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News about the Basque language, culture and contemporary creation.
Euskara. Kultura. Mundura.
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2022-12-30 Interview with Irene Larraza I/II: 2022 achievements, Saison Québec - Pays Basque and professional meetings
The Etxepare Basque Institute’s activities in 2022 returned to normal with a diverse and fruitful year. This is how Director Irene Larraza assesses 2022.
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2022-12-30 Interview with Irene Larraza II/II: collaboration with other cultural institutes, attracting the international and challenges of the diaspora
Irene Larraza, director of Etxepare Euskal Institutua, reviews the past years work. This is the second half of the interview.
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2022-09-21 Excellent reception of the Basque creators cultural programme in Montreal
The public, artistic creators and academics from Montreal universities have had the chance to enjoy Basque film, dance and language through various presentations and screenings.
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2022-09-10 McGill University´s Elbira Zipitria Chair kicks off with an educational day on language planning, teaching and usage
The chair focuses on social and cultural innovation, and its contribution to language.
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2022-09-09 Malandain Ballet kicks off the Quartiers Danses festival in Montreal
The acclaimed Malandain Ballet de Biarritz opened the Montreal Quartiers Danses Festival last night with ´La Pastorale´. The event took place at Théâtre Maisonneuve, the city´s main cultural venue, in front of 1,300 people.
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2022-09-01 Basque culture comes to Montreal this autumn in the final push of Saison Québec - Pays Basque
Between September and December, several festivals will focus on Basque culture as part of the cultural exchange programme organised by the Etxepare Basque Institute.
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2021-10-06 Quebec opens a window on Basque literature
Université Laval will host a conference on literature and linguistic diversity and the Québec en toutes lettres festival will devote an evening to Basque literature.
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2021-09-22 Meeting with the Québec Delegate
Etxepare Basque Institute Director, Irene Larraza, and Québec’s Delegate in the Iberian Peninsula, Isabelle Dessureault met this morning to discuss joint projects between Quebecois and Basque institutions in the area of culture.
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2021-07-09 ‘Besteen Ahotsa/La Voix des Autres’, a conference on multilingualism and literature
This new initiative will take place online from 13 to 14 October. The deadline for submission of proposals is 15 August. Registration will begin in September and will be free of charge.