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Events!
Tuesday, May 10 at 7:00 pm @ The Basque Museum and Cultural Center on the Basque Block
Oscar Alvarez, visiting scholar at the Center for Basque Studies in Reno, will be giving a presentation entitled “Before the Ikurrina was the Basque Flag. Icons of Basque Identity in the Americas (1880-1935).”
Tuesday, May 24 at 7:00 pm at the Basque Museum and Cultural Center on Boise’s Basque Block
Dave Lachiondo, Director of Boise State University’s Basque Studies Program will moderate a discussion after viewing “Euskal Pilota: Larrua Harriaren Kontra” (“La Pelota Vasca: La Piel Contra La Piedra : The Basque Ball: Skin Against Stone [English]) a 2003 documentary film written and directed by Julio Medem.
The Basque Studies Program at Boise State University is a multi-disciplinary course of advanced study that involves all aspects of the language, culture and history of the Basque people. The creation of a program specifically geared to the understanding of the Basque culture, history and political challenges compliments the ongoing programs for study in the Basque Country offered by the Boise State International Studies Program.
The Basque Studies Program at Boise State also provides a resource for the greater community and region where Boise State University is located. The Basque people have been key to the development of Idaho as well as Arizona, Nevada, Wyoming, Oregon and California with people of Basque decent being some of the earliest settlers in the Western United States.
The Basque Studies Program builds on the work of the Cenarrusa Foundation for Basque Culture founded in 2003. We are also collaborating with other local, national and international Basque entities.
For more information & useful resources click on:
Modern Languages at Boise State
Boise State History Department
International Programs at Boise State