(Donostia, 1963). Euskal Filologian doktore eta  literatura irakasle titularra Gasteizko Letren Fakultatean (EHU). 2007-2009 ikasturteetan Center for Basque Studies-eko irakasle izan da (University of Nevada, AEB). Euskal Filologiaz gain, Irakurzaletasunaren Sustapenari buruzko Graduondokoa (Bartzelonako Ramon Llull Unibertsitatean, 1999) eta Studies in Fiction Masterra (UKko University of East Anglian, 2007an) ditu eginak. 1997an Becerro de Bengoa Saiakera Saria lortu zuen “Bernardo Atxagaren irakurlea” saioarengatik. Hainbat hitzaldi eta ikastaro emandakoa da Europako nahiz AEBetako unibertsitateetan. 2004tik Center for Basque Studies-eko Basque Literature in Translation Series sailaren nahiz  www.basqueliterature.com literatura atariaren zuzendari da. 1999tik Euskaltzaindiako Literatura Ikerketa Batzordeko kide da, eta 2003tik Euskaltzain Urgazle. Literaturaren Historia eta Kritika, Literatura Konparatua, Memoria Ikasketak nahiz Irakurketaren Soziologia dira jorratzen dituen gaiak. 2010ko azarotik Etxepare Euskal Institutuaren Euskara Sustatu eta Hedatzeko Zuzendaria da.

(Donostia, 1985). Kazetaritzan lizentziatua da Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatean (2007), eta “Literatura konparatua: Literaturaren Teoria eta Ikasketa Kulturalak” masterra egin du Bartzelonako Unibertsitate Autonomoan (2008). Doktoregaia da EHUn, Literatura eta Zientzia Literarioa programan. Memoria historikoa eta identitate kulturala ari da aztertzen euskal literaturan, eta Eusko Jaurlaritzaren beka predoktorala jaso du horretarako (2010/01/01-2013/12/31). Bere ikerketa ildoak literatura konparatua, ikasketa kulturalak eta memoria ikasketak dira. Ikerketa egonaldiak egin ditu Nevada, Renoko Unibertsitateko Euskal Ikasketen Zentroan (2011) eta Konstanzako Unibertsitatean (2012). “La memoria novelada” nazioarteko ikerketa sareko kide da (Aarhuseko Unibertsitatea), eta  452ºF Literaturaren Teoria eta Literatura Konparatua aldizkariko erredakzio kontseiluko kide.

(Azpeitia, 1980).  Literatur Teoria eta Literatura Konparatuan lizentziatu zen Bartzelonako Unibertsitatean (UB) eta Euskal Filologian Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatean. Egun, Euskal Herriko Unibertsitateko Hizkuntzalaritza  eta Euskal Ikasketak sailean dihardu euskal literatura garaikideko eskolak ematen. Era berean, euskal literaturaren baitan sorkuntza prozesuen, idazketa bertsioen eta berridazketen bilakaeraren garrantzia aztertzea du xede eta ikertzaileak prestatzeko eta hobetzeko Eusko Jaurlaritzak ematen duen laguntza jaso du horretarako.

Gerra Zibilaren eta egungo gatazka sozio-politikoen inguruko ipuinak biltzen dituzten Our Wars: Short Fiction on Basque Conflicts (Center for Basque Studies, 2012) eta Nuestras guerras: relatos sobre los conflictos vascos (Lengua de Trapo) apailatu ditu batetik; eta bestetik, Euskal Narratiba Garaikidea: Katalogo bat lanaren egilea ere bada. Bestelako argitalpenen artean, Berria egunkarirako eginiko literatur kritikak edota haur eta gazte literaturaren gainean eginiko azterketak aipa daitezke.

(Donostia, 1988). She obtained her degrees in Spanish Philology (2011) and Basque Philology (2012) at the University of the Basque Country (EHU/UPV). She undertook part of her studies abroad at the UNAM (Mexico DF) and UPPA (Pau) and she holds a MA in Research on Basque Studies from the Université Bordeaux-Montaigne (UBM). She obtained her PhD at the universities EHU/UPV and UBM with a thesis that focused on the Basque cultural and literary revitalization and renewal that took place during the 50’s and 60’s, particulary on the literary modernity and reception of the novel Haur besoetakoa [The goddaughter](1959-1970) written by the Basque parisian-born writer Jon Mirande. Currently she teaches at the EHU/UPV and her main lines of research are in the area of basque literature, comparative literature, censorship studies and memory studies.

(Sunbilla, 1986) She holds a PhD in Comparative Literature and Literary Studies from the Public University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU, 2015), obtained with the thesis “Euskal ondare kulturalaren moldatzea (1960-1990) egungo Euskal Kultur Sistemaren oinarri. Baliabide eta forma sinbolikoak” (“The reconversion of the Basque cultural heritage between 1960-1990 as the basis of the contemporary Basque Cultural System. Symbolic forms and resources”). She proposed a methodology for the study of symbolic forms and resources in communities without state. She currently teaches at the Basque Public University, and between 2015-2016 she has been an External Professor at the University of Deusto. She holds an MA on Teacher Training for Compulsory Secondary Education, Upper Secondary Education, Vocational Training and Foreign Language Teaching (EHU/UPV, 2012), and an MA in Comparative Literature and Literary Studies (EHU/UPV, 2013). Since 2013 she has been cooperating with the Mikel Laboa Chair, being awarded for a monographic investigation (2013) and a PhD Fellowship (2014). She has published about the Basque oral heritage and its adaptation, the Basque cultural phenomenon between 1960-1990, the Basque Literary System and its development and the contribution of specific artists about the tradition (Bernardo Atxaga, Joseba Sarrionandia, Jon Juaristi, Mikel Laboa, Jorge Oteiza, Gabriel Aresti…). She is currently focused on memory studies.

(Zarautz, 1988). Euskal Filologian lizentziatua da Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatean (2011). Literatura Konparatua ikasi zuen urtebetez Trentoko Unibertsitatean (Italia) eta “Literatura Konparatua eta Literatur Ikasketak” Masterra egin du EHUn (2013). Doktoregaia da literaturaren alorrean eta Bigarren Errepublikaren eta espainiar Trantsizioaren garaiko euskal poesia du aztergai. Horretarako, 2012az geroztik, ikertzaileak prestatzeko eta hobetzeko Euskal Herriko Unibertsitateak ematen duen laguntza jasotzen du. Berria egunkarian kolaboratzen du literatur kritikari gisa 2012ko urritik, eta Caravansari aldizkariko erredaktorea da euskal poesia sailean.

(Mungia, 1984). After a while working in the field of translation, publishing and edition of school texts, she obtained the PhD in 2017 with the thesis “Representations of translation in contemporary Basque literature: the autonomization of the field, literary historiographies, and translators in fiction”. Her research focuses on Basque translation studies: history and critics, sociology, representations and habitus among others. She was employed as a Basque Language and Culture Lecturer in France (Université Michel de Montaigne-Bordeaux 3 &Université Sorbonne Nouvelle- Paris 3; 2011-2015) and has taught translation history and theory and translation practices in the Department of Basque Studies at the University of the Basque Country (2015-2016); she currently teaches in the Department of Language and Literature didactics in the faculty of Education of Bilbao at the same university.

(Aduna, 1978). Finished her degree in History at the University of Deusto in 2001. She has studied Transmission of Basque Culture at the University of Mondragon (2008) and Cultural Management at the Public University of Navarra (2012). She holds MA in Advanced Methods and Techniques of Historical, Artistic and Geographic Research from the UNED (2014). In the labor market, she has carried out technical work in scientific libraries and has taught in different Secondary Schools. She is currently a PhD candidate in the Department of Philosophy of Values and Social Anthropology (UPV / EHU) where she prepares her thesis on the hybridization processes in the Basque Culture. Since 2015 she is recipient of the scholarship to carry out the doctoral thesis of The Mikel Laboa Chair.

(Zumaia, 1966). He obtained a degree in Art History at the University of Valencia and holds a PhD in Art History from the University of the Basque Country (EHU/UPV), where he currently teaches Art History, at the Faculty of Fine Arts. He is also an art critic and curator. He has written art criticism for the newspapers Egunkaria, Berria and Gara. His most recent curated exhibition is Trama e hilos sueltos: Dialogo entre dos colecciones de arte vasco/Bilbea eta hari askeak: euskal arteko bi bilduma elkarrekin solasean. He has also published art critique on the Basque art from the early 20th century and his key publications include the book Raemaekers’ Cartoons: British propaganda in Spain and The Basque Country during the First World War (2012) and the book chapter “Compromiso o especificidad del medio. Arte en el País Vasco en las últimas décadas del siglo XX” in Autonomía e ideología. Tensiones en el campo cultural vasco (2016).

(Pasai Donibane 1963). Filosofian lizentziaduna (1986) eta Gizarte Antropologian doktorea (2000) da. Egun UPV/EHUko Balioen Filosofia eta Gizarte Antropología saileko irakasle agregatua da , eta Antolakuntza dekanordea Donostiako Filosofia eta Hezkuntza Zientzien Fakultatean. Azken urteetan, memoriaren antropologiaren eta euskal kulturaren inguruko auziak izan ditu ikerketa egitasmotan. Besteak beste, narrazio biografikoak, testigantzaren garrantzia, horiekin loturiko traumak eta gizarteek gogoratzeko edo ahazteko dituzten moduak landu ditu, gehienbat 1936ko gerra zibila ardatza hartuta. Hainbat Masterretan eskolak eman ditu; gaur egun, Genero eta ikasketa feministen Unibertsitate Masterrean eta Gizarte Antropologia generoan.

(Donostia, 1984) He obtained a degree in Philosophy (EHU, 2006) and in Literary Theory and Comparative Literature (UB, 2008). He completed the MA “Construcción y Representación de Identidades Culturales” (UB, 2010) and a postgraduate degree on Contemporary art (UAB, 2008). He holds a PhD (UB, 2014) in aesthetics, obtained with the thesis “El Segundo Modernismo: la dialéctica de la modernidad y la posmodernidad desde la Escuela de Frankfurt hasta la actualidad”, which received the PhD Extraordinary Award. He completed research stages in the Samuel Beckett Foundation of the University of Reading and in the University of Columbia (NYC). He published the book Bainaren belaunaldia: Ustela, Pott eta Oh! Euzkadi, where studies the Basque literary journals in the 70’s and 80’s. Currently, he is a professor in the Faculty of Anthropology, Education and Philosophy of the University of the Basque Country (EHU/UPV).

(Arrasate, 1995) Euskal Ikasketetan graduatu zen (2017) Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatean eta Euskal Hizkuntzalaritza eta Filologia Masterra egin zuen (2018) unibertsitate berean. Halaber, Derrigorrezko Bigarren Hezkuntzan, Batxilergoan, Lanbide Heziketan eta Hizkuntzen Irakaskuntzan Irakasle Gisa Aritzeko Gaitzen duen Masterra egin zuen (2019) Mondragon Unibertsitatean. Euskal kulturgintzaren transmisioan aditu titulua erdietsi zuen (2019) Mondragon Unibertsitatean eta egun doktoregaia da Euskal Hizkuntzalaritza eta Filologia doktorego programan (UPV/EHU). Gatazka politiko-armatuen errepresentazioa euskarazko haur eta gazte literaturan aztertzen dihardu bere doktorego tesian eta horretarako Espainiako Gobernuak ematen duen doktorego-aurreko diru-laguntza jasotzen du.

(Donostia, 1995) she completed his degree in Basque Studies (2017) at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) and she undertook part of her studies abroad at the Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour (UPPA). She holds a MA in Basque Linguistics and Philology (2018) from the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU). Currently she is a PhD student (Doctoral Programme in Basque Linguistics and Philology) and the recipient of a research scholarship from the Basque Government. She is carrying out her doctoral thesis with co-tutorship between the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) and the Université Bordeaux Montaigne (UBM).

(Donostia 1969). Euskal Filologian Lizentziatua Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatean. Cardiff University-ko  Centre for Critical and Cultural Theory-n bi urteko egonaldia egin zuen bere doktorego ikasketen atal modura, baita bitartean Teoria Kritiko eta Kulturalarengaineko Masterra burutu ere oroimenaren  ontologia, etika eta politika ikuspegi postestrukturalistatik analizatzen zituen lan batekin (2004). Doktorego-titulua eskuratu zuen Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatean (2012) euskal nobela garaikidearen oroimen moduak eta postmodernismo zantzuak analizatzen dituen tesi batekin. Haren ikerketa-interesak oroimenari loturik daude, batetik, bai errealitatea, bai identitate indidibual zein kolektiboak (bir) sortu egiten dituen prozesua den heinean, eta bestetik, gizakiok etengabe abian daukagun justizia-bilaketan ziuraski nahitaezkoena eta aldi berean zailena zaigun zeregina den heinean. 2012ko irailetik Etxepare Euskal Institutuaren euskara irakurlea da Ingalaterrako University of Birmingham-an.

Jacqueline Urla holds a PhD in Cultural Anthropology. She was a visiting lecturer at the University of California, the Cornell University and Rutgers University. She is currently professor of anthropology and the director of the Modern European Studies Program at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She is the co-editor of Deviant Bodies: Critical Perspectives on Difference in Science and Popular Culture (1995). Since January 2015 she is an Invited Faculty Member of the Master’s Program of Anthropology at the University of the Basque Country and she has published numerous articles and essays on the Basque culture and language, such as the recently published co-edited report Euskal hiztun berriak: esperientziak, jarrerak eta identitateak (2016), the book Reclaiming Basque: Language, Nation and Cultural Activism (2015) and the co-edited articles “Linguistic Identity Among New Speakers of Basque” (2015) or “Authenticity and Linguistic Variety among New Speakers of Basque” (2016), among others.