National Library of Latvia
Dr. Mārtiņš Mintaurs, graduated in 2008 with PhD in history from the Faculty of History and Philosophy at the University of Latvia (Riga). In 2003–2017 he worked as exhibition curator at the Daugava River Museum, since he 2008 worked as a lector at the Faculty of History and Philosophy at the University of Latvia. He is currently an assistant professor and teaches courses in cultural history, memory institutions and methodology of history. Since 2017 Dr. M. Mintaurs has been working at the National Library of Latvia (NLL), from 2017 to 2021 at the Department of Rare Books and Manuscripts, and is currently a senior researcher at the Research and Interpretation Centre of the NLL. Since 2015 he is an editor of the literature and history magazine Domuzīme in Riga. Member of the ICOMOS Latvia NGO.
Dr. M. Mintaurs is an author of 35 academic publications. His scientific interests are in history of the 19th and 20th century, including history of architectural heritage protection activities, literary history and memory institutions, cultural policy of the Soviet regime in Latvia (1945–1991).