New Course on Gender and Basque Culture Coming Winter 2022!
Are you interested in questions related to gender and cultural representation? Then C LIT 186B / SPAN 183B Gender in Basque Culture is the right fit for you. Using Basqe culture as a case study, in this course we will explore the way in which cultural artifacts reflect, influence, reveal, resist, and contest particular beliefs abut gender and sexuality. We will analyze a wide range of literary and cultural text and films in dialogue with seminal essays in feminism and queer studies. The course is taught in English; no knowldge of Basque is required.
Basque Courses @ UCSB Fall 2021
Have you heard about the Basque? Would you like to learn more about their history and culture and how they relate to the history and culture of other minoritized ethnic groups? If so, this fall we are offering two courses that will broaden your knowledge on this subject: SPAN 153E Basque Studies and SPAN 154A Basque Language & Culture (beginners level). Questions? Please contact Dr. Estibalitz Ezkerra Vegas at eezkerravegas@ucsb.edu.
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“Basque Whaling in Iceland in the 17th Century: Legal Organization, Cultural Exchange, & Conflicts”
Guest speaker: Viola G. Miglio (UCSB)
Talk and presentation of the book Basque Whaling in Iceland in the XVII Century: Legal Organization, Cultural Exchange, & Conflicts edited by Viola G. Miglio and Xabier Irujo in celebration of the International Day of Basque Language.
Continue Reading “Basque Whaling in Iceland in the 17th Century: Legal Organization, Cultural Exchange, & Conflicts”“Kristalezko begi bat / A Glass Eye”
Guest speakers: Miren Agur Meabe and her translator Amaia Gabantxo
Talk by Basque author Miren Agur Meabe on her autobiographical novel, Kristalezko begi bat (2013).
Continue Reading “Kristalezko begi bat / A Glass Eye”“Basque Culture, History, and the Study of Gastronomy”
Guest speakers: Iker Arranz (UCSB, Etxepare lecturer of Basque Studies) and chef Aingeru Etxebarria (Culinary Arts Academy)
Talk on food in the Basque Country and Basque food sampling with the participation of chef Aingeru Etxebarria.
Continue Reading “Basque Culture, History, and the Study of Gastronomy”“What We Talk About When We Talk About Food?”
Guest speaker: Thomas Hertweck (UNR)
Talk on the idea of how the language of food has been addressed in American Culture and Literature and the reflexive gesture of talking about what we are eating when we are eating it. Sponsored by the Etxepare Basque Institute in collaboration with Extension Program at UCSB.
Continue Reading “What We Talk About When We Talk About Food?”The Slaying of the Basque Whalers in Iceland 1615
Guest speakers: Various
The UC Santa Barbara Barandiaran Endowed Chair co-organized a conference commemorating the 4th anniversary of the 1615 massacre of Basque Whalers in Iceland at the University of Iceland, Reykjavík.
Continue Reading The Slaying of the Basque Whalers in Iceland 1615UNESCO International Mother Language Day Conference (5th edition)
Guest speakers: Viola Miglio (UCSB), Björn Birninr (UCSB), Ástráður Eysteinsson (University of Iceland), Ander Caballero (Representative of the Basque Government in New York)
A symposium on language rights and linguistic minorities sponsored by the IHC, Barandiaran Chair for Basque Studies, the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, and the Etxepare Basque Institute.
Continue Reading UNESCO International Mother Language Day Conference (5th edition)Literature and Global Culture: The Voice of the Translator
Guest speakers: Various
A two-day conference that addresses current debates surrounding untranslatability and its implications within the postcolonial context of globalization.
Continue Reading Literature and Global Culture: The Voice of the Translator“Bertsolaritza”
Guest speaker: Ander Egiluz Beramendi
Talk on bertsolaritza, the art of singing extemporaneously composed songs in Basque according to various melodies and rhyming patterns.
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