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Born in exile in Caracas, Venezuela, in 1967, Dr. Xabier Irujo is a scholar of genocide studies. He currently serves as the Chair of the Center for Basque Studies and Full Professor at the University of Nevada, Reno. Dr. Irujo holds three master’s degrees in linguistics, history, and philosophy, and two PhDs in history and philosophy. Aa a mentor, he has supervised nearly twenty PhD dissertations and guided numerous graduate students. Dr. Irujo has held several academic appointments, including as the first guest research scholar of the Manuel Irujo Chair at the University of Liverpool, William Douglass Visiting Lecturer at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and Eloise Garmendia Chair at Boise State University. He has lectured at over thirty universities and institutions across Europe and the Americas, including parliaments, museums, and national libraries. Specializing in genocide studies, with a focus on both physical and cultural extermination, he serves on the editorial boards of six academic presses in Europe and the Americas. He is the author of over fifteen books, including Gernika 1937: The Market Day Massacre (2015), Gernika: Genealogy of a Lie (2018), and Charlemagne’s Defeat in the Pyrenees (2021).

Doctor en Historia por la Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona (1985). Catedrático de Historia e Instituciones Económicas de la UPV-EHU (1995-2019). En la actualidad profesor honorífico del Departamento de Políticas Públicas e Historia Económica de la UPV-EHU. Visiting Research del Fernand Brauel Center de la State University of New York, Binghamton, en el curso 1991/1992, y Visiting Scholar en University of Idaho, Moscow (Forestry) en 1998. La investigación la he desarrollado inicialmente en el ámbito de la economía vasca del Antiguo Régimen, centrándome en el desarrollo de la industria siderúrgica, la minería y la explotación forestal. Con posterioridad, he tratado la temática de la industria forestal resinera española contemporánea y las repoblaciones realizadas en el País Vasco durante los siglos XIX y XX. Más recientemente, he investigado sobre el proceso de modernización de la industria atunera (extractiva y conservera).