Activities
Saturday, April 18 2026
Dia · Setmana
09:00
Presentation of the exhibition "La Mar de Dones"
Description:
The Faculty of Arts & Humanities is hosting an exhibition dedicated to highlighting the constant presence and essential role of women in the economic, socio-ecological, and cultural life linked to the sea. This photographic exhibition reveals the reality of the work performed by many women of the sea around the world.
Place: Entrance hall of the Faculty of arts & Humanities
Date: Saturday 18, April2026 - 09:00h
End date: Monday 20, April2026 - 20:00h
Tuesday, April 21, 2026
12:30
Book Exchange Market
Description:
The Environmental Volunteering group of the Fundació Autònoma Solidària is organising a book market as part of the Sant Jordi celebrations. In advance, the volunteering group is calling on the university community to collaborate by donating books at the FAS office in Plaça Cívica.
You can bring the books you have read from Monday to Thursday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Friday. In exchange, you will receive a voucher to choose any other book for free on the day of the market. If you have not donated any books, you can still choose one on the day of the market for the symbolic price of one euro.
This market encourages the recycling and reuse of books, while promoting the dissemination of knowledge and cultural exchange within the university community.
For any questions, contact fas.mediambient@gmail.com
Place: Plaça Cívica
Date: Tuesday 21, April2026 - 12:30h
End date: Tuesday 21, April2026 - 15:30h
15:30
Of diasporas and the construction of citizenship: Islam in question
Description:
The Research in Sociology of Religion (ISOR) group at the UAB organises a new ISOR seminar entitled "De diàspores i construcció de ciutadania: l’islam en qüestió". The event will take place on 21 April at 3:30 p.m. at the UAB Faculty of Political Science and Sociology.
The session will address the relationships between diasporas, identity and the construction of citizenship, with a sociological, critical and rigorous look at the role of Islam in contemporary contexts. The study of the dispersion of the religious and cultural group is observed from a scientific perspective in Catalonia, with a broad sense in the field. The conference will be given by Ana Planet, lecturer in sociology at the Autonomous University of Madrid.
Place: Faculty of Political Science and Sociology (Sala de juntes)
Date: Tuesday 21, April2026 - 15:30h
Wednesday, April 22, 2026
12:00
Screening of the film "Pelle the Conqueror" by Billie August (1987)
Description:
Pelle the Conqueror (original title: Pelle Erobreren) is a Danish film set in the social drama of the end of the 19th century. The film tells the story of two Swedish immigrants in Denmark, father and son, who face the hardships of rural work and social injustices. A key work of European cinema marked by realism, sensitivity and human dignity.
Date: Wednesday 22, April2026 - 12:00h
12:00
Beloved machines: robotics and Catalan science-fiction
Description:
As part of the Òrbita Lectora online book club, the Humanities Library organises an event entitled "Estimades màquines: robòtica i ciència-ficció catalana", which will take place on 22 April at the Periodical Room . The event will be held from 12 noon to 2:30 p.m. and will include specialists from different areas who will speak on key question related to artificial intelligence, robotics and their representation in Catalan literature. The programme will begin with a speech by mathematician and writer Carme Torras, who will talk about future scenarios that are worth reflecting on and taking action.
Place: Humanities Library, Periodicals Room (Faculty of Arts & Humanities)
Date: Wednesday 22, April2026 - 12:00h
12:30
Presentation of the 10th edition of the awards for the top TFGs with a gender perspective
Description:
On Wednesday 22 April, the UAB will be holding the awards ceremony for the Top Final Projects (Treballs de Fi de Grau, TFG) with a gender perspective of the 2024/25 academic year in an event that will reunite the authors of the projects, their families, the project supervisor and other academic authorities. This year 32 projects (the list of award winners can be consulted here) from a variety of faculties will receive an award.
The awards, which are in their tenth edition this year, are convened annually by the Equality and Diversity Service of the UAB, with the support and funding of the Catalan Women's Institute, with the aim of promoting university research from a critical and inclusive perspective, promoting the incorporation of the gender perspective in academic analysis and knowledge production.
The event will be chaired by Esther Zapater, general secretary of the UAB, and will serve to publicly recognise the effort and quality of the 32 awarded works, coming from different faculties and disciplines.
Place: Rectorat building (conference hall), Bellaterra campus
Date: Wednesday 22, April2026 - 12:30h
End date: Wednesday 22, April2026 - 14:00h