Defenses de tesi

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Softcatalà organises the presentation of “The Adventures of Softcatalà: Superheroes and Superheroines of Translation” on 29 October. This session will be dedicated to showing the resources and technological projects that the association develops for the translation and promotion of Catalan. The event will feature the participation of Xènia Amorós, lecturer in localisation at the Faculty of Translation and Interpreting, and Dolors Udina, translator awarded the Creu de Sant Jordi (2018) and the National Culture Prize (2023). The session will also be streamed live on the faculty's YouTube channel.

Place: Faculty of Translation and Interpreting (Aula 4)

Date: Wednesday 29, October2025 - 14:00h

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Daniel Rico, lecturer in History of Art at the UAB, will give the conference "Les guerres de monuments. Memòria, patrimoni i justícia social" at the inauguration of the Universitat a l'Abast programme. The event will take place on 29 October at 5:30 p.m. at the UAB Auditorium (Faculty of Arts & Humanities) and will include institutional speeches by Paqui Blánquez, director of the UAB School of Continuing Education; Xavier Verge, academic coordinator of the Universitat a l'Abast programme; and Margarita Freixas, dean of the Faculty of Arts & Humanities.

Place: UAB Auditorium, Faculty of Arts & Humanities

Date: Wednesday 29, October2025 - 17:30h