Conference About Basque Diaspora

This note appeared today at EITb:

Basques around the world

Euskal Herria Mugaz Gaindi

Emigration and Basque presence abroad to examination

10/25/2007

About twenty professors and journalists, including the head of the French department in eitb24.com, take part in the IV International Conference on Basques around the world held in Bayonne and Ustaritze.

The Basque towns of Ustaritze and Bayonne host Thursday 25 and Friday 26 the IV workshop Euskal Herria Mugaz Gaindi, held by Eusko Ikaskuntza.

Professors and journalists will give lectures on the Basque emigrants, their lives abroad, their cultural legacy as well as the efforts they make to keep their identity around the world.

Lecturers will focus mainly on the different sides of the emigration and the Basque presence around the world, mainly in America where the biggest part of the Basque Diaspora lives. Some of the main themes will be the family life of the Basques in the XIX century or their participation in the Mexican revolution.

Some of the studies will focus on past events but there are also others who look into the future. Frederick Verbeke, head of the French department of eitb24.com, highlighted the importance of the new technologies in the creation of a Basque identity world wide.

Two members of EuskoSare and the Euskal Argentina organization close the workshop on Friday.

EuskoSare, a venture that promotes the growth of the Global Basque Community by increasing communication and cooperation amongst all the Basques in the world, has created a blog to give information on the workshop.

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