Conference – “Postcolonial situation in the arts after the collapse of the Soviet Union: experience, impact, reassessment”

International Interdisciplinary Academic Conference:
“Postcolonial Condition in the Arts After the Collapse of the Soviet Union: Experience, Impact, Reassessment”
Date: April 9–12, 2025
Venue: Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music (JVLMA), Riga, Latvia

This international conference is part of the national research programme “Latvian Culture – a Resource for the Development of the State” (2023–2026) and is organized within the project “Latvian Cultural Ecosystem as a Resource for National Resilience and Sustainability” (CERS, No. VPP-MM-LKRVA-2023/1-0001).

The conference will bring together representatives from all five partner institutions – JVLMA, the Latvian Academy of Culture, the Art Academy of Latvia, the Institute of Literature, Folklore and Art of the University of Latvia (LU LFMI), and the National Library of Latvia – as well as researchers from other countries where new postcolonial academic discourse in the humanities and arts is actively evolving.

Keynote speakers include postcolonial studies experts:

• Dorota Kołodziejczyk (University of Wrocław, Poland)

• Benedikts Kalnačs (Institute of Literature, Folklore and Art, University of Latvia)

Conference language: English (no translation provided)

The CERS project is funded by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia under the national research programme “Latvian Culture – a Resource for the Development of the State” and administered by the Latvian Council of Science.