Turaida Museum Reserve (Latvia)
Anete Jenča is a historian and theologian currently working as a Senior Specialist Historian at the Turaida Museum Reserve, a nationally protected cultural monument in Latvia, and her main research topic is spiritual heritage. In museum she created two exhibitions – “Black and White time: Lutheran churches during the Soviet occupation period” (2024) and “We Believed – We Are: Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church during the Third Awakening (1987-1991)” (2025). Anete holds two master’s degrees from the University of Latvia: one in History (2012) and another in Theology (2021). At present, she is pursuing a doctoral degree in Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Latvia. Her research interests lie at the intersection of religious thought, historical memory, historical trauma in society, church history in totalitarian regimes and cultural heritage, particularly within the context of Latvian and European intellectual history. Anete has contributed to various academic projects and publications, including collaborative monographs and scholarly introductions to theological texts.