Activities
Wednesday, February 14 2024
Dia · Setmana
17:00
Colloquium on love in far-right times
Description:
The UAB Màster en Gènere i Comunicació organises this colloquium with Brigitte Vasallo, professor of the Mercè Rodoreda Chair in Catalan Studies at the City University of New York (CUNY) and of the master's degree, and Luciana Peker, journalist specialising in gender.
The session aims to reflect on the new, multiple, diverse and democratic forms of love, and on the strategies used by far-right communities to counteract these new forms, as well as the sexist positioning found in political and religious discourses.
The activity is free and open to the general public, and will also be available online at this link.
Place: Pati Manning, Barcelona (Carrer Montalegre 7)
Date: Wednesday 14, February2024 - 17:00h
Organiser: UAB Master's Degree in Gender and Communication
Thursday, February 15, 2024
09:20
Science Carriage: let's talk about eating disorders
Description:
Lecturer Roser Granero will be sitting in the Science Carriage expert's seat this week on the train travelling from Barcelona to Sabadell and leaving at 9:28 a.m. from Plaça Catalunya. Granero, lecturer in the Department of Psychobiology and Methodology of Health Sciences and main researcher of the Neuroscience Programme on Psychoneurobiology of Eating Disorders and Addictive Behaviours, will be speaking with passengers on how to recover and overcome eating disorders and addictive behaviour patterns.
Lecturer Granero has also participated in creating the Science Carriage podcasts, which can be consulted here.
Place: Science Carriage, FGC. UAB-Sabadell, 09:28 a.m.
Date: Thursday 15, February2024 - 09:20h
12:30
Employability and cybersecurity in the School of Engineering's Tecnodays
Description:
The Tecnodays are a monthly initiative by the School of Engineering to delve deeper into the latest trends and innovations in technology and engineering. They are jointly organised by the student association Tecno UAB and the School of Engineering. On 15 February, a new edition will take place with the participation of the companies U4Imapct and KPMG. The first conference focuses on how to find employment with the help of a final project, and will take place from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m., entitled "¿Cómo conseguir trabajo a través de tu TFG?". Blanca Travesí, co-founder of U4IMPACT, will be talking on employment and professional development. Following the conference, Rafael Páez, cybersecurity technology senior leader at KPMG, will speak on how working from home can put companies at risk entitled "Comprometiendo una compañía desde el sillón de casa".
Place: School of Engineering (Sala de graus)
Date: Thursday 15, February2024 - 12:30h
13:00
Colloquium: Women trainee researchers versus PhD thesis supervisors
Description:
Iris Parra, from the PhD programme in Philosophy, and Cristina Madrid, from the PhD programme in Cell Biology, together with Inma Ponte, director of the Doctoral School, take part in this colloquium that is included in the wide array of activities being held during the months of February and March by the UAB in celebration of International Day of Women and Girls in Science.
Place: Sala Carles Perelló, Doctoral School, UAB
Date: Thursday 15, February2024 - 13:00h
Friday, February 16, 2024
11:00
To Feel Myself Beloved on the Earth: The Destabilization and Restitution of Intimacy in the Stories of Raymond Carver, by Clara Román Vanden Berghe
Description:
PhD thesis defense
PhD in English Studies
PhD candidate: | Clara Román Vanden Berghe |
Academic tutor: | Andrew Monnickendam |
Thesis superviso: | Laura Gimeno Pahissa |
Place: B7/052 Graduation Hall - Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Date: Friday 16, February2024 - 11:00h
12:00
Presentation of the book "The Voyage of the Beagle" by Charles Darwin
Description:
Presentation of the first translation into Catalan, by Oriol Ràfols, of Charles Darwin's The Voyage of the Beagle (Edicions del Cràter). The event will include the participation of UAB lecturers Xavier Roqué and Carlos Tabernero.
Place: Institut d'Història de la Ciència (UAB)
Date: Friday 16, February2024 - 12:00h
Organiser: IHC