PhD Thesis defenses

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On 2 and 3 April, the blood donation campaign will take place at the entrance hall of the Basic Medical Sciences Teaching Unit at the Faculty of Medicine. Donations can be made from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and from 4:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Please check if you are eligible to donate blood here.

Place: Entrance hall of the Basic Medical Sciences Teaching Unit

Date: Tuesday 2, April2024 - 10:00h

End date: Wednesday 3, April2024 - 19:30h

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PhD thesis defense

PhD in Studies in Antiquity and the Middle Ages

Place: B7/1056 Conference Room. Faculty of Arts and Humanities

Date: Tuesday 2, April2024 - 11:00h

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On 2,3, and 4 April Barcelona will be hosting the 12th CyTA-CESIA National Congress coorganised by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and the University of Barcelona. The event will bring together professionals from the fields of science, technology and food engineering to talk about issues related to food and health, the harmlessness of food, technological advances in food processing, food sustainability, digital transformation and communication and dissemination in the field of food science and technology.

The event will begin on 2 April at 5:00 p.m. at the historical building of the University of Barcelona, the Paranymf Hall. Speakers will include UB and UAB rectors and the general director of Empreses Agroalimentàries, Qualitat i Gastronomia, Joan Gòdia. The 4th CyTA Junior Congress will also be held on the same day, 2 April, in which undergraduate and graduate students will have the chance to present their research projects.

Place: Paranimf, Barcelona (Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes 585)

Date: Tuesday 2, April2024 - 17:00h

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Julio Martínez-Cava and Xavier Domènech, lecturers in the Department of Modern and Early Modern History and researchers from the Centre for Studies into Dictatorships and Democracies at the UAB, will present a new edition of E. P. Thompson's book The Poverty of Theory in its Catalan version: La miseria de la teoría (Verso Libros). The event will take place on 2 April at 7 p.m. a the Documenta bookstore in Barcelona. Martínez-Cava is also the author of the introduction of this edition.

Place: Documenta, Barcelona (Carrer Pau Claris 144)

Date: Tuesday 2, April2024 - 19:00h

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Language exchange in groups Tàndem program

Tàndem is a program of activities where you will meet Catalan speakers and others from all over the world, where you will share conversations and games, all speaking different languages.

Wednesday's group is composed of the following languages: Chinese, Korean, English and French.

More information in the following link.

Date: Wednesday 3, April2024 - 13:00h

End date: Wednesday 3, April2024 - 14:00h

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Colloquium with Steven Ruggles, professor in history and population studies from the University of Minnesota and director of the IPUMS, the world's largest population database which includes over a billion people in 365 censuses from 94 countries. This database converts census microdata into a format that can then be compared with other countries and time periods so as to provide analyses of social and economic changes over time.

The colloquium, organised by the Centre for Demographic Studies (CED), will focus on family systems, demographic changes and residing with family members.

The event will take place at the CED's Àngels Torrents Hall at the UAB, and will also be streamed live here (1984 password).

Place: Sala Àngels Torrents (CED) and online via Zoom

Date: Thursday 4, April2024 - 10:00h