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Folklorist and culturologist Simon J Bronner visiting Riga and giving guest lectures at the Latvian Academy of Culture

From 28 October until 15 November, 2017 world renowned American researcher and professor at the Pennsylvania State University Simon J Bronner will be visiting Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia to give guest lectures in the fields of cultural studies and folklore. The initiator of this visit is the Latvian Academy of Culture, taking into account that works by Simon J Bronner such as “Explaining Traditions: Folk Behaviour in Modern Culture” has influenced several research projects coordinated by the Latvian Academy of Culture.

Guest lecture by prof. Simona Messina "Linguistic relations between cinema and television" at the National Film School of the Latvian Academy of Culture

A guest lecture by prof. Simona Messina (Italy) "Linguistic relations between cinema and television" on the 16th October, 2017 from 16:00 until 18:00 at the National Film School of the Latvian Academy of Culture. Within the Italian Language Week organised by the Emabassy of Italy in Riga a guest lecture by the professor of the University of Salerno Simona Messina will take place at the National Film School of the Latvian Academy of Culture at 17 Elijas Street (3rd Floor).

Call for papers for the international research conference "Culture Crossroads XI"

The Latvian Academy of Culture is an accredited arts university, providing Bachelor, Master and Doctoral level study programmes. Research at the Latvian Academy of Culture is organised by its structural unit – the Research Centre. Its objective is to promote the development of the humanities and social sciences and to study internationally topical and nationally significant issues in the field of culture and arts. In accordance with this mission, the Research Centre organises annual international research conference Culture Crossroads.