{"id":744,"date":"2026-04-10T11:04:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T08:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/balticbridge\/?page_id=744"},"modified":"2026-09-21T18:37:32","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T15:37:32","slug":"warsaw-2026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/balticbridge\/warsaw-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Warsaw 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>13th Baltic Student Conference \u201cBridges in the Baltics\u201d<\/strong> will be organized by the <strong>The Subdepartment of Baltic Studies at the University of Warsaw <\/strong>and will take place in <strong>on September 25-26, 2026<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" src=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/284\/13th-BALTIC-STUDENT-CONFERENCE-1024x577.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/284\/13th-BALTIC-STUDENT-CONFERENCE-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/284\/13th-BALTIC-STUDENT-CONFERENCE-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/284\/13th-BALTIC-STUDENT-CONFERENCE-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/284\/13th-BALTIC-STUDENT-CONFERENCE.jpg 1640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The aim of the conference is to bring together students whose studies and research are related to the languages and cultures of the three Baltic States. It offers an opportunity to present academic work, exchange ideas with fellow students from other universities and countries, and establish new contacts across the region and beyond. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We invite everyone who is currently pursuing a <strong>Bachelor\u00b4s, Master\u00b4s or PhD degree<\/strong> concerning <strong>Baltic studies<\/strong>. The conference welcomes proposals addressing any of the following aspects of the society and culture of the Baltic countries:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>language and literature;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>literature, folklore, and arts;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>cultural and biographical studies;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>media, film and communication; <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>history and memory.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The working languages of the conference are <strong>Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian and English<\/strong>. Everyone is welcome to give their presentation in any language mentioned above; however, your <strong>abstract <\/strong>and <strong>slides <\/strong>should be in <strong>English<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/284\/Bridges-2026_conference-programme.pdf\">PROGRAMME<\/a> <\/strong>(updated September 21)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/284\/Bridges-2026_book-of-abstracts.pdf\">BOOK OF ABSTRACTS<\/a><\/strong> (updated September 21)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Plenary speakers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">IEVA SPOL\u012aTE, MA, <strong><em>Latvia and Estonia \u2013 different yet alike<\/em><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/284\/809730077_1541557258014206_600671431126698183_n-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-762\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.3341935483870968;width:216px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/284\/809730077_1541557258014206_600671431126698183_n-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/284\/809730077_1541557258014206_600671431126698183_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/284\/809730077_1541557258014206_600671431126698183_n-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/284\/809730077_1541557258014206_600671431126698183_n-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/284\/809730077_1541557258014206_600671431126698183_n.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ieva Spol\u012bte-Jansone is a lecturer of Estonian language at the University of Latvia under the EKKAV program. EKKAV is a project financed by the Estonian state sending Estonian language and culture lecturers to various universities across Europe. She completed her Bachelor\u2019s in ethnology at the University of Tartu and later on earned a Master\u2019s degree in pedagogy from Tallinn University. Whilst living in various countries, due to her family\u2019s diplomatic background, Ieva Spol\u012bte-Jansone promoted both Latvian and Estonian culture. She fostered the development of the Latvian diaspora notably by organising the Latvian European Summer School for children of the Latvian diaspora. Due to her continuous engagement in the advocation of Baltic heritage Ieva Spol\u012bte-Jansone was awarded the medal of the Baltic Assembly in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">M\u0100RTI\u0145\u0160 KAPR\u0100NS, PhD, <em>The Transformation of Russophone Identity in the Baltic States after 2022<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/284\/810148764_1542412811261984_7981439440043507677_n-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-768\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.4993020121305478;width:271px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/284\/810148764_1542412811261984_7981439440043507677_n-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/284\/810148764_1542412811261984_7981439440043507677_n-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/284\/810148764_1542412811261984_7981439440043507677_n-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/284\/810148764_1542412811261984_7981439440043507677_n-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/284\/810148764_1542412811261984_7981439440043507677_n.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">M\u0101rti\u0146\u0161 Kapr\u0101ns is a senior researcher at the University of Latvia\u2019s Institute of Philosophy and Sociology. He earned his PhD in Communication Science from the same university in 2012 and has since led or contributed to large-scale research projects on Baltic labour migration, Russophone communities in the Baltic states, oppositional agency in Soviet-occupied Latvia, and contemporary memory politics. He is the author or co-author of monographs on the commemoration of Soviet deportations in Latvia (2012), Latvian labour migrants in the UK (2023), and resistance and power relations in Soviet-occupied Latvia (2026). In 2024\u201325, Kapr\u0101ns was a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Harvard University\u2019s Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies. His articles have appeared in Nationalities Papers, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Journal of Baltic Studies, Europe-Asia Studies, and Memory Studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">AKVIL\u0116 R\u0116KLAITYT\u0116, PhD, <em>On Soviet humanism: The ethos of \u201cKindness\u201d in late Soviet Lithuanian literature<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/284\/797418600_1543319204504678_6353153140670437175_n-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-769\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.4993020121305478;width:292px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/284\/797418600_1543319204504678_6353153140670437175_n-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/284\/797418600_1543319204504678_6353153140670437175_n-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/284\/797418600_1543319204504678_6353153140670437175_n-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/284\/797418600_1543319204504678_6353153140670437175_n-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/284\/797418600_1543319204504678_6353153140670437175_n.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Akvil\u0117 R\u0117klaityt\u0117 is a literary scholar and Head of the Department of Contemporary Literature at the Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore. She is the author of the monograph \u201cMeistraujantis \u017emogus: Marcelijaus Martinai\u010dio poetin\u0117 antropologija\u201d (2020). Her research interests include literature and poetry of the second half of the 20th century, particularly the Soviet period, as well as contemporary literature and cultural theory. She is currently working on a research project on Lithuanian poetry of the 1980s (2025\u20132028).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">MARCIN B\u0118DKOWSKI, PhD, <em>Are Large Language Models Stochastic Parrots?<\/em><br><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/284\/813672980_1544170041086261_1340994087462472949_n-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-949\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.3352769679300291;width:211px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/284\/813672980_1544170041086261_1340994087462472949_n-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/284\/813672980_1544170041086261_1340994087462472949_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/284\/813672980_1544170041086261_1340994087462472949_n-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/284\/813672980_1544170041086261_1340994087462472949_n.jpg 1067w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr Marcin B\u0119dkowski is an assistant professor at the University of Warsaw\u2019s Institute of Polish Language, where he serves as Head of the Department of Computational Linguistics. He is also a data scientist at the Educational Research Institute \u2013 National Research Institute. His experience includes 14 national and international projects focusing on computational linguistics, labour market intelligence, logic, methodology, and education. He has authored or co-authored over 40 papers and monographs, with publications in journals such as Informal Logic, History and Philosophy of Logic, Synthese, Res Rhetorica, and Semiotic Studies, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See you in Warsaw!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Contact: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">balticbridges2026@gmail.com<br>https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/balticbridge <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Facebook: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/balticbridge\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/balticbridge\">BRIDGES IN THE BALTICS<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 13th Baltic Student Conference \u201cBridges in the Baltics\u201d will be organized by the The Subdepartment of Baltic Studies at the University of Warsaw and will take place in on September 25-26, 2026. 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