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On the hundredth anniversary of the birth of the bibliographer, professor and Basque-American writer, Jon Bilbao Azkarreta, the Institute of Basque Studies at Deusto University remembers this figure with an exhibit and a day dedicated to his work. Bilbao was, along with anthropologist William Douglass and writer Robert Laxalt, a cofounder of today’s Center for Basque Studies at the University of Nevada, Reno, home of the largest Basque library outside of the Basque Country. 

Bilbao, Bizkaia. The Institute of Basque Studies at the Institute of Human Rights and the CRAI Library of Deusto University remembers one of the most unique writers and bibliographers in Basque culture: Jon Bilbao Azkarreta.

On Thursday, Deusto University will celebrate “Jon Bilbao in the Digital Age: Challenges for the Preservation and Transmission of the Basque Culture.”  This will be a multi-disciplinary gathering that will delve into Jon Bilbao’s legacy, from the personal to the academic, giving rise to a multi-faceted reflection on the challenges posed to the history and archival sciences to preserve cultures and wealth generated by Basque society.

Registration of the conference is required and the deadline to do so is today.  To register please fill out this form.

More information available here: euskalgaiak@deusto.es / 944 139 225

Eusko Bibliographia

In conjunction, an exhibit “Jon Bilbao, Framer of Basque Culture: Eusko Bilbiographia and the Bibliographic Heritage of Deusto University,” will be available from Thursday through November 7th in the Ellacuria Room at the CRAI Library.  The exhibit will provide a tour through the evolution of the Basque bibliography, with special attention given to Jon Bilbao’s Eusko Bibliographia, one of the most important data bases on Basque themes in the world. The exhibit will be open from 17:00-20:00 Monday through Friday.  Admission is free.