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It is about a panoramic vision of emigration from Navarre to the new world, open to anyone interested in the topic. The symposium will try to offer an informative approach to this emigration with testimonies and studies on the experiences of these emigrants.  The meeting is part of the events being held on the 40th anniversary of the book Amerikanuak. Basques in the New World. This event will be followed by another conference on October 15-16 at the University of the Basque Country.

Pamplona, Navarre.   The University of Navarre will host a meeting focused on the notable emigration from Navarre to America on October 14th.  The event was organized by the Chair of Basque Language and Culture thee, in collaboration with other universities and centers – the University of Navarre, the University of the Basque Country, University of Pau and Pais de L’Adour (UPPA) and Mondragon University to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the book Amerikanuak. Basques in the New World, by William A. Douglass and Jon Bilbao.

Douglass will also be in attendance at the symposium where a panoramic and accessible view on emigration from Navarre to America will be discussion as Maria del Mar Larraza, the Chair of Basque Language and Culture told EuskalKultura.com.  “The first part will include a roundtable where experiences and testimonies will be provided, while the second part will talk about the influence that Indians had on the art and architecture of Navarre,” she says.

PROGRAM

“NAVARRA & AMERICA”

[University of Navarre, Museum, Classroom 1
October 14, 2015]

16:00 Presentations.

Mikel Aramburu Zudaire (Doctor in History, Eusko Ikaskuntza).
De las andanzas, vivencias y fortuna del emigrante navarro a Indias (ss. XVI-XVII) (The Adventures, Experiences and Fortune of Navarrese Emigration to the Indies in the 16th and 17th Centuries)

Jesús Mª Usunáriz Garayoa (University of Navarre).
“Agur, acaso, hasta el cielo”: cartas de emigrantes vasco-navarros en Indias y sus lazos con el hogar (siglo XVIII). (“Good-bye, Maybe until Heaven” Letters from Navarrese Emigrants from the Indies and their Links to Home 18th Century)

Ainara Vázquez Varela (Doctor of History).
Gobernadores, virreyes y obispos: la hora navarra en América durante el siglo XVIII. (Governors, Viceroys and Bishops: the time of Navarre in America during the 18th Century.)

Sagrario Anaut Bravo (Public University of Navarre).
Una experiencia compartida y reconocida hasta hoy. La colectividad navarra en América, siglos XIX y XX. (A Shared Experience and Recognized Today.  The Navarrese Community in America 19th and 20th Centuries).

17:30. Roundtable.  “About the Artistic and Cultural Legacy of Emigration to the Indies”

Pilar Andueza Unanua (Doctor of History. Chair of Navarese Art and Culture).
Huellas indianas en el patrimonio artístico de Navarra durante el Antiguo Régimen. (Traces of Indians in the Navarrese Artistic Heritage during the Ancient Regime.)

Ana Zabalza Seguín (University of Navarre).
Ocho apellidos vascos. De Navarra a América Central, siglo XVIII. (Eight Basque Last Names.  From Navarre to Central America, 18th Century).

Javier Azanza López (University of Navarre).
La huella de los americanos en Navarra en los siglos XIX y XX: casas, infraestructuras y obras públicas. (Traces of Americans in Navarre in the 19th and 20th Centuries: Houses, Infrastructure and Public Works).

19:00. Keynote Lecture.

William Douglass (University of Nevada, Reno).
Exploradores vascos en el Pacífico. (Basque Explorers in the Pacific)

This event will be followed by another conference on October 15-16 at the University of the Basque Country, specifically at the College of Humanities in Vitoria-Gasteiz.  Complete program for this symposium here.