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Published the special volume “Poetics and Politics of History in Film and Theatre” marking 14th issue of journal “Culture Crossroads”

On July 15th, the specialized, 14th volume of a journal “Culture Crossroads” by The Research Centre of the Latvian Academy of Culture (the LAC) has been published in a digital format (ISSN 2500-9974, http://www.culturecrossroads.lv/en/latest). In this issue are gathered articles in English as a continuation of thought-provoking discussions and studies at a conference “Poetics and Politics of History in Film and Theatre” which took place in Riga, at the LAC, from November 29 till December 1, 2018. In the conference, as well as in the journal the attention has been paid not only to the representation of the centenaries of the Baltic States in film and theatre, but also to a scrupulous analysis of interpretations and problematics of historical time, events and how these processes have shaped and influenced fates of people, as well as theatre creators and filmmakers and their artistic decisions.

Chinese Language courses completed at the Latvian Academy of Culture

Students of the Latvian Academy of Culture express their sincere gratitude to the Chinese language teacher Yǐn Yàn (尹艳) for her amazing Modern Chinese language classes. In the autumn term of 2018 and the spring term of 2019 students of the Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctoral programmes, as well as our Erasmus students had an opportunity to study not only Modern Chinese but also the Chinese culture. Students took part in various creative and practical activities with great enthusiasm. They had a tea ceremony, painting of Beijing opera masks, traditional Chinese paper folding cutting, calligraphy, Chinese dumplings (饺子) and soup (火锅).

The new research journal of the Latvian Academy of Culture „Culture Crossroads/ Vol. 13” dedicated to street art and graffiti

On May 24, the 13th edition of the research journal „Culture Crossroads” was presented during the student research conference of the Latvian Academy of Culture „The Art-of-Knowing”. The latest edition dedicated to street art and graffiti is titled “Graffiti and Street Art - Challenges for Artists, Society and Conservators”. This volume of articles is an output of the research project “Graffiti in Latvia: challenges for artists, society, and conservators”, developed and implemented in close cooperation among the lecturers and students of the Latvian Academy of Culture and funded by the LAC Research Centre. The journal is available digitally: http://www.culturecrossroads.lv/en/latest

Anita Načisčione and Elīna Veinberga from the Department of Cross-cultural Communication and Foreign Languages taking part in an international conference on metaphor in Genoa

Prof. Anita Načisčione and Ass. Prof. Elīna Veinberga, lecturers of the Department of Cross-Cultural Communication of the Latvian Academy of Culture went to the University of Genoa, Italy to participate at the international metaphor research conference on May 13-15, 2019 as part of their research project Metaphor and Metonymy in Conceptualisation of Human Lives in the Cognitive Linguistic Framework.

An extensive competence development conference for teachers in the field of film and media literacy taking place in Tallinn

The competence development conference for teachers in the field of film and media literacy “FAME: Film and Media for Education”, which is organized by the Baltic Film, Media, Arts and Communication School of Tallinn University together with the National Film School of the Latvian Academy of Culture, the University of Tampere, the Animation Workshop VIA University College, Estonian Film Institute, Estonian Film Museum, Vilnius University and the British Council in Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, will be hosted in Tallinn from January 10 until January 11, 2019.