Defenses de tesi

Description:

Kayed Hammad will visit the UAB to offer a conference entitled “Being an Interpreter in Palestine and Fighting Against Oblivion” at the Faculty of Translation and Interpreting, open to the entire university community. In this session he will share his experience as an interpreter, fixer and filmmaker in Palestine, one of the most dangerous and media-exposed areas of recent times.

Hammad has worked for decades with international media in Gaza, where he has become an essential figure for journalists, especially Spanish ones, who report there. He is also one of the protagonists and promoters of the Menú de Gaza project, a series that shows the daily life of his family through the dishes they can prepare in conditions of war and scarcity. This project gave rise to the multimedia chronicle made by the journalist Mikel Ayestaran. In recognition of his career, Kayed Hammad has received the Valores Humanos José Couso & Julio A. Parrado Award, awarded by the Fuentes International Film Festival.

Hammad's life is deeply marked by the conflict: in 2024 he lost his eldest son in a bombing and, after many months trying to leave Gaza, he managed to evacuate with his family in 2025. He currently lives in Spain, from where he continues to collaborate on projects that give visibility to the reality of Gaza and the essential role of interpreters and journalists in war zones.

His conference will be an opportunity to learn first-hand about the situation in Palestine, as well as about the importance of interpreting and journalism in conflict contexts.

Place: Faculty of Translation and Interpreting (Aula 2)

Date: Thursday 20, November2025 - 13:00h

End date: Thursday 20, November2025 - 14:00h

Organiser: Fundació Autònoma Solidària and Faculty of Translation and Interpreting

E-mail: fas.cooperacio@uab.cat

Description:

The ARENAS project led by the CEDID-UAB, the Department of Modern and Contemporary History and the Faculty of ARts & Humanities of the UAB organises on Thursday 20 November a conference entitled “Del rechazo a la apropiación: estrategias cruzadas de género en la extrema derecha española”. The conference will be given by Laura Camargo, lecturer in the University of the Balearic Islands, who will speak on the gender strategies used in discourses of far-right political parties in Spain.

Place: Faculty of Arts & Humanities (Sala de graus)

Date: Thursday 20, November2025 - 15:00h

Description:

On 20 November, the AmicsUAB association will be holding the Premis AmicsUAB 2025 awards ceremony. These awards are conferred onto both outstanding persons and entities for their professional career, commitment and contributions to the university and social fields.

The event will be presided by Javier Lafuente, rector of the UAB; Tània Nadal, president of the UAB Board of Trustees; and Susanna Baqué, president of the AmicsUAB. The posthumous award for the Friends of Friends will be given to Professor Manuel Cachón, who left his mark on the UAB and in the Catalan legal field; Immaculada Vilardell, lecturer in the UAB Department of Business; Josep Maria Ganyet, lecturer at the UPF and expert in artificial intelligence; and Maria Jesús Espuny, UAB Ombudsperson. The UAB European Documentation Centre will also be given the Collective Award, and Daniel Rico, current director of the UAB Department of Art and Musicology, will be awarded the Friend of Libraries Award.

The traditional Massana Award also will be presented. This artistic distinction unites art and social commitment through a work of art created especially for the event. The evening will close with a performance by the UAB Chamber Choir.

The event has limited capacity. Prior registration is required and a confirmation of attendance will be sent.

Place: UAB Casa Convalescència, Barcelona (Carrer Sant Antoni Maria Claret 171)

Date: Thursday 20, November2025 - 19:00h

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 University of Alacant is hosting the second day of the Symposium on 21 November, focused on armed and everyday resistance. Mercedes Yusta, Ana Cabana, Francesc Vilanova and Rubén Vega will participate, reflecting on the peripheral national resistances and the political cultures of anti-Francoism. The meeting continues on the next day, 22 November, with a visit to the places of resistance in Alacant.

Place: University of Alacant

Date: Friday 21, November2025 - 10:00h

Description:

As part of the activities of the European project APTITUDE-PROXI (which has the support of the UAB Health and Ageing Foundation) to strengthen the prevention of dependency in the elderly, on 24 November Badalona will host an artistic practice called Dit-Dit and organised by the CondeGalí group, in collaboration with Nilak. The activity is aimed at the participants of the pilot programme, and health professionals who are participating in the project are also invited. The event will take place at the l'Escorxador Cultural Centre, a space that has been provided by the Badalona City Council to carry out this activity.

Aimar Pérez, dancer, choreographer and co-director of the CondeGalí group, explains that Dit-Dit is a practice designed so that participants can enjoy the movement of the body in a safe and judgment-free space with the support of a team of dancers and teachers who accompany, amplify and guide the participants' movement proposals. As he highlights, "touch is the point of support and anchorage from where we begin the practice to explore the freedom of movement. Each one using their capacities, desires and needs, and accompanied by a live pianist who opens up the imagination of expression and activates our recollection and memory."

This proposal aims to bring art and culture closer to older people, reinforcing the social and community dimension of prevention. The combination of movement and music makes Dit-Dit an activity that provides health benefits on many levels. Júlia Ferrés, occupational therapist and researcher at the UAB Health and Ageing Foundation who leads APTITUDE-PROXI, explains that "music and movement stimulate attention and memory, improve balance and strengthen social connection when practiced in a group. Carrying out these activities in community spaces is an effective way to promote active and healthy ageing outside of the healthcare environment."

Place: Centre Cultural l'Escorxador, Badalona (Carrer Don Pelayo 22)

Date: Monday 24, November2025 - 11:30h

Description:

The UAB Equality and Diversity Service is organising this year's institutional event on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on 25 November. The event will take place in the Plaça del Coneixement and will include several activities aimed at making this struggle visible and reaffirming the institutional commitment to equality. From 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., there will be a planting of lilac flowers, an initiative by the Talher Association with the collaboration of the UAB Sustainability Office and the Community Development Unit. At 12:30 p.m., the UAB's general secretary, Esther Zapater, will read an institutional manifesto against gender-based violence. Then, at 12:35 p.m., a minute of silence will be held in memory of all the victims. The event will then end with a performance by the UAB Chamber Choir.

Place: Plaça de Coneixement

Date: Tuesday 25, November2025 - 10:00h