CONFERENCE
We are pleased to announce the programme for the international conference “Scholarly Readings of Young Historians XI” (SR YH XI)! SR YH XI will be held at the Valmiera Museum on December 5-6, 2025. The working language on the first day of the conference will be English, and on the second day – Latvian. 29 young historians will present their papers on diverse aspects of political, social, religious, military history and international relations, covering periods from prehistory to the present day.
SR YH, an annual tradition, will be hosted in Valmiera for the eleventh time. It has also been recognised within the museum field, having received the Latvian Museum Association's Annual Award in 2024. The conference has become a platform for young historians, allowing them to share their research results and develop their professional and academic skills.
The opening of SR YH XI will feature the launch of the collection of articles “Scholarly Readings of Young Historians X”. The first day of the conference will start with a paper on public speaking in medieval Livonia by doctoral candidate Liene Rokpelne, while the second day will feature a discussion on the opportunities and challenges created by artificial intelligence in historical research, led by doctoral candidate Mārcis Kalniņš.
Attendance at the conference is free of charge, and prior registration is not required.
The international conference “Scholarly Readings of Young Historians XI” is organized by the Valmiera Museum and the Institute of Latvian History of the Faculty of Humanities, University of Latvia in cooperation with Vytautas Magnus University, the Lithuanian Institute of History and the Institute of History and Archaeology of the University of Tartu. The conference is supported by the State Research Programme project “Navigating the Latvian History of the 20th–21st Century: Social Morphogenesis, Legacy and Challenges” (project nr. VPP-IZM-Vēsture-2023/1-0003).
