Maria Dolors Garcia-Ramon has been awarded the Lauréat d’Honneur from the International Geographical Union (IGU), and it will be handed over during the upcoming 33rd IGU Congress in Beijing (August 21-25, 2016). This award was established in 1976 in order to recognize individuals who have achieved particular distinction in the work of the IGU or in international […]
The Geography and Gender Research Group organizes the NTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FEMINIST GEOGRAPHIES AND INTERSECTIONALITY: PLACES, IDENTITIES AND KNOWLEDGES, to be held in the Departament of Geography at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona from 14 to 16 July 2016. To read more information lat the Call for Papers click here.
On Wednesday, February 10, 2016, in the Sala de Grados of the Faculty of Humanities at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, and within the framework of the Doctoral Program in Geography, the reading and defense of Victoria Cedro Barrionuevo’s thesis took place. The thesis, titled Citizen Participation in the Urban Development of Vila de Santa […]
In the context of the Research Seminars of the Geography and Gender Group, on Thursday, January 28, 2016, Professor Kristin Sziarto from the University of Milwaukee delivered a lecture titled: Whose Reproductive Futures? Race-Biopolitics and Resistance in the Black Infant Mortality Reduction Campaign in Milwaukee. Dr. Sziarto is conducting a research stay in the Department […]
On Tuesday, September 22, 2015, in the Assembly Hall (B7/1056) of the Faculty of Humanities at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, and within the framework of the Doctoral Program in Geography, Miguel Ángel Castela Egido’s thesis was presented. The thesis, titled Walking Hand in Hand with Children: An Analysis from the Geography of Children’s Mobility […]
On Friday, July 24, at 11:00 a.m., in the Assembly Hall (B7/1056) of the Faculty of Humanities at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, and within the framework of the Doctoral Program in Geography, Nélyda Solana Villanueva’s thesis was presented. The thesis, titled Young Women from the Pacific Area and the Gulf of Mexico, was co-supervised […]
On Tuesday, July 21, at 11:00 a.m., in the Assembly Hall (B7/1056) of the Faculty of Humanities at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, and within the framework of the Doctoral Program in Geography, the thesis titled In Transformation… Gentrification in the Casc Antic in Barcelona was presented. It was co-supervised by Anna Ortiz Guitart and […]
The III EDG Research Conference “Feminist Dialogues between Action and Research: Education, Employment, and Health” aims to facilitate dialogue between various studies, research, and actions being undertaken from a feminist perspective in different spaces—both within and outside the university—and across generations. In this sense, the activities focused on debate and exchange hold particular significance during […]
Janice Jones Monk, an australian professor at the University of Arizona (USA) and a leading driver of gender geography, has been named an honorary doctorate by the UAB at the suggestion of the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters. Monk will be invested at the ceremony on October 16, coincidint with the inaugutation of the faculty […]
Maria Dolors Garcia Ramon, Anna Ortiz Guitart i Maria Prats Ferret (eds.) (2014). Public spaces, gender and diversity. Geographies for inclusive cities, Barcelona: Icaria. Què són els espais públics? Qui els pensa, els projecta i els desitja? Qui els fa servir, per a què i quan? Quin paper tenen en la nostra vida quotidiana? L’estudi de […]