The UAB will be holding a new edition of its "Thesis in 4 minutes" competition, in which PhD students are asked to explain their research in a maximum of four minutes. Candidates may submit their applications until 12 noon on 27 March, and the competition will take place in front of a jury on 17 May.
On Wednesday 1 March, at 1 p.m., the UAB Theatre will host the premiere of the play «Solitude in Stromboli. Dreams, signs and symbols», a production that delves into the parallel universes of the play Solitude by Caterina Albert and the film Stromboli by Rossellini and highlights the plot and descriptive coincidences between the Italian director's film and the novel of the famous Catalan writer.
From 2023, journals from Cambridge University Press and the American Institute of Physics (AIP) are also available for open access publishing at no cost to authors.
Applications and procedures with the Academic Administration will be done online.
Between February and May, the UAB Cinema Hall will host the film season "The Immortals", a biannual activity that aims to pay tribute to four films that are considered classics of cinema, the legacy of which has surpassed several generations and tastes, to the point of having achieved cultural and artistic recognition in society, as well as eternal fame and glory.
March is full of cultural activities in which the university community will be able to enjoy two plays, “Solitude in Stromboli. Dreams, signs and symbols” and “The Misanthrope”; two concerts, a musical tribute to Mike Oldfield and another that recalls the legacy of the greatest female names in music; and two screenings, Modern Times and Fermat's Room. All the activities are part of the programme of our cultural card.
University of Cape Town Professor Janice McMillan gave the inaugural conference of the 11th International Service Learning (SL) Conference a few days ago at the UAB-Casa Convalescència. She is expert in this field and have received several awards for her contributions to the teaching and research of SL.
The Anuario Lope de Vega. Texto, literatura, cultura edited by the UAB's CER PROLOPE research group, has now published the discovery of a new comedy by Lope de Vega, entitled La francesa Laura, discovered in the manuscript collections of the Biblioteca Nacional de España by researchers from the universities of Valladolid and Vienna. The use of computer tools has been essential for its detection, the results of which have been fully supported by philological analysis. The researchers and PROLOPE will soon publish the critical edition of the work together with Editorial Gredos.