Activities
Wednesday, October 14 2026
Dia · Setmana
10:00
Second Conference on University Social Responsibility
Description:
On 14 October, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., the Sala Carles Perelló of the Schools for Doctoral Studies and Continuing Education will host the 2nd UAB University Social Responsibility Conference, organised with the aim of sharing the good practices that different universities are developing in the field of USR, especially in the areas of value chains, suppliers, and responsible purchasing and contracting. To attend, please register by completing the following form.
Place: Schools for Doctoral Studies and Continuing Education (Sala Carles Perelló)
Date: Wednesday 14, October2026 - 10:00h
13:30
Painting and well-being workshop
Description:
A painting, health, and well-being workshop that uses artistic knowledge and dynamics to support and stimulate processes of healing and development.
Workshop directed by Ezequiel Rosenfeldt.
Places are limited, please sign up using this form.
Place: Plaça Cívica (Edifici Àgora)
Date: Wednesday 14, October2026 - 13:30h
16:00
Inauguration of the academic year at the Faculty of Communication Studies
Description:
The opening ceremony for the new academic year at the Faculty of Communication Studies will take place on Wednesday 14 October 2026, at 4:00 p.m. in the faculty’s Aula Magna.
Ana Palencia, Senior Communications Advisor at the communications and public relations agency Tinkle, will deliver the inaugural lecture, titled "Communication and Purpose: Communicating to Transform".
The event will also feature addresses by Juan José Perona, Dean of the Faculty of Communication Studies; Virgina Luzón, Vice-Rector for Communication; and Ana Maria Enrique, lecturer at the Faculty.
Following the inaugural lecture, students will have the opportunity to participate in a Q&A session with Ana Palencia. The event will conclude with a performance of Gaudeamus Igitur.
Place: Faculty of Communication Studies (Aula Magna)
Date: Wednesday 14, October2026 - 16:00h
End date: Wednesday 14, October2026 - 18:00h
Thursday, October 15, 2026
13:00
Cristina Fallarás: Testimonies as revolutionary acts
Description:
Journalist and writer Cristina Fallarás will be offering a conference entitled "El testimoni com a acte revolucionari". The event will take place on Thursday 15 October at 1:00 p.m. at the Sala de graus of the Faculty of Arts & Humanities.
Fallarás has been director of Diario 16, editor-in-chief of El Mundo in Catalonia, and deputy director of Factual. She was honoured by the Association of Women Journalists of Catalonia and received the María Luz Morales Feminist Journalism Award. She is the founder of La Nuestra, a platform dedicated to combating gender-based violence. This lecture is organised as the inaugural session for the UAB's Bachelor’s Degree in Sociocultural Gender Studies.
Place: Faculty of Arts & Humanities (Sala de graus)
Date: Thursday 15, October2026 - 13:00h
End date: Thursday 15, October2026 - 14:40h
Friday, October 16, 2026
09:30
Symposium on history and theatre in the Iberian Peninsula (20th and 21st centuries)
Description:
The Centre for the Study of Dictatorships and Democracies (CEDID) and the Centre for Research in Performing Arts (CRAE) at the UAB, together with the Research Group on the Global South and the East at Paul Valéry University Montpellier III, France, are organising the "Symposium on History and Theatre in the Iberian Peninsula (20th and 21st centuries)". The session will take place on 16 October at 9:30 a.m. at the Sala de graus of the UAB Faculty of Arts & Humanities. The symposium will reflect on and debate the relationships between history and theatre in the Iberian Peninsula during the 20th and 21st centuries.
The day will begin with a presentation by Pau Casanellas, director of the CEDID-UAB, and Francesc Foguet, director of the CRAE-UAB. Next, two central talks will take place; at 10:00 a.m. the session "What Are We Talking About When We Talk About Memory?" by Ricard Vinyes, professor of History at the University of Barcelona, who will speak on the concept of memory; and, at 10:40 a.m., the session “Memorabilia and Theatre: Bonds and Affects in the Construction of Heritage” by Antonia Amo, lecturer of Hispanic Studies at the University of Avignon, who will address the relationship between memorabilia, theatre, emotions and heritage. Also included are ten further talks, five for each century, which will address more specific approaches to the link between history and theatre from the perspective of the peninsula's stages.
Place: Faculty of Arts & Humanities (Sala de graus)
Date: Friday 16, October2026 - 09:30h
Monday, October 19, 2026
10:00
UAB Innovation Week
Description:
From 19 to 23 October 2026, the UAB will organise the fourth edition of Innovation Week. The aim is to reach out to the wider region, showcase the university's innovation ecosystem, and make the technologies and innovative knowledge generated on campus more accessible to the public.
The varied programme of activities and themes will provide opportunities for the UAB community, start-ups, companies and investors to meet and network. Some of the activities include:
- Innovation Fair
- UAB-Cruïlla Chair: Innovation, Artificial Intelligence, Arts and Music
- -Emprèn UAB: generating spin-offs and start-ups from the university
- -Eines Awards Ceremony
- From Research to Impact: Experiences of Public Innovation and Knowledge Transfer from the University to Society
- Women in Science and Entrepreneurship
- Inauguration of the Cerdanyola Activa Innovation Hub
- Beyond the Hype: How (Not) to Use AI for Entrepreneurship
- Innovation from Catalan Forests for the Bioeconomy: Construction and Green Chemistry
- UAB Virtual Reality Conference
Place: Campus UAB
Date: Monday 19, October2026 - 10:00h
End date: Friday 23, October2026 - 15:00h
Organiser: UAB Research Park