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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