Scientific coordinator of the cycle, 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
“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 14, 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)
ROUND TABLE: “The University during late Francoism and its rebirth in the democratic era”
Dr. Carles Santacana, Professor of Contemporary History at UB
Dr. Eulalia Vintró, Emeritus Professor of Greek at UB and Secretary General of the University from 1978 to 1986
Dr. Joan Tugores, Professor of Economics and Rector of the University of Barcelona from 2001 to 2005
Presented by Dr. Joaquim Prats 

Closing event of the cycle
Rector, Dr. Joan Guàrdia