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Digitālās diasporas: dzimte,identitāte,piederība Digital diasporas: gender, identity, belonging Center for Gender Studies University of Latvia, Faculty of Humanities Visvalža 4a, Rīga, Latvia Room 402 PROGRAMME June 20th 14.00-14.30 - Introduction 14.30 – 15.30 Kaarina Nikunen Digital paths, migration and spaces of belonging Cofee break - 15.30-16.00 16.00-17.00 Lisa Nakamura Digital identity, feminist theory, postcoloniality 17.10-18.10 Indrek Ibrus The cultural effects of heritage digitisation and emergent cross-media archives June 21st 9.30-10.30 Ulla Kaarina Nikunen Affective patterns of online sociability and racialization 10.30-11.00. Coffee break 11.00-12.00 Lisa Nakamura. The hidden circuits of indigenous computer labor: A Photographic History of The Navajo Fairchild Ladies of Shiprock, New Mexico . 12.00-13.00 Gareth E. Hamilton The academic diaspora: traditional and digital methods of connection between globally-dispersed neoliberal persons

Temple University (TU, World University Rankings: THE 2024 = 351-400 and QS 2024 = 721-730) is a public state related research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1884 by the Baptist minister Russell Conwell. On May 12, 1888, it was renamed the Temple College of Philadelphia. By 1907, the institution revised its institutional status and was incorporated as a research University. As of 2022, about 33,600 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students were enrolled at the university. TU is among the world's largest providers of professional education in law, medicine, podiatry, pharmacy, dentistry, engineering, and architecture, preparing the largest body of professional practitioners in Pennsylvania. TU is classified as a "R1 Research University among Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity” and has more than 500-degree programs at 15 schools and colleges and five professional schools. Temple University's College of Science and Technology houses

at the University of Latvia, including his grandfather Aleksandrs Ūdris, a graduate of the UL Faculty of Law, while his great-grandfather, President of Latvia Gustavs Zemgals, was a UL Honorary Member. The board of “Friends of the University of Latvia” in cooperation with the UL Foundation invites compatriots from all of America and the worldwide to donate to the University of Latvia, thereby furthering three definite causes: supporting outstanding students, helping to modernize the learning environment, aiding infrastructure development. Every donation matters. Those patrons who faithfully make repeated donations and regularly contribute to higher education, truly shape the future of Latvia. So far, there have been many different goals that patrons have donated to – support to professors and students for attending conferences and other international events, scholarships for students of all study levels, contributions to the construction of the UL Academic Centre and campus, support

Pildegovičs Scholarship, created by Robert Blumbergs , intended for diplomacy students, Laimonis and Kristīna Laimiņš Family Scholarship in Microbiology, Andris and Betty Ramāns scholarship for special education teachers, Gunārs and Ināra Blumbergs scholarship for students of the Faculty of Law, the Mundheim Family Scholarship for distinguished students of the UL Faculty of Biology or Chemistry, also Pēteris A. Alunāns Family Scholarship, Vaira I. Pelēķis-Christopher Scholarship and other are worth mentioning. Robert Blumberg, the President of “Friends of the University of Latvia“, shares his motivation on why he supports Latvian students: “My view on it is that Latvia’s future is based on an educated class of people. Therefore, I think it is very important that Latvia keeps educating their students, and at the “Friends of the University of Latvia”, it is our chief mission to help Latvian students gain an education so when they become contributing members of society, they will make

website www.inclusion-hub.eu. The project has produced a handbook for inclusive education, which contains various recommendations, useful materials and information on the laws and regulations governing inclusive education projects in the member states. At the end of the year, the guide will be available to all interested parties on the project website. 10 informative seminars have already taken place in Riga, Tukums, Madona, Cēsis and Lielvārde. The results of the project have been presented to pre-school, primary, basic and vocational education teachers, heads of institutions and methodologists. Also, on August 27, 2020, the first workshop for pre-school education teachers took place in Riga – education educators learned the skills needed to work with the digital website created within the project and got acquainted with VIMALA materials for promoting reading skills in pre-school. State Education Content Center (VISC) ESF project “Competence Approach to Curriculum” (School2030

website www.inclusion-hub.eu . The project has produced a handbook for inclusive education, which contains various recommendations, useful materials and information on the laws and regulations governing inclusive education projects in the member states. At the end of the year, the guide will be available to all interested parties on the project website. 10 informative seminars have already taken place in Riga, Tukums, Madona, Cēsis and Lielvārde. The results of the project have been presented to pre-school, primary, basic and vocational education teachers, heads of institutions and methodologists. Also, on August 27, 2020, the first workshop for pre-school education teachers took place in Riga - education educators learned the skills needed to work with the digital website created within the project and got acquainted with VIMALA materials for promoting reading skills in pre-school. State Education Content Center (VISC) ESF project “Competence Approach to Curriculum” (School2030

encompass the fields of computer science, business, international relations, industrial engineering, optometry, cultural studies and education. Doctoral studies present a choice among fifteen study programmes in a variety of fields representing all the classic disciplines, such as biology, chemistry, environmental science, geography, geology, physics, astronomy and mechanics, economics and management, global economics and leadership, education management, education science, law, philosophy, psychology. Newly-created doctoral study programmes opened for admission this year are " Language and Culture Studies "at the Faculty of Humanities, as well as " Theology and Religious Studies " at the Faculty of Theology. Observe deadlines Currently there are more than 800 foreign students studying at the University of Latvia. To complete your admission successfully, please pay attention to application deadlines , which can vary depending on the country of residence. For bachelor’s, master’s

publications in 2019, of which 702 publications by the UL researchers have been published in the Scopus and Web of Science databases, and out of these 453 articles have been published in international journals. Most articles belong to the fields of exact sciences, life sciences and medicine. The largest number of publications with foreign co-authors originates at the UL Institute of Chemical Physics – 66, followed by the UL Faculty of Medicine with 49 publications in 2019,” comments Ineta Romanovska , leading expert of the UL Department of Science. Out of Latvian higher education institutions, THE Rankings include the University of Latvia, Riga Technical University and Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies. Several universities of China hold the leading positions: the 1 st place is taken by Tsinghua University, the 2 nd place – by Peking University, while the 3 rd place – by Zhejiang University. Overall, these THE rankings encompass 533 universities from 47 countries

they are at a computer in their home. The head of the Generalphysicsdivisionpracticum,LolitaPodiņa, says with a humour that,likeconfectioner, it is impossible to become, without producing any cakes, a physicist cannot be a real physicist who has not performed any physical experiments and measurements with their own hands. “We are therefore pleased and grateful that, through the donation of the LU Foundation and “Mikrotīkls” LLC, we can allow students not only to read or hear the laws of physics, but also to feel them personally; by doing full research with the new devices, even now when there is no possibility to work for a long time on-site in learning laboratories.” The equipment purchased during the project will be used annually by around 500 students. The majority of these will be students in the Bachelor 's Physics programme, but also UL Faculties of Medical, Chemical, Biology, Business, Management and Economics students who undertake a physics course. The equipment, which will be acquired from UL

.10. The doctoral student’s rights and obligations are defined by the Universities Act, Law on Scientific Activity , UL Constitution, as well asRegulations of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Latvia , UL normative documentats and Scientist’s Code of Ethics. Doctoral studies management 2.1.Doctoral studies programme’s creation and its academic quality monitoring is carried out within the framework and terms of the Republic of Latvia Universities Act,Regulations of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Latvia, and UL normative documents. 2.2. Programmes are developed by professors, associate profesors or leading researchers.Programmes for approval are submitted to the UL senate by the faculty councils. 2.3. The programme is created in a field, subfield, field’s or subfield’s group according to the Latvian Council of Science Education Classification, if there are working at least three associate professors or professors.Involvment of highly qualified academic personnel from other