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Basque Studies Program Newsletter · Issue
54, 1996
A Mutual Agreement
Eusko Ikaskuntza and the Basque Studies
Program
Gregorio Monreal, President of Eusko
Ikaskuntza-Sociedad de Estudios Vascos (EI-SEV) and William
A. Douglass, Coordinator of the Basque Studies Program, met
in Donostia (Euskadi) on December 15, 1995, to sign an
agreement or “convenio” between the two scholarly
organizations. The EI-SEV was established in 1918 and then
lay dormant for some years, but re-emerged in 1978 under
then President José Miguel de Barandiarán.
Quality of university teaching and research are central
concerns of the EI-SEV, along with the international
projection of Basque culture. The Basque Studies Program of
the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR), is a center of
documentation and information for scholars throughout the
world. It is dedicated to the research and preservation of
Basque culture on a scholarly level. With so much in common,
an agreement between the two organizations makes a great
deal of sense.
As a result, Monreal and Douglass signed the
agreement in which UNR and EI-SEV recognize each other as
superior centers of research. In addition, they agree to
collaborate in the realization of an interuniversity
International Center for Advanced Studies, where Professors
from the University of Nevada and/or the University Studies
Abroad Consortium will be invited to give
courses.
They also propose the foundation of a Julio Caro
Baroja chair at Reno in the area of Basque history,
anthropology and law, and they agree to organize a
tri-annual meeting of academics from the U.S. and the Basque
Country who are involved in Basque
studies.
In addition, they will make available to each other
the reciprocal use of their respective research patrimonies
and cooperate in the creation of electronic windows of
information for material on Basque studies. Both entities
will work together to disseminate research in the field, and
the BSP will cooperate in the publication of the journal
Revista Internacional de Estudios Vascos
(RIEV).
Furthermore, EI-SEV will collaborate in the
consolidation of Basque sources in the Basque Library, and
the BSP will participate on the jury of the annual Eusko
Ikaskuntza-Caja Laboral Prize for scientific excellence in
social sciences and humanities.
Carmelo Urza, Coordinator of the University Studies
Abroad Consortium, also signed the agreement, thereby
consenting to the details under item two regarding
participation of professors in the teaching of courses at
the International Center.
The Basque Studies Program is greatly honored by the
opportunity to work in conjunction with Eusko Ikaskuntza in
the formulation and realization of such lofty scholarly
goals. Here’s to a fruitful
collaboration!
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