Current Events

Call for Applications: The William A. Douglass Distinguished Scholar Award

Joseba Zulaika gives lecture at the 3nd Annual Critical Studies on Terrorism Lecture on September 9, 2011 in Glasgow. The lecture featured a central plenary event at the BISA CST Working Group conference, "A Decade of Terrorism and Counter-terrorism since 9/11: Taking Stock and New Directions in Research and Policy."

Over the summer, the Center for Basque Studies was visited by a number of scholars from the University of the Basque Country.

Dr. Pedro J. Oiarzabal, former graduate student of the Center for Basque Studies, conducted research on Basque boardinghouses for oneweek in August as recipient of the Begoña Aretxaga´s Travel Stipend award.

Former Center for Basque Studies PhD Graduates Argitxu Camus Etchecopar and Juan Arana Cobos will become lecturers at the Paris Sorbonne University and Liverpool University respectively.

On July 12 Joseba Zulaika gave a lecture entitled "Post-ETA Subjektu Politikoaz" and on July 14 entitled "Euskal Ikerketa Kulturalak"at the Summer University of the Basque Country in San Sebastian.

During the month of July, the Centre for Basque Studies welcomed the visit of two professors from Paris, Maitane Ostolaza and Enric Porqueres. Both came with the two-fold mission of strengthening their contact with the CBS and making the most of the resources of the CBS library for their particular research goals. .

The Journal of Folklore Research reviewed The Basques by Julio Caro Baroja.

The University Studies Abroad Consortium offers study abroad programs in the Basque Country and beyond. They are pleased to announce a scholarship that takes them back to their roots.

Oscar Alavarez Gila publishes article, "Cartas desde América. Dos visiones de los Estados Unidos en la correspondencia de emigrantes vascos" in Anuário do Centro de Estudos de Histórica do Atlântico, Funchal, 2 (2010), pp. 879-897 (ISSN 1647-3949) View Article.

Oscar Alvarez Gila to present paper as a member of the scientific committee of the International Congress "As Escritas da Emigración" ("The Writings of Emigration")

Speakers, Gaizka Mejuto and Julio Calleja give lectures on Monday, June 13, 2011.

Oscar Alvarez Gila to present paper "Sheep, Wine, Baskets and Bullets. Almost a Hundred Years of Basque Immigration in American Cinema" at the 2011 Basque Studies Symposium May 2011.

Oscar Alvarez Gila presented the paper "Los retornos imaginados en la memoria de la emigración contemporánea vasca: el indiano enriquecido, el americano descreído y el patriota redentor", at the International Conference 17-19 March 2011 View Program.

Oscar Alvarez Gila will present the paper "Climate events and migration in Ecuador: Consequences of the extreme 1997-1998 El Niño event" at The Nansen Conference: Climate Change and Displacement in the 21st Century, June 5-7, 2011

Assistant Professor, Zoe Bray to host an art exhibition at the Musée Historique de Biarritz. Open from 10am to 1pm and from 2.30 to 6.30pm everyday except Sundays and Mondays, until 27 August 2011

Oscar Alvarez Gila and Eneko Sanz Goikoetxea coauthor the article "El exilio institucional: El Gobierno autonómico vasco y sus delegaciones en el exterior (1937-1965)" in the latest issue of the journal Guregandik, published in Argentina by the Centro de Estudios Arturo Campión.

Oscar Alvarez Gila, along with Ana Ugalde Zaratiegui and Virginia Lopez de Maturana, from the University of the Basque Country, have coauthored the article "Western Sahara: Migration, Exile and Environment", in the vol. 49 (Spring 2011) of International Migration.

Oscar Alvarez Gila and Susana Cano Garramuño have coauthored the article "Inmigración, colonización y religión: el desarrollo de Bahía Blanca (Argentina) a través de las memorias de José Joaquín Esandi (1870-1925)", published in the latest issue of Migraciones&Exilios (nº 11, 2010), a Spanish journal on history of migration.

Mariann Vaczi publishes article, "Subversive Pleasures, Losing Games: Basque Soccer Madness" in South African Review of Sociology: Journal of the South African Sociological Association Vol 42, No 1, 2011

Discover The Basque Country: An expert-led five-day adventure exploring the fine food and rich culture of the Basque Country. July 5-9, 2011

Joseba Zulaika teaches a course at Boise University on The Guggneheim-Bilbao Museum

Seminario Internacional: America Latina y el Mundo Ante La Guerra Civil Espanola.

Oscar Alvarez publishes article, "Glory (1989). Una visión dramatizada sobre el origen de los Buffalo Soldiers"

The 10th Annual International Conference is March 22-26th on
"The Protection of Cultural Diversity: Language Rights and Legal Pluralism"

Joseba Zulaika publishes "Terror of Minarets" in Etnologia 37:44-51 (December 2010)

On March 4, 2011, Joseba Zulaika gave a lecture at Berkeley Univerisity Anthropology Department's colloquium on "The Follies of Counterterrorism"

Oscar Alvarez publishes a set of articles on History of the Delegations of the Basque Government, in "Euskonews"

The Center for Basque Studies is pleased to announce the recent release of the book "Patriotas entre naciones. Élites emigrantes españolas en Argentina (1870-1840)"

The Center for Basque Studies is delighted to announce the appointment of a new faculty member, Zoe Bray

The Center for Basque Studies also welcomes a new Webmaster, Michelle Keele

Sandy Ott teaches at Boise State University on "War, Occupatiion, and Justice in the Basque Country, 1936-1946"