University of Latvia to host international conference on history and memory challenges in the Baltics
The Institute of Latvian History at the University of Latvia will hold an international scientific conference on October 15–16 addressing history and memory challenges in the Baltic region during the 20th and 21st centuries.
The Institute of Latvian History, part of the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Latvia (UL), will host an international scientific conference on October 15 and 16, the university announced. The event focuses on the challenges of history and memory in the Baltic region across the 20th and 21st centuries.
According to the announcement, the conference's theme centers on transformations, structures and agency as they relate to how the region's history and collective memory have developed over the past two centuries. The two-day gathering is being organized by the university's dedicated unit for the academic study of Latvian history.
The university's statement did not provide further details about the conference program, the list of participants, or the specific topics to be discussed. The announcement did emphasize the international character of the event, suggesting the involvement of researchers from across the Baltic region rather than from Latvia alone, reflecting a broader academic interest in shared historical and memory-related questions facing the Baltic states.
