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The work was published jointly by the Chair of Free Thought and Irish Culture at the National University of La Plata (UNLP) and Lauburu Publishing.  According to the author, Maria Eugenia Cruset from La Plata, “This book is an academic work – in a way, a continuation of my Master’s thesis in International Relations – but it is easy to read and can be interesting not only to researchers on these topics but also to the general public.”

La Plata, Argentina.  As described by its author, Maria Eugenia Cruset with a Ph.D. in History, Nacionalismos y diásporas. Los casos vasco e irlandés en Argentina (1862-1922) (Nationalism and Diasporas. The Basque and Irish Cases in Argentina (1862-1922)) describes “how the Irish and Basques came to Argentina, and why and how they adapted and progressed in their new country.  But also, how they stayed connected and interested with what happened in their places of origin. It also elaborates on topes like the associations, political activity, nationalism and also into some controversial subjects like the armed fight, as well as the role of women and the role of the church.”

There are points in common between both peoples that Cruset decided to study, but she also adds a personal justifications for her research, since she is a descendant of both nations.  In this way, and in regards to her current relationship with the Basque community, the author explains that besides defending her Ph.D, thesis in the public University of the Basque Country, and having visited the Basque Country several times, she has also given presentations locally with FEVA (the federation of Basque Argentinean institutions) at various Basque clubs throughout the country.  She is a member of the Arturo Campion Basque Studies Center, that is part of the Lagunen Etxea Basque Club in Laprida, Argentina.  She has also collaborated in Buenos Aires with the local Basque Summer University.  From the academic point of view she also coordinates the Irish section at the Observatory of the Nations without a State that also includes a section for the Basque Country.

Nacionalismos y diásporas. Los casos vasco e irlandés en Argentina (1862-1922) is also supported by the Embassy of Ireland in Argentina and was published by Lauburu Editions along with the Chair of Free Thought and the Irish Culture at the UNLP that she also directs so that is why she is also in charge of selling and distributing the book.  Anyone interested in receiving a copy can contact the author directly at mcruset@hotmail.com.  Cost of the book is 150 pesos plus shipping.  The author is also ready to present her book in surrounding Basque clubs if that is of interest.  “My visits to the Basque clubs have always been very pleasant and so I hope to be able to repeat the experience, and hope that they invite me,” she says.

Maria Eugenia Cruset is a Ph.D. in History and she is currently a professor at the UNLP and at the Catholic University in La Plata.  She has also been an invited professor to various university in Europe and America including the University of the Basque Country, the University of Nevada, Reno, and the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland.  As an expert on topics such as nationalist, nations without a state and the Diaspora, she has published several book and academic articles, as well as having presented at several conferences, as well as coordinated symposiums and conferences herself.  Some of her publications can be found here: https://unlp.academia.edu/MariaEugeniaCruset.