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Jaialdi 2010: Celebrate + Educate = Perpetuate

Jaialdi

Jaialdi week (a.k.a. "the Basque tsunami") will soon be upon us, and this massive wave will get us all wet with various aspects of "Basqueness." It is going to be a great way of putting into practice the mantra Celebrate + Educate = Perpetuate

N.A.B.O. Convention & Meeting of delegates
Every year since 1979 one of our member clubs has hosted our summer Convention, which serves as an occasion to bring together Basques from all corners.  This year's Convention, hosted in conjunction's with Boise's once-every-five years "Jaialdi" is going to be one of the largest yet.

Lehendakari_lopezINVITATION: reception with Lehendakari Lopez
The General Secretary of Foreign Action, Guillermo Echenique González,  has the honor of inviting you to a reception that the Lehendakari of Euskadi, Mr. Patxi López Álvarez, will offer on the occasion of his visit to the United States on Thursday, July 29, at 12:30 p.m. at the Boise Centre on the Grove, the Falcon room (850, W. Front Street, Boise). 

Program: Video show about the Ellis Island Exhibition at Ellis Island; "LAGUN ONARI” award to Patty A. Miller; "Biotzetik” Basque Choir Performance; Salutation by the Lehendakari; "Oinkari Basque Dancers” Performance; Amaia Arberas, soloist from Donostia (Tapas & beverages will be served. Casual attire)  R.S.V.P. Please reply by July 22nd:  Tel.: 208/ 331-5097 ext. 1

VII Euskal Herria Mugaz Gaindi
Basque Studies International Conference

The Basque International Conference
Euskal Herria Mugaz Gaindi
7th. International Seminar

Wednesday. July 28, 2010
BSU. ILC #402

-3.00 pm  Welcome address. Ms. Blanca Urgell (Basque Government Cabinet Member. Culture Secretary)
-3.30 – 4.00 pm  Viola Miglio UCSB and Ricardo Etxepare BC “A new Basque – Icelandic glossary of the 17th century”
-4.00 – 4.30 pm   Nicanor Dominguez BSU “The Basques in the crisis of Laicacota. Colonial elites’ ethnic conflicts in the mining districts of Peru-Bolivia in the 17th century”
-4.30 – 5.00 pm      Ana Isabel Ugalde UPV-EHU “Basque immigrants as sponsors of the arts in Lenitz Valley, Gipuzkoa” 

Egyptian Theatre: 7--9pm (Corner of Capitol Blvd. & Main Streets)
-Exhibit of pictures of Basque Houses at the Entrance Hall
-Welcome and recognition of authorities and special guests. MC Joseba Chertudi
-Presentation of Pete Cenarrusa's biography: “Bizkaia to Boise” by Quane Kanyon
-Presentation of after-graduate programs at the University of the Basque Country. By Dr. Iñaki Goirizelaia President UPV-EHU
-Basque Culture Conference. EHMG.  Keynote speaker: Alberto Santana Ezkerra BSU – Basque Studies Center  "Euskal Etxea. In the name of the Basque"
-Basque Studies Minor's student awards. Presentation of txapelak by Nere Lete
-Agurra to honor students.  Dantzaria: Iñaki Goirizelaia (President of the University of the Basque Country), Txistularia: Kathy Clarkson.

Thursday. July 29, 2010 (BSU. ILC #402)
-9.00–09.20 am  Yumi Nagase KGU "The Image of St. Francisco Xavier in the Basque Catholic Mission to Japan (1914-1923)"
-9.20–10.05 am  John Bieter BSU, Thomas Faucher and John Ysursa SDSU, “Basque Global Religious Exchanges”
-10.05–10.35 am Alberto Angulo UPV-EHU “Euskadi’s capital, Madrid”

-10.35–11.00 am  Oscar Alvarez Gila UPV-EHU “Euskadi’s capital, New York”
-11.00 – 11.20 am  Benan Oregi EJ-GV “Is the Basque diaspora at a crossroad?”
-11.20 – 11.40 am  Joseba Etxarri EK “Euskal Etxeak in a globalized world”
-11.40 – 12.00 am  Iratxe Perea and Alexander Ugalde UPV-EHU  “Development cooperation towards impoverished countries from the Basque Country” 
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Lunch

-3:00–3.20  Nora Siegrist CCA “Dispensas por consanguinidad y afinidad en matrimonios de vascos y navarros en la Catedral de Buenos Aires en épocas de la Monarquía”
-3:20-3:40 Virginia Sanz de Francesco ECBA “Investigación de la Ópera Vasca “Artzai Mutilla” Autor musical: Félix Ortiz y San Pelayo – Letra: Pedro Mari Otaño
-3:40–4.00  Jone Goirigolzarri and Xabier Landabidea, UD “Demokrazia eta Askatasuna terminoen erabilera Euskararen lekua hezkuntzan hizpide denean. 2008-2009 prenstsa idatziko iritzi artiluluen kasua”
-4:00–4:30  Pedro Lopepe  BAA “Los vascos y su papel preponderante en la política y economía de Salta en el siglo XIX”
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-4:30–5:00  Jon Ander Ramos UPV-EHU   "Re-imagining the collective identity. Sociability and religion inside the Basque immigrant group: the celebrations in honor of the Virgin of Begoña in Havana City"
-Presentation of recently published books on Basque – American History.

Friday, July 30 2010 BSU. ILC #402
-8:30–8:50 am  Izaskun Kortazar BSU “Learning Basque in America. The current status of euskara in the United States (1).”
-8:50–09.10 am  Nere Lete BSU “Teaching Basque language in America. The current status of euskara in the United States (2)”
-9:10–9:30 am Erin Passehl BSU  “Espe Alegria: Cultural Advisor and Voice of the Basques in American Radio”
-9:30–9:50 am  Dave Lachiondo BSU “Basque diasporas and Spanish Civil War.
-9.50–10:10 am Mauro Vitullo VPA. “La experiencia de ser una refugiada “en el País del no me acuerdo”: El exilio de Nekane Markiegi en Argentina”
-10:10–10:40 am  Steve Gamboa UCB “Ellacuria´s liberation philosophy, from Zubiri to Rawls”
-10:45  Conclusions and closure.


 

 

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