The Association of Friends of the Haas Library and the Centre for Aesthetics, Religion and Contemporary Culture of the Universitat Pompeu Fabra organize the IX Haas Lectures, a new session of the scholarly-artistic colloquium that periodically gathers artists, researchers and interested audience in the arts, literature, religion and contemporary cultural movements.

On Friday, June 10th, 2022, the ninth edition of the Haas Lectures consist in an event celebrated at the Water Tower Building, library of the Universitat Pompeu Fabra at the Ciutadella campus. The artist Perejaume gives the lecture L'Escrita, alongside Sílvia Bel, Arnau Obiols, Neus Borrell and Sergi Castellà, and offers the popular library of the UPF, a former Arts & Crafts water tower, a text created specifically for this occasion, where water and letter, river and writing, are thought together.

The event is chaired by the rector of the UPF, Oriol Amat, the Educative Transformation, Culture and Communication vicerector, Manel Jiménez, the director of the CERCCA and coordinator of the Haas Group of Research in Poetics of Knowledge, Amador Vega.

Read Perejaume's lecture: L'Escrita

Piece of news about the event, by the Unitat de Comunicació (UPF)  Photo Gallery (Flickr UPF)

Perejaume begins the lecture of L'Escrita

The actress Sílvia Bel, during the lecture

The Villavecchia Fellowships and the Haas Lectures, interdisciplinary initiatives

The lecture by Perejaume is made possible by the 2022 Javier & Marta Villavecchia Fellowship granted annually by the Association of Friends of the Haas Library, and is part of the activities of the Centre for Aesthetics, Religion and Contemporary Culture, which aims to bring closer artists and scientists so that the common creative and interpretive element in the Arts and Thought is emphasized.

The Haas Lectures pay homage to the eminent Germanist and Mysticism scholar Alois M. Haas (University of Zürich), who donated a remarkable part of his personal librarry to the Universitat Pompeu Fabra. His research paved the path for the study of contemporary thought and spirituality in relation with the arts and Eastern and Western mystical traditions.

The five lecturers, left to right: Neus Borrell, musician, Perejaume, poet, Sílvia Bel, actress, Arnau Obiols, musician, i Sergi Castellà, PhD candidate

Together with Perejaume, the event is presented by Amador Vega, director of the CERCCA, Oriol Amat, rector, and Manel Jiménez, vicerector

IX Haas Lectures: L'Escrita, a Lecture by Perejaume

Date: Friday, June 10th, 2022
Time: 12:30h
Venue: Water Tower Building (UPF - Campus de la Ciutadella), access through the garden (C/ Ramon Turró, 2 08005 Barcelona)

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