The researchers of the project “Navigating the Latvian History of the 20th–21st Century: Social Morphogenesis, Legacy and Challenges” (No. VPP-IZM-Vēsture-2023/1-0003) Dr. hist. Irēna Saleniece un PhD Maija Grizāne participated in the 15th European Social Science History Conference which took place on 26–29 March 2025, in Leiden, The Netherlands.

There were around 1400 scholars from 50 countries. I. Saleniece un M. Grizāne participated in the section “Methodological Questions and Challenges in Oral History” and presented the paper “Oral History in the Study of the Soviet Period: Preparing Interview Questions”. The paper discussed the differences between pre-war (local) and post-war (Soviet) societal groups in Latvia and their perception of the Sovietisation process.  To disclose the confrontation between the official communist ideology and life realities as well as to study peculiarities of self-expression at public and private levels scholars are motivated to develop certain sets of questions for each of the groups.

Additional information:
IHSS docent, researcher Maija Grizāne
maija.grizane@du.lv