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A series of talks and virtual debates, a field trip and an urban safari in Barcelona’s Parc de la Ciutadella are some of the UOC’s proposals to commemorate the bicentenary of the birth of the scientist Charles Robert Darwin and the one hundred and fifty years since the publication of his pioneering work on the origin of the species. The UOC thus joins forces with the initiatives taking place around the world to celebrate International Darwin Year.
The programme of activities for Darwin Year at the UOC is as follows:
• A series of talks and virtual debates, part of the University’s Open Summer Talks,
involving renowned guest speakers and experts in the work of this great scientist.
• A field trip and urban safari, part of the University’s Travel Programme, to
travel through time, follow in Darwin’s footsteps and relive his voyage.
• Publication of the book entitled
Regreso a Galápagos. Mi viaje con Darwin [Back to the Galapagos. My Voyage with Darwin]
from the “Niberta” collection (Editorial UOC) “Cuadernos Livingstone.
Experiencias de viajeros”, recounting the experiences of the traveller, archaeologist and
naturalist Jordi Serrallonga on his latest expedition to the Galapagos Islands.
These activities are open to everyone and aim to highlight how Darwin changed not only the
development of science, but the development of humankind itself.
Charles R. Darwin was not your typical traveller when he set sail from Davenport,
UK, on December 27 1831. He was instead a young, delicate British gent who was accustomed to the
good life. Likewise, there had been no other scientific and naturalist expedition to explain, or
try to explain, the natural origin of life. Indeed, Darwin’s expedition aboard the Beagle,
the actual voyage and the subsequent virtual voyage, not only changed the history of science, but
the history of humankind itself.
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