Svetlana Kovalchuk

Dr. phil. Svetlana Kovalchuk Senior Researcher Institute of Philosophy and Sociology Akademijas laukums 1 Riga, LV 1940 Latvia Phone: +371 722 9208 Fax: +371 721 0806 E-mail: FSI@lza.lv

Interests:

• History of Philosophy
• Russian Philosophy
• Comparative Theology
• Russian and Jewish Emigrants in Latvia (1920-1940)
• Russian Culture in Latvia

Languages: Russian, Latvian, English

Education

• University of Latvia (Faculty of History and Philosophy) cum laude, 1981
• Institute of Philosophy (USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow), postgraduate studies, 1983- 1986
• Dr.phil. (Candidate of Science in former USSR), Latvian Academy of Sciences, 1988

Experience

• Assistant, Institute of Philosophy and Law, Latvian Academy of Sciences, 1981-1983
• Senior Researcher and Leading Researcher, Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Latvian Academy of Sciences, 1987-1994
• Senior Researcher, Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, University of Latvia, 1994 -  

Representative Publications

• S. Kovalchuk. Protestant modernisms in USA: the Analysis of Process Theology.-- 1991, Riga: Zinatne, 135 pp. (in Russian).

• S. Kovalchuk. The Searth for the Truth. Russian Philosophical thought in Latvia: J. Samarin, E. Cheshikhin, K. Zhakov, A.Veideman. -- 1998, Riga, IFS University of Latvia, 246 pp. (in Russian).

• S. Kovalchuk. Epicurian garden. -- In: Contemplation of Ancient Philosophy, 1990, Riga, Avots, pp.130-139 (in Latvian).

• S. Kovalchuk. Peculiarities of Process Theology. – In: Religion. Ateism. Culture, 1990, Riga, Zinatne, pp. 144-161 (in Russian).

• S. Kovalchuk. Slavophils about Latvian Peasants Conversion from Luteran Church to Russian Ortodox in the middle of 19^th century. – In: Religion. History. Life, 1993, Riga: Zinatne, pp. 134-151 (in Russian).

• S. Kovalchuk. J.Samarin, E.Cheshikhin. Slavophilisms in Latvia. – In: The History of Ideas in Latvia, 1995, Riga: Zvaigzne ABC Press, pp. 490-511 (in Latvian).

• S. Kovalchuk. Russian Inteligensia and Luteran Church. – In: “Cels”(The Way), 1996, Riga: University of Latvia, N 48, pp. 131-141 (in Latvian).

• S. Kovalchuk. Jewish Philosophy in Latvia in the 20s – 30s: M. Vaintrob, M. Lazerson, M. Shat-Anin. – In: Jews in a Changing World, 1997, Riga: Shamir, pp. 84-89 (in English, in Latvian).

• S. Kovalchuk. M. Vaintrob`s Romantic Soul; Ideas of American Democracy in M. Lazerson political theory. – In: Jews in a Changing World, 1998, Riga: Shamir, pp. 113-121, 390-393 (in Russian).

• S. Kovalchuk. The Fate of Magazin “Law and Court” (1929-1938). – In: Baltic Archives. Russian Culture in Baltic Countries, 1999, Riga, Daugava, vol.4, pp.88-103 (in Russian).

• S. Kovalchuk. West Meets East. The experience of Interview and Review. – In: Kentaurs, 1999, Riga, vol. 20, pp. 134-142 and Daugava, 2000, Riga, vol. 2, pp. 131-139 (in Latvian, in Russian).

• S.Kovalchuk. Kalistrat Zhakov. Ideas of Limit Philosophy. – Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences, Section A, 1999, vol. 53, N 4/5/6/, pp. 74-78 (in Latvian).

• S. Kovalchuk. In Order to Wake the Sleeping. – In: 2000, Riga: Daugava, vol. 4, pp. 149-151 (in Russian).

• S. Kovalchuk. The Day Will Came. Aleksandr Veideman Philosophy. – In: Religious-Philisophical Articles, 2001, Riga: Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the University of Latvia, N  7, pp. 337-361 (in Latvian).

• S. Kovalchuk. Riga in Emigrant Life of Oskar Gruzenberg. – In: Jews in a Changing World, 2001, Riga: Shamir, pp. 486-494 (in Russian).
  

Research Projects

• S.Kovalchuk (Head of Project). Russian Refugees in Latvia (1920 to 1940), Latvian Council of Science (1991-1993).
• S.Kovalchuk (Head of Project). Russian Culture in Latvia (1840 to 1940) : Problems of Philosophical and Historical Legacy, Latvian Council of Science (1994-1996, 1997-1999).

Hobbies

I have no particular hobbies, but I like to take long-long walks near the Baltic Sea or in the forest, talks with my daughter and whipped cream with fruits.

Last update 11.11.2001