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Vita Kalnbērziņa vita.kalnberzina@lu.lv
Dr. phil., project leader, associate professor and researcher in linguistics at the Department of English Studies, FH, University of Latvia. Dr. Kalnbērziņa is the leading expert in language acquisition and intercultural communication and a teacher trainer for the Latvian diaspora within the framework of the Ministry of Education and Science project. Her tasks in the project are general supervision of project activities, implementation of the work packages “Management and coordination”, “Audiovisual texts and virtual ethnographic analysis” and “Grant proposal”.
Ojārs Lāms ojars.lams@lu.lv
Prof. Dr. philol., the lead researcher of the project, expert in comparative literature with particular contributions to the studies of Latvian diaspora literature. Professor and leading researcher at the Department of Latvian and Baltic Studies at the UL. For 9 years Prof. Dr. Lāms managed the DLBS at the FH of UL where several interdisciplinary projects under his supervision have been successfully carried out. Tasks in the project are the implementation of the work package “Diaspora and transnationalism” and research of the transnational aspects in diaspora texts.
Zigrīda Vinčela zigrida.vincela@lu.lv
Dr. philol., the lead researcher of the project, associate professor in applied linguistics at the Department of English Studies, FH, University of Latvia. Dr. Vinčela specializes in corpus-based studies of written and spoken texts focusing also on the application of digital resources and tools in linguistic data investigation. Dr. Vinčela has led course programme creation and has created corpus linguistics courses for master and doctoral students. Tasks in the project are the implementation of the work package “Text corpus creation and analysis” and the research of texts using corpus analysis methodology and tools, focusing on the expression of subjectivity and sentiment.
Kristīna Korneliusa kristina.korneliusa@lu.lv
Mg. philol., project researcher, specializes in corpus linguistics, has completed an apprenticeship in corpus compilation at the University of Pisa (Italy), a course Visual and Digital Cultures and the University of Burgundy (France), and explored the application of CLARIN corpus analysis tools. In the project, she will be involved in compiling the corpus of English-language texts by authors representing the Latvian diaspora and explore the expression of identity, subjectivity and sentiment in language.
Elvis Friks elvis.friks@lu.lv
Mg.hum., project researcher, holds master's degree in literary studies and a bachelor's degree in New Media, specializes in the use of digital humanities tools in literary research, has studied Portuguese at Leiria Polytechnic Institute and Chinese language and culture for one year at Shanghai Normal University, currently at the University of Latvia is developing a doctoral thesis on Latvian post-exile prose. Research interests include exile, post-exile and diaspora literature, as well as contemporary and 1990s Latvian literature. Analysis of nonfiction and fiction texts, created by authors of the 3rd and 4th generation of exile will be his task in the project.
Madara Stāde stade.madara@gmail.com
Mg.translat., Mg. hum., project researcher, scientific assistant at Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Latvia. She specializes in the study of national and transnational identities in modern Latvian prose, which is also the focus of her doctoral thesis. She has previously studied translations of Latvian prose into English and narratives of computer games (incl. Latvian). Her task in the project is to examine transnational elements in digital content in order to form theoretical bridges between classical and hybrid forms of storytelling in cross-cultural environments.
Ildze Šķestere ildze.skestere@lu.lv
Mg.hum., project researcher and management assistant, specializes in applied linguistics, with a focus on cultural context and language acquisition. She has been teaching the Korean language at the University of Latvia for 5 years and assisted in projects related to improving the existing curriculum and creating textbooks, as well as other digital study materials. In this project she aims to develop her research skills by researching the education of the Latvian diaspora, as well as exploring the development and transformation of identity through the lens of digital media.