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Basque Studies Program Newsletter · Issue 48, 1993
Highlights
William Douglass published an article “Ama Lur” in the
book Ama Lur y el País Vasco en los años 60 edited by Gurutz Jauregui,
Félix Maraña and Juan Miguel Gutierrez (San Sebastián: Euskadiko
Filmotegia).
Linda White presented a paper entitled “Wildmen,
Witches and Wanderlust: No Basque Science Fiction?” at the Science
Fiction Research Association Conference held in Reno, Nevada June
17-20, 1993. Ms. White also moderated two panels on science fiction
from abroad.
Joseba Zulaika presented a paper entitled “Writing
Terrorism: Facts, Fiction and Discourse” at the workshop The
Anthropology of Europe organized by the Amsterdam School for
Social Research in Amsterdam, Holland.
Patricia O’Connor, veteran
professor of the San Sebastián study abroad program, successfully
defended her dissertation at the University of Cincinnati in September.
Congratulations Dr. O’Connor!
William Douglass published an article
“The Famille Souche and its Interpreters” in the journal
Continuity and Change, Volume 8, no. 1.
Jose Mallea continues his
work to preserve the Basque tree carvings of the American West through
photos and videotape. He is currently coordinating his efforts with
Tahoe National Forest officials. In 1993 Dr. Mallea was awarded
4,000,000 pesetas by the Amerika eta Euskaldunak Committee through the
Basque government to continue with this research.
Dr. Antón Uriarte
Cantolla of the Universidad del País Vasco (Donostia) has been chosen
as the Visiting Scholar to the Basque Studies Program by the Basque
Government. Dr. Uriarte’s field of study is physical geography.
Amagoia Guezuraga and Olatz Goikouria were chosen by the Basque
Government to receive the year-long scholarships for studying English
in Reno and helping with the Basque language classes offered by the
Program. They arrived August 22, 1993 and will stay through May.
William Douglass published an article “The Basques of North
Queensland, Australia” in the book Homenaje a Francisco de
Abrisketa (Bolibar, Bizkaia: Sociedad Bolivariana del País Vasco)
edited by Roman Basurto Larrañaga.
Estibalitz Amorrortu has
returned to Reno to teach first and second year Basque on a letter of
appointment for the Basque Studies Program. Ms. Amorrortu is pursuing a
Master’s Degree in English at the University of Nevada, Reno. She was a
1992-93 recipient of the Basque Government Scholarship.
William
Douglass published The Catalan Factor in Australian Immigration History
as No. 5 in the Ken Garrad Working Papers in Hispanic Studies issued by
the Department of Romance Languages of Monash University of Melbourne,
Australia.
Javier Cillero is currently employed by the Basque
Studies Program as a translator. Mr. Cillero’s duties include a broad
range of Program activities. He is also engaged in translating Dickens’
novel Hard Times into Basque on assignment from the Basque translators’
association (EIZIE) and the Basque government.
William A. Douglass
published an article “In the Mirror: Reflections on the Origins of
the Basque Studies Program” in the Revista Internacional de los
Estudios Vascos, Volume 38 (1993.1).
Linda White participated in the
University of Nevada, Reno’s Gifted and Talented Program sponsored by
the Honors Program. Ms. White spoke to 25 high school students on
August 12 about “Basques in the American West.” The
University’s Basque Cultural Association, Zenbat Gara, also performed
for the group after dinner that evening.
Joseba Zulaika is currently
teaching Old World Basque Culture (Anthro/Basq 466/666) to
a class made up of as many graduate students as undergraduates.
Rose
Marie Bruballa, a representative of the Agence France Presse, visited
the Basque Studies Program on August 10, 1993 as part of her U.S. tour.
Linda White spoke on “Basques in the American West” on
July 14, 1993 at a Sierra Pacific meeting organized by Karen Foster.
The group dined at Louis’ Basque Corner in Reno.
Jose Mallea and Joan
Brick each had an article published in Sierra Heritage, Volume 13, no.
2 (September/October 1993). Dr. Mallea’s article is entitled “The
Basque Connection”; Ms. Brick’s is “A Celebration of Basque
Dancing.”
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