Gorka Mercero Altzugarai PhD, MA, BA
Assistant Language Tutor Basque Studies
Contact details
Ashley Building
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK
About
Since September 2012, I am in charge of the position created at the University of Birmingham and funded by the Etxepare Basque Institute to promote Basque language and culture.
Qualifications
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PhD in Basque Studies (2012, University of the Basque Country)
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MA in Critical and Cultural Theory (2004, Cardiff University)
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BA in Basque (2000, University of the Basque Country)
Teaching
I teach Basque language at three different levels (beginners, elementary and intermediate) and a module on Basque society and culture.
Research
I am interested in the fields of memory and postmodernism and their presence in Basque contemporary literature and culture.
Publications
Contributions to Journals
‘Postmodernitatea ez da axolagabekeria, ezta azalkeria ere’, Egan 1-2 (2008), 275-290. orr.
‘Bernardo Atxagaren Soinujolearen semea (I): nazioari mugak non ezarri erabakitzearen ezinezkotasuna’, Lapurdum 11 (2006), 241-270. orr.
‘Bernardo Atxagaren Lekuak: Obaba, edo “Arrazoi” modernoa eta oroimen postmodernoaren arteko borroka’, Lapurdum 10 (2005), 127-26. orr.
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