2023 Basque Studies Symposium

Friday May 26

• Leire Agirreazkuenaga, Postdoctoral Researcher, UCLA School of Education and Information Studies:  "Agenda 2030: Education for Sustainability in the Basque Autonomous Community"
• Joseba Agirreazkuenaga, Professor of History, University of the Basque Country:  "No Taxation Without Representation: Past, Present, and Future of the Basque Economic Agreement"
• Asier Barandiaran, Professor of Basque Philology, University of the Basque Country:  "They Say It Best When They Say Nothing At All: Interviews with Basque Immigrants to the U.S."
• Pedro Oiarzabal, "Fighting Basques of WWII" Memoria Bizi Project Director:  "Kern County Basque World War II Veterans" 
• Olatz Gorrotxategi, Frank Bidart Visiting Artist at CSU Bakersfield:  "Urrun -- Far Away"

Etxepare Agreement Signing Ceremony

December 5th, 2022   CSUB President Lynnette Zelezny and Etxepare Basque Institute Director Irene Larraza sign agreement to create the Frank Bidart Visiting Research or Artistic Fellowship.

Remote Writers: Close Connections Among Minor/Small Language

December 5th, 2022   

Round Table discussion featuring:

• Miren Agur Meabe, Basque writer and poet, 2021 recipient of the National Poetry Award
• Dr. Viola Miglio, Professor of Linguistics and Barandiaran Chair of Basque Studies at UC Santa Barbara
• Dr. Alison Posey, Visiting Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies at Pepperdine University
• Dr. Iker Arranz Otaegui, co-Director of the CSUB Institute for Basque Studies

Basque Singer-Songwriter Mikel Urdangarin

Celebrated Basque singer-songwriter Mikel Urdangarin performed at the Dore Theater on the CSU Bakersfield campus on May 27th, 2022, to celebrate his 25 years as a musician and recording artist in the Basque music scene.

Basque Studies Symposium

May 27th, 2022

Mustafah Dhada, CSUB Professor of History

"Padre Sangalo's Last Motorbike Ride: How a Bullfighter's Son from the Basque Country Fought to Protect Human Rights in Mozambique"

Begona Echeverria & Annika Speer, UC Riverside

Filmed Screening of the historical docudrama "Picasso Presents Gernika"