AABS is pleased to recognize M. Lee Alexander for her completion of the project "'Old Love Does not Rust:' An Exploration of Baltic Poetry," for which she received the Baumanis Grant for Creative Projects in Baltic Studies. “Old Love Does not Rust” involved extensive...
Grants and Fellowships
Vanda Visocka: Birnitis Grant Report on Ancient Pottery
AABS is pleased to recognize Vanda Visocka for the completion of her dissertation "Pottery production, function and meaning during the Bronze and Pre-Roman Iron Age in the Eastern Baltic," for which she received the 2021–2022 Aina Birnitis Dissertation-Completion...
Heidi Erbsen: Baumanis Grant Report
AABS is pleased to recognize Heidi Erbsen for her completion of the project "More than just Movies: Baltic Language Learning Film Festival," for which she received the Baumanis Grant for Creative Projects in Baltic Studies. “More than just Movies” brought together...
Mārtiņš Kaprāns: Saltups Fellowship Report
AABS is pleased to recognize Mārtiņš Kaprāns for his fulfillment of the 2022–2023 Mudīte I. Zīlīte Saltups Fellowship, a short-term study or research grant for up to eight weeks of study in the United States with a maximum stipend of $10,000.©Mārtiņš Kaprāns, 2023...
Maarja Merivoo-Parro Emerging Scholars Grant Report: Finland, Estonia, and a Cultural Approach to the Cold War
AABS is pleased to recognize Maarja Merivoo-Parro for her completion of the project "Spontaneous Finnish Humanitarian Aid as Catalyst for Independent Estonia: From a Personal Touch to the Success of a Nation," for which she received the Research Grant for Emerging...
Zane Vāgnere: Grundmanis Fellowship Report
AABS is pleased to recognize Zane Vāgnere for her completion of the Jānis Grundmanis Graduate and Postgraduate Fellowships for Study in the U.S.©Zane Vāgnere, 2022 Zane Vāgnere is an experienced public administrator and international policy expert with a career...
Sami Siva: Baltic Borders Grant Report
AABS is pleased to recognize Sami Siva for his completion of the project "Baltic Borders," for which he received the Baumanis Grant for Creative Projects in Baltic Studies. “Baltic Borders” documents the stories of people living along the border regions of Estonia and...
CFA: AABS 2023 Grants and Fellowships
Call for Applications AABS 2023-2024 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...
Peter Lang Publishers awarded a 2022 AABS Book Publication Subvention
The AABS Board is pleased to announce that Peter Lang Publishers has been awarded the AABS Book Publication Subvention for publishing "Baltic Human-Animal Histories: Relations, Trading, and Representations from an Entangled Perspective." The volume, edited by Linda...