Federico Mayor Zaragoza opens a lecture series on Capitalism and alternatives at the UA
Alicante, 1st February 2012
New date for the keynote speech confirmed: Wednesday, 8th February, at 8 pm, at the University Venue in Alicante City
Federico Mayor, who was once the UNESCO Director-General, opened a lecture series on Capitalism and Alternatives at the University of Alicante. It has been created as a time for reflection in which renowned experts as Miren Etxezerreta, Monica Frassoni, Josep Fontana and Salvador Giner will participate. They will analyze possible alternatives to the capitalist system and assess the consequences on the political and social scope. The first session, in which the University of Alicante's, Ignacio Jimenez Raneda, will also particpate, will be held on Wednesday, 8th February, at 8 pm, at the University Venue in Alicante city.
The lecture series, organized by the Office of the Vice President for Extracurricular Activities and the collaboration of IEC and the University of Valencia's Journal Espill, are part of the Pensar el Segle XXI Project, which was started in 2005 under the coordination of Ferran Isabel and Faust Ripoll. Since then, lecture series on European Identities (2005), Politics and Citizenship (2007), Secularism and Relgion in Europe (2009) have been organized, in which women and men experts in history, sociology, politics and economics have participated. Jordi Pujol, Josep Fontana, Isabel Morant, Margarita Boladeras, Sami Naïr, Carles Duarte, Josep Ramoneda, Joan Francesc Mira, Victòria Camps or Dominique Schnapper, have been some of the guest lectures. Th electures of this project can be consulted in the thinking journal L’Espill, from the University of Valencia.
The series will be held at the Alicante Venue and the UA Faculty of Economics' Assembly Hall. Admission is free subject to the hall capacity. Those who register for this lecture series can apply for one free-elective credit certificate.
Lecture Series Programme:
Wednesday, 8 February, at 8 pm. University Venue in Alicante City.
keynote speech:
Ignasi Jiménez Raneda, University of Alicante's
Participants:
Federico Mayor Zaragoza, politician, diplomatic and writer, former Director of UNESCO
««Un nou començament: democràcia genuïna a escala local i global» (A new starting: genuine democracy at local and global scale)
Wednesday, 15 February, at 8 pm.University Venue in Alicante City.
Miren Etxezerreta, economista, catedràtica emèrita d’Economia Aplicada de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. «Reflexionando sobre las alternativas» (Reflecting on alternatives) Presenter: Lluís Torró, professor d’Anàlisi Econòmica Aplicada de la Universitat d’Alacant, diputat a les Corts Valencianes.
Thursday, 23 February, at 8 pm.University Venue in Alicante City.
Monica Frassoni, política italiana, presidenta del Partit Verd Europeu «Salida verde de la crisis construyendo un verdadero federalismo europeo»
Presenter: Manuel Alcaraz, professor d’Estudis Jurídics de l’Estat de la Universitat d’Alacant, president de la Plataforma d’Iniciatives Ciutadanes
Wednesday, 29 February, at 8 pm. Facultat d’Econòmiques. Sala de graus
Josep Fontana, historiador, professor emèrit de la Universitat Pompeu Fabra. «El capitalisme més enllà de la crisi» (Capitalisim beyond crisis) Presenter: Javier Vidal, catedràtic d’Història i Institucions Econòmiques de la Universitat d’Alacant.
Wednesday, 7 February, at 8 pm.University Venue in Alicante City.
Salvador Giner, sociòleg, catedràtic a la Universitat de Barcelona i president de l’Institut d’Estudis Catalans «El futur del capitalisme: teories i realitats» Presenta: Manuel Atienza, catedràtic de Filosofia del Dret i Dret Internacional de la Universitat d’Alacant
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