Janis BERZINS

Dr.habil.hist. Janis BERZINS Director Institute of History of Latvia Akademijas laukums 1 Riga, LV 1050 Latvia Phone: +371 722 6934 Fax: +371 722 5044 E-mail: lvi@lza.lv

Born: April 29, 1941, Cesvaine, Latvia

History of Latvia -

• Industry of Latvia
• Workers in Latvia
• Economics of Latvia

Languages: Latvian, Russian, German

Education

• University of Latvia (Department of History and Philology), 1965
• Dr. hist. (Candidate of Science in former USSR), Institute of History of Latvia, 1971
• Dr.habil.hist., Institute of History of Latvia, 1990

Institute of History of Latvia:

• Junior Researcher, 1971-1987
• Senior Researcher, 1987-1993
• Leading Researcher, 1993 - 2002
• Director, 2002 -

Honours and Awards

• Corresponding Member, Latvian Academy of Sciences, 1998
• Full Member, Latvian Academy of Sciences, 2000
• The Latvian SSR State Prize, 1987
• The Latvian Academy of Sciences Arveds Svabe Prize, 1998

Professional Activities

• Member, Latvian Council of Science Expert Committee for History, 2000 -
• Member of Editorial Board, Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences
• Member of Editorial Board, Journal of the Institute of History of Latvia

Recent / Representative Publications

• J. Berzins. Problems of armed rising in Latvian cities during the Revolution'1905. - Journal of the Institute of History of Latvia, 1992, N 4, pp. 74-87; 1993, N 1, pp. 63-76; 1993, N 2, pp. 46-68 (in Latvian).
• J. Berzins. The Influence of Revolution'1905 upon spiritual life of Latvian society. - Proc. Latvian Academy of Sciences, 1995, N 9/10, pp. 62-70 (in Latvian).
• J.Berzins. The Level of Latvian Industry Workers Life in 1900-1914, Riga, 1997, 208 pp. (in Latvian).
• J. Berzins. Workers of Latvian Industry in 1900-1914. - Journal of the Institute of History of Latvia, 1998, N 1, pp. 167-181 (in Latvian).
• J. Berzins. On some of the characteristicfeatures of the workers employed in Latvian industry at the turn of the 20^th century. - Europa nie Provinconalna, Instytut Studiow Politycznych PAN, Warszawa/London, 1999, pp. 503-511 (in Polish).
• J. Berzins. The problems of history of workers, industry, transport, revolution'1905 and foreign Latvians. - Latvian History of 20^th Century. Part 1. Latvia from the Start of the Century till Declaration of Independence in 1900-1918, Riga, 2000 (in Latvian).

Research Projects

• J.Berzins (Head of Project). History of Latvia in the 19th Century. Latvian Council of Science, 1992-1996.
• J.Berzins (Member of the Research Team). History of Latvia in the 20th Century. Latvian Council of Science, 1996- 2000.
• J.Berzins (Head of Project). Research of Latvian History in 1940–1960. Latvian Council of Science, 2001 -

Last update 16.09.2002