Defenses de tesi

Description:

Published by the UAB, Evolución o involución humana. Un viaje de seis millones de años analyses how prejudices and interests have influenced the interpretation of our origins and champions critical re-examination as the driving force of scientific progress. Its author, David Rabadà i Vives, is a writer, science communicator and lecturer.

The public presentation of the book will feature the author, David Rabadà i Vives, the historian of science and CSIC researcher, Oliver Hochadel, and the actor and comedian, Toni Albà, who will discuss the major questions raised by the work in a dialogue combining science, popularisation and humour.

With an accessible style and a solid scientific foundation, the book is aimed at readers interested in human evolution, as well as students, educators, and anyone wishing to better understand how scientific knowledge is constructed.

Place: Llibreria Documenta (Barcelona)

Date: Thursday 8, October2026 - 19:00h

End date: Thursday 8, October2026 - 20:00h

Description:

From 9 to 14 October, the UAB will be holding its 2nd Culture and Health Week, a series of activities highlighting the potential of the arts and culture to promote well-being, emotional health, and social cohesion. The programme includes music, exhibitions, theatre, and participatory workshops open to the university community.

Place: UAB campus

Date: Friday 9, October2026 - 12:00h

Description:

Antoine Bolideau, professor in the Department of Political Science at Concordia University, Montreal, will deliver the lecture "Nationat Identity and Immigration in Contemporary Quebec: Majority and Minority Perspectives" on 13 October at 11:00 a.m. in the boardroom of the Faculty of Political Science and Sociology, UAB. The event is organised by the UAB's Group on Immigration and Ethnic Minorities (GEDIME).

Place: Faculty of Political Science and Sociology (Sala de juntes)

Date: Tuesday 13, October2026 - 11:00h

Description:

BOJA is a show that portrays, from a first-person perspective, the experiences the actress has lived through over the past 16 years while visiting various psychiatrists. What is happening to me? What is happening to me? Mariona has been asking herself this for years. No one could imagine that the answers to her question would turn out to be as unexpected as they are comical.

A show about the search for one's own identity and the meaning of life when nothing seems to make sense anymore.

Created, directed, and performed by Mariona Esplugues.

Part of the program for the 2nd Culture and Health Week.

Admission is free and subject to capacity. Reserve tickets on this page.

Place: UAB Theatre

Date: Tuesday 13, October2026 - 13:30h

Description:

The academic year's opening ceremony will take place on Tuesday 13 October at 3:00 p.m. in the conference room of the Faculty of Psychology and Speech Therapy. Manuel Armayones Ruiz, professor of Psychology and Education at the UOC, will give the inaugural lecture, entitled "Psicologia i IA: reptes i oportunitats per a la professió", in which he will tak about the challenges and opportunities of AI.

Place: Faculty of Psychology and Speech Therapy (Sala de graus)

Date: Tuesday 13, October2026 - 15:00h

End date: Tuesday 13, October2026 - 16:00h

Description:

Michel Martinez Perez, lecturer at the Sorbonne University, will present his lecture on 13 October in the conference hall of the Faculty of Arts & Humanities, as part of the GReDD ongoing seminars—a forum for academic debate coordinated by the UAB’s Centre for the Study of Dictatorships and Democracies (CEDID).

Place: Faculty of Arts & Humanities (conference hall)

Date: Tuesday 13, October2026 - 16:00h