Activities
Thursday, October 16 2025
Dia · Setmana
09:00
The UAB's First Artistic Heritage Campus Research Conference
Description:
The aim of the First Artistic Heritage Campus Research Conference is to promote synergies between the University and the organisations making up this network, inviting participating institutions to present their ongoing research projects and propose new lines of research related to the collections, which could be developed in the final degree projects (TFG) and final master theses (TFM) of the studies linked to the Campus.
The conference, aimed at undergraduate and master's students affiliated with the Artistic Heritage Campus network, consists of three sessions which will include the participation of several museum directors and local institutional representatives.
The conference is free and no prior registration is required.
Programme of the UAB's First Artistic Heritage Campus Research Conference
Place: Faculty of Arts & Humanities, Humanities Library (Periodicals Room)
Date: Thursday 16, October2025 - 09:00h
End date: Thursday 16, October2025 - 14:00h
Organiser: Department of Art and Musicology
09:00
Session on "Ten Years of University and Refuge"
Description:
This October marks ten years since the statement "Catalan universities: on the side of the refugees" was published by the Catalan Association of Public Universities (ACUP). In many ways, the document marked the starting point of university programmes created to defend and give support to people who were being forced to seek refuge in another country.
This session is organised by the UAB Refugee Programme, and aims to ba a space for collective reflection and networking by Catalonia's public universities, civil society and the public administration.
The activity forms part of the work plan of the Technical Network for Cooperation, Volunteering and Refuge of the Interuniversity Council of Catalonia and includes the support of the Catalan Development Cooperation Agency (ACCD).
Programme
9:30 a.m. – Inaugural speeches
Andrea Costafreda Quesada, directora general of Cooperation (ACCD)
Xavier Martínez-Celorrio, secretary general of the Interuniversity Council of Catalonia
Esther Zapater Duque, secretary general of the UAB
10:00 a.m. – Ten Years of University and Refuge: accords, consensus and challenges
Artistic proposal: Yuyay: Memory. A monologue combining humour and dance to address migration, loss and resilience, inviting reflection on memory and violence. Written and starring Edith Laverde, Colombian human rights defender, refugee in Catalonia and PhD student at the UAB.
Round table: University and Refuge: where do we come from and where are we going? With representatives of university and social entities working with refugees:
Shurouq Alimam Alnajjar, UAB student and Palestinian refugee
Xavier López Arnabat, director of the UB Fundació Solidaritat
Estel·la Pareja Morte, lecturer, consultant and social researcher, and former director of CCAR
Jordi Prat Fernàndez, director of the UAB Fundació Autònoma Solidària
Laura Riba Singla, director of Irídia and member of the board of directors of La Fede
Moderated by: Pamela Urrutia, researcher from the School for a Culture of Peace
11:10 a.m. – Coffee break
11:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. – Group work session: Protocol of guidelines for the academic reception of people in refugee situations at Catalan universities.
2:00 p.m. – Closing event
Oscar Jané Checa, vice-rector for International Relations (UAB)
Place: Rectorat building (Board Room)
Date: Thursday 16, October2025 - 09:00h
End date: Thursday 16, October2025 - 14:00h
10:00
World Food Day
Description:
Within the framework of the Healthy and Sustainable Campus (Campus SiS) project, the UAB and Justícia Alimentària are organising the International Day of Sustainable Food, which will take place on 16 October (World Food Day) from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This event has the support of the Catalan Development Cooperation Agency and aims to highlight and promote sustainable food practices and responsible consumption among the university community. Participatory activities will be offered in which local producers and members of the university community will meet to reflect on food and economic models that favor sustainability, proximity and social justice.
Place: Plaça Cívica of the UAB campus
Date: Thursday 16, October2025 - 10:00h
11:30
IndiFest, Festival de Cinema Indígena de Barcelona
Description:
18th edition. ancestral intelligences.
The IndiFest Universitats, organised with the collaboration of the Catalan Institute of Anthropology (ICA), dedicates sessions to five Catalan universities with the aim of decentralising the IndiFest and bringing it closer to the young student audience.
The films that will be screened at the UAB are still pending confirmation, but you can consult all the selection, different venues and festival information on this page.
Place: UAB CINEMA
Date: Thursday 16, October2025 - 11:30h
Telephone: 935812204
E-mail: cultura.enviu@uab.cat
16:00
"Guiar", an artistic walk with dancer Magí Serra
Description:
Throughout the journey, meeting points with the public are created, with small improvisations along the way that open up the experience.
Meeting point: UAB Theatre Hall
Itinerant performance
This session is part of the 1st Culture and Health Week programme.
Place: UAB Theatre
Date: Thursday 16, October2025 - 16:00h
Telephone: 935812204
E-mail: cultura.enviu@uab.cat
Friday, October 17, 2025
11:00
Seminar: "The global ecocide and what to do about it: case study from Palestine". Speaker: Prof. Mazin Qumsiyeh
Description:
In his talk Prof. Qumsiyeh explains the global catastrophic situation that impacts sustainable human and natural communities: climate, change, habitat destruction, pollution, overxploitation of natural resources, invasive species, and wars/conflicts. Using a case study from Palestine, Qumsiyeh offers analysis of symptoms and diagnosis adding discussion of therapy and prognosis for our challenged planet. He articulates how working for environmental justice and for human rights is key to peace and sustainability and not just in Western Asia but globally. He highlights the model work of the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability (palestinenature.org).
Bio
Prof. Mazin Qumsiyeh is founder and volunteer director of the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability, Bethlehem University (PIBS see palestinenature.org and review our 10 year booklet and annual reports here). Professor Mazin Qumsiyeh previously served at US universities including Tennessee, Duke and Yale. Qumsiyeh published over 250 scientific papers, over 30 book chapters, hundreds of articles, and several books including “Sharing the Land of Canaan” and “Popular Resistance in Palestine” on topics ranging from environmental impact of colonization to environmental and climate justice to cultural heritage to human rights to biodiversity conservation to cancer. He served on the board of 11 human rights advocacy organizations and oversaw a number of projects ranging from formulating the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan to empowerment projects with farmers, women, and children that benefitted tens of thousands. He is laureate of the Paul K. Feyerabend Foundation award the Takreem award, Peaceseeker of the year award, and was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize 2025.
Place: Sala de juntes del Rectorat
Date: Friday 17, October2025 - 11:00h