2017
The archive catalog is prepared and published (D. Jakulytė, D. Kiseliūnaitė).
2016
Project promoters have prepared publications:
Schiller Chr., Kiseliūnaitė D. Der nehrungskurische Bogen Nidden im Kontext der litauischen Bögen des nördlichen Memellandes.
Kapenieks K. Ārpus latviešu tautas palikušie: kursenieku piemērs. Latvijas Nacionālā Vēstures Muzeja Raksti, Rīga, 2017.
Project promoters made presentations on the topic of the project at international conferences:
Dalia Kiseliūnaitė, Christiane Schiller. Nehrungskurischer Bogen. Minderheitensprachen und Sprachminderheiten.
Deutsch und seine kontaktsprachen in der Dokumentation der Wenker-Materialen. Philipps-Universität Marburg, 29.02.-03.03.21016.
Dalia Kiseliūnaitė, Christiane Schiller. Baltiški asmenvardžiai daugiakalbėje Kuršių nerijos erdvėje: Blode ir Kuhr.
Baltų kalbos ir kultūros, Klaipėdos universitetas, 2016 05.
Dalia Kiseliunaite. Archaic language of the Curonian Spit fishermen: death, reconstruction or revitalisation?
Small Language planning: Communities in crisis. University Glasgow, 2016.06.
Krišs Kapenieks. Ārpus latviešu tautas palikušie: kursenieku piemērs. Ceļā uz latviešu tautu. Rīgā, Latvijas Nacionālajā vēstures muzejā 2016. 09. 14.–15.
2015
Publications on the topic of the project:
Kiseliūnaitė D. Kuršininkų kalbos ir etninės kultūros duomenų rinkimo ir saugojimo problemos.
Tarmės – Europos tautų kultūros paveldas. Mykolo Romerio universitetas, 2015. eISBN9789955197669.
Schiller Chr., Kiseliūnaitė D. Ein nehrungskurischer Text im Forschungszentrum Deutsche Sprachatlas in Marburg.
Das Blatt Nidden 30084. Archivum Lithuanicum. T. 17.
2015. ISSN 1392-737X. P. 443-466.
December 5-7 D. Kiseliūnaitė visited the Manuscripts and Rare Print Departments of Wroblewski and Mažvydas Libraries, where new materials were searched for archive..
November 7 An interim report was submitted to LMT experts. The report has been verified.
September 22-24. Project executors D. Kiseliūnaitė and Chr. Schiller attended a scientific expedition in the Hamburg area, where they visited the Kursenieki Hertha Detzkeit-Paul and Hermann Pietsch. During the conversation, valuable linguistic and ethnographic materials, memoirs in Curonians and German were recorded. The material is decoded and stored in the archive.
September 20-22. The project team (D. Kiseliūnaitė, Chiller Schiller, K. Kapenieks, D. Jakulytė) participated in the seminar at the Secret State Archives Prussian Cultural Heritage in Berlin-Dahlem, the Faculty of Humanities at the Berlin Humboldt University and the University Library. Acquainted with the archive structure and foundations, which preserve the historical material of East Prussia, with its status and possibilities of use, attended Dr. Anja Peleikis lecture on the history of the families of the Curonian Spit, discussed the possibilities of cooperation with her, visited the HU Library, which also contains a number of valuable materials related to the project.
Project promoters made presentations at conferences:
Kiseliūnaitė D. G. Venkera atlanta kartotēkas kursenieku valodas ieraksti A. Becenbergera darbu kontekstā – A. Ozola dienas, Latvijas Universitāte. Rīga. 2015 03 20.
Kiseliūnaitė D. Schiller Chr. Kurische Nehrung. Sprache und Kultur, Ostpreußen – das Gedächtnis einer Kulturlandschaft Sankelmark 2015 04 25.
Kapenieks K. Die Kuren Nordostpreußens während des Ersten Weltkrieges und in der Folgezeit 1914-1923: Tradition und Veränderung. 6.–10. sept. 2015. Philipps-Universität Marburg.
Kapenieks K. Malerei als Quelle der Geschichte der Kurischen Nehrung: die Gemälde der Künstlerkolonie Nidden (Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts bis 1944) Academia Baltica, Sankelmark. 2015. 09. 18.–20.
2014
Released Res Humanitariae XV number , where scientific articles on the Curonian Spit topic are published. Dr. Chr. Shiller's article Chr. Schiller Kuronismen im Halleschen sog. Richter-Wörterbuch is part of this project.
30.12.2014 Project Manager Dr. Dalia Kiseliūnaitė visited the Latvian National Library's Rare print and Cartography departments and got acquainted with the material of the protected project there, established contacts and opportunities for further cooperation.
12.12.2014 Project Implementers Dr. D. Kiseliūnaitė and dr. Chr.Schiller visited the Berlin archives (Evangelisches Zentralarchiv and Geheimes Staatsarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz), where got acquainted with the unique material, established contacts with staff and discussed cooperation issues.
10-12.10.2014 , project leader Dalia Kiseliūnaitė and executor Krišs Kapeniekas went to the expedition to Kristinehamn (Sweden). Its purpose was to write the texts of the speech, to supplement sociolinguistic and historical-ethnographic material on the Curonian Spit from brothers Herbert Sakuth and Werner Sakuth. The expedition was successful, recorded several hours of text, made photos, collected ethnographic and historical information, life story.
8-9.5.2014 Krišs Kapenieks, Dalia Kiseliūnaitė and Christiane Schiller are presenting reports at the International Baltists Conference at KU "Baltų kalbos ir kultūros": Dalia Kiseliūnaitė, Christiane Schiller. Nidiškių kalbos pavyzdžiai Venkerio atlase (1880 m.) Krišs Kapenieks. Kuršininkai latvių intelektualų akimis XIX a. pabaigoje.
