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The Lithuanian Research and Studies Center’s 30th year anniversary exhibition and celebration will be held on March 24, 2013 Sunday 12:30 p.m. at the Lithuanian Youth Center’s Ciurlionis Gallery 5600 S. Claremont Ave., Chicago ,IL 60636.

Read the article “A Conference of the Baltic Heritage Network in Tartu, Estonia” from journal Slavic & East European Information Resources (Volume 14, Issue 1, 2013.) HERE!    

The Baltic Heritage Network was saddened to learn of the death of BaltHerNet Honorary Member Elmar Tampõld. Elmar Tampõld died in Toronto on March 7, 2013 after 92 eventful and well lived years.

More diplomats working with the diaspora, support for weekend schools, and cooperation in researching and preserving exile culture are among plans put forth in a just-released report from the Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Congratulations to the Immigration History Research Center´s Haven Hawley for being one of the recipients of the College of Liberal Arts Outstanding Service Awards!

In 2011, Stanford Libraries announced its unusual collaboration with the Museum of Occupations in Tallinn, Estonia. It also promised that it would appoint an Estonian curator to collect and prepare exhibitions for U.S. and Estonian audiences, traveling between the small Baltic state and the United States.

The Estonian Studies Centre (ESC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Associate Professor Brent McKenzie of the University of Guelph as its first Academic Research Fellow.

The intensive Summer Language Institute will be held at the University of Pittsburgh from June 3 through July 12, 2013, and will host the Baltic Summer Institute (BALSSI) for the second summer.

EstDocs, the Estonian documentary film festival in Toronto is very popular and over the past few years has become one of the largest cultural events outside of Estonia. Since 2005, Estonian documentary films have been shown not only to the Estonian community, but also to Canada’s English speaking public.

In 2013 VEMU/Estonian Studies Centre is organising the VEMU discussion group to understand what could be the permanent exhibit in the VEMU – Museum of Estonians abroad.