Conference Dedicated to the History of Baltic Germans To Be Held in January

The Baltic Germans, their history and culture, have been studied extensively over the past century and more. Few topics in Baltic history over the longue durée can be written without including the Baltic Germans. Yet research on many topics involving them seems to be waning.

While the narratives of nationalism, Balticness, and Russification are among the most studied topics in Baltic history and historiography, narratives of Germanness are less so. This conference seeks to draw attention to the most recent research on these issues and to put the arising questions in a new light. We seek to look anew at the position of the Baltic Germans between the Russian and German empires from the late nineteenth century until the late interwar period, when these former imperial elites had turned into mere minority groups in independent Estonia and Latvia.

The working language of the conference – English.

The conference will be held at Kalpaka bulvāris 4, 2nd floor conference hall “Sapere aude”.

Conference program and more detailed description of the conference.

The conference is organized with the support of the Estonian Academy of Arts, the University of Latvia, and Yale University.