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San Francisco-based BEO launches its Basque themed scholarship contest for college students

05/20/2021

The BEO is a non-profit organization based in San Francisco that works for the visibility of Basques and their culture in the US The Basque Educational Organization (BEO), headquartered in San Francisco has organized a contest whose prizes are two $2,000 scholarships.  Any university student can participate and the only requirement includes the presentation of a work on the topic “Celebrating and Cultivating Awareness of the Basques and Basque Culture.” The submission may be literary, visual or performing art of your ...

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Begoña Echeverria presents online on Friday her book “Witches and Wily Women,” focused on women and “noka”

05/19/2021

In this book, Basque-Californian Begoña Echeverria makes a passionate defense of noka through Basque folklore and songs “Noka” is a form of address in the Basque language that is used only between women in enviroments of proximity and trust.  It has a masculine equivalent, hika, that is used between men.  Noka and hika were once very common forms whose use was drastically reduced during the second half of last century, in particular in the case of noka.  Noka is also the name of the Basque ...

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National Geograpphic's latest issue includes a report on the Basque deep-rooted cider tradition and cider houses

05/19/2021

The report highlights the fascination of its author for the sagardoa and the sagardotegiak in the Donsotialdea area The National Geographic magazine this week published an interesting report on cider houses and the cider tradition in the Basque Country: yesterday in its original English edition, and today in the Spanish one.  The title in America is "Basque Country 's Cider Houses Keep an Ancient History Alive," which is the literally in Spanish: "Las sidrerías del País Vasco ...

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“Oian, Tapas & Pintxos:” a new Basque bar in Buenos Aires in Palermo Soho thanks to Japanese Takehiro Ohno

05/19/2021

“Oian, Tapas & Tintxos” Basque food in Buenos Aires (photo Japan Today) For anyone who likes Basque food in Argentina, the name Takehiro Ohno is well known.  In fact, trained in Oiartzun, Gipuzkoa he has been in Argentina for years especially connected to the gastronomy of Euskal Herria, sharing traditional recipes as part of his cooking programs on the Gourmet channel, as well as on stages at “Buenos Aires Celebrates the Basque Country,” sometimes with ...

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“Laztanak eta aizkorak” is the second book of poems by Basque poet in Madrid, Karlos Cid Abasolo: you can read it online

05/18/2021

Book of poems “Laztanak eta Aizkorak” Karlos Cid Abasolo (Madrid, 1963) is an active Basquephile, professor, translator, poet and Basque reference in the Spanish capital.  He is a Ph.D. in charge of the Basque Studies Department at the Complutense University in Madrid where he carries out, among other tasks, translations into Basque of works by authors such as Milan Kundera, Jaroslav Hašek or Josef Škvoreck from their ...

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A poem that Karlos Cid Abasolo, Basque poet born in Madrid, dedicates to the Diaspora in his book “Keinu konplizeak”

05/18/2021

Poet and translator, Karlos Cid Abasolo (photo Dani Blanco-Argia) Karlos Cid Abasolo is a member of the Basque Diaspora.  Born in Madrid in 1963, in his youth he decided to travel and get to know the Basque Country better, its culture and language and with time he achieved his goals, including dominating the Basque language. Today he is a Ph.D. in the Humanities, professor of Basque Philology at the Complutense University in Madrid and head of its department of Basque ...

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Rafael Anchia Michelena, Texas Rep.: “My father was a Jai Alai player that fought for his labor rights”

05/17/2021

Julio Anchia in the middle of a game.  In the box, father and son, Julio and Rafael Anchia (courtesy of the Anchia Family)

Engaging article signed by historian and researcher, Pedro Oiarzabal, in which he rescues a story “from there, but which is from here,” or vice versa, a feature always present in our Diaspora themes.  The protagonists are the Mallabian (Bizkaia) Jai Alai player Julio Anchia and his family, in a testimony that comes to us through Rafael Anchia, Julio’s son, a member of the Texas House of Representatives.  Eskerrik asko to them and to Pedro Oiarzabal for sharing.

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Ikerbasque has 10 permanent contracts in Euskadi for researchers in all areas of study, from all over the world

05/17/2021

Deadline to apply is September 10th through Ikerbasque’s website. Ikerbasque (Basque Foundation for Science, headquartered in Bilbao) has launched a new international call with 10 permanent spots for researchers who wish to carry out long-term projects in Euskadi.  The call is aimed at: Established Researchers with at least 8-12 years of experience as Research Associates; and Senior Leading Researchers, more experienced researchers like Research Professors.  See ...

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May 31st is the deadline for the conference on “The Myths of Exile,” a tribute to Jose Angel Ascunce

05/17/2021

The 2021 Hamaika Bide Elkartea: “Myths of Exile. From Quixote to other Utopian Heros. Tribute to José Angel Ascunce” The conference will take place November 17-19 in Donostia organized by the Hamaika Bide Elkartea Association, that is dedicated to research on Basque exile, including a session as a tribute to José Ángel Ascunce, its colleague and honorary president. Distinguished researcher and man of culture, Ascunce passed away in February 2020. Entitled “The Myths of Exile, Don Quixote and ...

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Catalunya begins in Barcelona today a weekend of greetings and support for the “Kutxa Gira…Kutxa Bira” initiative

05/14/2021

The Barcelona Basque Club along with various local entities join in this initiative supported by Udalbiltza Supported by the Iparra Hegoa Association in the Basque Country, the “Kutxa Gira…Kutxa Bira” initiative began its itinerary on March 20th in the Diaspora at the Carmen de Patagones y Viedma Aberri Etxea Basque Club that represents both cities. It was welcomed with Basque dance and locals as well as by the Mayors of both cities.  The kutxa (box) returned to the Basque Country on April 1st to ...

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