Dzīves un darba gājums

kIKaNS VALDIS

Born December 12, 1929

Address: Daugavpils, Ezeru Street 61a-20

EDUCATION AND

ACADEMIC DEGREES:

PhD 1967 Dissertation “Latvian Poem”.

Nostrification in 1992

postgraduate

1964-1966 Latvia State University, Faculty of philology

higher

1949-1954 Latvia State University, Faculty of philology,

philologist, teacher of Latvian

secondary

1949 Valka secondary school
EXPERIENCE:

1990 docent Daugavpils Pedagogical University, faculty of Humanities,

dept.of Latvian literature and culture
1993-1994 head of the dept. of Latvian literature and culture

Daugavpils Pedagogical University, faculty of Humanities,

1986-1990 Daugavpils Pedagogical University, faculty of philology

lecturer

1980-1985 Latvia Academy of Science

Institute of economics, sector of research information

senior researcher

1967-1980 Latvia Academy of Science

Institute of Language and Literature

Sector of literary theory, junior researcher

1960-1967 Latvia State University, Faculty of philology

dept.of Latvian literature, assistant

1954-1960 Daugavpils Pedagogical Institute

dept.of Latvian literature, assistant

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS:

Monographs 7

Articles in research journals 44

Conference abstracts 10

Other research publications 42
ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS:

Text books 4

Methodological articles 6

Other publications 2

MAJOR PUBLICATIONS:

1. Tevī kāpj mīļums... R., 1989, 232.p.

2. Современная советская поэма. Рига,1982.

3. Lirika: tēli, kompozīcija, žanri, virzieni. – Daugavpils, 1998, 204. pp.

4. Modernisma satura un formas virzieni. Šauļu universitātes konferences tēzes, izdevumā “Tekstas”: Formas ir turinys. Šauļi, 1999.g.

5. Postmodernisma iespējamā paradigma. Acta Baltica ‘ 99.Kaunas: AESTI, 1999, 50.-59.pp.

6. Eiropas literārie virzieni Latvijā. Rīga: RAKA, 2003, 308 pp.
ACADEMIC COURSES:

Topical problems of literary theory in Latvian literature.

Latvian literature abroad.

History of Latvian literature.

Special course on Rainis.

Poetics of folk song and lyrics.

Poetics of folk and literary fairy-tale.

Poetics of Latvian Romanticism.

Traditional literary trends.

Modernist literary trends.

Poetics of Latvian poetry abroad.

Poetics of Latvian contemporary poetry.

Poetic time and space in Latvian literature.
ACTIVITIES IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:

Member of Latvian Writers’ Union.

Editor of the collections of research papers of Daugavpils University Latvian literature and culture department, 2001, 2002
HONOURS:

Prize winner of V.Seile 1^st research competition.

Herz scholarship of Westfahl Muenster University, 1996.

Daugavpils Pedagogical University honorary diploma, 1996.

LANGUAGES AND SKILLS:

Latvian and Russian – fluent

German, English, Lithuanian - elementary

kIPURE JElENA

Date of Birth: January 18, 1975
Home address: Vaļņu iela 39-44, Daugavpils, LV-5402

Tel.: [phone]

Marital status: married, one daughter

Education and

scientific degrees: 2000-2003 Doctoral Studies (Daugavpils University,

Faculty of the Pedagogics)

2002. 
      Professional development studies „Didaktik-
      

Methodik des Fremdsprachenunterrichts”

(Goethe Institute, Rīga)

1999. 
      Master Program (Daugavpils University,
      

the Faculty of the Pedagogics)
July 1998 The German language courses (Goethe Institute,

Munich, German)

1997. 
      Daugavpils Pedagogical University, the Faculty
      

of the Humanities; Bachelor’s degree in Philology,

teacher of the German language, the Latvian language and the English language

secondary

1992. 
      Daugavpils Secondary School No. 16
      

Qualifications: Mag. paed.

Work experience: 2002 lecturer at Daugavpils University, the

Faculty of the Humanities, the German Language Department

1997-2002 assistant lecturer at Daugavpils University, the Faculty of the Humanities, the German Language Department
Scientific Publications (number): 10

Monographs - ---

Articles in scientific journals

and collections of scientific papers 6

Author’s certificates ---

Conference abstracts 1

Other scientific publications 3

List of more Significant Publications:

1. 
   Curriculum-Entwicklung für das Lesen im Fremdsprachenunterricht an den nichtsprachlichen Fakultäten. // The collection of scientific papers.- „Mācību grāmata”, Rīga, 1998, pp.60-67.
   
2. 
   Zur Begriffsbestimmung der Sachtexte. // The collection of scientific papers of the International conference „Paradigmatik, Syntagmatik und Funktionen der Sprache” (Kaunas) „Žmogus Kalbos Erdveje”, Kaunas 2002 Moksliniu, straipsniu rinkinys, pp. 240-244.
   
3. 
   Auswahlprinzipien der Sachtexte für den universitären Deutschunterricht“. // The collection of scientific papers of LU „Izglītības zinātnes un pedagoģija mūsdienu pasaulē”, Rīga, 2002, pp. 287-295.
   

Academic courses: Practical German for Students of the

Faculty of the Economics and Sociology

(I, II)

Pragmatic Aspects of the Orthography of

German (I, IV, V)

Development of Reading Skills in the

Course of Methodology

Methodology of Teaching German (IV, V)

Text Interpretation (III)

Analyses of Literary Texts (III)

Integrative Approach in the Foreign

Language Methodology (for Master

Program

Psycholinguistics (for Master Program)

Spheres of Use of German (for Master

Program)
Skills and Interests: Russian, Latvian, German, English

Literature, languages, art, handicraft