Latvian Language Institute, Faculty of Humanities, University of Latvia, invites you to the international scientific conference ‘From the first book to digital texts: the development of language in 500 years’ to commemorate the 152nd anniversary of the academician Jānis Endzelīns. The conference is dedicated to the 500th anniversary of the first book published in Latvian, and will cover the development of language over the last five centuries, including early texts, written language, grammar, onomastics, dialectology, terminology, lexicology, lexicography, sociolinguistics, and digitisation of texts.
Date: February 20–21, 2025.
Venue: University of Latvia.
Conference languages: Latvian, Lithuanian, English, and German.
Duration of the presentation: 20 minutes presentation + 5 minutes discussion.
Important dates:
January 15, 2025: Deadline for submission of an abstract (2500–3000 characters including spaces).
January 31, 2025: The notification of acceptance/rejection.
Conference fee: 80 EUR (due on February 15, 2025). The fee covers a certificate of attendance, participant’s folder, book of conference abstracts, coffee breaks, author’s copy of the journal ‘Linguistica Lettica’.
Participation fee account:
University of Latvia
Reg. No: 90000076669
The Ministry of Education and Science Register of Educational Establishments Reg. No.: 3391000218
VAT Reg. No: LV90000076669
Address: Raiņa bulvāris 19, Riga
Post code: LV-1586
Bank account
Luminor Bank AS Latvijas filiāle
SWIFT: RIKOLV2X
IBAN: LV10RIKO0000082414423
Please indicate: DHELI conference LaVI, conference fee, Name, Surname.
Submitted articles on the basis of presentations will be blind reviewed. After the acceptance, the article will be published in the journal ‘Linguistica Lettica’.
More information about our conferences on our website: www.lavi.lu.lv.
E-mail: endzelinakonference@gmail.com.
Scientific Commitee
Dr. philol. Anta Trumpa – chair
Mg. philol. Everita Andronova
Dr. philol. Solvita Berra
Dr. philol. Ina Druviete
Dr. philol. Anna Frīdenberga
Dr. philol. Ilga Jansone
PhD Sintija Ķauķīte
Dr. philol. Sanda Rapa
Dr. philol. Renāte Siliņa-Piņķe
Dr. philol. Anna Stafecka
Dr. philol. Agris Timuška
Dr. habil. philol. Pēteris Vanags
PhD Daira Vēvere
E-mail: endzelinakonference@gmail.com
August 27–29, 2025
Riga, Latvia
Conference venue: House of Nature of the University of Latvia, Jelgavas iela 1, Riga, LV-1004
The multidisciplinary conference KLAARA has become a platform for researchers particularly interested in easy language and accessible communication. At the conference, leading researchers and practitioners in the field meet and exchange their experience, thus strengthening scientific research on easy language and looking for new ways to achieve information accessibility for people with temporary or permanent difficulties understanding the standard forms of language.
For the first time, the KLAARA conference will take place in Riga, providing the Latvian audience with a unique opportunity to broaden their knowledge in the field of easy language.
Easy language studies develop in different directions around the world, and both practical and theoretical considerations should be taken into account. We welcome section papers on completed or in-progress research on various aspects of easy language and accessible communication: easy and plain languages, easy language and artificial intelligence, information accessibility and migration, easy language and media etc.
NB! Registration is only completed after the payment of the conference fee.
Conference fee:
Registration – EUR 130
Students – EUR 80
Participation without a presentation – EUR 70
The fee covers a certificate of attendance or participation, participant’s folder, book of conference abstracts, coffee breaks, and for speakers – article publication in a conference proceedings.
The fee does not cover the costs of the conference dinner on August 28th.
Please transfer the participation fee to the following account until July 25, 2025:
University of Latvia
Reg. No. 90000076669
VAT Reg. No.: LV 90000076669
Address: Raiņa bulvāris 19, Rīga
Postcode: LV-1586
Bank: Luminor Bank AS Latvijas filiāle
SWIFT: RIKOLV2X
IBAN: LV10RIKO0000082414423
Please use the following identification: KLAARA conference, full name of the participant
We invite speakers to submit papers for publication in the KLAARA 2025 proceedings.
Submission deadline: October 1, 2025.
Scientific committee
Mg. art., Mg. translat. Velga Polinska (Latvia)
Bc. paed. Ulla Bohman (Sweden)
Dr. habil. philol. Ina Druviete (Latvia)
PhD Chiara Fioravanti (Italy)
PhD, Assoc. Prof. Péter László Horváth (Hungary)
Mg. philol. Tatjana Knapp (Slovenia)
Dr. philol. Dite Liepa (Latvia)
PhD Leealaura Leskelä (Finland)
Dr., Prof. Christiane Maaß (Germany)
Dr. Laura Marie Maaß (Germany)
Dr., Prof. Anne Parpan-Blaser (Switzerland)
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Laura Vilkaitė-Lozdienė (Lithuania)
Organizing committee
Heidi Ahlström
Mg. paed. Gunita Arnava
Veronika Bašarina
Mg. hum. Anete Daina
Bc. hum. Laura Paula Jansone
Mg. hum. Agita Kazakeviča
Mg. hum. Anete Ozola
Dr. philol. Sanda Rapa
Bc. hum. Odrija Reisnere
Contacts
E-mail: klaara2025@lu.lv
Latvian Language Institute
of the University of Latvia
Kalpaka bulvāris 4
Rīga LV-1050
Latvia
☏ 371 67034016
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