25 a 27 de Setembro de 2014

12^th AEMI Annual Meeting and Conference – Riga 2014 (Latvia)

Thursday, September 25, 2014

Location: Mazā Aula, University of Latvia, Raiņa blvd. 19, Rīga

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”