Activities
Monday, October 27 2025
Dia · Setmana
13:30
The digitisation of society and the case of voting online
Description:
The UAB's ISOR (Research into the Sociology of Religion) research group organises a seminar on the digitasation of society and trust when voting online, entitled “La digitalització de la societat i la renovació en les formes de creació de confiança i desconfiança: el cas del vot per internet”. The seminar will focus on the impact of digitisation on social mechanisms of trust and mistrust. The seminar will include a conference by David Dueñas-Cid from Kozminski University.
Place: Faculty of Political Science and Sociology (Board Room)
Date: Monday 27, October2025 - 13:30h
Tuesday, October 28, 2025
16:00
Workshop on disinformation and critical thinking at the Communications Library and General Newspaper Archives
Description:
The UAB Communications Library and General Newspaper Archives will be holding on 28 October, during Global Media and Information Literacy Week, a workshop on "Disinformation and Critical Thinking. Tools to Navigate News and Fake Science". The session will focus on the detection and analysis of disinformation, particularly that in the scientific field, and foster critical thinking when consuming daily contents. The workshop will be led by librarians specialising in information literacy, who took part in the European project Media and Information Literacy Connections (MIL CC). Places are limited and prior registration is necessary.
Place: COMTEC Centre, Communications Library and General Newspaper Archives (Floor 2)
Date: Tuesday 28, October2025 - 16:00h
19:00
Fifth Marcela de Juan Chinese Translation Prize goes to Javier Altayó for his translation of "To Hold Up The Sky"
Description:
The UAB Faculty of Translation and Interpreting and the TXICC research group jointly organise the awards ceremony of the fifth edition of the Chinese-Spanish/Catalan Translation Award "Marcela de Juan". The award will be given to Javier Altayó for his translation from Chinese into Spanish of Sostener el cielo (To Hold Up The Sky) by Liu Cixin. The awards ceremony will take place on 28 October at the Ana María Moix Library in Fort Pienc, Barcelona.
Place: Ana María Moix Library, Fort Pienc, Barcelona (Plaça del Font Pienc 4-5)
Date: Tuesday 28, October2025 - 19:00h
Wednesday, October 29, 2025
12:00
Inauguration of the 2025/26 academic year at the Faculty of Communication Studies
Description:
Jaume Serra, director of Radio and Audiovisual Operations at PRISA, will deliver the inaugural conference of the 2025/26 academic year of the Faculty of Communication Studies. The conference is entitled "From talent to opportunity: communication skills to succeed in the modern media ecosystem" and will be given on 29 October at 12 noon at the faculty's Aula Magna. The event will also feature institutional interventions from UAB Rector Javier Lafuente and Faculty Dean Juan José Perona.
Place: Faculty of Communication Studies (Aula Magna)
Date: Wednesday 29, October2025 - 12:00h
13:00
elDirectori Assembly
Description:
All groups registered in elDirectori (the UAB Association Network Registry) are invited to participate in the first assembly of the year.
Date: Wednesday 29, October2025 - 13:00h
13:00
Exhibition: InterMedit - The Possible Journey
Description:
From 29 October to 26 November the Periodicals Room of the Humanities Library will host the exhibition “InterMedit - El viatge possible”, which will explore the importance of trade in the ancient Mediterranean as a route of cultural exchange. It was not only an instrument for distributing products and goods, but also a channel of cultural contact between three Mediterranean regions: Ibiza, Empúries and Ensérune.
The inauguration ceremony will take place on 29 October at 1:00 p.m. and will feature the participation of Laura Santamaria, vice-rector for Culture; Margarita Freixas, dean of the Faculty of arts & Humanities; Elisa Hernández, curator of Cultural Assets at MAC Empúries; Sílvia Redondo, director of the Humanities Library; Igor Bogdanovic, head of the Digital Lab; and Oriol Vicente, coordinator of the CORE for Cultural Heritage.
Place: Humanities Library (Periodicals Room)
Date: Wednesday 29, October2025 - 13:00h