Pilar Headquarters
CABA HEADQUARTERS
ROSARIO HEADQUARTERS
ONLINE

2025 Seminars

University identity and mission
The seminar consists of 8 modules, each providing a lecture, bibliography, and activities on a specific topic related to the university's identity and mission. Each module will require a commitment of 2,5 hours.

Modality: virtual – asynchronous.

1st date: February 10 to April 4, 2025 (8 weeks)

2nd date: August 4 to September 26, 2025 (8 weeks)

Program:
1. Mission of the university. Professor: Maria Iraburu.
2. Institutional Culture. Christian Identity and Ideology. Professor: Fernando Toller.
3. Identity and project of the university professor. Professor: Ricardo Crespo.

4. Christian identity in teaching, research, and management. Professor: Javier Sesé.
5. University reputation: To be or to seem? Professor: Monica Herrero.
6. Intellectual leadership of the university. Thinking about the great themes of each era. Professor: Juan José Sanguineti.
7. Challenges of interdisciplinarity. Professor: Claudia Vanney.
8. Identity and plurality in the university: Challenges of contemporary culture to Christian consciousness. Professor: Mariano Fazio.

Registration: peh@austral.edu.ar

Contemporary ethical debates
The seminar consists of eight weekly modules, each providing a lecture, bibliography, and activities designed to encourage reflection on current ethical issues from diverse fields such as law, politics, anthropology, business, health, and social communication. Each module requires a commitment of 2,5 hours.

Modality: virtual – asynchronous.

1st Date: February 10 to April 4, 2025 (8 weeks)

2nd date: August 4 to September 26, 2025 (8 weeks)

Program:
1. Contemporary Moral Currents. Professor: Carlos Massini Correas
2. Natural law, the law of practical reason. Professor: Soledad Paladino
3. Ethical Challenges of Anthropotechnics. Professor: Mariano Asla
4. Business: A Force for Good? Professor: Hector Rocha
5. Ethics of communication. Professor: Carlos Álvarez Teijeiro
6. Bioethical Issues. Professor: Agustín Silberberg
7. Conscience and Morality: Conscientious Objection. Professor: Fernando Toller
8. Political ethics. Professor: to confirm.

Registration: peh@austral.edu.ar

 

Knowledge and Truth

The seminar consists of 8 weekly modules with the aim of learning The state of the contemporary debate on knowledge and truth.A dissertation, bibliography, and activities will be provided. Each module will require a commitment of 2,5 hours.

Modality: virtual – asynchronous.

1st date: February 10 to April 4, 2025 (8 weeks)

2nd date: August 4 to September 26, 2025 (8 weeks)

Program: 

  1. Intellectual training at university, Luis Romera (University of the Holy Cross, Rome).
  2. Contemporary theories of truth, Miguel García Valdecasas (University of Navarra, Spain).
  3. Communicating the truth, Damian Fernandez Pedemonte (Universidad Austral, Argentina).
  4. Intellectual virtues in Saint Thomas, Juan José Sanguineti (Universidad Austral, Argentina). 
  5. The epistemology of virtue, Ignacio Aguinalde (Universidad Austral, Argentina). 
  6. Intellectual virtues for everyday life, Nathan King (Whitworth University, US).
  7. Teaching for intellectual virtues, Jason Baehr (Loyola Marymount University, US).
  8. Intellectual virtues in research, Claudia Vanney (Universidad Austral).

Registration: peh@austral.edu.ar

Introduction to the Philosophy of Physics and Formal Sciences 

Professor: Sebastian Fortin.

Subject program

Mode: asynchronous virtual.

Duration: 6 modules (6 weeks. Weekly dedication 5 hours).

Date: March 3 to April 6.

Registration: peh@austral.edu.ar

 

Annual Philosophical-Theological Seminar

Professor: Ignacio Silva

Mode: synchronous / hybrid.

Duration: Annual. One two-hour meeting per month; dates and times to be confirmed.

Date: March 20, 11am.

Registration: peh@austral.edu.ar

 

Science and Theology 

Professor: Ignacio Silva

Subject program

Mode: asynchronous virtual.

Duration: 10 modules (10 weeks. Weekly dedication 5 hours).

Dates: April 14 to June 22

Registration: peh@austral.edu.ar

 

Intellectual virtues in curriculum design

Teachers: Cristina Carriego – Julieta Laudadío – Claudia Vanney

Modality: face-to-face – synchronous virtual.

Duration: 8 meetings.

Date: From March to December.

Registration: by invitation.

 

Anthropology of education

Professor: Juan Assirio

Mode: synchronous

Days and times: Thursdays from 18 to 21 pm.

Dates: June 3 to September 1. Synchronous meetings: June 5, July 3, and August 7.

Registration: peh@austral.edu.ar

 

Anthropology of Education

Teacher: Ana María Sanguineti

Mode: synchronous.

Days and times: Every other Saturday, 2 hours synchronously between 09:00 AM and 13:00 PM (to be confirmed) (approximately 10 virtual hours)

Dates: September 13 to December 6.

Registration: peh@austral.edu.ar

The seminars on the didactic-pedagogical axis seek to enable teachers, as mediators between the learner and knowledge, to illuminate their daily practice through the correct use of teaching strategies and techniques.

Principles of educational organization

Professor: Julio Durand

Mode: synchronous

Days and times: Tuesdays from 18 to 21 pm.

Dates: March 18, April 15 and May 13.

Registration: peh@austral.edu.ar

Pedagogical foundations of educational management

Professor: Graciela Hernández de Lamas

Mode: synchronous

Days and times: Tuesdays from 18 to 21 pm.

Date: April 01, April 29, May 27.

Registration: peh@austral.edu.ar

Principles of educational management

Professor: Joaquín Viqueira

Mode: synchronous

Days and times: Thursdays or Wednesdays from 18 to 21 pm.

Dates: March 06, April 03 and April 30.

Registration: peh@austral.edu.ar

Creative teaching methods for 21st century education

Teachers: Laura Marconi and Yanina Luengo

Mode: synchronous

Days: Every Tuesday. Time to be confirmed (it can be between 17-21 pm) 

Date: During the months of April, May, and June. Starts April 08th.  

Registration: peh@austral.edu.ar

Leadership of educational teams

Professors: Guillermo Luquez and Pedro León Vivas

Mode: synchronous

Days and times: Thursdays from 18 to 21 pm.

Dates: June 12, July 10, and August 14.

Registration: peh@austral.edu.ar

Information and Communication Technologies in the Teaching and Learning Process

Professor: Laura Ferrofino

Mode: synchronous

Days: Every Tuesday. Time to be confirmed (it can be between 17pm and 21pm)

Dates: During the months of July, August, and September. Starts July 01st.

Registration: peh@austral.edu.ar

Pedagogical theories and contemporary debates

Professor: Graciela Hernández de Lamas

Mode: synchronous.

Days and times: Fridays from 17:30 p.m. to 20:00 p.m. The seminar opens asynchronously on Thursday, August 14, and continues with synchronous meetings every other Friday.

Dates: August 14 to October 24.

Registration: peh@austral.edu.ar

Ethics and professional deontology

Professor: Juan Assirio

Mode: synchronous

Days and times: Thursdays from 18 to 21 pm.

Dates: September 18, October 16 and November 13.

Registration: peh@austral.edu.ar

Development of innovative and situated training and assessment proposals

Professor: Ana Kupervaser

Mode: synchronous

Days: Every Tuesday. Time to be confirmed (it can be between 17 pm and 21 pm)

Dates: During the months of October, November, and December. Starts September 30.

Registration: peh@austral.edu.ar

Personal Counseling: Introduction to the Role

Coordinated by: Vice-Rectorate for Students and Extension

Mode: virtual – asynchronous

Duration: 5 hours.

  • The value of advice
  • Role Competencies
  • The meeting with the student
  • Tips Advisors

Registration: self-enrollment  https://campusvirtual.austral.edu.ar/course/view.php?id=15815

Through the incorporation of curricular pathways related to research methodologies, the program seeks to understand the methodological foundations of research work and provide tools that facilitate the search and analysis of information, the writing of scientific articles, the formulation of research projects, and the communication of research results.

The Vice-Rectorate for Research invites professors from the Universidad Austral to join a new edition of the workshop series that will take place between May and November:

The workshop schedule is as follows:

  • May 26 | 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM | Time management and productivity in doctoral studies 
    SpeakerDr. Andrés Sánchez Herrero 
  • June 12 | 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM | Training in the use of Scopus
    SpeakerMarco Ruiz (Elsevier-Consortia) 
  • July 10 | 15:00 PM to 16:30 PM | Academic writing and strategies for publishing in journals SpeakerDr. Agustín Parise 
  • August 21 | 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. | Paper writing and research methodologies 
    Speaker: Dr. Lucía Alba 
  • October 6 | 10:30 to 11:30 AM | Ethics in research and good scientific practices 
    SpeakerDr. Ricardo Crespo 
  • November 13 | 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM | Artificial intelligence applied to research 
    SpeakerDr. Mario Rossi 

📌 To perform the general registration, click [HERE]The workshops will be taught in a hybrid format. 
📌 To register for the workshop on the use of Scopus, click [HERE]This workshop will be held virtually.