Upcoming Seminar: “Trimdas studijas” (Studies of Exile)
You are warmly invited to the seminar “Trimdas studijas” (Studies of Exile) on Friday, May 9, at 15:00.
Exile studies is an interdisciplinary academic field that explores the experiences, culture, and identity of individuals or groups who have been forcibly or voluntarily displaced from their homeland. Closely related to migration studies, diaspora studies, refugee studies, and postcolonial theory, this field examines both the historical and contemporary dimensions of exile.
The first part of the seminar will offer a general overview of key directions, themes, and terminology in exile studies. The second part will be dedicated to open discussion, exchange of ideas, and collective reflection on ongoing research.
In preparation for the seminar, participants are encouraged to read two articles based in exile studies:
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Inta Gale-Carpenter, “Folklore as a Source for Creating Exile Identity Among Latvian Displaced Persons in Post–World War II Germany” (Journal of Baltic Studies, 48(2), 2017);
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Andrejs Plakans, “From ‘Exile’ to ‘Diaspora’: The Shift in Self-Identification Among Refugee Latvians, 1944–2023” (The Exile History Review, 2, 2023).
To request access to the articles, please write to: lfk@lulfmi.lv
📍 Location: UL ILFA, Room 511 (5th floor of the National Library of Latvia, entrance through the Reading Room of the Archives of Latvian Folklore)
All interested participants are very welcome!
The seminar is organized by the research team of the project “Latvian Folkloristics in Exile” (No. lzp-2024/1-0522), funded by the Latvian Council of Science.