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: Discoveries behind The Whaler’s Forge”
Guest speaker: Christine Echevarria Bender
Talk by Basque-American author Christine Echevarria Bender on the artistry and the research that she mixes in her novels.
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Commemoration of the UNESCO International Mother Language Day.
Continue Reading UNESCO International Mother Language Day (1st edition)Basque Whalers in Iceland in the 17th Century: Legal Organization, Cultural Exchange, & Conflicts
Guest speakers: Various
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Exhibit at UCSB Davidson Library on Basque whaling featuring harpoons, flensing objects (used for removing blubber), navigation instruments and other artifacts from the Boise Basque Museum.
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Saturday, January 15, 2011 - 12:00am to Thursday, March 10, 2011 - 12:00am
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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.
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