In “Karmele,” one of the Basque films at this year’s festival, the Basque language itself comes under threat. For centuries, rulers sought to stamp out cultural difference, Franco banning Basque from ...
BARCELONA, Spain — The discovery of five words inscribed on a 2,000-year-old bronze hand may help rewrite the history of the Basque language, one of Europe’s most mysterious tongues. Investigators in ...
CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Basque language instructor Errukine Olaziregi teaches a Euskara lesson at the Euskaltegi tent. Photo by Willa Friedman, Ralph Rinzler Folklife ...
BARCELONA, Spain — The discovery of five words inscribed on a 2,000-year-old bronze hand may help rewrite the history of the Basque language, one of Europe’s most mysterious tongues. Investigators in ...
The minor in Basque studies offers a rich variety of course options—from sports to politics to arts—as well as a variety of course formats, including courses taught online, on-campus or through study ...
LITERATURE often flourishes like certain kinds of plants, between the cracks in walls that gardeners have forgotten to tend. It can spring from the oppressed, impoverished, ignored. “An Anthology of ...
BOISE, Idaho — The Basque Country, geographically, is located in northeastern Spain and southeastern France along the Bay of Biscay, but the cultural and familial ties stretch across oceans and ...
Part poetry-slam, part hip-hop freestyling, part a cappella singing and 100 percent improvisational, the tradition of bertsolaritza has become a cultural signifier for the Basque diaspora. Thousands ...