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International Entrepreneurship Traineeship Programme Concludes at the Latvian Academy of Culture

From 23 to 27 March, the Latvian Academy of Culture (LAC), together with two partner universities from the European University Alliance ACE²-EU – the Medical University of Gdańsk and the Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt – hosted an international entrepreneurship traineeship programme. Over the course of one week, students from nine universities across Europe engaged with themes of entrepreneurship and innovation. This marked a new and distinctive format of collaboration – a practice-oriented, joint study programme delivered simultaneously across three institutions.

Do and how do we affirm ourselves as a “singing nation”? LAC seminar explores everyday practices of collective singing

On 9 March at 16:00, a seminar titled “Collective Singing Practices: Similarities and Differences in Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Denmark” took place at the Latvian Academy of Culture (LAC) Gara māja as part of the seminar series “Learn What You Don’t Know!”. The seminar focused on the social significance of singing together and its role in different historical and contemporary societal contexts. The event was organised within the framework of the research project “CRIES: Collective Singing in Times of Social Crises: Exploring Its Potential in the Nordic and Baltic Regions”, implemented by LAC within the EU research programme CHANSE (Collaboration of Humanities and Social Sciences in Europe).