The Faculty of Psychology remembers Miquel Siguan on the 100th anniversary of his birth
The Sala de Graus room of the Faculty of Psychology will host the homage to Miquel Siguan, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of his birth (1918-2018). The activity is promoted together with the Spanish Academy of Psychology and the UB, and will take place on November 15, at 6 p.m..
Attendants will be Josep Batista, vice-rector for Teaching and Research Staff and professor of psychology (UB); Helio Carpintero, president of the Spanish Academy of Psychology; M. Teresa Anguera, professor of Psychology (UB) and academician; Joaquim Arnau, retired lecturer (UB), Carme Triadó Tur, emeritus professor of Psychology (UB) and former dean of the Faculty; Joan Guàrdia Olmos, professor of Psychology (UB) and director of the journal Anuario de Psicologia; Xavier Triadó, director of IDP-ICE of the UB, and Antonio Solanas, dean of the Faculty of Psychology.
The Sala de Graus room of the Faculty of Psychology will host the homage to Miquel Siguan, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of his birth (1918-2018). The activity is promoted together with the Spanish Academy of Psychology and the UB, and will take place on November 15, at 6 p.m..
Attendants will be Josep Batista, vice-rector for Teaching and Research Staff and professor of psychology (UB); Helio Carpintero, president of the Spanish Academy of Psychology; M. Teresa Anguera, professor of Psychology (UB) and academician; Joaquim Arnau, retired lecturer (UB), Carme Triadó Tur, emeritus professor of Psychology (UB) and former dean of the Faculty; Joan Guàrdia Olmos, professor of Psychology (UB) and director of the journal Anuario de Psicologia; Xavier Triadó, director of IDP-ICE of the UB, and Antonio Solanas, dean of the Faculty of Psychology.
Miquel Siguan i Soler (1918-2010), psychologist and writer born in Barcelona, was one of the ones to bring psychology in Spain and instigator of the Faculty of Psychology of the UB and the Institute of Education Sciences (ICE). As a defender of bilingualism, he stood out for his open, plural and curious attitude, his independent thinking and his anti-dogmatic Catalanism.
Siguan started studying Philosophy and Arts at the University of Barcelona before the war, during the mandate of Bosch Gimpera, a time of autonomous Board of Trustees, when he met people who influenced him, such as Professor Joaquim Xirau, Heribert Barrera —who was his high school friend— or the Catalanist idealist Andreu Xandri.