Program of the BASQUE CENTRE 1615 exhibition inauguration,
a workshop and a symposium in Djúpavík 6-9 June 2024

6 June

Workshop in the Factory Art exhibition: “Ocean, sustainability and recycling”
Thor Magnússon from the Intelligent Instruments Lab leads a workshop making instruments out of waste

7 June

9:00
Opening remarks
Eva Sigurbjörnsdóttir (municipal manager of Árneshreppur)
Guillaume Bazard (Ambassador of France)
José Carlos Esteso Lema (Chargé d’Affaires a.i. Spanish Embassy)

9:30
Lectures
Ólafur J. Engilbertsson (chairman of the Icelandic Basque Association):
On the Basque Association and the Creative Europe cooperation Alexandra Tyas (Ph.D. student in Archaeology at the University of Iceland)/
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):
Making basque music
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.
Sigurður Sigursveinsson: (geographer):
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
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 glossaries
Zuhaitz Akizu (a Basque museum specialist living in Iceland):
Basque-Icelandic dictionary (introduction)

11:00
Panel discussions with the lecturers

11:40
Lunch

13:00
Sightseeing to archealogical site in Hveravík, Strákatangi