Center for Basque Studies Newsletter ISSN: 1537-2464 Center for Basque Studies N E W S L E T T E R

Gregorio Monreal receives FALL first Douglass Distinguished 2 0 0 5 Scholar Award

NUMBER 72 The Center for Basque Studies welcomed involvement in fundraising for the position. Gregorio Monreal Zia, the first William A. William Douglass, who helped launch the Douglass visiting distinguished scholar, Center (then called the Basque Studies to our campus this fall. The Douglass Program) in 1967 and served as its director Distinguished Scholar Award was established for over thirty years, expressed his gratitude In this issue: in conjunction with the ministries of to all in attendance. He especially emphasized Education, Culture, and Foreign Affairs of the the importance of Monreal’s involvement not Award initiated Basque Government, to promote scholarly only as the President of the University of the 1 research in the field of Basque Zulaika completes term studies as well as the international networking of Basque scholars. as Director 3 The Award is presented annually Jaialdi 2005 4 to a specialist in Basque Studies selected on the basis of his or IKASI 2005 presented 5 her contribution to the field and CBS Lecture Series record of research achievement 6 and scholarly innovation. Selected Highlights 7 scholars remain in residence at the Center for Basque Studies for an New publications 8 academic year. Basque Database 10 The Center hosted a reception Studies Abroad in in honor of Dr. Monreal Zia on the Basque Country 11 October 13 on the University of Nevada, Reno campus. Center A new children’s book 12 Director Joseba Zulaika began the program, giving a presentation William A. Douglass (left) and Gregorio Monreal Zia with showing images from the commemorative plaque. early history of the Center for Basque Studies and stressing Bill Douglass’s accomplishments. Former Basque Country but also as the President of College of Liberal Arts Dean, Robert Mead, Eusko Ikaskuntza (Basque Studies Society). who first promoted the idea of establishing Douglass described an event presented to a distinguished scholar position to honor Dr. commemorate the Basque Studies Program’s A semi-annual publication of the Douglass, then expressed his satisfaction in 25th anniversary, in which Monreal gathered Center for Basque Studies, University of Nevada, Reno seeing the award come to fruition. He was all the presidents of the universities in the Reno, NV 89557-0012 followed by John Echeverria, CBS Advisory Basque region for the occasion. Board chairman, who discussed the board’s (continued on page 2)  Center for Basque Studies Newsletter (continued from page 1)

Finally, Provost John Frederick presented Dr. University of the Basque Country, where Monreal with a commemorative plaque and he served for several years as its first rector, expressed appreciation for having such an or president. Dr. Monreal also served as eminent scholar on our campus. Dr. Monreal president of Eusko Ikaskuntza (the Basque graciously accepted, saying “My profound Studies Society), and is the editor of two satisfaction is twofold: first, the opportunity journals, the Revista Internacional de los to develop my work at the Center for Basque Estudios Vascos and Iura Vasconiae. He will Studies, and second, to be the first scholar be in residence at the University of Nevada

Illustration from the bilingual (English/Basque) children’s book by Mark Kurlansky: The Girl Who Swam to Euskadi / Euskadiraino igerian joan zen neska, recently published by the Center for Basque Studies (see page 12). Meeting of presidents of the Basque universities, organized by Gregorio Monreal in 1992. (Photo: Basque Studies Library archives) The Center for Basque Studies Newsletter is a semi-annual honored with an award that carries the name for the 2005–2006 academic year, researching publication sent free of charge of William A. Douglass.” and writing a book on the historical to any interested person. If progression and development of Basque you would like to receive the political institutions. newsletter in paper format, please send your name and Dr. Monreal recently published The Old Law postal address to: My profound of Bizkaia (1452): A Critical Edition, the “ first in the Center’s Basque Classics Series Center for Basque Studies / 322 (see CBS Newsletter 71, page 10). The work University of Nevada, Reno satisfaction is twofold: includes a redaction of the laws and customs, Reno, NV 89557-0012 or fueros, approved by the Bizkaian people first, the opportunity in 1452 beneath their sacred Oak of Gernika. Or e-mail us at: [email protected] He wrote an extensive introductory study Or phone: 775.784.4854 to develop my work at showing the evolution of the Law and its Or fax: 775.784.1355 relationship to medieval custom, Roman law, and Castilian royal law. The book’s preface The newsletter is also available the Center for Basque was written by William A. Douglass, who co- electronically, in a printable translated the work along with Linda White. format. If you would like to Studies, and second, receive the newsletter in The Old Law of Bizkaia was published electronic format, thus saving to be the first scholar with financial support from the Provincial printing and postage costs, Government of Bizkaia. The book was please specify this option and let honored with an award officially presented at a ceremony in the us know your e-mail address. Basque country on July 26, presided over that carries the name of by José Luis , deputy general of the Please visit our web site: Provincial Government of Bizkaia. Dr. Monreal was present for the ceremony, along William A. Douglass.” with William A. Douglass. The Basque basque.unr.edu Classics Series seeks to provide in English translation key texts and authors in the Produced by the Center for Basque cultural development of the Basque Country. Studies, University of Nevada, Reno. Jill Berner, editor. Gregorio Monreal Zia is a Professor of the History of Law at the Public University of Navarra in . He received a doctorate The University of Nevada, Reno is an Equal in law from the Universidad Complutense in Opportunity / Affirmative Action, ADA institu- Madrid, and has taught at several universities tion. 11/05 9,500. including the Sorbonne (Paris XII) and the  Center for Basque Studies Newsletter Joseba Zulaika completes term as Center Director Directorship passes to Gloria Totoricagüena

The Center for Basque Studies’ bylaws were with annual conferences (politics, bertsolar- institutions that help us pay for the costs of or- revised in 2000 to establish its directorship as iak, the Bilbao Guggenheim, diaspora) and ganizing conferences, new online courses, and a three-year term, to rotate among the faculty, several new publications series—Textbooks, publications. The Board has also raised a mil- as is done in many other departments on our Conference Papers, Basque Classics, Litera- lion-dollar endowment for the Center. All we campus. Joseba Zulaika has served as director ture, and Diaspora and Migration Studies. At did is say, “We can do these things if you help for two terms due to the makeup of our staff the same time we became a member of North us,” and it seems they were simply waiting to (we had several new faculty) and will now American Basque Organizations, opening be asked to contribute to Basque Studies. return to full-time researching and writing. ourselves to far more interaction with the He will turn over the administrative duties to Basque communities in the American West. JB: What will your role in the Center be now? Gloria Totoricagüena as of Needless to say, we did all JZ: Before I became Director I had spent a January 1, 2006. Jill Berner of this on the shoulders of semester in Bilbao doing field research on interviewed Dr. Zulaika about Bill Douglass and what he its urban transformation. I will return to that his tenure as director and his had achieved during the work from January on. I am eager to immerse future plans: previous thirty-three years myself in writing. [Dr. Zulaika will be in of the Center’s history. residence in the Basque region until August JB: What are you most proud of 2006.] of achieving within the Cen- JB: This ambitious agenda ter during your six years as required new people and JB: Do you have any words of advice for the Director? new funding… new director, Gloria Totoricagüena? JZ: I am proud that when I JZ: We were very lucky to JZ: I have full confidence in Gloria. She will became Director in the year Joseba Zulaika obtain funding for two new be a great Director. She will take the Center 2000, the four of us then at positions from the Nevada to the next level by organizing systematic the Center—Linda White, state legislature, thus go- Basque diaspora research across several coun- Kate Camino, you, and myself—decided to ing from three to five faculty members. This tries. The Center has a great future. transform it to accommodate the new techno- last year we have added a de facto sixth logical and intellectual needs of Basque Stud- member with the addition of the William JB: Is there anything else you want to add? ies. We began by creating a new curriculum Douglass Distinguished Scholar. In short, we JZ: I have been lucky in the collaboration I with emphasis on cultural studies (literature, have doubled the faculty of the Center. The have received during these six years not only cinema, museums, cyberculture, gender stud- Advisory Board we created has been, under from the faculty and staff but also from many ies, modern history, and so on), taught both the leadership of John Echeverria, most deci- individuals who have contributed to the Cen- on campus and online. Simultaneously we sive in obtaining these new positions as well ter in various ways. I thank them all. decided to start an ambitious research agenda as in establishing agreements with Basque

William Douglass donates personal library Please take our survey! to University of Navarra As a statewide program of the state of Nevada, the Center for Basque Studies is Former Center director William A. Douglass personal and professional debt that I owe to expected to provide outreach services to a recently donated some 4,000 books on an- Navarra.” large geographical area. One way to measure thropology, part of his personal library, to the our outreach efforts is by requesting feedback Universidad Pública de Navarra. The works from the public who may have contacted us are in English, Spanish, and Basque and or been involved in any of our activities, such reflect materials collected during his years of as reading our newsletter, attending programs research on communities in the Basque re- or exhibits that we have sponsored, contacting gion. His research efforts resulted in publica- us to ask questions, etc. Thus we are asking tion of some twenty monographs and numer- you to please help us by filling out a brief, ous articles on peasant society, ethnic groups anonymous survey linked to our web site. and ethnicity maintenance, Basque society, and migration studies, among other topics. To participate, please go to the Center’s site at basque.unr.edu and click on the “CBS On presenting the collection to the Rector Survey” button on the home page. We greatly of the University, Pedro Burillo López, Dr. appreciate your assistance in giving us feed- Douglass stated that the donation reflects “the back about usage of our services as well as William A. Douglass comments and suggestions for improvement.  Center for Basque Studies Newsletter Jaialdi 2005 celebrated in Boise, Idaho Basque President presents Lagun Onari Award to State of Idaho Jaialdi 2005, a huge Basque festival celebrat- merous Basques from all over the U.S. and Center faculty give ed every five years in Boise, Idaho, was held the Basque Country. The delegation from July 27–31. This was the fifth Jaialdi event, the Basque Government included Miren presentations at and over 30,000 people attended. Azkarate, Minister of Culture; Iñaki Aguirre, Jaialdi Secretary General of Foreign Affairs; Josu An important element of Jaialdi 2005 was Besides the traditional displays of dance, Legarreta, Director of Relations with Basque a series of cultural presentations given song, sport, and Basque cuisine, this year’s Collectivities; and Benan Oregi of the same by representatives of important Basque event was also highlighted by the attendance department. organizations and scholars of Basque culture. of Lehendakari Juan José Ibarretxe, President The featured presentation was given by of the Basque Country. He marked this visit Center for Basque Studies Director, by a number of official acts includ- Joseba Zulaika, who presented a History ing the signing of an agreement and Culture Seminar at the Egyptian with Boise State University that Theater in downtown Boise on July 27. offers $150,000 in support for the His talk was on “Moving from Gernika newly established Basque minor to Boise, from Santimamiñe to Bilbao: program there, and inauguration We Are All Basques and Amerikanuak.” of their Basque Studies Program. They also renewed an agreement On July 29, Dr. Joxe Mallea Olaetxe, of collaboration among BSU, the adjunct faculty with the Center, gave a Cenarrusa Center for Basque Stud- presentation on Basque tree carvings in ies, and the Basque Government. the American West as part of the Jaialdi Symposium. His lecture was entitled On July 28, President Ibarretxe “Basque Arborglyphs.” Dr. Mallea has presented the Lagun Onari (good researched and recorded Basque aspen friend) award to the State of Idaho carvings in the mountains of California for its support of the Basques and Nevada for many years, and pub- and preservation of the Basque lished a book on the subject, Speaking culture in Idaho. A reception was The Egyptian Theater in Boise, Idaho, site of through the Aspens. Basque Tree Carvings in held on July 29 at the Boise Centre on the the Jaialdi 2005 Symposium programs. California and Nevada (Reno: University of Grove, where the Lehendakari met with nu- (Photo: P. Oiarzabal) Nevada Press, 2000).

Sheepherders Exhibit funded by Humanities grant by Donnelyn Curtis The University of Nevada, Reno Libraries California and Nevada (Reno: University will be added to the Basque Studies Library’s will receive a $5,000 grant from Nevada of Nevada Press, 2000), will compile DVDs collection for preservation and use by future Humanities to develop “Northern Nevada containing information he has collected researchers. Other participants in the project Sheepherders: A Multimedia Web Exhibit.” about the lives of Basque sheepherders will include Glee Willis, the Digital Projects The exhibit will include streaming video Librarian, and Donnelyn Curtis, the Director clips of tree carvings and interviews with of Research Services, among other faculty sheepherders along with text and photographs in the Libraries and in the Teaching and from Basque Sheepherders of the American Learning Technologies department, who will West: A Photographic Documentary. This participate as needed. 1985 publication of the University of Nevada Press features text by anthropologist Nevada Humanities, Inc. is an affiliate of the and former Center director William National Endowment for the Humanities. The Douglass accompanying photographs by statewide organization funds community- anthropologist-photographer Richard Lane. based humanities activities that bring as chronicled in interviews and in their scholars and citizens together to learn from Joxe Mallea Olaetxe, the author of Speaking carvings left on aspen trees on Peavine each other. through the Aspens: Basque Tree Carvings in Mountain near Reno. The Peavine DVDs  Center for Basque Studies Newsletter CBS presents Ikasi 2005 – Basque Culture Program

The Center again presented the popular This brief course on Basque culture was first Visiting Scholars Ikasi program for adults to learn about offered in 2003 as an opportunity for adults, Basque culture. Held in Reno June 29–July whether Basque-Americans or others, to learn Miguel Angel Salgado Pérez was a visit- 1, the agenda included classes on Basque about Basque heritage. ing scholar subsidized by the Center for the Culture and Memory, taught by Sandra Ott; month of July. He is a doctoral student at the and Dance, presented by Lisa An article about Ikasi 2005 was published University of the Basque Country–Leioa in Corcostegui; Genealogy and Cuisine, given by Euskal Kultura, Boletín de Cultura the Department of Contemporary History by Marc Ugalde; History, by Joxe Mallea; y Diaspora Vasca (Basque Culture and and is researching the Spanish Civil War in and Language, taught by Linda White. Diaspora Newsletter) online at: the Basque Country. His research at UNR http://www.euskalkultura.com/index. focused on the Huarte de Jáuregui archive.

Asier Barandiaran of the University of Na- varra, Department of Philology, was a visit- ing Professor this past summer. His work centers on oral traditions and bertsolaritza (Basque oral poetry). He utilized the Basque Studies Library to research these traditions as practiced in the province of Navarra, and also their maintenance by Basque immi- grants to the United States.

Ph.D. student Ainslie Ingles of the Univer- sity of Melbourne visited the Center for three weeks this fall, conducting research for a comparative study of Basque and Cata- lan nationalism. She is a research assistant Forty students attended the Ikasi 2005 program organized by the Center. Many for Peter McPhee, professor of history and of the students and several instructors are pictured here. (Photo provided by Lisa Deputy Vice Chancellor at Melbourne. Corcostegui.)

Basque Cultural Week held November 12–19 in Reno New Basque Studies Librarian selected Zazpiak Bat Reno Basque Club scheduled provinces of the Basque Country, and photo- a series of events in November to celebrate graphs of the Basque homeland and Basque- The search for a new Head of the Basque the Basque-American cultural heritage. The American subjects. Studies Library at the University of Nevada, week’s events included a San Martin Dinner Reno has ended successfully with the selec- Dance at Louis’ Basque Corner on November tion of Imanol Irizar, the founder and the 12; a performance by Basque rock group director of the HABE Library in San Sebas- at a local cafe; a Global Mar- tián, . HABE, the Institute for the ket, including a Basque booth with cultural Teaching of Basque and displays and food samples, part of the Uni- Literacy to Adults, is an autonomous entity versity of Nevada’s International Education within the Department of Culture in the Week; screenings of Basque films; children’s Basque Government. As the director of the story time at a local library; folk dance per- library since it was founded in 1982, Imanol formances; a bertsolaritza (Basque oral im- has coordinated several large projects, in- provised poetry) presentation by Joxe Mallea cluding a database of articles on languages with live performances; and a concluding and linguistics (ADBD) with 85,000 entries. celebration at Horseman’s Park with work- He also founded a journal, Zutabe, for shops, dancing, cooking, and more. Zazpiak Bat Txikiak dancers. teachers of Basque, which is still published under the title Hizpide. We look forward A Basque Cultural Exhibit was displayed Funding for these events was provided by to Imanol’s arrival in Reno, scheduled for in Reno at the Old Southside School from the Basque Government, Directorate for February 1, 2006. November 4–28. The exhibit featured tradi- Relations with Basque Communities; some tional Basque dance costumes from all seven events were co-sponsored by the CBS.  Center for Basque Studies Newsletter Center for Basque Studies Lisa Corcostegui completes Basque Lecture Series Ph.D. degree

The Center for Basque Studies once again timonio del primer franquismo en Navarra Basque Ph.D. student Lisa Corcostegui presented a summer Lecture Series featuring (1936–1947),” by Maria del Mar Larraza, completed her degree, with an emphasis in our visiting scholars. Juan Ramon Murua, a professor in the History Department of Anthropology, after her oral examination on professor of Applied Economics from the the University of Navarra (Pamplona). She June 9. Her studies centered on Basque dance University of the Basque Country, Bilbao received a Begoña Aretxaga Travel Stipend and its role in identity maintenance. lectured on from the Center to research the Franco era, “Agricul- utilizing letters in the Ramón Goñi and Hua- Dr. Corcostegui, along with her husband tural Industry rte de Jáuregui archives found in the Basque Enrike, has led the Zenbat Gara Basque Decline and Studies Library. Dance Ensemble in Reno for many years, Demographic and also teaches Basque dance as part of the Changes: The The same day, Alvaro Baraibar, associate Center’s curriculum at UNR. Her dissertation Rise of a Dif- professor at the University of Navarra (Pam- is entitled “To the Beat of a Different ferent Basque plona) in the History Department, gave a talk Drum: Basque Dance and Identity in the Country” on on “Los discursos de la identidad navarra del Homeland and the Diaspora.” Zorionak, Dr. May 24. Prof. franquismo a la democracia.” He also was Corcostegui! Murua was in awarded a Begoña Aretxaga Travel Stipend Juan Ramon Murua residence at by the Center. His research on Navarrese UNR for the Basques involves researching Basque identi- academic year 2004–2005, receiving partial ty as revealed in publications of U.S. Basque funding from the University Studies Abroad centers from 1936–1982. Consortium (USAC). His research relates to agricultural economics, including costs of On August 16, two visitors sponsored by agriculture and studies relating to Urdaibai, the University Studies Abroad Consortium a United Nations Biosphere Reserve in the presented talks. Itziar Aguado of the Depart- province of Bizkaia (). ment of Applied Economics , University of the Basque Country, spoke on “La Agenda 21 Inmaculada Astorkiza of the School of Eco- local en Euskadi: un programa para el desar- nomics, University of the Basque Country rollo sostenible.” Gaizka Arrizabalaga of the (Bilbao), and Department of Financial Economy, Univer- Dr. Lisa Corcostegui with Joseba Zulaika, awardee of sity of the Basque Country, presented “La chair of her Ph.D. advisory committee. a travel sti- inversión colectiva inmobiliaria en España y pend from EE.UU.” the USAC, presented two USAC-sponsored academic guest Nicanor Basque Film Series lectures in early Ursua was with us for the summer, conduct- presented in San June. “Charge Francisco area and Transfer Policies in the The Basque Educational Organization, in Management conjunction with the Basque Cultural Center Inmaculada Astorkiza of the Fisher- in South San Francisco, presented the Basque ies Sector” was Film Series, which showcased three feature- presented June 6, and “Prestige’s Oil Spill length films along with a couple of short and Its Short-term Economic Impact on the works. The program was offered to give the Coastal Fleets of the Basque Country” was audience a taste of Basque cinema. The series given on June 9. Prof. Astorkiza conducts was hosted by Pedro Oiarzabal of the Center research in the field of rural and environmen- for Basque Studies, University of Nevada, tal economics. She was in Reno during the Nicanor Ursua Reno, who introduced each film and gave academic year 2004–2005, working on two background information on the directors and projects: policies related to the sustainable on the historical context. He also moderated a management of fisheries (both in the U.S. and ing research regarding creating and maintain- discussion session after the screenings. ), and land use for residential purposes ing virtual ethnic identity and virtual commu- within the United Nations Biosphere Reserve nities. Dr. Ursua is Chair of the Philosophy Tasio (Spanish with English subtitles) was of Urdaibai (in Bizkaia, Spain). Dr. Astorkiza Department of the Universidad del País Vas- shown August 26; A Los Cuatro Vientos is a coordinator of the UNESCO Chair for the co. On September 9, he gave a presentation (Lauaxeta) screened on September 23; and Urdaibai reserve. on his research entitled “Cultural Diversity El Misterio Galindez (in English) was shown and New Media: Identity-play Online: Ques- on October 22. The free event was held at the On August 9, we presented “Archivo de tions of Tele-Identity.” Basque Cultural Center. Ramón Goñi (Basque Studies Library): tes-  Center for Basque Studies Newsletter Highlights

The article “La tragedia de Carlos. Los Gloria Totoricagüena was invited as guest Basque Studies Ph.D. student Juan Arana vericuetos de la violencia vasca,” by of honor at the 24th anniversary celebra- attended the exhibit of Basque sculptor Joseba Zulaika was published in Jóvenes tion of the Federazione Lucana of Aus- Jorge Oteiza’s work in New York City, sin tregua. Culturas y políticas de la tralia, the equivalent of an Italian euskal “Oteiza: Myth and Modernism.” His trip violencia, edited by Francisco Ferrándiz etxea, in Melbourne on June 17. was funded by a grant from the Univer- and Carles Feixa (Barcelona: Anthropos, sity of Nevada, Reno Graduate Students 2005), pp. 95–111. William A. Douglass, Professor Emeritus Association. The exhibition, organized and former director of the Center, was by the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, was Gloria Totoricagüena published “La Identi- interviewed in June by Jesús Iribarren in featured in the Solomon Guggenheim dad Vasca Diaspórica Contemporánea” in Pamplona. The interview appeared June Museum. the first edition of a new academic journal, 26 in Diario de Noticias de Navarra, and Guregandik, published by the Arturo was also reported by Euskalkultura.com. The Basque oral history web sites were Campion Center for Basque Culture and reviewed by Troy Reeves for the Oral Nationalism Studies in La Prida, Argentina. On July 12, Gloria Totoricagüena spoke History Review (March 2004, Vol. 31:1, at James Cook University in Townsville, 73–75) in the article, “Oroitzapenak– Pedro Oiarzabal presented a paper on North Queensland on “To the Opposite Memories: Basque Oral History Project “Basque Ethno-diasporas and Trans- End of the Earth: Contemporary Basque produced by the Basque Museum and Cul- national Spaces in Nineteenth-Century History, Diaspora Formation, and Identity tural Center, and Oroitzapenak–Memories: America” at the II International Workshop Maintenance in Australia.” A reception Voices from Basque America produced by on New Approaches around the Basque followed at the local Basque club. the Center for Basque Studies.” Presence in the World – Euskal Herria Mugaz Gaindi, for an online conference David Río, Professor of American Literature Joseba Gabilondo, assistant professor with that took place May 8–31, 2005. It was at the University of the Basque Country the Center for the past four years, has ac- organized by the Department of Medieval, and Adjunct Professor at the University cepted a position with the Department of Modern History and America at the Uni- of Nevada, Reno, published the article Spanish and Portuguese at Michigan State versidad Pública del País Vasco and Eusko “Consent and Descent Relations in Con- University in Lansing. We wish him well Ikaskuntza. temporary Basque American Literature” in his future endeavors. in Euskonews and Media (No. 309, July Gloria Totoricagüena, invited by the Global- 15–22, 2005). Gloria Totoricagüena published an article ism Institute of the Royal Melbourne In- about the 2005 Jaialdi International stitute of Technology, gave a lecture June Nationalism and Ethnic Politics (11:2, 2005, Basque Festival, held in Boise last July, 20 on the Basque diaspora’s nationalism Routledge) has published an article by with Euskonews & Media, the electronic and identity maintenance in Australia, and Gloria Totoricagüena, “Diasporas as journal of the Eusko Ikaskuntza / Basque the crisis of return from Australia to the Non-Central Government Actors in Studies Society in Donostia. http://www. Basque Country. Foreign Policy: The Trajectory of Basque euskonews.com/0314zbk/kosmo31401. Paradiplomacy.” Also, Revista Internacio- html Classes offered by Center faculty for Fall nal de Estudios Vascos (48:2) featured an 2005 at the University of Nevada, Reno analysis of the Third World Congress of Boise Basques: Dreamers and Doers by were Elementary Basque I and II by Kate Basque Collectivities, including the key- Gloria Totoricagüena, published by the Camino; Identity Across Borders: Basque note speech given by Dr. Totoricagüena. Center for Basque Studies, was a finalist Transnationalism in the United States by for the Idaho Librarians Association Best Gloria Totoricagüena; Basque Gender Sandra Ott’s chapter on “Remembering the Publication of 2004 Award. The book Studies by Linda White; and War, Occu- Resistance in Popular Theatre: A Basque is based on three years of fieldwork and pation, and Memory by Sandra Ott. Controversy,” was published in Memory archival research with the Boise, Idaho and World War II: An Ethnographic Ap- Basque community. It is distributed by the The journal Ethnic and Racial Studies (Vol. proach, edited by Francesca Cappelletto University of Nevada Press. For ordering, 28, No. 4, July 2005) published a book (Oxford: Berg, 2005), pp. 65–85. please call 1.877.682.6657. review by Ph.D. student Pedro Oiarzabal on José Manuel Azcona Pastor’s Possible Gloria Totoricagüena completed two In October, Joseba Zulaika lectured on “In- Paradises: Basque Emigration to Latin months of fieldwork in Australia last tellectuals among Terrorists” at an inter- America (Reno: University of Nevada summer, researching a publication on national symposium on European Public Press, 2004, Basque Book Series). the Basque experience. She gave various Intellectuals: Sociological Perspectives, invited lectures at universities and to aca- held at the Geary Institute, University Sandra Ott contributed a piece on the demic researchers’ seminars, and is serv- College Dublin. The event was sponsored Basques, particularly in Iparralde and the ing as a consultant to Prof. Peter McPhee by ANOVASOFIE, Analysing and Over- Americas, for France and the Americas: for a University of Melbourne research coming the Sociological Fragmentation Culture, Politics, and History (vol. 1), part project comparing Basque and Catalan in Europe, and funded by the European of a multidisciplinary encyclopedia edited nationalisms. She also conducted archival Commission, DG Research.. by Bill Marshall (ABC–CLIO: Transatlan- work at the State Library of Victoria. tic Relations Series). (continued on page 9)  Center for Basque Studies Newsletter NEW publications from the Center

States of Terror: Begoña Aretxaga’s Essays by Begoña Aretxaga; edited by Joseba Zulaika; introduction by Kay B. Warren; prologue and epilogue by Joseba Zulaika. (Occasional Papers Series). 325 pages; bibliography; index. Paper, $24.95 (ISBN 1-877802-57-3).

States of Terror is the posthumous work by Begoña Aretxaga (1960–2002). As she wrote in its Introduction, her intellectual position was first of all “characterized by a displacement from militancy by academic writing and a displacement from academic writing by past militancy.” Her ability for bringing to the situation at hand the experiences and sights of other times and places is at the root of her creativity. Aretxaga was interested in the cultural politics of state violence and the formation of political subjectivities. She was critically concerned with the multiple genealogies of violence. Aretxaga saw her own work as an experimental form of anthropology grounded in the experiences of ordinary people. In her view, experience is never raw but rather mediated in a complex variety of individual, social and ideological ways that need to be established ethnographically and historically. She sought to open alternative lines of research and post-structural theoretical engagement by drawing on post-colonial and Lacanian perspectives. Her own line of questioning was concerned with portraying moments of rupture that show how violence disrupts systems of interpretation and leads to the proliferation of discourses. At a personal level, Begoña’s brilliance, common sense, and unassuming capacity for empathy and friendship touched the lives of many of her colleagues and students. This volume includes most of her published and a few unpublished essays. At the time of her death, she was trying to complete the book manuscript States of Terror, for which six essays had already been published and three more were ready for publication. This volume gives some sense of unity to these scattered pieces.

The book is divided into two sections. Part I deals with Gender and Political Violence in Northern Ireland and includes essays on the Irish na- tionalist movement, such as “Striking with Hunger,” “Dirty Protest,” and “The Sexual Games of the Body Politic.” Part II: States of Terror: Nationalist Youth and the Political Imaginary in the Basque Country opens with an introduction by Aretxaga and includes essays on “The Death of Yoyes,” “The Intimacy of Violence,” “Playing Terrorist,” and “Terror as Thrill.”

Basque Society: Structures, Institutions, and Basque Diaspora: Contemporary Life Migration and Centro de Estudios sobre la Identidad Colectiva; edited by Gabriel Transnational Identity Gatti, Ignacio Irazuzta, and Iñaki by Gloria Totoricagüena. (Basque Martínez de Albeniz; translated Textbooks Series). by Cameron J. Watson. (Basque 640 pages. Hardcover, $24.95 Textbooks Series). (ISBN 1-877802-46-8); paper, 334 pages. Hardcover, $24.95 $14.95 (ISBN 1-877802-45-X); (ISBN 1-877802-26-3); paper, CD, $4.95. $14.95 (ISBN 1-877802-25-5); CD $4.95. Introduces the historical, sociological, political, and This book presents an overview of economic factors which led to the social, political, and cultural Basque migration to over twenty reality of the Basque Country. The countries. Includes data results twelve authors describe the social from years of fieldwork regarding Basque identity and cultural structure, analyze the institutional maintenance. Combining theories from sociology, political science, structure that maintains Basque history, and anthropology, the book investigates the specifics of identity, and examine the principal Basque migrations, cultural representations, diasporic politics, and processes of change in contempo- ethnonationalism. The author analyzes the Basque Autonomous rary Basque society. They analyze Government’s international relations with various Basque social mechanisms and institutions that include the family and as- communities abroad and compares them with other similar homeland- sociative groups, together with the influence of the media, education, ethnic diaspora groups’ relations. religion, and language on notions of collective identity.

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Joseba Zulaika participated in a workshop at Princeton University in October. His And the Serpent Said to the Woman paper on “The Paradox of Sovereignty: by M.L. Oñederra. Translated from Basque by Declining States and States of Exception” Kristin Addis; Series Editors Mari Jose Olaziregi was given at the editorial workshop and Linda White. (Basque Literature Series). on Politics, Publics, Personhood: 136 pages. Hardcover, $24.95 (ISBN 1-877802- New Ethnographies at the Limits of 59-X); paper, $19.95 (ISBN 1-877802-58-1). Neoliberalism. He also participated in a thematic discussion on “Contesting the “It is surprising that [Oñederra] managed to come Neoliberal State.” up with such an intense story for her first novel. This book not only won her the Critics Award, but Zuriñe Velez de Mendizabal, from Arrasate also captivated many readers in its courageous (Basque Country), will be with the and risky account of the confessions of a married Center for the 2005–2006 academic woman. Revolving around the feelings and year. She has been selected to work on experiences written in a diary and divided into our CBS marketing and web projects. the four seasons, a woman in her mid-thirties Her background in journalism will be examines every detail of her life.” (Jury of invaluable for us. “Euskadi Prize for Literature in Basque, 2000.”) Basque classes were offered at the Cenarrusa Center for Basque Studies in Boise, with a special program for members of the Basque Museum and Cultural Center and Euzkaldunak Inc. of Waking the Hedgehog: The Literary Boise. For information see http://www. World of Bernardo Atxaga cenarrusa.org/news. by Mari Jose Olaziregi. (Basque Textbooks Series). 356 pages. Hardcover, $24.95 (ISBN 1-877802-29-8); Kathryn Etcheverria, Donnelyn Curtis, paper, $14.95 (ISBN 1-877802-28-X); CD $4.95. and Amalia Beisler co-presented two programs on the new Basque Database An analysis of the writings of Atxaga, inspired by his at the Nevada Library Association 2005 image of the Basque language as a hedgehog that has Convention in Reno, October 19–22. survived by withdrawing, but that has now emerged— They offered a workshop on “Creating preeminently in the work of this most international of and Marketing a Specialized Multilingual Basque authors. The book explores the enthusiastic Open-Access Database,” part of the pre- global reception of Atxaga’s fiction—in particular conference on Marketing Your Library. Obabakoak, which has been translated into twenty-six They also presented “Executing a Major languages, but also his short stories, drama, poetry, and Grant-Funded Project: What We Did and writings for children. It focuses on the preeminence of What We Learned,” to academic librarians the fantastic in Atxaga’s work. at the Nevada College and Research Libraries Professional Forum.

The book Pintxos. Nuevos Cuentos Vascos, * * * * * the Spanish version of the Anthology of Basque Short Stories published by the These books are published by the Center for Basque Studies and distributed by the Center last year, was launched in Spain University of Nevada Press. To order by phone, please contact the University of Nevada this fall by publisher Lengua de Trapo. Press order line at 1.877.NVBOOKS (877.682.6657). Or send a note along with The book has also appeared in Basque payment—a check made out to Board of Regents—to: as Mende Berrirako Ipuinak. Antologia (Erein, 2005). In addition, the editor, Mari University of Nevada Press / 166 Jose Olaziregi, has just signed a contract University of Nevada, Reno with St. Petersburg University Press to Reno, NV 89557-0076 translate the work into Russian.

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 Center for Basque Studies Newsletter Basque Database project completed Many materials available in full text online Eskerrik asko! by Kathryn Etcheverria, Interim Basque Librarian We wish to thank Dr. Emilia Doyaga for her generous donation of books from her personal library, to be housed in the of Basque Bibliography.” His comprehensive The Basque Library is pleased to offer its Basque Studies Library at the University of fifteen-volumeEusko-Bibliographia , complete version of the Basque Database, Nevada, Reno. Several of the publications covering publications written by or about now available at a new redirected URL, donated are first editions, and others are Basques through 1980, contains a half million http://basquedb.unr.edu. For those who quite rare special editions, including some citations. With a team of bibliographers, bookmarked the location previously, please signed by their authors. The majority of the Bilbao continued indexing Basque works change the URL to the new one. works were published in the Basque region until his death in or in Latin America. The materials will be 1994. Although his The Basque Database of great value to researchers utilizing the later work was not provides multilingual Basque collection. access to Basque studies published in book books, articles, chapters, form, it has been dissertations, films and made available other materials written or online through the produced after 1994. Over Eusko Bibliographia  2,300 articles (27%) are database at http:// available in open-access bibliotecaforal.bizkaia. full-text format through net:8l, produced by the database. Twenty-six the Biblioteca Foral, Book on Basque “core journals” (fifteen with full text) are the Regional Library of Bizkaia in the identity published indexed completely while other journals are Basque Country. Older records from the indexed selectively. The subject emphases printed bibliographies are being added to that La Identidad Vasca en el Mundo: Narrativas are Basque history, language, and culture. database. sobre Identidad más allá de las Fronteras Search screens and help screens are provided (Basque Identity in the World: Identity Nar- in English, Spanish, and Basque languages, The Basque Database of the University of ratives beyond Frontiers) (Bilbao: Erroteta, and many of the records are enhanced with Nevada, Reno updates the previous works, 2005), co-authored by Basque Ph.D. student English-language keywords. Searches can be and will continue to be updated to include Pedro Oiarzabal and his brother, Agustín M. limited for precision, and search results can current citations and full text of articles from Oiarzabal, is a pioneer study that addresses be marked, saved, e-mailed, and exported in the core journals and other materials that are the classical question: what is the meaning various formats. not indexed elsewhere. If you are aware of of being Basque today? publications produced since 1994 that do not The two-year database development project, appear in the Basque Database, please e-mail funded with a grant from the National publication information to Donnelyn Curtis Endowment for the Humanities, continues the at [email protected], or Kathryn Etcheverria at work of Jon Bilbao (1914–1994), “The Father [email protected].

Representative from Iparralde institute visits American West Pantxoa Etchegoin, director of Euskal Kultur Euskal Kultur Erakundea is the only official Erakundea, or Basque Cultural Institute of Basque cultural institution in Iparralde. Their Iparralde (northern Basque Country), was activities include development of the Basque in the U.S. in July to establish contact with language and culture in the region, and sup- several Basque organizations here porting various projects carried and to familiarize the Basque out by individuals and associa- American community with the tions. One hundred cultural The book is the result of research that took Institute. Etchegoin traveled to associations are members of place in 2002 in twenty countries where San Francisco, Reno, and Boise, the organization. They receive Basques have an institutional presence in and met with representatives of support from the French gov- either the diaspora or the Basque Country. all the Basque clubs and institu- ernment, regional government Basques of various ages, generations, socio- tions in those areas. In Boise, he (Aquitaine), and the province economic, and political backgrounds define represented the Institute at all the of Pyrénées Atlantiques, as in their own words the meaning of being Jaialdi functions. On July 29, he well as from several munici- Basque in a globalized world. For more also gave a presentation at the Pantxoa Etchegoin palities and Basque cultural as- information, see www.euskalidentity.com. Jaialdi Symposium, speaking on sociations working in Iparralde. The book is available through Amazon.com, “Iparralderen Egoera: Cultural or in bookstores in the Basque region. Challenges in the .” 10 Center for Basque Studies Newsletter Curiosity + Adventure + Knowledge = Study Abroad in the Basque Country

Where will it take YOU? With over 20 years of experience you can be sure you have someone to turn to for quality study abroad programs. The University Studies Abroad Consortium is accepting applications, so join over 2,000 students who study abroad each year on USAC programs. Students from over 700 universities worldwide have participated in these accredited academic programs. Enrollment is on the rise as more students recognize the importance and benefits of a study abroad experience. Don’t miss this opportunity—get your application in early!

Boise State student Kandis White and UNR student Stacy Kinion joined “Club de Remo Raspas del Embarcadero” in Bilbao during their year abroad.

Pau, France San Sebastián, Spain French Studies Spanish and Basque Studies (summer, fall, spring) Summer 2006: June session May 20–June 30; International Business/MBA Studies (summer) July session June 25–July 30 Summer 2006: June session May 23–July 1; Fall 2006/Spring 2007: September 2–December 15 and July session June 27–August 5 January 2–April 27 Fall 2006/Spring 2007: August 29–December 15 and January 9–May 16 Courses offered: Intensive French language, French literature, culture, cuisine, history, internship, government and politics, Courses offered: Intensive Spanish and Basque language, photography, and more. Visiting professors from Mount Union culture, art history, dance, cuisine, cinema, history, and more. College, CSU Chico, University of Nevada, Reno and Northern Summer International MBA courses offered: Manage- Arizona University. ment, marketing, finance and trade. Visiting professors from Field Trips: Paris, Pyrénées, Bordeaux, Mauvezin, Toulouse, University of Idaho and University of Toledo. French and Spanish Basque Country Field Trips: Madrid, Burgos, French and Spanish Basque Lodging: Homestays or university residence halls Country Lodging: Homestays or apartments Bilbao/Getxo, Spain Spanish, Basque, and International Business Studies Fall 2006/Spring 2007: August 29–December 15 and January 9–May 16 University Studies Abroad Consortium University of Nevada, Reno / 323 Courses offered: Intensive Spanish and Basque language, Reno, NV 89557 culture, international business, economics, art history, Toll-free: 866.404.USAC internship, dance, cuisine, political science, and more. Visiting Phone: 775.784.6569 professors from University of Cincinnati and University of Fax: 775.784.6010 Nevada, Las Vegas. Email: [email protected] Web site: http://usac.unr.edu Field Trips: Madrid, Burgos, French and Spanish Basque Country Lodging: Homestays or apartments

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The Girl Who Swam to Euskadi — Euskadiraino igerian joan zen neska A bilingual children’s book by Mark Kurlansky

In The Girl Who Swam to Euskadi, Mark ancient Basque tongue, which is the oldest Kurlansky exhibits his great affection for living European language. two rocky coastlines facing each other, Massachusetts on one side of the Atlantic All proceeds from this book are donated and Euskadi, Basqueland, on the other. to the New York Basque Cultural Center, In his book The Basque History of the an institution for the future dedicated World, Kurlansky wrote, “The Basques to promoting an appreciation of Basque seem to be a mythical people, almost an Culture. imagined people.” In The Girl Who Swam to Euskadi, this is expressed in the terms Mark Kurlansky is a best-selling author of of a small girl who, while practicing her numerous books of non-fiction including swimming in Gloucester, Massachusetts, The Basque History of the World, Cod: A accidentally swims to Euskadi and finds Biography of the Fish That Changed the a strange land of strange customs and World, Salt: A World History, and 1968: remarkable beauty. Returning home, no The Year That Rocked the World. He has one will believe her that such a place also written children’s books, a collection exists. It is a gentle story of adventure of short stories, and a novel. He frequently about the triumph of a child’s vision in a illustrates his own books. grown-up world of cynics. The book is available from the University The Girl Who Swam To Euskadi is a of Nevada Press at 877.682.6657 or http:// bilingual book in English and Euskera, the www.nvbooks.nevada.edu/.

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