Academic Centre
The "Scholarly Readings of Young Historians X" will be held on November 28–29, 2024. This year 35 young historians from Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and France will present their research, predominantly focusing on various aspects of the history of the Baltic region, Europe and Asia in the 20th century, however, several presenters will also look at the topics of prehistory, the Middle Ages and early modern period. The presentations will focus on various issues of international relations, military history, state administration and education, culture and art, religion, traditions, propaganda, interpretation of definitions and also research methods. Separate papers will also be devoted to the history of Valmiera and Vidzeme, Latvia.
During the anniversary year of the conference, the organisers will look over the last 10 years, reflecting on the importance of the "Scholarly Readings of Young Historians" in developing professional skills of young historians. Several participants of previous years' conferences have received their PhDs and have appreciated the support provided by the organisers on their way to becoming researchers. For many students, the event has also become an important step towards their first scientific publications on interdisciplinary topics related to history.
At the opening of the conference on 28 November, the collection of articles "Scholarly Readings of Young Historians: Interdisciplinary Research in Latvian History IX" (2023) will be presented, as well as innovative approaches in historical research will be described in a public lecture by the Senior Researcher of the Institute of Literature, Folklore and Art of the University of Latvia Dr. philol. Ieva Garda-Rozenberga. The first day of the conference will be held in English, and the second – in Latvian.
The international conference "Scholarly Readings of Young Historians X" is organised by the Institute of Latvian History of the Faculty of Humanities, University of Latvia and Valmiera Museum, in co-operation with Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas, the Lithuanian History Institute and the Institute of History and Archaeology of Tartu University. The conference is supported by the Latvian state research program, the project “Navigating the Latvian History of the 20th–21st Century: Social Morphogenesis, Legacy and Challenges” (No. VPP-IZM-Vēsture-2023/1-0003).
