Maija Grizane
Biographic Data
| ID | 149859 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maija Grizane |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maija |
| FAMILY NAME | Grizane |
| SIGNATURE | GRIZANE M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Daugavpils University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6986-2376 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Coping with Trauma through Christian Holiday Observances in the Testimonies of Latvian Deportees
This qualitative research aims to analyse testimonies collected by Daugavpils University (DU) between 2003 and 2024 and stored at the Oral History Centre of DU Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences (Latvia). This collection of more than 1,200 records includes 193 life stories of Latvian deportees who in the 1940s were arrested and transported to the most remote and disadvantaged regions of the Soviet Union. Because many deportees were not d…
Old Believer Religious Education in Latvia in the 1920s and 2020s
Focusing on Old Believers in Latvia, this article examines the problem of integrating the educational traditions of a religious minority into the national education system. State support for religious activities during the 1920s and 1930s made it possible to implement a training program at schools and to use non-formal education by public organizations. Nowadays religious education among Latvian Old Believers has become completely dependent on th…
Searching for New Identities
The research presented here is based on life stories that were collected during fieldwork in the Latvian-Belarusian borderland from 2003 to 2020 by the Oral History Centre of Daugavpils University. These oral testimonies of Belarusians disclose the circumstances that facilitated or interfered with their involvement in local society, and the changes which occurred in their sense of self-identity. The results of a comparison of three groups of Bela…
Church and State and the Marital Rights of Old Believers in Latvia
The paper analyses state religious policy in different historical periods and its impact on the development of religious doctrines about marriage within the Old Believer community of Latvia. Based on published and unpublished historical sources, legislative acts, periodicals, and data from existing Old Believer parishes, it is clear that state policy concerning religious minorities greatly influenced the development of the Old Believer community.…
Soviet Secularisation
The article provides the first overview on Soviet secularisation and the response of priest-less Old Believers in Latvia. Unlike Russia, Latvian Old Believers had the experience of longterm living in democracy before they were incorporated in the Soviet system. This fact played a crucial role in the strategies of preserving religiosity under atheism. The studied oral life-stories demonstrate that the majority of Old Believers chose living a doubl…
Transformations of Old Believer Wedding Rites in Latvia
The wedding 2 is an integral part of family life. The ways in which it is organised can differ not only between representatives of different religious groups, but also between members of the same denomination. By applying cultural-historical, ethnographic and qualitative data processing method, the paper focuses on transformations in Old Believer wedding rites between the first half of the 20th century and the present. Analysis of interviews cond…
Soviet Secularisation
The article provides the first overview on Soviet secularisation and the response of priest-less Old Believers in Latvia. Unlike Russia, Latvian Old Believers had the experience of longterm living in democracy before they were incorporated in the Soviet system. This fact played a crucial role in the strategies of preserving religiosity under atheism. The studied oral life-stories demonstrate that the majority of Old Believers chose living a doubl…
Transformations of Old Believer Wedding Rites in Latvia
The wedding 2 is an integral part of family life. The ways in which it is organised can differ not only between representatives of different religious groups, but also between members of the same denomination. By applying cultural-historical, ethnographic and qualitative data processing method, the paper focuses on transformations in Old Believer wedding rites between the first half of the 20th century and the present. Analysis of interviews cond…
Soviet Secularisation
The article provides the first overview on Soviet secularisation and the response of priest-less Old Believers in Latvia. Unlike Russia, Latvian Old Believers had the experience of longterm living in democracy before they were incorporated in the Soviet system. This fact played a crucial role in the strategies of preserving religiosity under atheism. The studied oral life-stories demonstrate that the majority of Old Believers chose living a doubl…
Church and State and the Marital Rights of Old Believers in Latvia
The paper analyses state religious policy in different historical periods and its impact on the development of religious doctrines about marriage within the Old Believer community of Latvia. Based on published and unpublished historical sources, legislative acts, periodicals, and data from existing Old Believer parishes, it is clear that state policy concerning religious minorities greatly influenced the development of the Old Believer community.…
Searching for New Identities
The research presented here is based on life stories that were collected during fieldwork in the Latvian-Belarusian borderland from 2003 to 2020 by the Oral History Centre of Daugavpils University. These oral testimonies of Belarusians disclose the circumstances that facilitated or interfered with their involvement in local society, and the changes which occurred in their sense of self-identity. The results of a comparison of three groups of Bela…
Old Believer Religious Education in Latvia in the 1920s and 2020s
Focusing on Old Believers in Latvia, this article examines the problem of integrating the educational traditions of a religious minority into the national education system. State support for religious activities during the 1920s and 1930s made it possible to implement a training program at schools and to use non-formal education by public organizations. Nowadays religious education among Latvian Old Believers has become completely dependent on th…
Coping with Trauma through Christian Holiday Observances in the Testimonies of Latvian Deportees
This qualitative research aims to analyse testimonies collected by Daugavpils University (DU) between 2003 and 2024 and stored at the Oral History Centre of DU Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences (Latvia). This collection of more than 1,200 records includes 193 life stories of Latvian deportees who in the 1940s were arrested and transported to the most remote and disadvantaged regions of the Soviet Union. Because many deportees were not d…
Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Ethnic group (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Latvian (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works)