Latvian Academy of Culture

• Name — Latvian Academy of Culture • Native Name — Latvijas Kultūras akadēmija • Founders — Pēteris Laķis • Rector — Rūta Muktupāvela • Address — Ludzas iela 24 • City — Riga • Country — Latvia • Website — https: www.lka.edu.lv

On 29 December 1990, the Latvian Cabinet of Ministers adopted the decision to create what would later be known as the Academy of Culture. The philosopher Pēteris Laķis was appointed rector and, in cooperation with the head of the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music, Jānis Siliņš, tasked with founding the new academy and form its study programmes. Studies began in the summer of 1991 with 25 students studying Cultural Theory, History and Administration, and five students studying Latvian and Danish, Latvian and Swedish, Latvian and Norwegian, Latvian and Polish, and Latvian and Lithuanian. The first bachelor's degree students were enrolled in 1995, and in 1997 the first magister degree students were matriculated. In 2003, the first doctoral thesis was defended at the academy.

• Pēteris Laķis – philosopher (1991–2003) • Jānis Siliņš – theatre scientist (1990–2014) • Rūta Muktupāvela – culture anthropologist (2014–present)

• Inga Alsiņa – actress • Baiba Broka – actress • Rasa Bugavičute-Pēce – playwright and author • Lolita Čigāne – politician, former MP • Agris Daņiļevičs – choreographer • Inga Gaile – playwright and poet • Iveta Grigule-Pēterse – politician, former MEP • Jānis Joņevs – author • Dace Melbārde – politician, current MEP • Kristīne Nevarauska – actress • Kārlis Vērdiņš – poet • Kaspars Znotiņš – actor