Center for BasqueISSN: Studies 1537-2464 Newsletter Center for Basque Studies N E W S L E T T E R Basque Literature Series launched at Frankfurt Book Fair FALL Reported by Mari Jose Olaziregi director of Literature across Frontiers, an 2004 organization that promotes literature written An Anthology of Basque Short Stories, the in minority languages in Europe. first publication in the Basque Literature Series published by the Center for NUMBER 70 Basque Studies, was presented at the Frankfurt Book Fair October 19–23. The Basque Editors’ Association / Euskal Editoreen Elkartea invited the In this issue: book’s compiler, Mari Jose Olaziregi, and two contributors, Iban Zaldua and Lourdes Oñederra, to launch the Basque Literature Series 1 book in Frankfurt. The Basque Government’s Minister of Culture, Boise Basques 2 Miren Azkarate, was also present to Kepa Junkera at UNR 3 give an introductory talk, followed by Olatz Osa of the Basque Editors’ Jauregui Archive 4 Association, who praised the project. Kirmen Uribe performs Euskal Telebista (Basque Television) 5 was present to record the event and Highlights 6 interview the participants for their evening news program. (from left) Lourdes Oñederra, Iban Zaldua, and Basque Country Tour 7 Mari Jose Olaziregi at the Frankfurt Book Fair. Research awards 9 Prof. Olaziregi explained to the [photo courtesy of I. Zaldua] group that the aim of the series, Ikasi 2005 10 consisting of literary works translated The following day the group attended the Studies Abroad in directly from Basque to English, is “to Fair, where Ms. Olaziregi met with editors promote Basque literature abroad and to and distributors to present the anthology and the Basque Country 11 cross linguistic and cultural borders in order discuss the series. Later that morning, they Online courses 12 that our literature can be known all around attended the opening of the Basque Stand at the world.” She emphasized the effort the the Book Fair. Center was making with the series and the excellent collaboration between the two The Center for Basque Studies is grateful for series editors, Linda White of the Center for the welcome that Basque authorities and the Basque Studies and herself. Ms. Olaziregi Basque media have given the anthology. stressed the quality of the translations and Reports about the book launch have ap- the professionalism of the translators peared in Boletín de Cultura y Diáspora involved in the project. Later, the two Vasca (Oct. 22), Gara (Oct. 26), and many A semi-annual publication of the writers read their works for the assemblage. others. We hope that English language read- Center for Basque Studies, The evening finished with a dinner ers will enjoy this first product of the Basque University of Nevada, Reno organized by the Editors’ Association to Reno, NV 89557-0012 Literature Series project. welcome professionals and distinguished guests, including Alexandra Buchler, (continued on page 2) 1 Center for Basque Studies Newsletter (continued from page 1) Xabier Montoia, “Black as Coal”; Inazio Mujika Iraola, “Like the Waters Release Their Dead”; Lourdes Oñederra, “Mrs. Series co-editor Linda White has been inter- Anderson’s Longing”; Ixiar Rozas, “A ested in translating Basque literature for Draft”; J. Sarrionaindia, “Alone,” “The Trea- many years. In 1996, she translated two of sure Chest,” and “The Ancient Mariner”; Mariasun Landa’s children’s books into and Iban Zaldua, “Bibliography,” “Invisible English: Maritxu and the Little Ghost, and Friend.” Funding for the publication was Errusika. Work on the current series is mov- provided by the Departments of Culture, ing quickly, says White, “thanks to the tal- Education, and the Presidency of the Basque ented team of translators enlisted for the Government / Eusko Jaurlaritza. project.” To order, please contact the Center for An Anthology of Basque Short Stories is a Basque Studies, 775.784.4854; or send a selection in English of stories by contempo- note along with payment—a check made out rary Basque authors. The authors and stories to Board of Regents—to: included are: Bernardo Atxaga, “Teresa, Poverina Mía”; Harkaitz Cano, “The Mat- Center for Basque Studies / 322 The original Tree of Gernika in its tress”; Javi Cillero Goiriastuena, “A Kiss in University of Nevada, Reno protective colonnaded structure the Dark”; Juan Garzia, “Gubbio”; Arantxa Reno, NV 89557-0012 near the Casa de Juntas. [Photo by Iturbe, “Maria and José” and “The Red Dena Echeverria] Shawl”; Anjel Lertxundi, “Berlin Is Not So Price: $15.00 paper; $20.00 hardcover. Ship- Far Away”; Karlos Linazasoro, “The Derail- ping: Add $4.00 for first book, $ .50 for each ment”; Pello Lizarralde “Awkward Silence”; additional book. The Center for Basque Studies Newsletter is a semi-annual publication sent free of charge New title in Basque Diaspora and to any interested person. If you would like to receive the Migration Studies Series newsletter in paper format, please send your name and Boise Basques: Dreamers and Doers by Gloria Totoricagüena postal address to: Basque Diaspora and Migration Studies Series, 1 320 pages; photos, index. Hardcover, $29.95. Center for Basque Studies / 322 University of Nevada, Reno Boise Basques: Dreamers Seas series published by the Reno, NV 89557-0012 and Doers records the history Basque Government. This and development of one of second edition includes an Or e-mail us at: [email protected] the most significant Basque index allowing readers to communities in the world: look up familiar names and The newsletter is also available Boise, Idaho. The work intro- places, as well as identifica- electronically, in a printable duces research on the society, tion lists for each photograph. format. If you would like to politics, history, and econom- receive the newsletter in ics of this Basque diaspora As reported in our last issue, electronic format, thus saving settlement, culminating more we also have available The printing and postage costs, than two years of fieldwork, Basques of New York: A please specify this option and let archival research, and per- Cosmopolitan Experience us know your e-mail address. sonal interviews. by Gloria Totoricagüena, the second in the Basque Please visit our web site: The book contains over Diaspora and Migration eighty photographs, several from the earliest Studies Series. It gives the history of Basque years of Basque settlement in Boise, and migration to the East Coast of the U.S. and basque.unr.edu covers daily life in the Basque boarding- the city life experiences of early Basques, houses, employment opportunities, Basque illustrated with stories from personal inter- dancing and musicians, the Basque Museum views. (Originally published by the Basque Produced by Center for Basque and Cultural Center, creation of the “Basque Government as part of their Urazandi series.) Studies, University of Nevada, Block” in a historical area of the city, and 367 pages; photos. Paperback, $24.95. Reno. Jill Berner, editor. formation of the Basque club. It is inspiring to read of the incredible amount of hard These new publications by the Center will be work and dedication that this community has presented at the Durango Book Fair in the put into maintaining their ethnic identity in Basque Country the first weekend in Decem- the diaspora. ber. They may be ordered from the Center as The University of Nevada, Reno is an Equal indicated in the article above. Opportunity / Affirmative Action, ADA institu- tion. 11/04 10,000. Boise Basques was first published in 2003 as part of the Urazandi: Basques across the 2 Center for Basque Studies Newsletter Basque folk music icon Kepa Junkera performs at University of Nevada, Reno

standing ovations and performed an encore at times combining trikitixa and jazz—which the audience’s insistence. won them the Contemporary Folk Music Prize. Junkera has also presented one of his Born and raised in the Basque country, greatest challenges, combining trikitixa and Junkera and his band have collaborated with classical music, and with the Bilbao Sym- such international masters as Béla Fleck, Carlos Nuñez, La Bottine Souriante, and Paddy Maloney of the Chieftains, becoming Spain’s leading performers and producing work held by critics and fans alike as the best in European world music. The Boston Globe called him “a dazzling master.” His band incorpo- rates mandolin, guitars, bass, cuatro, maracas, drums, txalaparta (a Basque percus- sion instrument) and, of course, the trikitixa. From his traditional Basque roots to ground- breaking global fusions, folk music icon In addition to the concert, Students (from left) Bernadette Leonis, Pedro Oiarzabal, Kepa Junkera wields his trikitixa (diatonic Kepa Junkera and some of and Argitxu Camus with Kepa Junkera (second from right). accordion) with boundless energy and ethe- his band members were fea- real beauty. Kicking off the University of tured in a noon “Meet the Artist” workshop phony Orchestra he performed a series of Nevada, Reno’s 2004–2005 Performing Arts in the student union building on September pieces that he composed over a ten-year Series season, Junkera and his impeccable 23. In an informal session, they discussed the period. For more about Kepa Junkera, visit band performed on September 23 to a very music of the Basque culture, Basque musical www.kepajunkera.com. appreciative crowd. The group received two instruments, and their musical style—at

Cenarrusa Center for Basque Studies opens in Boise

In a ceremony on May 13, the Cenarrusa Legislature in 1950 as State Representative Center for Basque Studies was inaugurated and served nine terms, three as Speaker of in Boise, Idaho. The Center is an academic the House. Appointed Secretary of State in and research program that offers Basque 1967, he was reelected in 1970 and served Studies courses through a consortium of until 2002. In 1970 he wrote a Resolution to universities, and also sponsors public pre- Congress and engineered its unanimous sentations along with Boise’s Basque Mu- passage by the Idaho Legislature pressing for seum and Cultural Center. According to their a Universal Declaration of Human Rights web site, www.cenarrusa.org, “For the past and for a general amnesty for Basques and one hundred years Basques have settled in Spaniards imprisoned by Franco for their Idaho and contributed to the largest concen- political and social activities. In 2001, tration of Basques in North America. The Cenarrusa was granted the Sabino Arana Cenarrusa Center offers an opportunity to pre- Award for his efforts on behalf of the Basque serve this history and culture, which has signifi- people. Cenarrusa serves as a member of the cantly enriched the State of Idaho and beyond.” Center’s Advisory Board.

Pete Cenarrusa addresses the group The new Center is named in honor of Pete T. Inaugural remarks were given by John at the opening ceremonies. and Freda Cenarrusa, for their many contri- Bieter, Executive Director of the Center, and butions to the preservation of Basque cul- by CBS Director Joseba Zulaika. Pete ture. Cenarrusa was elected to the Idaho Cenarrusa also addressed the gathering. 3 Center for Basque Studies Newsletter The Huarte de Jauregui Spanish Civil War Archive in Reno by José Luís de la Granja

José Luís de la Granja was a visiting scholar at the University of Nevada, Reno during summer 2004, from the University of the Basque Country – Leioa, Department of Social Sciences. He researched the Basque Studies Library’s Huarte de Jauregui Spanish Civil War Archive and Franco-era materials, and wrote this report on the contents of this unique and valuable collection. Prof. de la Granja’s visit was sponsored by the University Studies Abroad Consortium, and he was accompanied by his wife, Inés Valdeón, and children Rebeca and Iñigo, who were enrolled in UNR’s Intensive English Language Center.

At the end of the nineties, the Basque Stud- and electoral propaganda from the right, left, ies Library at the University of Nevada, and nationalist parties, produced for the Reno acquired from a book dealer in Bilbao Spanish Parliament general elections of a large and important archive on the Spanish 1931, 1933, and 1936. There is also docu- Civil War of 1936–1939, which had be- mentation from unions (mainly, the socialist longed to José María Huarte de Jauregui General Workers’ Union), as well as on the (1898–1969) of Navarre. Head archivist of religious problem and the Basque Statute of the General Archive of Navarre and member Autonomy, two key questions in the political of the Academy of History and the Academy life of Euskadi during the Second Spanish of Fine Arts in Spain, Huarte de Jauregui Republic. José M. Huarte de Jauregui was a Carlist who participated in the Civil [Photo from Jauregui Archive] War, achieving the rank of artillery lieuten- The documentation preserved in this Spanish ant in the army of General Franco, and head Civil War archive is immense and varied, many, etc. The archive also contains quite a of the Military Command of Zarautz though most of it is of a military or political few pamphlets: those published by the (Gipuzkoa). The origin of the archive relates nature. The most valuable part concerns Basque Government of José Antonio to this military post, which allowed him to Franco’s army offensive in the northern Ibe- Aguirre, various on the controversial case of collect abundant documentation on the new rian Peninsula in 1937: first in Bizkaia in the the Basque Catholics and on the interna- Francoist State that was created at that time spring, later in Santander in the summer and tional controversy created by the bombard- in Gipuzkoa, and also numerous documents Asturias in autumn. The military conquest of ment and destruction of Gernika by the Ger- confiscated in Euskadi under the jurisdiction this industrial and mining territory was very man Legion Condor. The Francoist version of the first Basque Government (Bizkaia) important for the final victory of the Franco of this event can be read in the Bulletin and in the rest of the northern zone of the faction in the war. What is most interesting d’Information Espagnole, published in Spanish Republic (Santander and Asturias). about this archive is the abundant documen- French by its supporters. There are also This archive focuses on the Civil War, but tation on the armies that fought in the north: many dossiers from the Spanish, French, includes as well the historical periods just the Republican army, within which the English and Italian press on the course of the prior to and following it: the Second Repub- Basque army was situated; and the Franco Spanish conflict and its repercussions in the lic (1931–1936) and the Franco Dictatorship army, comprising the Brigades of Navarra Basque Country. In addition, this archive (1939–1975). along with the Carlist militiamen. Within the preserves some notebooks, maps, flags, and archive are diverse historical documents, many photographs. In 2003, the Basque Studies Library com- such as reports of battalions; official reports pleted a catalog of the Huarte de Jauregui on war actions, the Navy of the Basque Gov- The most documented zone of the Basque Archive, consisting of sixty-three pages that ernment, the Department of Military Infor- Country is the coast of Gipuzkoa from can be consulted on the Internet. These thou- mation; communications between military Zarautz to the border with Bizkaia, taken sands of documents, most of them original commands—for example, many telegrams over by the army coup in September 1936 and unpublished, along with clippings and exchanged by the ministry of Defense, the and controlled by the Military Command of pamphlets of the period, are kept in some socialist leader from Bilbao, Indalecio Prieto, Zarautz, headed by Huarte de Jauregui from thirty archive boxes that are classified in and the head of the northern Republican March of 1937 until November of 1939. By three categories: the first refers to the Re- Army, general Gámir Ulibarri, among others. studying the copious documents generated publican area of the Civil War, the second— by this command, related to the ministers of the most numerous—refers to the Francoist Among the political documents are briefings, Franco’s government and high commands of area, and the third—the smallest—includes letters, peace proposals to the Basque nation- his army, one can pinpoint the first introduc- various Basque nationalist magazines from alists encouraging them to abandon the Re- tion of Francoism into the region of the 1930s and many newsletters from the publican cause, calls to resistance or to sur- Gipuzkoa. The firm political repression is Franco faction, published in Paris during the render (subject of a proclamation of Franco apparent in numerous police reports and in Civil War. to the Bilbainos asking that they surrender, long lists of exiled nationalists or leftists, on the eve of the taking of Bilbao in June prisoners, and those who were fined (the The most interesting documents concerning 1937), Nazi propaganda against Commu- fines were camouflaged with the euphe- the Second Republic are political manifestos nism, printed in Spanish in Hamburg, Ger- mism, “donations for the National Trea-

4 Center for Basque Studies Newsletter (continued from page 4) Kirmen Uribe presents Basque sury”). In addition, the army, Carlists, and poetry/multimedia project the Falange constructed a new State with a Fascist character with the help of part of the Basque poet Kirmen Uribe performed at the Born in the province of Bizkaia in the Basque Church, at the same time that the University of Nevada, Reno on October 7, Basque Country of Spain, Uribe has degrees nationalist clergy was retaliated against. The along with singer-songwriter Mikel in Basque philology and in comparative relations between the forces forming the Urdangarin and accompanying musicians. literature. He has worked as a teacher, trans- Francoist group were not always cordial and Their multilingual and multimedia perfor- lator, and scriptwriter and has published his there were conflicts between Carlists and mance appealed to a wide audience with its own literary work. He has also written lyrics Falangists or between the military and civil combination of poetry, prose, video, music, for many Basque musical groups. His poetry powers; for instance, the dispute that put and oral history. translations have included the work of Comandante Huarte himself in conflict with Raymond Carver, Sylvia Plath, Anne Sexton, the mayor of Zumaya, who was removed Mahmud Darwish, and Wislawa from office and detained by him in 1937. Szymborska, among others. He also wrote a This is a good example of the fact that in theatre piece entitled Ekidazu that has been Franco’s Spain the supreme power lay in the staged in the Basque Country. hands of the army. The archive informs us of the visit of Count Ciano, Minister of Exterior Uribe enjoys wide popularity in Europe, Affairs of Mussolini’s fascist Italy, to especially the Basque Country, and won Gipuzkoa in 1939, who was entertained in Spain’s 2001 Premio de la Crítica (Critic’s Zarautz by Huarte de Jauregui with a sump- Prize) for his first collection of poems, tuous lunch, as can be seen from the menu Bitartean heldu eskutik (Meawhile Hold card written in Italian. Hands).

The later part of the archive refers to the Kirmen Uribe Franco dictatorship, centered in the years of [Photo: Conny Beyreuther] World War II (1939–1945), and the several rival branches of the Carlist movement gath- ered around the aspirants to succeed Franco with title of King—Carlos VIII, Javier de Oteiza exhibit catalog includes Borbón Parma with his sons Carlos Hugo and Sixto, and don Juan de Borbón. It also Zulaika essay focuses on an exiled and clandestine Basque nationalism with its manifestos, pamphlets, Joseba Zulaika published an essay “Oteiza/ and periodicals. These documents end in the Gehry/Guggenheim: Mythographies, Re- 1970s, although their principal compiler, turns, Deferred Actions,” in the exhibit José María Huarte de Jauregui, died in 1969 catalog/book Oteiza: mitoa eta in Madrid. modernotasuna (Oteiza: Myth and Modern- ism) (Bilbao: Guggenheim Bilbao Museoa, 2004). The hardcover, large-format catalog includes text in Basque, Spanish, and En- glish, and was created for the expansive retrospective exhibit of the late sculptor’s work that is currently on display in the Guggenheim Bilbao Museoa through Janu-
ary 9, 2005.

Oteiza is highly regarded in Spain as a sculptor, and is best known for a large, ab- stract frieze of the apostles designed for the Jorge Oteiza basilica at Aranzazu in the Basque Country. [Photo by Fernando Larruquert] He also created bronze figures and “meta- physical boxes,” cubic forms that emphasize seum, New York, for display June–August negative space as a sculptural element. 2005. In the words of Juan José Ibarretxe, President of the Basque Government, this The show will later appear in the Museo exhibit “allows us to explore the works and Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, personality of one of the greatest masters of Madrid, February–May 2005, and then modern sculpture and one of the most illus- travel to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Mu- trious Basques of our century.”

5 Center for Basque Studies Newsletter rary Spanish Historiography” sponsored Ph.D. student Pedro Oiarzabal was hired Highlights by the Department of Spanish and by the Basque Studies Library for the Portuguese, Michigan State University summer to assist visiting scholars with (Lansing). He also lectured on Basque their research needs, as library assistant Art critic Lucy Lippard presented film director Iciar Bollain’s Hola, estás Demosthenes Papaeliou had transferred “Framing: The Park as Public Art” on sola? (Hi, are you alone?) for a class on to another job. April 22 at UNR, sponsored by the Women and the Camera, 2003, taught by Center and the Hilliard Endowment the Women Studies Program at the The Cenarrusa Center for Basque Studies Fund. An art critic, theorist and political University of Nevada, Reno. and the Basque Museum and Cultural activist, she has authored eighteen books Center (Boise), with funding from the on art. Joseba Zulaika published the essay Idaho Humanities Council, hosted “Festishes and Black Holes” in No Trees Basque dance expert and educator Lisa Basque Studies Ph.D. student Lisa Damaged / Zuhaitzik Kaltetu Gabe / Sin Corcostegui on July 29, 2004. The Corcostegui presented a lecture entitled Daño para los Arboles, a publication on lectures, including video clips from her “Can You Dig It? A Quasi-Archaeologi- the work of Basque artist Ibon Aranberri fieldwork, were: “Can You Dig It? A cal Approach to Basque Dance,” at the (Diputación Foral de Bizkaia, 2004). Quasi-Archaeological Approach to Louisiana Basque Society on April 25. Basque Dance,” “After a Fashion: The The event included two performances of Joseba Gabilondo published the article Evolution of Traditional Basque Dress in Gauden Bat Dantzariak from Chino, “Posnacionalismo y biopolítica: para una the Homeland and in the Diaspora,” and California, a luncheon and lectures. Lisa crítica multiculturalista del estado y su “The Dances of Oñati and Their and Enrike Corcostegui, directors of the soberanía en Europa y el País Vasco Context.” Ms. Corcostegui, a doctoral Zenbat Gara Basque dance troupe of (notas sobre Habermas y Agamben),” in candidate at the University of Nevada, Reno, also performed with Gauden Bat. the journal Inguruak – Revista Vasca de Reno, also gave a presentation at the Sociología y Ciencia Política (no. 37:15– USA/Canada Lions Leadership Forum The Consul General of Spain from the San 34, December 2003). Banquet held in Reno on September 10 Francisco Consulate, Camilo Barcia on “Euskaldunak: The Basques, Old Garcia-Villamil and his wife, Carmela, Teresa Franzoia of Elko, Nevada was World and New.” visited UNR on May 7. The Consul named UNR’s Outstanding First-Year presented the awards for Spanish Basque Student for 2003–04 at the 35th Gloria Totoricagüena was selected by the language students at a Foreign Lan- Annual Foreign Languages and Litera- Boise State University College of Social guages Department ceremony, and tures awards ceremony held on May 7. Sciences and Public Affairs for recogni- toured the Center and the Basque The ceremony honors foreign language tion as one of the Top Twenty Outstand- Library. They also visited the office of students of the Reno-Sparks area. Basque ing Alumni in the twenty-year history of the University Studies Abroad Consor- instructor Kate Camino nominated the College. She was recognized by tium, which offers several study-abroad Franzoia. Dean Michael Blankenship at the BSU programs in Spain including two Basque Homecoming celebration in October. Country locations. Edorta Jimenez, who visited the Center in fall 2002 as a travel stipend recipient, We welcome new Basque Ph.D. student, Joseba Gabilondo conducted a discussion recently published Hemingway eta Argitxu Camus Etchecopar, who is a on the documentary La pelota vasca by Euskaldunak zerbitzu sekretuetan Research Assistant at the Center Basque director Julio Medem, screened (Hemingway and the Basques in the beginning this fall. She has a Master’s at the Basque Cultural Center in South Secret Service) (Zarautz: Susa, 2003). degree from the University of Pau San Francisco on the evening of May 8. The book includes results of his research (France), and plans to research Basque If Basques in other communities are conducted in the Basque Studies Library. immigration and the Euskal Etxeak interested in showings of Basque films, (Basque Clubs) of the diaspora. Ongi please contact Dr. Gabilondo at Basque Ph.D. student Juan Arana assisted etorri, Argitxu! 775.784.4854 or [email protected]. with production of a short film, Vuelta y Vuelta (2004). The comedy, created by On October 12, Joseba Gabilondo gave a Visiting Scholar Fernando Molina Fernando Gil Moreno, was filmed in lecture at the Romance Languages presented a talk on “El nacionalismo Madrid by Impostor Films. Department at Harvard University español y la cuestión vasca en el siglo entitled “Almodóvar como intelectual XIX” [State Nationalism and the Basque Joseba Zulaika published his article “In biopolítico del ‘pacto con el olvido’ y la Question during the Nineteenth Love with Puppy: Flowers, Architecture, transición.” It was one of three lectures Century], on May 25. Molina is a Art, and the Art of Irony” in a special forming the panel “El placer del cine: researcher and instructor at the issue on The Guggenheim Bilbao Un mini-simposio sobre Pedro Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Museum: Art, Politics and the City, of the Almodóvar.” Spanish film director Department of Contemporary and International Journal of Iberian Studies Almodóvar was present at the sympo- American History. (vol. 16, no. 3, 2003, pp. 145–158). sium and gave a lecture and question- Zulaika’s article discusses the and-answer session afterwards which In April 2004, Joseba Gabilondo presented Guggenheim Bilbao and Jeff Koons’ almost a thousand people attended. “Historical Memory, Neoliberal Spain, floral art installation, Puppy, located near and the Latin American Postcolonial the Museum. Ghost: On the Politics of Recognition, Apology, and Reparation in Contempo- (continued on page 8)

6 Center for Basque Studies Newsletter Basque Cultural Tour welcomed in Euskadi

Center Director Joseba Zulaika and faculty member Sandra Ott traveled to Europe to lead the Center’s Basque Country Tour of July 18–24. The tour included many special events arranged just for our participants, such as a visit with Lehendakari Ibarretxe, president of the Basque Country, as well as receptions and special programs in the towns of Gernika and Mondragon. Below is a description of the trip highlights by Joseba Zulaika.

The Center’s Basque Cultural Tour began in Bilbao on Sunday, July of its constitution and functioning. This was followed by a visit to 18, with a visit to the world-famous Guggenheim Museum. The Ajuria Enea, the Basque “White House,” where the Lehendakari group had a guided tour of the museum’s current exhibits and perma- Ibarretxe welcomed us warmly and visited with us for about an hour. nent collections. We then took the Txinbito ferry on the Nervión Lunch was waiting at the Remillury winery, where honorary member River from the Guggenheim to the suburb of Las Arenas. Basque of the Board Juan Zelaia joined us for lunch. The day was capped architect Iñaki Uriarte, an expert in the evolution of Bilbao’s local with a visit to the renowned Riscal winery, the site of an architectural architectural forms, explained the history of the Left Bank’s stunning landmark by the celebrated architect and honorary member of the industrialization and current demise after the closing of the Altos Center’s Board, Frank Gehry. Hornos and Euskalduna steel mills. The group then strolled through the streets of Getxo while Uriarte Day 4, Wednesday, was time to pointed out the various architec- leave Bilbao and the Hotel tural influences of the residences. Carlton and move towards Gipuzkoa. We first visited the At the restaurant Jolastoki we headquarters of the world-famous were received by the Bihotz Alai Mondragon Cooperatives, where choir, whose song “Boga Boga” we were impressed by the scope brought tears to the eyes of some of its worldwide expansion. A of the visitors whose families had reception by the mayor at the come from coastal towns such as Otalora House followed. Jose Lekeitio and Ispazter. After an Mari Larrañaga served as exquisite lunch of merluzas, intermediary. From Mondragon lubinas asadas, arroz de setas the group moved to Oñati. There con langostinos, and rabos de we visited the famous sixteenth- buey (various seafood dishes and century University before heading oxtails), the group returned to for the Sanctuary of Aranzazu, an Bilbao. As a colophon to the day, important artistic and spiritual Iñaki Uriarte guided the tour to site for the Basques. At the end of Norman Foster’s celebrated un- Tour participants pose with Lehendakari Ibarretxe the day we drove to San derground metro and showed us (front row, center, with tie). Sebastian’s Maria Cristina Hotel various terminals while traveling from Sarriko to Plaza Moyua. for the night.

Day 2, Monday, took the group to Gernika’s Casa de Juntas in the On Day 5, Thursday, in the morning the group visited Loiola, birth- morning. The president of the Juntas Generales, Ana Madariaga, place of Saint Ignatius, founder of the Jesuit Order. At noon we trav- received us in front of the Tree of Gernika, while a dancer performed eled to the town of Getaria to see the museum of famous fashion a solemn aurresku (a Basque dance of tribute). A visit to the Casa de designer Cristobal Balenciaga, which showcased the tailored suits Juntas followed. Later we were taken to the town hall to be wel- and elegant gowns worn by celebrities and royalty. Lunch was en- comed by the mayor and presented with gifts. joyed at the Marítimo, overlooking the Cantabrian Sea. In the after- noon we returned to San Sebastian and had dinner at the highly ac- As Monday is Gernika’s market day, the group took the opportunity claimed Restaurant Arzak. to stroll through the market and shop. An exquisite lunch was served at the Castle of Arteaga, rebuilt in the nineteenth century by Eugenio Day 6, Friday, was devoted to Iparralde or the French Basque side. de Montijo, wife of Napoleon III. We then left for Lekeitio, where the The group traveled to Sara (Lapurdi) in Iparralde where we were families of group members the Echeverrias and Goikoetxeas origi- welcomed with an official reception by the city hall. This was fol- nated. While Basque writer Edorta Jimenez explained the close rela- lowed by lunch in the Lastiry restaurant and a visit to Ortillopitz, a tions between Hemingway and some of the mariners from the area, seventeenth-century Basque farmhouse preserved as a living history the group visited a “sociedad.” We were later honored by a moving museum, surrounded by beautiful gardens and an orchard. Thereafter reception at the Gernika town hall. A beautiful aurresku was also per- the group returned to Donostia via Etxalar (Nafarroa). formed here, and the mayor offered presents to the members of our group. On Day 7, Saturday, the group visited Chillida Leku to view the art On Day 3, Tuesday, the expedition traveled to the present-day exhibits in the morning. We then attended a noon reception with the Basque capital, Vitoria/Gasteiz. We visited the thirteenth-century Vice-President of the University of the Basque Country, Jasone cathedral of Santa Maria, whose ongoing restoration has been hailed Cenoz, at elegant Miramar Palace. The final dinner of the tour took as a landmark in architectural reconstruction. Afterward, the group place at the Cofradía Vasca gastronomic society, where we enjoyed walked to the Basque Parliament, where we were given a summary the music of the international jazz festival being performed below in Plaza Trinidad. 7 Center for Basque Studies Newsletter Highlights (continued) Joseba Gabilondo published an article in Joseba Gabilondo’s essay on “El Estado- Catalan, “Seducció política, Nación europeo global: para una extraterritorialitat literaria i nuesa redefinición postestructuralista de la Basque Ph.D. student Argitxu Camus biogràfrica: Atxaga i la seva trilogia teoría nacionalista clásica (Gellner y published an article in the online al·legòrica,” in El contemporani: arts- Anderson)” appears in a new publication magazine Euskonews & Media of història-societat 29 (2004), pp. 39–43. edited by Ander Gurrutxaga: El presente September 10–17 on “Les institutions del Estado-Nación (Bilbao: Universidad basques dans le processus migratoire While in Bilbao in July, Joseba Zulaika was del País Vasco, 2004), pp. 129–145. contemporain XIX-XXème siècles: invited to present a talk at the Galería réflexions et conceptualization.” It Abisal, where he spoke on “Entre la appeared in the Kosmopolita section. Palanca y el Guggenheim.”

The article, “Narrative Exile: Absence and Kathryn Etcheverria coauthored an article Desire in Anjel Lertxundi’s Un Final with Vicki Toy Smith: “Staffing Trends in para Nora,” by Linda White was Academic Library Technical Services,” in
published in Journal of the Society for Innovative Redesign and Reorganization Basque Studies in America. XXIII: 23–28. of Library Technical Services: Paths for the Future and Case Studies,” edited by Pedro J. Oiarzabal, recipient of the current Brad Eden (Westport, CT: Libraries Outstanding International Graduate Unlimited, 2004). Student Award, participated in the evaluation of applications for the Fall Linda White enjoyed a very productive 2004 award. The awards are given by sabbatical leave during the first six the Graduate Student Association of the months of 2004, and she returned to work Basque sheepherding University of Nevada, Reno. with a completed textbook manuscript, aimed to help English speakers learn video available Sandra Ott gave an invited paper at the 8th Basque. The textbook will include biennial EASA (European Association of exercises and answer keys for those who North American Basque Organizations, Inc. Social Anthropologists) conference in like to study at home. is selling copies of the documentary The Last Vienna, September 8–12, at the Link as a fundraiser for their Educational University of Vienna, Austria. Her paper, Basque Ph.D. student Lisa Corcostegui Fund. The documentary captures the rich and “Remembering Gurs,” formed part of the published an abridged version of “Four dramatic story of the Basque and Béarnais workshop “Facing the Former Enemy: Weddings and Some Funerals: Basque shepherding cultures, which Basque emi- Memories of War and War Crimes,” Dance in Contemporary Rites of Passage” grants brought to the American West in the convened by Dr. Mueller from Univer- (originally published in Tinta at UCSB) early twentieth century. The Last Link shows sity College London and Dr. Cappelletto in the July 2004 issue of Northwest the shepherds and their descendants as a of the University of Verona. Folkdancer (Vol. 49, Issue 7). proud and passionate people, whose spiritual and physical vitality is shaped by their con- José Luís de la Cuesta, former rector of Joseba Gabilondo gave a keynote speech at nection to the mountains, whether they be the Universidad del País Vasco– Michigan State University on October 22. the Pyrénées or Wyoming’s Bighorn Moun- Gipuzkoa and a visiting scholar at UNR His speech on “A Multicultural Atlantic tains. Interviews with immigrants and their in 2002 sponsored by USAC, was chosen Critique of European Universalism: descendants in Wyoming and California as President of the International Neonationalism from Derrida To graphically illustrate the role of community Association of Penal Law at a recent Agamben,” was presented at the in sustaining a transplanted identity within a conference in Peking, China. The post Department of Spanish and Portuguese larger Western American culture. will be for five years’ duration. Graduate Student Conference, “Tropos.” To order a copy of The Last Link, please mail Basque Studies Ph.D. student Pedro Joseba Zulaika was interviewed by the the following information: Oiarzabal participated in the Latin BBC World Service for their “Instant American Studies Association XXV Guide” program, which aired in early Your name, address, telephone number. International Congress in Las Vegas, October. Interviewer Sue Waldram asked Number of VHS copies @ $26 each October 7–9. He presented a paper on Dr. Zulaika about the status of the (postage and handling included). “Towards a Diasporic and Transnational Basque terrorist group ETA after the Number of DVD copies @ $30 each Reading of Basque Identities in Time, latest detentions. (postage and handling included). Space and History,” at the panel chaired Check, made payable to “NABO.” by Ignacio Irazusta “Globalization and During fall semester 2004, the Center is Postnational Identities: Reflections on teaching the following classes: Basque Please mail your order to: Immigration and Diaspora in Latin Language, Kate Camino; Basque NABO - The Last Link America.” Transnationalism in the U.S., Gloria 118 Yolo Street Totoricagüena; Basque Literature, Joseba Corte Madera, CA 94925-1810 Linda White’s article “Basque Gabilondo; Museums, Architecture, City Bertsolaritza” was released in 2004 as Renewal: The Bilbao Guggenheim, For more information, please refer to part of the refereed journal Oral Joseba Zulaika; and Basque Culture, www.basqueclubs.com. Tradition, 18/1 (2003): 142–43. Sandra Ott. 8 Center for Basque Studies Newsletter Gloria Totoricagüena receives Basque Lecture Series research awards presentations by visiting scholars Dr. Gloria Totoricagüena, Assistant Professor The Center is especially honored as this is in the Center for Basque Studies, was named the second time a Center faculty member has runner-up for the 2004 Mousel-Feltner been awarded by the Mousel-Feltner Com- The Center’s Basque Lecture Series contin- Award for Outstanding Research and Cre- mittee. In 2001, Linda White was named ued this past summer with presentations by ative Activity, awarded by the University of first-place winner of the award. several of our visiting scholars. On July 28, Nevada, Reno’s College of Liberal Arts. Asier Barandiarán of the University of Carol Mousel and Barbara Feltner estab- Navarra (Philology) gave a talk on oral lished the award in 1993 to acknowledge traditions and bertsolaritza (Basque impro- faculty accomplishments within the College. vised singing): “Teoría oral: ¿Puede ser aplicada al bertsolarismo?” Immediately At a reception on May 4, the College cel- following was a lecture by Xabier Barrutia ebrated the awards and granted Dr. of the Department of Applied Economics, Totoricagüena a certificate and cash prize. University of the Basque Country – Bilbao: Her receipt of this award is especially re- “What Must We Study in Industrial Eco- markable as this is only her second year as nomics?” an academic professional. On August 4, Ana Zabalza of the Depart- Dr. Totoricagüena’s area of expertise is ment of History at the Universidad de ethnonationalism and ethnic identity among Navarra lectured on “Nombres, números y the Basque diaspora. She holds a Ph.D. in casas. Género y transmisión del patrimonio Comparative Politics from the London en la Navarra moderna.” We also heard a School of Economics and Political Science. presentation from Marta Arroyo of the Gloria Totoricagüena The selection committee was impressed by Dept. of Nutrition and Food Science, Uni- her prolific, high-quality research output of versity of the Basque Country, on “Strategies the last year, which included publication of In addition to the Mousel-Feltner Award, for the Treatment of Childhood Obesity.” four books, each with original fieldwork and Prof. Totoricagüena was selected for the archival data research. In addition she pub- 2004–2005 University of Nevada, Reno On August 11, José Ignacio Imaz of the lished a substantial entry in Enciclopedia Junior Faculty Research Grant Award. The Department of Sociology I, University of Auñamendi, including 347 photographs, re- $15,000 grant will be used to investigate the Basque Country gave a presentation on garding the Basque experience in the U.S. She transnational communities and their institu- “El debate sobre la reducción y el reparto also published numerous journal articles and tional connections to their homelands, focus- del tiempo de trabajo en Euskadi.” Galder presented papers at several international con- ing on comparing Basques in Australia to Guenaga of the College of Business Stud- ferences. In July 2003, she was selected as other ethnic groups in Australia, and also ies, University of the Basque Country – keynote speaker for the III World Congress of how Basques in Australia maintain their Bilbao presented “El turismo en Euskal Basque Collectivities, which congregates rep- identity. Herria como sujeto y objeto de los procesos resentatives from Basque Centers worldwide. de reestructuración productiva/funcional y de remodelación espacial/morfológica: El caso paradigmático de Bilbao.” Basque Librarians visit libraries, On August 18, Arantza Libano of the Fac- vendors in Basque Country ulty of Law, University of Deusto (Bilbao) presented “The Spanish Criminal Justice Summer of 2004 was a time for library staff Carmen Bilbao Ariño of Koldo Mitxelena System: Some Highlights.” Marek Peda of to establish and renew friendships in the Library allowed librarians to share informa- the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Basque Country. Thanks to funds from the tion about the Basque Database and to learn Polish Academy of Science (Warsaw) gave National Endowment for the Humanities about additional opportunities for collabora- a talk on “The Burgos Trial: December grant, Basque Librarian Kathryn Etcheverria tion with Basque libraries. 1970.” and UNR Libraries Director of Research Services Donnelyn Curtis visited libraries Ms. Etcheverria and Ms. Curtis were privi- On August 23, we heard a talk on “La and vendors in Spain. A visit with Library leged to visit with Josu Legarreta Bilbao, the República, la Guerra Civil y el Franquismo Director Coltilde Olaran Mugica of the Basque Government’s Director of Relations a través del Archivo Jauregui (Reno),” Biblioteca Foral de Bizkaia was an opportu- with Basque Collectivities, to discuss the given by José Luís de la Granja of the De- nity to show Ms. Olaran the progress that Urazandi Project. This project includes work partment of Social Sciences, University of has been made on the Basque Database by the Basque Government to digitize publi- the Basque Country – Leioa. (See his ar- project and to discuss options for shared cations from the Basque diaspora. They were ticle on page 4 of this issue.) records and a shared web interface between also able to visit with representatives of On October 21, visiting scholar David the libraries’ Basque collections. Urretxindorra, library supplier in Bilbao, to refine methods of ordering materials for the Visits with Director Carmen Gómez Pérez of Basque Studies Library collection. (continued on page 10) Fundación Sancho el Sabio and Director

9 Center for Basque Studies Newsletter Center faculty conduct fieldwork in Europe

Center for Basque Studies faculty Sandra Ott and Gloria Totoricagüena each spent several Ikasi 2005 — weeks in the Basque region last summer conducting fieldwork. Dr. Ott was in the A Learning Opportunity French Basque Country researching Basque involvement in the Resistance Movement of World War II. Dr. Totoricagüena was in Presented by the Center for Basque Studies, Euskadi (Basque Country of Spain) conduct- the Advisory Board for the Center for Basque Studies, and ing interviews of immigrants who eventually North American Basque Organizations, Inc. (NABO) returned to the Basque region to reside. When? June 29, 30, and July 1 (Wednesday through Friday) Sandra Ott conducted fieldwork in Maule and other communities in Xiberoa. Combin- Where? The University of Nevada campus. Specific location of classes and ing ethnographic and historical research, she events will be sent to each participant upon receipt of their com- is examining the experiences of people who pleted enrollment form. lived in or passed through the province of Xiberoa during the 1930s and 1940s. She explores public, group and individual How much? Free! Registration fees have been waived. The Center for Basque memory from the perspective of Basque, Studies would like to make participation as easy as possible for French, Spanish and Jewish people whose those interested in their Basque heritage. However, if you plan to lives were affected by exile, civil war, and a attend, you must send us the enrollment form below to help us world war. Her book is tentatively titled A plan for the event. Duty to Memory: War, Experience and Re- membrance in the Basque Country. Participation will be limited to 40 people (limitation is imposed by the size of the meeting rooms). Individuals are responsible for their own hotel and travel Gloria Totoricagüena’s latest research in- arrangements. If you wish to stay close to campus, check with the University Inn volves the Basque migration experience and for reservations at 775.323.0321. The University Inn is located at 1001 N. Virginia Australia. Because numerous Basques re- Street, Reno, NV 89557. turned to Euskal Herria after decades of working in Australia, Totoricagüena spent four weeks in the Basque provinces research- * * * * * * * * * ing migration archives and Catholic mission- ary records, and interviewing individuals YES! Sign me up for IKASI 2005! who have returned to their homeland. The majority of the interviewees had worked Number of people attending from this household ______cutting sugarcane in north Queensland dur- ing the 1940s–1960s. Dr. Totoricagüena will Name(s) ______complete fieldwork in Australia in 2005. Address ______

(continued from page 9) ______Lasagabaster of the University of the Basque Country presented a lecture on “The Basque Phone ______Educational System: From Monolingualism to Multilingualism.” He has carried out e-mail ______research on multilingualism in schools in the Basque Country, with two co-official Signature ______Date ______languages (Spanish and Basque), and with English also part of the curriculum. Mail to: IKASI Center for Basque Studies / 322 Visiting Scholar Fernando Molina presented a talk on “El nacionalismo español y la University of Nevada, Reno cuestión vasca en el siglo XIX” [State Reno, NV 89557-0012 Nationalism and the Basque Question During the Nineteenth Century], on May 25. Deadline: June 1, 2005 Molina is a researcher and instructor at the Universidad de Santiago de Compostela in Contemporary and American History.

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Many of our courses are now available BASQ C462 – Cyberculture: A Basque BASQ C671 – Basque Culture online, allowing students anywhere in the Global Information Diaspora 3 graduate credits. Instructor: Joseba Zulaika world to learn about the Basques. You can 3 credits. Instructor: Andoni Alonso even complete a minor in Basque Studies BASQUE LANGUAGE COURSES through online coursework. It is offered BASQ C465 – Basque Economy from through the Independent Learning program at Industrialization to Globalization BASQ C101 – Elementary Basque I the University of Nevada, Reno, with more 3 credits. Instructor: Gomez 4 credits. Instructor: Kathleen Camino than thirty credits available in Basque courses. For more information or to request a BASQ C466 – Museums, Architecture, City BASQ C102 – Elementary Basque II catalog, call 775.784.4652 or see their web Renewal: The Bilbao Guggenheim 4 credits. Instructor: Kathleen Camino site at www.istudy.unr.edu. 3 credits. Instructor: Joseba Zulaika BASQ C203 –Second Year Basque I Courses available: BASQ C471 – Basque Culture 3 credits. Instructor: Linda White BASQ C431 – Modern Basque History 3 credits. Instructor: Joseba Zulaika (From 1700 to the Present) BASQ C204 – Second Year Basque II 3 credits. Instructor: Cameron Watson BASQ C472 – Basque Diaspora Studies 3 credits. Instructor: Linda White 3 credits. Instructor: Gloria Totoricagüena BASQ C456 – Basque Language, Society and Culture BASQ C472 – Basque Cinema: An Introduction 3 credits. Instructor: Estibaliz Amorrortu 3 credits. Instructor: Jaume Martí-Olivella

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