Conference organizers:

Mari Jose Olaziregi Etxepare Basque Institute Xabier Irujo -William A. Douglass Center for Basque Studies – University of Nevada-Reno Carsten Sinner – Leipzig Universität

March 26, Saturday

Sparks Heritage Museum. 14:00 The Bombing of Gernika Xabier Irujo (University of Nevada, Reno)

March 28, Monday

Basque Room. University of Nevada, Reno. 16:00. The English Gold. British payment of multi-million pound bribes to Franco's top generals Ángel Viñas (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)

March 28, Monday

Basque Room. University of Nevada, Reno. 17:00 Francoist Repression Julián Casanova (Universidad de Zaragoza)

March 29, Tuesday.

Basque Room. University of Nevada, Reno. 16:00 From Gernika to Joseba Zulaika (University of Nevada, Reno)

March 29, Tuesday

Basque Room. University of Nevada, Reno. 17:00 Occupation of Iparralde (1940-1944) Sandra Ott (University of Nevada, Reno)

June 1, Wednesday

Conference organizers:

Mari Jose Olaziregi Etxepare Basque Institute Xabier Irujo -William A. Douglass Center for Basque Studies – University of Nevada-Reno Carsten Sinner – Leipzig Universität

09:30 Presentation and welcoming Carsten Sinner (Universität Leipzig) Mari Jose Olaziregi (University of the Basque Country & Etxepare Basque Institute) Xabier Irujo (University of Nevada, Reno)

09:40 : “Lehendakari Agirre and his Government: Precursors of Europeanism. Mikel Anton (Director for European Affairs of the )

10:00 “British and American plans for tackling Franco during Wold War II and the OSS proposal of bringing to power an opposition movement leaded by José Antonio Agirre” Carlos Collado Seidel (Philipps Universität Marburg)

11:00 Coffee Break

11:30 The repression of loyal military in Euskadi Joan Villarroya (Universitat de Barcelona)

12:30 Agirre: A President Hunted by the Dictatorships Nicholas Rankin (Writer and Broadcaster)

13:30-15:00 Lunch

15:00 The Basque Government and the Vatican Hilari Raguer i Suñer (Historian, Montserrat abbey)

16:00 Genocide in the Basque Country (1936-1945) Xabier Irujo (University of Nevada, Reno)

June 9, Thursday Conference organizers:

Mari Jose Olaziregi Etxepare Basque Institute Xabier Irujo -William A. Douglass Center for Basque Studies – University of Nevada-Reno Carsten Sinner – Leipzig Universität

09:30 Presentation Mari Jose Olaziregi (University of the Basque Country & Etxepare Basque Institute) Amaia Agirre (Agirre Lehendakari Center)

09:45 Euskal kasua. Giza garapen iraunkorra Juan Jose Ibarretxe (Agirre Lehendari Center-University of the Basque Country)

10:45 Lehendakari Agirre Amaia Agirre (Agirre Lehendari Center-University of the Basque Country)

11:45 Transnational nationalism. The Basque exile: Barcelona-Paris-New York (1938-1946) Ludger Mees (University of the Basque Country)

13:00-14:00 Lunch

14:15 Lehendakari Agirre and Europe’s Political Construction Leyre Arrieta (University of Deusto)

15:15 Lehendakari The Growth of the International Legacy of Lehendakari Jose A. Agirre’s Government through Academic Cooperation. Andrea Bartoli / Borislava Manojlovic (Seton Hall University)

19:00 Concert: Amaya Arberas and Ainhoa Urkijo Riverside Church