ACADEMIA EUROPAEA | BARCELONA KNOWLEDGE HUB
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY ACTIVITIES, 2015
4th AND 5th OF MARCH
The Barcelona Knowledge Hub of the Academia Europaea is joining the celebration of the International Women’s Day organising several activities in Barcelona on the 4th and 5th of March. Those activities are:
4th of March, Wednesday
5 pm–8.30 pm
Pi i Sunyer Room, Institute for Catalan Studies (IEC, Carme 47, Barcelona)
InterSection Workshop: “Women and the academic ladder”
Several talks by women at different positions of the scientific and academic scale.
Convenor: Lynn Kamerlin (Programme).
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5th of March, Thursday
6 pm–7.30 pm
Pi i Sunyer Room, IEC
Convenor and presentation of the speakers: Anna Alberni, ICREA, UB
“In Search of Truth. In memory of Lynn Margulis”, a short film in remembrance of biologist Lynn Margulis (Chicago, IL, 5th March 1938–Amherst, MA, 22nd Nov. 2011).
Comments by director, Carme Puche
International Women’s Day Lecture: “Empowerment of women in the academic world”, by Lynn Kamerlin, Uppsala University, Chair Young Academy of Europe
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7.30 pm–9 pm
Royal Academy of Medicine of Catalonia (RAMC, Carme 47, Barcelona)
Women’s Sephardic Songs in concert
The historical Anatomical Amphitheatre at the 18th Century building of the RAMC will embrace a concert of “Women’s Sephardic Songs” by soprano Olga Miracle, accompanied by Noemí M. Agell and Pere Olivé, string and percussion instruments.
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