3 Feb., Sant Ferran hosts 'UOM Formentera' kick-off with lecture on traditional territorial demarcations

The Office of Seniors of the Consell de Formentera is pleased to report that this Friday 3 February, the lecture series of the Open University for Seniors (Universitat Oberta per a Majors, UOM) returns to Formentera with seven talks programmed through 28 April.

Ana Juan, president and seniors councillor of the Consell de Formentera, touted "wide-ranging talks for islanders over 50" in Sant Francesc, Sant Ferran and La Mola.

The sessions will unfold at the Sant Francesc retirees and pensioners' club, the seniors' social centre of Sant Ferran and the Casa del Poble in La Mola.

Programme of lectures:

3 February (Centre Social de Majors, Sant Ferran)
"Vendes": Are territorial demarcations in the Pine Islands relics of the past or useful in the future? [Josep Antoni Prats]

17 February (Club de Pensionistes i Jubilats, Sant Francesc)
'Epidemics and bouts of disease' [Fanny Tur, archivist and historian]

3 March (Centre Social de Majors, Sant Ferran)
'Eivissa and Formentera one hundred years ago' [Felip Cirer, professor of Catalan language and literature]

17 March (Club de Pensionistes i Jubilats, Sant Francesc)
'Another heritage: Industry' [Antoni Ferrer Abárzuza, doctor and historian]

31 March (Centre Social de Majors, Sant Ferran)
'Undersea cultural heritage in the Pine Islands' [Dr. Marcus Heinrich Hermanns]

14 April (Club de Pensionistes i Jubilats, Sant Francesc)
'The Mediterranean diet, the diet of longevity?' [Marina Ribas]

28 April (Casa del Poble, La Mola)
'Female artists of the avant-garde: expressionism and dadaism' [Agatha Martínez]

1 February 2023
Communications Office
Consell de Formentera

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