Latvian Literature as Belonging: Personalities, Poetics, and the Public Sphere (LITBEL)

LITBEL project examines Latvian literature as a cultural, social, and policy resource, joining poetics, personalities and canon dynamics with the periodical press, digital environments, and public culture. It also investigates reading in Latvia today, a complementary diaspora library/community study, and publisher interviews on print–digital transitions, a qualitative programme on creative writing in the digital age. Scholarly outputs include 4 monographs, a collective Handbook of Latvian Literature (Brill), a collective Introduction to Literary Studies, and 15 Scopus/WoS/ERIH+ articles, enhanced Literatura.lv, organizing of two large-scale conferences. Public engagement features a museum programmes and festivals, and citizen-science activities. Policy briefs and pilot collaborations with libraries, schools, and publishers translate findings into practice.

Project No. VPP-IZM-Letonika-2025/1-0006