2024 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.
Dates: February 12 to April 8, 2024 (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 Crespo4. 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.
Dates: February 12 to April 8, 2024 (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.

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Knowledge and Truth

The seminar consists of eight weekly modules designed to explore the current state of the debate on knowledge and truth. A lecture, bibliography, and activities will be provided. Each module requires a commitment of 2,5 hours.

Modality: virtual – asynchronous.

Dates: August 5 to September 30, 2024 (8 weeks)

Program: 

1. Intellectual training at the 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).

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Introduction to the Philosophy of Chemistry and Biology

Professor: Camilo Martínez González and María José Ferreira Ruiz.

Mode: asynchronous virtual.

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

Date: February 15 to March 15.

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Science and Society

Professor: Juan José Sanguineti

Mode: asynchronous virtual.

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

Dates: March 11 to May 17

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Ethical issues of science and technology

Professor: Mariano Asla

Mode: asynchronous virtual.

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

Dates: May 13 to July 20

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Historical relations between science and religion

Professor: Miguel de Asúa

Mode: asynchronous virtual.

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

Dates: August 5 to October 13

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Intellectual virtues for interdisciplinary research 

The seminar consists of eight weekly modules designed to present the intellectual qualities that constitute the ideal character of an interdisciplinary researcher. A lecture, bibliography, and activities will be provided. Each module will require a commitment of 2,5 hours.

Modality: virtual – asynchronous.

Dates: August 5 to September 30, 2024 (8 weeks)

1.The role of curiosity in successful collaboration, Lani Watson (University of Oxford, UK).

2. The value of Open-mindedness and intellectual humility for interdisciplinary research, Nancy Snow (University of Kansas, US).

3. Limitations-owning and the interpersonal dimensions of intellectual humility, Jason Baehr (Loyola Marymount University, US).

4. From charitable interpretation to active credence, Paul Harris (Harvard University). 

5. Intellectual Honesty, Christian Miller (Wake Forest University, US).

6. Intellectual creativity, the arts, and the university, Nathan King (Whitworth University, US).

7. Empersonal research practices: Getting to know our interdisciplinary collaborators, Katherine Sweet (University of Notre Dame, US). 

8. Interpersonal intellectual virtues, Ignacio Aguinalde (Universidad Austral, Argentina).   

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Teaching people to think deeply

Mode: asynchronous virtual.

Duration: 6 modules. Total estimated time commitment: 12 hours.

Dates: September 2nd to November 27th

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The seminars of the didactic-pedagogical axis seek to ensure that the teacher, as a mediator between the learner and knowledge, illuminates their daily practice through the correct use of teaching strategies and techniques..

Creative teaching methods for 21st century education

Professor: Andrea Samper

Modality: virtual

Duration: 11 weekly meetings (22 hours total).

Dates: April 11 to June 19. From 17 pm to 19 pm.

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Information and communication technologies applied to teaching and learning processes 

Professors: Laura Ferrofino and Ariel Arévalo

Modality: Virtual

Duration: 11 weekly meetings (44 hours total).

Dates: From July 4th to September 26th, from 17pm to 21pm.

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Pedagogical Theories and Contemporary Debates

Professor: Graciela Hernández de Lamas

Modality: Hybrid.

Duration: 25 hours.

Date: August-October.

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Development of innovative and situated training and assessment proposals  

Professor: Ana Kupervaser

Modality: Virtual

Duration: 11 weekly meetings (44 hours total).

Dates: From October 10 to December 10, from 17 pm to 21 pm.

Registration: peh@austral.edu.ar