Baltic Heritage Network seminar for young diaspora researchers. Dates: October 5 – 6, 2012. Location: Latvian Academy of Sciences, Senate Hall.
Registration information
Kristina Lupp: kriss.lupp@me.com; Ph. +372 5399 1873
PROGRAM
Friday, October 5
12:45 Conference opening
– Piret Noorhani, BaltHerNet
– Eduards Bruno Deksnis, LAS
First session:
13:00 Kristina Lupp. Researching Estonian Food History
Questions and discussion
13:30 Ellu Maar.Looking into Diaspora through Photography: The Photo as an Artwork and Document
Questions and discussion
14:00 Coffee
14:30 Guntis Svitins. Exile Art Collection in the National Museum of Fine Arts
15:00 Departure to the National Museum of Fine Arts
15:30 Graphic Art and paintings by Latvian Artists in Exile. National Museum of Fine Arts.
17:00 Baltic Heritage Network Board Meeting (Place to be resolved upon)
Saturday, October 6
10:00 Opening of the second day, Coffee
Second session:
10:30 Tina Tamman. Compiling National History Piece by Piece
Questions and discussion
11:00 Ineta Didrihsone-Tomasevska. Latvian Community in Australia from the Late 1940s until 1991: Research Opportunities in Latvia
Questions and discussion
11:30 Maija Krumina. National Oral History Archive: Opportunities for Researchers of Latvian Refugees and Diaspora
Questions and discussion
12:00 Lunch
Third session:
13:30 Ain Haas. Choosing Topics and Methods for Baltic Diaspora Research
Questions and discussion
14:00 Tõnis Märtson. Recognition and Non-recognition Issues in International Relations (using Baltic question as an example)
Questions and discussion
14:30 Kristine Bekere. Creativity and Immagination: Public Political Actions by Baltic Émigrés (1945-1991)
Questions and discussion
15:00 Conclusion of the seminar