Week programme
Week 1, 04.07.2022-10.07.2022
04.07.2022 16:30-18:30 |
Introductory lecture "Riga: History and Architecture" |
05.07.2022 17:00-19:00 |
Guided city tour "Art Nouveau in Riga" |
06.07.2022 16:30-18:30 |
Lecture "Witnesses of witnesses. Strategies of memory in post-Soviet culture" Prof Anastasia de la Fortelle, University of Lausanne |
09.07.2022 10:00-19:00 |
Day trip to Jurmala, city tour "Different faces of Jurmala" |
Week 2, 11.07.2022-17.07.2022
12.07.2022 16:30-19:30 |
Lecture: "Development of the Russian media in the period from 1990 to 2022" Maxim Metveichenkov (Blant), Radio "Svoboda" |
13.07.2022 16:30-19:30 |
Lecture "Soviet cinema in Riga" |
15.07.2022 17:00-19:00 |
City tour: "The old town of Riga and Soviet cinema" |
16.07.2022 10:00-19:00 |
Day trip to Jaunpils Castle & Cinevillaene film studios "Faces of Jurmala" |
Week 3, 18.07.2022-24.07.2022
18.07.2022 17.30-19.30 |
Lecture: "Putin's Obsession with Ukraine: Imperialism and Revisionism in Russia" Prof Nicolas Hayoz, Fribourg |
20.07.2022 17:00-19:00 |
Guided city tour "Moscachka: The "Moscow Suburb" in Riga "ino in Riga" |
22.07.2022 16:30-18:00 |
Lecture "Totalitarian and non-totalitarian films of the Putin era" Anton Dolin, Meduza |
23.07.2022 10:00-19:00 |
Day trip to the Soviet bunker and the Vidzeme country estate |
Week 4, 15.07.2022-31.07.2022
25.07.2022 17:00-19:00 |
Guided tour through Agenskalns |
27.07.2022 17:00-19:00 |
City rally through Riga |
28.07.2022 10:00-19:00 |
Day trip to the Pastarina muzejs ethnographic museum and the old mill |
29.07.2022 19:00-22:00 |
Boat trip through Daugava and farewell party on the boat |