On 18 October at 9:30 Thomas Zitelmann, who is a senior lecturer from the Freie Universität Berlin, will deliver the open lecture ‘Statehood, Politics and Kinship: An Ethiopianist Perspective on a Long Century of Traditions, Trends and Fashions in Anthropology’.
Students, and anyone else who's interested, is invited to come to a guest lecture by David Schultz on 10 October 2019 at 14:15 in Auditorium 1 in the RSU Central Building. Schultz's lecture will cover one of the most anticipated political events of 2020 - the US Presidential elections.
Professor David Schultz is one of the most prominent election experts and political commentators in the US.
The lecture is organised by the Faculty of European Studies.
Every October is Science Month at Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU). This month sees various events take place that give a broader insight into the interaction between education, science and the industry. The RSU Student Union is organising four compelling events for students and anyone else who might be interested, which have the aim of enhancing innovative and research-based thinking.
From 23 to 27 September, Belgian medical artist, curator and president of the European Association of Medical and Scientific Illustrators, Pascale Pollier Green, visited Riga to conduct an anatomical drawing masterclass for Master’s students from the Art Academy of Latvia.
The RSU Department of Health Management at the Faculty of Public Health and Social Welfare invites students, graduate medical trainees, academic and research staff to the guest lecture 'Application of Health Economic tools in Dutch health system' by Prof. Dr. Wim Groot from the Netherlands. The lecture will take place on Friday, 11 October and will cover topics related to healthcare organisation, funding and efficiency in the Netherlands.
Rīga Stradiņš University together with the DAAD Information Centre Riga (German Academic Exchange Service) are pleased to invite you to the Academic Octoberfest - an event dedicated to the academic collaboration between institutions in Germany and Latvia. We will present the alumni of German-Latvian academic cooperation and introduce the scholarships of all levels for students and researchers who are looking for advice and support in their academic education and career.
Snacks and drinks will be provided.
The inauguration ceremony for the recipient of an RSU Honorary Doctorate Degree – physycian, doctor of medicine and professor at the University of Ljubljana (Slovenia), Črt Marinček – was held on 19 September in the Great Hall of Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU). The inauguration took place on the same day as the opening of the First Latvian National Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine.
Amid loud discussions surrounding the Latvian healthcare budget Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) hosted the largest rehabilitation specialist event in Latvia’s history - the First Latvian National Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine. The congress took place on 19-20 September and gathered 850 Latvian professionals from various fields (physicians, functional specialists, psychologists, social workers etc.).
Professor Sebastian Brandner and Zane Jaunmuktāne, Clinical Lecturer and Honorary Consulting Neuropathologist, both from the Institute of Neurology at the University College London, will be visiting Rīga Stradiņš University on 11 October.
Dr. Jaunmuktāne will be delivering the lecture 'Principles of primary and metastatic brain tumour diagnostics' and Prof. Brandner will deliver the lecture 'Human to Human transmission of neurodegenerative diseases'.
Both lectures will take place in English.
