Josep Maria Terricabras

Brüssel
European Parliament
Rue Wiertz
B- 1047 Brussels

Straßburg
European Parliament
LOW T05059
Allée du Printemps - B.P. 1024/F
F-67070 Strasbourg Cedex

Born in Calella in 1946, Josep-Maria Terricabras was a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Girona prior to his election to the European Parliament in May 2014, as part of the L’Esquerra pel dret a decidir broad-left electoral coalition, which promotes the independence of Catalonia and social justice.
He is a graduate of the University of Barcelona and the University of Münster, and has been a visiting research fellow at the University of Münster, St John’s College, Cambridge, and the University of California, Berkeley.
His academic speciality is contemporary thought and he has published widely.
He is also a member of the Catalan National Assembly (ANC), a civil society based grass-roots movement which draws together people of all backgrounds who want to see Catalonia become a new European state, and of the Institut d’Estudis Catalans (IEC), (Institute of Catalan Studies).