My name is Aija Jansone.

I am a Senior Researcher  (Dr. hist./ (history)) and head of the Department of Ethnology at the Institute of History of Lavia at the University of Latvia.  I have been a member of IOV since 1987, when I was introduced to it by Prof. Barbara Bazielich of Poland.

I find that IOV provides fantastic opportunities to meet colleagues from all over the world, to visit many countries, become acquainted with their cultures and inform IOV about my job and cultural activities in Latvia.

My scientific interests are Latvian traditional material culture, the history of clothing and the history of textiles in the folk art of Middle, North and Eastern Europe, with embroidery and folk costumes being the main subjects of the research. I am author of 4 monographers, and more than 60 articles in scientific journals.