36th International Scientific Conference in the Humanities “The January Papers”
January 29-30, 2026

Accepted abstracts

1. THE BALTIC LANGUAGES: SYNCHRONY AND DIACHRONY

  • Laimutė Bučienė, Doctor of Humanities, Associate Professor of Humanities - Associate Professor at the Education Academy of Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania - Gramatinio įforminimo polinkiai: kai kurie skaičiaus raiškos atvejai [ Grammatical formalization tendencies: some cases of number expression ]
  • Vilija Celiešienė, Daktaras - Docentas, Lithuania - Modaliniai konektoriai akademiniuose studijų tekstuose [ Modal connectors in academic study texts ]
  • Ina Druviete, Dr. habil. philol., profesore - Latvijas Universitāte, Latvia - Sarunvaloda, sociolekts, slengs: jēdzieni un termini valodas neformālo variantu apzīmēšanai [ Colloquial speech, sociolect, slang: concepts and terms for denoting informal varieties of language ]
  • Eglė Gabrėnaitė, PhD - Vilnius university Assoc. Prof., Lithuania - Protesto retorikos slinktys: „Šalin rankas!” [ Shift in Protest Rhetoric: “Hands Off!” ]

2. THE SLAVIC LANGUAGES IN THE HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXT

  • Валентина Щаднева, PhD - Tartu University, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Department of Slavic Studies, Russian language specialist, Estonia - Родственные отношения в лексиконе староверов Западного Причудья [ Kinship Relationships in the Lexicon of the Old Believers of Western Prichudye ]

3. THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE: SYNCHRONY AND DIACHRONY

  • Daiva Zavistanavičienė, Lecturer - Lecturer, Lithuania - Kompiuterijos terminų vartosenos variantai [ Variants in the Use of Computer Science Terms ]

4. MODERN STUDIES IN TRANSLATOLOGY

  • Silga Sviķe, Dr. pholol. - Ventspils Augstskola, Latvia - Latviešu grāmatvedības terminoloģijas vēsturiskā attīstība: mantojums, pārmaiņas un kontaktvalodu loma [ The Historical Development of Latvian Accounting Terminology: Legacy, Changes and the Role of Contact Languages ]

5. HUMAN AND THE WORLD IN CULTURE AND HISTORY

  • Jekaterina Baije, Doctoral student - University of Latvia, Linguisics and Cultural Studies, Doctoral student (PhD), Latvia - Slēptie vēstījumi ķīniešu porcelāna apgleznojumā Latvijas muzeju kolekcijās [ Hidden Messages in Chinese Porcelain Painting in Latvian Museum Collections ]
  • Reda Šatūnienė, dr. (ethnology, humanities) - Associate professor, Department of Bioethics, Faculty of Public Health, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Lithuania - Meaning of Spirituality in individual perception of human’s well being [ Meaning of Spirituality in individual perception of human’s well being ]

6. LITERATURE AND CULTURE: PROCESS, INTERACTION, PROBLEMS

  • Inese Eglīte, mg.paed. - Latvijas Universitāte, Latvia - Nāves un kara attēlojums Dz. Tilaka romānā “Zlatas ceļš” [ The Representation of Death and War in Dz. Tilaks’s Novel Zlatas ceļš (Zlata’s Journey) ]
  • Dina Eiduka, Mg. philol., Bc. art. - LU HZF, zinātnes doktora grāda pretendente, Latvia - Mātes tēla konstruējums Ovidija „Varonēs”: pieredžu un emociju daudzveidība [ The Construction of the Mother Figure in Ovid’s "Heroides": Diversity of Experience and Emotion ]
  • Ilona Gorņeva, Dr.Philol. - LU, Latvia - Autora balss un pašrefleksijas aspekti J. Dzedža tekstos: poēma “Tūkstoši” [ Author's Voice and the Aspects of Self-Reflection in J. Tzetzes’ texts: the Poem “Chiliades” ]
  • Ivars Orehovs, Dr. philol. (asoc. prof.) - Latvijas Universitāte, Humanitāro zinātņu fakultāte, Latvia - Kādas jaunas sievietes liktenis kultūru tradīciju krustcelēs – tematikas aspektu aplūkojums Dienvidtiroles rakstnieka Jozefa Zoderera (Joseph Zoderer) romānā „Die Walsche” (1982; "Svešiniece") un tāda paša nosaukuma filmā (1986) [ The destiny of a certain feminine character at the intersection of cultural traditions - an examination of aspects of this theme in the novel "Die Walsche" (1982) by South Tyrolean author Joseph Zoderer and in the film of the same title (1986) ]
  • Aija Poikāne-Daumke, Dr. Phil. - Ekonomikas un Kultūras Augstskola, Latvia - Kolsona Waitheda (Colson Whitehead) romāns The Underground Railroad Traumas teorijas kontekstā [ Colson Whitehead’s Novel The Underground Railroad in the Context of Trauma Theory ]
  • Anete Saulīte-Stačkune, mg. hum. - Latvijas Nacionālā bibliotēka, Latvia - Daiļliteratūras tulkojumi 1985-1997: pārejas laikmeta atbalss Latvijas izdevējdarbības statistiskajos rādītājos [ Translated Fiction 1985-1997: Reflections of the Era of Transition in the Publishing Statistics of Latvia ]
  • Evija Spurina, Doctoral study programme - Jekabpils 2 vdsk, Latvia - Postkoloniālais diskurss un pašdefinīcija: Hibrīdās identitātes konstruēšana Andeas Levijas publiskās intervijās (2000-2019). [ Postcolonial Discourse and Self-Definition: The Construction of Hybrid Identity in Andrea Levy’s Public Interviews (2000–2019) ]