CONFERENCEThe research is financed by the Recovery and Resilience Facility project "Internal and External Consolidation of the University of Latvia" (No.5.2.1.1.i.0/2/24/I/CFLA/007).
Project researchers' participation in scientific conferences
84th Conference of the University of Latvia
April 16, 2026, UL Science House
Project section “Languages, Culture and Education in the Diaspora”
The project researchers have also been joined by other scientists interested in the topic and issues of the diaspora.
Ausma Cimdiņa, Akadēmiskā humanitārā tradīcija Latvijā un Zenta Mauriņa: dzimumdiferences aspekti (Academic Humanitarian Tradition in Latvia and Zenta Mauriņa: Aspects of Gender Difference)
Zigrīda Vinčela, Valodas elementu loma identitātes izpausmē diasporas autoru A. Nesaules un I. Vērzemnieks memuāros (The Role of Language Elements in the Expression of Identity in the Memoirs of Diaspora Authors A. Nesaule and I. Vērzemnieks)
Ildze Šķestere, Pēcatmiņu (postmemory) ietekme un personīgās pieredzes atspoguļojums Ilzes Bērziņš autobiogrāfiskajā romānā “Happy Girl” un biogrāfiskajā stāstījumā “Portrait of a Latvian Beauty” (The Influence of Postmemory and the Reflection of Personal Experience in Ilze Bērziņš's Autobiographical Novel “Happy Girl” and the Biographical Narrative “Portrait of a Latvian Beauty”)
Madara Stāde, Latvietība ekokritiskā skatījumā: dabas un identitātes sasaiste diasporas rakstnieces Evas Saulītis daiļradē (Latvianness from an Ecocritical Perspective: The Connection of Nature and Identity in the Works of Diaspora Writer Eva Saulītis)
Ojārs Lāms, Daniels Kevins Berkans, Latviešu diasporas jauniešu identitātes lingvistiskie aspekti ( Linguistic Aspects of the Identity of Latvian Diaspora Youth)
Māra Simons, Starpkultūru identitātes konstruēšana Latvijas diasporā Zviedrijā (Constructing Intercultural Identity in the Latvian Diaspora in Sweden)
International Association for Comparative Literature XXIV Congress – ICLA XXIV Congress 2025 “Comparative Literature and Technology”
July 28 – August 1, 2025, Seoul, South Korea
Vita Kalnbērziņa, Ildze Škesterere, Distortion of Perspectives: Linguistic, Personal and Historical Influences on the Perception of Ilze Berzins’ Autobiographical Novel “Happy Girl”
Project researchers Vita Kalnbērziņa and Ildze Šķestere
XVI European Baltic Research Conference – The 16th Conference on Baltic Studies in Europe (CBSE) “Converging Paths: The Baltic Between East and West“
April 25, 2025, University of Cambridge
Project section – panel No.099 - LATVIAN DIASPORA IDENTITY TRANSFORMATION: TEXT, LANGUAGE, DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT”, moderator Prof. Ojārs Lāms.
Papers:
- Elvis Friks, Madara Stāde, Reclaiming Home: The Representation of Exile and Post-Exile Return in Contemporary Latvian Fiction
- Zigrīda Vinčela, Kristīna Korneliusa, Piloting of Automated Extraction of Linguistic Expression of Identity from A. Nesaule’s Literary Works
- Vita Kalnbērziņa, Ildze Šķestere, Latvian Language Assessment Strategies Used in Latvian Diaspora Schools
Project team after the conference section
International Scientific Conference INTERMEDIALITY IN COMMUNICATION Translation Media Discourse
November 21-22, 2024, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania
Zigrīda Vinčela, Kristīna Korneliusa, USAS Tags for Detecting and Extracting Identity Expression in the Memoirs of Latvian Diaspora Authors
Cultural Crossroads XVIII, International Scientific Conference of the Latvian Academy of Culture
November 5, 2024, Riga, LKA
Papers:
Ojārs Lāms, Padomju realitāte trimdinieka acīm: vizualizācijas paņēmieni Jāna Klīdzēja romānā “Gribējās saulrieta” (Soviet Reality through the Eyes of an Exile: Visualization Techniques in Jānas Klīdžēs' Novel “Gribēs saulrieta”)
Madara Stāde, Transkulturalitāte un digitālā izklaide: latviešu datorspēle “The Case of the Golden Idol” (Transculturality and Digital Entertainment: Latvian Computer Game “The Case of the Golden Idol”)
Elvis Friks, Literārā atdzimšana vai atsvešināšanās: piederības meklējumi pēctrimdas prozā (Literary Revival or Alienation: The Search for Belonging in Post-Exile Prose_