AABS is pleased to recognize Laima Vincė for the completion of her dissertation "Memory and Postmemory in the Writing of North American Writers of Lithuanian Descent," for which she received the AABS Dissertation Grant in the 2021-2022 cycle. Dr. Vincė is a featured...
Grants and Fellowships
Emerging Scholars Grant Report from Dainius Genys
AABS is pleased to recognize Dainius Genys for his completion of the project "Mapping emotional (ine)qualities in the Baltic States," for which he received the Research Grant for Emerging Scholars.©Dainius Genys, 2022 Dr. Dainius Genys is a sociologist at...
Displacement: Baumanis Grant Report from Krista Svalbonas
AABS is pleased to recognize Krista Svalbonas for her completion of the project "Displacement," for which she received the Baumanis Grant for Creative Projects in Baltic Studies. “Displacement” focuses on preserving the history of former WWII Baltic Displaced Person...
Borderlands: Baumanis Grant Report from Ugnė Marija Andrijauskaitė
AABS is pleased to recognize Ugnė Marija Andrijauskaitė for her completion of the project "Borderlands," for which she received the Baumanis Grant for Creative Projects in Baltic Studies. “Borderlands” was carried out as an artistic and historical (oral history)...
Congratulations to Francis Young on the Publication of his Book Pagans in the Early Modern Baltic, funded by an AABS Book Publication Subvention
The AABS Board is pleased to announce that Arc Humanities Press has been awarded the AABS Book Publication Subvention for publishing "Pagans in the Early Modern Baltic: Sixteenth-Century Ethnographic Accounts of Baltic Paganism." The book, authored by English...
Congratulations to Daina Grosa, recipient of the 2022–2023 Aina Birnitis Dissertation-Completion Fellowship in the Humanities for Latvia
The Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies is pleased to announce that Daina Grosa has been awarded the 2022-2023 Aina Birnitis Dissertation-Completion Fellowship in the Humanities for Latvia. The Aina Birnitis Scholarship supports a year of research and...
Congratulations to Živilė Arnašiūtė, recipient of the 2022–2023 Dissertation Grant for Graduate Students
The Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies is pleased to announce that Živilė Arnašiūtė has been awarded the 2022-2023 Dissertation Grant for Graduate Students. AABS awards grants of up to $4,000 to support doctoral dissertation research and write-up in any...
Congratulations to Eglė Aleknaitė, recipient of the 2022–2023 Research Grant for Emerging Scholars
The Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies is pleased to announce that Eglė Aleknaitė has been awarded the 2022-2023 Research Grant for Emerging Scholars. The research grants of up to $6,000 support early-career scholars in any field of the Baltic studies....
Congratulations to Gavin Beinart-Smollan, recipient of the 2022–2023 Dissertation Grant for Graduate Students
The Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies is pleased to announce that Gavin Beinart-Smollan has been awarded the 2022-2023 Dissertation Grant for Graduate Students. AABS awards grants of up to $4,000 to support doctoral dissertation research and write-up...