Guest speakers: Maria Jose Olaziregi (UNR/EHU-UPV), Rikardo Etxepare (IKER/CNRS), Xabier Irujo (UNR), Jose Ignacio Ugalde (UIUC), Estibalitz Ezkerra Vegas (UNR), Julen Manterola Aguirre (EHU-UPV), Basque authors Aurelia Arkotxa, Mariasun Landa and Miren Agur Meabe. 

First symposium on Basque literature and linguistics at UCSB. Sponsored by the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, the Latin American and IberianStudies Program, the Comparative Literature Program, the Linguistics Department, IKER/CNRS, the University of Nevada, Reno, and Boise State University.