TO: Higher Education Department of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Latvia

APPLICATION for ACCREDITATION of a STUDY PROGRAM

Name of the higher education institution

University of Latvia

Legal address and telephone number of the higher education institution

Raiņa blvd. 19,Riga, LV-1586, LatviaTel. +371 7034301

Number of the registration certificate of the higher education institution

No 3341000218

Title of the study program Bachelor program “Asian Studies”

Code of the study program 43222 06

Duration of the program and the number of credit points

3 years or 6 semesters of full-time studies, 120 credit points

Admission requirements Results in the centralized examination - Latvian language and literature, foreign language (English, German or French)

Degree awarded Bachelor of ArtsLocation of studies Faculty of Modern Languages,

University of LatviaName, last name and position of the person authorized by the higher education institution to deal with the accreditation issues

Dr.Theol. Leons TaivansProfessor

Dean of FML UL Edgars Ošiņš, Assistant Professor

Director of the Bachelor program “Asian Studies”

Jānis Sīkstulis, Assistant Professor

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1. The aims, objectives and planned results of the study programme.

The main objective of the 3-year BA programme in Asian Studies is to provide students with the BA degree education which includes basic knowledge of one Asian language and skills in comparative Western-Eastern cultural anthropology.

Taking into account the fact that both BA Study Programmes in Sinology and Japanese studies were still relatively small the Faculty of Modern Languages has decided to merge these undersized and professionally narrow programmes into one BA programme in Asian Studies, supplementing it with new comprehensive subjects and transforming the BA programmes in Sinology and Japanese Studies into 2 study modules of a greater BA programme in Asian Studies.

The aim of the programme is to create the system, which would ensure good academic education leading to better opportunities in the current labour market. Graduation from the programme enables the student to continue studies for either a Master’s degree in Asian Studies, or other Master’s degree programmes offered by the University of Latvia and other higher education establishments, as well as to study for a PhD degree in Asian Studies after the student has acquired the MA degree.

The objectives of the programme are as follows: To ensure sufficient quality of knowledge and skills to pursue further

professional or academic studies or at MA level; To offer education to those who have completed their high school education in

the State language (Latvian) as well as to those who have completed high school education programmes designed for/aimed at ethnic minority.

2. The evaluation of the study programme from the perspective of the State of Latvia

This field of education is training research experts in broad area of Asian studies, i.e. specialists with sufficient knowledge of at least one of the Asian languages who could work effectively as experts, business assistants, research analysts, interpreters, and translators. Since the middle of the 1980s, graduates of the Department of Asian Studies have been employed by the Diplomatic Corps of the Republic of Latvia as well as by foreign diplomatic missions in Latvia. The need of the Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for experts in Asian languages, politics and economics is increasing steadily. Since Latvia is one of the EU member states, trade contacts with China, Japan and other Asian countries are developing fast. The creators of the Asian Studies programme presume that the need for specialists in Asia will increase even more with the imminent changes in the common immigration policy which most probably leads to more extended immigration from Asia.

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2.2. Results of the employer survey

The major employers for the graduates of Sinology and Japanese studies programmes have been the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and its diplomatic missions in Asia; The Embassy of Japan in the Republic of Latvia; State and Government institutions of the Republic of Latvia; private enterprises engaged in promoting trade contacts between Latvia, Japan and China; establishments of intermediate and higher education.

The results of employers’ surveys have proved that the graduates altogether have a good level of knowledge of a respective Asian language; have mastered Latvian, Russian, English languages and one or two Asian

languages and have achieved good communication skills; are able to debate, support and defend their opinion; are able to assist as interpreters; have knowledge of the modern IT.

The study programme is in the state of permanent improvement, which includes The creation of new regional Asian study modules; More focused acquisition of professional skills required to become experts on

Asia, and its languages. The expansion of academic knowledge beyond the limits of the particular

module (country/region); The promotion of interactive cooperation between lecturers and students, the

implementation of shared courses by many lecturers; Joint research projects by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Department of

Asian Studies dealing with international relations in Asia.

Surveys indicate that employers have greater trust in graduates who have gained practical working experience during their studies and have studied in the universities of respective Asian countries. Paying heed to these preferences, lecturers of the Department of Asian Studies and especially moderators of the modules do their best to strengthen the relationship of the Department of Oriental Studies with the universities of Asian countries and the diplomatic missions of them, in order to provide the students with opportunities to perfect their knowledge outside the borders of Latvia and the European Union.

2.3. Finances and infrastructure

Programmes are financed by:

Subsidy from the State budget; Tuition fees from legal subjects and individuals; Funds provided by LU for the maintenance of the information system, for the

purchase of most indispensable books and the implementation of separate scholarly activities;

LU external projects financed by foreign sources, the use of which is ensured by the moderators of Japanese Studies and Sinology modules (I. Paegle and K. Eihmanis).

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In 2004, the state subsidy to Asian Studies bachelor programmes amounted to 15,879 LVL (10,914 LVL at the Faculty’s disposal). Funds by legal entities and individual persons equalled 6,220 LVL (4,354 LVL) per year. The tuition fee is 800 LVL per year for full time studies.

The merge of BA Programmes in Sinology and Japanese Studies, and the newly established Middle East Studies module, will help to form a comparatively larger programme capable to prove its financial independence in the forthcoming 2 years. After evaluating the present demands and provisional opportunities in the Department of Oriental Studies, it was decided to begin annual admission of applicants, as opposed to the previous practice of biannual admission. Furthermore, to improve the financial balance it was decided to abolish the admission rates. In the academic year of 2005/2006, were admitted 140 first-year students. Considering the dropout rate of applicants (30% on average), after 4 years the number of students in the Department could reach more than 250 people.

The IT of the Programme relies on the infrastructure of the Faculty of Modern languages. In 2002/2003, a new computerised reading room of The Faculties of Philology and Modern Languages was opened. Students can also use the computer class, which has been set up using funds from Japan, as well as computer rooms, which are at the common disposal for the students and staff members of the Faculty of Modern languages.

The students of the BA programme in Asian Studies make use of all tangible assets of the Faculty, as well as of all the libraries and premises of the University of Latvia. Apart from common assets, the following items are available to the students and lecturers of the Department of Asian Studies: 1 computer (a contribution by the Japan Foundation), 1 computer (a contribution by the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China), 1 LU computer at the disposal of the head of department and secretary, 1 copying machine (from Taipei), 1 TV set with video options (a contribution by the Embassy of the PRC), 1 TV set with compact disc video (a contribution by the Prime Minister of the PRC), 1 projector (a contribution by the Embassy of the PRC), 1 screen (a contribution by the Embassy of the PRC). Before long we expect to receive 1 new computer for classroom work and 1 laptop computer for work at the library from the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China.

Thanks to financial support from Japan Foundation and LU, a new computer classroom (15 computers) was set up in March 2003 and is now available to the students of the Japanese Studies module and the whole Department of Asian Studies. In addition, the lecturers and students of the Department of Asian Studies can use 3 computers, 2 laptops, 2 copying machines, 2 TV sets, 1 VCR, 2 DVD recorders, as well as a digital camera and e-Beam type of equipment – an electronic board. Until June 2004, students of the Japanese BSP could also use 10 electronic Japanese-English dictionaries, handed into the use of the department by professor emeritus H. Kano of the Tsukuba University. Therefore sources of reference and information are freely available to the students of Asian study programmes. The number of lecture rooms and classrooms in the faculty is sufficient. The premises are systematically being repaired and renovated. Students can independently prepare for classes in the reading room and computer room. The number of working places in the reading rooms and computer rooms is sufficient for students who wish to use them.

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The contents of the library are basically consonant with the implementation of the programmes. Presently the number of books in the Asian Department is approximately 4,000 units, periodicals excluded. Unfortunately, for the time being, the library stock is supplemented only episodically. In practice, the main supplements come from foreign sources – the governments of China, Japan, India, Iran, Korea and Turkey, foreign universities, for example, Cornell University (USA), Waseda University (Japan). The library’s Japanese collection is supplemented regularly, making use of the opportunities offered by the Japan Foundation. Also in 2004, Japan Foundation allocated 2 contributions of books to the Department of Asian Studies library (Japanese teaching materials and specialised literature in Japanese Studies in English). However, the department still lacks funds to purchase the necessary literature for the needs of teaching staff and students, thus even the library stock related to Japanese Studies is still to be considered incomplete. In 2002, the cataloguing of the Department of Asian Studies library was started and is still being carried out after the department library has been moved to new premises.

The purchase of up-to-date academic literature is dealt with mainly after considering the financial resources of the faculty and distributing the funds proportionally to needs of various departments. Until now it has not been possible to make the acquisition of scientific literature a priority.

2.4. Advertising and informative issues regarding study opportunities

During meetings of the administration of MVF Department of Oriental Studies, matters of the popularisation of the Asian Studies programme, information distribution and the promotion of high school students’ interest in Eastern Studies are regularly discussed. The most significant means of information distribution are various types of advertisements and announcements, e.g. advertising via brochures and catalogues created with help of MVF, advertising via Internet, television as well as participation in the exhibition “Skola” (“School”). A survey carried out by LU indicates that the high school graduates learn about Asian studies programme mostly from the Internet, from the exhibition “Skola” and from stories related by their friends and acquaintances.

After reforming its activities, i.e. since March 2005 the Department of Asian Studies organizes information campaigns in Latvian schools, so as to attract the future graduates to studies in LU. The MFV homepage is presently being improved and updated; attractive revised information brochures have been printed.

Every year during school holidays, “open doors days” (information days) are organised in the University for high school graduates. During these events, those who are interested in Asian study programmes can meet with the teaching staff of the Department of Asian Studies, obtain the necessary information, and discuss problems they find relevant to their studies.

Information about study opportunities is regularly published in the central newspapers, e.g. “Diena”, “Neatkarīgā Rīta Avīze”, “Izglītība un Kultūra”, “Latvijas Avīze”; Asian studies are popularised by means of interviews and articles.

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There is good cooperation with various TV broadcast stations. The leading lecturers of the Department of Asian Studies regularly appear on TV and radio newsreels speaking on questions related to the current political situation in various regions of Asia. Student activities, especially those organised by Embassies of China and Japan, are always in the centre of press attention.

3. The comparison of the study programmes with EU universities.

There is no other institution of higher education in Latvia currently implementing a programme of Asian Studies.

The former programmes of Japanese Studies and Sinology (now the joint programme of Asian Studies) is switching from 6-year (4+2) to a 5-year (3+2) studies. University of Latvia is consequently following Bolognia Declaration. Many European countries are much slower in the process and therefore it is difficult to find a comparable study programmes in related fields. Even though European higher education establishments already offer 3-year study programmes in Sinology and Japanese Studies, there still exist universities, which have preserved the 4-year bachelor study programmes.

The Stockholm University BA programme in Chinese language is realised at the Department of Oriental languages in 6 semesters (3 years), followed by 4 semesters (2 years) of MA studies. In full time studies, a student gathers 120 credit points during 6 semesters. The basis of the study process is the acquisition of sufficient language knowledge – the development of reading, speaking and writing skills in Modern Chinese. The Chinese language altogether provides 61 credit points (in the Sinology BSP – 56 points), slightly more than half, excluding classes in Classical Chinese, which have been allotted 8 credit points (12 in the BA Programme in Sinology). Language studies are divided into various aspects. E.g. the course in Modern Chinese Phonology is offered during the first semester, similarly to LU Department of Asian Studies, however in Stockholm University it is combined with a course in Modern Chinese Grammar. The layout of the lectures in the first 3 semesters shows that the main focus is on the language instead of theoretical academic courses as it was the case in the University of Latvia. The total sum of credits allotted to various courses of the Sinology, such as History of China, Intellectual History of China, History of Chinese Literature etc. is 20 credit points; furthermore, in the 5 th and 6th semesters, course papers are required and 10 credits are allotted to each. In the 5 th a research paper of 20-40 pages semester must be prepared, in the 6th semester – a research paper of 40-60 pages; at least 30 pages of Chinese text must be used in the sources. There are no university requirement courses, as it is in the University of Latvia. The “Introduction to General Linguistics” offered during the 1st semester gives evidence of the programme’s philological orientation.

The Department of Chinese Studies at the University of Warszawa the Chinese Study programme is carried out in 5 years (10 semesters). The total sum of credits is 180 ECTS. In contrast to the University of Latvia, the first two years the programme focuses on language studies, providing students with the opportunity to sufficiently master the modern Chinese language. Starting from the 3rd year of studies, students are offered a choice between three areas of specialization: history, linguistics or language teaching, and they must also choose a master’s degree workshop from one of three options. After the 3rd year of studies, most students are spending a year in

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China or Taiwan. Courses offered in the Department of Chinese Studies consist of compulsory, optional and interest studies courses. The programme of Modern Chinese Language altogether takes 88 ECTS. Additionally, university requirements are offered (8% of the time), i.e. History of Philosophy, General Linguistics (4 ECTS), second Eastern Language (4 ECTS), Introduction to Computer Science (4 ECTS), and Theory of Literature. Optional courses such as Chinese History, Chinese Religion and Philosophy, Asian Aesthetics, Chinese Literature, Grammar of Ancient Chinese are offered. Each of the courses has been allotted 4 ECTS credits. The total sum of credits for the speciality is 24 ECTS. In the list of optional courses such subjects as the Introduction to Linguistics, History of Buddhism etc. are included.

Summarising these two comparisons with the Chinese study programmes of the Universities of Stockholm and Warszawa, we conclude that the LU study module of Sinology is too heavily burdened by general subjects in order to meet LU requirements which results in pushing Sinology related subjects behind. Nevertheless, within limits of capabilities, the teaching staff is attempting to reach conformity with international standards.

For comparison of the Japanese Studies module, the 4-year bachelor study programme of Oxford University (England) and the 3-year study programme of the University of Warszawa (Poland) have been used. Oxford University created its Japanese Studies bachelor’s and master’s degree programmes in 1963. Similarly to the University of Latvia in 1999, in 1963 there was only one lecturer for the Oxford University programme of Japanese studies, and the number of student was very small indeed. After more than 40 years of intense work, a significant Centre of Japanese Studies has been established with scores of specialist staff where bachelor programme students are able to acquire basic knowledge of Japanese as well as to prepare for their further specialisation in one of the narrower areas of Japanese Studies. The bachelor programme has no university requirements; studies are separated into trimesters. The first two years are intended mainly for acquisition of the Japanese language, but the programme contains theoretical academic courses as well, thus providing the students with basic knowledge about the Japanese history and culture. The third trimester of the first year students usually spend in Japan in order to prove and strengthen their Japanese language knowledge and to come in closer contact with Japanese culture. By the end of the second year, students take an examination in Japanese language to spend the rest of the remaining study time mainly for specialised studies, even though regular studies of the Japanese language are continued. Starting from the second year, students are also given wider opportunities to familiarise themselves with separate areas of Japanese studies (including classical literature, classical and modern theatre, modern literature, history and society, politics, economics, linguistics). In the 7 th

trimester (3rd year of studies) the students must opt for one of these areas to continue with in-depth studies, in order to eventually summarise the results of their independent research in bachelor’s diploma paper. Such a study module gives the students a good chance both to acquire the knowledge of practical Japanese and to prepare for independent research work. Comparatively, University of Latvia has planned a much greater proportion of language courses, for Latvian students face far more limited possibilities to study Japanese in Japan. Comparing to University of Latvia, the number of lecturers is noticeably greater in Oxford University, which undoubtedly helps to substantially expand the supply of specialised study courses starting from the 7th semester. University of Latvia module of Japanese Studies in its

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present state of development can offer mainly introductory courses in separate areas of study. Also the far more extensive stocks of specialised literature in the libraries of Oxford University must be noted, which significantly facilitate the research work of both teaching staff and students. The University of Warszawa is in the transition to a 3-year study programme. The aims of the BA Studies programme in Japanese Studies is to provide a good level of mastery of Japanese language, to provide students with basic knowledge in Japanese history, culture, politics etc., thus helping them to prepare for further studies and independent research work. The number of lessons and credit points allocated for the acquisition of Japanese language in the first 2 years of study is slightly smaller than in the LU module of Japanese Studies – 18 and 14 credit points respectively, while the offer of theoretical subjects is more extensive – in both years of study a total of 10 courses in Japanese history, culture, classical and modern literature are offered. Starting from the second year of their studies, students are also taught the skills of translation, whereas the students of University of Latvia begin to acquire these in the first term of the 3rd year. The Japanese Study programme of the University of Warszawa also envisages the acquisition of foreign languages (a choice between German, French or another Asian language), but such a course is only included in the study schedule of the 3rd year of studies. During the 3rd year, a special focus is on individual work and preparation for the bachelor’s paper, devoting a special workshop on elaboration the bachelor’s paper. The Japanese study module of the University of Latvia does not envisage such a course in order to free up space for the University requirements.

LU programme of Japanese Studies includes intensive studies of the Japanese language in the first two years of study, though only as optional courses, since compulsory subjects are the so called University requirements. In the section of compulsory options, Japanese language courses are included, providing a total of 20-22 credit points. In the 3rd and 4th years of study, several courses are scheduled, which are intended to cultivate the skills and abilities of translating literary texts and to introduce students to the basics of classical Japanese. Together, the compulsory section and the compulsory options section in the first year give basic knowledge of Japanese history and culture. The peculiarity of University of Latvia Japanese Studies is courses which aim at acquirement of English language knowledge. Such structure of the programme was initially created so as to facilitate easy switching to a different study programme in case the Japanese study module ceased to exist. However, the relatively great proportion of University of Latvia compulsory courses in the programme, along with the lack of specialists in Japanese Studies does not allow offering a greater number of specialised subjects during the 3rd and 4th years of studies.

Summarising the comparisons with two universities of the European Union and their distinctive tradition and experience in Japanese Studies, it can be concluded that the structure and course list of Japanese Studies offered by LU corresponds to the scope and content of the programmes mentioned above. Graduates of these programmes can gain knowledge of Japanese of similar quality, as well as basic knowledge about the history, culture and literature of Japan, which allows the graduates to continue their studies in a MA programme of Japanese Studies.

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4. The organisation of the study programme and structural changes

4.1. The organisation of the study programme

The BA Programme in Asian Studies is created in accordance with the Law and regulations of the University of Latvia.

Since the previous accreditation in May 25th, 1999 the following changes have taken place in the study programmes:

Since the summer of 2004, the Department of Asian Studies has carried out an extensive evaluation of work in order to implement changes according to Bolognia process, and to meet demands of the students and employers of the graduates.

3-year bachelor study programme is introduced. University of Latvia requirements are providing students with general

knowledge in Humanities. The optional subjects deal with Asian Studies, Asian language included.

Second Asian language and an intense English training are dropped the narrow subjects are left over for MA studies.

Previous reports of the Evaluation Committee regarding the Sinology and Japanese Studies BSP have been taken into account:

The Report by the Evaluation Committee regarding the Sinology and Japanese Studies programmes of the university of Latvia, December 17-18, 1998.

Changes and improvements made to the Asian Studies BSP during the period of previous accreditation

Japanese studies bachelor programmeRecommendations of the committee: Fulfilment of recommendations:

1. To restructure the programme, allocating a bigger space for studies of Japanese economics, politics, religion, and society.

1. In the 3-year version of the programme particular subjects of Japanese studies have been narrowed down due to the reduction in total study time. It is planned to implement the reduced courses in the master’s study programme.

2. To increase choices available to students.

2. The programme has been structured so as to leave to the student a free choice of optional subjects.

3. To provide an opportunity to matriculate students without basic knowledge of Japanese as well.

3. Starting from academic year 1999/2000, students who have no preliminary knowledge of Japanese have been admitted.

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4. To attain the recruitment of a full-time Japanese studies specialist with a corresponding academic degree.

4. The suggestion was brought to action in 1999 employing lecturer I. Paegle, M.Phil, a specialist in Japanese Studies,

5. To ensure the introduction of research-type subjects as BA thesis.

5. The recommendation has been carried out.

6. To develop cooperation with the foreign Universities having Japanese study programmes.

6. Cooperation with the Japanese study programmes of several European universities was established.

7. It is suggested to develop a stronger interconnection between this programme and other programmes of Asian Studies.

7. During the previous accreditation period this suggestion has been carried out only partly. Much more profound coordination of the programme with others is intended in the united BA programme in Asian Studies.

Sinology bachelor study programmeThe weaknesses noted by the commission:

Improvements on the situation:

1. Insufficient library resources. 1. It was managed to stock up a small library with approx. 3,000 units of books.

2. There is little use of internet resources.

2. With the financial support of Japan Foundation this drawback has been resolved.

3. The small number of lecturers may endanger the programme in cases when there is a need for replacement of teaching staff.

3. More lecturers in the teaching process are involved.

In 1999 two bachelor study programmes – Sinology and Japanese Studies were accredited. The accreditation of these small programmes was undeniably an advance in the development of this field entirely new to Latvia. However, in course of time it has become evident that the rather narrow orientation of both programmes only towards Japan and China respectively does not provide sufficient knowledge of Asia which in turn reduces the capabilities of academic degree graduates to compete in the current labour market. That is why in the second half of 2004, following the decree No. 2002, 24.11.2003 by LU Senate, the lecturers of Department of Asian Studies came to the decision to unite both programmes into one joint programme of Asian Studies with two modules of Sinology and Japanese Studies respectively.

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5. The practical implementation of the study programme

Predominantly those involved in the implementation of the BA programme in Asian Studies are instructors of the Faculty of Modern languages for whom it is the principal place of employment, as well as a string of unique specialists both from other faculties of LU and from outside LU, who are employed part-time lecturers. The implementation of the programme is ensured also by permanently working Japanese and Chinese lecturers, who are partly sponsored by Japan, The People’s Republic of China and Taiwan, respectively.

The most progressive Japanese and Chinese language teaching methods are used. Teaching materials (textbooks, audio and audiovisual materials, computer software) come from the respective countries. Academic study courses are taught by scholars who are engaged in active research work. It helps to reconstruct and improve the study courses, supplementing them with the new ideas and research method and allows students to familiarize themselves with the methods of research.

5.1. Methods of presentation

The diversity of presentation methods is still a goal to be achieved, since lectures have continued to dominate as the main method of teaching, taking into account the specificity of language teaching. Nevertheless, the proportion of workshops and seminars has been increasing every year.

5.2. The influence of academic personnel’s research activities on study work

The academic personnel, similarly to previous years, are actively participating in scholarly research. Approximately 7-9 publications are issued yearly, predominantly in Latvian academic magazines of international status, for instance, Humanities and Social Sciences in Latvia. Together with other department specialists, The University of Latvia Scientific Articles Volume No. 652 was released, which was dedicated to Oriental Studies.

5.3. Students, participating in scholarly research

Students are encouraged to carry out research and write papers of scholarly value. Alongside with the course papers, conferences are organised yearly. All students of BA Studies programmes in Sinology and Japanese Studies are participating on regular basis at the Japanese and Chinese speech contests, arranged by the Department of Asian Studies in cooperation with the embassies of Japan and the People’s Republic of China.

6. The system of evaluation

6.1. Methods of evaluation

The evaluation system consists of the assessment of papers, workshops, tests, theoretical literature studies, and an examination. Usually intermediate tests are done

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after finishing separate course themes. The goal of the evaluation system is to encourage individual work, to generate deeper and more consistent knowledge as well as to gain a justified valuation of students.

Course papers and the bachelor’s thesis are evaluated on the basis of the same principles used to review academic research papers. Certain allowances are only given to students as for the limited number of source materials and literature units used; fundamentally new findings and innovations are not required. Correct scientific devices are required, an ability to evaluate scientific literature and to differentiate between research approaches, as well as to use correct research methodology.

Study results in all examinations are evaluated according to a 10-point scale.

6.2. Frequency of assessment

At the language classes, regular evaluation (on day-to-day basis) is practiced. The assessment consists of students’ active work of the in the class and the regular writing of written essays, which allows both the student and the lecturer to realise the extent of their development. In Chinese language classes regular evaluation serves also as a stimulus for the acquisition of this complicated language. Continuous evaluation makes it possible to give much more objective final grade, summing it up with the examination grade.

7. Students

7.1. The number of students in the programme

In January 1, 2005, there were 24 full-time students in the Sinology bachelor programme (20 students were subsidised by the state, 4 students – supported by their own funds). In the Japanese study programme there are 20 full-time students (20 budget places). Altogether in Asian studies there are 44 full-time students.

7.2. The number of freshmen

The number of freshmen in the academic year 2004/2005 in Asian bachelor study programmes remained unchanged, because the admission of new students takes place every other year. The number of freshmen in academic year 2003/2004 in full-time Asian bachelor study programmes was 46 students (20 budget places, 26 tuition fees payers).

7.3. The number of graduates

Academic year 2000/01

Academic year 2001/02

Academic year 2002/03

Academic year 2003/04

Academic year 2004/05

Number of students 59 76 70 80 44

Number of graduates 9 13

Number of freshmen 39 46Description of

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teaching staff:Total number 8 8 8 8 13

With the degree of Doctor hab. or Doctor / MA degree

2/1 2/1 2/2 2/3 2/3

Number of professors in the academic personnel

2 2 2 2 2

Number of students per one instructor

7.3 9.5 8.75 10 3.3

International exchange of teaching staff(in/out)

8/3 9/5 3/9 6/5 6/6

International exchange of students

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7.4. Student surveys and their analysis

During the entire period between accreditations, student surveys were regularly carried out. Questions on separate study courses and teaching staff as well as on the study process as a whole were included. In 2000, a cooperative survey of LU students was carried out. The last representative study survey was done in January 2005. The majority of 17 students of Sinology studying the 2nd and 4th year took part in the survey. According to the criteria of the science of sociology, such a small number of respondents cannot give an entirely objective view of the situation.

The survey questionnaires distributed among Sinologists, 11 questions were included, requesting to evaluate using a 10-point scale, with comments:

The competence of lecturers of the study programme on average was rated with the grade 8.

In the section where it was asked to evaluate the work and competence of each lecturer, opinion differences appeared, depending on the course and the individual qualification of the student. Most of the students had not understood that the work of each lecturer should be evaluated, regardless of the fact that in the given semester the appropriate lecture had not been scheduled. Lecturers who were mentioned most often – K. Eihmanis, P. Pildegovičs and J. Staburova – were rated with the average grade of 8.

The question about knowledge gained in the study programme and development of analytical skills gained an average rating of 7, since ratings ranged from 6 to 10.

In response to the question whether the programme had given students a chance to obtain knowledge according to their wishes, students rated from 4 to 10. Students note that courses introducing them to the overall modern situation in Asia are lacking.

Competitiveness in the labour market gained an average rating of 5/6. Only one student rated it at 10, another gave a grade of 7. It can partly be explained with the distorted market situation in the labour market of today, which mostly emphasizes practical experience as opposed to the aims of humanitarian education on the whole. It is also partly due to the wide-spread confusion of the students as to what sort of programme (i.e. professional or academic) they

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are actually involved in. The fault partly falls on the programme itself for being unable to provide a greater number of practical courses.

In the section on subjects and knowledge that the students would like to acquire were general courses on the Asian, as well as Chinese politics, economics and art.

The framework of the programme was rated with the average grade of 6. The stated reasons for this were the lack of several above mentioned courses and unsatisfactory competitiveness in the labour market.

The learning atmosphere and relationships with lecturers were rated with the average grade of 8.

The provision of the study process with scholarly literature was estimated as very low, on the average at 5. Most often the unsatisfactory condition of the department library and lack of books were mentioned. Students also complained about expenses imposed by the copying of study materials.

The provision of the programme with computer technologies was rated positively.

On the whole, students are satisfied with the study quality; individual ratings ranged from 6 to 9.

Student suggestions: to provide practical courses through developing the cooperation between faculties; to attract visiting lecturers from abroad; to provide students with the necessary study literature.

25 students could potentially take part in the Japanese Studies BSP survey, which is also an insufficient number for a sociologically correct appraisal:

All respondents rate the work of lecturers approvingly or mostly approvingly, although in 7 inquiry forms critical remarks are dedicated to one of the Japanese lecturers.

7 respondents rate the development of their analytical skills approvingly or mostly approvingly;

9 respondents admit that they have been able to acquire all or about 70% of the knowledge according to their wishes;

7 are satisfied or mostly satisfied with the quality of studies; Competitiveness in the Latvian labour market is evaluated positively only by 3

students, the rest point out the low competitiveness of the graduates of an academic study programme;

All respondents give very good ratings to the computer technologies support of the programme, but most (8 respondents) are dissatisfied with the programme’s provision of scholarly literature.

Half the respondents feel that the structure of the programme could be improved, and also name specific subjects which should be included in the programme, among them courses dealing with Japanese economics, politics, modern art.

In response to the question about a shift to 3-year bachelor education, respondents practically unanimously rejected this reform, considering it impossible to gain quality knowledge of an Asian language in 3 years.

The analysis of separate study course ratings suggests that students express a positive attitude towards those members of teaching staff and the lectures they read who are actively engaged in research work, and who regularly use new methods and the newest scientific achievements. Students give a positive

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rating to the scientific level of lectures and workshops, as well as to the ability of teaching staff to systematically outline the basic ideas of the course; however, they wish to activate discussion during lectures and workshops.

The results of the surveys are being analysed. Teaching staff has been acquainted with the results, stressing both shared and individual issues. The results are evaluated at the meetings of the Department of Asian Studies. Because of these very opinions expressed by the students in the survey, many changes in the implementation of the programmes have been made (new comprehensive courses have been introduced, the number of educative courses has been increased in specific region modules, the attraction of new academic personnel has been encouraged, and for separate study courses, teaching staff has been replaced).

7.5. Surveys of graduates and their analysis

Since the admission of new students in BA studies programme in Sinology and Japanese Studies until now has taken place only every second year, since 1999, when the previous accreditation passed, only 22 students have graduated from the programme (Sinology– 16, Japanese Studies– 6 students). For this reason the survey of graduates was carried out only in January 2005. Generally, both Sinology and Japanese Studies have been rated positively. The summary and analysis of graduate surveys give ground to the following conclusions:

Only 5 of the graduates work in the field associated with their specialty – the Chinese and Japanese language. The reason for this is not the lack of labour demand in the specific field, but the personal choice of graduates. Only 4 of the graduates have chosen to continue their studies in MA Programme in Asian Studies.

The structure of the bachelor programmes has been rated as satisfactory and good.

As the main advantage of the programmes, the opportunity to do fieldwork in one of the higher education establishments of the People’s Republic of China, Taiwan or Japan was mentioned, thus deepening the knowledge of the language and the understanding of the culture of Asian countries.

The scientific and methodological quality of the programme was rated as good;

Despite the fact that demands posed by the programme were rated as satisfactory, many respondents noted the need for slightly stricter requirements.

The examination requirements, adequacy of form and assessment were spheres where it was suggested to follow higher standards.

The stocks of textbooks and scientific literature provided by the programme were rated as very unsatisfactory. Also the infrastructure of the programme – provision of premises, access to the Internet etc. – was not given positive ratings.

The opportunities of influencing the study process were rated as unsatisfactory, however, the organisation of studies, information about the programme and individual consultations were rated positively.

The key suggestions were associated with increasing the proportion of practical language courses, higher requirements towards the students, the

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introduction of a comprehensive course in economics and political science, as well as the need for being acquainted with Asian culture processes on the whole. The most important suggestion, predominating in the survey questionnaires of all respondents, was to increase the stocks of scholarly literature related to Asian Studies.

7.6. Student participation in the improvement of the study process

Student participation in the improvement of the study process is realised by means of meeting with the administration of the programme (including meetings at least once a semester, which are separate for student groups of each year) and teaching staff, as well as organising student surveys and analysing the results. Student representatives took active participation in the meetings of the Faculty’s Study Programme Council. Student representatives also take part in meetings of the Faculty’s Board, where matters of programme development and implementation are discussed and approved.

In academic year 2004/2005 students submitted proposals for the preservation of a 4-year studies programme and the expansion of its academic competency.

Students receive support not only during lectures and classes, but also apart from those; regular tutoring and, on separate occasions, individual tutoring and classes are organised. Each full-time lecturer holds a tutoring for the students once a week. Special tutorship and classes are held in order to help the students prepare for their final examinations.

8. Academic and administrative personnel employed in the study programme

8.1. The number of academic personnel

In 2005, the teaching staff of Department of Asian Studies consists of 12 people, for 4 of whom are full-time instructors; 3 are guest lecturers from Japan and China; 2 are doctoral candidates; 3 are professors permanently employed; 1 is an associated professor from another LU faculty; 2 are highly qualified language specialists employed on part-time basis. The administrative personnel of the department are the head of the department (Prof. L. Taivans) and a half time secretary (I. Tretjuka, B.A.). The studies modules (former studies programmes in Sinology and Japanese Studies are moderated by K.Eihmanis, M.A, and I.Paegle, M.A.

In previous years only 1 professor and 2 M.A.’s were employed, as well as an changing number of guest lecturers (M.A.) from China and Japan. Thus the number of instructors has tripled, and also the number of professors has increased threefold.

Academic positions NumberProfessors 3Associated professors 1Lecturers 5Assistants 4

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DegreesDr./Dr. Hab. 3M.A. 9

The ratio of the number of students versus academic personnel was 8:1.

The ratio of the number of students versus administrative personnel was 44:1.

8.2. The conformity of academic personnel to the aims and objectives of structural units

Those who work principally for LU are academic degree holders. All lecturers with a master’s degree are doctoral candidates. The department employs part-time lecturers having excellent knowledge of the Chinese and Japanese languages, but their university certificates have been issued by other countries (USSR, Japan, China). All lecturers of the department of Asian studies are engaged in scholarly research

Teaching staff is participating in scholarly research in Latvia and abroad. During the period between accreditations, members of teaching staff have issued 1 scientific monograph, 2 textbooks aimed at higher education establishments and high schools; 18 scientific publications in local and international periodicals, and they have been compilers of collected articles and scientific editors. Members of teaching staff have read lectures in 4 foreign universities and participated in international scientific conferences with 20 reports. The department is carrying out scientific coordination work in the field of Asian research and Asian Studies in the Baltic States, and it offers methodical help to neighbouring universities. Members of the department participate in the editorial boards of several scholarly journals.

The teaching stuff of Department of Asian Studies regularly participates as experts in the scholarly and academic commissions and councils.

8. 3. Selection and development of the academic personnel

Selection of personnel is basically part of the work of Asian study programmes themselves. The teaching of Asian languages – Japanese and Chinese – has already partly been entrusted to those who themselves have studied in the Department of Asian Studies of the University of Latvia.

During the period of the formation of new language and country (region) modules and the reception of academic degrees, it is currently necessary to look for specialists who have gained their knowledge in foreign universities.

Serious attention is being paid to the education of the teaching staff: all lecturers with academic degrees are doctoral students; their scholarly research and translations from Eastern languages with commentaries are published, they take part in the reviewing and editing of publications related to Asian topics.

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9. International relations

9.1. Cooperation with employers

There is regular connection with the employers of Sinology BSP graduates. The small number of Chinese language experts allows an easy tracing of graduate employment records:

The LR Ministry of External Affairs employs 4 graduates, 2 of them - in the Latvian Embassy in Beijing;

Academic work in the LU Department of Asian Studies is doing 1 graduate The Representative Body of Industry and Commerce of The People’s Republic

of China in Riga employs 2 graduates; 2 graduates are PhD students in foreign universities; 3 graduates are employed by commercial companies in PRC; 3 graduates are permanently residing in PRC.

No complaints have ever been received regarding the quality of work carried out by the graduates. There have been positive reports regarding the following employees of diplomatic service – D. Liberte, D. Rudāka, J. Jurkāne and E. Dzelme, as well as a member of the teaching staff of the Department of Asian Studies K. Eihmanis, who often offers interpreter services to the Riga City Council upon receiving delegations from the People’s Republic of China and Taiwan.

Graduates of the BA programme in Japanese Studies are employed in the following establishments:

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Latvian Republic: 1 person Administrative work in the LU Department of Asian Studies: 1 person Administrative work in the Embassy of Japan in Latvia: 4 persons.

The connections with the employers of Japanese BSP are close. Representatives of employers (mainly LR Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Embassy of Japan in Latvia) cooperate with the teaching staff of the Asian Studies programme and help in different possible ways. Contacts with employers are likewise maintained during cooperation in different shared projects, including the organisation of conferences and “Days of Culture.”

Feedback from employers of Sinology and Japanese Studies BSP is achieved by means of employer surveys (see 6.2.).

9.2. Cooperation with similar study programmes in Latvia and foreign countries

External cooperation in terms of the implementation of the programme is carried out in Latvia with other faculties of Humanities and social sciences as well as with the Music Academy of Latvia. Other Latvian higher education establishments do not offer academic programmes in Sinology and Japanese Studies. Only the Baltic Russian Institute and the Culture Academy of Latvia offers the opportunity to acquire the basics of the Japanese language to beginners, but they do not envisage the formation of an academic study programme.

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In foreign countries, the closest cooperation exists with; Vitautas Magnus University in Kaunas; Vilnius University The Humanitarian University of Tallinn.

The Department of Asian Studies has cooperated with Northern Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS, Copenhagen);University of Petersburg;University of Moscow;University of Helsinki;University of Cornell;Waseda University;Kansai University;Yamagata University.

Cooperation with the universities of Petersburg and Moscow has been encouraged by Prof. J. Staburova and Prof. L. Taivāns. Guest lecturers have arrived from these universities, both lecturers regularly participate in conferences organised in Moscow and Petersburg. However, there are no permanent cooperation projects with these establishments.

The University of Helsinki is where masters of the department study for their doctoral degree. Otherwise cooperation with the Eastern researchers of this university is episodic.

Cooperation with the University of Vilnius is built on the grounds of mutual convenience and bilateral supplementation. Both for Latvia and Lithuania, small countries and nations, it is difficult to develop Asian studies and Oriental research of wide range. Therefore asianists of the University of Latvia take part in the formation of the University of Vilnius Master’s programme, whereas Latvian specialists have reached an agreement allowing them to use the Lithuanian academic publishing facilities. It has been successfully negotiated with Lithuanian and Estonian colleagues to form a united bank of Eastern Studies resources and the implementation of a common doctorate of the Baltic States, attracting European funds and resources.

Cooperation with the Waseda, Kansai and Yamagata universities of Japan is based on the existing cooperation agreement between LU and the Waseda University as well as on the new cooperation agreements with Kansai and Yamagata universities, which have been signed in the period between accreditations. The best cooperation has so far been with the Waseda University in Tokyo.

Every year one of the students of Japanese Studies BSP/Japanese study module receives an opportunity to study in the Waseda University. In 2002 a substantial contribution of books to the library of the Department of Asian Studies was received from the Waseda University. Unfortunately, none of the students of the Waseda University has ever used the chance to study at the University of Latvia. Starting from 2003, two students of the Japanese Studies BSP yearly receive the opportunity to study in the Kansai University. Similar contacts are being formed with the Yamagata University. Closer scientific cooperation with Japanese universities would be

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necessary, but the great distance between Latvia and Japan as well as limited financial resources make the exchange of students and teaching staff difficult. Japanese Studies is a relatively new branch in Latvia, which has begun to develop only in the last 5-7 years, thus it can be considered a positive factor that contacts with many important Japanese study centres in Europe and USA have been established. In academic year 2002/2003 cooperation with Cornell University begun, a workshop in Japanese Studies was organised and, in 2004, a contribution of books to the library of the Department of Asian Studies was received. The international conference/workshop in Oriental Studies “Reading and Writing in the History of Japanese Civilisation” in 2004 can be considered a continuation of the cooperation begun with L’Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes. In the following years, the existing scientific and academic contacts with the Oriental Studies Centre of University of Vitautas the Great in Kaunas (the Institute of Foreign relations and Diplomacy) are planned to strengthen, and closer contacts with University of Helsinki and L’Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes hopefully will be established.

9.3. Academic personnel with working experience in foreign education establishments

Between 1999 and 2005, teaching staff have been regularly visiting universities of other countries, both as lecturers and researchers. During this time, lectures in foreign countries have been read and researches carried out by: 2 persons in China, 2 in Russia, 2 in England, 1 in Germany, 1 in Israel, 1 in Indonesia; 2 in Japan; 4 in Denmark; 1 in Taiwan; 2 in Finland; 1 in France. Teaching staff involved in the programmes has also regularly participated in scientific conferences in other countries (see CV).

9.4. The number of foreign guest lecturers in the programmes

During the period between accreditations, courses or separate lectures have been read by teaching staff from the following foreign countries: France – 1, Japan – 5, China – 3, Estonia – 1, Russia – 5, Denmark – 5, Germany – 1, Finland – 1, England – 1; USA – 3. Unfortunately more extensive involvement of foreign lecturers in the study process is hindered by lack of financial resources as well as the specificity of the programme. The study programmes of Sinology and Japanese Studies are relatively new. It must be stressed that during the period between accreditations, the basics of Sinology and Japanese Studies were practically formed and gaining foothold in UL along with newly founded contacts with foreign universities and scientific research centres. Furthermore, programmes in Sinology, Japanese and Asian studies are comparatively small in every country and university, and the size of academic personnel is limited.

9.5. Students’study experience in foreign countries

Students of Asian Studies programmes regularly supplement their knowledge in foreign universities. Students of the Japanese study module regularly study in Japanese colleges and universities, taking advantage of the cooperation contract between universities as well as opportunities offered by the Japanese government (Monbukagakushō). Students of the Sinology programme study in China institutions of higher education receiving scholarships from the Ministry of Education of the

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People’s Republic of China. During the period between accreditations, students have gone to the following foreign countries for studies purposes: Taiwan – 6, the People’s Republic of China – 14, Japan – 10, France – 1. Unfortunately, tighter cooperation with European and USA universities is lacking, therefore the number of students in Chinese and Japanese institutions of higher educations is incomparably greater.

9.6. The number of foreign students in the study programme

There are no foreigners to have studied in the Asian study programmes of UL. Sinology and Japanese Studies are parts of a comparatively small and very specific branch of studies, which hardly ever attracts student attention. Study programmes offered by UL are no exception. However, study courses in Japanese for beginners, which are read in English/Japanese, as well as Japanese study courses of the higher level can be attended by foreign students as well.

The positive impact of the international cooperation can be rated positively, however, it is necessary to increase the number of visiting lecturers and to extend cooperation with universities in Europe and the USA, which has good traditions in Asian Studies.

10. The study programme further development

The further development of Asian studies could include: The expansion of cooperation with foreign universities; Harmonising the study programmes with EU universities, eventually creating

joint academic degrees; Providing the programme with original teaching materials and e-courses; Broadening advertising activities and the popularisation of the study

programmes; Encouraging the involvement of new international teaching staff in the

implementation of the programme. Diversifying relations with potential employers.

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ASIAN STUDIES PROGRAMME SYLLABUS

Title of the course 1st year

2nd year

3rd year

Examination

Faculty

1.s.

2.s.

3.s.

4.s.

5.s.

6.s.

Compulsory (A) part (60 credits) General university courses (10 credits)

History and Theory of Culture 2 Exam Faculty of PhilosophyBasics of Theory of Economics 4 Exam Faculty of EconomyBasics of Philosophy 4 Exam Faculty of Philosophy

Basic theoretical courses of the study programme (50 credits)Introduction into Asian Cultural Anthropology I

2 Exam L.Taivans, V.Ivbulis, J.Sīkstulis;I. Paegle, K.Eihmanis

Introduction into Asian Cultural Anthropology II

4 Exam L.Taivans, V.Ivbulis, J.Sīkstulis;I. Paegle, K.Eihmanis

Introduction to Asian Religions I 2 Exam L.Taivans, V.Ivbulis, J.Sīkstulis;I. Paegle, K.Eihmanis

Introduction to Asian Religions II 4 Exam L.Taivans, V.Ivbulis, J.Sīkstulis;I. Paegle, K.Eihmanis

History of China I 2 Exam K.EihmanisHistory of China II 2 Exam K.EihmanisAn Introduction into Chinese Civilization

2 Exam K.Eihmanis

History of Japanese Culture and Civilization I

2 Exam I.Paegle

History of Japanese Culture and Civilization II

2 Exam I.Paegle

The History of Arab Civilization I 2 Exam L.TaivansThe History of Arab Civilization II 2 Exam L.TaivansClassical Chinese Literature 2 Exam K.Eihmanis, F. Kraushaar20th Century Chinese Literature 2 Exam K.Eihmanis, F. Kraushaar

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Japanese Literature I 2 Exam I. PaegleJapanese Literature II 2 Exam I. PaegleHistory of Arabic Literature I 2 Exam J. Sīkstulis, guest lecturerHistory of Arabic Literature II 2 Exam J. Sīkstulis, guest lecturerBachelor’s thesis 10 Exam Compulsory choice (B) modules (student has to master one of the modules)

Module of Chinese Studies (56 credits)

Chinese Phonetics 6 Exam K.Eihmanis; Zhang JunlingBasics of Chinese Writing 4 Exam K.Eihmanis; Zhang Junling; Chinese I 8 Exam K.Eihmanis; Zhang Junling;Chinese II 8 Exam Zhang Junling;Wang ZhenhuiChinese III 8 Exam Zhang Junling;Wang ZhenhuiChinese IV 6 Exam Zhang Junling;Wang ZhenhuiChinese V 6 Exam Zhang Junling; P.PildegovičsClassical Chinese I 2 Exam K.Eihmanis; F.KraushaarClassical Chinese II 2 Exam K.Eihmanis; F.KraushaarEnglish for the Asianists I  4 Exam L.Taivāne, O.ŠatrāvinaEnglish for the Asianists II 4 Exam L. Taivāne, O.Šatrāvina

Module of Japanese Studies (56 credits)Japanese Language I 6 Exam S. Hashimoto; H. OnoJapanese Language II 6 Exam S. Hashimoto; H. OnoJapanese Language III 6 Exam S. Hashimoto; H. OnoJapanese Language IV 6 Exam S. Hashimoto; H. OnoJapanese Language V 6 Exam S. Hashimoto; H. OnoJapanese Language VI 6 Exam S. Hashimoto; H. OnoIntensive Basic Grammar of Japanese 2 Exam S. Hashimoto; H. OnoKanji I 2 Exam S. Hashimoto; H. OnoKanji II 2 Exam S. Hashimoto; H. OnoKanji III 2 Exam S. Hashimoto; H. OnoKanji IV 2 Exam S. Hashimoto; H. OnoJapanese Society I 2 Exam I. PaegleHistory of Japanese Art 2 Exam I. PaegleEnglish for the Asianists I  4 Exam L. Taivāne, O.Šatrāvina

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English for the Asianists II 4 Exam L. Taivāne, O.Šatrāvina Module of Middle East Studies (56 credits)

Arabic I / Hebrew I 10 Exam J. Sīkstulis; guest lecturerArabic II / Hebrew II 8 Exam J. Sīkstulis; guest lecturerArabic III / Hebrew III 8 Exam J. Sīkstulis; guest lecturerArabic IV / Hebrew IV 8 Exam J. Sīkstulis; guest lecturerArabic V / Hebrew V 6 Exam J. Sīkstulis; guest lecturerArabic VI / Hebrew VI 6 Exam J. Sīkstulis; guest lecturerIntroduction to Ancient Hebrew Literature I

2 Exam I.Zvirgzds

Introduction to Ancient Hebrew Literature I

2 Exam I.Zvirgzds

English for the Asianists I  4 Exam L. Taivāne, O.ŠatrāvinaEnglish for the Asianists II 4 Exam L. Taivāne, O.ŠatrāvinaTotal in compulsory part (A part) 8 12 8 10 14 10 60Total in B part 12 8 12 10 6 6 56Free choice (C part) 0 0 0 0 0 4 4

Total in programme 20 20 20 20 20 20 120

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SUPPLEMENT ONE DESCRIPTION OF ACADEMIC COURSES

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Course title Introduction into Asian Cultural Anthropology I

Course code SDSK2003Credit points 2ECTS credit points 3Size(number of academic contact-hours per semester) 32Number of lectures 16Date of course confirmation 21.02.2005

Course abstract:Cultural anthropology has become an important perspective and methodology within human sciences. It aims to describe the existence of human beings in the web of cultural and social relations. Considering the necessity of fully understanding cultural phenomena of different cultures "Introduction into Asian Cultural Anthropology" gives a general insight into cultural lives of the peoples of the Asian region. The main areas of cultural life to be considered: geographic and ethnic division of the region; kinship relations; traditional economy; food and social relations; sacral spaces: temples and dwelling spaces; culture of body: clothing and household objects.Suggested titles(01-suggested reading):Geertz, Clifford. The Interpretation of Cultures. Basic Books, 2000. Geertz, Clifford. Local Knowledge: Further Essays in Interpretive Anthropology. Basic Books, 1985.

Suggested titles(02-further reading):Bond, Michael Harris. Beyond the Chinese Face: Insights from Psychology. OUP China, 1992. Deatkine, Norvell, B. The Arab Mind. Hatherleigh Press, 2002. Yoshio Sugimoto. An Introduction to Japanese Society. Cambridge University Press, 2003. Roger Davies, Osamu Ikeno. The Japanese Mind: Understanding Contemporary Japanese Culture. Tuttle Publishing, 2002.

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Course title Introduction into Asian Cultural Anthropology II

Course code SDSK3003Credit points 4ECTS credit points 6Size(number of academic contact-hours per semester) 64Number of lectures 16Number of hours for seminars and practical assignments 16Date of course confirmation 21.02.2005

Background knowledgeSDSK2003, Introduction into Asian Cultural Anthropology IICourse abstract:The course continues the discussion of the subjects dealt with in the Introduction into Asian Cultural Anthropology, II. It contains more detailed description of the Cultural and Social Anthropology, the British, American and French schools of anthropology, and their development.

The greatest part of the learning time is devoted to the main regions of contemporary Asia and their most crucial anthropological peculiarities, the challenges of the modern world and the responses of modernizing Asian societies. The selected texts of E.Durkheim, Cl. Levi-Strauss, and Cl. Geertz are planned to discuss at the seminaries. Suggested titles(01-suggested reading):Kl. Gircs. Kultūru antropoloģija (R.: "AGB", 1998) Bond, Michael Harris. Beyond the Chinese Face: Insights from Psychology. OUP China, 1992.

Suggested titles(02-further reading):The Laws of Manu. (London: Penguin, 1992) Jayne Susan Werner. Peasant Politics and Religious Sectarianism: Peasant and Priest in the Cao-Dai in Viet Nam (Yale, 1981) Deatkine, Norvell, B. The Arab Mind. Hatherleigh Press, 2002. Yoshio Sugimoto. An Introduction to Japanese Society. Cambridge University Press, 2003.

Suggested titles(03-suggested periodicals):Analecta Hafniensa. Scandinavian Institute of Asians Studies Occasional Papers. (Copenhagen: Curzon Press, 1988)

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Course title Introduction to Asian Religions I

Course code SDSK2009Credit points 2ECTS credit points 3Size(number of academic contact-hours per semester) 32Number of lectures 15Number of hours for seminars and practical assignments 1Date of course confirmation 21.02.2005

Course abstract:This course devotes special attention to the major ideas concerning the studies of religion which emerged from the beginnings up to the 20th century. With some initial consideration of the immediate societal context, the emergence of these ideas is seen in critical reaction against modern doctrines. The introduction to the great Asian religions is the core of this course.Suggested titles(01-suggested reading):L.G.Taivans, E.Taivāne. Reliģiju vēsture (R.:RaKa,2003) L.G.Taivans, E.Taivāne. Reliģiju vēsture. Skolotāja grāmata (R.:RaKa,2003) World Religions. (Oxford: Lion Publications, 1994)

Suggested titles(02-further reading):Spencer H. The Principles of Sociology. Vol. 1., (New York, 1988) Tylor E.B. Primitive Culture. (London, 1871)

Suggested titles(03-suggested periodicals):"History of Religions", Chicago University Press. "Ceļš" (Rīga: Latvijas Universitāte teoloģijas fakultāte)

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Course title Introduction to Asian Religions II

Course code SDSK3005Credit points 4ECTS credit points 6Size(number of academic contact-hours per semester) 64Number of lectures 16Number of hours for seminars and practical assignments 16Date of course confirmation 21.02.2005

Background knowledgeSDSK2009, Introduction to Asian Religions Course abstract:This course devotes special attention to the major ideas concerning the studies of religion which emerged from the beginnings up to the 20th century. With some initial consideration of the immediate societal context, the emergence of these ideas is seen in critical reaction against modern doctrines. The introduction to the great Asian religions is the core of this course. Special attention is devoted to religious syncretism in different regions of Asia.

Suggested titles(01-suggested reading):L.G.Taivans, E.Taivāne. Reliģiju vēsture (R.:RaKa,2003) L.G.Taivans, E.Taivāne. Reliģiju vēsture. Skolotāja grāmata (R.:RaKa,2003) World Religions. (Oxford: Lion Publications, 1994) W.A.Lessa, E.Z.Vogt. Reader in Comparative Religion. An Anthropological Approach.(N.Y.,Harper, 1988)

Suggested titles(02-further reading):Spencer H. The Principles of Sociology. Vol. 1., (New York, 1988) Tylor E.B. Primitive Culture. (London, 1871)

Suggested titles(03-suggested periodicals):"History of Religions", Chicago University Press. "Ceļš" (Rīga: Latvijas Universitāte teoloģijas fakultāte)

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Course title History of China ICourse code Vēst1076Credit points 2ECTS credit points 3Size(number of academic contact-hours per semester) 32Number of lectures 16Number of hours for seminars and practical assignments 4Date of course confirmation 25.11.1998

Course abstract:The course is designed to give a general outline of the history of China: prehistoric period of Neolithic cultures, period of archaic dynasties of Xia and Shang-Yin, period of Zhou dynasty, the first empires of Qin and Han, Wei, Jin, Nan-Bei Chao (Northern and Southern Dynasties). The course offers accounts of political-ideological structures of archaic and imperial China, social and economical development of the Chinese society, discussing philosophical and religious ideas that have shaped the Chinese mentality and literary culture.

Suggested titles(01-suggested reading):1. Loewe, Michael, Shaugnessy, Edward L., eds. The Cambridge History of China. From the Origins of Civilization to 221 B.C. Cambridge University Press, 1999.2. Twitchett, Denis and Loewe, Michael, eds. The Ch’in and Han Empires, 221 BC-AD220. Cambridge University Press, 1995.3. Twitchett, Denis ed. The Northern and Southern Kingdoms. Cambridge University Press, 2000.4. Wilkinson, Endymion. Chinese History. A Manual. Harward-Yenching Institute Monograph Series, 52. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Asia Center, rev. and enlgd. 2000.5. Mair, Victor H., Steinhard, Nancy S. ,and Goldin, Paul R. eds. Hawai’I Reader in Traditional Chinese Culture. University of Hawai’I Press, 2005.6. Jacques Gernet. A History of Chinese Civilization. Cambridge University Press, 1999.7. de Bary, William Theodore, Bloom, Irene, eds. Sources of Chinese Tradition: From Earliest Times to 1600 Vol 1 (Introduction to Asian Civilizations). Columbia University Press, 2000.

Suggested titles(02-further reading):1. Loewe, Michael. A Bigraphical Dictionary of the Qin, Former Han, and Xin Dynasties Periods, 221 B.C.-A.D. 24. Leiden: Brill, 2000.2. Keightley, David N., ed. The Origins of Chinese Civilization. Berkley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1983. 3. Chang, K.C. Art, Myth, and Ritual: The Path to Political Authority in Ancient China. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1983.4. Creel, Herlee G. The Origins of Statecraft in China. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1970.5. Ames, Roger T. The Art of Rulership: A Study of Ancient Chinese Political Thought. Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press, 1983. 6. Goldin, Paul. After Confucius: Studies in early Chinese Philosophy. Honolulu: University of Hawaii’s Press, 2004.7. Chan, Wingtsit, comp. And tr. A Source Book in Chinese Philosophy. Princeton University Press, 1963.

Course title History of China II

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Course code Vēst2156Credit points 2ECTS credit points 3Size(number of academic contact-hours per semester) 32Number of lectures 16Number of hours for seminars and practical assignments 4Date of course confirmation 25.11.1998

Background knowledgeVēst1076, History of China ICourse abstract:The course is designed to give a general outline of the history of China in the periods of Sui and Tang empires, Song dynasty, Mongol Yuan empire, and Ming dynasty, Manchu Qing, Republican China and Modern China since 1949. The course offers accounts of political-ideological structures of classical imperial and modern China, social and economical development of the Chinese society, discussing philosophical and religious ideas that have shaped the Chinese mentality and literary culture.

Suggested titles(01-suggested reading):1. Twitchett, Denis, ed. The Sui and T’ang China, 589-906, part 1.. Cambridge University Press, 1979.2. Twitchett, Denis, ed. The Sui and T’ang China, 589-906, part 2. Cambridge University Press, 2000.3. Twitchett, Denis, ed. Sung China, 907-1267. Cambridge University Press, 2000.4. Franke, Herbert. Twitchett, Denis, eds. Alien Regimes and Border States, 907-1368. Cambridge University Press, 1994.5. Mote, W. Frederick, Twitchett, Denis, eds. The Ming Dynasty,1368-1644, part 1. Cambridge University Press, 1988.6. Mote, W. Frederick, Twitchett, Denis, eds. The Ming Dynasty 1368-1644, part 2. Cambridge University Press, 1988.7. Mote, W. Frederick, Twitchett, Denis, eds. Early Ch’ing, 1644-1800. Cambridge University Press, 2000.8. Fairbank, John K., ed. Late Ch’ing, 1800-1911, part 1... Cambridge University Press, 1978.9. Fairbank, John K., Liu, Kwang-ching, eds. Late Ch’ing, 1800-1911, part 2. Cambridge University Press, 1980.10. Fairbank, John K., ed. Republican China 1912-1949, part 1... Cambridge University Press, 1983.11. Fairbank, John K., Feuerwerker, eds. Republican China 1912-1949, part 2. Cambridge University Press, 1986.12. MacFarquhur, Roderick, Fairbank, John K., eds. The People’s Republic of China, part 1: The Emergence of Revolutionary China 1949-1965... Cambridge University Press, 1987.13. MacFarquhur, Roderick, Fairbank, John K., eds. The People’s Republic of China, part 2: Revolutions Within the Revolution 1966-1982. Cambridge University Press, 1991.14. Hsu, C.Y. Immanuel. The Rise of Modern China. Oxford University Press Inc., USA, 2004.Suggested titles(02-further reading):1. Wilkinson, Endymion. Chinese History. A Manual. Harward-Yenching Institute Monograph Series, 52. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Asia Center, rev. and enlgd. 2000.2. Mair, Victor H., Steinhard, Nancy S. ,and Goldin, Paul R. eds. Hawaii’s Reader in Traditional Chinese Culture. University of Hawaii’s Press, 2005.

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3. Jacques Gernet. A History of Chinese Civilization. Cambridge University Press, 1999.4. de Bary, William Theodore, Bloom, Irene, eds. Sources of Chinese Tradition: From 1600 Through the Twentieth Century Vol. 2 (Introduction to Asian Civilizations). Columbia University Press, 2001.

Course title An Introduction into Chinese civilization

Course code Vēst1393Credit points 2ECTS credit points 3Size(number of academic contact-hours per semester) 32Number of lectures 16Number of hours for seminars and practical assignments 4Date of course confirmation 25.11.1998

Course abstract:The course offers an introduction and a general outline of the history and the development of the Chinese civilization and its culture. The course offers insights into basic periods of Chinese history – political structures, ideological paradigms, social-economic development of the Chinese empire. Philosophical schools of antiquity and classical period are treaded separately, as well as the religious culture, literature, visual arts etc.

Suggested titles(01-suggested reading):

1. Wilkinson, Endymion. Chinese History. A Manual. Harward-Yenching Institute Monograph Series, 52. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Asia Centre, rev. and enlgd. 2000.2. Mair, Victor H., Steinhard, Nancy S. ,and Goldin, Paul R. eds. Hawaii’s Reader in Traditional Chinese Culture. University of Hawaii’s Press, 2005.3. Jacques Gernet. A History of Chinese Civilization. Cambridge University Press, 1999.4. de Bary, William Theodore, Bloom, Irene, eds. Sources of Chinese Tradition: From Earliest Times to 1600 Vol. 1 (Introduction to Asian Civilizations). Columbia University Press, 2000.5. de Bary, William Theodore, Bloom, Irene, eds. Sources of Chinese Tradition: From 1600 Through the Twentieth Century Vol. 2 (Introduction to Asian Civilizations). Columbia University Press, 2001.6. J.K. Fairbank, M. Goldman. China - A new History- Harvard Univ. Press, 1993.7. M. Kravcova. Istorija kulturi Kitaja. Sankt-Peterburg, 1999.8. V.V. Maļavin. Kitaiskaja civilizacija. Moskva, 2000.

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Course title History of Japanese culture and civilization I

Course code Vēst2017Credit points 2ECTS credit points 3Size(number of academic contact-hours per semester) 32Number of lectures 14Number of hours for seminars and practical assignments 2Date of course confirmation 25.11.1998

Course abstract:The course gives a review about Japanese culture from the Jomon period to the beginning of Kamakura period (13th century). Emphasize will be paid to the process of adaptation and transformation of Chinese culture during the Asuka and Nara.

Suggested titles(01-suggested reading):1. Brown, D.M. (ed.). The Cambridge History of Japan. Vol. I - II. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. 2. Meščerjakov, A., Gračov, M. Istorija drevņei Japoņii. SPb: Giperion, 2003 3. Sansom, G.B. Japan: A Short Cultural History. Tokyo: Tuttle, 1997 4. Totman, C.: A History of Japan. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000

Suggested titles(02-further reading):1. Ienaga, S. Istorija japonskoi kuõturi. Moskva, 1972 2. Matsunaga, D. and A. Foundation of Japanese Buddhism. Vol. I Los Angeles/Tōkyō, 1992 3. Meżnerjakov, A.N. Drevnaja Japonija: buddizm i sintoizm. Problemi sinkretizma. Moskva, 1987 4. Tsunoda, R., Bary de, T., Keene, D. (eds.) Sources of Japanese Tradition vol. 1, NY/London, 1964

Suggested titles(03-suggested periodicals):1. Monumenta Nipponica. 2. Acta Asiatica.

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Course title History of Japanese culture and civilization II

Course code Vēst2018Credit points 2ECTS credit points 3Size(number of academic contact-hours per semester) 32Number of lectures 14Number of hours for seminars and practical assignments 2Date of course confirmation 25.11.1998

Background knowledgeVēst2017, History of Japanese culture and civilization ICourse abstract:The course gives a review about Japanese culture and civilization from the beginning of Kamakura period (13th century) to the Edo period. A special attention is paid to the particularities of cultural transformation during Edo period.

Suggested titles(01-suggested reading):1. Dunn, C. Everyday Life in Traditional Japan. Tokyo, 1997 2. Matsunaga, D. and A. Foundation of Japanese Buddhism. Vol. I Los Angeles, 1992. 3. Totman, C. The History of Premodern Japan. Oxford: Oxford University Press,2000 4. Brown, D.M. (ed.). The Cambridge History of Japan. Vol. III - V. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1999 5. Sansom, G.B. Japan: A Short Cultural History. Tokyo: Tuttle, 1997 6. Totman, C. A History of Japan. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000

Suggested titles(02-further reading):1. Hall J.W. Japan. From Prehistory to Modern Times. Tokyo, 1993/20th print. 3. Matsunaga D.& A. Foundation of Japanese Buddhism. Vol.1., Tokyo. 1992 (4th Print.) 4. Leščenko N.F. Japonija v epohu Tokugava. M. 1999

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Course title The History of Arab Civilization I

Course code SDSK1432Credit points 2ECTS credit points 3Size(number of academic contact-hours per semester) 32Number of lectures 12Number of hours for seminars and practical assignments 4Number hours for course paper 12Date of course confirmation 16.05.2005

Course abstract:The Arab civilization for centuries was the only bright light in an otherwise culturally and intellectually stagnant world. While Europe was experiencing its "Dark Ages," the Arab/Islamic empire was at its apogee. It nourished with its many contributions to science and the humanities, which paved the way for the rise of the West to its present prominence. The course covers the early period of tribal Arab culture, but the greatest part of the course reflects the encounter of the Arab world with the neighbouring Christianity, Judaism, and Persian Civilization.Suggested titles(01-suggested reading):V.M.Vats. Islāms. Īsa vēsture. (R.:"Nordik", 2002) DUNLOP, D.M. - Arab Civilization to AD 1500, London, 1970 LO BON. G. - Arab Civilization, Translaated by A.Zouaiter, Cairo, 1964

Suggested titles(02-further reading):WATT, WM & CACHIA, P. - A History of Islamic Spain, Edinburgh, 1967 RUNCIMAN, S. - A History of the Crusades, Cambridge, 1987. (3 volumes) . NICHOLSON, R.A. - A Literary History of the Arabs, Cambridge, 1930.

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Course title The History of Arab Civilization, II

Course code SDSK2025Credit points 2ECTS credit points 3Size(number of academic contact-hours per semester) 32Number of lectures 12Number of hours for seminars and practical assignments 6Number hours for course paper 12Date of course confirmation 16.05.2005

Background knowledgeSDSK1432, The History of Arab Civilization ICourse abstract:The course covers the greatest landmarks in the Modern Arab history. The modern Arab state system and the Arab national movement had its origins in the nineteenth century Ottoman system and the pattern of European influences on the fertile crescent. Arab nationalism which had its first home in Lebanon is discussed; "modernization" and the formation of a new political consciousness, directly influenced by European commercial, political, and educational penetration, are reflected. State programs of centralization or "Tanzimat", modernization, and movement for independence in 22 Arab countries are the subjects of this course.Suggested titles(01-suggested reading):Albert Hourani, A History of the Arab Peoples, Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1991 History of the Arabs from the Earliest Time to the Present. ... The Cambridge History of Islam. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1970. Hourani, Albert A History of Arab People Cambridge: HUP, 1991. A History of Islamic Societies New York: CUP, 1988

Suggested titles(02-further reading):

Basic source documents in the history of the Arab-Israeli conflict. ... Tripp, Charles, History of Iraq, London, Cambridge Univ. Press, 2002 Egypt and North Africa Peter von Sivers. The History of Islam in Africa. 2000 Ohio University Press The Ottoman Empire: the Nineteenth Century Donald Quataert. The Ottoman Empire, 1700-1922. 2000, Donald Quataert.

Course title Classical Chinese literature

Course code LitZ2114Credit points 2ECTS credit points 3Size(number of academic contact-hours per 32

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semester)Number of lectures 16Number of hours for seminars and practical assignments 4Date of course confirmation 25.11.1998

Course abstract:During the course the most important literary genres, their formal principles as well as topoi, motives, imagery and rhetorical figures are introduced and examined, frequently in comparison with western equivalents. The social position and function of the authors as writers is explained in its characteristic development and transformation that leads through an almost 3000 year long tradition of Chinese culture, institutions and religious and philosophical ideas.

Suggested titles(01-suggested reading):1. Nienhauser, William H., Jr., ed. and comp. Indiana Companion of Classical Chinese Literature. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1986; rev. rpt. Taipei: Southern Materials Center, 1998; Vol. 2, 1998.2. Cheng, Francois. Chinese Poetic Writing. Indiana University Press, 1986.3. Owen, Stephen. Poetry of the Early T´ang. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1977.4. Owen, Stephen; The Great Age of Chinese Poetry: The High T'ang. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1981.5. Stephen Owen. The End of the Chinese “Middle Ages”: Essays in Mid-T’ang Literary Culture. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1996.6. Yu, Pauline. The Reading of Imagery in the Chinese Poetic Tradition. Princeton University Press, 1987.7. Patrick Hanan. The Chinese Vernacular Story. Harvard University Press, 1981.8. Mair, Victor, ed. The Columbia Anthology of Traditional Chinese Literature. New York: Columbia University Press, 1994.

Suggested titles(02-further reading):1. Liu, James J. Y. The Art of Chinese Poetry. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1962.2. Liu, James J. Y. Chinese Theories of Chinese Literature. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1975.3. Mair, Victor, ed. The Columbia History of Chinese Literature. New York: Columbia University Press, 2001.Liu, James Y.; Language, Paradox and Poetics, 1989.Legge, James; The Book of Poetry; in: The Chinese Classics Vol. IV 1987 Granet, Marcel; Fêtes et chansons anciennes de la Chine; 1913Birrell, Anne; Chinese Mythology: An Introduction, Baltimore 1993. Kenneth DeWoskin “The Six Dynasties Chih-kuai and the Birth of Fiction” in: Chinese Narrative, 21-52. Kenneth DeWoskin In Search of the Supernatural. The Written Record, Stanford 1996. Liu I-ch’ing Shih-shuo Hsin-yü. A New Account of Tales of the World (Richard B. Mather Hrsg.) Minneapolis 1978.Owen, Stephen; Mi-Lou: Poetry and the Labyrinth of Desire, 1989Patrick Hanan; The Chinese Vernacular Story, 1986Lin, Shuen-fu; “The Transformation of the Chinese Lyrical Tradition. Chiang K’uei and Southern Sung Tz’u Poetry.” 1978.

Course title 20th century Chinese literature

Course code LitZ2115Credit points 2

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ECTS credit points 3Size(number of academic contact-hours per semester) 32Number of lectures 16Number of hours for seminars and practical assignments 4Date of course confirmation 02.01.1998

Course abstract:After the downfall of the last empire China lost its literary and cultural identity at least two times during the 20th century: in 1919 and during the 4th-May-Movement and, later, during the so-called “Cultural Revolution” (1966-1975). But the inherited value of tradition again became an important element of national identity in recent times – often hard to understand for the westerner. Literature has a changed role in modern Chinese society. During the course authors and works from the 20th and 30th as well as ideas and trends from the 80th up to now will be discussed in translations and partly read in Chinese.

Suggested titles(01-suggested reading):

1. Hasaa, Ieva; Tumsha dzejaa Kjiinaa (Karogs, 9., 2005)2. Van Crevel, Maghiel; Language Shattered: Contemporary Chinese Poetry and Duo Duo, 19963. Chen Xiaomei; Occidentalism, A Theory of Counter-Discourse on Post-Mao-China, 19954. Tay, William; Obscure Poetry: A Controversy in Post-Mao China, 1985 5. Lee, Leo Ou-fan. "Literary Trends I: The Quest for Modernity, 1895-1927." In The Cambridge History of China. Fairbank and Feuerwerker, eds. Cambridge UP, 1989, 12: 452-504 6. Bady, Paul. La littérature chinoise moderne. Paris: Press Universitaire de France (PUF), 1993.Hsia, C. T. A History of Modern Chinese Fiction. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1971.7. Zhang Yingjing The City in Modern Chinese Literature and film. Configurations of Space, Time, & Gender, Stanford 19968. Kubin, Wolfgang; “Nachrichten von der Hauptstadt der Sonne. Moderne chinesische Lyrik 1919- 1948”, Frankfurt 19859. Ng, Janet. "Names and Destiny: Hu Shi's and Lu Xun's Self-Nomination through Autobiography." In Ng, The Experience of Modernity: Chinese Autobiography in the Early Twentieth Century. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2003, 91-118.10. Van Crevel, Maghiel."Who Needs Form? Wen Yiduo's Poetics and Post-Mao Poetry." In Peter Hoffmann, ed, Poet, Scholar, Patriot: In Honour of Wen Yiduo's 100th Anniversary. Bochum / Freiburg: Projektverlag, 2004, 81-110. Hsu, Kai-yu. "The Life and Poetry of Wen I-to." Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies 21. (Dec., 1958): 134-79. 11. Egan, Ronald. "Introduction." In Limited Views: Essays on Ideas and Letters. Cambridge: Council on East Asian Studies, Harvard University, 199812. Van Crevel, Maghiel; Language Shattered: Contemporary Chinese Poetry and Duo Duo, 199613. Li, Xia. "'Nameless Flowers': The Role of Nature in Gu Cheng's Poetry and in His Narrative Prose Ying'er." In Findeison and Gassmann, eds., Autumn Floods: Essays in Honour of Marian Galik. Bern: Peter Lang, 1997, 431-46.

Course title Japanese literature I

Course code LitZ2117Credit points 2

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ECTS credit points 3Size(number of academic contact-hours per semester)

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Date of course confirmation 25.11.1998

Course abstract:The course "Japanese literature I" deals with the Ancient and Middle Ages in the history of Japanese literature. It presents the development Ryukyuan and Yamamoto literatures. Major issues for Yamamoto literature concerns Chinese-language poetry and prose written in Japan.

Suggested titles(01-suggested reading):1. Jin’ichi Konishi. A History of Japanese Literature. Vols. I-III, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1986 2. Goregļad, V.: Japonskaja ļiteratura VIII-XVI vv. SPb: Centr Peterburgskoje Vostokovedenije, 1997 3. Kato, S. A History of Japanese Literature. Vols. I-II, Kodansha Europe, 1991

Suggested titles(02-further reading):1. Miner, E. The Princeton Companion to Classical Japanese Literature. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1986 2. Keene, D. World within Walls. Japanese Literature of the Premodern Era, 1600-1867

Course title Japanese literature IICourse code LitZ2118Credit points 2ECTS credit points 3Size(number of academic contact-hours per semester) 32

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Number of lectures 16Date of course confirmation 25.11.1998

Background knowledgeLitZ2117, Japanese literature ICourse abstract:The course covers topics concerning the Japanese literature of High Middle Ages till the Middle of the 19th century. We shall put under discussion such questions as: late Setsuwa prose, the Diaries and the Travel Accounts, the Autobiographical Novels. Kamo no Chomei and Kenko Hoshi, the drama No and Kyogen, Waka poetry, the literature of the Five Mountains, and at the end - the introduction of the European literature.

Suggested titles(01-suggested reading):1. Kato, S.: A History of Japanese Literature. Vol. III The Modern years. London: McMillan, 1983 2. Keene, D.: Dawn to the West: Japanese Literature of the Modern Era. New York: H.Holt, 1984

Suggested titles(02-further reading):1. Karatani K. Origins of Modern Japanese Literature. Durham and London: Duke University Press, 1993 2. Miyoshi, M. Accomplices of Silence. The Modern Japanese Novel. Berkeley, LA/London: University of California Press, 1974 3. Snyder, G., Philip, G. (eds.). Oe and Beyond. Fiction in Contemporary Japan. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1999

Course title History of Arabic literature I

Course code LitZ2059Credit points 2ECTS credit points 3Size(number of academic contact-hours per semester) 32Number of lectures 14Number of hours for seminars and practical assignments 2Date of course confirmation 21.02.2005

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Course abstract:Purpose of the course is to introduce students with the history of Arabic literature and the greatest of Arabic writers. During the course students not only listen to lectures, but also read works by Arabic poets and writers- both original and translated texts.

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Course title History of Arabic literature II

Course code LitZ3057Credit points 2ECTS credit points 3Size(number of academic contact-hours per semester) 32Number of lectures 14Number of hours for seminars and practical assignments 2Date of course confirmation 21.02.2005

Background knowledgeLitZ2059, History of Arabic literature ICourse abstract:Purpose of the course is to introduce students with the history of Arabic literature and the greatest of Arabic writers. During the course students not only listen to lectures, but also read works by Arabic poets and writers- both original and translated texts.

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Course title English for the Asianists I

Course code Valo2336Credit points 4ECTS credit points 6Size(number of academic contact-hours per semester) 64Number of lectures 16Number of hours for seminars and practical assignments 16Date of course confirmation 26.09.2005

Course abstract:The task of this Course is to advance students' skills of reading and analysing literature of special character. The objective is focused on the Asian socio-political issues, research in the field of History and Historiography. This Course also acquaints students with the Governmental structures of Asian countries. The terminology specific for Asian Governmental structures is introduced in comparison with the terminology functioning in Great Britain and US. Much importance is attached to the word-stock used in texts on terrorism and religion. The Grammar material covers: the Subjunctive Mood, Modal Verbs, and Verbals. These Grammar themes differentiate in students' perception according to their language level (receptive and reproductive approaches). Course description-general outline:

Suggested titles(01-suggested reading):Blundell, I., Higghins, I., Middlemiss, N. (1982) Function in English. (Oxford: Oxford University Press) Brian Abbs, (1999) Snapshot (London: Longman) Murphy, R., English Grammas in Use. (Cambridge University Press, 2003) Swam, W. (2000) Practical English Usage (Oxford: Oxford University Press) Roces A. &G., Culture Shock! Philippines (London: Kuperard, 1998) Štrauhmane, G., Vin'cela, Z., (2000) Speaking with Confidence (Riga: Zvaigzne ABC)

Suggested titles(02-further reading):The Beacon Handbook (1996) Boston: Houghton Miffin Co., e.a. Tomson, A.J., Martinet, A.V. (1995) A Practical English Grammar. (Oxford: Oxford University Press) McDowall, D. (1999) Britain in Close-up (London: Longman) Waters, M., & A. (1995) Study Tasks in English (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press)

Suggested titles(03-suggested periodicals):Encyclopaedia Britannica Asia Times (Asia Times, Singapore)

Course title English for the Asianists II

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Course code Valo3224Credit points 4ECTS credit points 6Size(number of academic contact-hours per semester) 64Number of lectures 16Number of hours for seminars and practical assignments 16Number hours for course paper 8Date of course confirmation 26.09.2005

Background knowledgeValo2336, English for the Asianists Course abstract:The main aim of this Course is to develop students' skills of oral and written speech, the ability to deal with literature on Asian Studies in the English language. The Course consists of three language aspects: Normative Grammar, Integrated Analysis of English texts and Functional Communication. Grammar themes are Simple Tenses, Continuous Tenses, Perfect Tenses, Perfect Continuous Tenses; the Passive Voice; Direct and Indirect Speech; Sequence of Tenses; Articles and Prepositions. Integrated Analysis focuses attention on analysing English texts (Linguistic, Compositional and Literary analysis).This aspect enriches students'

Suggested titles(01-suggested reading):Eastwood, J., (1999) Oxford Practical Grammar (Oxford: Oxford University Press) .Brian Abbs, (1999) Snapshot (London: Longman) .Murphy, R., English Grammas in Use. (Cambridge University Press, 2003) Minjar A., Fuks G. Civilizations, History, State (Moscow: University, 2000) Roces A. &G., Culture Shock! Philippines (London: Kuperard, 1998) Toynbee A., Civilization Trial (St. Petersburg, 1996)

Suggested titles(02-further reading):The Beacon Handbook (1996) Boston: Houghton Miffin Co., e.a. Tomson, A.J., Martinet, A.V. (1995) A Practical English Grammar. (Oxford: Oxford University Press) McDowall, D. (1999) Britain in Close-up (London: Longman) Waters, M., & A. (1995) Study Tasks in English (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press) Ooi Keat Gin/ ed... Southeast Asia: a historical encyclopaedia, from Angkor Wat to East Timor (Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 2004).

Suggested titles(03-suggested periodicals):Encyclopaedia Britannica Asia Times (Asia Times, Singapore) Far East Economic Review. Honkong

Course title B.A. ThesisCourse code Valo4002Credit points 10ECTS credit points 15Date of course confirmation 16.05.2005

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Course abstract:This course is registering BA students` BA Thesis. A B.A. Dissertation is an argument, and a proof to the scholarly hypothesis. It summarizes research and it is desirable that it takes position and argues a thesis on the basis of well gathered research. The B.A. Dissertation shall deal with a topic, so defined as to permit adequate treatment of the subject matter.

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Course title Chinese Phonetics

Course code Valo1047Credit points 6ECTS credit points 9Size(number of academic contact-hours per semester) 96Number of lectures 48Number of hours for seminars and practical assignments 12Date of course confirmation

Course abstract:

The form of Northern Mandarin dialects which serves as a phonetic basis of putonghua, constitutes a lingua franca of the cultural China, hence the mastery of proper pronunciation is the most basic and necessary step in acquiring skills of communication in Chinese. The course is designed as to acquaint students with each part of Chinese phonetics. The course itself has mostly a practical character – mastery of initial consonants, finals and syllables, i.e. are needed before course moves on to practice of four tones, each separately and in different combinations. Due to the practical character of the course, the stress is laid on regular phonetic exercises, coupled with listening practice. In the middle of semester, the course is merged with the Basics of Chinese Writing, thus completing the initial stage and starting a course on spoken and literary Chinese language to be taught throughout next 5 semesters.

Suggested titles(01-suggested reading):1. Spešņev, N. A. Vvedenije v kitaijskij jazik. Sankt-Petergurg, 2002.2. Chen, Mingyuan. Rudiments of Chinese Phonetics: Chinese Through Listening No. 1. China Books and 3. Periodicals Inc., 1983.4. Liu, Xun, ed. New Practical Chinese Reader: Textbook: Bk. 1. Beijing Language and Culture University Press, 2002.5. Liu, Xun, ed. New Practical Chinese Reader: Workbook: Bk. 1. Beijing Language and Culture University Press, 2002.6. Liu, Huang. Chinese Elementary Listening Course Part I. Peking University Press, 1999.7. Yong, Ho. Beginner’s Chinese. Hippocrene Books Inc., 2005. 8. Norman, Jerry. Chinese. Cambridge University Press, 1988.9. San, Duanmu. The Phonology of Standard Chinese. Oxford University Press, 2000.  10. Hu, Bo. Hanyu tingli jiaocheng: 1 nianji di 1 ce. Beijing Yuyan Daxue Chubanshe, 1999.

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Course title Basics of Chinese Writing

Course code Valo1432Credit points 4ECTS credit points 6Size(number of academic contact-hours per semester) 96Date of course confirmation 16.05.2005

Course abstract:The course offers an introduction into basics of Chinese writing, providing students with practical skills necessary for learning Chinese. Throughout the course the emphasis has been laid on learning and practice of writing 214 radicals (bushou). Both simplified and classical forms of characters are taught. In the middle of semester, the course is merged with the Chinese-Phonetics, thus completing the initial stage and starting a course on spoken and literary Chinese language to be taught throughout next 5 semesters.Suggested titles(01-suggested reading):1. Storožuk, A. G. Vvedenije v kitajskuju ierogljifiku. Sankt-Petergurg, 2002. 2. McNaughton, William. Reading and Writing Chinese: Guide to the Chinese Writing System. Tuttle Publishing, 1999.  3. Xie Guanghui, ed. The Composition of Common Chinese Characters: an Illustrated Account. Beijing University Press, 1997. 4. Bellassen, J., and Zhang, Pengpeng. A Key to Chinese Speech and Writing. Beijing: Sinolingua, 2002. 5. Wang Hongyuan. The Origins of Chinese Characters. Beijing: Sinolingua, 1994. 6. Liu, Xun, ed. New Practical Chinese Reader: Textbook: Bk. 1. Beijing Language and Culture University Press, 2002.7. Liu, Xun, ed. New Practical Chinese Reader: Workbook: Bk. 1. Beijing Language and Culture University Press, 2002.

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Course title Chinese I Course code Valo1049Credit points 8ECTS credit points 12Size(number of academic contact-hours per semester) 128Number of lectures 50Number of hours for seminars and practical assignments 14Date of course confirmation 25.11.1998

Background knowledgeValo1047, Chinese - PhoneticsValo1048, Basics of Chinese Writing

Course abstract:The course is designed for the students who are in the second semester of their studies of Modern Chinese. After completing an initial stage of phonetics and Chinese writing, which are merged to form a course of spoken and literary modern Chinese, students continue to acquire basic skills in speaking, listening and writing. The course, therefore, is divided in several aspects: 1. Colloquial language (kouyu), which also encompasses writing and reading; 2. Reading (yuedu) and analyzing of texts (both texts in simplified and traditional texts are used); 3. Listening (tingli). Different teaching materials, coupled with audio-video material are used according to the aspects of teaching. Suggested titles(01-suggested reading):

1. Liu, Xun, ed. New Practical Chinese Reader: Textbook: Bk. 1. Beijing Language and Culture University Press, 2002.2. Liu, Xun, ed. New Practical Chinese Reader: Workbook: Bk. 1. Beijing Language and Culture University Press, 2002.3. Liu, Xun, ed. New Practical Chinese Reader: Textbook: Bk.2. Beijing Language and Culture University Press, 2002.4. Liu, Xun, ed. New Practical Chinese Reader: Workbook: Bk. 2. Beijing Language and Culture University Press, 2002.5. Hu, Bo. Hanyu tingli jiaocheng: 1 nianji di 1 ce. Beijing Yuyan Daxue Chubanshe, 1999.6. Hu, Bo. Hanyu tingli jiaocheng: 1 nianji di 2 ce. Beijing Yuyan Daxue Chubanshe, 1999.7. Hu, Bo. Hanyu tingli jiaocheng: 1 nianji di 3 ce. Beijing Yuyan Daxue Chubanshe, 1999.8. Xiong, Wen. Hanyu yuedu jiacheng: chuji A. Beijing Yuyan Daxue Chubanshe, 2002.

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Course title Chinese IICourse code Valo2149Credit points 8ECTS credit points 12Size(number of academic contact-hours per semester) 128Number of lectures 50Number of hours for seminars and practical assignments 10Date of course confirmation 25.11.1998

Background knowledgeValo1047, Chinese - PhoneticsValo1048, Basics of Chinese WritingValo1049, Chinese ICourse abstract:The course is designed for the students who are in the third semester of their studies of Modern Chinese. Students continue to deepen their understanding of Chinese grammar, while increasing their vocabulary. The course is divided in several aspects: 1. Colloquial language (kouyu), which also encompasses writing and reading; 2. Reading (yuedu) and analyzing of texts (both texts in simplified and traditional texts are used); 3. Listening (tingli). Different teaching materials, coupled with audio-video material are used according to the aspects of teaching.

Suggested titles(01-suggested reading):1. Liu, Xun, ed. New Practical Chinese Reader: Textbook: Bk. 2. Beijing Language and Culture University Press, 2002.2. Liu, Xun, ed. New Practical Chinese Reader: Workbook: Bk. 2. Beijing Language and Culture University Press, 2002.3. Liu, Xun, ed. New Practical Chinese Reader: Textbook: Bk.3. Beijing Language and Culture University Press, 2002.4. Liu, Xun, ed. New Practical Chinese Reader: Workbook: Bk. 3. Beijing Language and Culture University Press, 2002.5. Hu, Bo. Hanyu tingli jiaocheng: 1 nianji di 3 ce. Beijing Yuyan Daxue Chubanshe, 1999.6. Chen, Tian Sun. Hanyu yuedu jiaocheng: 2 nianji shangce. Beijing Yuyan Daxue Chubanshe, 2000.

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Course title Chinese III Course code Valo2169Credit points 8ECTS credit points 12Size(number of academic contact-hours per semester) 128Date of course confirmation 25.11.1998

Background knowledgeValo1047, Chinese - PhoneticsValo1048, Chinese - the basics of Chinese character writingValo1049, Chinese IValo2149, Chinese IICourse abstract:The course is designed for the students who are in the fourth semester of their studies of Modern Chinese. Students continue to deepen their understanding of Chinese grammar, while increasing their vocabulary. The course is divided in several aspects: 1. Colloquial language (kouyu), which also encompasses writing and reading; 2. Reading (yuedu) and analyzing of texts (both texts in simplified and traditional texts are used); 3. Listening (tingli). Different teaching materials, coupled with audio-video material are used according to the aspects of teaching. By the end of the semester students are supposed to reach a level of intermediate Chinese.

Suggested titles(01-suggested reading):1. Liu, Xun, ed. New Practical Chinese Reader: Textbook: Bk. 3. Beijing Language and Culture University Press, 2002.2. Liu, Xun, ed. New Practical Chinese Reader: Workbook: Bk. 3. Beijing Language and Culture University Press, 2002.3. Chen, Tian Sun. Hanyu yuedu jiaocheng: 2 nainji shangce. Beijing Yuyan Daxue Chubanshe, 2000.

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Course title Chinese IVCourse code Valo3143Credit points 6ECTS credit points 9Size(number of academic contact-hours per semester) 96Number of lectures 40Number of hours for seminars and practical assignments 8Date of course confirmation 02.01.1998

Background knowledgeValo1047, Chinese - PhoneticsValo1048, Chinese - the basics of Chinese character writingValo1049, Chinese IValo2149, Chinese IIValo2169, Chinese IIICourse abstract:The course is designed for the students who are in the fifth semester of their studies of Modern Chinese. Students continue to deepen their understanding of Chinese grammar, while increasing their vocabulary. The course is divided in several aspects: 1. Colloquial language (kouyu) , which also encompasses writing and reading; 2. Reading (yuedu) and analyzing of literary texts and understanding of the newspaper language (both texts in simplified and traditional texts are used); 3. Listening (tingli) is followed by translation practice (Latvian-Chinese, Chinese-Latvian). Different teaching materials, coupled with audio-video material are used according to the aspects of teaching.

Suggested titles(01-suggested reading):1. Liu, Xun, ed. New Practical Chinese Reader: Textbook: Bk. 3. Beijing Language and Culture University Press, 2002.2. Liu, Xun, ed. New Practical Chinese Reader: Workbook: Bk. 3. Beijing Language and Culture University Press, 2002.3. Chen, Tian Sun. Hanyu yuedu jiaocheng: 2 nainji shangce. Beijing Yuyan Daxue Chubanshe, 2000.4. Bai, Chongqian, Zhu, Jianzhong. Baokan yuyan jiaocheng: 2 nianji shang. Beijing Yuyan Daxue Chubanshe, 1999.5. Newspapers: Renminribao, Guangmingribao etc.

Course title Chinese VCourse code Valo3151Credit points 6ECTS credit points 9Size(number of academic contact-hours 96

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per semester)Number of lectures 40Number of hours for seminars and practical assignments 8Date of course confirmation 02.01.1998

Background knowledgeValo1047, Chinese – PhoneticsValo1048, Chinese - the basics of Chinese character writingValo1049, Chinese IValo2149, Chinese IIValo2169, Chinese IIIValo3143, Chinese IVCourse abstract:The course is designed for the students who are in the sixth semester of their studies of Modern Chinese. Students continue to deepen their understanding of Chinese grammar, while increasing their vocabulary. The course is divided in several aspects: 1. Colloquial language (kouyu), which also encompasses writing and reading; 2. Reading (yuedu) and analyzing of literary texts and understanding of the newspaper language (both texts in simplified and traditional texts are used); 3. Listening (tingli) is followed by translation practice (Latvian-Chinese, Chinese-Latvian). Different teaching materials, coupled with audio-video material are used according to the aspects of teaching. By the end of the semester students are supposed to reach a level of intermediate Chinese.

Suggested titles(01-suggested reading):1. Liu, Xun, ed. New Practical Chinese Reader: Textbook: Bk. 3. Beijing Language and Culture University Press, 2002.2. Liu, Xun, ed. New Practical Chinese Reader: Workbook: Bk. 3. Beijing Language and Culture University Press, 2002.3. Chen, Tian Sun. Hanyu yuedu jiaocheng: 2 nainji xiace. Beijing Yuyan Daxue Chubanshe, 2000.4. Bai, Chongqian, Zhu, Jianzhong. Baokan yuyan jiaocheng: 2 nianji xia. Beijing Yuyan Daxue Chubanshe, 1999.5.Newspapers: Renminribao, Guangmingribao etc.

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Course title Classical Chinese - Wenyan I

Course code Valo2174Credit points 2ECTS credit points 3Size(number of academic contact-hours per semester) 32Number of lectures 16Number of hours for seminars and practical assignments 4Date of course confirmation 25.11.1998

Background knowledgeValo1047, Chinese - PhoneticsValo1048, Basics of Chinese WritingCourse abstract:This language-course extends over two terms and is designated to provide the students with basic knowledge of the structures and styles in traditional literary Chinese. Since this has been mainly a written (lesser a spoken) language the first course will begin with an introduction into the Chinese writing-system and its historical development. The interdependencies between word and logic are examined and reflected in comparison to the writings-systems of western languages. Thereupon, the largest part of the first course acquaints the students with the most basic forms of lexis, syntax and rhetoric’s.

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Course title Classical Chinese ( Wenyan) II

Course code Valo2178Credit points 2ECTS credit points 3Size(number of academic contact-hours per semester) 32Number of lectures 16Number of hours for seminars and practical assignments 4Date of course confirmation 25.11.1998

Background knowledgeValo2174, Classical Chinese - Wenyan ICourse abstract:The second course introduces into the most important styles and genres of literary Chinese. Full texts and selected passages will be studied with careful attention to the structures of the language. The role of time and perspective, of substance and emptiness – measures that are either applied different or even ignored in western forms of speech – are reconsidered using texts from various epochs between the 7th century .B.C. and the 13th century A.D.By the end of both courses the student shall be capable to recognize the most important forms of the Chinese traditional written language and to forge his own understanding of a text independently by using Chinese dictionaries

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Course title Japanese language ICourse code Valo1336Credit points 6ECTS credit points 9Size(number of academic contact-hours per semester) 96Number of lectures 60Date of course confirmation 25.11.1998

Course abstract:The purpose of this course is to provide students basic knowledge and communication abilities of Japanese. At the end of the course students are expected to read and write Hiragana, Katakana and to have basic skill of reading, writing and daily conversation. No preliminary knowledge of Japanese language are required. Suggested titles(01-suggested reading):1.Nihongo Shoho

Suggested titles(02-further reading):1.Shokyu Bunka Nihongo, Basic Kanji 500, Japanese newspaper and magazines

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Course title Japanese language IICourse code Valo1348Credit points 6ECTS credit points 9Size(number of academic contact-hours per semester) 96Number of lectures 60Date of course confirmation 25.11.1998

Background knowledgeValo1336, Japanese language ICourse abstract:The purpose of this course is to provide students basic knowledge and communication abilities of Japanese. At the end of the course students are expected to read and write Hiragana, Katakana and to have basic skill of reading, writing and daily conversation. No preliminary knowledge of Japanese language is required.Suggested titles(01-suggested reading):1.Nihongo Shoho

Suggested titles(02-further reading):1.Shokyu Bunka Nihongo, Basic Kanji 500, Japanese newspaper and magazines

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Course title Japanese language IIICourse code Valo2354Credit points 6ECTS credit points 9Size(number of academic contact-hours per semester) 96Number of lectures 48Date of course confirmation 16.05.2005

Background knowledgeValo1348, Japanese language IICourse abstract:The course provides students with theoretical knowledge of Japanese grammar. Practical part included. Reading texts in Japanese, paying special attention to pronunciation. Improving communication skills with Japanese people. Written Japanese. Practical part included. Suggested titles(01-suggested reading):

1. Minna no Nihongo II. 2. A Dictionary of Japanese Basic Grammar. 3. Folk Tales for Students of Japanese. 4. Reading and Writing in Japanese for Beginner and Intermediate 5. Formal Expressions for Japanese Interaction. 6. Communicating in Japanese 7.Modern Japanese for Japanese student, part 3, Tokyo: International Christian University, 1968 8. Modern Japanese for Japanese student, part 3: Exercises. Tokyo: International Christian University, 1968

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Course title Japanese language IVCourse code Valo2356Credit points 6ECTS credit points 9Size(number of academic contact-hours per semester) 96Number of lectures 60Date of course confirmation 25.11.1998

Background knowledgeValo2354, Japanese language IIICourse abstract:This course is for the students who have completed Japanese language 1, 2, 3. The purpose of this course is to develop students' general abilities of Japanese language including grammar, reading skills, writing skills, and communication skills based on the skills and abilities which students obtained from the former courses.Suggested titles(01-suggested reading):1.Nihongo chukyu dokkai, Communication in Japanese

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Course title Japanese language VCourse code Valo3502Credit points 6ECTS credit points 9Size(number of academic contact-hours per semester) 96Number of lectures 60Date of course confirmation 25.11.1998

Background knowledgeValo2356, Japanese language IVCourse abstract:This course is for the students who have completed Basic Japanese IV. The purpose of this course is to develop students' general abilities of Japanese language including grammar, reading skills, writing skills, and communication skills based on the skills and abilities which students obtained from the former courses. Suggested titles(01-suggested reading):1.Nihongo chukyu dokkai, Communication in Japanese

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Course title Japanese language VICourse code Valo3578Credit points 6ECTS credit points 9Size(number of academic contact-hours per semester) 96Number of lectures 60Date of course confirmation 25.11.1998

Background knowledgeValo3502, Japanese language VCourse abstract:This course is for the students who have completed Japanese language V. The purpose of this course is to develop students' general abilities of Japanese language including grammar, reading skills, writing skills, and communication skills based on the skills and abilities which students obtained from the former courses.Suggested titles(01-suggested reading):1. Nihongo chukyu dokkai, Communication in Japanese.

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Course title Intensive Basic Grammar of Japanese

Course code Valo1354Credit points 2ECTS credit points 3Size(number of academic contact-hours per semester) 32Number of lectures 16Date of course confirmation 21.02.2005

Course abstract:It aims to give students additional opportunity to practice grammatical knowledge attained in Basic Grammar Course. A variety of types of exercise will be conducted. Cue practice with picture slide by power point consolidates students' ability of quick automatic responseSuggested titles(01-suggested reading):Minna no Nihongo

Suggested titles(02-further reading):Minna no Nihongo Standard Exercise Book Picture Slide, Video Material

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Course title Kanji ICourse code Valo1324Credit points 2ECTS credit points 3Size(number of academic contact-hours per semester) 32Number of lectures 16Date of course confirmation 25.11.1998

Course abstract:The Japanese characters course is intended for the beginner who wants to study a kanji radicals, pronounciation and number of strokes. The course is a part of the whole course designed for three semesters.Suggested titles(01-suggested reading):1. Joseph R.De Roo. 2001 kanji. Structure, Analyses, Associated Method, Fully Cross-referenced Fast Visual Index. - Tokyo: Institute of Japanese Studies, 1982.

Suggested titles(02-further reading):1.Učim Japonskije heroglifi. - Sankt-Peterburg, 1998. 2.Andrew N. Nelson. The Modern Readers Japanese-English Character Dictionary, Tokyo, 1994.

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Course title Kanji IICourse code Valo1325Credit points 2ECTS credit points 3Size(number of academic contact-hours per semester) 32Date of course confirmation 25.11.1998

Background knowledgeValo1324, Japanese characters ICourse abstract:The Japanese characters II course is a continuation of the Japanese characters I course which aim is to teach basis of kanji. The course is a part of the whole course designed for three semesters.Suggested titles(01-suggested reading):1.Joseph R.De Roo. 2001 kanji. Structure, analyses, associated method, fully cross referenced fast visual index. -Tokyo: Institute of Japanese Studies,1982.

Suggested titles(02-further reading):1. Učim Japonskije heroglifi. - Sankt-Peterburg, 1998. 2. Andrew N. Nelson. The Modern Readers Japanese-English character dictionary, Tokyo, 1994.

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Course title Kanji IIICourse code Valo2326Credit points 2ECTS credit points 3Size(number of academic contact-hours per semester) 40Date of course confirmation 25.11.1998

Background knowledgeValo1325, Japanese characters IICourse abstract:In the field of Japanese language education, memorizing Kanji has largely been entrusted to the students’ individual efforts. It goes without saying that a good command of Kanji is necessary to read and write Japanese, and it takes time and persistence to reach the level where students can read and write Kanji fluently. This course aims to teach Kanji both systematically and effectively. Students learn 500 kanji in this course.Suggested titles(01-suggested reading):1. Joseph R.De Roo. 2001 kanji. Structure, analyses, associated method, fully cross referenced fast visual index. -Tokyo: Institute of Japanese Studies, 1982. 2. Modern Japanese for University students. Part 2 - 3. Japanese Department International Christian University.

Suggested titles(02-further reading):1. Joseph R.De Roo 2001 Kanji, Institute of Japanese studies Tokyo.

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Course title Kanji IVCourse code Valo2129Credit points 2ECTS credit points 3Size(number of academic contact-hours per semester) 40Number of lectures 16Number of hours for seminars and practical assignments 4Date of course confirmation 21.01.2003

Background knowledgeValo2326, Kanji IIICourse abstract:In the field of Japanese language education, memorizing Kanji has largely been entrusted to the students’ individual efforts. It goes without saying that a good command of Kanji is necessary to read and write Japanese, and it takes time and persistence to reach the level where students can read and write Kanji fluently. This course aims to teach Kanji both systematically and effectively.Suggested titles(01-suggested reading):1. Joseph R.De Roo 2001 Kanji, Institute of Japanese studies Tokyo.

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Course title Japanese Society ICourse code Soci2002Credit points 1ECTS credit points 1.5Size(number of academic contact-hours per semester) 16Number of lectures 8Date of course confirmation 25.11.1998

Course abstract:The aim of the course is to introduce students to the main tendencies of research about Japanese society (with special emphasis on the amae conception of T.Doi and Ch. Nakane's theory about the structure of Japanese society). Issues and problems of Japanese society, such as minorities, social welfare etc. will be dealt with in seminars.

Suggested titles(01-suggested reading):1. Doi, T. The Anatomy of Dependence, Tokyo, 1973. 2. Nakane C.: Japanese Society Tokyo, 1997(11th print) 3. Mayer, A.J.: Pohl, M. Lānderbericht Japan. Bonn, 1996. 4. Sugimoto, I.: An Introduction to Japanese Society, Cambr., 1997

Suggested titles(02-further reading):1. Dore, R.P. (ed.): Aspects of Social Change in Modern Japan. Princ. 1967. 2. Von, de, G., Wagatsuma, H. Japans. Invisible Race. Caste in Culture and Personality, 1970. 3. Multicultural Japan. Palaeolithic to Postmodern. Cambr. 1997. 4. Waswo, A. Modern Japanese Society. 1968-1994. Oxf./NY, 1996

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Course title History of Japanese Art

Course code MākZ1116Credit points 2ECTS credit points 3Size(number of academic contact-hours per semester) 32Number of lectures 15Number of hours for seminars and practical assignments 1Date of course confirmation 25.11.1998

Course abstract:The course provides an introduction to the history of Japanese art, beginning with the Jomon period. A brief account of each period’s characteristic artworks and artists will help students to understand the course of development of the Japanese arts and give an outline of Japanese aesthetics.Suggested titles(01-suggested reading):1. Istorija japonskogo gosudarstva"-M. 19652. 2. N.I.Konrad "Očerk istorii kuļturi sredņevekovoi Japonii"- M. 1980. 3. I. Saturo Istorija japonskoij kuļturi" M. 1972. 4. D. Sensom. Istorija kuļturi Japoniji"sb. 1996.

Suggested titles(02-further reading):1. Aston W.G. History of Japanese literature - L. 1908. 2. Ačaki I. The Ballad-drama of medieval Japan- 1969. 3. Hiller I. Japanese colour prints - London, 1975. 4. Joly H. Legend in Japanese Art. - Sv. 1908.

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Course title Arabic ICourse code Valo1345Credit points 10ECTS credit points 15Size(number of academic contact-hours per semester) 160Number of lectures 80Date of course confirmation 21.02.2005

Course abstract:Purpose of the course is to train students to read and understand modern Arabic language texts. The course is equipped with an audio training practice.Suggested titles(01-suggested reading):Kapliwatzky, I. Arabic language and grammar. Jerusalem, 1957 Arabic course. The Linguofhone Institute. London 1977 - 1985

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Course title Arabic IICourse code Valo1438Credit points 8ECTS credit points 12Size(number of academic contact-hours per semester) 128Number of lectures 64Date of course confirmation 21.02.2005

Background knowledgeValo1345, Arabic language for beginners ICourse abstract:Purpose of the course is to train students to read and understand modern Arabic language texts. The course is equipped with an audio training practice.Suggested titles(01-suggested reading):Kapliwatzky, I. Arabic language and grammar. Jerusalem, 1957 London Lingaphonic Arabic Course for Beginners. 1977 - 1985

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Course title Arabic IIICourse code Valo2238Credit points 8ECTS credit points 12Size(number of academic contact-hours per semester) 128Number of lectures 64Date of course confirmation 21.02.2005

Background knowledgeValo1345, Arabic language for beginners IValo1438, Arabic language for beginners IICourse abstract:Purpose of the course is to train students to read and understand modern Arabic language texts. The course is equipped with an audio training practice.Suggested titles(01-suggested reading):Kapliwatzky, I. Arabic language and grammar. Jerusalem, 1957 London Lingaphonic Arabic Course for Beginners. London 1977 - 1985

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Course title Arabic IVCourse code Valo2239Credit points 8ECTS credit points 12Size(number of academic contact-hours per semester) 128Number of lectures 64Date of course confirmation 21.02.2005

Background knowledgeValo1345, Arabic language for beginners IValo1438, Arabic language for beginners IIValo2238, Arabic language for beginners IIISuggested titles(01-suggested reading):1. Jušmanov V. Gramatika arabskogo literaturnogo jazyka. M.1981 2. London Lingaphonic Arabic Course for Beginners.3. Vingrinājumi no Neyreneuf M., Al-Hakkak. Grammaire active de l'arabe. Paris, 1992

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Course title Arabic VCourse code Valo3148Credit points 6ECTS credit points 9Size(number of academic contact-hours per semester) 96Number of lectures 48Date of course confirmation 21.02.2005

Background knowledgeValo1345, Arabic language for beginners IValo1438, Arabic language for beginners IIValo2238, Arabic language for beginners IIIValo2239, Arabic IVSuggested titles(01-suggested reading):London Lingaphonic Arabic Course for Beginners. Neyreneuf M., Al-Hakkak. Grammaire active de l'arabe. Paris, 1992

Suggested titles(02-further reading):Jušmanov V. Gramatika arabskogo literaturnogo jazyka. M.1981

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Course title Arabic VICourse code Valo3149Credit points 6ECTS credit points 9Size(number of academic contact-hours per semester) 96Number of lectures 48Date of course confirmation 21.02.2005

Background knowledgeValo1345, Arabic language for beginners IValo1438, Arabic language for beginners IIValo2238, Arabic language for beginners IIIValo2239, Arabic IVValo3148, Arabic V

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Course title Introduction to Ancient Hebrew Literature I

Course code LitZ1022Credit points 2ECTS creditpoints 3Size(number of academic contact-hours per semester) 32Number of lectures 14Number of hours for seminars and practical assignments 2Date of course confirmation 21.02.2005

Course abstract:During this class the main lines of developing of the ancient Hebrew literature will be discussed, turning attention especially to such points as influence of historical processes to the Hebrew literature, content analysis, and structures of literary styles, society and other circumstances which influenced the Hebrew literature. Students will get basic knowledge about ancient Hebrew authors and their social and political ideas. The character of academic approach is literary-social analysis of the texts as, for example, proposed by Norman K. Gottwald. The ancient Hebrew literature will be analyzed in context with other literatures of the Ancient Near East.Suggested titles(01-suggested reading):1. The Hebrew Bible, A Socio-Literary Introduction. - Norman K. Gottwald, Fortress Press, 1986. 2. Roždeņije Istorii. - I. P. Vejnberg, Evrejskij Universitet i Nauka, Moskva, 1993.

Suggested titles(02-further reading):1. Nida, A. Eugene and Taber, Charles R. The Theory and Practice of Translation. - Reprint, E.J.Brill, Leiden, 1982. 2. Ernst Wuerthwein. Der Text des Alten Testaments. - Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft Stuttgart, 1988. 3. Einleitung in das Alte Testament. - Ernst Sellin, Georg Fohrer, Quelle&Meyer, Heidelberg, 1979. 4. Watson, Wilfred G.E. Traditional Techniques in Classical Hebrew Verse. - Journal for the Study of the old Testament Supplement Series 170, Sheffield Academic Press, 1994.

Suggested titles(03-suggested periodicals):1. Journal of Near Eastern Studies, Chicago. 2. Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, Leiden. 3. Vetus Testamentum, Leiden.

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Course title Introduction to Ancient Hebrew Literature II

Course code LitZ2062Credit points 2ECTS credit points 3Size(number of academic contact-hours per semester) 32Number of lectures 14Number of hours for seminars and practical assignments 2Date of course confirmation 21.02.2005

Background knowledgeLitZ1022, Introduction to Ancient Hebrew Literature ICourse abstract:During this class the main lines of developing of the ancient Hebrew literature will be discussed, turning attention especially to such points as influence of historical processes to the Hebrew literature, content analysis, and structures of literary styles, society and other circumstances which influenced the Hebrew literature. Students will get basic knowledge about ancient Hebrew authors and their social and political ideas. The character of academic approach is literary-social analysis of the texts as, for example, proposed by Norman K. Gottwald. The ancient Hebrew literature will be analyzed in context with other literatures of the Ancient Near East.Suggested titles(01-suggested reading):1. The Hebrew Bible, A Socio-Literary Introduction. - Norman K. Gottwald, Fortress Press, 1986. 2. Roždeņije Istorii. - I. P. Vejnberg, Evrejskij Universitet i Nauka, Moskva, 1993. 3. Vvedenije v Tanakh. - I. Tantļevskij, Sankt Peterburg, 2002.

Suggested titles(02-further reading):1. Einleitung in das Alte Testament. - Ernst Sellin, Georg Fohrer, Quelle&Meyer, Heidelberg, 1979. 2. Watson, Wilfred G.E. Traditional Techniques in Classical Hebrew Verse. - Journal for the Study of the old Testament Supplement Series 170, Sheffield Academic Press, 1994. 3. Cult and Conscience. - Jacob Milgrom. The ASHAM and the Priestly Doctrine of Repentance. Studies in Judaism an Late Antiquity 18. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1976. 4. Traditional Institutions and the Monarchy: Social and Political Tensions in the Time of David and Solomon. - Haim Tadmor, Studies in the Period of David and Solomon, ed. I.Ishida.

Suggested titles(03-suggested periodicals):1. Journal of Near Eastern Studies, Chicago. 2. Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, Leiden. 3. Vetus Testamentum, Leiden.

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SUPPLEMENT TWO

CURRICULUM VITAE OF ACADEMIC STAFF

Dr. Theol., Prof. Leons TAIVANS (curriculum vitae)

Date of birth: 1944

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Education and academic degrees:

1993 Professor of Church History, University of Latvia1992 Dr. Hab. Theol., University of Latvia1991 Doctor of History (Asian Studies), Moscow Lomonosov State

University1983 Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Oriental Studies, USSR

Academy of Science.1978 Candidate of History, Institute of Oriental Studies, USSR

Academy of Science.1973 MA (Asian Studies) Moscow Lomonosov State University

Employment history:

2005 - Head, Department of Asian Studies2004 - Professor of Southeast Asian studies, University of

Latvia1995-2004 Director of MagTheol and PhD programs, University

of Latvia1991 –2004 Professor of Church History, Faculty of Theology,

University of Latvia.1990-1991 Docent of Religion and Church History, Faculty of

Theology, University of Latvia.1988-1989 Senior Research fellow, Learned secretary of the

Institute of Oriental Studies, USSR Academy of Science.

1979-1988 Senior Research fellow, Learned secretary of the institute, Institute of Oriental Studies, USSR Academy of Science.

1975-1979 Junior research fellow, Institute of Oriental Studies, USSR Academy of Science.

1973 Senior technical fellow, Institute of Oriental Studies, USSR Academy of Science.

Main publications:1. Taivan L., Krestyanskiye vosstaniya na Filippinah. (Moskva: Nauka, 1980,) 117p. (“Peasant Uprisings in 20th Century Philippines”, in Russian)2. L.Taivan. Soviet Historiography of the Countries of Southeast Asia. The Philippines. --- Oriental Studies in the USSR (no.6) Southeast Asia History and the Present Day, Moscow, 1982, pp. 56-73.3. L.Taivan, V.Makarenko, I.Podberezski, O.Barishnikova, Pag-aaral ng Pilipinas Uniong Sobyet ("Philippine Studies in USSR", in Tagalog language.), (Maynila, 1983), 40 p.4. Taivan L., Po Latgalyi (Moskva: Isskusstvo, 1988) 170 p. (“History of Latgallia”, in Russian)5. Taivans L.G. Teoloģijas vēsture I. Pirmkristīgo laikmets (AD 1-313), R.,"Ceļš", 1995, 262p. ("History of Theology. The Primitive Church. AD 1—313", Vol. I, in Latvian)6. Taivans L. G. Reflections on the "Invisible" Religion of Youth. The Case of Latvia.-"Religion in Eastern Europe", Princeton, vol. xvii, No. 6, Dec. 1997, p.41-47.7. Taivans L.G. Russia on the Threshold: Orthodox Tradition and Protestant Ethics.-"Religion in Eastern Europe", Princeton, vol. XXI, Nr. 1, February. 2001, p. 1-17.8. Taivan L.G., Vostochnaya Misteriya. Politiya v Religioznom Soznanii indoneziycev (Moskva: Vostochnaya literatura, 2001) 240 p. («Mystery of Orient. Polity and the Religious Mind of Indonesians», in Russian).9. Taivan L.G. Cerkov’I Gosudarstvo v Latvii.- “Politeia. Journal of Political Philosophy and Sociology of Politics” (Moscow: Russian Public Policy Centre

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Foundation, Winter 2001-2002), pp. 148-161. (“Church and State in Latvia”, in Russian).10. L.G. Taivans, E. Taivāne. Reliģiju vēsture. Skolēna grāmata. (Riga: ”RaKa”, 2003), 301 pp. "History of Religion. Text Book", in Latvian.11. L.G. Taivans, E. Taivāne. Reliģiju vēsture. Skolotāja grāmata. (Riga: ”RaKa”, 2003), 414pp. "History of Religion. Instructor's Manual", in Latvian.

Teaching Experience

2002 History of Western Christianity in 19th-- 20th Century Europe; Religious syncretism and Culture in Indonesia (Moscow State Institute for Foreign Relations [University], Moscow, Russia, visiting professor)

1996 Religion in Eastern Europe and Latvia, (Wisconsin University [Eau Claire, USA] Eastern Europe Studies term in the Baltic States)

1995 History of Western Christianity (Smolensk Orthodox Seminary, Russia, visiting professor)

1995 History of Western Christianity (European Humanitarian University, Minsk, Belorussia, visiting professor)

1994 Religion in Eastern Europe and Latvia, (Wisconsin University [Eau Claire, USA] Eastern Europe Studies term in the Baltic States)

1990 History of Religion (University of Latvia)General History of Christianity (University of Latvia)

1986-1990 Comparative and Retrospective Political Studies (USSR Academy of Science)

1979-1986 Oversees Chinese in Southeast Asia (Moscow Lomonosov State University, visiting lecturer)

Academic courses:

Introduction into Asian Cultural Anthropology I A 2 credits Introduction into Asian Cultural Anthropology II A 4 credits Introduction into Asian Religions I A 2 credits Introduction into Asian Religions I A 2 credits The History of Arab Civilization I A 2 credits The History of Arab Civilization II A 2 credits

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Dr. philol., asoc. prof. Jānis SĪKSTULIS (curriculum vitae)

Date of birth: 1946

Education:1992. IX - XI Swedish Theological Institute,

Jerusalem 1973 - 1974 Oriental Faculty of the University of

Leningrad, post–graduate student1965-1971 Oriental Faculty of the University of

Leningrad, studentSpeciality – Semitic languages (Arabic, Hebrew, Aramaic)

Academic degrees:1999 Associated Professor1993 Doctor of Philology (Dr. Philol.)1991 Docent1988 Candidate of Philology

Employment history:2004- Programme director of Bachelor’s Programme

in Sinology and Bachelor’s Programme in Japanese Studies, Department of Oriental Studies, University of Latvia

1999- Associated Professor, Faculty of Theology, University of Latvia

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1999-2003 Member of the (Latvian) National Broadcasting Council

1991-1999 Assistant–Professor, Faculty of Theology University of Latvia

1994-1999 Secretary-General of the Latvian National Commission for UNESCO.

1990-1991 Deputy Editor-in-chief, Latvian Encyclopaedia Publishing House

1975-1990 Lecturer, Leningrad State University, Oriental faculty

1974-1975 Arabic interpreter and translator in South Yemen - Aden and Mukallah

1971-1973 Lecturer of Hebrew and Arabic in the Military Institute of Foreign languages, Moscow, Russian Federation

1969-1970 Arabic interpreter and translator in Egypt - Cairo and Suez

Main publication (last 6 years):1. Lunds P. Islams.// R., "Zvaigzne ABC", 2003. – Asoc. prof. J. Sīkstuļa

zinātniskā konsultācija tulkojumam un tulkojumā lietotajai terminoloģijai.2. Kalvokorezi P. Kas ir kas Bībelē.// R., "Jumava", 2002. - Asoc. prof. J.

Sīkstuļa pēcvārds3. 1001 nakts pasakas.// R., "Jumava", 2000. - Zinātniskā konsultanta Asoc.

prof. J. Sīkstuļa pēcvārds

Academic courses: Galveno Āzijas un Ziemeļāfrikas reģionu vēsture un kultūra: Tuvie un

Vidējie Austrumi un Ziemeļāfrika [Orie M] A 2 credits

Galveno Āzijas un Ziemeļāfrikas reģionu attīstība 20.g.s. otrajā pusē: Tuvie un Vidējie Austrumi un Ziemeļāfrika [Orie M] A 2 credits

History of Eastern religions: Islam [Orie M] B 2 credits Eastern religions (religion and society): Islam B 2 credits Arabic I [Orie M] B 4 credits Arabic II B 4 credits Arabic III B 4 credits

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Dr.h.c.philol. Edgars KATTAI(curriculum vitae)

Date of birth 1923

Education: 1940 - 1943 University of Northern Manchuria

Academic degrees:2004 Latvian Academy of Sciences

Dr.h.c.philol.

Employment history:1984 - (with intermissions) University of Latvia:

Japanese language courses, two-years college, Department of Oriental Studies – Japanese language teacher

1957-1983 Academic Library of the Latvian Academy of Sciences – head of Department of Foreign literature

1955-1957 Bureau of Lectures at the Ministry of Culture of the LSSR – lecturer

1945-1955 Harbin Gakuin University – vice dean of the Faculty of Eastern Economics, Chinese language teacher, interpreter

1944-1945 University of Northern Manchuria – Japanese language teacher

1943-1945 Ministry of Education of Manchuko – member of the Committee for compilation of textbooks

Main publications:Translations: 3 books from Chinese and 10 books from JapaneseOriginal works:1. E. Katajs: Japāna krustām šķērsām. Rīga: Valters un Rapa, 2003, 319 lpp.2. E. Katajs: Zem 10 valstu karogiem. Rīga: Jumava, 2000, 238 lpp.

Academic courses: Kanji I part A 2 crp. Kanji II part A 2 crp.

Datums: 12.02.2005.

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Mag.phil. lekt. Ilze PAEGLE(curriculum vitae)

Date of birth: 1968

Education: 2002- University of Helsinki, Faculty of Arts,

Department of Asian Studies, Helsinki, Finland

2001-2002 Japan Foundation Japanese-Language Institute, Kansai, Japan

1997-1998 Tōkyō Gakugei University, Tokyo, Japan1994-1998 Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany1987- 1994 University of Latvia, Faculty of History

and Philosophy

Academic degrees:1994 MA in Philosophy1992 BA in Philosophy

Employment history:1999- University of Latvia, Department of

Oriental Studies – lecturer

1998- 2000 Business school “Turība” - lecturer

Main publications:4. Paegle, I.: Japāna pasaules kultūras kontekstā: kultūras interpretācijas

Vacudzi Tecurō agrīnajos darbos. In: Latvijas Universitātes Raksti. Nr.666, Rīga: Zinātne, 2004

5. Paegle, I.: Komentāri. Tulkotājas pēcvārds: In: Nacume Sōseki: Kokoro. Rīga: Atēna, 2003 (tulk. I.Paegle)

6. Paegle, I.: Failures and Hopes: Allegories of Modernization in Tanizaki Junichiro’ s Novel’s “Fool’s Love” and “Some Prefer Nettles”. In: Latvijas Universitātes Raksti. Orientālistika. Nr. 652, Rīga” Zinātne, 2003

7. Paegle, I.: ‘Way’ as a Symbol of Communicative Sphere in the Philosophical Ethics of Watsuji Tetsurō. In: The 1st International Conference “Studies on Japanese Art and Culture” Rīga, 2000

Research:2002-2005 Problem of tradition and modernity in Tanizaki Jun’ichirō works2000- 2005 Interpretation of ethics in Watsuji Tetsurō’s philosophy

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Academic courses: History of Japanese culture and civilization I part A 2

crp. History of Japanese culture and civilization II part A 2 crp. Japanese literature I part A 2 crp. Japanese literature II part A 2 crp. Japanese society I part B 2 crp. Japanese society II part B 2 crp.

Additional information:

Member of the organizational committee for the international conference-seminar “Reading and Writing in Japanese Culture” (2005)Member of AJTL (Association of Japanese Teachers in Latvia) (2003-2005)Member of the jury for the 3rd Japanese Language Speech Contest in Latvia (2004)Member of the jury for the 2nd Japanese Language Speech Contest in Latvia (2003)Member of the organizational committee for the “2nd Japanese Culture Week in Latvia 2001” (2001)Member of the organizational committee for the “1st Japanese Culture Week in Latvia 2000” (2000)

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Lecturer Kaspars EIHMANIS (curriculum vitae)

Date of birth: 1976

Education: 2002 - Post-graduate student, University of Helsinki

2003 Centre for Chinese Studies, Taiwan – visiting scholar

1999-2001 University of Latvia1998-1999 Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan1997-1998 Faculty of Foreign Languages, University of

Latvia1996-1997 Beijing 2nd Foreign Languages Institute, China1995-1996 Faculty of Foreign Languages, University of

Latvia1987-1994 Riga Secondary School Nr. 21983-1987 Jekabpils Secondary School Nr. 1

Academic degrees:2001 MA in Oriental studies, University of Latvia1999 BA in Sinology, University of Latvia

Employment history: 2001 - Lecturer at the Department of Oriental

Studies, Faculty of Modern Languages, University of Latvia

1999-2001 Assistent at the Department of Oriental Studies,

Faculty of Foreign Languages, University of Latvia

Main publications:1. K. Eihmanis. Ķīniešu tekstus tulkojot // Latviešu valoda – robežu

paplašināšana. Valsts valodas komisijas raksti, 1. sēj. – Rīga, 2005, 61. – 64. lpp.

2. K. Eihmanis. Rethinking the Methodological Approaches of Cross-Cultural Hermeneutics // Literature, Folklore, Arts. Scientific Papers of University of Latvia, volume 666, Riga, University of Latvia, 2004, p. 273.-274.

3. K. Eihmanis. Filosofiskā kategorija dao Laodzi “Daodedzjin” // Orientālistika. Latvijas Universitātes Zinātnisko Rakstu krāj. 652. sēj. – R.: LU, 2003., 105. – 125. lpp.

4. K.Eihmanis. Clash of Interpretations: The Latvian Translation of Lao Tzu’s Tao-Te Ching. In: Language, Literature and Translation – Manipulations. // Humanities and Social Sciences. Latvia. 1(34)/2002. Riga, University of Latvia, p. 104 – 112.

5. K.Eihmanis. Kiinan Klassiset Filosofiset Tekstit Ja Niiden Ymmartaminen // Kiinasanoin ja kuvin, No1/2002(214), Helsinki, p. 10. - 12. (Ķīnas klasisko filosofisko tekstu saprašana. Somijas-Ķīnas sadraudzības biedrības žurnāls.)

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6. K. Eihmanis. Dao Laodzi “Daodedzjin” // II Pasaules Latviešu zinātnieku kongress, 2001. g. 14. – 15. augusts, Rīga, LZA,118. lpp.

Academic courses: Chinese (phonetics) A 6 credits Basics of Chinese writing A 4 credits Chinese I A 6 credits Classical Chinese I A 2 credits Classical Chinese II A 2 credits Classical Chinese III A 2 credits Classical Chinese IV A 2 credits Chinese Traditional Philosophy B 2 credits History of Chinese Traditional Thought B 2 credits Tang Poetry B 2 credits Philosophy of New Confuainism B 2 credits

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Pēteris PILDEGOVIČS (curriculum vitae)

Dzimšanas gads: 1938

Izglītība: 1998-1999 Fudan University, China1974-1975 Nanyang University, China1966-1970 Moscow State University, Institute of Eastern

Languages Employment history:

2004- Teacher of the Chinese Language, Faculty of Modern Languages, University of Latvia

2002-2004 Editor at the news agency Xinhua, China 1998-2000 Charge d’affairs, Embassy of the Repblic of Latvia in PRC 1996-1998 Adviser, Embassy of the Repblic of Latvia in Lithuania1991-1996 Head of the Department of Asian and African Affairs,

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Latvia1979-1991 Research associate, Institute of Philosophy, Academy of

Sciences, Soviet Republic of Latvia1970-1979 Teacher of the Chinese Language, Far East University

(Vladivostok)

Academic courses: Chinese IV A 4 credits Chinese V A 4credits Chinese VI A 4 credits Chinese VII A 4 credits

Additional information:1996 NATO conference, Belgium, Far East policy workshop1995 Salzburg, Austria, Far East policy workshop1994 UN observer, Presidental elections, Republic of South Africa1994 Dilomat workshop, Israel1993 Diplomat training programme, Republic of India 1993 Technical training course, Republic of South Korea

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Dr.phil. Frank KRAUSHAAR (curriculum vitae)

Date of birth: 1967

Education:2000 University of Hamburg1993-1995 University of Hamburg1993 Visiting student, Hangzhou University, China 1989-1993 University of Freiburg -1986 Max-Plank Gymnasium, Düsseldorf

Academic degrees:2000 Dr.phil.1995 Mag.phil.

Employment history:2005 Lecturer in Classical Chinese and Literature,

University of Latvia2004 Guest-lecturer, University of Latvia2002- Associated researcher of the “Institut für

Sinologie”, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU), in MunichAssistant professor at the chair Prof. Hans van Ess in 2001 and at the chair Prof. Thomas O. Höllmann in 2003

2002 Librarian of the “Lyrik-Kabinett München e.V.” Lecturer at the “Institut für Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft” (Institute of Comparative Literature, LMU)

2000- Associated researcher, associated professor, Institute of Sinology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU), Munich. asociētais pētnieks, asociētais profesors

Main publications:1. Kraushaar, F.: Das Werk des Dichters Jiang Kui (ca.1155-ca.1221), 1999

[The Works of the Poet Jiang Kui (ca.1155-ca.1221)]Disertācija. Tiek gatavots papildināts izdevums.

2. Kraushaar, F.: In anderen Sprachen. Dichten und Übersetzen am Leitbild klassischer chinesischerLiteratur bei Bertold Brecht und Günter Eich.// Zhang Yushu and Winfried Woesler (eds.), Wenxue zhi lu. Literaturstraße. Chinese-German yearbook on literature and cultural exchange (Beijing: Renmin chubanshe, 2002) pp. 223-248[In Other Languages. Composing Poetry and Translating on the PatternOf Classical Chinese Literature within the Works of B. Brecht and G. Eich]

3. Kraushaar, F.: Ezra Pound als Erfinder der chinesischen Dichtung in unserer Zeit.// Christian Szyska and Friederike Pannewick (eds.), Crossings and Passages in Genre and Culture (Wiesbaden, Reichert, 2003) pp. 65-86[Ezra Pound as the Inventor of Chinese Poetry in Our Times]

4. Kraushaar, F.: Li Hes (791-819) “Poem Lichtes Tal”[Li Hes (791-819) „Long Poem on the Bright Valley“]Konferences "Die Kunst der Interpretation" (Bonna, 2004.g.janv.) referāts, tiks publicēts 2005. gada pavasarī.

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Research:

Work on the second, revised edition of the doctoral dissertation “Das Werk des Dichters Jiang Kui (ca.1155-ca.1221)“

Academic courses: Classical Chinese I A 2 credits Classical Chinese II A 2 credits Classical Chinese III A 2 credits Classical Chinese IV A 2 credits Medieval Chinese Literarture A 2

credits 20th Century Chinese Literature B 2 credits

Additional information:1997-2000 "Cusanuswerk" grant holder

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WANG Zhenhui (curriculum vitae)

Date of birth: 1969

Education:1992-1995 Master of Arts, Spanish Language and Literature, Fu-

Jen Catholic University, Taiwan1990-1992 Fu-Jen Catholic University, Taiwan 1985-1990 Spanish Department, Wen Tzao Ursuline Junior

College of Foreign Languages, Taiwan

Academic degrees:1995 MA1992 BA

Empoyment history:2004- Chinease language teacher, Department of Oriental

Studies, University of Latvia 2000-2002 English Editor and Translator,, Beta Multimedia

Publishing Co., Ltd1997-2000 Secretary of Spanish, Shin Kong group of companies,

Taiwan1996 Secretary, Colombian Trade Office, Taiwan 1996 Substitute teacher of Spanish, Wen Tzao Ursuline

Junior College of Foreign Languages, Taiwan1995 Secretary, Mexican Trade Office, Taiwan 1989 Teacher of basic Spanish in YWCA, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Academic courses: Basics of Chinese writing A 4 credits Chinese I A 4 credits Chinese II A 4 credits Chinese III A 4 credits Chinese IV A 4 credits Chinese V A 4 credits

Additional information:2003-2004 Newsletter Editor (2003~2004) of the International Women’s Club

of Riga (IWCR)2001 Certificate of Completion of 93-hour Teaching Chinese as a Second

Language Program at the Language Center of National Taiwan University

1999 Certificate of Completion of 30-hour Chinese-English Translation Courses at the China Productivity CenterCertificate of Completion of 30-hour Chinese-English Business Interpretation Course at the China Productivity Center

ZHANG Junling (curriculum vitae)

Date of birth: 1964

Education:

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1995-1996 Advanced study in Modern Chinese and Linguistic Theory, Chinese Language and Literature Department, Beijing University

1987-1989 Chinese Linguistics Department, Xinjiang University

1983-1987 Chinese Linguistics Department, Xinjiang University

Academic degrees:1989 MA Comparative Linguistics1987 BA

Employment:2005 Lecturer in Chinese, Department of Oriental

Studies, University of Latvia2001-2004 Examiner in Mandarin, Guangdong Province,

training and testing students for PSK (Putonghua Shuiping Kaoshi)

1997-2004 Lecturer in “Modern Chinese”, “General Linguistics”, “Mandarin Tutorial”, “Archaic and Ancient Chinese”, Chinese Language and Literature Department, Jiaying UniversityTeaching Chinese to foreign students, Foreign Affairs Office, Jiaying University

1989-1997 Teaching Chinese to minority students and foreign students, Chinese Teaching and Research Department, Xinjiang University

Main publications:1. Zhang Junling: The Pursuing and Practice of Quality Education. – Excellent Teaching and Teaching Reform Paper Collection, 1999.2. Zhang Junling: Study of Chinese Culture through Chinese Characters. – Jiaying University Transaction 2, 1998.

Research:2004 Field study of Hakka dialect in central Guangdong Province, funded

by the Jiaying University.2003 Study on the origin and development of Guangdong Hakka dialect,

funded by the Education Department of Guangdong Province.

Academic courses:

Chinese (phonetics) A 6 credits Chinese I A 6 credits Chinese II A 4 credits Chinese III A 4 credits Chinese IV A 4 credits Chinese V A 4 credits

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Asist. Hisayoshi ONO(curriculum vitae)

Date of birth: 1972

Education: 2001-2002 University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)

1991-1998 Taisho University, Japan

Academic degrees:2003 MA in Japanese Linguistics1998 MA in Literature1995 BA in Literature

Employment history:2005 Riga Culture school – Japanese language

teacher 2004- University of Latvia, Department of Oriental

Studies – Japanese language teacher (assistant)

2003 Meiko gijuku evening school – teacher1999-2001 Eiko Seminar evening school – assistant1995-1996 Suzuki gakushū-kai evening school - assistant1994-1995 Shinyo evening school – assistant teacher

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Main publications:

Field of research:Japanese language teaching methods

Academic courses: Japanese language I part B 6 crp. Japanese language II part B 6 crp. Japanese language III part B 6 crp Japanese language IV part B 6 crp. Japanese language V part B 6 crp. Japanese language VI part B 6 crp. Japanese language VII part B 6 crp Kanji III part B 2 crp. Kanji IV part B 2 crp.

Additional information:Member of AJTL (Association of Japanese Teachers in Latvia) (2004-2005)Member of the Organizational Committee for the 3rd Japanese Language Speech Contest in Latvia (2004)Chairman of AJTL (Association of Japanese Teachers in Latvia) (2004-2005)

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Asist. Sari HASHIMOTO(curriculum vitae)

Date of birth: 1972

Education: 2004-2005 University of London, School of Oriental

and African Studies (SOAS), UK 2003-2004 The Institute of International Education,

London, UK2002-2003 Southwark College, London, UK1990-1996 Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

Academic degrees:2004 MA in Applied Japanese Linguistics1995 BA in German Literature

Employment history:2003-2005 Dansk Flowers, London, UK – part time florist 2003- Japan Centre, London, UK – part time florist2001-2003 Watkins and Watkins, London, UK - florist1996-2001 Derby news Co.Ltd, Tokyo, Japan – sub-editor

Field of research:Japanese language teaching methods

Academic courses: Japanese language I part B 6 crp. Japanese language II part B 6 crp. Japanese language III part B 6 crp Japanese language IV part B 6 crp. Japanese language V part B 6 crp. Japanese language VI part B 6 crp. Japanese language VII part B 6 crp Kanji III part B 2 crp. Kanji IV part B 2 crp.

Additional information:Member of AJTL (Association of Japanese Teachers in Latvia) (2005)

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Yelena VIKTOROVA(curriculum vitae)

Date of birth: 1970

Education: 2002-2003 Japan Foundation Japanese-Language

Institute, Kansai, Japan1999 PhD candidate at the State Museum

Hermitage (St Petersburg, Russia)1991-1998 State Institute of Art and Architecture,

Faculty of History and Theory of Art (St Petersburg, Russia)

Academic degrees:1998 Diploma in history of art

Employment history:1999- University of Latvia, Department of

Oriental Studies - lecturer

2000- Museum of Foreign Art – head of the Department of Graphic Art

Main publications:

1. Tenpo reformas neparakstītās jakusjae identifikācijas iespējas. Krājumā: ΣTEФАНОΣ. 2. sējums. Senā un viduslaiku māksla; jauni pētījumi un publikācijas. I.E. Repina Valsts Akadēmskais glezniecības, tēlniecības un arhitektūras institūts, Sanktpēterburga, Krievija, 2004.g

2. Saito Musasibo Benkei: mīts vēlinā Tokugavas perioda mākslā. Krājumā: ΣTEФАНОΣ. Senā un viduslaiku māksla; jauni pētījumi un publikācijas. I.E. Repina Valsts Akadēmskais glezniecības, tēlniecības un arhitektūras institūts, Sanktpēterburga, Krievija, 2001.g.

3. Par budisma simbolikas izmantošanu 19.gs. ukijo-e gravīrās. Itijusai Kunijosi sērija “Mitate dzjunisi”. Krājumā: Starptautiskas zinātniskas konferences “Rietumi-Krievija-Austrumi: pasaules reliģijas un māksla” referātu tēzes. Valsts Ermitāža, Sanktpēterburga, Krievija, 2001.g.

4. Pētījumi par Japānas kultūru un mākslu. Starptautiskas zinātniskas konferences “Pētījumi par Japānas kultūru un mākslu” referātu tēžu izdošana (sagatavošanas darbi, tulkošana uz kr.val., redaktore). Rīga, 2000. Iekļaujot savu referātu “Saito Musasibo Benkeja mitoloģiskie tēli Japānas 18.-19.gs.mākslā”

5. Kolekcija un kolekcionāri. No ĀMM Japāņu grafikas kolekcijas vēstures. – Krājumā: Starptautiskās zinātniskas konferences “Puņina lasījumi” referāta tēzes. Valsts Universitāte, Sanktpēterburga, Krievija, 2000.

6. Ando Hirosige. Krājumā: Kultūras vēsture. Ārzemju mākslas muzejs. – Rīga, Zvaigzne ABC, 2000

Research:

1999.- Utagawa Kuniyoshi III and his school. Japanese woodblock prints in the collection of the Museum of Foreign Art

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Academic courses: History of Japanese art part A 2 crp.

Additional information:

19.11.-19.12.2003. Participation in the exchange program for specialists in conservation and restoration of artworks between Latvia and the People’s Republic of China

Jānis EŠOTS (curriculum vitae)

Date of birth: 1966

Education:1985-1991 Moscow Institute of Literature, Department of

Translation, Persian language group – translator of (fiction) literature

Employment history:

2002 – 2005 Department of Oriental Studies, Faculty of Modern Languages, University of Latvia, Lecturer

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2004 – 2005 Department of the History of Religions, Faculty of Theology, University of Latvia , Lecturer

2001 Department of the History of Religions, Faculty of Theology, University of Latvia , Lecturer

Main publications:1. Садр ад-Дин аш-Ширази, “Престольная мудрость” (Sadr al-Din al-Shirazi, “The Wisdom of the Throne”), Москва: Восточная литература 2004, с.1 – 151 (translation, introductory essay, commentary)2. “Rationalism and Mysticism: A Few Considerations Regarding the Superiority of the Divine Wisdom” in Islam-West Philosophical Dialogue. The Papers Presented at the World Congress on Mulla Sadra (May 1999, Tehran), volume 4 “Mulla Sadra and Comparative Studies”, p.157 – 1713. “Unification of Perceiver and Perceived and Unity of Being” in Transcendent Philosophy, London: IIS, volume 1, number 3 (December 2000), p.1 - 74. “Садр ад-Дин аш-Ширази и “ирфанизация” философии” (Sadr al-Dīn al-Shīrāzī and the “Irfanization” of Philosophy) in Историко-философский ежегодник 2000, Mосквa: Наука 2002, с.378 – 3905. “Preexistence of Souls to Bodies in Sadra’s Philosophy” in Transcendent Philosophy, London: IIS, volume 3, number 2 (June 2002), p.183 – 1976. “Shah Nematollah Vali Kermani as a Mystical Poet: Three Trends of Islamic Mysticism and Three Bases of His Poetry” in Celebating a Sufi Master: A Collection of Works on the Occasion of the First International Symposium on Shah Nematollah Vali, San Jose (California): San Jose State University Press 2002, p.58 – 76. (Persian Translation: ‘Irfān-e Irān, Tehrān: Haqīqat Press, # 12 (Winter 2002), p. 48 – 63.)7. “Why Is the Mathnawi Called “the Shop of Oneness”: Reflections on Rumi’s Methodology” in Proceedings of the International Conference on Mawlawi Rumi (IIS, London, 25-26 January 2002),London: Salman-Azade Press 2003, p.116 – 1288. “Magnification of Luminaries in Suhrawardi’s Philosophy” – Ceļš (LU TF teoloģisks un kultūrvēsturisks izdevums), Nr.55, 2003-2004, 66.-80. lpp9. «Этика исламского мистицизма: краткий обзор учений футувва» (Moral Philosophy of Islamic Mysticism: A Cursory View of the Ethical Teachings of Futuwwa) in М.С.Степанянц (ред.), Сравнительная философия: моральная философия в контексте многообразия культур», Москва: Восточная литература 2004, с.252 – 26110. “Shah Nematollah Vali on Rind and Rindi” in Celebating a Sufi Master; A Collection of Works on the Occasion of the Second International Symposium on shah Nematollah Vali (University of Leiden, October 2003), Greenlawn, NY: Simorgh Sufi Society 2004, p.26 – 34 (Persian Translation: “Rind wa rindī dar āthār-e Shāh Ne‘matullāh Walī”, in ‘Irfān-e Irān, Tehrān: Haqīqat Press, # 20 (Spring 2004), p. 85 – 94)11. “The Eschatology of Kant and Mullā Sadrā”, in H.Ayatollahy (ed.), Papers of International Conference On Two Hundred Years after Kant (Allama Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran, November 20 – 22, 2004),Tehran: Allama Tabataba’i University Press 2005, p.25 – 3212. “The Gnostic Element of Sadra’s Doctrine on Causation” in the Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Mulla Sadra: Causation according to Mulla Sadra and other Schools of Philosophy. 5-6 May 2001 – SOAS (London), London: Salman – Azade Press 2003, p.86 – 9813. “Preexistence of Souls to Bodies in Sadra’s Philosophy” in Transcendent Philosophy, London: IIS, vol. 3, number 2, June 2002, p.183 – 197. (Persian Translation: “Mas’ala-ye kaynūnat-e nufūs qabl az abdān dar falsafa-ye Mullā Sadrā”, in Khirādnāme-ye Sadrā, Tehrān: SIPRIn, vol. 7, number 28 (September 2002), p.39 – 45.)

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14. “Sadr al-Dīn Shīrāzī – mobtaker-e hikmat-e ‘arshī yā Sayrī dar istilāhāt-e Sadrā” (Sadr al-Dīn al-Šīrāzī – the Inventor of the Wisdom of the Throne: An Analysis of Sadra’s Terminology”), in Khirādnāme-ye Sadrā, Tehrān: SIPRIn, vol. 5, number 20 (September 2000), p. 61 – 6615. ““Al-Wāridāt al-qalbiyya fī ma‘rifat al-rubūbiyya”: risāla-ī az yak hakīm” (“Coming Into Heart Concerding the Knowledge of Lordship”: A Little Known Treatise of Sadra), in Khirādnāme-ye Sadrā, Tehrān: SIPRIn, vol. 4, number 15 (June 1999), p.74 – 8216. “Qalandaru qalandarī dar sh‘ir-e Farid al-Dīn-e ‘Attār” (The Image of Kalender in the Poetry of Farid al-Dīn ‘Attār), in ‘Irfān-e Irān, Tehrān: Haqīqat Press, # 16 (Summer 2003), p. 78 – 8917. Routledge Encyclopedia of the Qur’an , ed. O. Leaman (London – New York : Routledge 2005): "Ishq (Love)”; “Habb/Ahabba (Seed/ to seed)”18. Ислам на территории бывшей Российской империи (Islam in the territory of the former Russian Empire), С.М.Прозоров (ред.), vol. 4 (Москва: Восточная литература 2004): “Хамадани” (Hamedani), с.87 – 88; vol. 5 (forthcoming): «Азиз ад-Дин Насафи» (Aziz al-Din Nasafi); «Са‘ид ад-Дин Фаргани» (Sa‘id al-Din Farghani)19. Садр ад-Дин аш-Ширази, “Приходящее в сердце о познании Господствия ” (Coming Into Heart Concerding the Knowledge of Lordship) in Восток, Москва: Наука 2000, №2, с.109-132 un №5, с.109 - 127 (translation, introductory essay, commentary)20. Шихаб ад-Дин Сухраварди, “Свист Симурга” (The Shrill Cry of Simorgh) in Восток, Москва: Наука 2001, №5, с.119 - 133 (translation, introductory essay, commentary)

Academic courses:

Introduction to Sufism B 2 credits Introduction to Shiite philosophy and mysticism B 2 credits Introduction to Islam B 2 credits Inroduction to Shiism B 2 credits Muslim Sects B 2 credits Kalam B 2 credits

Research

“Mulla Sadra’s Teaching on Wujud in the Context of Islamic Mysticism andPhilosophy” (Ph D Dissertation in Religion, the final version to be submitted by May 31, 2006).«Избранные отрывки из произведений Мулла Садра и Мира Дамада» (Selected Passages of the Works of Mulla Sadra and Mir Damad) in М.Степанянц (ред.), Антология исламской философии (The Anthology of Islamic Philosophy) (articles, translations, commentary), to be submitted by June 30, 2006)

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RESEARCH WORK OF ACADEMIC STAFF

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Scientific publications:

Eihmanis, K.: Ķīniešu tekstus tulkojot. – Latviešu valoda – robežu paplašināšana. Valsts valodas komisijas raksti, 1. sēj. – Rīga, 2005, 61. – 64. lpp.

Eihmanis, K.: Rethinking the Methodological Approaches of Cross-Cultural Hermeneutics. – Literature, Folklore, Arts. Scientific Papers of University of Latvia, volume 666, Riga, University of Latvia, 2004, p. 273.-274;

Eihmanis, K.: Filosofiskā kategorija dao Laodzi “Daodedzjin” – Orientālistika. Latvijas Universitātes Zinātnisko Rakstu krājums. 652. sēj. – R.: LU, 2003., 105. – 125. lpp.;

Eihmanis, K.: Clash of Interpretations: The Latvian Translation of Lao Tzu’s Tao-Te Ching. – Language, Literature and Translation – Manipulations. // Humanities and Social Sciences. Latvia. 1(34)/2002. Riga, University of Latvia, p. 104 – 112;

Eihmanis, K: Kiinan Klassiset Filosofiset Tekstit Ja Niiden Ymmartaminen. – Kiinasanoin ja kuvin, No1/2002(214), Helsinki, p. 10. - 12. (Ķīnas klasisko filosofisko tekstu saprašana. Somijas-Ķīnas sadraudzības biedrības žurnāls.);

Eihmanis, K.: Dao Laodzi “Daodedzjin” // II Pasaules Latviešu zinātnieku kongress, 2001. g. 14. – 15. augusts, Rīga, LZA,118. lpp.;

Ešots, J.: Садр ад-Дин аш-Ширази, „Престольная мудрость”. Москва: Восточная литература 2004, с.1 – 151(tulkojums, apcere, komentāri);

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Ešots, J.: „Хамадани” – Ислам на территории бывшей Российской империи,выпуск 4 , Москва: Восточная литература 2004, с.87 – 88;

Ešots „Magnification of Luminaries in Suhrawardi’s Philosophy” – Ceļš (LU TF teoloģisks un kultūrvēsturisks izdevums), Nr.55, 2003-2004, 66.-80. lpp.

Ešots, J.: Why is the Mathnawi called „the shop of Oneness”: Reflections on Rumi’s Methodology. In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Mawlawi Rumi (IIS, London,25-26 January 2002),London: Salman-Azade Press 2003, p.116 – 128;

Ešots, J.: Shah Nematollah Vali Kermani as a Mystical Poet: Three Trends of Islamic Mysticism and three Bases of His Poetry. In: Celebating a Sufi Master; A Collection of Works on the Occasion of the First International Symposium on shah Nematollah Vali, San Jose (California): San Jose State University Press 2002, p.58 – 76;

Ešots, J.: „Preexistence of Souls to Bodies in Sadra’s Philosophy” in Transcendent Philosophy, Volume 3, Number 2, June 2002, p.183 – 197;

Ešots, J.: „Садр ад-Дин аш-Ширази и „ирфанизация” философии” – Историко-философский ежегодник 2000, Mосквa: Наука 2002, с.378 – 390;

Ešots, J.: Шихаб ад-Дин Сухраварди, „Свист Симурга”– Восток, 2001, №5, с.119-133 (tulkojums, apcere, komentāri);

Ešots, J.: Unification of Perceiver and Perceived and Unity of Being. In: Transcendent Philosophy (London), Volume 1, Number 3, December 2000, p.1-7;

Ešots, J.: Садр ад-Дин аш-Ширази, „Приходящее в сердце о познании Господствия ” – Восток (Москва), 2000, №2,с.109-132 un №5, с.109-127 (tulkojums, apcere, komentāri);

Ešots, J.: Rationalism and Mysticism: A Few Considerations Regarding the Superiority of the Divine Wisdom. In: Islam-West Philosophical Dialogue.The Papers Presented at the World Congress on Mulla Sadra (May 1999, Tehran), volume 4 „Mulla Sadra and Comparative Studies”, p.157 – 171;

Ivbulis, V.: Šiva izdejo un sagrauj pasauli. Ievads tradicionālajā hindu domā (ar plašu antoloģiju). Rīga, Zinātne, 2002, 571.lpp.;

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Ivbulis, V.: Rabindranats Tagore. Romāns “Mājās un pasaulē” (tulkojumi no bengāļu valodas ar plašu ievadu), Daugava, 1999, 448 lpp.;

Ivbulis, V.: Tagore: East and West Cultural Unity. Rabindra Bharati University,Calcutta, 1999, 218 pp.;

Ivbulis, V.J.: Literaturno-hudožestvennoe tvorčestvo Rabindranata Tagora. Problema metoda. Rīga, Zinātne, 1981, 390 lpp.;

Евсикова, И.: Материалы к истории Древней Южной Аравии. История рода Хасбах. – Вестник Древней Истории. С-Петербург. (Sagatavošanā)

Katajs, E.: Japāna krustām šķērsām. Rīga: Valters un Rapa, 2003, 319.lpp.

Katajs, E.: Zem 10 valstu karogiem. Rīga: Jumava, 2000, 238 lpp.

Paegle, I.: Japāna pasaules kultūras kontekstā: kultūras interpretācijas Vacudzi Tecurō agrīnajos darbos. – Latvijas Universitātes Raksti. Nr.666, Rīga: Zinātne, 2004;

Nacume Sōseki: Kokoro. Rīga: Atēna, 2003, pp. 1-250 (tulk. No japāņu valodas I.Paegle), 268 lpp.;

Paegle, I.: Komentāri. Tulkotājas pēcvārds: - Nacume Sōseki: Kokoro. Rīga: Atēna, 2003, 233.-268. lpp.;

Paegle, I.: Failures and Hopes: Allegories of Modernization in Tanizaki Junichiro’ s Novel’s “Fool’s Love” and “Some Prefer Nettles”. In: Latvijas Universitātes Raksti. Orientālistika. Nr. 652, Rīga” Zinātne, 2003;

Paegle, I.: ‘Way’ as a Symbol of Communicative Sphere in the Philosophical Ethics of Watsuji Tetsurō. In: The 1st International Conference “Studies on Japanese Art and Culture” Rīga, 2000;

Sīkstulis, J.: Zinātniskā konsultācija tulkojumam un tulkojumā lietotajai terminoloģijai. – Lunds P. Islams.// R., "Zvaigzne ABC", 2003;

J.Sīkstulis: Pēcvārds. – Kalvokorezi P. Kas ir kas Bībelē. Rīga: "Jumava", 2002

J.Sīkstulis: Pēcvārds. – 1001 nakts pasakas.// R., "Jumava", 2000;

L.G.Taivans. Maksa Vēbera darbs "Protestantisma ētika un kapitalisma gars" pārejas laika Latvijā un Krievijā. — "Latvijas Vēsture. Jaunie un jaunākie laiki. 2000, 4 (40), lpp. 30-40.

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L.G.Taivans. Atgriešanās pie Latvijas tautsaimniecības vēstures. — "Latvijas Vēsture. Jaunie un jaunākie laiki. 2000, 4 (40), lpp.119-120.

Тайван Л. Кризиc идентичноcти и проблемы правопреемcтва,- Преемcтво. Что же будет c Родиной и c нами. Материалы международной научной конференции `Кризиc роccийcкой идентичноcти: причины и пути преодоления`, Моcква:Бумажная галерея, 2000, cc.343-352.

Leons G.Taivans. Russia on the Threshold: Orthodox Tradition and Protestant Ethics. — "Religion in Eastern Europe", Princeton, vol. XXI, Nr. 1, Feb. 2001, p. 1-16.

Taivans L.G. Latvijas Universitātes Teoloģijas fakultātes pirmsākumi Krievijas-Rietumeiropas kontekstā. - Latvijas Universitātes raksti. “Acta Universitatis Latviensis”. 639. R., 2001, lpp.101-107.

Leons Gabriels Taivans. Transnational Activism and Problems of Indigenuous Culture of the Insular Southeast Asia. — II Pasaules latviešu zinātnieku kongress. Tēžu krājums. R.: LZA, 2001., 122. lpp.

Л.-Г.Тайван. Восточная мистерия. Полития в религиозном сознании индонезийцев. (М.:»Восточная литература» РАН, 2001) 240 с.

Л.Л.Тайван. Католическая антропология. – Православная Энциклопедия. т. П. (М.: «Православная Энциклопедия.», 2001, сс.704-706.

Л.Л.Тайван. Протестантская антропология. – Православная Энциклопедия. т. П. (М.: «Православная Энциклопедия.», 2001, сс.706-709.

Л.-Г. Тайван. Церковь и гоcударcтво в Латвии. «Полития. Анализ, хроника, прогноз.» М:Роcийcкий общеcтвенно-политичеcкий центр, 2001-2002, Зима, cc.148-161.

Л.-Л. Тайван. Балийcкая религия. –« Правоcлавная Энциклопедия т.4., М.: Церковно-научный центр «Правоcлавная Энциклопедия», 2002, cc. 288-289.

Л.-Л. Тайван. Батаков религия. -- Правоcлавная Энциклопедия т. 4., М.: Церковно-научный центр «Правоcлавная Энциклопедия», 2002, cc. 376-377.

Leons Taivāns. Klonēšana kā filozofija un antropoloģija kā zooloģija.//“Eiropas dialogi”. ( Rīga: Eiropas integrācijas birojs, 2003) lpp. 36-39.

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L.G.Taivans, E.Taivāne. Reliģiju vēsture. (Rīga: Raka, 2003) 259 lpp.

L.G.Taivans, E.Taivāne. Reliģiju vēsture. Grāmata skolotājiem (Rīga: Raka, 2003)

L.G.Taivans. Religion&Traditional Political Conduct in the 19th-20th Century South-East Asia.// Acta Universitatis Latviensis, Oriental Studies, vol. 652, 2003, Zinatne, Riga, Latvia, pp.49-70;

Л.Г. Тайван. Ислам в контексте диалога цивилизаций. «Россия в новом веке: внешнеполитическое измерение» (М.: Издание Совета Федерации, 2003), сс.434-443;

Л.Г. Тайван. Возможны ли протестантская этика и дух капитализма в исламе? – «Безопасность Евразии» 1(11)-203, Москва, 2003, сс. 696-700;

Тайван Л.Л. Сможет ли договориться папа с Патриархом? Фундаментальные различия богословских парадигм, как данность творения. – Материалы IX международных кирилло-мефодиевских чтений, появященных дням славянской письменности и культуры, часть I (Минск: ООО «Ковчег», 2004), сс. 47-53;

Леон Тайван. Церковь, общество, государство на рубеже XX-XXI веков. – Память и беспамятство в Церкви и обществе: итоги XX века. Материалы международной богословской конференции. (Москва: ФПИ, 2004) сс.175-185;

Viktorova, J.: Tenpo reformas neparakstītās jakusjae identifikācijas iespējas. – ΣTEФАНОΣ. 2. sējums. Senā un viduslaiku māksla; jauni pētījumi un publikācijas. I.E. Repina Valsts Akadēmskais glezniecības, tēlniecības un arhitektūras institūts, Sanktpēterburga, Krievija, 2004;

Viktorova, J.: Saito Musasibo Benkei: mīts vēlinā Tokugavas perioda mākslā. – ΣTEФАНОΣ. Senā un viduslaiku māksla; jauni pētījumi un publikācijas. I.E. Repina Valsts Akadēmskais glezniecības, tēlniecības un arhitektūras institūts, Sanktpēterburga, Krievija, 2001;

Viktorova, J.: Par budisma simbolikas izmantošanu 19.gs. ukijo-e gravīrās. Itijusai Kunijosi sērija “Mitate dzjunisi”. – Starptautiskas zinātniskas konferences “Rietumi-Krievija-Austrumi: pasaules reliģijas un māksla” referātu tēzes. Valsts Ermitāža, Sanktpēterburga, Krievija, 2001;

Viktorova, J.: Kolekcija un kolekcionāri. No ĀMM Japāņu grafikas kolekcijas vēstures. –Starptautiskās zinātniskas konferences “Puņina lasījumi” referātu tēzes. Valsts Universitāte, Sanktpēterburga, Krievija, 2000;

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Viktorova, J.: Ando Hirosige. – Kultūras vēsture. Ārzemju mākslas muzejs. – Rīga, Zvaigzne ABC, 2000

Yamamoto, Y.: A Cognitive Study for Japanese Verb NARU. In: Proceedings of the Kansai Linguistics Association. Osaka: Kansai Linguistics Association, 1998

Zvirgzds, I.: Vai Kabala ir tulkojama: tulkojuma paraugs un komentārs,. – Kentaurs XXI, Nr. 33, 2004.

Zvirgzds, I.: Computergestuetzte philologishe und linguistische Erscliessung der Bretke Bibel 1579-1590 (datorizēta filoloģiska un lingvistiska Bretkes bībeles teksta kodifikācija), datorprogrammas izstrāde sadarbībā ar Greifsvaldes Universitāti (Vācija), 2003;

Amoss Ozs: Melnā Kaste. (tulk. no ebreju valodas I.Zvirgzds), Jānis Roze, Rīga, 2000;

Zvirgzds, I.: Ebreju un aramiešu īpašvārdu indekss, izstrādāts ar Latvijas Kultūras fonda un Latvijas Zinātnes Padomes atbalstu, Rīga, 2000;

Zvirgzds, I.: Семантическая функция описания сна в Танахе, Тирош. – Труды Третьей Молодежной Конференции СНГ по Иудаике, Москва, 1999;

Zvirgzds, I.: Vecās Derības poētikas latviskojums: konstrukcija un dekonstrukcija. – Bībele: raksti, teksts, kultūrvide. Rīga, 1999;

Hermejs Trismegists: Poimandrs. (tulk. no sengrieķu valodas I.Zvirgzds), Kentaurs XXI, Nr. 20, 1999;

Zvirgzds, I.: Vaimanu dziesmas: metrika un struktūra. – Ceļš: teoloģisks un kultūrvēsturisks izdevums, Madae ha-Jahadūt/ Jūdaikas zinātne, Nr. 50, 1998

Field research (history and cultural anthropology)

Šamanisma un megalītu reliģijas antropoloģisko pētījumu lauka izpēte, Indonēzija, Sumatra-Java-Bali-Lomboka (1.-31. Maijā , 2002)

Universitas Andalas, Padang, Indonesia. Lauka pētījums “Matrilineal society of Minankabau in transition. The impact of Islam. (Masharakat matrilineal Minankabau berpelengkap ke agama Islam) ” Penelitian bersama dengan prof. Barlianta Harahapp. 1.jūn. – 15. Jūl.2003.

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Darbs pie projekta Teoloģijas vēsture II (313-787). Austrumu monahisma tradīcija.(Jeruzaleme, Izraēla, 5.sept.-10. dec. 2003.).

Participation in conferences

Eihmanis, K..: Dalība starptautiskajā konferencē LU MVF Literary and Cultural Contexts (2004. gada decembris)

Eihmanis, K. Dalība AEF (Asia Europe Foundation) un ASEM (Asia Europe Meeting) rīkotajā starptautiskajā simpozijā “Asia Europe Young Leaders Symposium” (2004. gada decembris, Hāga)

Eihmanis, K. Dalība Valsts valodas komisijas organizētajā konferencē “Latviešu valoda kā mērķvaloda” (2004. gada novembris)

Eihmanis, K..: Dalība LU 62. konferencē. Orientālistika. Austrumpētniecības sekcija (01.2004)

Eihmanis, K..: Dalība LU 61. zinātniskajā konferencē. Orientālistika. Austrumpētniecības sekcija (2003)

Eihmanis, K.: Dalība starptautiskā konferencē LU Moderno valodu fakultātē (11.02.)

Eihmanis, K. :Dalība II Pasaules latviešu zinātnieku kongresā (2001. g. augusts)

Eihmanis, K.: Dalība LU 59. zinātniskajā konferencē (2001)

Eihmanis, K.: Dalība LU 58. zinātniskajā konferencē (2000)

Ešots, J.: International Conference on Mawlawi Rumi (IIS, London,25-26 January 2002);

Ešots, J.: First International Symposium on Shah Nematollah Vali, San Jose (California, 2001);

Ešots, J.: World Congress on Mulla Sadra (May 1999, Tehran);

Jamamoto, J.: Dalība EAJS (European Association of Japanese Studies) konferencē Varšavā (08.2003)

Jamamoto, J.: Dalība AJTE (Association of Japanese Teachers in Europe) konferencē. Nolasīts referāts “Japanese Studies in Latvia: Perspectives and problems” (Šveicē, 08.2004.);

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Jamamoto, J.: Dalība starptautiskajā konferencē-seminārā “Reading and Writing in Japanese Culture” Nolasīts referāts: Politeness Shift in E-mails. (LU Moderno valodu fakultātē, 9.-11.09.04.);

Paegle, I.: Dalība starptautiskā konferencē-seminārā “Reading and Writing in Japanese Culture” Nolasīts referāts: Writing as Power: Secrets and Lies in Tanizaki Junichirō’s novel “Kagi” (LU Moderno valodu fakultātē, 9.-11.09.04.);

Paegle, I.: Dalība LU 62. konferencē. Orientālistika. Austrumpētniecības sekcija (01.2004)

Paegle, I.: Dalība LU 61. zinātniskajā konferencē. Orientālistika. Austrumpētniecības sekcija (2003)

Paegle, L.: Dalība starptautiskā konferencē LU Moderno valodu fakultātē (11.02.)

Paegle, I.: Dalība starptautiskā konferencē Japānas studijās Helsinku Universitātē. (09.-12.11.02.)

Paegle, I.: Dalība starptautiskā konferencē Japānas studijās Austrumpētniecības Institūtā Maskavā (27.05.-30.05.01.) ;

Paegle, I.: Dalība LU 59. zinātniskajā konferencē (2001)

Paegle, I.: Dalība LU 58. zinātniskajā konferencē (2000)

Pildegovičs, P.: Dalība Tālo Austrumu jautājumiem veltīta NATO konference Beļģijā 1996

Pildegovičs, P.: Dalība Tālo Austrumu problemātikai veltīts seminārs Zalcburgā, Austrijā 1995

Viktorova, J.: Dalība (ar referātu) starptautiskā zinātniskā konferencē “Japānas kultūra un vēsture” (Krievijas starpreģionālā japanologu asociācija, Maskava, Krievija) (16.-17.02.2004.)

Viktorova, J.: Dalība (ar referātu) starptautiskā zinātniskā konferencē “Rietumi-Krievija_Austrumi. Pasaules reliģijas un māksla” (Valsts Ermitāža. Sanktpēterburga, Krievija) (7.-8.07.2001.)

Viktorova, J.: Dalība (ar referātu) starptautiskā zinātniskā konferencē “Puņina lasījumi” (Valsts Universitāte Sanktpēterburga, Krievija) (6.-7.04.2001.)

Viktorova, J.: Dalība (ar referātu) starptautiskā zinātniskā konferencē “Puņina lasījumi” (Valsts Universitāte. Sanktpēterburga, Krievija) (7.-8.04.2000.)

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Viktorova, J.: dalība zinātniskā konferencē M.Dobroklonska piemiņai “Ārzemju mākslas problēmas” (I.E.Repina Valsts Akadēmiskais glezniecības, tēlniecības un arhitektūras institūts, Sanktpēterburga, Krievija) (20.-22. 04.1999.)

L.Taivans, Starptautiska konference «Европеизация ислама или исламизация Европы?», Москва, 7-8 июня 2004. Konrad Adenauer Stiftung. Referāts Islām and Post-Conventional Christianity in Europe.

L.Taivans. Konference Education for unity and unity in Education Workshop Oct. 30-Nov. 3, 2004, Prague, WCC. Referāts “Transition to the Theology of Religions”.

L.Taivans. Referāts LU 61. konferencē “Latvijas humanitārā zinātne 21.gs. Eiropā”.2003

L.Taivans. European Humanities University, Minsk, Belarus. “The 9th International St Cyrill and Methodius Conference”// Referāts: L.Taivans. Фундаментальные различия Богословских парадигм Запада и Востока как данность творения. 2003;

L.Taivans. Ecumenical Learning and Theological Education: Experience of Latvia Consultation of the Theological Faculties in Europe, (Graz, Austria, 4-7 July, 2002);

L.Taivans. Are the Concepts of Protestant Ethics and the Spirit of Capitalism Possible in Islam? (International Conference. Islam in the Context of Dialoge between Civilizations. December 9-10, 2002, Moscow);

LU 60. Konference //Teoloģija un reliģiju zinātne 2002-02-05 L.Taivans. Referāts: Islama strukturālās paradigmas (“Protestantisma ētikas” elementi islamā);

LU 60. Konference 2002.janv-febr. Orientālistika. Austrumpētniecības sekcija. Referāts: L.Taivans. Džihāds Dienvidaustrumāzijā

Leons Gabriels Taivans. Transnational Activism and Problems of Indigenuous Culture of the Insular Southeast Asia. — II Pasaules latviešu zinātnieku kongress. Rīgā, 2001.g. 14. un 15. augustā;

L. Taivans. Latvijas Universitātes Teoloģijas fakultātes pirmsākumi Krievijas-Rietumeiropas kontekstā LU 59 zinātniskā konference. Zinātņu vēstures un muzejniecības sekcija. 2001.g. 22.-23. janv.;

Leon Taivans. Anticerkiewny radykalizm elity politiczney Lotwy.— Miedzynarodowa konferencja pt. Radykalne nurty kultury XX wieku. Czenstochowa University of Foreign Languages and Economics, 20-21 Apr. 2001.

Тайван Л.-Г. Иоанн 23 и католичество Прибалтики: несовместимость религиозных парадигм? //Иоанн XXIII: Христиансткое свидетельство, диалог с инаковерующими, мирное сосуществование. (KZA Eiropas institūts, Akvīnas Toma

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katoļu teoloģijas koledža, Instituto della Documentatione, Bologna, Maskava, 8.dec.2000)

Krievijas identitātes krīze: tās iemesli un pārvarēšanas ceļi. (F.Ebert Stiftung, Maskavas valdības Zinātniskā padome, Maskavas Universitāte, 15.-16.apr., 2000)

Leons Taivans. Этический императив как категория международного права: опыт Латвии и Эстонии.(Ētiskais imperatīvs kā starptautisko tiesību kategorija: Latvijas un Igaunijas piemērs) // Starptautiska zinātniskā konference Krievijas identitātes krīze: tās iemesli un pārvarēšanas ceļi.( Maskavas valdības Zinātniskā padome, F.Ebert Stiftung, Maskavas Universitāte, 15.-16.apr., 2000)

Л.Л.Тайван. Религиозно- Leons Taivans. Latvijas dekomunizācija un restitūcijas tiesības// Starptautiska zinātniskā konference ценноcтная ориентация наcеления Роccии и Прибалтики: cравнительное иccледование. VI Международные Кирилло-Мефодиевcкие чтения, поcвященные Дням cлавянcкой пиcьменноcти и культуры (Минcк, 25-26 мая 2000 г.)

Тайван Л.-Г. Церковь, общеcтво и гоcударcтво на рубеже 20-21-го века.//Память и беcпамятcтво в Церкви и в общеcтве: итоги 20-го века.//Международная научно-богоcловcкая конференция. Роccийcкий Гоcударcтвенный гуманитарный универcитет и др. (Моcква, 18-20 cентября 2000 г.)

Тайван Л.-Г. Изменение мировоззренческих установок в Прибалтике. Пример Латвии.//Четвертые Международные Чтения памяти Владимира Максимова. Посткоммунистическая Восточная Европа вчера, сегодня и завтра.(Varšava, 1999.g.sept.-okt., Varšavas Universitāte, Fonds “Slavica Orientalia”, e.a.).

L.Taivans. Upuri, vainīgie un vienaldzīgie: morāles problēma. //Veidojot nākotni skaidrosim pagātni. (Starptautiska konference. Latvijas Universitāte, K.Adenauer Stiftung, 3.-6.jūnijā, 1999)

Lecture courses in foreign universities

Visiting research fellow. Oksfordas Universitāte, St.John’s College. 2003, 5-31 janv. 5-31 janv.; 2 lekcijas “Religion and Political Conduct in Modern Jawa Timur and Bali”, “Wayang kulit, Si gale-gale, wayang golek and the evolution of shamanistic rituals in Java and Sumatra” (Trinity College);

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Lekciju kurss “Reliģiju attiecības Rietumeiropā 19.-21.gs.” MGIMO (Universitāte), Oktobris, 2002 (Maskava, Krievija)

“Reliģiju un kultūru sintēze Indonēzijā” MGIMO (Universitāte), Oktobris, 2002

“Reliģiskā situācija Baltijas valstīs”. MGIMO (Universitāte), Oktobris, 2002

Work in edotoroal boards:

“Ceļš”. Latvijas Universitātes teoloģisks un kultūrvēsturisks izdevums. Redkolēģijas loceklis, atbildīgais par izdevumu. Kopš 1992.g.

Acta Universitatis Latviensis. Orientalistika. Zinātniskais redaktors. Kopš 2002.

Acta Universitatis Latviensis. Zinātņu vēsture un muzejniecība. Redakcijas kolēģijas loceklis. Kopš 2001.g.

Politeia. Journal of Political Philosophy and Sociology of Politics (Moscow) Redakcijas kolēģijas loceklis. Kopš 1992.g.

Континент. Литературный, публицистический и религиозный журнал. (Parīze-Maskava). Pārstāvis Latvijā Lietuvā un Igaunijā. Kopš 1995.g.

Popular science publications

Taivans L.G. Eiropa brīvu zinātnieku, rakstnieku un teologu skatījumā."Neatkarīgā Rīta avīze" , 1999.g. 29. okt.

Taivans L.G.Monsiņjora O.Daļecka stāsts par Svēto Zemi. "Katoļu Baznīcas vēstnesis" Nr.6(144) 2000.g. 17.03.

Taivans, L. “Куплю международный аэропорт. “Подводные камни” реcтитуции по-латышcки”. – Извеcтия, 18 мая 2000

Taivans L. Komentārs par Stīvena Švarca rakstu žurnālā “The Spectator” 2001. gada 22.septembra numurā. – “Svētdienas rīts”, 6.okt. 2001, Nr.37(1436).

Leons Gabriels Taivans. Tuvo Austrumu Čečenija. – "Latvijas avīze" 20.martā, 2004, Rīga, 20.lpp.

Леон-Габриель Тайван. Блок-поcт Израиль. - "Гражданинъ", No 1, Январь-февраль 2004, cc.82-87

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Л. Тайванс. Письмо неназванному другу. – «Посев» No. 8 2004, c. 7-9 (Москва).

L.G.Taivāns. Tantura dienasgrāmata. – „Ceļa biedrs” Nr. 1 (2004 janvāris-februāris; Linkolna, ASV)

L.G.Taivāns. Tantura dienasgrāmata. – „Ceļa biedrs” Nr. 2; (2004. marts-aprīlis, Linkolna, ASV)

L.G.Taivāns. Tantura dienasgrāmata. „Ceļa biedrs” Nr. 3; (2004. maijs-jūnijs, Linkolna, ASV)

L.G.Taivāns. Tantura dienasgrāmata. „Ceļa biedrs” Nr. 4; (2004.g.jūlijs-augusts, Linkolna, ASV)

L.G.Taivāns. Tantura dienasgrāmata. „Ceļa biedrs” Nr. 5; (2004.g.septembris-oktobris, Linkolna, ASV)

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