British Council Latvia

The 5th British Council's “Intercultural Embassy invites…” evening will happen on November 12th at 6 p.m. This time Intercultural Embassy guest will be Dr. Hossam Abu Meri, Lebanese born citizen of Latvia and president of the Arabic Culture Center in Riga. Dr. Hossam’s line of topic will be “Door to the Arabic world”. ...The welcoming Intercultural Ambassador will be Arturs Slisans, among other interests being business consultant and explorer of different cultures and participant of British Council’s Project “Intercultural Navigators”.

In order to participate in the evening please apply online by filling online application form in
http://www.britishcouncil.org/latvia-projects-intercultural-embassy-invites.htm

Application deadline is 11th of November 2009. Please note: the number of seats is limited! The language of the evening will be Latvian.

Tea and coffee will be available during the evening, but you are welcome to take snacks or sandwiches with you.

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Hossam Abu Meri came to Latvia in year 1993 as a student at the Medical Academy of Latvia. Currently he is a Ph.D. student in the University of Latvia in the field of gastroenterology.

After the events of 11th of September 2001, when anti-Arab sentiments arose and the stereotyping of Arabs increased, the idea of a Arabic Culture Center in Latvia was raised. He established the Arabic Culture Center (www.bakc.lv) in 2005, which is the first in the Baltic region. Within the Center he started to work on the integration of Arabs in Latvia through social and cultural activities.

Hossam is also a member of various associations such as Council of the Latvian national culture societies and the Latvian minorities’ council. He is founder and chairman of the Latvian Alumni Association of Lebanon and The Latvian-Lebanese Educational and Cultural club. In year 2007 he received Latvian citizenship, and was bestowed the position of honorary consul of the Republic of Lebanon in Latvia.

Hossam is interested in Latvia and considers himself a patriot of Latvia.Read More

On the 3rd of November the British Council Latvia in cooperation with Natural History Museum of Latvia opened a mobile exhibition “Darwin Now”. For visitors the exhibition will be available from 4th November till 6th December, but from January exhibition will travel around schools in Latvia. This exhibition launched a ...comprehensive program of events and activities to look at the impact of Darwin’s ideas of evolution on contemporary biology, medicine and society today.Read More

'Darwin Now' is a programme of events to mark in Latvia the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin and the 150th anniversary of the publication of his seminal work ’On the Origin of Species’. The events in Latvia is delivered by British Council Latvia, Latvian National Commission for UNESCO, Natural History M...useum in Latvia, Centre for the Cognitive Sciences and Semantics of Latvia University, Association of Biology Teachers in Latvia, Students' Council of the Faculty of Biologyof Latvia University and Centre of Debates. In the international perspective the 'Darwin Now' is a global programme run by the British Council in more then 40 countries. Its goal is to examine the impact of Darwin’s ideas of evolution on contemporary biology, medicine and society.

Darwin Now will look at the impact of Darwin’s ideas of evolution on contemporary biology, medicine and society. Through its international programme of activity, the British Council is seeking to engage new audiences, to make evolution relevant to their lives and to encourage involvement and debate. In particular, Darwin Now aims to engage young people from around the world and provide an opportunity to explore the ideas that lie at the heart of evolutionary theory in an unprejudiced and open way.

'Darwin Now' programme will be opened with a mobile exhibition at the Natural History Museum of Latvia between November 2nd and December 6th.

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On November British Council Latvia is launching an international programme of projects and events “Darwin Now” to mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin and the 150th anniversary of the publication of his seminal work ’On the Origin of Species’. Darwin Now celebrates the lasting impact that Darwin’s... ideas about evolution, and his approach to the understanding of natural selection, have had on all of our lives today. The programme will be opened with a mobile exhibition at the Natural History Museum of Latvia between November 2nd and December 4th.Read More