The Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies (AABS) has awarded a record number of travel grants to students and early career scholars who are presenting at the AABS 2024 conference. 80 grants were awarded this year, a significant increase from the 47 awarded...
Announcements
Welcome AABS 2024–2026 Board of Directors!
The election of the AABS 2024-2026 Board of Directors was held on March 27, 2024 with online voting beginning on March 13. The election was carried out both online and via mailed-in paper ballots. Altogether, 117 AABS current members (48.15% of the total number...
CFP: AABS Australasian Chapter 21st Conference: The Baltic States on the World Stage
Call for Papers AABS Australasian Chapter 21st Conference The Baltic States on the World Stage Edith Cowan University12-13 October 2024 The Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies (AABS) Australasian chapter is proud to announce that our 21st biennial...
Harry Merritt Emerging Scholars Grant Report: Archival Research in Latvia
AABS is pleased to congratulate Harry Merritt for the completion of the Emerging Scholars Grant (awarded 2023) associated with his project researching Latvian military formations and soldiers in the Second World War.©Harry Merritt, 2024 Harry C. Merritt is a...
2024-2026 AABS Board of Directors Election
The election of the AABS 2024-2026 Board of Directors is set for March 27, 2024. The election will be carried out both online and via mailed-in paper ballots. By March 13, all current members of AABS will receive an e-ballot via email or a mailed paper ballot,...
Vanished Lands: Book Publication Subvention Report by Laima Vincė Sruoginis
The Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies (AABS) is pleased to recognized the successful conclusion of a Book Publication Subvention Grant awarded to Peter Lang Publishers for publishing the book Vanished Lands: Memory and Postmemory in North American...
Elīna Vikmane Birnitis Fellowship Report on Advancing Cybermuseology
AABS is pleased to recognize Elīna Vikmane for the completion of her dissertation "Advancing Cybermuseology: Diffusion of digital innovation in Latvia’s museum sector," for which she received the 2022–2023 Aina Birnitis Dissertation-Completion Fellowship in the...
Webinar: Democracies during War: Ukraine and the Baltic States
The Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies hosted an online roundtable discussion on "Democracies during War: Ukraine and the Baltic States" on Monday, February 12, 2024, from 12:00-1:00 pm EST. There is no shortage of critical situations challenging...
AABS 2024 Grant and Fellowship Applications Open
Call for Applications AABS 2024-2025 Grants and Fellowships Research Grants for Emerging Scholars The Aina Birnitis Dissertation-Completion Fellowship in the Humanities for Latvia Mudīte I. Zīlīte Saltups Fellowships Jānis Grundmanis Fellowships for...