Zoe Bray
Assistant Professor
Center for Basque Studies
University of Nevada, Reno /2322
Reno, Nevada 89557-2322
USA
Research interests:
Identity Politics, Ethnicity, Regionalism, Nationalism; Ethnographic methods; Frontiers and Borders; Art; Painting.
Education
2002 Doctorate in Social and Political Science, European University Institute, Florence, Italy.
1997 MA Honors degree in Social Anthropology & Development, University of Edinburgh, Scotland.
Awards
2012 Junior Faculty Research and Artistry Grant, College of Liberal Arts, University of Nevada Reno
Scholarly and Creative Activities Grant, College of Liberal Arts, University of Nevada Reno
2009 Tintori Painting Scholarship, Florence Academy of Art, Italy.
2007 Prize for best young painter, Town hall of Saint Jean de Luz, France.
2006 Prize Basque culture, Eusko Ikaskuntza and the Town hall of Bayonne, France.
2005 1st prize in landscape painting competition, Town hall of Saint Palais, France.
2001 Grant from Eusko Ikaskuntza, Bayonne.
1998 – 2001 PhD scholarship from the European University Institute, Florence.
1999 – 2001 Research Grant from the Salvador de Madariaga Fund, Madrid, Spain.
1996 Research Grant from the Social Anthropology Department, Edinburgh University.
Languages
English, French, Spanish, Basque, Italian, Portuguese
Employment
2004 – 2006. Research Associate, EUROREG research project on autochthonous minorities on frontiers in Europe, financed by the European Commission’s Sixth Framework Program, European University Institute, Florence.
2002 – 2004. Research Assistant, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, Florence.
1998 – 2002. PhD researcher at the European University Institute, Florence.
1997 – 1998. Researcher for European Bureau for Lesser Used Languages, and DG XII for Education, European Commission, Brussels.
Publications
Books
Bray, Zoe. (2012) 'Basque nationalism at a political crossroads' in special feature of World Politics Review, May 9 2012
Bray, Zoe. (2011) Living Boundaries: Frontiers and Identity in the Basque Country. Reno: Center for Basque Studies Press. (2nd edition)
Bray, Zoe. (2004) Living Boundaries: Frontiers and Identity in the Basque Country. Brussels: PIE Peter Lang.
Bray, Zoe. (1998) Funding Possibilities for Minority Language Groups: a guidebook. Brussels: European Bureau for Lesser Used Languages.
Bray, Zoe. (1998) Compendium of Projects promoting autochtonous minority languages in the EU. 1996. Brussels: European Bureau for Lesser Used Languages.
Bray, Zoe and Carys Wynne. (eds.) (1998) Compendium of Projects promoting autochtonous minority languages in the E.U. 1995. Brussels: European Bureau for Lesser Used Languages.
Articles
Jean-Baptiste Harguindéguy and Bray, Zoe. (2009) ‘Does Cross-border Co-operation Empower European Regions? The Case of INTERREG III-A France-Spain’, Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 27(4), 747-760.
Bray, Zoe. (2008) ‘Ethnographic methods’, in (Michael Keating and Donatella della Porta eds.) Approaches and Methodologies in the Social and Political Sciences. Cambridge University Press.
Bray, Zoe. (2008) ‘Border identities’ in Euroregio No. 3 July, Pp. 54-58. http://www.euregiomagazine.eu/wp-content/uploads/euregio3_ENG.pdf
Bray, Zoe. (2008) ‘Contested Spaces: Basque Country’,in
http://www.arts.usyd.edu.au/peace_conflict/ contestedspaces/basque_country.shtml
Bray, Zoe. (2007) ‘Boundaries in a ‘borderless’ Europe: European Integration and Cross-Frontier Cooperation in the Basque Country’, in (Harlan Koff ed.) Deceiving (Dis)Appearances: analyzing current developments in European and North American border regions. Brussels: PIE Peter Lang.
Bray, Zoe. (2007) ‘Frontière et identité: perceptions et vécus de l’espace des deux cotés de la frontière franco-espagnole au Pays basque’ in (Eguzki Urteaga, ed.) L’aménagement du térritoire en Pays basque. Eusko Ikaskuntza: San Sebastian. ISBN 978-84-932368-3-0
Bray, Zoe. (2007) ‘Europe as Living Boundaries: the case of the Basque Country’, in (Bo Strath and Hans-Ake Persson eds.) Reflections on Europe. Defining a Political Order in Time and Space. Brussels: PIE Peter Lang.
Bray, Zoe (2006) 'Basque militant youths in Iparralde', in (Jennifer Todd ed.) Special Series on Intergenerational transmission of ethnonational identity. Journal of Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, No. 12, pp. 533-553.
Michael Keating and Bray, Zoe (2006) ‘Basque nationalism, European Integration and the Ibarretxe Plan’, Journal of Ethnopolitics, Vol. 5, No.4, November, pp. 347-364.
Bray, Zoe. (2006) ‘Identité: définitions et interprétations au Pays basque’, in Bulletin du Musée Basque, Special Edition with the Basque Studies Society, Bayonne.
Bray, Zoe. (2006) 'Frontière: lignes de mémoires', Pays Basque Magazine, March-April.
Bray, Zoe. (2005) ‘Going beyond Boundaries: cooperation and inclusion on the Franco-Spanish frontier in the Basque Country’, in (Thomas Wilson and Hastings Donnan eds.) Culture and Power at the Edges of the State: national support and subversion in European border regions. Berlin: Lit Verlag.
Bray, Zoe. (2005) ‘L’identité en scène: le contexte des fêtes sur la frontière en Pays Basque’, in Mugei Burruz. Hendaye: Consorcio.
Bray, Zoe, Jean-Baptiste Harguindeguy and Sergio Argul (2005) ‘Espace public médiatisé et coopération transfrontalière: le cas de la baie de Txingudi au Pays basque’, in (Elizabeth Gardère and Gino Grammacia eds.) Communication et Organisation: La communication des nouvelles éthiques de l’entreprise. ISIC: Université Michel de Montaigne Bordeaux 3, No. 26, First semester, pp: 227-237.
Bray, Zoe and Jean-Baptiste Harguindeguy (2004) ‘Une sociologie de la construction identitaire. Le cas de la coopération transfrontalière franco-espagnole au Pays basque’, Pôle Sud, No. 20, May, pp: 191-204.
Bray, Zoe. (2004) ‘Lisón Tolosana, Carmelo’, in (Vered Amit ed.) Biographical Dictionary of Social and Cultural Anthropology. London: Routledge; pp: 311-312.
Bray, Zoe. (2003) ‘Les élections en Pays Basque sud: quel avenir pour une identité “Bidasoa-Txingudi”?', Le Journal du Pays Basque, 16 May.
Bray, Zoe. (2002a) ‘Boundaries and Identities: the case of Bidasoa-Txingudi on the Franco-Spanish frontier’, Internet Publication on Borders (Hastings Donnan and Thomas M. Wilson eds.). Centre for International Border Studies, Queen’s University of Belfast, (www.qub.ac.uk/cibr/papers) Working Paper Series 2002/2.
Bray, Zoe. (2002b) ‘Cultural Challenges to Cross-Border Cooperation’, Die Erde, (www.die-erde.de/html/hauptteil_heft_1-02) Series 2002/1.
Bray, Zoe. (2002c) ‘The Creation of a Metropolis: identity issues in a border area’, Migration: European Journal of Migration and Ethnic Relations (39/40/41). Berlin: Parabolis.
Bray, Zoe. (2001a) ‘Borders and Boundaries: Identity and Identities in Bidasoa-Txingudi’. Bayonne: Eusko Ikaskuntza.
Bray, Zoe. (2001b) ‘An anthropologist in the Basque Country or What can an anthropological look at spatial boundaries say about identity(ies) in the Basque Country’. Bayonne: Eusko Ikaskuntza.
Bray, Zoe. (2000a) ‘Basque conflict demands a return to dialogue’, International Herald Tribune, Sept 21.
Bray, Zoe. (2000b) January ‘Irun-Hendaia antropologo baten betaurrekoen artetik’, Irunero. Irun: Ayuntamiento de Irun.
Miscellaneous
2011 Member of external advisory board of Baionako Euskal Museoa.
2010 – 2011 Board member of European University Institute Alumni Association.
2008 – 2011 Member of the cultural association to promote art and cross-frontier cooperation in the Basque Country, Itzal Aktiboa, France.
2007 – 2011 Board member of Eusko Ikaskuntza Iparralde.
1994 – 1997 Board member of the UK Young European Movement.
Painter
Art Education:
2010 Master Class with painter Antonio López García, University of Navarre, Spain.
2008 – 2010 Florence Academy of Art, Italy.
2008 Arteleku, San Sebastian, Euskadi.
2007 Course with painter Guillermo Muñoz Vera, Fundación Arauco, Chinchón and Madrid, Spain.
2005 Course at Ecole de Dessin, Bayonne, Basque Country, France.
2002 Charles Cecil Studio, Florence, Italy.
Exhibitions
Solos
July – August 2011 ‘Lekuko jendea / Of people and places’ Museum of Biarritz, France.
Sept - Nov 2010. ‘Iparraldeko Bertsularien Portretak / Portraits of French Basque improvised singers’, Larraldea,Saint Pée sur Nivelle, France.
June – July 2010. ‘Realities / Errealitateak’, Sala Juan de Lizarazu, Urretxu, Euskadi, Spain.
March 2010. ‘Peindre le reel/ Errealitatea tintatzea’, La Rotonde, Saint Jean de Luz, France.
September 2009. ‘Oeuvres récentes’, Galerie Josette Dacosta, Saint Jean Pied de Port, France.
June 2009. Solo exhibition of recent paintings in collaboration with photographer Niccoló Tognarini, Badia Fiesolana, Florence, Italy.
December 2007. ‘The human condition’, Elkar Megadenda, Bayonne, France.
July 2007. ‘Life in the Basque Country’, Bar du Marché, Bayonne, France.
May 2007. ‘Florentine Work’, European University Institute, Florence, Italy.
July 2006. ‘From Florence to the Basque Country, Elkar Megadenda, Bayonne, France.
April 2006. ‘Oeuvres récentes’, Sarako Biltzara, Sare, France.
March 2006. ‘Frontiers in our lives’, Sankara, Bayonne, France.
Collectives
July – August 2010. ‘Regards’, Musée de Guethary, Guethary, France.
June – August 2010. ‘Les magiciens de l’art au Pays basque’, Villa Ducontenia, Saint Jean de Luz, France.
May – June 2010. ‘Impulse: the choices of an art lover’, Galerie Josette Dacosta, Saint Jean Pied de Port, France.
May – June 2010. With the artist Josette Dacosta, ‘Un mundo, Dos visiones’, Escuela de Musica del Valle de Egues, Olaz (near Pamplona), Spain.
July 2009. With Lola Saratea and Josette Dacosta in Errobiko Festibala, Itsasu, France.
October 2009 ‘Horizons divers / Zeruertz desberdinak’, Galerie Josette Dacosta, Saint Jean Pied de Port, France.
May 2009. Salon des Indépendants, Villa Ducontenia, Saint Jean de Luz, France.
March – April 2009. ‘Emazteen Artea III/ L’art au féminin III’, Galerie Josette Dacosta, Saint Jean Pied de Port, France, and Centro Cultural de Burguete (Auritzeko Kultur Etxea), Navarre, Spain.
July – August 2008. ‘Exposition d’été’, Haize Berri (Cultural Centre of Ostibarret), France.
December 2007. ‘The Art of Portraiture’, Itzal Aktiboa art association, Saint Jean Pied de Port, France.
April - May 2007. Salon des Indépendants, Villa Duconténia, Saint Jean de Luz, France.
March – April 2007. ‘Emazteen Artea I/ L’art au féminin I’, Galerie Josette Dacosta, Saint Jean Pied de Port, France.
April 2006. ‘Marrazkiri’, Haize Berri (Cultural Centre of Ostibarret), Izura, France.