BASQUE CENTRE exhibition, workshop and symposium in Djúpavík 6-9 June 2023

The program is as follows (subject to changes):

6 June

Thor Magnússon from the Intelligent Instruments Lab leads a workshop making instruments out of waste

7 June

9:00
Introductory speeches
Ólafur J. Engilbertsson (historian and chairman of the Icelandic Basque Association):
The Basque Friends Association and the Creative Europe cooperation
Guillaume Bazard (Ambassador of France)
Opening remarks
José Carlos Esteso Lema (Chargé d’Affaires a.i. Spanish Embassy)
Opening remarks

9:30
Lectures
Alexandra Tyas (Ph.D. student in Archaeology at the University of Iceland) and
Dr. Catherine Chambers (Research Manager at the University Centre of the Westfjords):
Maritime cultural heritage as a community development tool
Xabier Agote (President of Albaola):
The secrets of the Basque whaling txalupa revealed
Denis Laborde (Professor at CNRS and director of the Haizebegi festival):
Basque music and the languages
Thor Magnússon (Research professor at the University of Iceland):
On musical instruments, their history and development

11:50

Lunch

13:00

Lectures
Magnús Rafnsson (historian, resident in the Strandir region):
What effect did trading with the Basques have on the local people in Strandir?
Ragnar Edvardsson (maritime archaeologist at the University of Iceland, Research Center of the Westfjords):
Stories from Strandir in a global context: Basque whalers, Icelanders and the Freedom of the Seas.
Trausti Einarsson (historian):
Basque whalers in Iceland in the 17th century
Sigurður Sigursveinsson: (geographer and former schoolmaster):
Selma Barkham – connecting the Basque Country, Labrador, and Iceland
Tapio Koivukari (writer from Finland, author of Ariasman, on Zoom):
Was there cooperation between Icelanders and Basque whalers in fishing and processing?

15:00

Coffee break

16:00

Short speeches
Héðinn Ásbjörnsson (chairman of the Basque Centre):
The Basque Centre/Baskasetur Djúpavík
Þórarinn Blöndal (designer of the Basque Centre exhibition):
The Basque Centre exhibition
Imanol Mendi (chef from San Sebastian/Donostia):
Basque cuisine (introduction)

16:30

Opening of the Basque Centre exhibition

17:00-19:00

Concert – Icelandic and Basque musicians

8 June

10:00

Lectures
Viola Miglio (Professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA):
The Basque-Icelandic dictionaries
Zuhaitz Akizu (a Basque museum specialist living in Iceland for the past decade):
Basque-Icelandic dictionary (introduction)

11:00

Panel discussions with the lecturers

11:40

Lunch

13:00

Sightseeing to archealogical site in Hveravík, Strákatangi