Jaume Casals, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Jaume Casals

Catalan philosopher

Date of Birth: 15-Jan-1958

Place of Birth: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Profession: university teacher, philosopher

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Jaume Casals (b.
Barcelona, 1958) is the current rector of Pompeu Fabra University and Professor of Philosophy at UPF (since 2003).
He received his Doctorate in Philosophy summa cum laude from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB, 1984). A senior fellow of the Institut d'Estudis Catalans before becoming Rector of UPF in June 2013, Casals was the Academic Board Chairman and Executive Vice-President of the UPF's Continuing Education Institute (IDEC) as well as UPF Vice-Rector for Postgraduate and Doctoral Studies (2001-2005) and for Teaching Staff (2005-2009).