Astero
Basque Studies at UC Santa Barbara
As one of the members of the Basque Studies Consortium, the Basque Studies program at the University of California, Santa Barbara offers an ongoing series of classes and conferences.
Associate Professor of Linguistics & Barandiarán Chair of Basque Studies
Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese
University of California, Santa Barbara
miglio@spanport.ucsb.edu
Conference on Basque Whalers in Iceland in the 17th Century
Jan. 28, 2011
Conference organizer Professor Viola Miglio (UCSB) presenting on "The Massacre of 1615."
Professor Michael Barkham (University of Cambridge) presenting via video conference on "The Decline of Basque Whaling in Terra Nova and their First Voyages to Brazil, Spitsbergen, Iceland and Norway."
Professor Xabier Irujo (Center for Basque Studies, UNR) addressing questions during his presenation on the "Legal Status of the Fisheries and Cofradias in the Basque Coastal States."
