{"id":17,"date":"2024-04-04T04:19:24","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T01:19:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/balticbridge\/riga-2019\/"},"modified":"2024-04-15T13:28:47","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T10:28:47","slug":"riga-2019","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/balticbridge\/riga-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"R\u012bga 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-70 size-full aligncenter\" style=\"width: 400px; height: 192px; float: right; margin: 1px;\" title=\"img_20191012_154022.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/284\/img_20191012_154022-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Riga2019\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/284\/img_20191012_154022-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/284\/img_20191012_154022-300x144.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/284\/img_20191012_154022-1024x492.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/284\/img_20191012_154022-768x369.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/284\/img_20191012_154022-1536x738.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/284\/img_20191012_154022-2048x984.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/284\/img_20191012_154022-1920x922.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">The 7th Baltic Student Conference \u201cBridges in the Baltics\u201d<\/strong> was held on <strong>October 11-12, 2019<\/strong>, in R\u012bga, Latvia and was organized by\u00a0<strong>University of Latvia.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The student conference hosted approximately <strong>50 students<\/strong> from 9 countries. In addition to student presentations, three plenary lectures were held.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/284\/programme_2019_2102019.pdf\" data-fid=\"40129\">PROGRAMME<\/a> <\/strong>(updated on October 2, 2019)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/284\/buklets_2019_.pdf\" data-fid=\"40317\">ABSTRACTS OF PARALLEL SESSIONS<\/a><\/strong> (updated on October 7, 2019)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/284\/session_2019_bb.pdf\" data-fid=\"40130\">PARALLEL SESSIONS<\/a><\/strong> (updated on October 2, 2019)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/balticbridge\/galleries\/7th-baltic-student-conference-bridges-baltics\" data-url=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/balticbridge\/galleries\/7th-baltic-student-conference-bridges-baltics\">PHOTOS<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p><div class=\"accordion mb-3\">\n        <div class=\"accordion-item accordion-item--white\">\n        <h2 class=\"accordion-header\" id=\"accordion-69dedf366eb32-heading\">\n            <button class=\"accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#accordion-69dedf366eb32-collapse\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-controls=\"accordion-69dedf366eb32-collapse\"><strong>PRACTICAL INFORMATION<\/strong> <\/button>\n        <\/h2>\n        <div id=\"accordion-69dedf366eb32-collapse\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-69dedf366eb32-heading\">\n            <div class=\"accordion-body\">\n<p>\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<strong>Conference Venue<\/strong>. The conference takes place at the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Latvia (4a Visvalza Str., Riga).<br>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<strong>To get to the city centre from the airport<\/strong> take bus 22 and get off at Autoosta (Bus station). The bus timetable is <a title=\"Buss22\" href=\"https:\/\/saraksti.rigassatiksme.lv\/index.html#bus\/22\/b-a\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-url=\"https:\/\/saraksti.rigassatiksme.lv\/index.html#bus\/22\/b-a\/en\">here<\/a>. If you want to take a taxi from the airport, please make sure that you know the price before you get into the car.<br>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<strong>Public transport tickets<\/strong> cost EUR 1,15 a ride when bought from ticket vending machines or \u201cNarvesen\u201d kiosks and EUR 2 when bought from the driver.<br>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<strong>The website of Riga public transport<\/strong> company is <a title=\"RigasSatiksme\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rigassatiksme.lv\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.rigassatiksme.lv\/en\/\">here<\/a>.<br>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<strong>Getting to the conference venue<\/strong>. The distance between the Faculty of Humanities and the Train Station is about 15 minutes\u2019 walk. The map is <a href=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/284\/karte.png\" data-fid=\"39818\">here<\/a>.<br>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>\u00a0Information about Riga<\/strong> can be found <a title=\"Riga_info\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inyourpocket.com\/riga%20and%20https:\/\/www.liveriga.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.inyourpocket.com\/riga and https:\/\/www.liveriga.com\/en\/\">here<\/a><br>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<strong>Lunch breaks<\/strong>. There are many nice places in the city centre. At the Faculty of Humanities, meals are available at \u201cDaily\u201d from Monday to Friday 11:00 \u2013 16:00. You can find buffets, restaurants and cafes at the shopping centre \u201cOrigo\u201d (Train Station) among which \u201cLido\u201d (Latvian), \u201cGan Bei\u201d (Asian), \u201cLage\u201d (cakes), \u201cDouble Coffee\u201d and \u201cCili Pica\u201d are the most popular ones. Opening times vary, some places open at 7 am. Meals are available at the department store \u201cStockmann\u201d as well (8, 13 Janvara Str.), with \u201cCili Pica\u201d and \u201cCosta Coffee\u201d on the 1st floor and \u201cChat\u201d on the 4th floor. The Old Town offers a wide variety of places for all tastes.<br>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<strong>Shopping<\/strong>. Shopping centres are open from 10:00 \u2013 22:00, individual shops usually work 10:00 \u2013 20:00. The supermarket \u201cRimi\u201d at \u201cOrigo\u201d\/Train Station is open 7:00 \u2013 24:00.<br>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<strong>Pharmacies<\/strong>. Around the university, the closest pharmacies are in the shopping centre \u201cOrigo\u201d, in the Old Town at 16 Audeju Str. near the shopping centre \u201cGalerija Centrs\u201d and a 24\/7 pharmacy at 3 Marijas Str.<br>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<strong>Internet connection<\/strong>. Free Wi-Fi will be available during the conference. You will receive the password upon registration. Most of the cafes and hotels provide free Wi-Fi too.<br>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<strong>When withdrawing cash<\/strong>, the ATM will give you the cash first and then you need to press a button to get your card back.<br>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<strong>The emergency number<\/strong> in Latvia is 112.<br>\n<\/p><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<p><\/p><div class=\"accordion mb-3\">\n        <div class=\"accordion-item accordion-item--white\">\n        <h2 class=\"accordion-header\" id=\"accordion-69dedf366eb57-heading\">\n            <button class=\"accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#accordion-69dedf366eb57-collapse\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-controls=\"accordion-69dedf366eb57-collapse\"><strong>Contacts<\/strong><\/button>\n        <\/h2>\n        <div id=\"accordion-69dedf366eb57-collapse\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-69dedf366eb57-heading\">\n            <div class=\"accordion-body\">Sarmite Milti\u0146a<br>\nphone (+371) 67034892, mob. phone (+ 371) 20279199<br>\nPre-Studies Training Centre of the University of Latvia<br>\nAspazijas blvd 5, room 242,<br>\nRiga, LV-1050<br>\nLatvia<br>\nEmail: bridgesinriga@gmail.com<\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<p><strong>\u2013 &gt; PLENARY SPEAKERS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p><div class=\"accordion mb-3\">\n        <div class=\"accordion-item accordion-item--white\">\n        <h2 class=\"accordion-header\" id=\"accordion-69dedf366eb5c-heading\">\n            <button class=\"accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#accordion-69dedf366eb5c-collapse\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-controls=\"accordion-69dedf366eb5c-collapse\"><strong>Marija Dr\u0117mait\u0117 (Lithuania)<\/strong><\/button>\n        <\/h2>\n        <div id=\"accordion-69dedf366eb5c-collapse\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-69dedf366eb5c-heading\">\n            <div class=\"accordion-body\"><strong>Marija Dr\u0117mait\u0117<\/strong> is a professor at Vilnius University, Faculty of History. She holds a PhD in History of Architecture (2006). Her research is focused on twentieth-century architecture, modernism, and industrial heritage. Her publications include Baltic Modernism: Architecture and Housing in Soviet Lithuania (Dom publishers, 2017) and the edited Architecture of Optimism: The Kaunas Phenomenon, 1918\u20131940 (Lapas, 2018) which accompanies an eponymous exhibition.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"773\" height=\"515\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-65\" style=\"width: 300px; height: 200px; float: right;\" title=\"dremaite.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/284\/dremaite.jpg\" alt=\"Dremaite\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/284\/dremaite.jpg 773w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/284\/dremaite-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/284\/dremaite-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 773px) 100vw, 773px\">\n<p><strong>Conference abstract: Symbolic Geographies. Nordic Inspirations. Baltic Identities<\/strong><br>\n\u201cIn Finland we really felt architecture\u201d, Lithuanian architect Vytautas \u010cekanauskas used to say remembering his study trips to Finland in the 1960s. Indeed, the Nordic concept of regionalism became very important in the formation of the Baltic post-war modernism (1959\u20131969), because it was seen as an acceptable model for the Baltic architects who wished to belong to the international community of modern architecture, yet retaining a national idiom and being distinctive within the USSR. In this context, the architecture of the Soviet Baltic republics (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania) has been seen as exceptional, appropriating western cultural models much quicker and with greater passion, and was thus labelled as \u2018our little West\u2019 or \u2018an inner abroad\u2019. The formation of built environment in Lithuania in the 1960s will be discussed in this context.<br>\n<\/p><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<p><\/p><div class=\"accordion mb-3\">\n        <div class=\"accordion-item accordion-item--white\">\n        <h2 class=\"accordion-header\" id=\"accordion-69dedf366eb61-heading\">\n            <button class=\"accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#accordion-69dedf366eb61-collapse\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-controls=\"accordion-69dedf366eb61-collapse\"><strong>Dagnija Balti\u0146a (Latvia)<\/strong><\/button>\n        <\/h2>\n        <div id=\"accordion-69dedf366eb61-collapse\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-69dedf366eb61-heading\">\n            <div class=\"accordion-body\"><strong>Dagnija Balti\u0146a<\/strong> is the Director of the Special Collections Department at the National Library of Latvia. She has a Bachelor degree in History from the University of Latvia and Master degree in World Heritage studies from Brandenburg Technical University and from Deakin University. From 2008 until 2016 she served as the Secretary General at the Latvian National Commission for UNESCO and from 2009-2011 also represented the Republic of Latvia at the UNESCO Executive Board being elected its Vice-President.\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"179\" height=\"256\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-69\" style=\"width: 179px; height: 256px; float: right;\" title=\"baltina.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/284\/baltina.jpg\" alt=\"Baltina\"><br>\nDagnija Balti\u0146a is an internationally known expert in UNESCO standard-setting instruments and cultural heritage policies, especially the framework of UNESCO World Heritage and documentary heritage. She regullarly participates and joins international conferences as well as expert working groups. Currently she is developing her PhD in History at the University of Latvia.\n<p><strong>Conference abstract:\u00a0\u201cEnchanted World of Libraries and Their Magic of Today\u201d<\/strong><br>\nCurrent technological developments and changes we are all living through are also challenging and exciting times for libraries. And while seemingly the world wide web has no borders and possibilities are limitless, more and more we see that libraries are looked at so to support the navigation through a rapidly evolving world and to balance out endless accessibility and oblivion. In my talk I will be addressing the role of libraries, and the concept of national libraries in particular, in the contemporary world.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<p><\/p><div class=\"accordion mb-3\">\n        <div class=\"accordion-item accordion-item--white\">\n        <h2 class=\"accordion-header\" id=\"accordion-69dedf366eb67-heading\">\n            <button class=\"accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#accordion-69dedf366eb67-collapse\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-controls=\"accordion-69dedf366eb67-collapse\"><strong>Arti Hilpus (Estonia)<\/strong><\/button>\n        <\/h2>\n        <div id=\"accordion-69dedf366eb67-collapse\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-69dedf366eb67-heading\">\n            <div class=\"accordion-body\"> <strong>Arti Hilpus<\/strong> is Ambassador of Estonia in the Republic of Latvia. He is a graduate in History of the University of Tartu (1995) and has attended the International Training Course of the Geneva Centre for Security Policy. Since 1996 he works for the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, his previous posts include Director of Division for the Common Foreign and Security Policy of the European Union, First Secretary of the Estonian Embassy in Berlin and Director of Security Policy Division at the Foreign Ministry. Hilpus has been the Estonian Ambassador to Norway and Iceland in 2009-2012. Before assuming his current position, he was the Ambassador of Estonia to the Russian Federation in 2015-2018.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2004\" height=\"2560\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-68\" style=\"width: 150px; height: 192px; float: right;\" title=\"arti_hilpus_img_3643a.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/284\/arti_hilpus_img_3643a-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"ArtiHilpus\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/284\/arti_hilpus_img_3643a-scaled.jpg 2004w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/284\/arti_hilpus_img_3643a-235x300.jpg 235w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/284\/arti_hilpus_img_3643a-802x1024.jpg 802w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/284\/arti_hilpus_img_3643a-768x981.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/284\/arti_hilpus_img_3643a-1202x1536.jpg 1202w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/284\/arti_hilpus_img_3643a-1603x2048.jpg 1603w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/284\/arti_hilpus_img_3643a-1920x2453.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2004px) 100vw, 2004px\">\n<p><strong>Conference abstract:\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u201cEstonian and Latvian Wars of Independence: Overlaps and Differences. One Hundred Years of Estonian-Latvian Political and Military Cooperation\u201d.<\/strong><br>\nIn this year Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are commemorating the centenaries of the most important battles in our Wars of Indepenence, which culminated in peace treaties with Soviet Russia in 1920. This presentation focuses primarily on the comparative study of the Estonian and Latvian Wars of Liberation: what were the similarities and differences in the political and military situation that had emerged by the beginning of the armed conflict? What were the common interests of the new nations and how did they assist each other, and what was the role of the Allies in the victorious conclusion of the war.<\/p>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 7th Baltic Student Conference \u201cBridges in the Baltics\u201d was held on October 11-12, 2019, in R\u012bga, Latvia and was organized by\u00a0University of Latvia. 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