Defenses de tesi

Description:

On 12 November the UAB Faculty of Arts & Humanities will inaugurate an exhibition entitled “Going Extreme: How Extremist Narratives Are Destroying Democracies”. The exhibition will be on display until 18 December and forms part of the ARENAS research project, in charge of analysing the effects of extremist narratives on the internet and in today's society. Visitors will be able to discover the main extremist narratives circulating currently around Europe, as well as historical patterns, formats and evolution, and mechanisms existing to help detect them. The exhibition puts emphasis on the issues of nation, gender and science, and alerts about their growing influence on political and social life. The inauguration will include the participation of Margarita Freixas, dean of the Faculty of Arts & Humanities; Nicola di Nino, vice-dean of Employability, International Mobility and Culture; and Steven Forti, exhibition curator and lecturer in Modern History at the UAB.

Extremist narratives and hate speech are being spread increasingly on the internet and social networks, reaching the computers and mobile phones of millions of people. In many cases, these narratives and speeches have become normalised and mainstream. The dynamics that occur in the digital world are intertwined with what happens in real life, causing a continuous feedback loop that is difficult to regulate. In the past decade, the rise of far-right parties and anti-democratic leaders around the world has accelerated the spread of these speeches and has favoured their legitimation.

An infinite number of websites and profiles on social networks, as well as traditional media and far-right politicians, are dedicated to spreading not only lies and conspiracy theories, but also racist, xenophobic, Islamophobic, anti-Semitic, homophobic, sexist and/or aporophobic discourses, calling into question the foundations of democratic coexistence and, in the long term, the very survival of our democracies. In addition, there are increasingly more influencers, with hundreds of thousands of followers, who present themselves as transgressors, provocateurs and cool and who make these ideas go viral. But there are not only the so-called "fascist tubers": these discourses also sneak up in unexpected contexts, such as in the videos of fashion and cooking influencers, reaching an even wider audience who may end up accepting them without even realising it. 

This exhibition presents a journey through the extremist narratives currently circulating in Europe and warns of their influence, impact and consequences. What is an extremist narrative? What are its patterns and formats? How have they evolved and adapted throughout the history of the past century? How can we detect them? These are some of the questions to which an answer has been sought, focusing on the thematic axes of nation, gender and science.

The exhibition presents the first results of the Horizon Europe research project "Analysis of and Response to Extremist Narratives" (ARENAS), of which Steven Forti, lecturer of Modern History at the UAB, ​​is the local coordinator. Curated by Forti himself, "Going Extreme" was coordinated by researchers Sergi Soler and Nathalie Paris, and carried out in collaboration with a group of students from the bachelor's degree in Contemporary History, Politics and Economics at the UAB.

Place: Faculty of Arts & Humanities (entrance hall)

Date: Wednesday 12, November2025 - 13:00h

Description:

Training session to learn about all the resources available to student councils and how they can access them, as well as to introduce the members of the different student councils of the UAB centres and to promote networking among them.

More information and registration at this link.

Date: Wednesday 12, November2025 - 13:30h

End date: Wednesday 12, November2025 - 15:30h

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The UAB School for a Culture of Peace (ECP) and the Catalan International Institute for Peace (ICIP) are organising the conference “Where are peace and security? Feminist proposals. Twenty-fifth anniversary of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda”. The event will take place on 12 November and focuses on rethinking the concepts of peace and security from a feminist perspective. The event will feature the participation of Sarah Taylor, international expert in gender, peace and security policies, and there will be a feminist discussion panel with Carmen Magallón, Nour Salameh and Patricia Simón. The event is organised with the support of the Catalan Agency for Development Cooperation and the Government of Catalonia. Interested parties must register in advance.

Place: Pati Manning Auditorium, Barcelona (Carrer Montalegre 7)

Date: Wednesday 12, November2025 - 18:00h

Description:

As part of the Tarima popular science series, organised by the UAB Science and Technology Library, a session on research into video games entitled “La recerca a la UAB en videojocs”, will be offered. The session will focus on different research areas within the world of video games. The event will include the participation of Lluís Albarracín, Pilar Dellunde, Carme Mangiron and Francesc Xavier Ribes.

Aspects related to the localisation and accessibility of video games will be explained, as well as the ethical design of artificial intelligence systems, their use to teach mathematics at school, or in the use of television cameras among communication studies students.

Place: Science and Technology Library, UAB campus

Date: Thursday 13, November2025 - 13:00h

Description:

This training activity aims to cover topics such as the governing and representation bodies of the university, who the members are, their functions and how to participate as a student delegate.

For more information please visit this link. 

Date: Thursday 13, November2025 - 13:30h

End date: Thursday 13, November2025 - 15:30h

Description:

The Inclusive Society Studies and Research Centre (CERSIN) of the UAB has worked jointly with the UdG Chair in Autism and the Spanish Association of Professionals in Autism (AETAPI) to organise the Third State-wide Autism Research Meeting. The meeting will take place on 14 November at the UAB Casa Convalescència in Barcelona and will focus on issues related to the current prevalence and growing concern of both education and health professionals. The programme will include communication tables, poster presentations, and the participation of international speakers.

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

Date: Friday 14, November2025 - 10:00h