Aigua sagrada i aigua monumental al nord-est de la Península Ibèrica en l'època romana 

    Costa Solé, Ana (Date of defense: 2017-09-15)

    At the end of the Republican era, changes on the territory of our study began started. During this period, a lot of cult buildings, with a clear italic nature, were established. That’s the proof of territorial, religious, ...

    El armamento de influencia La Tène en la Península Ibérica (siglos V-I a.C.) 

    García Jiménez, Gustavo (Date of defense: 2011-10-07)

    El armamento de tipo La Tène se ha venido relacionando habitualmente con la Segunda Edad del Hierro europea, y en general con un territorio dominado por poblaciones de etnia celta. Sin embargo, en la actualidad su alcance ...

    Arte fantástico: estrategias visuales de lo imposible 

    Parramon Rubio, Pere (Date of defense: 2021-01-25)

    Distinguishing between “marvellous art”, “fantastic art” and what we call “daimonic art”, the first objective of this doctoral thesis consists of elaborating a functional definition of fantastic art that brings together ...

    Arxius, memòria i drets humans 

    Alberch i Fugueras, Ramon (Date of defense: 2015-12-16)

    This thesis focuses on an aspect little discussed in searches relating to archives and historical memory : the use of archives as key elements of the policies of reparations for victims of repressive regimes and as witnesses ...

    Camilo Egas, el precursor del indigenismo y concitador de las vanguardias en Ecuador (1889-1962) 

    Paocarina Albuja, Fabián (Date of defense: 2021-09-06)

    The thesis: "Camilo Egas, the precursor of indigenism and instigator of the avant-garde in Ecuador (1889-1962)", exposes a comprehensive study of the painter's author career in two dimensions of analysis: 1) the ...

    Cartografia, pràctiques mèdiques i respostes socials a l'entorn del paludisme: Catalunya, segle XIX 

    Torrent Quer, Narcís (Date of defense: 2017-04-08)

    The PhD dissertation starts off with the research work El paludisme a la Catalunya del segle XIX a través del Diccionario de Madoz i les Topografies Mèdiques, presented as a master’s degree thesis in 2010. By then, the ...

    Cataluña-Quebec. Nacionalismo, sociedad civil y cultura popular en el siglo XX 

    Giori, Pablo (Date of defense: 2017-10-20)

    This PhD thesis contributes to the study of neo-nationalism and nationalization by the proposal of a theoretical proposal that is enriched in the comparative analysis of two concrete cases. Although these complex phenomena ...

    Competitivitat del turisme religiós en el marc contemporani. Els espais sagrats i el turisme 

    Aulet Serrallonga, Sílvia (Date of defense: 2012-11-16)

    The main aim is to define the concept of religious tourism in order to understand the complex nature of this phenomenon. Firstly, we analyze the concept of sacred, and especially the relationship with sacred spaces as main ...

    Confraria, gremi i col·legi d’argenters a la Girona d’època moderna 

    Montroig Cruset, Sara (Date of defense: 2023-04-14)

    The present work, based on unpublished documentation such as the Llibre del Collegi de Argenters de Gerona sots invocasio del Glorios St. Aloy, y St. Anastasi of the Biblioteca de Catalunya, focuses on the study of the art ...

    Crèdit i morositat a la Catalunya del segle XIV. El cas de la baronia de Llagostera 

    Sales i Favà, Lluís (Date of defense: 2019-06-07)

    This doctoral thesis analyses the private credit available to the popular classes during the fourteenth century. At the same time, it focuses on the institutional mechanisms granted by public powers in order to sanction ...

    Dans l'ombre du démarrage industriel: les manufactures des maisons de charité. L'Hospice de Gérone et la bonneterie de coton en Catalogne (1750-1830) 

    Mutos Xicola, Céline (Date of defense: 2022-06-27)

    The charity institutions of the early modern Europe have not traditionally been seen as spaces with an economic, and particularly manufacturing, dimension. Although they housed a variety of craft workshops with the aim of ...

    De l'antiquarisme a l'arqueologia. La protecció del patrimoni històric i arqueològic a la província de Girona (1835-1876) 

    Buscató i Somoza, Lluís (Date of defense: 2011-09-12)

    The first protective activities of historical and archaeological heritage in the province of Girona (Catalonia, Spain), although some earlier precedents, were produced from the third decade of the nineteenth century. These ...

    Del censal al debitori: continuïtats i transformacions en el crèdit hipotecari català en l’etapa final de l’Antic Règim (regions de Barcelona i Girona, 1768-1840) 

    Villalón Barragán, Sebastià (Date of defense: 2023-06-09)

    The objective of this report is to study causes and consequences of substituting annuity for obligation in the final period of the Ancient Regime in Catalonia (1768-1840), affording special attention to the regions of ...

    Les desigualtats socials a la Catalunya preindustrial. L’estudi de cas de la Selva Interior, c.1750-1825 

    Mas Ferrer, Josep (Date of defense: 2023-09-18)

    This thesis explores social inequalities during the late preindustrial era, based on a case study from la Selva Interior. The work is organized into three distinct parts. In the first one, inequalities are examined through ...

    “Divide et impera”: conectividad y dinámicas de conflicto en occidente durante la República Romana (ss. III – II a.C.) 

    Rodríguez Ventós, Gerard (Date of defense: 2023-12-15)

    This PhD thesis conducts an examination of Roman expansionism in the Western Mediterranean during the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC, adopting a distinctive approach based upon connectivity as its pivotal role in historical ...

    Dones, cos i ecologia. Dona arbre 

    Iribarren Nadal, Mariona (Date of defense: 2018-01-10)

    The thesis presented is a study of some women's movements which claim a recovery of the female body from a feminist and ecologist standpoint and which are currently spreading their influence. It provides a summary of the ...

    El cinema i la constitució d'un públic popular a Barcelona. El cas del Paral·lel 

    Suárez Carmona, Luisa (Date of defense: 2011-11-08)

    Between 1895 and 1910 Barcelona saw a whole range of social, political and cultural changes due to the increasingly important emergence of the working masses. At the same time, the cinema arrived in Catalonia, becoming ...

    El pensament polític de Miquel Santaló Parvorell a través dels seus textos (1919-1939) 

    Carmaniu Mainadé, Xavier (Date of defense: 2017-06-13)

    Miquel Santaló Parvorell (1887 – 1962) was one of the most important personalities of the Second Republic. He was minister of Lerroux, member of the government of Catalonia, spokesman of ERC in the Spanish Congress and ...

    El restaurador Joan Sutrà Viñas (1898-1981) i la seva aportació a la conservació del patrimoni artístic 

    Miquel Vilanova, Maria Àngels (Date of defense: 2019-07-04)

    The aim of this doctoral thesis is to present the person and work of restorer and professor of history of art Joan Sutrà Viñas (1898 - 1981), in particular within the context of the conservation and restoration of artistic ...

    Els gravats rupestres prehistòrics d'estil Tazina del jaciment de Sluguilla Lawash (Sàhara Occidental) 

    Ventura Almeda, Helena (Date of defense: 2020-02-21)

    Sluguilla Lawash is the site with a higher concentration of open air prehistoric rock art of Western Sahara. It has 1143 engraved slabs with 2087 motifs, among which the 99% have an incised stroke, with a dark desert varnish ...