We offer outings which combine routes through cultural and natural heritage, highlighting the landscape, the architectonic and artistic monuments as well as archaeological sites. The routes are led by expert guides in cultural landscapes, the history of architecture, archaeology and art. The team has worked directly in fields related to academic research into cultural and natural landscapes, and they'll share this knowledge with you in an entertaining and educational way.
This activity is open to the entire UPF community. Each participant can bring someone along with them.
Víctor Farías Zurita was born in Santiago de Chile in 1961 and was educated in the Federal Republic of Germany. He studied medieval history, modern and Germanic history at the Technical University of Berlin, at the Free University of Berlin and at the University of Barcelona. He has a degree in Medieval History from the University of Barcelona. He was a PhD fellow at Hagen University (Germany). He obtained his doctorate in 1999 from the Jaume Vicens i Vives University Institute of History of Pompeu Fabra University, with a thesis entitled "Population and society in the north-east of Catalonia. 11th-12th centuries”. Since 1995 he has been teaching undergraduate and postgraduate courses at the Faculty of Humanities of Pompeu Fabra University. He has collaborated as a lecturer and researcher with several universities and academic institutions in Spain, Europe and America. He has participated in several Spanish and European research projects. In addition, since 2004 he has taught courses with the Hispanic and European Studies Programme of the UPF Study Abroad Programme and in other programmes offered by universities in the United States. His main areas of research are: the structures of the Mediterranean rural population; small-scale urbanization: small cities in medieval Catalonia; work with medieval sources: notaries and notarial records of medieval Catalonia; the history of the medieval Latin Church; medieval cultures and morals; the coexistence of Christians, Jews and Muslims in the medieval and modern Iberian Peninsula.
Antoni Luna is a professor of Geography in the Department of Humanities at Pompeu Fabra University. His fields of specialization combine urban geography with central elements of human geography, with particular interest in social aspects and their spatial implications. He has worked on academic projects on these topics and is a member of institutions that ensure the protection and dissemination of landscape knowledge.
Marina Picazo is professor of Ancient History in the Department of Humanities at Pompeu Fabra University. She has worked on a number of European and national projects related to landscape archaeology and the sustainable development of Mediterranean landscapes. She is particularly interested in topics related to the dissemination of knowledge gained from academic research. During her teaching career she has frequently used thematic routes as a learning tool for students. The experience of directly visiting spaces (residential, cult, economic exploitation) in which communities lived in the past, becomes one of the best ways to understand historical transformations.
This activity gives UPF students the right to the recognition of 1 ECTS credit as long as they fulfil these requirements:
Attend at least 2 outings every academic year
Submit a summary of each of the outings (2 or 3 pages). This summary will be evaluated by the lecturers responsible for the activity, who will determine if the work is suitable or not.
By doing this activity the student can apply for the recognition of a maximum of 1 ECTS credit per academic year.