WOMEN’S WEEK 2016 AT THE BARCELONA KNOWLEDGE HUB-ACADEMIA EUROPAEA
“WOMEN AND MIGRATIONS. CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES”
With the support of the “Academia Europaea 2016 Hubert Curien Fund” and the collaboration of the CERCA Institute, the UNU-GCM, and the RAMC
March 3, Thursday
18.00-19.00 h.
Location: IEC, Prat de la Riba Room
Distinguished Lecture:
“Women and cultural transmission. The essential role of translation”. By Mary Ann Newman, Farragut Fund, New York
19.00-20.00 h.
Location: IEC, Prat de la Riba Room
GREATER THAN LIFE. IN REMEMBRANCE OF LYNN MARGULIS (1938-2011)
“Lin in Espain. How she stood our Spanish-Catalan accent”. By Ricard Guerrero, MAE, UB and UMASS-Amherst
(Documentaries selected by Rubén Duro and John Feldman, Hummingbird Films, New York, “Symbiotic Earth”)
20.00-21.00 h.
Location: Royal Academy of Medicine of Catalonia (RAMC)
Concert: Music from Syria and the Kurdistan, a nation without a State
By the Gani Mirzo Band: Neila BenBey (singer), Francesc Puig (clarinet), Juan Jose Barreda (flamenco guitar), and Gani Mirzo (ud, buzuk, composer)
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March 4, Friday
17.00-19.00 h
Location: IEC, Prat de la Riba Room
InterSection Workshop: “Women, migrations and war”. Convenor: Mitsi Ito
– “How a New Yorker fell in love with Barcelona”. Mitsi Ito, New York, Barcelona
– “Opportunities of Muslim women in the Western World”. Maryam Ghafouri, Teheran, Madrid
– “Walking with immigrants”. Pere Castaño, Sabadell, Barcelona
– “Poetry in war, poetry on war”. Carmen Chica, Barcelona
– Closing lecture: “Is war a male affair?”. Salvador Giner, MAE, University of Barcelona
19.00-19.30 h
Location: IEC, Prat de la Riba Room
Commemoration of the International Year of Global Understanding
“Women on the Move: The Transnational Era and the power of Art”. By Silvia Pellicer, YAE, University of Zaragoza
19.30-20.30 h
Location: IEC, Cloister, 1st floor
Art exhibit. Curator: Anna Wasmer, BKH-AE
– Digital art: “The Book of Beasts. Palmira 2015.” Photomontage by Teresa Gironès
Reflections of the dangers of power and the horrors of war. Introduced by Núria López Ribalta, critic of art
– Paintings by Trini Sotos: “Women/Dones/Mujeres. Reflections and aesthetics of female emotions”. Introduced by Eusebi Vila Delclòs, artist painter
20.30-21.00 h
Reception. IEC Cloister, ground floor
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RELATED DOCUMENTS
- Women’s Day Lectures 2006‒2015
- The IEC and the International Women’s Day, 2006‒2013, by Carme Puche
- Ramon Casas (1866‒1932), portrait of a time, by Carmen Chica