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News Archive - Winter 2005–2006
Andoni Alonso publications reviewed in El País Publications by Andoni Alonso, visiting scholar with the Center for this semester, have been reviewed in El País, the newspaper with the largest circulation in Spain. Three works on cyberculture, co-authored with Iñaki Arzoz, are featured in the article: La nueva ciudad de Dios (the new city of God) (Siruela, 2002), Carta al homo ciberneticus (Letter to homo ciberneticus) (Edaf, 2003), and especially the latest work, La quinta columna digital (The digital fifth column) (Barcelona: Gedisa, 2005). This latest book won the Epson Foundation’s VI Eusebi Colomer Essay Prize.
Dr. Alonso and Iñaki Arzoz also co-authored Basque Cyberculture: From Digital
Euskadi to CyberEuskalherria (Reno: Center for Basque Studies, 2001),
part of our Basque Textbooks Series and used for our class on Basque
Cyberculture. | |
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UNR’s Siegel presents at Basque conference on human rights Richard Siegel, University of Nevada, Reno political science professor emeritus and president of the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada, gave human rights lectures February 13 and 15 at a conference on world affairs organized and hosted by the University of the Basque Country in Bilbao, Spain. Dr. Siegel feels that “There are several similarities between Spanish human rights issues and U.S. human rights issues.” His first lecture addressed the “international human rights regime today,” focusing on the global and regional systems that attempt to protect human rights around the world. The second lecture gave a comparative look at U.S. and Spanish human rights policy in relation to terrorism, national autonomy, torture, the death penalty and other issues.
Carmelo Urza, director of the
University Studies Abroad Consortium, said there is a long-standing
working relationship between the University of Nevada, Reno and the
University of the Basque Country. “Our studies abroad program began at
the University of the Basque Country in 1982,” Urza said. He asked
Siegel to present at the conference because of “his dedication to human
rights issues here in Nevada.” | |
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Imanol Irizar welcomed as new Basque Librarian The Center welcomes Imanol Irizar, who arrived at the University of Nevada, Reno in February to begin his duties as the new head of the Basque Studies Library. Irizar comes to Reno from the Basque Country, where he received his library science training and worked as the founder and director of the HABE Library in San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa for over twenty years. HABE, part of the Department of Culture in the Basque government, is an institute for teaching the Basque language to adults. Irizar’s expertise with the creation and maintenance of a large database of articles on languages and linguistics will be invaluable for the Basque Library, which recently created a database on Basque topics written or produced after 1994. Dr. Irizar will continue to build and organize the Basque collection, which includes some 55,000 books, journals, and films and draws many scholars from around the world to research in its rich archive. Ongi etorri, Imanol! | |
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Gregorio Monreal participates in Economic Agreement conference On December 12, 2005 Gregorio Monreal Zia took part in a conference marking the 25th Anniversary of the Economic Agreement between the Basque and Spanish Governments, (Jornadas Dedicadas al 25 Aniversario del Concierto Económico) held in Donostia-San Sebastián and organized by the provincial government of Gipuzkoa. Monreal, who is currently on sabbatical at the Center for Basque Studies at the University of Nevada, Reno as the William A. Douglass Distinguished Scholar, delivered the keynote speech entitled “El Concierto Económico Vasco: la construcción social del Derecho en el tiempo” (The Basque Economic Agreement: The Social Construction of Law in Time). The conference was opened by Lehendakari (Basque President) Juan José Ibarretxe and the General Deputy of Gipuzkoa, Joxe Juan González de Txabarri, who presented two very important speeches on current disputes regarding the Basque fiscal situation. Many other high-ranking government officials participated in the sessions.
Professor Monreal’s presentation was included as an introductory study in a book
also published in December that assembles all of the historical
documentation regarding the Economic Agreement. | |
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Reviews published in RIEV Two book reviews in the Revista International de Estudios Vascos (RIEV), vol. 49, no. 1 were published by Basque Studies Ph.D. student Juan Arana. He published reviews of Jorge Oteiza. Pasión y razón by Soledad Alvarez (Donostia: Editorial Nerea y Fundación Museo Jorge Oteiza, 2003), pp. 231–234, and of Oteiza en Irún, 1957–1974 by Jaime Rodríguez Salís (Irun: Luis de Uranzu Kultur Taldea-Alberdania, 2003), pp.287–290. In addition, the work Identity, Culture, and Politics in the Basque Diaspora by Gloria P. Totoricagüena (Reno: University of Nevada Press, 2004) was reviewed by Iñaki Martínez de Albéniz in the same issue, pp. 293–296. | |
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P. Oiarzabal interviewed by Radio Euskadi Ph.D. Student Pedro Oiarzabal was interviewed by Radio Euskadi, the Basque Public Radio Station, on January 3, 2006 about the Basque diaspora in the U.S., the Center for Basque Studies, and its oral history program in particular. Further interviews are scheduled for the popular nightly radio show “La Casa de la Palabra” with Roge Blasco. | |
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Gregorio Monreal participates in dissertation defense at French university On January 7, Professor Gregorio Monreal took part in the doctoral dissertation defense of Jean-Baptiste Busaall at the University of Aix-en-Provence in France. Busaall’s research was on “The Reception of French Constitutionalism in the Genesis of Spanish Liberalism (1808–1820),” (“La Reception du Constitutionalisme français dans la genese du Liberalismo espagnol (1808-1820)”). Monreal, who is at the Center this year as our Douglass Distinguished Scholar, served as co-mentor for the thesis along with Professor Michel Ganzin of the University Paul Cézanne-Aix-Marseille III. | |
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CBS scholar appears in Silver & Blue magazine An article on our Douglass Distinguished Scholar Gregorio Monreal Zia appeared in the Nevada Silver & Blue, the magazine of the University of Nevada, Reno, for Spring 2006. The piece gave information on Dr. Monreal’s career and on his research project while in Reno. It also discussed the William A. Douglass Distinguished Scholar Award, which was established last year to facilitate international networking of Basque scholars, and briefly described the Center and Basque Library. | |
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Joseba Zulaika completes term as Center Director The Center for Basque Studies’ bylaws were revised in 2000 to establish its directorship as a three-year term, to rotate among the faculty, as is done in many other departments on our campus. Joseba Zulaika has served as Center director for two terms, and now has returned to full-time researching and writing. He turned over the administrative duties to Gloria Totoricagüena as of January 1. Dr. Zulaika stated that he was proud that the staff accomplished quite a bit during this time. We created a new curriculum including many online courses, presented annual conferences, and began several new publication series. He gave much credit to his predecessor, William Douglass, for establishing the foundation for these achievements. We were also fortunate to obtain funding for two new positions from the Nevada state legislature, thus going from three to five faculty members, and added a de facto sixth member with the addition of the William Douglass Distinguished Scholar. The Advisory Board was created and has been very helpful in obtaining these positions, and in establishing agreements with Basque institutions that provide funding for many of our projects. The Board has also raised a million dollar endowment for the Center.
Dr. Zulaika will be in residence in the Basque
region until August of 2006, continuing his field research on the urban
transformation of Bilbao. | |
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CBS Directorship passes to Gloria Totoricagüena Asst. Professor Gloria Totoricagüena was named Director of the Center as of January 1, 2006. Dr. Totoricagüena has been with the Center for four years, and holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Politics from the London School of Economics and Political Science. Her research interests include ethnonationalism and ethnic identity in the Basque diaspora, and institutional relationships between Basque diaspora organizations and homeland institutions. Her recent publications include Identity, Culture, and Politics: Comparing the Basque Diaspora (Reno: University of Nevada Press, 2004) and Boise Basques: Dreamers and Doers (Reno: Center for Basque Studies, 2004). Director Totoricagüena’s plans for 2006–2009 include international collaborations with universities in the Basque Country regarding joint publication, and possible joint PhD awards; CBS leadership of research teams with specialists from Argentina, Uruguay, Venezuela, Mexico, United States and the Basque Country; public Basque art schemes for the UNR campus; and the possibility of ten new PhD graduate assistantships. “The focus should always remain on maintaining the highest standards of quality in research methodology, fieldwork, and theorizing. We have extremely stringent expectations for our programs and participants and will work to maintain that while adding additional opportunities in Basque Studies.” Dr. Totoricagüena is also directing the April 2006 CBS International Symposium on Diaspora Politics, gathering fifteen of the world’s most prominent Political Scientists and International Relations specialists, as well as the creation of the Basque Family Heritage in the USA genealogy database which will be ready for public access in mid 2007. Outgoing Director Joseba Zulaika affirmed his full confidence in Dr. Totoricagüena, stating that “She will be a great Director. She will take the Center to the next level by organizing systematic Basque diaspora research across several countries. The Center has a great future.” | |
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Ikasi 2006 program cancelled We are sorry to announce that the Ikasi program, an educational workshop on Basque culture, will not be held in 2006. Our previous Ikasi coordinator, Linda White, will be retiring this year and we also have another faculty position that is in process of being filled. Thus we felt it would be wiser to wait until next year to present the program again. We thank Dr. White for her past years of organizing this popular event and look forward to offering it again in summer of 2007 when we will have additional staff available. | |
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Ott lecture at Barnes & Noble in Reno Sandra Ott spoke to a reading group at Barnes and Noble bookstore in Reno on December 7. Her talk focused on the Occupation of the French Basque Country and ethical issues relating to a study of collaboration. The group read her chapter “Remembering the Resistance in Popular Theatre: A Basque Controversy,” from the book Memory and World War II: An Ethnographic Approach (ed. Francesca Cappelletto, Berg, 2005). They also read the book chapter, “Good Tongues, Bad Tongues: Denunciation, Rumor and Revenge,” which explores acts of betrayal during the Occupation and their judgment by the moral community and the post-Liberation authorities. | |
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Student announces web sites on Basque identity Basque Ph.D. student Pedro Oiarzabal has announced two web sites relating to his current research. Euskalidentity is the web site for Euskalidentity Kultur Elkartea (EIKE), a non-profit cultural association dedicated to the study of Basque identity worldwide. It was created with the goals of promotion and dissemination of Basque culture throughout the planet. Euskalidentity is a medium to promote interdisciplinary and comparative studies on Basque identity and to disseminate information related to Basques around the world. It is aimed at increasing the awareness of Basque cultural heritage needs of those Basques living abroad, among the general public and policy makers in the Basque Country. Oiarzabal also presented www.euskaldiaspora.com, which covers his current research on the Basque virtual diaspora. It includes links to Basque diaspora institutions around the world. Mr. Oiarzabal can be reached at pjo@unr.edu. | ||
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J. Zulaika interviewed by media at Durango Book Fair Center Director Joseba Zulaika was in the Basque Country from December 3–12 to promote our publications at the Durangoko Azoka / Durango Book Fair. On December 5 in Bilbao, he and several of our authors informed the media of the many books produced this year by the Center and by the University of Nevada Press in their Basque Book Series. Thirteen books were presented (see article below for details on the publications). Dr. Zulaika also gave a lecture on “Reno’s Basque Library, Memory of a People” on Friday at Durango’s Book Fair. Articles about his participation and the Center’s books appeared in several newspapers: Noticias de Gipuzcoa (twice), Noticias de Alava, Gara, Deia, and El País. In addition, interviews with Dr. Zulaika were broadcast on Basque radio stations Euskadi Irratia and Bizkaia Irratia, as well on Basque television, Euskal Telebista. | |
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Sandra Ott consults on Xiberoa/Nafarroa project Dr. Sandra Ott of the Center faculty is the anthropological consultant on a joint Xiberoan (Souletine) /Nafarroa project, Ainarak Ainarak, investigating the obstacles to integration in Xiberoan society faced by “the Swallows” (young Navarrese and Aragonese women who worked in the sandal factories of Maule in the early 20th century), by refugees from the Spanish Civil War, and Portuguese immigrant workers. | |
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Basque books presented at Durango Book Fair The Center for Basque Studies will present several of our new publications, as well as University of Nevada Press books, at the Durango Book Fair held December 7–11. The books were first presented to the media in a press conference held at Euskaltzaindia in Bilbao on December 5. The event was attended by Center director, Joseba Zulaika, along with a number of authors including: Mari Jose Olaziregi, Gabriel Gatti, Iñaki Martínez de Albeniz, Pedro Ibarra, Jon Azua, Javier Viar, Joxerra Garzia, and Agustin Oiarzabal, as well as translators Amaia Gabantxo and Cameron Watson. Pello Salaburu of the Friends of the Center for Basque Studies also spoke. Press information was provided to journalists in attendance. The Center has undertaken an ambitious publishing agenda resulting in nine titles published this year. Another three titles by the University of Nevada Press were presented, as well as one by Erroteta authored by Center Ph.D. student Pedro Oiarzabal with his brother Agustin. The Center’s various publications series have been made possible by an agreement between the Center for Basque Studies, the Department of Education, Department of Culture, and the Presidency of the Basque Government. The series include a Basque Textbook Series, Literature in Translation, Conference Series, Diaspora and Migration Studies Series, and an Occasional Papers Series. The Center has also established a Classics Series with the help of a grant from the Bizkaiko Foru Aldundia (Bizkaian Provincial Government) through the Association of Friends of the Center for Basque Studies. Our publications for this year include three from our Conference Papers Series:
We also presented two from our Basque Textbooks Series:
The first publication in the Basque Classics Series:
Basque Literature Series:
Occasional Papers Series:
A Children’s Book:
Also, from other publishers, we presented three books from the Basque Book Series of the University of Nevada Press:
And a book published in the Basque Country:
Please follow the links to find out more about each title, and for ordering information. CBS and Press titles are available through the University of Nevada Press. These new publications may be the perfect addition to your private library and will make wonderful gifts for friends and family. | |
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New Basque Studies Librarian selected The search for a new Head of the Basque Studies Library at the University of Nevada, Reno has ended successfully with the selection of Imanol Irizar, the founder and the director of the HABE Library in San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa. HABE, the Institute for the Teaching of Basque and Basque Language Literacy to Adults, is an autonomous entity within the Department of Culture in the Basque Government. As the director of the library since it was founded in 1982, Imanol has coordinated several large projects, including a database of articles on languages and linguistics (ADBD) with 85,000 entries. He also founded a journal, Zutabe, for teachers of Basque, which is still published under the title Hizpide. We look forward to Imanol’s arrival in Reno, scheduled for February 1, 2006. | |
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Holiday Book Signing at Nevada State Museum features Basque books The Nevada State Museum Store invites the public to a Holiday Book Signing the evening of Thursday, December 8. The event features several Basque titles from the University of Nevada Press’ Basque Book Series, and authors of the works will be available to sign them. Books and their authors include Chorizos in an Iron Skillet, Mary Ancho Davis; Amerikanuak: Basques in the New World, William A. Douglass; Speaking Through the Aspens, J. Mallea Olaetxe; The Circle of Mountains, Sandra Ott; Basque Diaspora, Gloria Totoricagüena; Solitude, Carmelo Urza; and The Deep Blue Memory, Monique Laxalt. The Museum is located at 600 N. Carson Street in Carson City, Nevada and the signing takes place from 5:30 to 7 pm, with a reception immediately following. Admission is free, and books will be available for purchase. For further information, please contact the Museum at 687.4810 x244. | |
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