Monthly Archives: May 2025

Lithuanian Diaspora Researchers Gathered for the Tenth Time

In the middle of May, for the tenth year, Lithuanian diaspora researchers gathered at the National Library of Lithuania. The seminar, organized annually (with only one exception during the COVID pandemic) in the spring, was attended by researchers from the Vytautas Magnus University, Vilnius University, the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theater, the Lithuanian Institute of History, and the organizer of the event, National Library of Lithuania.

Read more May 30, 2025
Estonian Music Week Achieves Its Most Ambitious Festival Year Yet

In the contented warmth of Arvo Pärt’s “Morning Star,” the concluding notes rang out, like a surge of electricity through a brightening lightbulb. The sun had set on the last day of 2025’s Estonian Music Week, and yet, there was a glow in the sanctum of the church. An exhilarating voyage was complete.

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An occupation-themed exhibition of three Baltic States opened at the UN Headquarters in New York

On 12 May, Estonia, in cooperation with Latvia and Lithuania, opened an exhibition entitled Lessons of World War II. The Baltic Way to UN Membership at the UN Headquarters in New York, aimed at raising awareness of the crimes committed by the Communist regime of the Soviet Union (USSR).

Read more May 14, 2025
How to Describe an Elephant: Memories from the Largest Baltic Studies Conference in Europe of All Time

England in spring is beautiful, it’s in bloom and full of greenery. The 16th Conference on Baltic Studies in Europe (CBSE) “Converging Paths: The Baltic Between East and West” took place in Cambridge from April 24th-26th, organised by the Baltic Program of the Centre for Geopolitics at the University of Cambridge and the AABS network. As in previous years, the CBSE conference covered a wide range of topics, bringing together scholars from different disciplines and career stages from all over the world that research the Baltic region.

Read more May 13, 2025
2026 Fellowships at Stanford University

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.

Read more May 8, 2025
The Estonian Institute of Historical Memory organizes an annual summer school for young people of Estonian heritage.

This year, the Summer School for Students with Estonian Roots will take place from 3 to 8 August 2025.

Read more May 2, 2025