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...
Grants and Fellowships
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...
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...
AABS 2024 Conference Travel Grants for Students and Early Career Scholars
The Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies invites students and early career scholars who have been accepted to present at the 29th Biennial AABS Conference “The Baltic Way: Unity and Giving Aid“ (June 13–16, 2024, New Haven) to apply for travel grants to...
Michael Casper: Emerging Scholars Grant Report on Jonas Mekas
AABS is pleased to congratulate Michael Casper for the completion of the Emerging Scholars Grant (awarded 2022) associated with his project researching the Lithuanian filmmaker Jonas Mekas.©Michael Casper, 2022 Dr. Michael Casper received a Ph.D. in History in 2019...
Andrius Janionis: Dissertation Grant Report on Sword Production Technologies
AABS is pleased to recognize Andrius Janionis for the completion of the grant associated with his dissertation "The Sword Production Technologies in the Territory of the Baltic Tribes in 10th-15th Centuries," for which he received the AABS Dissertation Grant in the...
Daina Grosa: Birnitis Fellowship Report on the Children of Return Migrants to Latvia
AABS is pleased to recognize Daina Grosa for the completion of her dissertation "The psychosocial wellbeing of the children of return migrants: the case of Latvia," for which she received the 2022–2023 Aina Birnitis Dissertation-Completion Fellowship in the Humanities...
“Defining Latvia” Book Subvention Report
The Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies (AABS) is pleased to recognized the successful conclusion of a Book Publication Subvention Grant awarded to Central European University Press for publishing the volume Defining Latvia: Recent Explorations in...