12th AEMI CONFERENCE
Riga, Latvia
Wednesday (September 24, 2014)
Informal gathering (Location – 19:00 LAIMA clock (Brivibas blv&Aspazijas blv corner, popular meeting place for Rigans, near Freedom monument), in case of rain – Hotel Roma hall)
Thursday (September 25, 2014)
Location: Mazā Aula, University of Latvia, Raiņa blvd. 19, Rīga
Morning
9:00 – 9:15 Welcome
9:15 – 9:45 Keynote Speaker – Pēteris Kārlis Elferts, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador-at-Large for the Diaspora
10:00 - 11:30 SESSION ONE: Refugees I
Chair: Maija Hinkle, Latvians Abroad – Museum and Research Centre
- Dietmar Osses, Director of the LWL Industrial Museum Hannover Colliery in Bochum, Germany: “Longing for Home: Polish Displaced Persons in Germany
- Maija Krūmiņa, Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, University of Latvia, Latvia: “The New „ Home”: Latvian Refugee’s First Steps in Their Host Countries”
- Jacek Barski, Porta Polonica - Documentation Centre for the Culture and History of Poles in Germany, Bochum, Germany: “Remembrance Places on Polish Slave Laborer, Displaced Persons and the Polish Enclave on the New Internet Site Porta Polonica”
- Maria Beatriz Rocha-Trindade, Universidade Aberta, Portugal: “Portugal: Foreseeing the Refuge: Movements and Personalities”
11:30 - 11:45 Coffee Break
11:45 - 13:15 SESSION TWO: Refugees II
Chair: Baiba Bela, University of Latvia
- Susana Sabin Fernandez, University of Southampton, UK: “UK and US Haven to Little Basque Refugees”
- Drago Župarić-Iljić, Simona Kuti, Snježana Gregurović, Margareta Gregurović, Dubravka Mlinarić, Mario Bara, Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies, Zagreb: “Old Wounds, New Displacements? The Last 25 Years of Forced Migrations in Croatia”
- Ieva Garda-Rozenberga, Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, University of Latvia: “Latvians in Sweden: crossing the real, imagined and storied borders”
13:15 - 14:15 Lunch
14:15 - 15:45 SESSION THREE: Scandinavian Migration
Chair: Mathias Nilsson, The Swedish Migration Center
- Knut Djupedal, Museum of Migration, Norway: “Some Thoughts on Norwegian Emigration for Religious Reasons in the 16th Century”
- Jarlsdotter Enckell, Åland Islands Emigrant Institute, Finland: “1798-1867: Russian America and Its Latvians”
- Ann-Kristin Högman, Department of Political, Historical, Religious and Cultural Studies, Karlstad University: “Old and Alone? The Impact of the Great Emigration on Social Networks of the Elderly”
15:45 - 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:00 SESSION FOUR: Child and Return Migrations - Rewards and Challenges
Chair: Maddalena Tirabassi, Altreitalie Center on Italian Migration
- Paul Pauseback, Noordfriisk Instituut: Germany: “Dreams, Ex-emigrants and Millions of Dollars – What We Get Back from Overseas”
- Nonja Peters, Curtin University, Australia: “Migrants, Refugees and a Sustainable Europe – Then and Now”
- Jeroen Doomernik, Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands: “Migration for Adoption: A Specific Kind of Trafficking?”
17:00 - 17:30 - Maddalena Tirabassi, AEMI vicepresident: AEMI Projects Session
Evening
Dinner (Location –TBD, for registered participants)
Friday (September 26, 2014)
Location: Mazā Aula, University of Latvia
Raiņa blvd. 19, Rīga
Morning
9:00 – 9:30 Keynote speaker: Prof. Dr. Vita Zelče, ASPRI and Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Latvia, “Major Flows of Migration Early 19th Century to 1991: Latvian Case”
9:45 - 11:15 SESSION FIVE: Media + Migration
Chair: Hans Storhaug, Norwegian Migration Center
- Patrick Fitzgerald, Mellon Centre of Migration Studies, N. Ireland, "Refugees in Irish Migration History"
- Mārtiņš Kaprāns & Inta Mieriņa, Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, University of Latvia, Latvia: “Latvian Emigrant Communities: Media, Identity and Belonging”
- Andris Straumanis, University of Wisconsin - River Falls, USA: “The View from Hell: Latvian Press Reports of Emigration to Brazil, 1890-1915”
- Sahra-Josephine Hjorth, Aalborg University & The Danish Immigration Museum, Denmark: “Combining Museum Practices, Social Media and Traditional Research: Alternative Dissemination of the Danish Immigration Policy from 1950 until Today”
11:15 - 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 – 13:00 SESSION SIX: Archives and Museums
Chair: Knut Djupedal, Museum of Migration, Norway
- Maira Bundža, Western Michigan University, USA: “Preservation of Baltic Migrant Culture in Libraries and Archives”
- Emilia García López, Council for Galician Culture, Spain: “Letters Galician Exile on the Web: Epistles Project”
- Marie-Charlotte Le Bailly and Nadia Babazia, Red Star Line Museum, Belgium: “The Valorisation of Migration Stories as European Biographical Heritage & Their Use as a Museum Tool to Connect Past and Present – The Case of the Red Star Line Museum”
- Maija Hinkle, Latvians Abroad - Museum and Research Centre, USA: “Latvians Abroad - an Interim Assessment”
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 17:00 Visit to exhibits at “Stūra māja” (former KGB building) by Latvians Abroad – Museum and Research Centre, Occupation Museum, etc.
Evening
Dinner (Location – TBD, for registered participants)
Saturday (September 27, 2014)
8:30 – 10:00 Travel by bus to Cēsis (for registered participants)
10:30 – 12:30 AEMI Annual General Meeting (AEMI members)
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 16:00 Cēsis History Museum and Latvian Diaspora Art Center
16:00 – 17:30 Return to Riga
Evening
19:00 – Banquet (Location – TBD, for registered participants). Special guest – Nils Muižnieks, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights