Participation in the Conference "Literature in Eras of Conflict: Ideology and Ethics"

On October 17–18, in Vilnius, the Lithuanian Institute of Literature and Folklore is hosting the conference “Literature in Eras of Conflict: Ideology and Ethics”. The Institute of Literature, Folklore and Art is represented at the conference by three researchers:

• Artis Ostups – Poetics of Witnessing: Paul Celan and Knuts Skujenieks (Liecināšanas poētika: Pauls Cēlans un Knuts Skujenieks)

• Ilze Ļaksa-Timinska – The “Woman Question” in Latvian Soviet Prose of the 1920s (“Sievietes jautājums” 20. gadsimta 20. gadu latviešu padomju prozā)

• Jānis Oga – Meetings of Likeminded People in Latvian Short Stories from the 1960–1970s (Domubiedru tikšanās 20. gadsimta 60.–70. gadu latviešu īsajos stāstos)

More about the conference: https://www.llla.lt/en/post/conference-literature-in-eras-of-conflict-ideology-and-ethics-17-18-october-2024

The researchers’ participation in the conference is supported by the projects “Latvia’s Cultural Ecosystem as a Resource for National Resilience and Sustainability / CERS” (Project No. VPP-MM-LKRVA-2023/1-0001) and “Landscapes of Identities: History, Culture and Environment” (Project No. VPP-LETONIKA-2021/1-0008).