Evalds MUGUREVICS

Professor Evalds MUGUREVICS Institute of History of Latvia Akademijas laukums 1 Riga, LV-1050 Latvia Phone:   +371 722 3715 Fax: +371 722 5044 E-mail: lvi@lza.lv

Born:    April 6, 1931, Rezekne district, Latvia 

Interests:

• Archaeology of Eastern Europe
• Written Sources of Medieval Ages
• History of Latvia

Languages: Latvian, Russian, German, English

Education

• University of Latvia (Faculty of History and Philology) cum laude, 1956
• Dr.hist. (Candidate of Science in former USSR), Latvian Academy of Sciences, 1962
• Dr.habil.hist. (Doctor of Sciences in former USSR), Institute of Archaeology, Moscow, Russia, 1984

Experience

• Researcher, Museum of Latvian History, 1956-1957
• Junior Researcher, Senior Researcher, Institute of History of Latvia , 1958-1970
• Head of Department of Archaeology, Institute of History of Latvia , 1971-1995
• Senior Researcher, Department of Archaeology, Institute of History of Latvia , 1996-2001
• Professor, Faculty of History and Philosophy, University of Latvia, 1984-1995

Honours and Awards

• Corresponding Member, Latvian Academy of Sciences, 1989-1992
• Full Member, Latvian Academy of Sciences, 1992
• The Latvian Academy of Sciences Presidium First Award, 1975, 1977
• The Latvia State Prize, 1976, 1987
• The Latvian Culture Foundation Award "Spidolas balva", 1993
• The Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies Prize, 1994
• State Emeritus Scientist, 2001
• The Latvian Academy of Sciences and Public Joint-stock Company " Grindex" Award, 2004

Professional Activities and Memberships

• Editor, Collected Articles ‘’Archaeology and Ethnography’’ (in Latvian, Riga), 1973-
• Chairman of Editorial Advisory Bord, Newspaper "Zinatnes vestnesis" (Science News), 1989-
• President, Latvian National Committee of Historial Sciences,1992-
• Member of Permanent Council, International Union of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences, 1994-
• Member of Editorial Advisory Bord, Journal of the Institute of History of Latvia , 1997-
• Full Member, Gesellschaft "Medium aevum quotidianum", 1990 -
• Corresponding Member, Baltische Historische Kommission,  1993 -
• Member of International Committee of historical Sciences. 1995 -
• Member of Projects of Centre for Baltic Studies, Gotland University, 1998 -
• Member of Society " Medieval Chronicles" , 1999 -
• Member of Editorial Advisory Board "Liertuvos Archeologija", 2000 -

Courses

University of Latvia:

• The Archaeology of Iron and Middle Ages, 1997-1998
• The Written Sources About the Balts, 1998-1999

 

Recent/ Representative Publications

• E. Mugurevics. Interactions between Indigenous and Western Culture in Livonia in the 13th to 16th Centuries.- In: From the Baltic to the Black Sea: Studies in Medieval Archaeology. Ed. D. Austin, L.Aalcok, London: 1990, pp.166-178.
• E. Mugurevics. Skandinavian Written Sources from the 9th to the 12th Centuries and Archaeological Finds from the Territory of Latvia. In: Die Kontakte zwischen Ostbaltikum und Skandinavien in frühen Mittelalter. Stockholm, 1992, vol.9, pp.125-133 (in German).
• E. Mugurevics. Preface and Commentaries to the1993 Edition of Heinrici Chronicon Livoniae. Riga: Zinatne, pp. 7-32, 333-451 (in Latvian).
• E. Mugurevics. A Historical Survey and Present Problems of Archaeological Science in the Baltic States.- Journal of Baltic Studies, 1993, vol. 24, pp.283-294.
• E. Mugurevics. Archaeological Research and Protection of Ancient Monuments in Latvia.- Bulletin Nr. 3 of the XIII Congress of International Union of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences, Forli, Italy 1996 - Forli, 1995, pp.95-98.
• E. Mugurevics. The Baltic Crusade and the Changes of Indigenous Culture in Livonia (Thirteenth - Fifteenth Centuries). In: 18th International Congress of Historical Sciences from 27 August to 3 September 1995, Montreal: 1995, pp.331-332.
• Mugurevics. Finds of Glass Beads from the Tenth to Thirteenth Centuries in Latvia. In: Glass Beads Cultural History, Technology, Experiment and Analogy (Proceedings of the Nordic Glass Bead Seminar 16.-18. October 1992 at the Historical Archaeological Experimental Centre in Lejre, Denmark, vol.2, Lejre, 1995, pp.33-36.
• E. Mugurevics. Early Maps of the Baltic region.- In: Old Maps of the Baltics, Riga: 1996, pp.19-21.
• E. Mugurevics. Similarities and Differences among Lettigallian and German Castles in Eastern Latvia during the 9th - 15th centuries.- In: Castella Maris Baltici II, Nyköping, 1996, pp.117-124.
• E. Mugurevics. The Geographic Treatise "Descriptiones terrarum" from the Middle of the 13th Century and its Possible Sources of Information on the Eastern Baltic Peoples.- In: Slowiaszcyzna w Europie Sredniowiecznej, 1996, . Wroclaw,  pp. 125-130 (in German).
• E. Mugurevics. Interaction between Balts and Slavs in early Middle Ages. - In: Slavia Antiqua, 1996, Poznan, vol. 37, pp. 127-133 (in Russian).
• E. Mugurevics. Ethnic processes in Baltic inhabited territories, and the   emergence of the Latvian nation in the 6th to the 16th century. - In: Humanities and Social Sciences Latvia, 1997, University of Latvia, vol.3 (16), pp.75-92.
• E. Mugurevics. Kurlands Siedlungsplätze in frühgeschichtlicher Zeit. - In: Archaelogia Baltica 2, Vilnius, 1997, pp. 85-93.
• E. Mugurevics. Tolowa, Wenden, Wolkenburg. - In: Lexicon des Mittelalters, Bd. 8-9, Munchen, 1997-1998.
• E. Mugurevics. Eisenzeitliche Funde an der unteren Daugava (Düna). - In: Festschrift für M.Müller-Wille, Neumünster, 1998,  S. 585-589.
• E. Mugurevics. Preface and Commentaries to the 1998 Edition of the Livonian Rhymed Chronicle, 1998, Riga:Zinatne, pp. 5-33, 303-372, 382-387.
• E. Mugurevics. The work of archaeologists from the Latvian Institute of History in post-war years (1946-1998). - In: Inside Latvian Archaeology, 1999, Goteborg, pp. 141-151.
• E. Mugurevics. Die Verbreitung des Christentums in Lettland von 11 Jh. bis zum Anfang des 13 Jh. - In: Rom und Byzanz im Norden, 1999, Maniz-Stuttgart, pp. 81-96.
• E. Mugurevics. Die livländischen Chroniken des 13 Jh. - 2nd Conference " The Medieval Chronicle", 16-21 July, 1999, Utrecht, Abstracts, pp. 76-77.
• E.Mugurevics. Die Balten im fruhen Mittelalter nach schriftlichen Quellen. - Archeologia Baltica 4/ Ed. Kazakevicius et al.- Vilnius, 2000, pp. 1-80.
• E.Mugurevics.   Die Funde der Hammeräxte und Hämmer aus Horn auf dem Territorium Lettlands und ihre mytologisches Deutung. - In: Is´ Baltu kultúros istorijos: skirima Adolfo Tautaviçiaus 75-meçiui, Vilnius, 2000, pp. 63-74.
• E.Mugurevics.  Viking Age and Medieval Finds of East Baltic Amber in Latvia and the Neighbouring Countries (9th - 16th Century). - Amber in Archaeology. - Riga, 2003, pp. 90-95.

Research Projects

• E.Mugurevics (Head of Project). Latvia between East- and West- Europe in Ancient Times and Middle Ages. Latvian Council of Science (1996-2000)
• E.Mugurevics (Head of Project). Curonia and the Basin of Daugava in the Iron Age   (1st-13th Centuries). Latvian Council of Science (2001 - 2004)
• E.Mugurevics (Head of Project). Culture of Inhabitants of Latvia in 9th - 13th Centuriy in the Context of Economical and Political Events in Baltic Region.   Latvian Council of Science (2005 - )

 

Last update 04.02.2005