A week to celebrate Basque and Catalan culture, April 22-24
Please note this event occurred in the past.
April 22, 2025 8:00 am - April 24, 2025 5:00 pm ET
Various events on UMass Amherst Campus
The William A. Douglass Chair in Basque Cultural Studies, the Institut Ramon Llull, and the Spanish and Portuguese Program (LLC) are delighted to announce a week of celebratory events and special guest lectures by visiting scholar Mariann Vaczi .
An anthropologist with expertise in both Basque and Catalan studies, Dr. Vaczi’s visit is timed to coincide with the annual Catalan holiday of Sant Jordi in the week of April 22-24). The events mark a special collaboration and celebration of our university’s international partnership with the Etxepare Institute of Basque Culture, which sponsors the Douglass Chair in Basque Cultural Studies, and the Catalan Institut Ramon Llull which enables Catalan language studies here at UMass Amherst. Both have the mission of disseminating knowledge about the unique languages and rich cultures of these historic regions in the Spanish peninsula.
