Faculty of History and Philosophy leaves its quarters in Brīvības Boulevard

On December 22 the removal of Faculty of History and Philosophy plaque took place, followed by a collective walk to the new faculty quarters in Marstalu Street 28/30. The faculty plaque was removed by its dean, Professor Gvido Straube, who has been the dean of UL Faculty of History and Philosophy since 2001. Afterwards,  100 faculty students took a symbolic collective walk to the new faculty premises carrying along their chairs. The beginnings of the faculty can be found already in 1919 when the history programme was included in the Latvia Higher School (LHS) Faculty of Philology and Philosophy – its quarters were in the current main UL building in Raiņa Boulevard 19. Later it was divided into the Faculty of History and the Faculty of Philology, while in 1970 it was renamed as the Faculty of History and Philosophy. It is worth mentioning that the faculty had its quarters in Brīvības Boulevard 32 for sixty-three years already since the building was adjusted to the needs of the LHS Faculty of History in 1946. At that time there were only seventy students attending the faculty. This academic year, a whole of 777 students of the science of history and philosophy began their studies in the building in Brīvības Boulevard 32. The building of UL Faculty of History and Philosophy in Brīvības Boulevard 32 is the property of State Real Estate Company.


Translated by students of the professional study programme Translator of the University of Latvia.