About
The Yale Baltic Studies Program is an interdisciplinary forum for the study of the Baltic Sea region, with an emphasis on the lands that comprise contemporary Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. The program sponsors workshops, symposia, and lectures, and serves as a resource for and liaison among students and scholars whose work involves the Baltic region.
2010-11
Guntis Šmidchens, Head of Baltic Studies amd Assistant Professor of Scandinavian Studies at University of Washington, Seattle. “Nonviolent Baltic Cultures & The Almost Nonviolent End of the Soviet Union.” September 20, 2010. Co-sponsor: European Studies Council.
Karsten Brüggemann, Professor of Estonian History at Tallin University. “The Baltic Provinces and Russian Perceptions, Nineteenth Century and Early Twentieth Century.” April 12, 2011. Co-sponsor: European Studies Council.
2009-10
Valdas Adamkus, President of Lithuania, 1998-2003, 2004-2009. “The Role of Education in Post-Soviet Political Development.” April 14, 2010. Co-sponsor: European Studies Council.
Valdis Zatlers, President of Latvia 2007-present. “Transatlantic Dynamics after the Global Economic Crisis.” September 21, 2009. Co-sponsor: European Studies Council.
Vaira Vike-Freiberga, President of Lativa 1999-2007. “Latvia, the European Union, and Russia.” May 2, 2008. Co-sponsors: European Union Studies Program and Pierson College.
In 2014 the Baltic Studies Program will host a joint conference with the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study and Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies in New Haven, CT.
The Baltic Studies Program is supported through the generosity of Dr. Kristaps J. Keggi, M.D. (Yale College, 1955); Mr. Juris Padegs (Yale College, 1954); and Mr. Joseph Kazickas (Ph.D. 1951).
For further information, please contact
Bradley Woodworth
Yale Baltic Studies Program Coordinator