Daugavpils University receives financial support for organization of Latvian language and culture summer school
For the fifth time Daugavpils University Faculty of Humanities Centre for Latvian Studies has received financial support for organization of Latvian language and culture summer school. In 2021 the participants of Summer school will be provided with programme "Regional Studies: The Case of Latgale".
State Education Development Agency of
the Republic of Latvia (SEDA) received 15 project applications from higher
education institutions of Latvia, of which only the best eight were chosen,
including the application of Daugavpils University Summer School "Regional
Studies: The Case of Latgale". It received 18 points from total of 18
in the commission’s evaluation. Summer school has been awarded with 10
scholarships that will be used to cover the participation costs of foreign
students and academic staff. The amount of scholarship is 711 euros to each
participant for all the school time.
This year the school’s aim is to create
a picture of regional study phenomena, its research tools, and do field studies
in Latgale region, integrating the basic acquirement of Latvian language
communicative competence into regional study component. Summer School programme
is flexible and digitally-based, therefore, it can be carried out in
face-to-face, online, or mixed format.
In the international online Autumn "Summer School" 2020 "Challenges of Ethnotourism and Ecotourism in Latgale and Selonia" 10 students and academic staff form Azerbaijan, South Korea, Greece, Georgia, Peru, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan received SEDA scholarships and took part in the classes. The participants acquired Latvian language and discovered the tourism opportunities of Latgale and Selonia.
The School will be coordinated by Daugavpils University Faculty of Humanities Centre for Latvian Studies
This projected is funded with support from State Education Development Agency of the Republic of Latvia.
More information:
Head of Summer School:
Dr. philol., prof. Maija Burima
maija.burima@du.lv
+371 29789096