Gustavs Strenga
@strenga.bsky.social
Medievalist. Cultural historian. Interested in the late Middle Ages, collective memory, commemoration, gift-giving, medieval heroes after the Middle Ages, medieval Hanse and Livonia. Associate professor at the Latvian Academy of Culture (Riga)
Sometimes it is not only about values, but also about optics. In Latvia we discuss local political gambles behind yesterday's vote for the country to leave the Istanbul Convention, from the outside, it is clear - Latvia follows Hungary, Slovakia and other countries that head East.
October 31, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Sometimes it is not only about values, but also about optics. In Latvia we discuss local political gambles behind yesterday's vote for the country to leave the Istanbul Convention, from the outside, it is clear - Latvia follows Hungary, Slovakia and other countries that head East.
Līst pāri malām...
October 29, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Līst pāri malām...
Together with our wonderful colleagues, we honored Ilgvars Misāns, professor emeritus of medieval history at the University of Latvia, on his 70th birthday by publishing a Festschrift. lit-verlag.de/isbn/978-3-6... 1/3
September 4, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Together with our wonderful colleagues, we honored Ilgvars Misāns, professor emeritus of medieval history at the University of Latvia, on his 70th birthday by publishing a Festschrift. lit-verlag.de/isbn/978-3-6... 1/3
Did I miss something?
March 2, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Did I miss something?
My talented friend Kārlis Sils got his PhD today by defending his theses at European University Institute "Sowing the Seed to Reap the Harvest of Unity. Nationalization, Fascism, and Imperial Legacies in Authoritarian Latvia (1934-1938)" today.
December 11, 2024 at 1:37 PM
My talented friend Kārlis Sils got his PhD today by defending his theses at European University Institute "Sowing the Seed to Reap the Harvest of Unity. Nationalization, Fascism, and Imperial Legacies in Authoritarian Latvia (1934-1938)" today.
In Riga, a really interesting conference 'Footprints of the Early Modern Book Trade: Transnational Mobility between the Low Countries and the Baltic Sea Region' is taking place at the National Library (25.-27.11). Speakers include Andrew Pettegree, Arthur der Weduwen, Pierre Delsaerdt et al.
November 26, 2024 at 12:24 PM
In Riga, a really interesting conference 'Footprints of the Early Modern Book Trade: Transnational Mobility between the Low Countries and the Baltic Sea Region' is taking place at the National Library (25.-27.11). Speakers include Andrew Pettegree, Arthur der Weduwen, Pierre Delsaerdt et al.
Embla Aae successfully defended her thesis "Quantifying Devotion: A Mixed-Methods Study of Pious Donation in the Nidaros Province, c. 1160-1540" at the University of Bergen. It's a really good dissertation. For me it was the first time I've been examiner (opponent).
November 16, 2024 at 4:03 PM
Embla Aae successfully defended her thesis "Quantifying Devotion: A Mixed-Methods Study of Pious Donation in the Nidaros Province, c. 1160-1540" at the University of Bergen. It's a really good dissertation. For me it was the first time I've been examiner (opponent).
Off to Bergen for my first PhD defence as a reviewer (opponent). I think it will be pure academic fun.
November 14, 2024 at 5:00 AM
Off to Bergen for my first PhD defence as a reviewer (opponent). I think it will be pure academic fun.
My book "Remembering the Dead: Collective Memory and Commemoration in Late Medieval Livonia" has been published.
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November 10, 2023 at 8:25 AM
My book "Remembering the Dead: Collective Memory and Commemoration in Late Medieval Livonia" has been published.
www.brepols.net/products/IS-...
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A fictional character you'd give an invite code
October 23, 2023 at 2:21 PM
A fictional character you'd give an invite code