(Donostia, 1963) holds a PhD in Basque literature. She is an Associate Professor at the University of the Basque Country (Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain), and between 2007-2009 Assistant Professor at the Center for Basque Studies (University of Nevada, Reno). She has been a Visiting Professor at universities like the University of Konstanz (2010), the University of Chicago (2016) or the City University of New York (2014 and 2015). She holds a MA on the Promotion of Reading Habits from the Ramon Llull University (Barcelona), and a MA in Studies in Fiction at the University of East Anglia (UK). She specializes in contemporary Basque and Iberian literature, Comparative Literature, Postcolonial Studies, Basque Cultural and Gender Studies, and Memory Studies. She is the author of seven books on Basque literature, 50 book-chapters, 10 edited books, and 70 articles in international journals. Among them Euskal eleberriaren historia (History of the Basque Novel, 2001), Waking the Hedgehog.The Literary Universe of Bernardo Atxaga, (2005), Six Basque Poets (2007), Writers in Between Languages.Minority Literatures in the Global Scene (2009), and Basque Literary History (2012). Mari Jose Olaziregi is a correspondent member of the Royal Academy of the Basque Language, Euskaltzaindia, between 2010-2016, the Director of the Language and Universities Area at Etxepare Basque Institute (Department of Education, Language policy and Culture of the Basque Government). Lastly, she is a member of different international research-groups or networks, such as, the Groups “Celt” and “Liter21” (University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain; 2006-), or the Research Network “Memory and Narration” (University of Aarhus, Denmark, 2014). At present, she coordinates the “Historical Memory and Iberian Literatures” Network (2011-), and the MHLI Consolidated Research Group at the University of the Basque Country (www.mhli.net) (2013-).

(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).

(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.

(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).

(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.

(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).

(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.

(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.

(Zarautz, 1988) is a PhD Student at the University of the Basque Country, where he completed his degree in Basque Philology in 2011. He studied Comparative Literature for one year at the University of Trento (Italy), and received his Master’s Degree in Comparative Literature in 2013. He is currently studying for his PhD, and his research is focused on Basque poetry. For that purpose, he has been granted a scholarship by the University of the Basque Country. He also collaborates as literary critic with several informative medias.

Izaro Arroita Azkarate (Donostia, 1985) finished her degree in Journalism at the University of the Basque Country in 2007. She holds an MA in Comparative Literature: Literary and Cultural Studies from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (2008). She is currently a PhD student in Literature and Literary Science at the University of the Basque Country, and the recipient of a research scholarship from the Basque Government. She is analyzing historical memory and national identity in Basque literature.Her research areas are Comparative Literature, Cultural Studies and Memory Studies. She was a visiting researcher at the Center for Basque Studies (University of Nevada, Reno) during spring semester 2011 and at the Universität Konstanz during spring semester 2012. She is a member of “La memoria novelada” international research network (Aarhus University) and has been a member of 452ºF Journal of Literary Theory and Comparative Literature ‘s Editorial Board since the beginning of the project.

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.