Defenses de tesi

Description:

This October marks ten years since the statement "Catalan universities: on the side of the refugees" was published by the Catalan Association of Public Universities (ACUP). In many ways, the document marked the starting point of university programmes created to defend and give support to people who were being forced to seek refuge in another country.

This session is organised by the UAB Refugee Programme, and aims to ba a space for collective reflection and networking by Catalonia's public universities, civil society and the public administration.

The activity forms part of the work plan of the Technical Network for Cooperation, Volunteering and Refuge of the Interuniversity Council of Catalonia and includes the support of the Catalan Development Cooperation Agency (ACCD).

Programme

9:30 a.m. – Inaugural speeches
Andrea Costafreda Quesada, directora general of Cooperation (ACCD)
Xavier Martínez-Celorrio, secretary general of the Interuniversity Council of Catalonia
Esther Zapater Duque, secretary general of the UAB

10:00 a.m. – Ten Years of University and Refuge: accords, consensus and challenges
Artistic proposal: Yuyay: Memory. A monologue combining humour and dance to address migration, loss and resilience, inviting reflection on memory and violence. Written and starring Edith Laverde, Colombian human rights defender, refugee in Catalonia and PhD student at the UAB.

Round table: University and Refuge: where do we come from and where are we going? With representatives of university and social entities working with refugees:
Shurouq Alimam Alnajjar, UAB student and Palestinian refugee
Xavier López Arnabat, director of the UB Fundació Solidaritat 
Estel·la Pareja Morte, lecturer, consultant and social researcher, and former director of CCAR
Jordi Prat Fernàndez, director of the UAB Fundació Autònoma Solidària
Laura Riba Singla,  director of Irídia and member of the board of directors of La Fede
Moderated by: Pamela Urrutia, researcher from the School for a Culture of Peace
11:10 a.m. – Coffee break
11:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. – Group work session: Protocol of guidelines for the academic reception of people in refugee situations at Catalan universities.

2:00 p.m. – Closing event
Oscar Jané Checa, vice-rector for International Relations (UAB)

Place: Rectorat building (Board Room)

Date: Thursday 16, October2025 - 09:00h

End date: Thursday 16, October2025 - 14:00h

Description:

Within the framework of the Healthy and Sustainable Campus (Campus SiS) project, the UAB and Justícia Alimentària are organising the International Day of Sustainable Food, which will take place on 16 October (World Food Day) from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This event has the support of the Catalan Development Cooperation Agency and aims to highlight and promote sustainable food practices and responsible consumption among the university community. Participatory activities will be offered in which local producers and members of the university community will meet to reflect on food and economic models that favor sustainability, proximity and social justice.

Place: Plaça Cívica of the UAB campus

Date: Thursday 16, October2025 - 10:00h

Description:

18th edition. ancestral intelligences.

The IndiFest Universitats, organised with the collaboration of the Catalan Institute of Anthropology (ICA), dedicates sessions to five Catalan universities with the aim of decentralising the IndiFest and bringing it closer to the young student audience.

The films that will be screened at the UAB are still pending confirmation, but you can consult all the selection, different venues and festival information on this page.

Place: UAB CINEMA

Date: Thursday 16, October2025 - 11:30h

Telephone: 935812204

E-mail: cultura.enviu@uab.cat

Description:

Throughout the journey, meeting points with the public are created, with small improvisations along the way that open up the experience.

Meeting point: UAB Theatre Hall
Itinerant performance

This session is part of the 1st Culture and Health Week programme.

Place: UAB Theatre

Date: Thursday 16, October2025 - 16:00h

Telephone: 935812204

E-mail: cultura.enviu@uab.cat

Description:

In his talk Prof. Qumsiyeh explains the global catastrophic situation that impacts sustainable human and natural communities: climate, change, habitat destruction, pollution, overxploitation of natural resources, invasive species, and wars/conflicts.  Using a case study from Palestine, Qumsiyeh offers analysis of symptoms and diagnosis adding discussion of therapy and prognosis for our challenged planet. He articulates how working for environmental justice and for human rights is key to peace and sustainability and not just in Western Asia but globally. He highlights the model work of the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability (palestinenature.org).

Bio

Prof. Mazin Qumsiyeh is founder and volunteer director of the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability, Bethlehem University (PIBS see palestinenature.org and review our 10 year booklet and annual reports here). Professor Mazin Qumsiyeh previously served at US universities including Tennessee, Duke and Yale. Qumsiyeh published over 250 scientific papers, over 30 book chapters, hundreds of articles, and several books including “Sharing the Land of Canaan” and “Popular Resistance in Palestine” on topics ranging from environmental impact of colonization to environmental and climate justice to cultural heritage to human rights to biodiversity conservation to cancer. He served on the board of 11 human rights advocacy organizations and oversaw a number of projects ranging from formulating the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan to empowerment projects with farmers, women, and children that benefitted tens of thousands. He is laureate of the Paul K. Feyerabend Foundation award the Takreem award, Peaceseeker of the year award, and was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize 2025.

Place: Sala de juntes del Rectorat

Date: Friday 17, October2025 - 11:00h

Description:

Lawyer Bárbara Díaz Santis, coordinator of Red Cross Catalonia and lecturer in public international law at the UAB, will give the inaugural conference of the 2025/26 academic year at the Faculty of Law in an institutional event taking place on 17 October at 12 noon in the faculty's Aula Magna. The conference will focus on international humanitarian law and is entitled "El Derecho Internacional Humanitario frente a los desafíos contemporáneos: límites normativos, exigibilidad y reconstrucción postconflicto". The event will also include the institutional speeches of UAB Rector Javier Lafuente and Faculty Dean Ricardo Esteban.

Place: Faculty of Law (Aula Magna)

Date: Friday 17, October2025 - 12:00h