Dr @Timo_Aava, a Anthony D. Smith Visiting Fellow at LSE, is giving a talk "From Empire to Nation-State: Minority Rights in Estonia in the First Half of the 20th Century" today (18 Feb) from 1730@lseideas (or live on Facebook and YouTube) on - details at asen.ac.uk/event/estonia
Toomas Hendrik Ilves will join us as the keynote speaker at 2025 Baltic Symposium in London. Find out more and register here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/baltic-sy…
Call for Applications @ESCStAntonys in #Baltic Studies. The Estonia-Oxford Postdoctoral Visiting Fellowship in Baltic Studies 2025-2026. Deadline February 26, 2025: sant.ox.ac.uk/.../Estonia-Ox…...
CFA: The Baumanis Grant for Creative Projects in Baltic Studies
An award of up to $7,000 is available for any creative project (e.g., book, film, exhibit, etc.) that promotes Baltic Studies, with a preference for pan-Baltic projects.
Deadline April 1: aabs-balticstudies.org/grant…
In the third of our series with @peripheralhist, @NapolitanoRosar writes about the #baltic studies in Italy during the interwar and immediate postwar period.
we have another post in our series guest edited by @BalticBASEES for you! This week Rosario Napolitano discusses the advancement of baltic studies in Italy. Click here to read: peripheralhistories.co.uk/po…
In the second post of our guest edited series for @peripheralhist we speak to Rasa Navickaitė about #lgbtstudies in Lithuania as well as the positioning of #baltic and east European sexuality studies in global and local contexts.
We have been busy guest editing a blog series with @peripheralhist! This winter we will feature a range of fascinating insights on the Baltic States region and its history. First, @johnffree investigates the Duchy of Courland's attempts to go global in the 17 Century.
We have a very exciting new series on the blog for you, guest edited by the @BASEES Baltic Study Group @BalticBASEES! In the first installment read about how the Duchy of Courland disrupted notions of peripherality in the Baltics
peripheralhistories.co.uk/po…
The 2025 Annual Tartu Conference on East European and Eurasian Studies (11-13 June 2025) is currently accepting proposals. Submission deadline: 25 January 2025. We will be there, so see you all in Estonia! sisu.ut.ee/tartuconference/
Call for applications for visiting fellows: “Subjectivities of Owning Land: Land Redistribution and the
Nation-State in the Baltics Across the 20th Century” with @LeibnizHI@unibirmingham and @mob_herne. See below for details...
Baltic Sexualities in Global Perspective is next week! We have brilliant papers, a keynote from
Riikka Taavetti, and a roundtable on transnational approaches to sexualities with @NikolaosPapado7, Richard Mole, Kath Browne & Yulia Gradskova. Register here tinyurl.com/5a8382c8
CFP: Postcolonial Ecocriticism and Indigenous Environmental Justice
Online workshop in April 2025 hosted by the Ecocritical Network for Scandinavian Studies.
Researchers from all career stages are encouraged to submit abstracts by November 30, 2024: enscan.net/postcolonial-ecoc…
Just a reminder that the deadline for the call for papers "Baltic Sexualities in Global Perspectives" virtual conference is fast approaching! Send your abstract and a short bio to rasa.kamarauskaite.15@ucl.ac.uk by 15 September!
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Call for papers for the virtual conference 'Baltic Sexualities in Global Perspective', 31 October-1 November 2024. Consider submitting an abstract if you work broadly on the theme of sexuality (in historical or contemporary perspective) in Estonia, Latvia, or Lithuania.
Call for Papers: the 16th Conference on Baltic Studies in Europe (CBSE 2025), hosted by @CamGeopolitics
Join us for three days of scholarly exchange, convened under the theme "Converging Paths: The Baltic Between East and West."
Deadline October 31: aabs-balticstudies.org/cbse-…
Call for Papers: Baltic Sexuality Panel @ XI ICCEES World Congress 2025 (London, 21-25 July): ‘Disruptive potential of the Internet to LGBTQ lives, politics, and cultures in the Baltic states.’ (abstract & short bio by 30 September). Our Rasa is organising it! A thread:
If your research looks at the positive, negative, or ambiguous/paradoxical impact of the Internet, dating apps, specific sites, digital communities & digital practices of LGBTQ people in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, please get in touch!
Need to get feedback on your research project from a new perspective? Receive it at the Baltic Research Forum this October!
Join AABS and @SRSUIUC for a collaborative online forum for Baltic Studies scholars. Apply by September 3: researchforums.web.illinois.…
Call for papers for the virtual conference 'Baltic Sexualities in Global Perspective', 31 October-1 November 2024. Consider submitting an abstract if you work broadly on the theme of sexuality (in historical or contemporary perspective) in Estonia, Latvia, or Lithuania.
Are you a scholar with expertise on RUTA region(s) and interested in growing an association, which centers the rich scholarship from these regions? You are welcome to nominate yourself as a candidate for elections onto the RUTA Board of Representatives: ruta-association.org/news/ru…