PROCEEDINGS OF THE LATVIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

Science life. Proceedings of LAS. Section A. Vol. 74 (1), 2020

Report of the expert council of the division of Humanities and social sciences of the Latvian Academy of Sciences, “Benefits from the administrative territorial reform”

Raita Karnīte

Latvia is preparing for the current administrative territorial reform. Government’s proposals are differently assessed – there are both supporters and deniers among society and local governments. In a extended discussion the experts council seeks to understand what are evidence based benefits from the reform, and what risks can be caused by it.

Freedom as the key problem of philosophy

Raivis Bičevskis
In a short review the author introduces both the personality of an outstanding German philosopher Günther Neumann and his book, explaining notion of freedom.

Freedom as the key problem of philosophy

View on the epoch of enlightenment, historical retrospections and reality studies in Latvian art

Baiba Vanaga

In the expanded review the author analyses the recent contribution of the Art History Institute of the Art Academy of Latvia – the third volume of the encyclopaedic publication “Art History of Latvia” (in Latvian and English, each in two books). This is the third out of seven planned volumes of the general art history of Latvia. The volume embraces time period from 1780 to 1890.

In memoriam

Remembrance of the outstanding personality, Academician of the LAS Jānis Stradiņš
by Ojārs Spārītis, President of the LAS
by Aleksejs Andronovs, Associate professor of Saint Petersburg State University; Faculty of Philology, Department of General Linguistics
by Nikolai Javakhishvili, Dr. Hist., Professor of the Tbilisi university named after Ivane Javakhishvili, senior researcher of the Institute of History and Ethnology named after Ivane Javakhishvili, Dr. Causus of the LAS

Dr. Phil. Fjodors Fjodorovs, corresponding member of the Latvian Academy of sciences (28.09.1939–07.01.2020)
by Ivars Šteinbergs

Poet, translator of poetry, and publisher Leons Briedis, (16.12.1949–01.02.2020)

Cronicle of Science life Vol. 74 (1), 2020

Reflects main events in the Latvian Academy of Science and universities, such as important meetings, conferences, publications and interviews of members of LAS in printed media, TV and Radio, events that are focused on popularisation of science (TV programs, competitions) as well as important events from the private and professional life of members of Latvian Academy of Sciences within the period from 1 June 2019 to 31 Decembers 2019. In Latvian.

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