Ça colle au basque, Basque culture in the French-speaking world
Euskara. Kultura. Mundura.
´Ça colle au basque´ is our 2025-2028 initiative designed to connect contemporary Basque creation with a community of 321 million French speakers, to be carried out through a collaboration between institutional bodies, cultural organisations, and professional associations.
‘Ça colle au basque’ aims to promote Basque culture and elevate the Basque language by increasing its visibility and understanding in the French-speaking world through strategic partnerships and inter-institutional collaboration. It advocates for achieving this through dialogue with the languages, cultures, and identities that make up this community, staying true to its commitment to fostering a world where diversity is seen as a unifying force.
To this end, the Etxepare Basque Institute focuses on building, developing, and strengthening connections with organisations across various French-speaking regions, leveraging the international reach of this community.
The initiative is also dedicated to raising awareness and enhancing the prestige of the Basque language by promoting its presence in academic circles, fostering new synergies between creators and universities, and highlighting the reality of Basque in the context of diglossia and its relationship with dominant languages.
Voices
News
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Etxepare brings the first major forum on minority languages in the French-speaking world to Paris
´Minoritized languages in a French-speaking context´ conference took place at Sorbonne Nouvelle and Sorbonne universities, with over 20 experts.
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The Etxepare Basque Institute celebrates 15 years at the National Library of France
The celebration took place in the main auditorium of the National Library of France, in an artistic event featuring Basque literature, the Basque language, and Basque culture.
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International conference: challenges of minoritized languages in the French-speaking world
On 19 and 20 November, Sorbonne Université and Université Sorbonne Nouvelle will host an international conference in Paris titled ´Minoritized languages in a French-speaking context: translating, transmitting, transforming´, organised by the Etxepare Basque Institute in collaboration with the two institutions.
