Nowadays, Basque studies are indeed at a crossroads. They have traditionally been considered as a field that encompasses a broad set of scholarly disciplines. The common denominator that has usually defined them is that they are all those objects/subjects of study that are related to the Basque. Behind this weak and fine common thread lies a conventional container focus: Basque studies in Euskal Herria and the diaspora, with few exceptions, continue to favor mostly, as at the end of the twentieth century, the multidisciplinary—if not intradisciplinary—approach. As a consequence, Basque studies are seen as the sum and juxtaposition of different disciplines with a common fine thread—and, sometimes, a shared mission—, with researchers who do not necessarily work in a coordinated or integrated manner. Another consubstantial effect is that this approach has not only too often been presented as allant de soi, but has also not contributed to giving Basque studies themselves an internal coherence.