Friday, March 13 at 1pm ET: Join the Lituanus journal for a webinar on "Museums, Memory, and Identity in the Vilnius Region," featuring Violeta Davoliūtė, Neringa Latvytė, Ignė Rasickaitė, and Rūta Vyšniauskaitė.
Join link: vist.ly/4uhum
Voting for the 2026-2028 AABS Board of Directors opens tomorrow, March 11, and runs through March 25. All current members of AABS will receive an e-ballot via email or a mailed paper ballot. More info: https://aabs-balticstudies.org/2026/02/18/2026-2028-aabs-board-of-directors-election/
CFP: "Decolonizing memory? Thinking through patterns of memory and power"
International conference hosted at the University of Southern Denmark, December 2026.
Individual paper and panel submissions due by 14 March. Learn more: https://event.sdu.dk/memory
CFP: "‘Primitive and Noisy Music’ in Late Socialist period" - multidisciplinary conference in Riga, May 2-3, focused on the functioning of popular music in the USSR during its last three decades.
Papers due March 8. Learn more and submit here: https://lulfmi.lv/en/news/call-for-papers-conference
Recently published online open access in the Journal of Baltic Studies: "Equal access denied: financial exclusion and the call for inclusive consumer financial regulation in Lithuania," by Asta Zokaityte.
Read now: https://doi.org/10.1080/01629778.2026.2630325
CFP: Edited Volume on Critical Heritage Studies in Central and Eastern Europe in the Berghahn Series “Explorations in Heritage Studies”
Submissions due March 20: https://www.eu.avcr.cz/en/news/Critical-Heritage-Studies-in-Central-and-Eastern-Europe/
CFA reminder: The new Journal of Baltic Studies Publication Development Grant is due March 1.
Learn more and apply: vist.ly/4t8md
Accepted to present at AABS 2026? Register by the end of this month to receive our early bird rate: https://aabs-balticstudies.org/aabs-2026-at-uiuc/registration-and-accommodations/
Prices will go up on March 1. Don't wait to register!
Recently published online in the Journal of Baltic Studies: "Assessing progress toward sustainable development goals at the subnational level: a case study of counties in Lithuania," by Rocchi, et. al.
Access available to subscribers here: https://doi.org/10.1080/01629778.2026.2623929
Do you have a deserving undergraduate student whom you'd like to recognize?
The AABS Undergraduate Paper Award is now accepting nominations through March 1. Nominate now: https://aabs-balticstudies.org/awards-prizes/undergraduate-paper-in-baltic-studies-award/
Registration is now open for the AABS 2026 conference hosted by the University of Illinois! If your proposal has been accepted or you just want to soak in the most up-to-date knowledge in Baltic Studies, register now: https://aabs-balticstudies.org/aabs-2026-at-uiuc/registration-and-accommodations/
New grant opportunity!
The Journal of Baltic Studies Publication Development Grant supports research and writing for an academic publication intended to be published in JBS.
Applications are due March 1: vist.ly/4s54x
Recently published online in the Journal of Baltic Studies: "Does the choice of capital structure depend on business risk? Evidence from Lithuanian family farms," by Vilija Aleknevičienė and Agnė Valkauskaitė.
Available now for JBS subscribers: https://doi.org/10.1080/01629778.2026.2621696
The Latvian Diaspora Scientists Database, an initiative led by the Latvian Ministry of Education and Science, welcomes new members: https://www.izm.gov.lv/en/article/latvias-diaspora-scientist-database-resource-unites-researchers-around-world
Nominations are due this Sunday, February 15, for the AABS Undergraduate Paper Award and biennial Book Prize!
Nominate an accomplished undergraduate: vist.ly/4rg3c
Nominate an outstanding book: vist.ly/4rg3i
Congratulations to Diāna Popova for successfully completing her AABS Birnitis Fellowship! Diāna successfully defended her dissertation, "Interpreting Dark Heritage for Children and Youth in Museums," in late 2025.
Learn more about Diāna's research: vist.ly/4r6yu
Recently published online in JBS: "Between meadows and metropolis: emotional geographies and feminist landscapes in Ivande Kaija’s novel Iedzimtais grēks (1913)," by Zita Kārkla and Eva Eglāja-Kristsone.
Now available for JBS subscribers: https://doi.org/10.1080/01629778.2026.2618215
CFP: "What Makes Literature: Redefining Realism, Poetics, and Belonging”
International conference, Riga, September 16-18, 2026.
Submissions due February 12: https://lulfmi.lv/en/news/call-for-papers-for-international-conference-what-makes-literature-redefining-realism-poetics-and-belonging-1
New grant opportunity!
The Journal of Baltic Studies Publication Development Grant supports research and writing for an academic publication intended to be published in JBS.
Applications are due March 1: vist.ly/4qq7r
Call for Nominations: the AABS Book Prize and Undergraduate Paper in Baltic Studies Award, due February 15.
Recognize your colleagues and student's excellent output by nominating them today!
Learn more about both prizes: https://aabs-balticstudies.org/awards-prizes/
Recently published open access in the Journal of Baltic Studies: "Pluralism in peril? Examining the protectionist turn in Latvian integration policy," by Gustav Lundberg.
Article available for all readers here: https://doi.org/10.1080/01629778.2025.2596801
TODAY - Deadline for AABS Grants and Fellowships
Don't miss out on opportunities to get your research funded. Apply now for a career-changing opportunity: vist.ly/4pxcj
AABS welcomes nominations for our biennial Book Prize, awarded to an outstanding English-language scholarly book in Baltic Studies. Books with a broadly historical, literary, social, or cultural significance are of particular interest.
Nominate by February 15: vist.ly/4prpk
CFA: The Baltic Studies Summer Institute 2026 is accepting applications for a summer program of intensive language study in Estonian, Latvian, or Lithuanian with highly-rated instructors.
Apply by January 30: https://languageworkshop.indiana.edu/summer-language-workshop/balssi/index.html
Recently published online in the Journal of Baltic Studies: "Understanding occupational mobility: young women transitioning to the IT industry in Latvia," by Oksana Žabko. Read now: https://doi.org/10.1080/01629778.2025.2595211
New grant opportunity!
The Journal of Baltic Studies Publication Development Grant supports research and writing for an academic publication intended to be published in JBS.
Applications are due March 1: vist.ly/4p6vi
CFA: The Baltic Studies Summer Institute 2026 is accepting applications for a summer program of intensive language study in Estonian, Latvian, or Lithuanian with highly-rated instructors.
Apply by January 30: https://languageworkshop.indiana.edu/summer-language-workshop/balssi/index.html
Want to fund your own research? Apply for one of our grants by February 1: https://aabs-balticstudies.org/2025/12/07/2026-grants-cfa/
Congratulations to Robert Lipiński for successfully completing his AABS Dissertation Grant with research on the impact of Finnish TV in Soviet-occupied Estonia! Robert used the grant to complete archival research and share his findings with a broader audience. Learn more: vist.ly/4nzvu
Do you have an undergraduate student who wrote an excellent paper in Baltic Studies? AABS is accepting nominations for papers written in 2024 or 2025 - the deadline is February 15. Submit here: vist.ly/4nrx9
Learn about our 2024 awardees: vist.ly/4nrx7
