May 30, 2014
Latvian University (Raina bulvaris 19), Riga
Faculty of Theology, basement floor, auditorium 3
PROGRAM
Session 1
8.30 Opening remarks by Baltic Heritage Network board members
8.40 Michael Auksi (Tallinn)
Wisdom of the Elders and traditional people – aboriginal perspectives on the development of young people
9.10 Guntis Svitins (Riga)
Records about Tobago in collections of the Latvian National Archives
9.40 Ann Aaresild (Tartu)
Diasporas and contact with homeland
10.10 Coffee
Session 2
10.30 Toms Kikuts (Riga)
Sources on the 19th century Latvian diaspora: situation and perspectives
11.00 Lilita Zalkalns (Stockholm)
Latvian diaspora reactions to the Soviet Repatriation campaign 1955-1958
11.30 Lunch
Session 3
13.00 Sander Jürisson (Tallinn)
25/40 years of Estonian Expatriate Literature Centre
13.30 Rima Gungor (Vilnius)
New documentary film: Game Changer: Lithuania’s Nonviolent Revolution
14.00 Coffee
Session 4
14.30 Liene Salmina (Valmiera)
Latvian diaspora communities in Siberia and their connections with Latvia
15.00 Kristine Bekere (Riga)
Soviet propaganda on Latvian emigrés: the case of „Daugavas Vanagi“
15.30 Discussion and closing remarks.
16.00 Guided tour in the Museum of the Occupation of Latvia
Info and registration: Maarja Merivoo-Parro, maarjamerivooparro@gmail.com