Dear Member of the Baltic Heritage Network, You are welcome to attend the Baltic Heritage Network annual general meeting on Tuesday, June 17th, 2025 at 16.30-17.30 at the Viinistu Art Hotel (https://www.viinistu.ee), Estonia.

On July 1st at 18.00, there will be screening of the film “The Paradox of Seabrook Farms – Shattered Dreams, Restored Hopes” which tells the story of Seabrook Farms, whose multicultural workforce in the 1950s included many Estonians who fled the Soviet occupation.

The European premiere of Helga Merits’ documentary “The Paradox of Seabrook Farm: Broken Dreams, Restored Hopes” will take place on June 29 at 6:00 PM at the “Artis” cinema in Tallinn.

Vabamu, Stanford University Libraires and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Estonia invite applications for 3 fellowships for Estonian Scholars. The application deadline for the fellowships is May 19, 2025.

We are proud to present you the 50th issue of the Baltic Heritage Network newsletter. The newsletter was first issued in 2012. Since then, we have covered many events and projects which, in one way or another, serve the noble goal of preserving the Baltic diaspora heritage.

The National Archives of Estonia is calling for grant applications for projects that support the collection, preservation, and publication of Estonian cultural heritage created by expatriates or about expatriates.

The autumn edition of the Baltic Heritage Network quarterly newsletter is now available. In these pages, you will find information about our past and future events, new publications, and what is happening across the globe within the diaspora research and archive communities. We welcome your contributions. The submission deadline for the next issue is February 15, 2025. We welcome news articles, conference information, calls for papers, and new publication information. Please send articles in English with high-quality “.jpg” images to: piretnoorhani[at]gmail.com. IN THIS ISSUE:– “Free Winds” exhibition– EstoCast’s Upward Flight Continues!– VEMU Writers’ Club Turns One Year Old– Armas Maiste 95– The 105th Anniversary of the Estonian-language University of Tartu at Tartu College– High recognition to Estonian-Canadian turntablist Erik Laar– A Century of Lithuanian Artists in Chicago– Stanford University Welcomes Čekanauskas’s Book Collection– A Book Event at the National Library of Lithuania– Two Events Dedicated to Lithuanian Americans– New documentary about Estonian refugees in wartime and postwar Germany– Fighting Against Enemies of Ukraine Through Diaspora Estonian Music– The Stories of Diaspora Estonians on Vikerraadio– The family history sources of the 20th century– Book recommendations– VEMU Estonian Museum Canada’s exhibition “Our Tartu: 50 Years of Tartu College”– Bartusevičius’s Archive Arrived to the National Library of Lithuania Please click on the pdf link below to read more: https://www.balther.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/BHN_4_47_2024.pdf _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Baltic Heritage Newsletter is distributed quarterly, on-line.