:00h
Tuesday, May 5, 2026
09:00
ECIU's International Creathon at the UAB
Description:
The UAB will host the Creathon 2026 organised by the ECIU, the UAB's European alliance, which will include the participation of some fifty international students from different disciplines, enrolled in one of the twelve universities that make up the alliance. For three days, participants will work together on finding innovative solutions for issues related to heritage and urban and rural development in Catalonia.
The creathon will begin on Tuesday 5 May at the Faculty of Education with an institutional welcome speech by UAB Rector Javier Lafuente, who will be accompanied by Marta Bertran, dean of the faculty, and Mireia Galí, institutional coordinator of the ECIU at the UAB.
This edition, entitled "Building Inclusive Futures: Care, Community and Mobility", focuses on social inclusion, community cohesion, sustainable mobility, and heritage in urban and rural environments in Catalonia. Participants will address two major challenges: one in a rural context, linked to the heritage of Pallars Jussà and Noguera, and one in an urban context, focused on the relationship between the UAB campus and its natural and urban environment.
The programme combines working sessions that will take place at the UAB and field work activities. Field visits are programmed for Wednesday 6 May to both rural environments of the Pyrenees and to the urban town of Cerdanyola del Vallès, in which the teams will meet local and institutional actors. The creathon will end on Thursday 7 May with the public presentation of the prototypes created by the teams at the COMTEC Centre, located at the Library of Communication and General Newspaper Archives.
Place: Faculty of Education and COMTEC
Date: Tuesday 5, May2026 - 09:00h
End date: Thursday 7, May2026 - 17:00h
18:30
Words, Bodies, Images: Rethinking Identity in Times of Resistance
Description:
On 5 May, Judith Butler, professor of the University of California, Berkeley, and recipient of an honorary doctorate from the UAB, and Chiara Bottici, distinguished Serra Húnter lecturer in the Department of Philosophy of the UAB, will be participating in a round table entitled "Words, Bodies, Images: Rethinking Identity in Times of Resistance". The event will take place at 6:30 p.m. at the UAB Casa Convalescència in Barcelona, and is organised jointly by the Fira Literal and the Faculty of Translation and Interpreting of the UAB. Lupe Romero, lecturer in Translation and Interpreting will moderate the debate.
Place: UAB Casa Convalescènc, Barcelona (Carrer Sant Antoni Maria Claret 171)
Date: Tuesday 5, May2026 - 18:30h
Wednesday, May 6, 2026
11:00
Fourth University Theatre Biennial of the Vives Network with the participation of 10 universities
Description:
On 6 and 7 May, the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona will host the fourth edition of the University Theatre Biennial of the Vives Network of Universities, a cultural initiative that promotes artistic exchange between university theatre groups in the region. The exhibition will take place in the Theatre Hall of the UAB and encourages the exchange of knowledge, culture and experiences between university theatre groups, through workshops and courses of the activity. The University Theatre Biennial has an interuniversity programme, where each university involved performs a work of no more than 50 minutes during the day.
On 6 May, Laura Santamaria, vice-rector for Culture and Language Policy at the UAB, will open the event at 11:00 a.m. Later, the following will take part: the theatre class of the University of Girona with La quarta paret, a proposal that reflects on the role of theatre in conflict contexts; at 1:00 p.m., the theatre class of the University of Alacant will present La história del comunisme contada per a malalts mentals, a critical comedy about totalitarian regimes; at 3:30 p.m., the performing arts class of the Universitat Politècnica de València will perform Amb un cos estrany, a piece about identity and vulnerability; and, finally, at 5:00 p.m., the UAB's permanent theatre group will close the day with A l'altra banda, a collective creation that addresses migratory experiences and their social impacts.
Place: Theatre Hall, Plaça Cívica
Date: Wednesday 6, May2026 - 11:00h