The Western Literature Association is celebrating its 50th annual conference at Harrah's in Reno, NV. This year's conference will bestow the Distinguished Achievement Award posthumously to Robert Laxalt and is featuring several Basque-related events. Today, there will be two sessions on Basque themes: "Robert Laxalt: Regional and Transnational Contexts" and "Basque Voices in the American West. Also, on Saturday CBS's Iker Saitua will give a lecture entitled "'Basque Bascos' to 'White Subjects'".
Reno, USA. NABO's Astero news bulletin informs of the celebration of the Annual Conference of the Western Literature Association at Harrah's in Reno, NV. This year's conference is featuring several Basque-related events including bestowing the Distinguished Achievement Award posthumously to Robert Laxalt.
Other Basque-related events include a session on Thursday, Robert Laxalt: Regional and Transnational Contexts with presentations by David Rio from the University of the Basque Country, Gretchen Skivington from Great Basin College in Elko, NV, and Monika Madinabeitia from Mondragon University also in the Basque Country.
There is a second session on Thursday entitled, Basque Voices in the American West, with presentations by Basque-American writers, Martin Etchart from Phoenix College, Gregory Martin of the University of New Mexico, and Monique Laxalt, from Reno, NV.
Finally, on Saturday, the Center for Basque Studies' own Iker Saitua, ABD, will present "'Basque Bascos' to 'White Subjects': Basque Sheepherders and Racial Narratives in the American West" during the session entitled, Crossing Borders: Engaging in the Borderlands of Race and Identity.
For the complete conference schedule click here, or visit them online.
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