International Summer School
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International Summer School
3rd edition Looking for a different kind of holiday? University of Barcelona International Summer School from July 4th to July 22nd, 2011 The University of Barcelona International Summer School (UBISS) runs a series of courses offering the general public opportunities for personal and professional development. Enrolment from April 4th www.ub.edu/ubiss [email protected] +34 93 403 58 80 Then why not combine a stay in Barcelona, a cosmopolitan city with wide variety of leisure and cultural activities, with a learning program at the University of Barcelona International Summer School? Taught by university lecturers and experienced professionals from different fields, our program brings together subjects of general interest in a design that is both thought-provoking and relevant to current issues. Our one-week summer courses are taught in English, French, Italian and Spanish, and they take place at the University of Barcelona’s Historic Building in Plaça Universitat, right in the centre of the city. The UBISS: an opportunity worth taking! FEE CONCESSIONS AND GRANTS The UBISS is the international summer courses program at the University of Barcelona. At our webpage www.ub.edu/ubiss, you’ll see that our courses are mainly 20 or 30 hours in length and are directed to a general, non-specialized public. Those courses that do have more specific characteristics are marked with an asterisk and explained in more detail. In its third edition, the UBISS courses will be in Spanish, English, French and Italian. All Som UB cardholders (UB students, UB administration and services staff, UB teaching and research staff, members of the UB Alumni association and members of the UB Group) are entitled to a discounted rate. Concessions are also granted to those holding large family cards, persons over 60 years old and the disabled. Please consult the section «Study Grants» at the website www.ub.edu/ubiss for information concerning the study grants offered for the students. The UBISS courses are part of the summer courses and activities organized by the University of Barcelona’s Els Juliols and you can find more details about these at www.ub.edu/juliols, and at www.ub.edu/estiu. COURSE REGISTRATION Registration can be completed online, by telephone or in person. Registration opens on 4 April for online and telephone registrations and on 25 May for registrations in person, and closes seven days before a course starts. 1. Online registration Section «Registration» at the website www.ub.edu/ubiss REGISTRATION Module A: 20-hour courses Registration on Module A courses entitles participants to attend the 20-hour taught course. Students who attend 80% of the course and fulfil the requisites established by the coordinator at the start of the course will be awarded a 20-hour attendance certificate. Module A: 30-hour courses Registration on Module B courses entitles participants to attend the 20-hour taught course and to write an assignment requiring approximately 10 hours of individual work. Students that attend 80% of the course and who successfully complete the individual assignment will be awarded a course certificate. Students that attend 80% of the course but who fail to complete the assignment successfully will receive the 20-hour attendance certificate. FEES Course Module A (20-hour) Early bird registration fee (until 15 June), 155 €. Standard registration fee (from 16 June), 185 €. Course Module B (30-hour) Early bird registration fee (until 15 June), 215 €. Standard registration fee (from 16 June), 260 €. 2. By Telephone Call (+34) 93 403 58 80 3. In person (from 25 May) At the UBISS Office, in the corridor running off the Main Hall in the UB Historic Building (Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, 585). ATTENDANCE CERTIFICATES AND ACADEMIC RECOGNITION UBISS courses entitle students to free-choice or ECTS credits. They are also recognized as accredited training courses for teachers in the state sector in accordance with Order - 4 November 1994 (Catalan Government Gazette nº. 1979, of 30 November 1994). All the information you need to know about academic equivalence is explained at the webpage in the section «General information», under «Academic credits». Contact Universitat de Barcelona UB Historic Building Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, 585 08007 Barcelona T. +34 93 403 58 80 F. +34 93 402 17 27 [email protected] www.ub.edu/ubiss ACCOMMODATION Accommodation is not included in the price of the courses, but the organization the Barcelona University Centre (BCU) can help you find different kinds of accommodation including: • flats or rooms for rent • rooms in UB and private halls of residence • hotels and youth hostels that offer short-term accommodation For details, visit the BCU webpage at www.bcu.cesca.es With the collaboration of: With the support of: University of Barcelona International Summer School Sexual orientation law * Coordination: Calvin Peeler, Associate Dean for International Relations Director, Summer Program in Barcelona. Students on this course will use an approach based on the disciplines of comparative law and international law to analyse different aspects of the legal treatment of gender-oriented issues, focusing on law practice in Europe and North America. Dates: 1-29 July Time: morning, from 9:00am to 2:00pm Location: Faculty of Law, University of Barcelona * the format of this course is different to the others. Please consult our webpage for further details. Summer School Management of Creativity in an Innovation Society * Coordination: Jaume Valls, University of Barcelona Entrepreneurship Chair Director. The Summer School is offered by HEC Montréal and the University of Barcelona. The two week intensive program (conducted in English) adopts a dynamic, multidisciplinary and interactive approach with emphasis on professional visits to creative industries and innovating organizations, creativity workshops and feedback from renowned creators and managers of creativity. Dates: 2 -16 July Time: morning and evening Location: Montréal and Barcelona * the format of this course is different to the others. Please consult our webpage for further details. Contaminación de aguas y saneamiento Coordinación: Montserrat Folch Sánchez, profesora agregada del Departamento de Productos Naturales, Biología Vegetal y Edafología de la Universitat de Barcelona. Las exigencias legales y la necesidad de mantener el buen estado ecológico de los sistemas acuáticos, así como el buen funcionamiento de las depuradoras, requieren que los vertidos de aguas residuales a la red de alcantarillado o al medio receptor tengan unos límites estrictos, que deben asegurarse mediante controles adecuados. La complejidad y diversidad del medio urbano e industrial, la ampliación de los sistemas de saneamiento y las presiones crecientes para mantener en buen estado los medios naturales, junto con los desarrollos legislativos europeos, nacionales y autonómicos han contribuido al desarrollo extraordinario de los mecanismos de control de los vertidos. Este curso tratará la contaminación y el control de los sistemas de saneamiento desde una perspectiva general que incluye aspectos técnicos y jurídico-administrativos, y desde una visión centrada en la contaminación de industrias determinadas. El curso se complementará con dos visitas, la primera a la depuradora de Sant Feliu de Llobregat, y la segunda al control automático de calidad del SISTA, ubicado en este mismo municipio. Fechas: del 4 al 8 de julio Horario: mañana, de 9:30 a 14 h Lugar: Edificio Histórico de la UB, Barcelona Littérature et interculturalité en Méditerranée Coordination: Francisco Lafarga Maduell, professeur émérite du Département de Philologie romane et directeur de la Chaire de la Francophonie à l'Université de Barcelone. Le cours se propose d'aborder un sujet actuel, celui de l'interculturalité, rapporté à la Méditerranée. Celle-ci constitue un espace qui est, depuis les origines de l'histoire documentée, un lieu privilégié de contacts de tous ordres : de découverte, de conquête, de commerce et, bien sûr, de culture. Cette optique interculturelle, même réduite à un domaine purement littéraire, s'avère d'une richesse énorme, embrassant des cultures diverses, les axes est-ouest et nord-sud, des auteurs et des pays différents et cependant convergents. Dates: 4-8 juillet Horaires: de 9 h 30 à 14h 00 Lieu: Bâtiment historique de l’UB, Barcelone Walking through Barcelona Coordination: Sergi Martínez i Rigol, lecturer at the Department of Human Geography of the University of Barcelona. This course aims to give participants an in-depth understanding of the city of Barcelona, its history, its art, and its role as a European and Mediterranean capital. The course has two parts: 1) lectures and classes on the char story of the city, given in English by university lecturers who are specialists in the field; and 2) visits, led by the lecturers to the places studied during the lectures – museums, archives, libraries, buildings of interest and other landmarks. plásticas, y asentó las bases del arte actual. Siguiendo las leyes geométricas y constructivas de la naturaleza, creó un lenguaje arquitectónico propio y altamente expresivo a través de la búsqueda de la perfección del arte, la perfección personal y la perfección de la sociedad humana, que convirtió su contribución a la arquitectura en única y excepcional. Este curso se propone analizar la arquitectura de Antoni Gaudí a través del proceso de construcción del templo expiatorio de la Sagrada Familia, una obra que le fue encargada a finales de 1883 y a la cual el arquitecto dedicó la mayor parte de su carrera profesional. Se tratarán las condiciones del encargo, los valores constructivos y simbólicos del templo, y su significado dentro de la sociedad catalana a lo largo de sus ciento veinticinco años de historia, y se expondrán algunos de los numerosos temas de discusión que ha provocado la consagración del templo en basílica. El curso incluirá una visita al templo, declarado patrimonio de la humanidad por la Unesco y convertido en uno de los signos de identidad más universales de la ciudad de Barcelona. Fechas: del 11 al 15 de julio Horario: mañana, de 9:30 a 14 h Lugar: Edificio Histórico de la UB, Barcelona Herederos de un Imperio: de Roma a nuestros días Coordinación: José Remesal Rodríguez, catedrático de Historia Antigua de la Universitat de Barcelona. El Imperio romano creó en la cuenca del Mediterráneo y en Europa central un estado que difundió una estructura social y económica, un sistema legislativo, una conciencia de ciudadanía e, incluso, una lengua común. Estos elementos subsisten en el mundo occidental y, a través de la expansión de la cultura europea y mediterránea, en otras muchas regiones del planeta, concretamente en el continente americano. Este curso se propone ofrecer, desde distintas perspectivas, una visión sintética del Imperio romano como base de la cultura europea y mediterránea actual, y, en el contexto de un mundo marcado por la globalización, contribuir al conocimiento de las diferentes culturas, de la interacción entre ellas y de sus respectivos desarrollos históricos. Fechas: del 11 al 15 de julio Horario: mañana, de 9:30 a 14h Lugar: Edificio Histórico de la UB, Barcelona Dates: 4-8 July Time: morning, from 9:30am to 2:00pm Location: UB Historic Building, Barcelona The XXI Century challenges to Urban and Regional planning: from the City to Megalopolis * Antoni Gaudí y la construcción del templo de la Sagrada Familia Coordination: Sergi Martínez i Rigol, lecturer at the Department of Human Geography of the University of Barcelona. Coordinación: Mireia Freixa Serra, catedrática del Departamento de Historia del Arte de la Universitat de Barcelona. Míriam Soriano Val, investigadora del Departamento de Historia del Arte de la Universitat de Barcelona. Antoni Gaudí i Cornet (1852-1926), figura universal de la cultura catalana y la arquitectura internacional, revolucionó la arquitectura y las artes Cities are becoming the living space for the majority of the world population. The 36% of the world population was urban in 1970. In 2010 this percentage was the 50%, and the forecast is that in 2050 it will be almost the 70% (World Urbanization Prospects, 2009). The number of cities are also increasing, as well as its size. Everywhere in the world those growing cities have to face with a lot of different kind of problems and issues, as the management of the city, mobility, social exclusion, housing problems, competitiveness and investments, and others. In this context, the goal of having a more sustainable and livable cities, at the same time than a more competitive and fair ones, is one of the main challenges for the urban policies and planning. The course is based on three different kind of activities. First of all, mornings are devoted to presentations by academics and professionals of relevant topics related with urban policies and planning issues. There will be one main speaker, and short case studies presentations. Dates: 11-15 July Time: morning, from 9:30am to 2:00pm and evening from 3:00pm to 6:00pm Location: UB Historic Building, Barcelona * the format of this course is different to the others. Please consult our webpage for further details. Retos de la alimentación infantil Coordinación: Rafael Jiménez, catedrático emérito de Pediatría y director de la cátedra Danone de la Universitat de Barcelona. Del mismo modo que la buena alimentación de la embarazada y el cuidado de su entorno influyen en el desarrollo adecuado del feto y contribuyen a prevenir casos de malnutrición fetal, que a menudo son la causa de problemas posteriores, una buena alimentación infantil es básica para el correcto crecimiento del niño y para la prevención de enfermedades. Este curso se centra en la alimentación infantil, desde la lactancia hasta la adolescencia, con el objetivo de proporcionar pautas de alimentación que proporcionen una buena calidad de vida y, a la vez, ayuden a prevenir enfermedades que cada día son más frecuentes, como la obesidad, y los problemas que conllevan (aterosclerosis, hipertensión o diabetes, etc.). Fechas: del 11 al 15 de julio Horario: tarde, de 16 a 20:30 h Lugar: Edificio Histórico de la UB, Barcelona Città e Mediterraneità Coordinamento : Rosario Sommella, professore associato di Geografia economico-politica presso la Facoltà di Scienze Politiche dell’Università degli studi di Napoli "L'Orientale". La riqualificazione urbana che ha interessato le città mediterranee negli ultimi anni si è fondata sulla possibilità di far leva su una tradizione, in termini di rivalorizzazione del passato e della cultura nel paesaggio urbano, che altrove è stata re-inventata per poter affrontare la competizione a scala globale. In un’economia globale fondata sulla smaterializzazione dell’economia e sull’informatizzazione dello spazio, si assiste ad una progressiva erosione del ruolo degli Stati-nazione e ad una crescente rilevanza delle città. Molte delle strategie di sviluppo poggiano sul capitale di urbanità che queste città rappresentano e sovente sulla mediterraneità come immagine di richiamo. Tali città emergono per un insieme di elementi, sul piano più noto delle presenze di beni culturali, ma anche nel campo della produzione di eventi, delle forme innovative di valorizzazione delle tipicità locali, delle nuove strategie in un settore fondamentale della città mediterranea come il commercio urbano. Le finalità sono quelle dell’attrazione di un flusso turistico che situa la regione mediterranea tra le più importanti del pianeta. Rispetto a un Mediterraneo inteso come frontiera, luogo di instabilità e fratture, le città hanno continuato però a svolgere un ruolo di equilibrio, attingendo alla loro vocazione di luoghi di scambio e di integrazione, anche a dispetto di chiusure nazionalistiche, fratture culturali e conflitti geopolitici. Data: 18-22 luglio Orario: mattina, 9.30-14.00 Luogo: Edificio Storico della UB, Barcellona Creativity and urban policy strategies Coordination: Montserrat Pareja-Eastaway, associate professor at the Faculty of Economics and Business and coordinator of the UB research group Creativity, Innovation and Urban Transformation. Las células madre, o también llamadas células troncales, han abierto nuevos horizontes en el tratamiento de enfermedades mediante la terapia sustitutiva. Estas aproximaciones terapéuticas, muy divulgadas a través de los medios de comunicación y que albergan grandes esperanzas para la sociedad, constituyen uno de los campos de investigación biomédica más atractivos para futuros profesionales de la medicina y la biología, y han suscitado un gran interés para el público general. Este curso abarcará el estudio de las células madre, desde una aproximación general de su biología –definición, clasificación y localización– hasta el estudio de los experimentos más recientes y las últimas aplicaciones clínicas que se están realizando en el campo de la terapia celular. Creativity is on the local agenda. Nowadays, governments are engaged in facilitating and promoting the conditions to favor creativity. But what do we really understand by creativity? What exactly are the conditions that contribute to increasing creativity? Do culture and identity play a key role? Are there any reliable recommendations for success for cities and regions? Richard Florida promotes a recipe for creative cities based on three ingredients, the so-called three T’s: Talent, Technology and Tolerance. Other authors like Allen Scott provide arguments taking a completely opposite view and pointing out the risks associated with the New Economy and the emergence of a “servile class” rather than a “creative class”. The debate is open and new evidence is needed to confirm or reject either set of theories. The aim of this course is twofold: on the one hand, it will provide a summary of recent developments in scientific literature concerning creativity as a local strategy to enhance the competitiveness of the city. On the other, it will be an opportunity to better know specific case studies where creativity has successfully promoted the city. The target audience for this course is both students and professionals wishing to increase their knowledge about creativity as a pillar for urban competitiveness. Fechas: del 18 al 22 de julio Horario: mañana, de 9:30 a 14 h Lugar: Edificio Histórico de la UB, Barcelona Dates: 18-22 July Time: morning, from 9:30am to 2:00pm Location: UB Historic Building, Barcelona Células madre: de la teoría a la clínica Coordinación: Josep M. Canals Coll, profesor titular del Departamento de Biología Celular, Inmunología y Neurociencias de la Universitat de Barcelona. Jordi Alberch Vié, vicerrector de Investigación y catedrático de Biología de la Universitat de Barcelona. El Mediterráneo. Un océano de recursos y un escenario de cambio global Coordinación: Montserrat Vidal Barcelona, profesora titular del Departamento de Ecología de la Universitat de Barcelona. Instituciones políticas, empresariales, sociales y académicas trabajan, desde hace décadas, para frenar los impactos ambientales en la región mediterránea y asegurar que su desarrollo sea sostenible. Este curso quiere proporcionar una visión especializada de la ecología, la producción y la conservación de los recursos del Mediterráneo centrándose en el estudio de las bases físicas del clima y de la circulación de las aguas, la producción del sistema pelágico, la gestión de los recursos pesqueros, la producción de nuevos fármacos a partir de organismos marinos, la ecología y funcionamiento de las comunidades bentónicas del litoral y del fondo del Mediterráneo, y las interacciones entre diferentes procesos ecológicos y el sistema climático. En el curso se tratarán los aspectos más básicos de cada tema y se ofrecerá información sobre los cambios recientes, la susceptibilidad al cambio global y las líneas de investigación futuras. De este modo, se pretende crear un espacio de divulgación del conocimiento y de la investigación actual en el ámbito marino mediterráneo. Fechas: del 18 al 22 de julio Horario: mañana, de 9:30 a 14 h Lugar: Edificio Histórico de la UB, Barcelona AIDS: past, present and future directions Coordination: Josep Maria Gatell, manager at Hospital Clínic de Barcelona’s Service for Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS and professor of medicine at the University of Barcelona. The course is addressed to a general audience interested in infectious diseases and epidemics but also to health care professionals wishing to become familiar with current developments in HIV/AIDS treatment. We will describe the origin and characteristics of HIV, the mechanisms and dynamics of viral replication and how we can intervene with combinations of antiretroviral drugs. We will also focus on resistance selection. Moreover we will analyze the natural history of the HIV infection, the clinical consequences and the immunological and clinical response to antiretroviral treatment. Finally, we will focus on transmission mechanisms and on the advances and drawbacks in the development of a preventative vaccine. We will assume that the audience has a general knowledge of pathogenic microorganisms for human beings (including the viruses) and at the end of the course participants will have learnt about the origins and the evolution of the epidemic and its social and demographic impact. Dates: 18-22 July Time: evening, from 4:00pm to 8:30pm Location: UB Historic Building, Barcelona Would you like to know more about our courses? Visit us and see what we can offer! www.ub.edu/ubiss