Josep Ramoneda
Journalist, philosopher and writer
Journalist, philosopher and writer. He is editor-in-chief of La Maleta de Portbou, a review of the humanities and the economy, besides being director of the European School of Humanities, two projects which aim to think about the future by considering the technological, cultural, social and geopolitical ruptures of today. He is a regular columnist in newspapers like El País and ARA and works with the radio station Cadena Ser, as well as being president of the publishing conglomerate Grup 62. He has published many essays over the years, among them Apologia del present. Assaigs de fi de segle (Apology for the Present: Essays for the End of the Century, Edicions 62, 1989), Después de la pasión política (After the Political Passion, Taurus, 1999), Contra la indiferencia. Apología de la Ilustración (Against Indifference: Apology for the Enlightenment, Galaxia Gutenberg, 2010), and La izquierda necesaria (The Necessary Left, RBA Libros, 2012). He was director of the Centre of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona (CCCB) from 1989 until 2011, president of the Institut de la Recherche et de l’Innovation (IRI) in Paris (2009-2014), director of the Institute of Humanities (1986-1989), a columnist for the daily La Vanguardia (1980-1996), and a lecturer in Contemporary Philosophy at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (1975-1990). He was awarded the 2012 City of Barcelona Prize for International Projection and the 2013 National Prize for Culture of the Generalitat (Government) of Catalonia.
Update: 3 July 2020
Contents
Lives of a free man
Semprún Centenary
Patrick Boucheron
An uncertain idea of Europe
A World History of Catalonia
Panel discussion with Borja de Riquer, Josep Ramoneda, Joaquim Albareda, Miquel Molist, Isabel Rodà and Josep M. Salrach
Your money or your life
Soy cámara online
Literature in the Age of the Internet: Luciana Castellina
Debate on the Future of the Book
Interview with Josep Ramoneda
Philosopher & writer
In Common. Freedom
Lecture by Josep Ramoneda
Soy Cámara #14. Your money or your life!
The CCCB’s Programme
I+C+i. Digital Humanities
Introduction by Josep Ramoneda and Bernard Stiegler
The Democratic Imaginary in the Era of Globalization. Opening Session
Debate with Mario Soares, Jorge Sampaio, Josep Ramoneda and Cândido Mendes
From my Balcony: Public Space – Routines, Plurality and Democracy
Soy Cámara online
Kosmopolis 11. How the books are born. Inside a writer's office
Claudio Magris in conversation with Josep Ramoneda
CCCB LAB
Presentation
Impurity. The Religious Ambiguity of Purity
Lecture by Lluís Duch
Kosmopolis 08. War against terrorism
Lecture by Tzvetan Todorov
Thinking europe. Enlightenment Wars. Is Europe Under Threat From Islam?
Lecture by Ian Buruma
Timothy Garton Ash
Thinking Europe. Liberty and diversity
Zygmunt Bauman
New Borders and Universal Values
Tzvetan Todorov
The Borders of Europe: Opening Lecture
Publications
In Favour of Public Space
Ten Years of the European Prize for Urban Public Space
Atopia
Art i ciutat al segle XXI / Art and City in the 21st Century
Arxipèlag d’excepcions / Archipelago of Exceptions
Sobiranies de l’extraterritorialitat / Sovereignties of Extraterritoriality
Breaking the Wall
The Social Responsibility of Palestinian and Israeli Academics and Intellectuals at Times of Violent Conflict: An Introspective Search
Fronteres
Debat de Barcelona VII
Seminari Economia
El futur econòmic a Catalunya: lideratge econòmic i poder polític
