Conference "Postcolonial situation in the arts after the collapse of the Soviet Union: experience, impact, reassesment"

International conference Postcolonial situation in the arts after the collapse of the Soviet Union: experience, impact, reassessment JVLMA invites you to an international, interdisciplinary scientific conference Postcolonial situation in the arts after the collapse of the Soviet Union: experience, impact, reassessment, which will take place on 10-12 2025. in April in Riga, at the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music.

The conference is an event of the national research program "Latvian culture - a resource for national development" (2023 - 2026) project "Latvian cultural ecosystem as a resource for national resilience and sustainability"/CERS (No. VPP - MM-LKRVA - 2023/1-0001) , which will bring together all five partner institutions (JVLMA, Latvian Academy of Culture, Latvian Academy of Arts, LU LFMI, Latvian National Library) representatives, as well as researchers from other countries, where the creation of a new research discourse in humanities and arts is relevant. Postcolonial studies experts Dorota Kołodziejczyk from the University of Wroclaw in Poland and Benedikts Kalnačs from the Institute of Literature, Folklore and Art of the University of Latvia will participate in the conference with panel presentations. The working language of the conference is English (without translation).

The project "Latvian cultural ecosystem as a resource for the country's resilience and sustainability"/CERS (No. VPP-MM-LKRVA-2023/1-0001) is financed by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia under the state research program "Latvian culture - a resource for national development" (2023-2026) .) is administered by the Latvian Science Council.