Activities
Thursday, November 27 2025
Dia · Setmana
09:00
Anti-Francoism: 1956 - 1977. Building a democratic future.
Description:
Fifty years after the death of Francisco Franco, the Centre for the Study of Dictatorships and Democracies (CEDID-UAB) is co-organising, together with other Spanish and French universities and the Francisco Largo Caballero Foundation, the international symposium on “Radiography of Anti-Francoism in Spain and France. Parties, Unions and Social Movements (1939-1977)”. The meeting will take place in the city of Alacant, Valencia, and the city of Albi, France, on 20, 21, 26 and 27 November, and will bring together specialists to analyse the forms of political, social and cultural resistance against Francoism.
The last day of the symposium will take place on Thursday 27 November and will feature presentations on the new radical left, the labour movement, and civil society's democratic learning. Juan Andrade, Pere Ysàs, Mónica Moreno, and Alberto Carrillo will be taking part, analysing the influence of social and cultural movements at the end of the dictatorship. The day will end with an official closing hosted by Mónica Moreno, lecturer at the University of Alacant, and Bruno Vargas, lecturer at the University of Toulouse.
Place: Amphitheatre 3 - Jean Jaurès Building, INU Champollion (Albi Campus - Université de Toulouse)
Date: Thursday 27, November2025 - 09:00h
12:00
The perfect "recipe": the use of statistical modelling in the pharmaceutical industry
Description:
The UAB Applied Statistics Service and the Statistical Modeling of Extreme Events and Health Risks are organising a seminar on 27 November entitlted The perfect 'prescription': the use of statistical modelling in pharma which will focus on the application of mathematical and statistical models in pharmaceutical development. It will feature the participation of Núria Folguera, researcher at AstraZeneca Laboratories. In the seminar, the role of statistical and mathematical modelling in the drug development and validation process will be analysed, including the construction of population pharmacokinetic models (popPK) and exposure-response analysis.
Place: Faculty of Science, CRM (C1/028)
Date: Thursday 27, November2025 - 12:00h
17:00
Theatre performance: "Hermaphrodites on Horseback or the Rebellion of Desire"
Description:
A piece of documentary and performative theatre that gathers the voices and experiences of intersex people. Through fiction, storytelling and humour, the work invites audiences to imagine a new social order beyond rigid gender categories.
Tickets must be reserved through this form.
Part of the programme of the 5th Inclusive Art Week.
Date: Thursday 27, November2025 - 17:00h
Telephone: 93 581 22 04
E-mail: cultura.enviu@uab.cat
17:30
Presentation of the "Communication Report in Catalonia 2023-2024" at the IEC
Description:
The UAB Communication Institute (InCom-UAB) is organising the presentation of the Informe de la comunicació a Catalunya 2023-2024 [Communication Report in Catalonia 2023-2024] on 27 November, which will take place at the headquarters of the Institut d'Estudis Catalans in Barcelona. The event will focus on the current state of the communication sector in the country. In the session, the main data and conclusions of the report will be analysed, as well as the ethical, cultural and social challenges facing the communication sector in Catalonia.
Institutional speeches will be given by Marc Melillas, general director of Media of the Government of Catalonia; Virginia Luzón, vice-rector of Communication of the UAB; Amparo Huertas, director of InCom-UAB; and Joan Francesc Fondevila, president of the Catalan Society of Communication–Institute of Catalan Studies (SCC-IEC).
In addition, the presentation will include a discussion panel with the editorial team, formed by Amparo Huertas, Bernat López, Celina Navarro and Luiz Peres-Neto, who will offer a summary of the main data and conclusions of the report, as well as the contents of the twelve chapters making up the edition, prepared by researchers from the UAB and the Pompeu Fabra, Rovira i Virgili, Oberta de Catalunya and Complutense de Madrid universities.
Place: Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Barcelona (Carrer del Carme 47)
Date: Thursday 27, November2025 - 17:30h
Friday, November 28, 2025
18:00
Conference on the culture of peace at Cerdanyola del Vallès' 14th Autumn of Solidarity
Description:
On 28 November, the UAB School for a Culture of Peace (ECP) organises a conference at the central library of Cerdanyola del Vallès on armed conflict, rearmament and alternatives in terms of a culture of peace. The conference will take place at 6:00 p.m. and will be given by Ana Villellas, researcher at the ECP-UAB. The activity is part of the events held in the 14th Autumn of Solidarity, organised by the Cerdanyola del Vallès City Council, with the support of the ECP and the Catalan Agency for Development Cooperation.
Place: Central Library, Cerdanyola del Vallès (Plaça Enric Granados 1)
Date: Friday 28, November2025 - 18:00h
Monday, December 1, 2025
09:15
Presentation of the Ítaca 2025 award at the 14th Conference on Travel, Communication and Adventure
Description:
The UAB Communication and Education Bureau has awarded the Ítaca 2025 Award to journalist and writer David Jiménez. The award ceremony will take place as part of the 14th edition of the Travel, Communication and Adventure Conference, which will feature the participation of journalists such as Rosa Maria Calaf, Martín Caparrós and José Manuel Pérez Tornero. In addition, the first edition of the "Communication and Values" award will be given to former football player and commentator Jorge Valdano. The event will take place on 1 December from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., in the Aula Magna of the UAB Faculty of Communication Studies.
Place: Faculty of Communication Studies (Aula Magna)
Date: Monday 1, December2025 - 09:15h