Recently published online in JBS: "Chronicling transitions in Baltic media: a longitudinal topic analysis of The Baltic Times’ coverage from the post-Soviet era to European integration (1998–2024)," by Shesen Guo & Ganzhou Zhang. Read now: https://doi.org/10.1080/01629778.2025.2587631

How do children experience growing up as part of a minority population? How are these experiences rendered in art? Join us to learn from Liina-Ly Roos in the newest episode of the Baltic Ways podcast! 🎙️ Listen wherever you get your podcasts or stream here: vist.ly/4kp8i

Want to give your career in Baltic Studies a boost? Need funding for that research or project you've been dreaming of? Apply by February 1 for one of AABS's grant and fellowship opportunities to unlock your potential. Learn more: https://aabs-balticstudies.org/2025/12/07/2026-grants-cfa/

Do you want funding for your research in Baltic Studies? Maybe you're already aware of AABS grants, but not sure what to apply for? Join us and former grantee Harry Merritt on 13 January for an info session and get your questions answered! Registration required: vist.ly/4kcmp

Recently published online in the Journal of Baltic Studies: "The first decade of discotheques in Latvia (1973–1983)" by Daina Bleiere. The article is available for subscribers here: https://doi.org/10.1080/01629778.2025.2582654

CFP: AABS 2026 Grants and Fellowships These five funding opportunities offer financial support and flexibility to a wide range of scholars, from newly matriculated doctoral candidates to freshly minted PhDs to long-tenured professors. The deadline is February 1, 2026: vist.ly/4jyrv

CFA: Media Literacy in the Baltics: Identity, AI, and Security. Weeklong workshop in March in Riga, organized by SRAS. Open to students, educators, and professionals. Apply by Jan 20: https://sras.heiapply.com/catalog/programs/214983

Congratulations to AABS grantee Arvydas Grišinas for recently publishing an article in the Journal of Baltic Studies! Read "Blended dystopia: correlates of popular support for conspiracy theories in Lithuania" here: https://doi.org/10.1080/01629778.2025.2579551

The fourth 2025 issue of Journal of Baltic Studies (Vol 56, Issue 4) is now available online, featuring research on Baltic social programs, culture, and economic history. See the full table of contents and read the open access article here: https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rbal20/56/4

Getting funding for your work can be career-defining. AABS is proud to support scholars at all stages of their careers, no matter the discipline, who are making advances in Baltic Studies. Learn more about our flagship grant and fellowship opportunities, and apply by February 1: vist.ly/4izw9

Recently published online in the Journal of Baltic Studies: "Infidels as allies in a just war: Stanisław’s De bello iusto et iniusto," by Waldemar Hanasz. Article available for subscribers: https://doi.org/10.1080/01629778.2025.2581229

New podcast episode! 🎙️ This month, we have a story about how art facilitates integration, both for the documentary subjects of our guest and for himself. Learn how Ukrainian artists in Estonia have built identity and community by listening now: vist.ly/4hxyk

Recently published online in the Journal of Baltic Studies: "The Stalinist purge of teachers in Estonian general education schools between 1940–1941 and 1944–1953 and its effect upon teachers’ education levels," by Eli Pilve. Article here: https://doi.org/10.1080/01629778.2025.2580481

CFP: AABS 2026 Grants and Fellowships These five funding opportunities offer financial support and flexibility to a wide range of scholars, from newly matriculated doctoral candidates to freshly minted PhDs to long-tenured professors. The deadline is February 1, 2026: vist.ly/4hnar

A recording of our webinar "Demographic Development in the Baltic States: Identity, Integration, and Inequality" from December 2 is now available. It was a lively and thought-provoking discussion with insights from leading experts! Watch now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDTPDFD0A8E

CFP: "Contested Realities: Paradigm Shifts in the SSEES Region," a special issue of the UCL SLOVO postgraduate journal. Submissions from graduate students are welcome by February 1 to <[email protected]>. More information available here: https://student-journals.ucl.ac.uk/slovo/news/88/

Recently published online in the Journal of Baltic Studies: "Features of specialized legal lexis in Latvian translations of legal texts from the early nineteenth century," by Jānis Veckrācis. Article available now for JBS subscribers and AABS members: https://doi.org/10.1080/01629778.2025.2550032

You're invited! We're hosting another AABS webinar on Dec. 2: "Demographic Development in the Baltic States: Identity, Integration, and Inequality" Come hear Dace Dzenovska, Allan Puur, and Aušra Maslauskaitė share their research. RSVP in the comment below

Multiple AABS members have been involved in reviving the series "On the Boundary of Two Worlds” about the Baltic Sea Region, including Jörg Hackmann, Kristina Jõekalda, Mart Kuldkepp, and Gustavs Strenga as editors. Find volume 48 here: https://brill.com/display/title/72971?contents=toc-130902

Demographics drive an incredible amount of public policy. From migration outflows to declining birth rates, the Baltic states are no exception. Join us on a December 2 webinar to hear from Dace Dzenovska, Allan Puur, and Aušra Maslauskaitė. RSVP required: vist.ly/4g3nz

Recently published online in the Journal of Baltic Studies: "The crisis of the nation-state and “true self-determination” in Baltic German political thought, 1918–1934," by Eva Piirimäe. Article available for JBS subscribers and AABS members here: https://doi.org/10.1080/01629778.2025.2576024

CFP: The Long Perestroika from Below: Centering the Peripheries. Workshop hosted in Kloster Seeon, Bavaria, in June 2026. Proposals due by December 15, 2025: https://perestroika-from-below.com/the-long-perestroika-from-below-06-2026

You're invited! We're hosting another AABS webinar on Dec. 2: "Demographic Development in the Baltic States: Identity, Integration, and Inequality" Come hear Dace Dzenovska, Allan Puur, and Aušra Maslauskaitė share their research. RSVP in the comment below

CFA: two post-doctoral associate positions at Yale University. Applications due February 1, 2026. The Juris Padegs Post-Doctoral Associate, for Latvian and Estonian scholars: vist.ly/4fawx The Joseph P. Kazickas Post-Doctoral Associate, for Lithuanian scholars: vist.ly/4fawv

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