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Basque Studies Tutorial Ph.D.
at the University of Nevada, Reno
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Basque Studies Courses
BASQ 605–606 Basque Conversation and
Composition, 3 credits each.
Syntax and idiomatic usage in spoken and
written Basque. Concentration on verb forms. Prerequisite to BASQ
605 is BASQ 204.
BASQ / HIST 630 Basque History (until 1700), 3 credits.
A political, social, and economic survey of the pre-modern (until
1700) “First Family of Europe,” the Basques of Spain and France and
their unique ethnic status.
BASQ / HIST 631 Modern Basque History (1700 to the present), 3
credits.
Social and political history of the Basque Country from the
eighteenth century to the present; situates Basque history within
major theories of nationalism.
BASQ 651 Basque Literature, 3 credits.
Literature of the Basques in Basque, French, and Spanish. Readings
in English translation. Course conducted in English.
BASQ 652 Bernardo Atxaga, 3 credits
Reading and analysis of Basque writer Bernardo Atxaga's work in
connection with world and Basque literary tradition.
BASQ 655 / ANTH 684 Basque Linguistics, 3 credits.
Structure of the Basque language, suggested relationships to other
languages, historical development; dialectology; survey of research
problems.
BASQ 656 / ANTH 612 / FLL 656 Basque Language, Society, and
Culture, 3 credits.
Examines social and cultural aspects of the Basque language.
Includes language shift, contact, planning, and interrelationships
among language and gender, ethnicity, and culture.
BASQ 660 Topics in Basque Cultural Studies, 1–3 credits.
Topics vary from semester to semester. Max. of 6 credits.
BASQ 661 Basque Gender Studies, 3 credits
Analysis of gender in the Basque context, past and present, in its
domestic, economic, and political dimensions, and in the
construction of socio-cultural identities.
BASQ 662 Cyberculture: A Basque Global Information Diaspora, 3
credits
Basque technological experience in its economic, social, and
cultural contexts, as a nation with a large diaspora.
BASQ 665 Basque Economy from Industrialization to Globalization, 3
credits.
Provides an in-depth perspective of the Basque economy, from its
historical roots in industrialization to the present institutions,
infrastructures, and sectors that configure it.
BASQ 666 R / ANTH 613 R / ART 666 Museums, Architecture, City Renewal:
The Bilbao Guggenheim, 3 credits.
Introduction to the complex architectural, museistic, local/global,
artistic, political and epistemological issues presented by the
first global museum in its first franchise.
BASQ / HIST 667 Basques in Contemporary European Culture, 3 credits.
The transformations of Basque social and political institutions
brought about by the ongoing process of supranational
Europeanization, as reflected in youth movements, literature, and
popular culture.
BASQ 671 / ANTH 614 R Basque Culture, 3 credits.
Survey of the culture of the Basque people of Europe, including
occupations, cultural institutions, oral traditions, and art, as
well as their transformations in emigrant settings such as the
American West.
BASQ 672 / ANTH 615 R / PSC 607L Basque Diaspora Studies, 3 credits.
Ethnic identity maintenance is compared in the Basque diaspora with
special attention to the factors of migration, globalization,
ethno-nationalism, gender, generation, and Basque government
relations.
BASQ 673 Basque Cinema: An Introduction, 3 credits.
Examines Basque cinema both as an artistic practice and as a social
text, and explores some of Euskadi's most significant cultural,
historical, and political elements. Prerequisite: instructor
permission.
BASQ / ANTH 677 War, Occupation & Memory in the Basque Country, 3
credits.
The experiences of Basque resisters, evaders, collaborators, and
Jewish refugees in World War II in the French Basque Country provide
the focus for discussions about history, memory and anthropology.
BASQ 680 Consuming Culture: Food, Gastronomy, and Lifestyles, 3
credits.
Examines new and traditional Basque cuisine and its adaptations
abroad (especially in the American West). Includes significance of
food-centered activities to gender relations.
BASQ 682 / ANTH 616 /
ART 682 Oteiza, Chillida: Basque Modernist Art, 3 credits.
Contemporary Basque art will be situated in relation to major
European artistic movements, native culture and society, and
comparative ethnographic art from other cultures.
BASQ 699 Individual Research in Basque Cultural Studies, 3 credits.
BASQ 793 Basque Independent Study, up to 3 credits.
BASQ 795 Comprehensive Examination, 1 credit (S/U only).
BASQ 799 Dissertation, up to 24 credits.
HIST 697 Independent Study in History when offered as: Basque and
Iberian History, or equivalent, 3 credits.
PSC 680A Independent Study in Political Science when offered as:
Political Institutions of the Basques, Spain, and Europe, or
equivalent, 3 credits.
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