On 30 and 31 May 2024 the Centre for Management and Social Sciences of “RTU Liepāja” organized the 27th International Scientific Conference “Society and Culture: Social Memory and the Present”.

Asoc. prof. Henrihs Soms presented the paper “Twists and turns of Latvian life in Upper Daugava: Grivas for the Latvian Association – 100”.

Three doctoral students of the programme “History and Archaeology” presented their papers, too.

Juris Jefuni observed the study “The issue of autocephaly of the Latvian Orthodox Church in the 1920-1930 in its symbolic perspective”. This study was conducted within the DU project “The Representation of Living Memory: Cultural-Historical and Literary Aspect” (Nr. 14-95/2024/9).

Iveta Krilova presented the paper “Marginal women in the mirror of humour and satire journal of Soviet Latvia “Dadzis” (1959)” and Agnese Timofejeva spoke on “History of Latvian forestry (1918—1940): memoirs of foresters as historical source”.

More information about the conference available at: https://www.rtu.lv/lv/liepaja/par-mums-liepaja/jaunumi–/atvert/konference-runa-par-socialo-atminu-musdienas.

Additional information:
Oksana Kovzele
oksana.kovzele@du.lv