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Annual Bulletin

The AABS publishes the Annual Bulletin (previously: Baltic Studies Newsletter), a print newsletter highlighting recent news about Baltic studies all over the world and the activities of the AABS, including Baltic conferences, language workshops, grants and fellowships, and awards.
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Annual Bulletin 2024

Presidental Address / New Board Members / AABS Activities / Looking into the Past, Present, and Future of AABS / AResponding to Changes in Academia for New Scholars / News from JBS / Protecting JBS from Plagiarism Risks/ 2024 Conference highlights / Grants and Awards Highlights / Report from Baltic Studies Summer Institute / Wingate University Library Baltic Reading Room Grows / In Memoriam: Homoring Historian Andrejs Plakans / Reflections on Convergences 20 Years Later

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Baltic Studies Newsletter 2023

In Solidarity with Ukraine: The State of Baltic Studies Today / AABS Activities / News from JBS / Kasekamp Returns to Leadership Role / The Future of AABS and Baltic Studies / Baltic Ways Podcast / Continuing Support for Ukrainian Scholars / CBSE 2023 Reflections, Highlights, Experiences, and Photos / Grants and Awards / BALSSI Report / Wingate University Library’s Baltic Reading Room / AABS 2024 Conference

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Baltic Studies Newsletter 2022

New Board Members / Welcome Ben Gardner-Gill / In Solidarity with Ukraine / AABS Activities / Report from Treasurer / News from JBS / AABS Has Emerged Stronger from the Pandemic / Policy on Issuing Public Statements / Baltic Ways Podcast / AABS 2022 Conference Moments, Reflections, Plenaries / Grants and Awards / Ukrainian Scholars Share Impacts of War on Teaching, Research, and Life

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Baltic Studies Newsletter 2021

President’s Report / AABS Activities / Treasurer’s Report / JBS Report / Thought-Provoking Finds in JBS / Interview with CBSE Organizers / AABS Conference / Baumanis Grant Feature: “WorkAndFun” / 2021 Grant and Fellowship Awardees / Reflections from 2020 Grant Recipients / Podcast “Baltic Ways” / BALSSI 2021 / Finding a New Voice During the Pandemic

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Baltic Studies Newsletter 2020

2020-2022 Board of Directors; AABS Outgoing President’s Annual Report; Overview of AABS Activities; 2020 Conference Report; Journal of Baltic Studies Report; AABS Recognizes Excellence in Publications; 2020 Grant & Fellowship Awardees; Q&A: 2019 Grant Awardees Share Insights; AABS Recognizes Best Undergraduate Papers; KGB Surveillance in the Soviet Baltic Republics; Notes from the Quarantine; BALSSI Moves Online for Summer 2020; AABS Incoming President’s Annual Report
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Baltic Studies Newsletter 2019

AABS at 50 / Baltic Countries at 100 / Baltic Studies Today; 2019 AABS Grant & Fellowship Awards; 8 Great Weeks of Baltic Languages and Culture; Australaisan Chapter 19th Conference: 100th Anniversary of Baltic Independence; Comments: Learned Societies and the ACLS, 2016 AABS Conference; Introducing Liisi Esse, New AABS Administrative Executive Director; Highlights of May 2018 Board Meeting, Stanford University; Treasurer’s Report; Photos from the 2018 AABS Conference at Stanford University

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Baltic Studies Newsletter 2018

Founding the Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies; From the archives: The Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies: A proposal; The 2018 AABS Conference at Stanford University: Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Baltic Independence; AABS Board Gathers in Chicago for Fall Meeting; 2018 AABS Grant & Fellowship Awards; American Council of Learned Societies and AABS; Treasurer’s Report
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Baltic Studies Newsletter 2017

AABS grants support Baltic Studies; Treasurer’s report: review & future planning; New administrative executive director; 18th AABS Conference in Melbourne, Australia; #AABS2016 boded well for #AABS2018
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Baltic Studies Newsletter 2016

AABS Board meets in Philadelphia; Russian-Baltic Relations Today: Politics in Light of Ukraine; AABS Member News; Student Perspective: Sveika, Riga; Feature: The Baltic States as Models for Ukraine; AABS 2016 Conference Coming Together; Journal of Baltic Studies Report; List of AABS Donors; Support the 2016 conference; Treasurer’s Report: Review and Future Planning
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Baltic Studies Newsletter 2015

Remembering AABS’s first president, Gundar King; Philanthropist Galējs-Dravnieks bequest supports Baltic scholars; AABS member news; BALSSI students reflect on language learning, summer; Preparations underway for 2016 AABS Conference at Penn; Language revitalization in Estonia; ‘No home to go to’ exhibit hits Philadelphia; AABS at ACLS in the city of brotherly love; OSU hosts 2015 Scandinavian Studies conference in Columbus; AABS grant opportunities; Support the 2016 conference; AABS 2016 – Call for papers
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Baltic Studies Newsletter 2014

Introspection in an Era of Globalization: The State of Baltic Studies; Scholars of Baltic region, Scandinavia gather at Yale University; Baltic Studies at Stanford University Libraries; Reflections of AABS Conference; AABS Awards Book Prize to Cassedy, Purs; Remebering Dzidra Rodiņa; Power of Poetry: Venclova Shares at Conference; Report on American Council of Learned Sciences
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Baltic Studies Newsletter 2013

Reflections on Post-Baltic Identities; Reports from AABS Grant Recipients; Sustainable Architecture: Theory and Practice; Researching Innovation in the U.S. and the Baltic Countries; U.S. Student Programs in Estonia; Exploring the Singing Revolution in Estonia; New Exchange Program with University of Tartu;
2014 AABS Conference; Food as a Lens for Studying the Baltic Region; Member News
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Baltic Studies Newsletter 2012

Baltic Studies at the Crossroads; The Global Baltics: The Next Twenty Years; Transitions, Visions and Beyond, Conference on Baltic Studies in Europe; Scandinavian Studies: The Past 100 Years, The Next 100 Years; Teaching Baltic Languages in North America; And More
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Baltic Studies Newsletter 2011

Vėjas Liulevičius. Impressions on the 2010 Conference on Baltic Studies; Aldis Purs. Report on the 22nd Conference on Baltic Studies, Seattle, 2010; Guntis Šmidchens. Substitute speech, Baltic Studies luncheon, April 24, 2010; Jordan Kuck, Thoughts about the 2010 AABS – SASS Conference; Delaney Skerrett, A Look at the 2010 Conference from Down Under; News and Notes, Baltic Studies in North America; And More
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Baltic Studies Newsletter 2010

Convergences in Baltic Studies: Past, Present and Future; Andrejs Plakans. Twelfth Conference on Baltic Studies; Preparations for SASS-AABS Conference; Aldis Purs, Dancing Shoes and Common Approaches; Upcoming Conferences and events; Michael Biggins. Baltic Studies Collections in North American Research Libraries; Guntis Šmidchens. US-Baltic Fulbright Scholars Exchanges, 1993-2009; And More
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Baltic Studies Newsletter 2009

Guntis Šmidchens, Advancing Baltic Studies in the AABS; Discussion Forum: film Singing Revolution; Conferences; Resources in the Baltic Studies; Upcoming Conferences and Events; AABS Annual Report, 2007-2008; Fellowships, Grants and Awards
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