Research

J.M. de Barandiaran excavating in the Axlor Cave, 1972, with several disciples.

Along with teaching, research is one of the main objectives of Chair. From the outset, it was oriented in two directions: ethnology and linguistics.

The presence of José Miguel de Barandiaran was decisive for the implementation, in parallel to the teaching of Basque Ethnology, of ethnographic research . For this purpose, he created the ETNIKER research group , which was later directed by Mª Amor Beguiristain.

Linguistic research , on the other hand, has been associated with both Dr. Ana Echaide and the Basque philologist Asier Barandiaran, who joined the Chair from 1995 to 2010. In addition to framing the programs of study and publications of the aforementioned specialists, and the thesis and monographs that both have directed, the Chair has also promoted research work among students through the research reports that have been carried out in the academic framework of the Diploma of Basque programs of study , in force from 1994 to 2008.

In the future, the lines of research will bear in mind the bequest fiftieth anniversary of the Chair, although they will be oriented to a greater extent towards programs of study related to Basque culture in a broad sense, preferably from the disciplines of history, ethnology, art history or speech.