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/ruta-boar…

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.

Need to get feedback on your research project from a new perspective? Receive it at the Baltic Research Forum this October! Join AABS and Slavic Reference for a collaborative online forum for Baltic Studies scholars. Apply by September 3: researchforums.web.illinois.edu/2024-baltic-re…

Call for Papers: the 16th Conference on Baltic Studies in Europe (CBSE 2025), hosted by Centre for Geopolitics 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-2025-at-c…

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 [email protected] by 15 September! x.com/siobhanhearne/…

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-e…

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 Nikolaos Papadogiannis, Richard Mole, Kath Browne & Yulia Gradskova. Register here tinyurl.com/5a8382c8

Call for applications for visiting fellows: “Subjectivities of Owning Land: Land Redistribution and the Nation-State in the Baltics Across the 20th Century” with Herder-Institut für hist. Ostmitteleuropaforschung Uni of Birmingham and Martin-Opitz-Bibliothek. See below for details...

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/tartuconferenc…

We have been busy guest editing a blog series with Peripheral Histories?! 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.

This week we have another post in our guest edited series #baltic series for you! BASEES Baltic States Study Group spoke to Rasa Navickaitė about #lgbtstudies in Lithuania peripheralhistories.co.uk/post/periphera…

In the second post of our guest edited series for Peripheral Histories? 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.

In the third of our series with Peripheral Histories?, 夜更かしパパ writes about the #baltic studies in Italy during the interwar and immediate postwar period.

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/grants-fellows…

Call for Applications European Studies Centre in #Baltic Studies. The Estonia-Oxford Postdoctoral Visiting Fellowship in Baltic Studies 2025-2026. Deadline February 26, 2025: sant.ox.ac.uk/.../Estonia-Ox…...

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-sympo…

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