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Basque Studies Program Newsletter · Issue
59, 1999
Highlights
In October William Douglass lectured on
“Basque Ethnic Identity” at the Basque Cultural
Day celebration of the South San Francisco Basque Cultural
Center.
“Architecture among Ruins: Gehry’s
Guggenheim Bilbao” was the title of a lecture given by
Joseba Zulaika at Wellesley College, Mass., on
November 18.
In the November 1998 issue of the Journal of the
Society of Basque Studies in America, Linda White
published “Echoes and Mirrors: Tricks for Teaching the
Basque Verb to English Speakers.”
On February 24, 1999, Marcelino Ugalde gave a
presentation on “Pastoralism of Old World Basques and
Basque Sheepherders of the American West” to an
Anthropology 201 class, “Peoples and Cultures in the
World.”
Linda White is teaching Basque 102 this
semester.
William Douglass published an entry
“Basques” in The New Encyclopedia of the
American West (Yale University Press, 1998). He also
published a similar entry in American Immigrant Cultures,
Builder of a Nation (New York: Macmillan 1998), Volume
One.
In December 1998, Marcelino Ugalde attended
the “School for Scanning: Issues of Preservation and
Access for Paper-based Collections,” a conference
presented by the Northeast Document Preservation Center in
New Orleans, Louisiana. Co-sponsors for the conference were
the Getty Information Institute, the Historic New Orleans
Collection, the National Parks Service, and
SOLINET.
On February 3, Linda White lectured on
“Basque Women, Basque Witches: The Female Legacy in
Basque Mythology” to a Women’s Studies gathering
at the University of Nevada, Reno.
Carmelo Urza, Director of the University
Studies Abroad Consortium, was honored at the 18th Annual
Basque Hall of Fame held in Bakersfield, California last
November. He was praised for his work in establishing the
Consortium and serving as a liaison between American Basques
and the people of Euskadi.
Joseba Zulaika, with his daughter, Garazi,
published the article “Daddy, Let’s Talk,” in
the December 1998 issue of Anthropology and Humanism
(23:1).
In November William Douglass gave a public
lecture on terrorism at the University of Kansas, Lawrence,
Kansas.
The Basque Studies Program sponsored a lecture in
November, “The ‘Sin’ of Essentialism?”
by anthropologist Robert Paine, Prof. Emeritus of
Memorial University of Newfoundland.
On February 10, the topic was “Overcoming All
Obstacles” as Linda White spoke to the Getchell
Library Writers’ Group. She was invited back on March
10 for part two of the talk.
William Douglass published an article,
“William F. Harrah” in The Maverick Spirit.
Building the New Nevada (University of Nevada
Press).
Joseba Zulaika is researching in Bilbao, in
the Basque Country, this semester and teaching two classes
for the USAC program there: “Remaking European
Postindustrial Cities” and “The Anthropology of
Europe: Old Nations and New
Identities.”
Iñaki Barcena, a political science
professor from the Universidad del País Vasco
(Lejona), is in residence at the Basque Studies Program as a
visiting professor. He is teaching “Introduction to
Basque Institutions, Political Parties, and Social
Movements” (PoliSci 439/639) at
UNR.
Basque Studies Ph.D. graduates Pauliina Raento
and Cameron Watson co-wrote a paper,
“Gernika/Guernica: The Politics of Place in a Basque
Town,” which was presented by Dr. Raento at the
Association of American Geographers’ Political
Geography Specialty Group 13th Preconference held in Maui,
Hawaii, March 21-23, 1999.
On January 12, 1999, the City Council of Reno gave
special recognition to Carmelo Urza, Director of the
USAC, for his work on the Mayor’s International Circle
which established a sister city relationship with San
Sebastián, Spain. Mayor Jeff Griffin read a
proclamation thanking him “for his dedication and
achievements... and meaningful contributions to the
international community.”
On February 27, Joseba Zulaika gave a lecture,
“Antropología del discurso terrorista,” in
the Jakitez program of the University of the Basque Country
(Vitoria).
“Hiri Latza: Gehry eta Bilboren estetika,”
by Joseba Zulaika, appeared in Bilbo-Nora
zoaz?, a book edited by Iñaki Barcena
(University of the Basque Country Press,
1998).
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