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5Th Baltic Student Conference: Bridges in the Baltics Stockholm University, 6Th – 7Th October 2017 5th Baltic Student Conference: Bridges in the Baltics Stockholm University, 6th – 7th October 2017 Program 5th Baltic Student Conference: Bridges in the Baltics Stockholm University, 6th – 7th October 2017 Program Friday, 6th October 08:00 – 08:30 Registration and Coffee In front of D8 Auditorium 08:30 – 09:00 Opening Tora Hedin, Associate Professor in Slavic Languages (Stockholm University) Head of the Department of Slavic and Baltic Studies, Finnish, Dutch and German (Stockholm University) H.E. Mrs Merle PaJula Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Estonia to the Kingdom of Sweden Frederik Bissinger, PhD Student (Stockholm University) (practical information about the conference) D8 Auditorium 09:00 – 09:30 1st Panel Speaker Dr. Algimantas Rimkūnas, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Lithuania to the Kingdom of Sweden Restored State of Lithuania turns 100 and looks forward D8 Auditorium 09:30 – 10:00 2nd Panel Speaker Dr. Jānis Krēsliņš, First Librarian at the National Library of Sweden In a rut or on the brink of a breakthrough: Baltic studies at a critical turning-point D8 Auditorium 10:00 – 10:30 Coffee Break In front of D8 Auditorium 1 5th Baltic Student Conference: Bridges in the Baltics Stockholm University, 6th – 7th October 2017 Program 10:30 – 12:10 Student Presentations1 Room: D499 Room: E5156 Room: E509 Chair: Karolina Repeckaite-Bagdone Chair: Frederik Bissinger Chair: Raimonda Mikašauskienė PhD Student (Literature & Culture) PhD Student (Baltic Studies) PhD Student (Linguistics) Vilnius University Stockholm University Klaipėda University 10:30 – 10:50 Justina Petrulionytė-Sabonienė Daina Urbonaitė Evelina Zilgalve PhD Student (Philology) PhD Student (Lithuanian Language) PhD Student (Linguistics) Vytautas Magnus University Vilnius University University of Latvia City in Literature: Kaunas Representations Ideology of language in L1 education From conjunction to discourse particle: the in Lithuanian Prose (1993–2014) policy in Lithuania case of Latvian Language: English Language: English Language: English 10:50 – 11:10 Monika Bertašiūtė Yan Lu Miķelis Zeibārts BA Student (Philology, Pedagogy) PhD Student (Educational Management) MA Student (Estonian and Finno-Ugric Ling.) Vilnius University University of Latvia University of Tartu The subject’s multifacetedness in Oscar The Teaching of the Baltic Languages in Estonian and Latvian verb government Milosz’s poetry China comparison Language: English Language: English Language: English 11:10 – 11:30 Inga Mastina Žanna Razinkova Daria Alfimova MA Student (Writing Studies) PhD Student (English Language & Culture) BA Student (Lith. Language and Literature) Liepaja University University of Tartu St. Petersburg State University Realistic Fiction in Contemporary Latvian Discursive Definition of National Identity: Compound nouns as a result of loan Children's Literature A Study of Estonian and Canadian Civil translation in modern Lithuanian Rights Documents and University Students' Perceptions Language: English Language: English Language: English 1 Please note that there are three parallel sessions. Guides will leave from D8 at 10:25 to guide you the way. 2 5th Baltic Student Conference: Bridges in the Baltics Stockholm University, 6th – 7th October 2017 Program 11:30 – 11:50 Emilia Gieda Elina Pitkänen Ilze Tālberga MA Student (Finno-Ugrian Philology) MA Student (Finnish & Estonian) PhD Student (Estonian & Finno-Ugric Ling) University of Warsaw University of Oulu University of Tartu Homosexuality in Vabandust, aga mis Language Discourses of Tallinn-Finns How many Latvian prefixed verbs are there? asja? by Ene Sepp Language: English Language: English Language: English 11:50 – 12:10 Tímea Takács Raquel Vieira Raggi PhD Student (Literary Studies) MA Student (Socioling. & Multilingualism) Tallinn University, Eötvös Loránd University VMU, JGU, Stockholm University Estonian and Hungarian Literary Work in Progress – Gender and Ethnic Connections in Juhan Sütiste and György Identity (Re)Production in Narratives of Sárközi’s oeuvre Brazilian Women Living Abroad Language: English Language: English 12:10 – 13:15 Lunch D449 13:20 – 15:00 Student Presentations Room: D499 Room: E5156 Room: E509 Chair: Aigars Kalnins Chair: Svetlana Kass Chair: Sarma Freiberga PhD Student (Baltic Studies) PhD Student (Literary Studies, Estonian) PhD Student (Cultural Studies) Stockholm University University of Warsaw Latvian Academy of Culture 13:20 – 13:40 Rafael Martin Calvo Sanita Briežkalne Veslava Sidaravičienė PhD Student (Linguistics) PhD Student (Philology) PhD Student Ventspils University University of Latvia Vilnius University Evaluative morphology and evaluative Devotional literature and Moravian Primary Unofficial Urban Place Names of affixation: Characteristics and conditions Brethren movement in Vidzeme Vilnius in Language of Lithuanian Youth of Evaluative Forms Language: English Language: Latvian / English Language: Lithuanian 3 5th Baltic Student Conference: Bridges in the Baltics Stockholm University, 6th – 7th October 2017 Program 13:40 – 14:00 EmīliJa Mežale Sirel Heinloo Jason Mario Dydynski PhD Student (Linguistics) MA Student (Literature, Theatre) PhD Student (Semiotics) University of Latvia University of Tartu University of Tartu Demonstrative Pronouns as Definite The Reception of Jaan Kaplinski’s Poetry Usage of Cute Character/Mascots in the Articles and Changing Connotations in in Sweden before 1990 Baltic Sea Region Latvian and Finnish Online Press Language: English Language: English Language: English 14:00 – 14:20 Milda Dailidėnaitė Agnė Bernotaitė Santa Liepiņa MA Student (Finno-Ugric Linguistics) MA Student (Literature) MA Student (Baltic Sea Region Studies) University of Tartu Vilnius University University of Tartu Estonian Adessive and its translation into Ecological Consciousness in the Poetry of European Parliament member activism: the Lithuanian Marcelijus Martinaitis and Jaan Kaplinski case of Baltic states Language: English Language: English Language: English 14:20 – 14:40 Anastasiya Konovalova Kristina Linkyte Ekaterina Lazareva BA Student (Lithuanian) BA Student (Baltic Studies) BA Student (Regional Studies, Fin./Engl.) St. Petersburg State University Stockholm University Moscow State Linguistic University Fine Points of Agreement in Lithuanian Sigitas Parulskis’ novel ”Trys sekundės Many peoples-one sea! comparing to Russian dangaus” Language: English Language: English Language: English 14:40 – 15:00 David Whitlock MA Student (Baltic Sea Region Studies) University of Latvia The Socioeconomic Context of Muslim Immigration in the Nordic-Baltic Region Language: English 15:00 – 15:20 Coffee Break 4 5th Baltic Student Conference: Bridges in the Baltics Stockholm University, 6th – 7th October 2017 Program 15:20 – 16:40 Student Presentations Room: D499 Room: E5156 Room: E509 Chair: Ieva Rodiņa Chair: Gintarė Dusevičiūtė-Neimontienė Chair: Arina Ivanickaуa PhD Student (Literature, Folklore and Art) PhD Student (Ethnology) PhD Student (Philology) University of Latvia Vytautas Magnus University Klaipėda University 15:20 – 15:40 AnastasiJa Smirnova Irēna Zeiza Goda Zovaitė MA Student (History) MA Student (History) BA Student (Philology) University of Latvia University of Latvia Vilnius University The social portrait of the orphan in Jugla’s Understanding of public relations (PR) Anthroposophical terms in Lithuanian and orphanage in Riga (1921-1940) and their role in business among the Latvian Latvian businessmen Language: English Language: English Language: English 15:40 – 16:00 Anastasiya Antokhina Julius Uhlmann Ieva Mačiukaitytė BA Student (Regional Studies Fin./Engl.) MSc Student (Transport Engineering) BA Student (Philology) Moscow State Linguistic University TU Dresden Vilnius University The route from the Byzantine Empire to Concept for an integrated railway Compound nouns and their translation in the Northern Europe schedule in the Baltic States Lithuanian and Latvian languages Language: English Language: English Language: Lithuanian 16:00 – 16:20 Inga Doniņa Arianna Grasso Solvita Štekerhofa PhD Student (History) MA Student (Socioling. and Multilingualism) PhD Student (A.Ķepīte, A.Indriksone, L.Kalniņa, A.Ceriņa) VMU, JGU, Stockholm University Ventspils University University of Latvia McDonald ‘s Commitment to Criminal Law Terms in Lexicographical Burial of the dead in the water: Lake Sustainability: An Ecolinguistic Analysis Sources (17th–21st Century) Vilkmuiža and its correlation with burial ground Language: Latvian Language: English Language: English 5 5th Baltic Student Conference: Bridges in the Baltics Stockholm University, 6th – 7th October 2017 Program 16:20 – 16:40 Anastasia Kutuzova Agnė Lisauskaitė MA (History) BA Student (Lithuanian Philology) Syktyvkar State University Vilnius University Internal and external discursive space in The Semantics of the Verbs of Activity in “The the Baltic region Seasons” by Kristijonas Donelaitis and in its Translation into Spanish Language: Language: Lithuanian 6 5th Baltic Student Conference: Bridges in the Baltics Stockholm University, 6th – 7th October 2017 Program Saturday, 7th October 08:30 – 09:00 Registration and Coffee In front of D416 09:00 – 09:30 1st Panel Speaker Bernhard Wälchli, Professor in General Linguistics (Stockholm University) Linguistic typology and the dialects of Latvian, Estonian, and Lithuanian D416 09:30 – 10:00 2nd Panel Speaker Dr. Maryam AdJam, Curator at the Nordic Museum Memory Traces: the Poetics of History D416 10:00 – 10:20 Coffee
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