Congratulations to AABS grantee Timo Aava for publishing his research in the Journal of Baltic Studies! JBS subscribers and AABS members can read his article, "Between the individual and the group: minority rights in interwar Estonia" here: https://doi.org/10.1080/01629778.2025.2559988

CFP: “What Makes Literature: Redefining Realism, Poetics, and Belonging” An international conference hosted by the Institute of Literature, Folklore and Art of the University of Latvia. Submissions due January 12, 2026: vist.ly/4em9r

AABS grantee Liisi Veski recently published an article in Journal of Baltic Studies entitled "Paving the third way: corporatist ideas and practices in 1930s Estonia." Congrats, Liisi! The article is available for JBS subscribers and AABS members here: https://doi.org/10.1080/01629778.2025.2573489

Congratulations to Rūta Matimaitytė for completing her AABS Dissertation Grant! Rūta used the grant to conduct research around the Baltic Sea for her project on the memory postwar migration. Learn more about her project here: vist.ly/4dn5a

CFP: AWSS 2026 Biennial Conference: "Creating under Constraint: Gender in Politics, History, Culture, Literature, Social Change." May 21-23, 2026, Art Academy of Latvia, Riga Proposals including an abstract and CV are due by December 2, 2025 to [email protected].

CFA: Institute for Russian and Eurasian Studies (IRES) at Uppsala University 2026 Visiting Scholar Program. The program offers a one-month research fellowship at IRES, including travel, accommodation and a stipend of 20 000 SEK. Deadline November 9: vist.ly/4cjfd

CFA: Visiting Fellows for the Project “Subjectivities of Owning Land: Land Redistribution and the Nation-State in the Baltics Across the 20th Century” Applications due November 3, 2025: vist.ly/4chjn

New podcast episode! 🎙️ This month we share an episode from our colleagues at the EUROPAST podcast: "The Battle for Memory: Populism vs. Pluralism in Public History" with Professor Jan Kubik. It's a fascinating and highly timely listen - check it out now! vist.ly/4cd8e

CFA: The Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies (CREEES) at Stanford University invites applications for the Wayne Vucinich Fellowship. Applications due November 15, 2025: vist.ly/4bq49

CFP: Estonian Institute of Historical Memory international research competition on communism for young scholars The competition is open to both published academic papers and unpublished Master’s and Doctoral theses. Deadline November 3. More info here: https://mnemosyne.ee/en/competition/

The deadline for submitting proposals to our 2026 conference has been extended to this Friday to accommodate a range of applicants. Don't miss out on the biggest event in Baltic Studies! Submit by October 24: https://aabs-balticstudies.org/aabs-2026-at-uiuc/

Call for Papers: 'A Window of opportunities:' Newspaper press during perestroika - analyses and field reports. Workshop – Helsinki, 26 – 27 February 2026 Deadline October 25: vist.ly/4axur

Now's the time! The deadline to submit proposals for our 2026 conference is 11:59pm US Central Time tomorrow, October 17. Don't be late - submit your application now. More information is available on our website: vist.ly/4amu7 Excited to see what you submit!

Recently published open access in the Journal of Baltic Studies: "Assessing market transition theory on the basis of Estonian longitudinal studies, 1979–2007," by Indrek Soidla and Karmo Kroos. Full article available online to all readers here: https://doi.org/10.1080/01629778.2025.2549685

AABS is proud to co-host the 2025 Baltic Research Forum, which starts tomorrow! Hear from leading scholars on their current research in Baltic societies and history. Registration is still open for general participation: https://forms.gle/78sPw7RCA67JWB3W6

CFP: Demokratizatsiya: The Journal of Post-Soviet Democratization invites proposals for a special issue on volunteerism in the countries of the former Soviet Union to be published in 2026. Proposals due October 15: to [email protected]. More info at https://www.demokratizatsiya.pub/

Just six days left to submit a proposal to join us for our biennial conference, to be held next May! Don't miss out on the biggest event in Baltic Studies - four days of academic insight, building new connections, and catching up with colleagues. Submit by October 17: vist.ly/4a4c9

Happy to be a Fellow at St Antony's College at Oxford this academic year: www.sant.ox.ac.uk/people/dr-ti...

ICYMI: The first episode of the new Baltic Ways podcast season was recently released! Listen now to learn from leading scholars about the state of Baltic Studies: where the field's been and what comes next. Available now on all platforms! More info here: vist.ly/49u37

Recently published online in the Journal of Baltic Studies: "Making room for the future? Half-emptiness and the ordered demolition of Soviet housing in Estonia," by Francisco Martinez and Keiti Kljaven. Available for JBS subscribers and AABS members: https://doi.org/10.1080/01629778.2025.2557273

Reminder: proposals for our 2026 conference are due in ten days! We invite proposals of panels or individual papers from all disciplines touching on Baltic Studies. Spread the word to your colleagues! More info and application here: vist.ly/49jgp

Hey, we know her! AABS Jānis Grundmanis Fellowship recipient Marta Kalniņa was interviewed by Columbia University about what the fellowship means for her. Check out the interview here: https://arts.columbia.edu/news/film-student-marta-kalnina-receives-janis-grundmanis-postgraduate-fellowship

CFP: ISHA winter seminar “Multiple Baltics: Reimagining Social, Cultural and Spatial Dimensions of History” Proudly supported by AABS via the Academic Events and Projects Grant! Deadline October 10 for participants; PhD workshop leaders also sought: https://multiplebaltics.lv/

New podcast episode! 🎙️ To kick off the academic year and a new season of Baltic Ways, we hear about the state of Baltic Studies from a panel of scholars. Episode available wherever you get your podcasts or for streaming on our website here: vist.ly/499zy

CFA: University of Michigan - Ann Arbor - WCEE Postdoctoral Fellowship 2026-2028. Eligibility restricted to applicants who obtained their PhD no earlier than Jan 1, 2024. Deadline October 15: https://networks.h-net.org/jobs/68826/university-michigan-ann-arbor-wcee-postdoctoral-fellowship-2026-2028

Reminder: the application deadline for our 2026 conference is fast approaching! AABS 2026 will be invigorating and interdisciplinary, from panels and plenaries to coffee breaks and catch-ups. Don't miss out - submit your proposal by October 17: vist.ly/48jbi

Participate and Engage - Applications for the ISHA Winter seminar 2025, "Multiple Baltics: Reimagining social, cultural and spatial dimensions of history" are now open! Deadline: 10 October Learn more: multiplebaltics.lv Supported by @balticstudies.bsky.social and UL Student Council.

Newly published online in the Journal of Baltic Studies: "The Russian Orthodox parish clergy in interwar Estonia: a prosopography," by James M. White. Available now for subscribers and AABS members: vist.ly/47tac

We're happy to announce that once again, graduate students and early career scholars presenting at the AABS 2026 conference will have the opportunity to apply for travel grants. The grant application will open in late 2025. Submit your conference proposal by October 17: vist.ly/47nwa

Did you know AABS has a quarterly e-newsletter? You can get a digestible download of everything that's been happening in Baltic Studies delivered right to your inbox. Read past editions, including from earlier this month, and sign up on our website here: https://aabs-balticstudies.org/newsletter/

The third 2025 issue of Journal of Baltic Studies (Vol 56, Issue 3) is now available online with a range of articles covering multiple countries, disciplines, and time periods. The full issue is available to JBS subscribers and AABS members here: https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rbal20/56/3

CFP: Journal of Russian American Studies (JRAS) special issue. Editors invite proposals on American views of non-Russian areas of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union by October 15, 2025. Questions and proposals may be directed to [email protected].

CFP: the 30th Biennial AABS Conference May 2026, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign We invite submissions from scholars in all disciplines to contribute their cutting-edge research to an invigorating conference. Submission deadline is October 17: vist.ly/45z2b

Newly published online in the Journal of Baltic Studies: "A method for investigating the quality of life in cross-border cities using cross-border indicators: Polish cities on the EU border with Kaliningrad." Access available for JBS suscribers: https://doi.org/10.1080/01629778.2025.2552201

Tere! I'm in Estonia 🇪🇪 at Uni of Tartu Skytte Institute for 2 months researching the intergenerational effects of Soviet repression. I'm interviewing Estonians whose family experienced deportation/other repression. Interested? Please DM me, email [email protected] & share widely. Aitäh!

Congratulations to Timo Aava for completing his AABS Emerging Scholars Grant by making significant progress on his book manuscript during a research stay at Harvard! Read more: https://aabs-balticstudies.org/2025/09/01/research-and-writing-at-harvard-emerging-scholars-grant-report-from-timo-aava/

#TBT to our 2022 podcast interview with Dr. Volodymyr Dubovyk, an expert in U.S.-Ukraine relations. It's an important listen and a fascinating time capsule as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues three years on. Listen now: https://aabs-balticstudies.org/podcast/

CFP: 90 years of sanctions in the Mediterranean, Baltic, and Scandinavian regions. International online workshop, hosted by the University of Vilnius on December 4. For further information, contact [email protected]. Abstracts due by September 30.

#TBT to one of our first-ever Baltic Ways podcast episodes with Dr. Dace Dzenovska about the paradox of Europeanness. It's a timeless question that still rings true years later. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts or on our website: https://aabs-balticstudies.org/podcast/

The National Library of Latvia is running a celebration of 500 years of Latvian books! Check out the program and get involved with your own story at https://www.gramatai500.lv/en/piedalies

CFP: From Empire to Minority: Baltic Germans from Late Nineteenth Century to the 1930s Conference at the University of Latvia, January 23–24, 2026. Papers due by Sep. 15, 2025: https://macmillan.yale.edu/europe/baltic/stories/call-papers-empire-minority-baltic-germans-late-nineteenth-century-1930s

Call for Applications (Deadline 15 August): “Resilient Identities in the Baltic Sea Region. Balticness in Transition” CBSS Summer University 2025, hosted by the University of Greifswald from 15 to 21 September. Apply now: vist.ly/32tk3

More recordings are available from this year's Conference on Baltic Studies in Europe, with @balticstudies.bsky.social How to make Baltic Studies less peripheral? Scholarly communication and public engagement Watch now: bit.ly/3J7RhLt

Need a midweek musical interlude? Check out "The Silent Voice," a 2024 release by AABS Baumanis grantee Robert Fleitz, who commissioned seven compositions from Baltic artists. Listen now on all major platforms, and learn more here: https://aabs-balticstudies.org/2024/12/08/the-silent-voice-release/

How has Estonian cyber diplomacy supported Ukraine in its fight against the Russian invasion? How does the Estonian approach contrast with the Russian? Stanislav Budnitsky researched these questions with the support of an AABS Emerging Scholars Grant. Learn more: vist.ly/3zwat

Published open access in the Journal of Baltic Studies, "Managing risks in public procurement of defense innovation: lessons from the development of an anti-armor mine in Estonia" is a timely investigation amidst increasing defense spending. Read now: https://doi.org/10.1080/01629778.2024.2375594

We're looking for your ideas for webinars in this upcoming academic year! Whether it's on some new research, a topic in the news, or some questions you want to hear answered, we're all ears. Submit now to have your idea considered (reposting with correct link): vist.ly/3zee6

CFP: 90 years of sanctions in the Mediterranean, Baltic, and Scandinavian regions. International online workshop, hosted by the University of Vilnius on December 4. For further information, contact [email protected]. Abstracts due by September 30.

Recently published online in the Journal of Baltic Studies: "The provenance of sculptural dolostones in sixteenth-century Livonian artworks," by Rasiņa, et. al. A fascinating multidisciplinary, cross-Baltic paper available for JBS subscribers: vist.ly/3yqv8

My thanks to @balticstudies.bsky.social for their support in the publication of my book with Oxford University Press, Latvian Soldiers of World War II: Fighting for the Homeland in Nazi and Soviet Service! bsky.app/profile/balt...