ADEMA Campus Inca returns to CòmicNostrum with a premiere exhibition by Santos Iñurrieta and professional sessions.
On October 16, the campus will host various activities within the framework of the Mallorca International Comic Festival. Highlights include the “Kajika’s” exhibition by the late artist Santos Iñurrieta and presentations by renowned industry professionals. The countdown is on for the Mallorca International Comic Festival, which was presented today at the Fàbrica Ramis in Inca. Just as in 2025, ADEMA Campus Inca will once again serve as a key venue for CòmicNostrum 2026, taking place from October 14 to 18 in both the capital of the Raiguer region and Palma. The program at the university venue will kick off on Friday, October 16, at 9:30 a.m. with a professional event aimed at Design and Fine Arts students. Tomeu Morey, Puño, Marika Vila, Héloïse Guerrier (Astiberri), Emilio Bernárdez (La Cúpula), Florentino Flórez, and Feliu Renom will share their knowledge and techniques. Attendance is free, subject to prior registration at cluster@comicmallorca.com. Additionally, on October 16 at 6:00 p.m., the exhibition “Kajika’s“—dedicated to the work of artist Santos Iñurrieta (1950–2023)—will open on the campus (Carrer del Tren, 72). The exhibition brings together three-dimensional pieces infused with irony, social commentary, and dark humor, created from objects found at markets. It will remain open to the public Monday through Friday, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., until December 18. Toda la información y el programa completo del festival están disponibles en la web oficial comicnostrum.com.
The President of the Government, Marga Prohens, will inaugurate the Universitat de Mallorca Forum with a lecture on the challenges of politics and public action.
>> The initiative, driven by the University of Mallorca within the framework of the Social Sciences Foundation Year, will bring together institutional leaders and representatives from the political, economic, and social spheres through next March to introduce students to the major challenges of our time. The President of the Government of the Balearic Islands, Marga Prohens Rigo, will inaugurate the Universitat de Mallorca Forum on October 29. This is a new series of academic and institutional gatherings launched by the Universitat de Mallorca (UMAC-ADEMA) with the aim of fostering analysis, critical reflection, and dialogue regarding the major social, political, economic, and institutional transformations of contemporary society. The inaugural session will be held from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Can Prunera in Sóller, where the President of the Government will deliver a lecture titled “Governing in Times of Transformation: Challenges for Politics and Public Action,” focusing on the challenges the current context poses for the exercise of institutional responsibilities and government action. The Universitat de Mallorca Forum was launched as an initiative linked to the Social Sciences Foundation Year within the Faculty of Polytechnic Studies, designed to broaden students’ educational experience through direct contact with policymakers, institutional representatives, professionals, and specialists from various fields of knowledge. Under the theme “Encounters to understand the social, political, and institutional transformations of our time,” the series aims to turn the university environment into a space for the exchange of knowledge and for reflection on issues that directly impact the evolution of society. The program will take place during the 2026–2027 academic year and will address, from various perspectives, issues related to governance, municipalism, the challenges of insularity, socio-economic development, business, employment, and social cohesion. A space for connection between the university and institutions The project reflects the University of Mallorca’s commitment to fostering university education that is connected to social and institutional realities, incorporating into academic activity the experiences and knowledge of those directly involved in society’s decision-making and transformation processes. From this perspective, the Forum seeks to strengthen ties between the university and its surrounding community, foster critical thinking, and promote knowledge transfer through interactions among students, public officials, and socioeconomic stakeholders. A program featuring representatives from the Balearic Islands’ leading institutions. Following the inaugural session led by the President of the Government, the next lecture will take place on November 26 at ADEMA’s Inca Campus, featuring the Mayor of Inca, Virgilio Moreno Sarrió, who will address the role of cities in social transformation in a talk titled “The City as the Primary Social Laboratory: Municipalism, Citizenship, and Proximity.” On February 25, 2027, the President of the Council of Mallorca, Llorenç Galmés Verger, will headline an event at the ADEMA Coll Campus focused on the territorial, social, and political challenges of insularity, titled “Mallorca Facing Its Limits and Opportunities: The Social and Political Challenges of Insularity.“ The program will continue on March 18, 2027, at the Inca Campus with a panel discussion on “The Socio-economic Future of the Balearic Islands: Business, Labor, Territory, and Social Cohesion.” Participants will include Francesc Fiol Amengual, President of the Economic and Social Council of the Balearic Islands; Eduardo Soriano Torres, President of the Mallorca Chamber of Commerce; and Antoni Riera Font, Technical Director of the Impulsa Balears Foundation. The session will be moderated by Dr. Carles Francesc Baeza. With this initiative, the university incorporates into its academic project a space for dialogue and analysis that seeks to bring students closer to major contemporary debates and contribute to the generation and transfer of knowledge from within the university setting.
The University of Mallorca attends the German Unity Day celebration.
>> The rector, Dr. Pere Riutord, exchanged views with the new consul of the Federal Republic of Germany, Angelika Saake. The Rector of the Universitat de Mallorca (UMAC-ADEMA), Dr. Pere Riutord, attended the reception marking German Unity Day, hosted by the new Consul of the Federal Republic of Germany, Angelika Saake. “The fall of the Berlin Wall and the country’s subsequent reunification on October 3, 1990, represent a pivotal historical event for Spain as well,” stated Dr. Riutord. In a moving speech, Saake recalled and honored the yearning for freedom and the courage of those whose protests in 1989 made this “political miracle” possible. At the same time, he warned that, 36 years later, “a worrying historical amnesia is spreading across certain sectors of German society—regarding both the crimes and inhumane ideology of National Socialism and the injustice and repression of the communist dictatorship. Both chapters of German history remind us how precious democracy, freedom, and the rule of law are—and how quickly they can be lost if we do not defend them.” Civil and military authorities were present at the event, as were prominent figures from the German community in Mallorca. The University of Mallorca was also represented by the newly appointed Vice-Dean of Social Sciences, Ciro Krauthausen, who for nearly twenty years headed the German-language newspaper *Mallorca Zeitung*. Photography: Nele Bendgens