The Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies is pleased to announce that Elīza Dāldere has been awarded the 2025-2026 Academic Events and Projects Grant to support the upcoming conference, “Multiple Baltics: Reimagining Social, Cultural and Spatial Dimensions of History,” organized as part of the Young Historians’ Days project.
The AABS Grant for Academic Events and Projects of up to $5,000 is available for any academic event or scholarly project that promotes Baltic Studies.
The 2025 applications were evaluated by the AABS 2025-2026 Grants and Awards Committee consisting of AABS VP for Professional Development Dr. Kaarel Piirimäe, AABS President Dr. Jörg Hackmann, and AABS Director-at-Large Dr. Dovilė Budrytė. Learn about the other 2025-2026 recipients here.
Elīza Dāldere is a graduate student at the University of Latvia with an educational background in History, with a strong focus on medieval Livonia and early modern Baltic studies. Her main interests are symbolic communication, decision-making cultures, and social history, especially childhood in the Middle Ages. Recently, Dāldere has been exploring how interplay between history and digital humanities could open new perspectives in research by applying large-scale computational text analysis and historical data modelling.
Dāldere’s expertise has been recognised through various roles strengthening the social dimension in higher education. As a senior expert at the Latvian Ministry of Education and Science, she developed support systems for inclusive higher education, including funding models and policy initiatives. As a member of the International Students of History Association (ISHA), she connects with international history students from across different European regions.
Event Overview
The upcoming Young Historians’ Days project titled “Multiple Baltics: Reimagining Social, Cultural and Spatial Dimensions of History” will provide a platform for students and early career researchers to present and discuss their research from different historical perspectives (micro and macro-history, interdisciplinary approaches not limiting the research scope to the Baltic states). The international young historians conference will take place in Valmiera, which is known as a welcoming host for the established and well-known international conference “Scholarly Readings of Young Historians” attracting master and PhD-level students and early-career researchers. A newly created collaboration between multiple Latvian partners, including the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Latvia and the Valmiera Museum, and the International Students of History Association (ISHA) will foster international collaboration, scientific and cultural exchange, and networking among history students. The conference will facilitate skill development, particularly intercultural communication that complements more formal learning structures in higher education institutions.