Centre of Cultural Research

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The Centre for Cultural Studies conducts comparative research on transformation and interaction of cultural processes. Through national and international cooperation, competitive interdisciplinary research on the specificities of literature, language, history and culture is conducted within the framework of the research programme “Regional Studies, Literature and the Arts”. The Centre’s staff is involved in the implementation of EU research programmes and other international and national projects and develops modern solutions for the identification, preservation and promotion of cultural heritage, cooperates with the non-governmental sector, and provides science transfer activities.

Contacts

Address: Vienibas Street 13-321, Daugavpils, Latvia, LV-5401
Phone: +371 654 07223
E-mail: kpc@du.lv
Employee contacts

Research Directions

Dimensions and processes of cultural variability and cultural interactions are studied in several research directions:

national identity in the context of multiculturalism and globalization;
history of national literatures ad the literary theory;
comparative literary studies;
cultural geography and anthropology;
cultural heritage, historical and cultural memory in the borderzone;
festive culture in the borderzone;
youth studies.

Scientific Journal

Journal of Comparative Studies / Komparatīvistikas almanahs
ISSN 2255-9388 (print); ISSN 2592-8279