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Literature Conference held at the Center, May 15–17 A conference on “Writers In Between Languages: Minority Literatures in the Global Scene” will be presented May 15–17, sponsored by the Center for Basque Studies, University of Nevada, Reno. Conference organizer Mari Jose Olaziregi of the Center states that the conference will address the cultural, ideological, and economic consequences of the centrality of the English language in the global literary scene and such questions as, How is this global hegemony affecting the realignment of world languages and literatures? Do all writers now have to think of their work as translated in between languages and dominant discourses? What is the role of a minority literature regarding its community? Has the language a crucial function as a means for expressing and forming a cultural identity? What are we talking about when we talk about Iberian Literatures? Those are some of the questions that this conference on literature will try to reflect on. Conference participants include Basque writers such as Bernardo Atxaga, Mariasun Landa, Rikardo Arregi, Iban Zaldua, Miren Agur Meabe, and Aurelia Arcocha, as well as American and European renowned scholars such as: L. Fernandez Cifuentes, J.R. Resina, M. Santana, T. Vilaros, E. Delgado, A. Martin, A. Sosa Velasco, X. Pla, M. Ugarte, and N. Arruti. For complete information on the conference, please see the conference web site. For further information, you may contact Dr. Olaziregi at 775.682.5576, mjolaciregui@unr.edu; or the Center at 775.784.4854, basque@unr.edu. | |
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Center saddened by death of Enrike Knörr The Center for Basque Studies is deeply saddened by the passing of Professor Enrike Knörr. Professor Knörr was nominated to be the Center’s Douglass Distinguished Scholar for the year 2007–2008. He accepted the invitation and was eager to spend the year at the Center, but in the end declined to come due to his medical condition. We hoped and expected that he would improve and eventually be able accept the same invitation for the year 2008–2009, but unfortunately he was unable to come. The Center has enormously valued his contributions and his friendship. We offer our sincerest condolences to his family, colleagues, and friends. | ||
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Bernardo Atxaga wins literary prize Basque author Bernard Atxaga, the current William Douglass Distinguished Scholar at the Center for Basque Studies, has been awarded a coveted prize in Italian literature, the Grinzane Cavour Prize for a foreign work, for his novel The Accordionist’s Son (titled Il libro del mio fratello in Italian). In addition, his work will compete with that of two other authors for an even greater prize, an annual award promoted by the Piedmont Region of Italy and the CRT Foundation. The Foundation is an organization established in 1991 by the Cassa di Risparmio di Torino (Turin, Italy), to encourage the economic and social development of the Piedmont and Valley of Aosta regions. The final award will be decided in June by twenty-seven judges from Italy and other countries, as well as literary critics. The prize is internationally renowned and in some cases has been the precursor to a Nobel Prize. The Accordionist’s Son, first published in Basque in 2003, has been translated into ten languages. It was recently published in English translation by Harvill Press (U.K.) and has received excellent reviews. Bernardo Atxaga is a well-known author in Europe and his work has earned many literary awards and much critical acclaim. International recognition came after the publication of his novel Obabakoak (1988), which was awarded the Spanish National Fiction Prize. It has been translated into over twenty-six languages. He also writes short stories, poetry, and essays. Three of his other novels, The Lone Man, The Lone Woman, and Two Brothers, have also been translated into English. | |
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Position open in Basque Studies at Boise State University Boise State University has announced a position opening for a Special Lecturer/ Director, Basque Studies, a one-year, renewable position in the College of Social Sciences and Public Affairs. Responsiblities include working on the programs of their Center for Basque Studies, teaching courses for the Basque Studies minor, and working with BSU International Programs. For further information, please see the complete announcement. |
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Douglass Scholar applicants sought The Center for Basque Studies of the University of Nevada, Reno is now accepting applications / project proposals for the William A. Douglass Distinguished Scholar Award for the academic year 2008–2009. This award was established in 2005 in conjunction with the ministries of Education, Culture, and Foreign Affairs of the Basque Government. The Douglass Scholar must be a specialist in some area of Basque Studies, and the area of expertise from which candidates will be drawn will be changed annually, in order to ensure representation from a broad range of disciplines. The scholar will be chosen on the basis of his/her contribution to Basque Studies and consistent record of research achievement and scholarly innovation. For the coming year we are seeking a specialist in the areas of Technosciences / Information Sciences, particularly as they relate to the humanities and social sciences. The aim is to study the development of technosciences within the frame of the North American knowledge society, and ways it differs from the European knowledge society. See the application page for more information. |
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Book on history of Center launched at reception Chroniclers interviewed for the book are Gorka Aulestia, Jill Berner,
Kate Camino, William A. Douglass, Joxe Mallea Olaetxe, Sandra Ott, Marcelino
Ugalde, Carmelo Urza, Linda White, and Joseba Zulaika. For further information,
including how to order copies, please see the flier. | |
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Basque Library availability limited for summer 2008 — Move to new Knowledge Center will limit service Starting May 19, 2008, Getchell Library on the University of Nevada, Reno campus, home of the Basque Library and Center for Basque Studies, will be closed to users, except through a “store front” at the main entrance for users to request books. The Basque Library will be closed and no access into the building will be permitted to anyone other than staff. The closure is necessary because many thousands of books, periodicals, microfilm, and other materials will be moved to the new Knowledge Center. We do not yet know the exact date of our move and the Library’s move, but the summer will be rather chaotic. Thus, we discourage visitors from coming to UNR in summer 2008, to avoid disappointment. The Knowledge Center will open with full services in late August 2008, so visitors are most welcome from that time forward.
To find out more about the Knowledge Center, please see http://www.knowledgecenter.unr.edu/ | ||
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David Río presents lectures on Robert Laxalt’s work Prof. David Río of the University of the Basque Country gave a talk on October 9 on “Robert Laxalt: Fifty Years as ‘Mr. Basque’ in American Literature.” He discussed his book, Robert Laxalt: The Voice of the Basques in American Literature (Center for Basque Studies, 2007), which focuses on the representation of the Basques in Laxalt’s literary work, with emphasis on the different themes, characters, and settings present in his books. In addition, Prof. Río presented an informal discussion centering on transatlantic readings of Robert Laxalt’s novels, especially Sweet Promised Land, on October 11, sponsored by the English Department.
On a similar theme, the Special Collections Department of Getchell Library
is featuring an exhibit throughout 2007 for the 50th anniversary of Robert
Laxalt’s book, Sweet Promised Land. The exhibit of the Robert Laxalt
Papers traces the writing process of Sweet Promised Land from Laxalt’s
initial concept to the final galley proofs. The display is in the Special
Collections area on the upper floor of Getchell Library, Room 291. | |
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CBS Director accepts new position Dr. Gloria Totoricagüena left the university in September to work as an external consultant for projects related to Basque Country public policy and globalization. She will work with a team of specialists on the project “The Basque Country, the Basques, and Globalization.” This initiative was developed to investigate the effects of globalization on Basque economic, social, political, and cultural issues. Dr. Totoricagüena is happy to return to the core of her professional background—political science and international relations. She said that she greatly values the professional and personal relationships developed during her five years of service to the Center for Basque Studies and the University of Nevada, Reno. The College of Liberal Arts Dean appointed Center faculty member Joseba Zulaika and political science professor Eric Herzik, also a former CLA interim dean, as co-directors of the Center for the remainder of the term. | ||
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Dr. Ott convenes panel On September 17, Dr. Sandra Ott organized and convened an FBI Panel: “The FBI and Our Constitutional Rights—A Practical Approach,” as part of the University of Nevada, Reno Constitution Day events. The panel featured Bob Gast, an FBI agent from 1963 to 1987, and Asst. Director of the FBI Laboratory in Washington, DC, and Krista Stanton with Prof. Jim Richardson as moderator. | ||
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Zulaika presents lecture at Documenta Joseba Zulaika participated in the Documenta 12 exhibit in Kassel, Germany, by giving a talk on “Bilbao and the Arts” sponsored by the art magazine Brumaria from Madrid. Each year Documenta exhibits the works of many international artists, including work in all media: sculpture, drawing, painting, photography, architecture, film, video, internet work, performance, and concert. This year’s exhibit was presented from June 16 through September 23. | ||
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NEW publication – Perfect Happiness by Lertxundi The Center announces publication of the newest title in our Basque Literature Series, Perfect Happiness by Anjel Lertxundi, which has been translated from the original Basque by Amaia Gabantxo. Series editor Mari Jose Olaziregi describes the work as “a realist novella with lyrical overtones. It explores how witnessing a terrorist assassination affects a teenage girl’s life over a span of fourteen years. Against this backdrop, Lertxundi explores one of his recurring themes: the relationship between art and death.” Anjel Lertxundi worked as a teacher and journalist for many years, and currently is a scriptwriter for Basque television. His literary achievements are many and varied: he is the author of more than thirty books for children and young people and several volumes of essays, short-story collections, and novels. He has received several literary prizes, including the Euskadi Prize, the Critica Prize, and the PEN Rosalía de Castro Prize. 146 pages; paper (ISBN 978-1-877802-74-4), $19.95. Distributed by the University of Nevada Press: http://www.unpress.nevada.edu; toll-free phone 1-877-NV-BOOKS. | |
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Basque poetry volume published in English Six Basque Poets, edited by new CBS faculty member Mari Jose Olaziregi, has been published in the U.K. by Arc Publications. The volume, translated by Amaia Gabantxo, includes work by Bernardo Atxaga, Rikardo Arregi, Felipe Juaristi, Miren Agur Meabe, Kirmen Uribe, and Joseba Sarrionandia. It is the second volume in the New Poetry from Europe & Beyond Series which brings the work of contemporary poets to a wider English-language readership.
The publisher’s release states that these poets “represent the diversity
of voices and poetic schools that populate the contemporary Basque
literary scene, where a variety of tendencies has emerged in recent
decades: a range of different poetics (poetics of experience, surrealist
poetics, post-symbolist poetics, poetics of silence), use of various
narrative styles, a preference for a non-aesthetic approach that dwells
within the quotidian, an emergence of female voices that reclaim other
codes and other universes, based on the female body.” | |
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Dr. Calvo presents information on European Area of Higher Education Dr. Miguel Calvo of the University of the Basque Country gave a presentation on “Spain and the Basque Country: An Overview of the European Area of Higher Education” on July 18 at UNR. He discussed establishment of the EAHE by the Bologne agreements of 1999, signed by the European Ministers of Education, which created a series of reforms to make European Higher Education more compatible and comparable, and more competitive for Europeans and for students and scholars from other continents.
Dr. Calvo, professor of Geography and Cartography, is a visiting scholar
sponsored by the University Studies Abroad Consortium. | ||
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Marijo Olaziregi joins CBS faculty The Center for Basque Studies welcomes Dr. Mari Jose Olaziregi, a specialist in Basque literature, to our faculty as of July 1, 2007. She has a degree in Basque Philology and a PhD in Basque Literature (1997), with a dissertation on “Literature and Reading: From Textual Strategies to Sociology in Bernardo Atxaga’s Literary Universe.” Her MA degree is from Ramon Llull University (Barcelona). She previously worked at the University of the Basque Country in the Department of Linguistics and Basque Studies (Faculty of Philology, Geography, and History). Dr. Olaziregi served on the executive committee of the International Board on Books for Young People, 2004–2006, has been a member of the Royal Academy of the Basque Language since 1999, and received grants from a number of institutions. In 1997, Dr. Olaziregi was awarded the Ninth Becerro de Bengoa Prize for the essay “Bernardo Atxagaren irakurlea” (Bernardo Atxaga’s reader). Since 2003, she has been co-editor of the Basque Literature Series of the Center for Basque Studies. She speaks Basque, Spanish, and English. She has written seven books and has been the editor of another five titles, has written forewords to several Basque novels and anthologies, and published many essays and articles in several languages (Basque, Spanish, English, French, Czech, Catalan, and Galician). Among her publications are Euskal eleberriaren historia (History of the Basque Novel, 2001); Ramon Saizarbitoriaren unibertso literarioa (The Literary Universe of Ramon Saizarbitoria, 2001); Leyendo a Bernardo Atxaga (Reading Bernardo Atxaga, 2002); An Anthology of Basque Short Stories (ed., 2004). | |
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Sandra Ott receives award for conference paper Prof. Ott has been awarded the Millstone Prize of the Western Society for French History (WSFH) for her paper, “Gift-Giving and the Management of Justice: Borderland Basques under German Occupation (1942–1944) and during the Liberation.” The Millstone Prize is awarded to the best interdisciplinary paper presented at the annual conference of the Society. First awarded in 1998, the prize recognizes the paper that best highlights research, methods, or insights drawn from a field other than history to enrich, challenge, or expand the understanding of the French past. The prize carries an award of $500. A formal announcement will be made at the 2007 WSFH meeting. | |
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Zulaika book on ETA available in Spanish translation Joseba Zulaika’s book ETAren Hautsa (ETA’s Ashes), published in Basque in 2006 by Alberdania, has now come out in a Spanish translation by Gerardo Markuleta entitled Polvo de ETA. The work is a lengthy essay on the historical significance of ETA for the author’s generation. Since ETA was created in Bilbao by a group of university students, and key figures such as Txabi Etxebarrieta were from Bilbao, Zulaika’s essay can be seen as one aspect of his research in Bilbao on the ruins and resurrections of contemporary Basque culture. | |
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Basque Literature publication reviewed Prof. David Laraway of Brigham Young University has reviewed Rossetti’s Obsession in World Literature Today, May 2007, pp. 71–72. He praises both the novel and the translation, and says that “the author’s propensity for understatement and wry humor only sets in greater relief his ability to create some truly memorable images.” Laraway also congratulated the Center for “giving an English-reading public a chance to become acquainted with one of the most important writers of the Basque Country.” The review is available online at: http://www.ou.edu/worldlit/onlinemagazine/ 2007May/22reviews.pdf | |
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40th Anniversary of the Center for Basque Studies — Basque Country visitors welcomed Events were held on Thursday, May 3 as a part of the ongoing CBS 40th Anniversary activities. Special visitors from the Basque Country included Karlos Zarraga, who voluntarily worked for decades sending books, materials, and assorted information to the Basque Library, as well as Anttonmari Aldekoa-Otalora, manager of Urretxindorra bookstore in Bilbao. The bookstore has been the main supplier of materials to the Basque Library for many years. A lunch was served in the Bible Room of Getchell Library, followed by presentations by Center for Basque Studies and Basque Library staff.
Center receives recognition from Nevada Legislature “For 40 years, the Center has quietly and consistently promoted Basque studies to an English-speaking world,” said Gloria Totoricaguena, director of the Center for Basque Studies. “We study the human experience using the new technologies to further Basque research, instruction, and information in a global world.”
The internationally renowned center has conducted and published
Basque-related research, developed academic programs, and established a
Basque library that contains some 60,000 volumes. | ||
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Lecture on Gernika/conflict resolution presented A seminar/discussion on “The Resolution of Political Conflict” was presented on May 3, with Dr. Pedro Ibarra (Dept. of Political Science, University of the Basque Country and 2006–2007 William A. Douglass Distinguished Visiting Scholar) and Basque historian Dr. Xabier Irujo (Center for Basque Studies, UNR). Irujo explained the history of the bombing of Gernika by the Nazis’ Condor Legion during the Spanish Civil War, and Ibarra discussed later development of the Basque conflict as Basque nationalism gained momentum in the post-war era. They then opened a discussion of the theories and experiences of political conflict resolution, especially with relation to the Basque conflict. | |
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Basque Studies lectures presented by visiting scholars Dr. Zesar Martínez, Professor of Sociology at the University of the Basque Country, presented a lecture on “Civil Society and Democratic Participation in the Basque Country” on April 25. He discussed how Basque civil society has shifted from a powerful capacity for mobilization in areas such as recovery of their language, ecological concerns, women’s rights, etc. to a progressive demobilization as public institutions and political parties have taken on these issues.
On April 30, Dr. Carmelo Moreno del Río, Professor of Political Science,
University of the Basque Country, gave a presentation on “Political
Humor in the Basque Country.” His lecture touched on how the
polarization and disruption in Basque politics during the last few
decades has made it difficult to introduce political humor in the mass
media. However, recent years have shown some changes such as radio and
TV programs that make fun of politics, putting “serious” people and
stressful attitudes in a ridiculous, minority position. | ||
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Zulaika participates in Roundtable on Bilbao Guggenheim On April 17, Joseba Zulaika participated in a roundtable presented by the Instituto Cervantes of New York on the book, Learning from the Bilbao Guggenheim, which was edited by Anna María Guasch and Joseba Zulaika following a conference at the University of Nevada, Reno in April 2004. Discussants included Anna Maria Guasch (Professor of Art History, Barcelona University); Joseba Zulaika (Center for Basque Studies); Keith Moxey (Barnard College); Beatriz Colomina (School of Architecture, Princeton University); and Hans Haake (artist, New York). | |
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Ph.D. student Arana publishes articles Basque Ph.D. candidate Juan Arana published a review of Oteiza: La vida como experimento, by Pilar Muñoa (Irún: Alberdania, 2006) in Revista Internacional de Estudios Vascos, 50.2, pp.506–510. The review is also posted on the Eusko Ikaskuntza site. In the same journal, issue 51.1, pp.77–99, Arana published an article on “The Convex and the Concave: The Feminine in Jorge Oteiza’s Mythological Cosmogony,” also posted online. | |
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Events planned for anniversary of Gernika bombing The bombing and destruction of Gernika was an aerial attack on April 26, l937, during the Spanish Civil War by the German Luftwaffe squadron known as the Condor Legion against the Basque city of Gernika. It was, at the time, the largest aerial bombardment of a town. On the 70th anniversary of this important event in Basque history and heritage, the San Francisco Basque Cultural Center has organized the following events:
The forty-five minute documentary The Mark of Man will be shown by
historian Dr. Pedro Oiarzabal of the University of Nevada, Reno, who will
also moderate a discussion following the film (two showings - free admission):
The director of the Center for Basque Studies at the University of Nevada, Reno,
Dr. Gloria Totoricagüena, will give presentations on the history of this event:
Commemorative Oak Tree Planting Ceremony at Sister Cities Park in South San Francisco. Gernika Gogoratuz Memorial Mass officiated by Basque Chaplain Father Martxel Tillous, Thursday, April 26, 7:30 pm.
Events will be held at the San Francisco Basque Culural Center, 599 Railroad Avenue,
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2-day course on Basques in the American West offered A one-credit class in Basque Culture—Basque 460/660, Basques in the American West—is offered April 27–28 in Reno, on the Redfield Campus, by Sandra Ott. Basque culture will be explored from a variety of perspectives, from global to local, in the context of contemporary Western society, including concepts drawn from anthropology, history, and cultural studies. The Basque diaspora, Old World/New World culture, the preservation of Basque culture and an introduction to research techniques used by local historians and anthropologists will be covered. Films, lectures, guest presenters and a computer lab-based overview of internet resources will be used; Basque foods may even be sampled! Students will be required to take a test and complete a reading/research assignment outside of class time that must be received by May 14. Internet and email access is required.
For further information please contact UNR’s Extended Studies at
775.784.4046 or 800.233.8928. | ||
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Argitxu Camus receives Who’s Who award Basque Ph.D. candidate Argitxu Camus will be recognized for her outstanding scholarship in Who’s Who among Students in American Universities and Colleges—a prestigious honor conferred by more than 1,400 schools in the U.S. Selection is based on academic achievement, community service, participation in university activities, and potential for continued success after graduation. She was recognized at a ceremony and reception held at the University of Nevada, Reno on March 14 to honor sixteen awardees, both undergraduate and graduate students. Her name will appear in the 2007 Who’s Who publication. | |
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Pedro Ibarra presents lecture on Basque democracy Pedro Ibarra, the 2006–2007 William Douglass Visiting Distinguished Scholar, gave a presentation on April 3 at UNR on “Democracy in the Basque Country.” Dr. Ibarra is a professor of political science at the University of the Basque Country. His discussion centered on attempts to devise a new proposal from the theoretical debate about democracy. He stated that democracy exists in a society when there is a set of deliberative public spaces that work to provide the highest possible coincidence between what citizens want and what governmental policymakers decide. Thus, democracy exists not only when political representatives are elected in a free, competitive, equal, legal process, but also when their political decisions coincide with the real interests, values, and claims of the citizens. He then discussed this analytical model in relation to the Basque Country. | |
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Ph.D. student gives presentation at UNR Basque Studies Ph.D. student Argitxu Camus gave a presentation on “Basque Identity in the Basque Country and in the United States” to a sociology class at the University of Nevada, Reno on March 29, 2007. The class is studying ethnic and race relations. | ||
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Sandra Ott presents paper at Historical Studies conference Dr. Sandra Ott attended the 53rd annual conference of the Society for French Historical Studies at the University of Houston, March 15–17. As an invited speaker, she presented a paper entitled “The Philosophical Reflections and Mundane Concerns of a Nazi Officer,” on the panel, “Wartime Writing: France during the Two World Wars.” Professor Leonard Smith of Oberlin College acted as Chair, and the Commentator was Professor Daniel Cohen of Rice University. Other panel members included Professor Bruno Cabanes of Yale University and Professor Guillaume Piketty of the Institut d’Études Politique de Paris. | ||
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CBS Advisory Board Meets in Reno The Center for Basque Studies Advisory Board held their annual meeting for 2007 on March 2 and 3 at the Ascuaga’s Nugget in Sparks. Participants included Board members John Echeverria, William Douglass, Gloria Totoricagüena, Michonne Ascuaga, Pete Ernaut, Tontxu Campos, Sixto Jimenez, Emilia Doyaga, Jeronima Echeverria, Tony Campos, Anita Anacabe, Pedro Ibarra (representing the Amigos de Reno) and Sandra Ott, CBS Advisory Board Administrator. The Advisory Board advises the Director of the CBS in regards to the fundraising, publications agenda and international outreach of the Center and its activities.
Members and spouses enjoyed a Friday night cocktail
party with invited guests William Douglass Distinguished Visiting
Scholar Pedro Ibarra and his wife Carmen Oriol, Mike and Jeanette
Montero, Diane and Lloyd Root, and from the Basque Family Heritage in
the USA project, George Ryskamp and Shalyse and Ben Clayton. Entertainment
for the Saturday night dinner was provided with txistu music and Basque
folkdancing from Teresa Anacabe Franzoia and Bernadette Leonis. | |
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Director Totoricagüena teaches class at Stanford University An introductory level course on Basque history and culture was given by CBS director Gloria Totoricagüena during the winter 2006–07 term at Stanford University. Topics included politics, economics, geography, the Spanish Civil War, Basque exile, Basque language and linguistics taught by guest speaker Dr. Xabier Irujo, Basque diaspora identity, cinema, Basques in the USA, contemporary life in the Basque territories, Basque instrumental music and dance taught by instructor Valerie Etcharren Arrechea, and Basque cuisine taught by chef Gerard Hirigoyen at the Piperade restaurant in San Francisco. Six professors and 32 students participated, and additionally each week there were guests interested in a special topic who attended particular lectures and discussions. The Basque Government Councilor of Education, Tontxu Campos, was also a guest speaker and discussed the topic of bi-lingual education in the Basque territories of Euskadi. Stanford Provost John Etchemendy served as the Stanford sponsoring professor and
attended every class. Professors from the departments of anthropology,
history, language and literature, European studies, and Spanish and
Portuguese also attended. Several students chose to incorporate Basque
themes into their projects required for other courses as well, and
borrowed many books from the UNR Basque Library.
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Ikasi is back! [5/15/07: SORRY, Ikasi has been cancelled for 2007] The Center for Basque Studies will again offer our summer Ikasi program, an opportunity for adults to learn about Basque culture. This year’s Ikasi (meaning “to learn”) will be held June 6–8, 2007 at the University of Nevada, Reno. The program offers several new sessions on more contemporary issues of interest to Basques, and will be presented by current and former Center for Basque Studies staff and Ph.D. students, visiting scholars, and representatives from the Basque American community. Session topics include Forty Years of the Center for Basque Studies, by Jill Berner, Dr. Linda White, and Dr. Bill Douglass; Sweet Promised Land and Robert Laxalt, by Monique Laxalt; Basque Culture across Continents, by Dr. Lisa Corcostegui; Stories and Images of Basque Sheepherders, by Florence Frye and Linda Dufurrena; Lertxun Marrak – Basque Tree Carvings, by Dr. Joxe Mallea; The History of NABO, by Argitxu Camus Etxekopar; Internet Based Basque Communities, by Dr. Pedro Oiarzabal; The Political Status of the Basque Country and the Peace Process, by Drs. Pedro Ibarra, Xabier Irujo, and Joseba Zulaika; German Relations with Collaborators during the Occupation of France,1940–1945, by Dr. Sandra Ott; and Navigating the Globe, by Dr. Carmelo Urza.
The program is free of charge and open to any interested persons. Enrollment
is limited so be sure to sign up early! The complete
schedule and an application
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Book on Basque nationalism in Uruguay published A new book, La Hora Vasca del Uruguay by Xabier Irujo Ametzaga of the Center and Alberto Irigoyen Arteche, was presented at the Centro Vasco Euskal Erria of Montevideo. The book describes the development of Basque nationalism in Uruguay (1825–1960), and the efforts of the Basque diaspora there to maintain the Basque culture. Dr. Irujo researched in the archives of Pamplona and also the U.S., where he has been a professor of Basque studies at Boise State University and currently at the University of Nevada, Reno, while Mr. Irigoyen provided research and insight from the Uruguayan Basque community of which he is a part. The authors’ sources included their family archives, as ancestors of both figure strongly in Basque diaspora history. Irigoyen’s grandfather was a delegate of the Basque Government in Uruguay from 1940–1973, and Irujo is the grandson of Bingen Ametzaga who was known in the Old and New Worlds for his political and literary accomplishments.
The first Basque Center in South America was founded in Uruguay in 1876,
and they continue to have a strong influence on the maintenance of Basque culture there. | |
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CBS books presented at Durango Book Fair The Center for Basque Studies presented its 2006 publications at the annual Durangoko Azoka Book Fair in Durango, Bizkaia, December 6–10. New titles include Apologists and Detractors of the Basque Language by Juan Madariaga; Rosetti’s Obsession by Ramon Saizarbitoria; Bernardo Atxaga: Basque Literature from the End of the Franco Era to the Present by Jon Kortazar, and Global Vasconia by William A. Douglass. These books were presented at a special event at the Bilbao Urretxindorra Elkar bookstore on December 4, 2006. This year’s publication for the Basque Classics Series #2, Apologists,
sold every available copy. Last year’s Basque Classics #1, Old Law of
Bizkaia, was the best seller for the Center’s stand this year.
Gloria Totoricagüena worked at the stand describing and explaining the
activities of the CBS and its publications. She was assisted by Iker
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