What does the Center for Basque Studies do?
Many people do not know what we do or they don’t understand. We teach, we research, and we publish. But because we have a 40 year history, and because for 40 years we have helped with so many different things, people know to call us. We get requests for translations all the time. We get requests for people looking for their family members, people looking for music, certain research, requests to be guest speakers, requests to participate in conferences, offers to come give a speech at an academic event. Most people work hard at whatever their job is. Our job is always intense and always dynamic. We have 4 professors, and we get the 5th one next year. Everyday is completely different than the day before in the kinds of questions and the kinds of content about which we have to be ready to answer or find the answer to. We joke, “everyday is Christmas,” and we never know what the questions are going to be like or what people will need. You have been Director of the Center for Basque Studies
