Scientific coordinators of the cycle: Dr. Jordi Casassas & Dr. Joaquim Prats Cuevas

Schedule: from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM

First session (January 21, 2026)
Opening: Dr. Agustí Alcoberro (Vice-Rector for Culture, Memory and Heritage)
Presentation and objectives of the cycle by Dr. Joaquim Prats & Dr. Jordi Casassas
“The founding of the University and studies in the 16th century”
Dr. Antonio Fernández Luzón, author of The University of Barcelona in the 16th Century (UB Editions)

Second session (February 18, 2026)
“The University in the 17th Century”
Dr. Agustí Alcoberro, Vice-Rector for Culture, Memory and Heritage and Associate Professor of Modern History at UB 

Third session (March 18, 2026)
“The University of Cervera (1714–1842)”
Dr. Joaquim Prats, Emeritus Professor of Social Sciences Didactics and Associate Professor of Modern History at UB 

Fourth session (April 8, 2026)
“The restored University of Barcelona (1842 – late 19th century)”
Dr. Jordi Casassas, Emeritus Professor of Contemporary History at UB 

Fifth session (April 20, 2026)
“The university in the first half of the 20th century and the first Republican Autonomous University”
Dr. Francisco Gracia Alonso, Professor of Prehistory at UB 

Sixth session (May 7, 2026)
“Presence and absence of women at the University of Barcelona.”
Dr. Mireia Comas, Associate Professor, Department of History and Archaeology

Seventh session (June 17, 2026)
“The University during late Francoism and its rebirth in the democratic era”
Dr. Carles Santacana, Professor of Contemporary History at UB

Closing event of the cycle