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About the Center for Basque
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Euskal Mintegia
Center for Basque Studies
University of Nevada, Reno / 322
Reno, NV 89557
phone: 775.784.4854
fax: 775.784.1355
email: basque@unr.edu
Welcome to the web site of the Center for Basque Studies of
the University of Nevada, Reno. If you are interested in Basque research, news, diaspora, women, studies
abroad, culture... this is your site.
We are primarily a research center. Our mission is to conduct and publish
Basque-related research. Anthropology, history, women’s studies,
cultural studies, literature, bibliography, and lexicography have thus
far been our main fields of research. Topics on which we have written
include: migration, nationalism, women and literature, ethnographies of
Basque society, political violence, and the international discourse of
terrorism. We have also produced a Basque/English, English/Basque
dictionary.
Instruction is also part of our mission. We offer a minor in Basque studies
and a tutorial Ph.D., and are in the process of developing a group of
online courses. The first several courses -- Basque Culture; Elementary
Basque I and II; Museums, Architecture, City Renewal; Modern Basque
History; The Basque Economy; Basque Language, Society, and Culture -- are already available. If you
are interested in a study-abroad program, one of our staff members
directs the University Studies Abroad Consortium (USAC) which sends
students to many countries around the globe, including the Basque
region.
We have an extensive Basque
library collection -- approximately 50,000
volumes and 1,500 journal titles -- which is electronically cataloged and
Internet-accessible. You can borrow many of these
materials on interlibrary loan.
We are committed to
using the new technologies of the Internet for furthering Basque
research, instruction, and information in an increasingly global world.
We are working on several new and exciting projects: online courses, a
comprehensive web site, new conferences, an extensive Basque database,
as well as an oral history of Basque diaspora communities.
If any of these areas concerns you, please feel free to contact us with
inquiries, ideas, projects, encouragement, criticisms, or suggestions. We
would love to hear from you.
Mission Statement
The mission of the Center for Basque Studies is to
further Basque-related study by conducting, facilitating,
and disseminating original Basque-related research in the
humanities and social sciences, in cooperation with
appropriate academic departments at UNR, as well as at other
American and foreign universities, by the creation of
undergraduate and graduate curricula at the University of
Nevada, Reno (including the creation of distance education
courses) and by collaboration with the University
Studies Abroad Consortium to provide a quality
educational experience for students desirous of studying and
living in the Basque Country of Europe.
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