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Organized by the Sociedad Bascongada de los Amigos del País in Mexico and the Historic Archive José María Basagoiti Noriega at the College of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, better known as the College of the Vizcainas, the third International Conference “The Basque-Navarrese Presence in Mexico and Central America 16^th-21^st Centuries,” will begin on Thursday, November 9th in the Chapel of Saint Ignatius of Loyola at this 250 years old Basque-Mexican Institution. 

Mexico City.   Since the arrival of the first Europeans to America, Basques  have distributed around the continent, from the north to Patagonia.  The legacy of Basques in Mexico and Central America is remarkable and like the rest of the Diaspora, provides interesting material and sources for a large number of research projects.  Some of these studies will be presented this year at the Third International Conference, “The Presence of Basque-Navarrese in Mexico and Central America 16^th-21^st Centuries.” The conference will take place on Thursday, November 9^th at the College of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, better known as the “College of the Vizcainas.”

Conference Program:

-9:00hs, Greeting by Dr. Ana Rita Valero de García Lascurain
-9:10hs, Keynote Speech: “Basques and Navarrese in the Insular Pacific and the College of the Vizcaínas,” by Dr. Cristina Torales Pacheco
-9:40hs, RoundTable 1: Between Cooperatives and Free Associations.  The First Steps of the Basque-Navarrese Community in Mexico and Central America (16^th-18^th Centuries).  Moderated by Dr. Ana Rita Valero de García Lascurain:

“Micaela Frontaura and Sesma, flashes of insurgency in the Captaincy of Guatemala” (Jesús Héctor Trejo Huerta); “Contributions of Basque Francisco de Zumaya and Baltasar de Echave Orio in Mexican Novohispano Art” (David Alberto Flores Rosas); “The Virgin of Olaechea: Cult and Image in the Zoque and Spanish Worlds in the Province of Chiapas (Sergio Nicolás Gutiérrez Cruz); “Jose Joaquin de Arriola, a Sub-Delegate in Distress.  Mayor of the Royal City 1801-1807” (Ana María Parrilla Albuerne)

-11:00hs, Break

-11:30hs, 2º RoundTable: The Basque-Navarrese Imprint on the Forming of Modern Mexico (19th-20th Centuries). Moderated by Dr. Ana María Parrilla Albuerne:

“Female Emigration to America. The Basque Woman and Mexico” (Jesús Ruiz de Gordejuela Urquijo); “Women in Music” (Lidia Guerberof Hahn); “Jai Alai, a Pending Transformation” (Javier Eguia Beristain); “The Basque-Navarrese Presence in Xalapa, 1824-1835” (María del Rosario Juan Mendoza); “Foreign Relations Strategy outside the Basque Country” (Ibon Mendibelzua Madariaga); “Francisco Gabilondo Soler, his Work and Passions, a Legacy for Mexico” (Oscar Gabilondo Vizcaíno)

13:20hs, Closing

College of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, “Vizcainas,” is located on Vizcaínas 21, Colonia Centro, Mexico City. More information available by emailing: mexico-euskadi@outlook.com.