Defenses de tesi

Description:

Without human rights in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan.
Featuring in-person testimonies from two Afghan refugee women.

An event to raise awareness about the human rights situation of women in Afghanistan and to defend their rights and freedoms.

Screening of a video about the recent history of Afghanistan, including testimonies from Afghan women.

Speakers:

• Sílvia Sala, lawyer, vice president of People Help.
• Karima Shujazada, Afghan journalist.
• Najiah Mohammadi, Afghan economist.
• Sabina Puig, Amnesty International Catalonia.

Host and moderator:

• Maria Barcons, lecturer in Philosophy of Law (UAB).

Date: Wednesday 25, March2026 - 12:00h

Description:

On March 26 at 9:00 a.m., the Engineering Student Council, with the support of the management of the UAB School of Engineering, is organising the twelfth edition of "MEMEnginy 2026". This technology and engineering fair, which will take place at the School of Engineering itself, will bring together the business community and young talent from the Vallès region. Nearly 1,500 participants have registered, who will have the opportunity to interact with around 80 entities.

The event's main purpose is to connect students involved with the technological and industrial sector through conferences, networking activities and around 1,000 quick interviews scheduled throughout the day. The young students come from engineering degrees (computer science, electronics, telecommunications, data, AI and chemistry) and other specialised degrees such as computational mathematics, bioinformatics, business and technology, and interactive communication.

One of the innovative elements in this year's edition is the MEMEnginy HUB programme, which allows to connect the preferences of students and the demand of companies. It will also include the HP Inclusión MEME Impulse application, aimed at facilitating job insertion for neurodivergent students, as well as the presentation of a report from the Observatory of the School of Engineering on the work motivations of future engineers. Xavier Roca, vice-dean of the School of Engineering for Communication and Promotion of Entities, highlights the importance of the students in their professional growth, the challenges that arise and the possibility of being part of a positive work environment.

Place: UAB School of Engineering

Date: Thursday 26, March2026 - 09:00h

Description:

Ester Miquel is Serra Húnter lecturer at the Department of Basic, Developmental and Educational Psychology. She is member of the Centre for Studies and Research for an Inclusive Society (CERSIN) and the Peer Learning Research Group (GRAI), both at the UAB.

In the Science Carriage's Expert Seat, Ester Miquel will share the results of different projects and research, the results of a continuous research process, which provide us with data and reflections to help move towards a more inclusive education system, which takes into account all people.

The activity will take place on 26 March on the train leaving the UAB and travelling towards Plaça Catalunya at 10:42 a.m.

Place: FGC train travelling from the UAB to Plaça Catalunya, 10:42 a.m.

Date: Thursday 26, March2026 - 10:42h

Description:

From the glaciers of Alaska to toxic battlefields, the documentary "Earth’s Greatest Enemy" reveals an often silenced reality: the US military as the world's most polluting institution. Through testimonies of veterans and scientists, the film analyses how militarism poisons ecosystems and accelerates global warming.  

The film screening will be followed by a talk with its director, Abby Martin, and researchers from CREAF and ICTA-UAB, to debate the impact of militarism on the environment.  

• Language: English with Catalan subtitles.
• Price: Free activity.
• Registration at this link (admission is free until full capacity is reached)

Place: Cinema in the UAB (Plaza Cívica)

Date: Friday 27, March2026 - 13:30h

End date: Friday 27, March2026 - 16:00h

Description:

Ana Cerezuela is researcher in the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology and member of the UAB's AFIN research group.

In the Expert Seat of the Science Carriage, Ana Cerezuela will explain when and how the current terms that define the acronym LGBTIQ+ emerged. She will also review the history of this group of people, which has been marked by discrimination and exclusion, and the situation in which we currently find ourselves.

The activity will take place on 9 April on the train leaving Plaça Catalunya in direction to the UAB at 9:28 a.m.

Place: FGC train travelling from Plaça Catalunya to the UAB, 9:28 a.m.

Date: Thursday 9, April2026 - 09:28h

Description:

This workshop aims to familiarize participants with the conceptual tools which have been developed in the history of emotions and, more recently, in the history of experience for the renewal of the history of science, medicine, and technology.

Drawing on the most significant research that has been conducted since the announcement of the so-called "affective turn", we will show that emotions have a long history that is intimately linked to the social, cultural, and material history of science. We will examine the main theories that have transformed emotions into an object of scientific study, as well as the role that emotions have played in the processes of observation and experimentation, and in shaping the social formation of the scientific ethos.

Finally, we will analyze the inherent methodological limitations of using emotion as a category of analysis and the advantages of adopting the approach proposed by the history of experience in order to understand the history of science. This exercise will lead us to explore how marginalized groups within the scientific field have —through their experiences— constituted a plurality of knowledge(s), which has the potential to broaden the horizons of the history of science.

Dolores Martín Moruno is a senior research scientist at the Milà i Fontanals Institution for Research in the Humanities (CSIC) in Barcelona. Her publications include Emotional bodies: The historicalresearch scientist at the Milà i Fontanals Institution for Research in the Humanities (CSIC) in Barcelona. Her publications include Emotional bodies: The historical performativity of emotions (Illinois University Press, 2019), Making Humanitarian crises: Emotions and images in history (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022), and Beyond compassion: Gender and humanitarian action (Cambridge University Press, 2023).

This seminar is part of the “Workshops on Historiographic Tools” (WHITS) series and is part of Module 7 "Individual, health and society: Science and biopower" in the "University Master’s degree in History of Science: Science, History and Society" (UAB-UB-UPF-CSIC). It is primarily aimed at master students but is open to the entire academic community.

Place: iHC Seminar room

Date: Thursday 9, April2026 - 15:30h

End date: Thursday 9, April2026 - 17:00h