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Unbearable “eastern European mentality:” the affective contradiction in the national belonging of Estonians with a migratory experience Journal of Baltic Studies (IF 0.484) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Terje Toomistu, Aet Annist, Rein Murakas
This article asks what it means to be of Estonian origin with/in a migratory experience, following an online survey of people aged 20–35 and in-depth interviews with over 50 Estonians living abroad...
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The first step in Estonian-US diplomatic relations: the case of Ants Piip Journal of Baltic Studies (IF 0.484) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Eero Medijainen
It took Estonia more than four years to achieve de jure recognition from the United States. Therefore, it was surprising that American pressure was needed to appoint a plenipotentiary representativ...
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List of Books Received and Recent Publications Journal of Baltic Studies (IF 0.484) Pub Date : 2024-02-13
Published in Journal of Baltic Studies (Vol. 55, No. 1, 2024)
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Before Gustavus Adolphus captured Riga: Jan Siciński’s expedition to Estonia in 1618. A political and military case study Journal of Baltic Studies (IF 0.484) Pub Date : 2024-02-16 Mariusz Balcerek
This article examines Jan Siciński’s expedition to Estonia in 1618, which was the last battle before Gustavus Adolphus captured Riga in 1621. The expedition took place during the war between the Po...
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American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee and the reconstruction of destroyed Jewish homes in Lithuania, 1921–1924 Journal of Baltic Studies (IF 0.484) Pub Date : 2024-02-16 Brigita Tranavičiūtė, Vaidas Petrulis, Paulius Tautvydas Laurinaitis, Arvydas Pakštalis
This article presents the reconstruction of housing for Jewish Lithuanian refugees returning home after World War I. The refugees found their original homes ‘completely destroyed’ or ‘partially des...
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Boundary work in the UK: identity discourses and practices of Latvian migrants Journal of Baltic Studies (IF 0.484) Pub Date : 2024-02-12 Martins Kaprans
This article explores the identity formation of Latvian migrants who have moved to the United Kingdom in large numbers over the last 20 years. Latvians are forced to reconfigure their cultural and ...
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An Atlantis discovered: Riga’s Moskovskii forshtadt in the Russophone interwar imagination Journal of Baltic Studies (IF 0.484) Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Benjamin Joseph Musachio
This article relates literary and journalistic representations of Riga’s historic Russophone neighborhood, the Moskоvskii forshtadt, to the interwar conversation on the future of ‘Russia’ outside o...
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Should leaders “keep the flowers blooming” or just “keep the cogwheels greased?” Estonian soldiers’ perceptions of the role of a military leader Journal of Baltic Studies (IF 0.484) Pub Date : 2024-01-23 Ülle Säälik, Tiia-Triin Truusa, Artur Meerits
Using qualitative content analysis, this article focuses on the question of how conscripts in the Estonian Defense Forces perceive a good military leader. We found that interpersonal competency was...
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Family and the state in Soviet Lithuania: gender, law and society Journal of Baltic Studies (IF 0.484) Pub Date : 2024-01-02 Lauren Kaminsky
Published in Journal of Baltic Studies (Vol. 55, No. 1, 2024)
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European fascist movements: a sourcebook Journal of Baltic Studies (IF 0.484) Pub Date : 2024-01-01 Andres Kasekamp
Published in Journal of Baltic Studies (Vol. 55, No. 1, 2024)
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Understanding the Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania since 1991 Journal of Baltic Studies (IF 0.484) Pub Date : 2024-01-01 Daunis Auers
Published in Journal of Baltic Studies (Vol. 55, No. 1, 2024)
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Wood in Lithuanian and Finnish architecture: the legacy of architectural tradition and possibilities for its contemporary use Journal of Baltic Studies (IF 0.484) Pub Date : 2023-12-17 Arnoldas Gabrėnas, Almantas Samalavičius
Lithuania has a long tradition of using wooden architecture. Wooden structures have, however, started to decline in number, not only because of new materials and technologies, but also due to Sovie...
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Making sense of the COVID-19 crisis: information-seeking practices and attitudes towards information providers among Baltic audiences Journal of Baltic Studies (IF 0.484) Pub Date : 2023-12-11 Jānis Juzefovičs
Drawing on a comparative cross-country survey and qualitative interview data, this article explores audiences’ information-seeking practices and sentiments related to news media and other informati...
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Digital innovation and shelter theory: exploring Estonia’s e-Residency, Data Embassy, and cross-border e-governance initiatives Journal of Baltic Studies (IF 0.484) Pub Date : 2023-11-28 Alex Hardy
This article utilizes shelter theory as a framework to understand some of Estonia’s contemporary digital innovations. Specifically, this article focuses on three contemporary developments: the e-Re...
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Everyday life in the shadow of the border: the Polish-Russian borderland since the war in Ukraine – recognizing the phenomenon Journal of Baltic Studies (IF 0.484) Pub Date : 2023-11-23 Dominika Studzińska
The local community in the Polish-Russian border area has been experiencing constant closures and openings since the delimitation of the border. Despite that, the residents used the border as a res...
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Lyrical poetry in funeral literature of the seventeenth century Grand Duchy of Lithuania: a story of one work Journal of Baltic Studies (IF 0.484) Pub Date : 2023-11-08 Živilė Nedzinskaite
In the late sixteenth – early seventeenth century, works of lyrical poetry appeared in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. One of the areas of literature that contained lyrical poetry was funeral literat...
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Creating chaos online: disinformation and subverted post-publics Journal of Baltic Studies (IF 0.484) Pub Date : 2023-11-08 Mārtiņš Kaprāns
Published in Journal of Baltic Studies (Vol. 54, No. 4, 2023)
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Writing bi- and multilingual occasional poetry in the seventeenth century Academia Dorpatensis – a rather acceptable practice at the time? Journal of Baltic Studies (IF 0.484) Pub Date : 2023-11-08 Kaidi Hõbejõgi
The early modern Academia Dorpatensis provides over 2,300 printed academic occasional poems within the period of 1632–1710. Among them there are as many as 58 occasional poems printed within the pe...
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Backstage democracy: the dynamics of business–politics nexus in Lithuania Journal of Baltic Studies (IF 0.484) Pub Date : 2023-11-08 Lars Johannsen
Published in Journal of Baltic Studies (Vol. 54, No. 4, 2023)
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Risk, emotions, and hospitality in the Christianization of the Baltic Rim, 1000–1300 Journal of Baltic Studies (IF 0.484) Pub Date : 2023-11-08 Mihkel Mäesalu
Published in Journal of Baltic Studies (Vol. 54, No. 4, 2023)
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List of Books Received and Recent Publications Journal of Baltic Studies (IF 0.484) Pub Date : 2023-11-08
Published in Journal of Baltic Studies (Vol. 54, No. 4, 2023)
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When “branding” meets “building:” the consequences of nation branding on identity in Kyrgyzstan and Estonia Journal of Baltic Studies (IF 0.484) Pub Date : 2023-11-06 Abel Polese, Arzuu Sheranova
Despite the growing attention to the everyday, nation-building literature has paid insufficient attention to the ways in which national identity is strengthened as a side effect of measures that ar...
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Ethnic segregation of consumption in Estonia: mythologies and practices Journal of Baltic Studies (IF 0.484) Pub Date : 2023-11-03 Anastasiya Astapova
The segregation of consumption between the Russian- and Estonian-speaking populations residing in Estonia has been common knowledge in the popular imagination, mass media publications, and academic...
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Opting for the national: the failure of the Lithuanian Committee for the Universality of Rome, 1934–1939 Journal of Baltic Studies (IF 0.484) Pub Date : 2023-11-01 Vytautas Petronis
The article analyzes one of the Lithuanian experiments in constructing some form of pro-fascist political system during 1930s, specifically focusing on the events leading to the establishment of th...
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“We” versus “others” in Estonian fiction: the question of national identity in the works of contemporary women writers Journal of Baltic Studies (IF 0.484) Pub Date : 2023-10-17 Elena Pavlova, Maili Vilson
This article uses a postcolonial approach and the concept of Orientalization to uncover hierarchies in Estonian national identity construction. We examine the change in the articulation of the ‘oth...
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Tales of transformation: (re)injecting Latvia’s coastlands with temporality Journal of Baltic Studies (IF 0.484) Pub Date : 2023-10-11 Valdis Bērziņš
This article explores the potential for a broader, more integrated treatment of the long-term development of Latvia’s coastal landscape, seeking avenues for conveying its dynamism. Various transfor...
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Strategic uses of nationalism and ethnic conflict: interest and identity in Russia and the post-Soviet space Journal of Baltic Studies (IF 0.484) Pub Date : 2023-10-04 Kaarel Piirimäe
Published in Journal of Baltic Studies (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Introduction: entangled languages in the poetry of the Baltic countries Journal of Baltic Studies (IF 0.484) Pub Date : 2023-10-04 Liina Lukas
Published in Journal of Baltic Studies (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Authoritarian laughter: political humor and Soviet dystopia in Lithuania Journal of Baltic Studies (IF 0.484) Pub Date : 2023-10-04 Anastasiya Astapova
Published in Journal of Baltic Studies (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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How does it feel to talk about Russia? Emotions and themes in Russia-related social media posts in Lithuania Journal of Baltic Studies (IF 0.484) Pub Date : 2023-09-10 Egle E. Murauskaite, Michael A. Johns, Susannah B. F. Paletz, Nick B. Pandža
ABSTRACT This study analyses the complex emotions and level of user engagement associated with mentions of Russia by Lithuanian socio-political influencers on publicly available Facebook posts between 2015 and 2020. Using the CrowdTangle API and a mixed methods approach to data, we examined four potentially sensitive periods – around elections, a political corruption scandal, and during the first COVID-19-related
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Correction Journal of Baltic Studies (IF 0.484) Pub Date : 2023-09-10
Published in Journal of Baltic Studies (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Beyond ethnocentric identity: understanding Orthodox communalities in Estonia Journal of Baltic Studies (IF 0.484) Pub Date : 2023-09-08 Irina Paert, Liina Eek, Andrei Sõtšov
ABSTRACT Orthodox believers in Estonia constitute the majority of self-identifying churchgoers (according to the 2011 census). They are, however, divided ethnically and institutionally. While religion is an important source of identity, Orthodoxy in particular has been often identified with nationalism . This article explores the complex identity and self-understanding of the Orthodox minority in Estonia
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Efficiency and price clustering in the Baltic stock exchanges: evidence from a micro-level analysis Journal of Baltic Studies (IF 0.484) Pub Date : 2023-09-04 Júlio Lobão
ABSTRACT In this article, we examine for the first time a set of securities traded in the Baltic stock exchanges for indication of price clustering. This study adds to the literature about the efficiency of the Baltic stock markets, as well as to knowledge about the clustering of financial prices. Our main conclusion is that clustering is pervasive at the firm level, with traders having a striking
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Support for free trade: an experimental survey in Estonia and Latvia Journal of Baltic Studies (IF 0.484) Pub Date : 2023-09-01 Ryo Nakai
ABSTRACT This study examines successful and intensive free-trade policies in Estonia and Latvia, which exist despite the low-levels of domestic welfare in these countries. In contrast to the conventional elite-centric approach, this study uses a survey experiment to explore rationales for positive public opinion toward free trade policy. The results reveal that an individual exposed to the stimulus
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Vernacular voices and contested meanings: contemporary uses of the swastika in Latvia Journal of Baltic Studies (IF 0.484) Pub Date : 2023-08-16 Digne Ūdre
ABSTRACT Similar visual forms can have different meanings and the messages that symbols carry are context specific. Some of the symbols are inevitably contested due to their historical uses. This article explores what is probably the most notorious of contested symbols: the swastika and its local variant in Latvia, the ugunskrusts (Cross of Fire). With the aim of analyzing vernacular narratives connected
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Links between gender role attitudes and fertility changes between 1990–2017: Lithuania from a comparative perspective Journal of Baltic Studies (IF 0.484) Pub Date : 2023-08-08 Dovilė Galdauskaitė
ABSTRACT Fundamental fertility changes in developed countries and persistently low fertility rates are increasingly being interpreted using concepts of gender equality, gender equity, and gender revolution. This article analyzes links between gender role attitudes and fertility in Lithuania between 1990–2017 from a comparative perspective. Lithuania is compared to Sweden and Estonia, as well as Austria
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“Schanno bleibt trei:” Schanno von Dinakant as the last hero of Half-German poetry Journal of Baltic Studies (IF 0.484) Pub Date : 2023-08-11 Reet Bender
Half-German poetry (halbdeutsche Dichtung) was a unique manifestation in Baltic German literature and the Baltic German language. This type of humorous poetry in the Baltic provinces was created by...
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Some aspects of the poetic multilingualism of contemporary Estonian poetry Journal of Baltic Studies (IF 0.484) Pub Date : 2023-08-08 Saara Lotta Linno
The self-image and study of Estonian literature are characterized by postmonolingual tensions: while there are increasingly more multilingual approaches, the traditional perspective is to focus exc...
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Texts from a carnivalesque time of change: four poems in Estonian Half-German Journal of Baltic Studies (IF 0.484) Pub Date : 2023-08-08 Vahur Aabrams
This article focuses on four poems written in Half-German by three Baltic German authors: ‘Die Oberpahlsche Freundschaft’ (1818/1857) by Jakob Johann Malm, ‘Karluscha Tattelbaum’ (1903) and ‘Benjam...
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Joachim Rachel’s Epigrammatum centuria (1648): first renunciation of occasional poetry in premodern Livonia Journal of Baltic Studies (IF 0.484) Pub Date : 2023-08-08 Kristi Viiding
In the development of the multilingual secular literature of early modern Livonia, the 1630s and 1640s mark not only the beginning of vernacular poetry in Estonian and Latvian, but also the first a...
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List of books received and recent publications Journal of Baltic Studies (IF 0.484) Pub Date : 2023-07-21
Published in Journal of Baltic Studies (Vol. 54, No. 3, 2023)
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Latvijas labā: politiskā darbība trimdā 20. gadsimta 40.–80. gados Journal of Baltic Studies (IF 0.484) Pub Date : 2023-07-14 Māris Graudiņš
Published in Journal of Baltic Studies (Vol. 54, No. 3, 2023)
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The Nazi’s granddaughter: how I discovered my grandfather was a war criminal Journal of Baltic Studies (IF 0.484) Pub Date : 2023-06-30 Virgil I. Krapauskas
Published in Journal of Baltic Studies (Vol. 54, No. 3, 2023)
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Defining Latvia: recent explorations in history, culture, and politics Journal of Baltic Studies (IF 0.484) Pub Date : 2023-06-29 Jörg Hackmann
Published in Journal of Baltic Studies (Vol. 54, No. 3, 2023)
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An illustrated history of Lithuania, Vol. 1: from the prehistoric balts to the grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth Journal of Baltic Studies (IF 0.484) Pub Date : 2023-06-28 James Montgomery Baxenfield
Published in Journal of Baltic Studies (Vol. 54, No. 3, 2023)
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Baltic Crusades and societal innovation in medieval Livonia, 1200–1350 Journal of Baltic Studies (IF 0.484) Pub Date : 2023-06-28 Eva Eihmane
Published in Journal of Baltic Studies (Vol. 54, No. 3, 2023)
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Poetry about the Passion of Christ in seventeenth century Estonia, Livonia, and Courland Journal of Baltic Studies (IF 0.484) Pub Date : 2023-06-28 Tiina-Erika Friedenthal
Religious poetry, which has once been read and written in different languages in the areas of present-day Estonia and Latvia, has so far remained largely unexplored. In medieval Livonia, there are ...
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Site, symbol and cultural landscape Journal of Baltic Studies (IF 0.484) Pub Date : 2023-06-27 Milda B. Richardson
Published in Journal of Baltic Studies (Vol. 54, No. 3, 2023)
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Various planes of retranslation: J. D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye in Russian and Latvian Journal of Baltic Studies (IF 0.484) Pub Date : 2023-06-12 Jānis Veckrācis
ABSTRACT The translations of J. D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye (1951) into Russian and Latvian are analyzed in this article in the context of the political circumstances and censorship of the Soviet regime, the impacts of a canonical translation on subsequent translation versions, and the centralized translation instructions enforced upon Soviet Latvia. The first Russian translation of the novel
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A poetic monument to the Moravian awakening movement in Livonia Journal of Baltic Studies (IF 0.484) Pub Date : 2023-06-09 Beata Paškevica
ABSTRACT A poem by the Pietist pastor of St Jacob’s Church in Riga, Friedrich Bernhard Blaufuß (1697–1756), rediscovered in the State Historical Archives of Latvia and later in the Herrnhut Moravian Archives, has until now been absent from the history of culture and literature in Latvia. Blaufuß’ works also include several other poems in German and Latvian. Blaufuß authored the first history of the
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“How we can make use of any verse in common life”: the place and function of early modern poetry in literary culture Journal of Baltic Studies (IF 0.484) Pub Date : 2023-06-06 Martin Klöker
From the sixteenth century onwards, those education institutions that were humanistic by rhetoric turned to a basic education in poetry, teaching the use of verse in everyday life. Initially, this ...
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Lithuanians’ perception of terrorism: Are Muslims “folk devils” for Lithuanians? Journal of Baltic Studies (IF 0.484) Pub Date : 2023-06-04 Gintarė Sereikaitė Motiejūnė
ABSTRACT A considerable amount of research in Western countries during the past 30 years has found a strong tendency to associate Muslims with violent acts. This has resulted in an increase in Islamophobia. This article examines Lithuania’s media, politicians, and public perceptions on terrorism-Muslims in order to understand the correlation between Lithuanian media and political discourse on Muslims
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Unlearning Inherited Histories or Introducing Entangled Memories from the Baltics Journal of Baltic Studies (IF 0.484) Pub Date : 2023-06-02 Ulrike Gerhardt
ABSTRACT This exhibition review discusses the past exhibition Difficult Pasts. Connected Worlds (2022) at the National Gallery of Art, Vilnius, Lithuania. The project tried to shed light on the shared impact that long-silenced traumas and counter-memories have on the Baltic region, especially from a transnational perspective. A special focus lies on the oscillations between individual memory and public
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The new center of Vilnius: spatial transformation and challenges of genius loci Journal of Baltic Studies (IF 0.484) Pub Date : 2023-05-16 Almantas Samalavičius, Arnoldas Gabrėnas, Agnė Gabrėnienė
ABSTRACT In the post-Soviet period, a political decision was taken to relocate Vilnius’ old center to the Neris River’s right bank, thus completing the tortuous and complicated process of urban transformation that began during the 1970s modernization. This article examines the development and evolution of the unsuccessful transformation of the former Vilnius suburb of Šnipiškės into a new representative
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Conscription and social transformations: Estonia between security needs and social expectations Journal of Baltic Studies (IF 0.484) Pub Date : 2023-05-15 Eleri Lillemäe, Kairi Kasearu, Eyal Ben-Ari
ABSTRACT While most scholarly works on conscription in democracies focus on its abolition, the few works that explain its retention usually attribute it to countries’ security needs. Using the Estonian case, the article shifts the focus to ask how conscription systems are maintained to adapt to changing defense challenges, as well as transforming public expectations about security, military effectiveness
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Cultural heritage as interpreted and practiced by young people in non-formal associations in Latvia Journal of Baltic Studies (IF 0.484) Pub Date : 2023-04-28 Inta Mieriņa
ABSTRACT This article aims to shed new light on young people’s participation in non-formal associations aimed at safeguarding traditions and national culture. Focusing on two case studies from Latvia within the international project CHIEF (Cultural Heritage and Identities of Europe’s Future), the study provides an in-depth analysis of how ‘culture’ is understood, practiced, and transmitted in non-formal
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Professionalization of the land courts (iudex terrestris) in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (1565–1764) Journal of Baltic Studies (IF 0.484) Pub Date : 2023-04-26 Karol Łopatecki
Lithuanian land courts in the years 1565–1763 consisted of three-person teams of judge, podsędek (deputy judge), and court clerk. These offices were held for life. At election sejmiks, nobles nomin...
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“300,000 Thrifty Letts in U.S.:” speculation and exaggeration in reports about early Latvian immigrants in America Journal of Baltic Studies (IF 0.484) Pub Date : 2023-04-20 Andris Straumanis
Estimates of the number of ethnic Latvian immigrants and their descendants who lived in the United States and Canada before World War II have varied widely. Reports in scholarly and popular publica...
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List of books received and recent publications Journal of Baltic Studies (IF 0.484) Pub Date : 2023-04-18
Published in Journal of Baltic Studies (Vol. 54, No. 2, 2023)
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From “Soviet West” to “Western East:” Russia’s reimagination of Baltic “Westernness” in a post-2004 geopolitical reality Journal of Baltic Studies (IF 0.484) Pub Date : 2023-04-16 Dzmitry Pravatorau
In this article, I explore how the popular image of Baltic ‘Westernness,’ widespread in the period from the mid-1950s to late 1980s, has undergone discursive reconstruction in Putin’s Russia. Using...