Aerial photos from 60 countries across the developing world are now becoming a gold mine for researchers in various fields, thanks to a research project in which a large and previously inaccessible archive is digitized.
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The exhibition space Accelerator was at capacity when the Master's Programme in Environmental Humanities was inaugurated. Students, visitors, and researchers from several departments and other universities came together.
"For me as an art historian, it is interesting to consider contemporary issues and go back to historical periods and see what we have to learn from them” says Katarina Wadstein MacLeod, professor in art history.
The new research officer for the Doctoral School in the Humanities is Mikael Kalm, who will manage the activities and contribute to creating a stimulating environment for the university's doctoral students.
The recently launched podcast "Vārti" reaches out to Latvian families around the world to help maintain their heritage language in the diaspora.