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UW-River Falls Professor Named to Latvian Research Center's Advisory CouncilAndris

November 13, 2014--Andris Straumanis, an associate professor in the Department of Journalism at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, has been appointed to the advisory council of the recently created Diaspora and Migration Research Center at the University of Latvia. 

Straumanis, who joined the UW-River Falls faculty in 2005, initiated the idea of a diaspora studies center in Latvia during the summer of 2012. The center was formally established at the Riga-based university at the start of this academic year. The University of Latvia is located in Riga, the capital of Latvia. 

The focus of the center is to examine various aspects of emigration from Latvia, both contemporary and historic. Migration – propelled by economic conditions, revolution and war – has been a constant theme for the Latvian people, with tens of thousands of persons having left since the country joined the European Union in 2004. 

The center will be led by Aija Lulle, a professor of human geography at the University of Latvia. 

Straumanis pursues research in the history of the Latvian immigrant press and the nature of diasporic media. For more information, call Straumanis at 715-425-3169.

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