Ethnic Relations in the Baltic Reconsidered
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- ISBN 9789048570447
- Weight: 910g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 31 Mar 2026
- Publisher: Pallas Publications
- Publication City/Country: NL
- Product Form: Hardback
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This collected volume offers an original perspective on the Baltic region by examining the intricate relationships between its diverse ethnic groups from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. Rather than focusing solely on national narratives or comparisons of historical development, the book analyzes ethnic relations through the lenses of identity, governance, empire, and violence. The nearly constant redrawing of geographic borders and boundaries among communities during this period destabilized fixed identities, generating novel, hybrid ways of self-identification along with a hardening of oppositions. Innovative forms of coexistence came with violent, sometimes genocidal conflicts. The contributors explore topics such as evolving senses of belonging, the impact of imperial and Soviet rule, instances of cooperation and conflict, and the legacies of historical trauma. By incorporating new sources and interdisciplinary approaches, they update traditional understandings of nations and nationalism in the Baltic region and provide insights relevant to similar regions.
Violeta Davoliūtė is Senior Researcher at the Lithuanian Institute of History and Project Leader of Facing the Past: Public History for a Stronger Europe (Horizon Europe, WIDERA program, 2022–2025).
Darius Staliūnas is Chief Researcher at the Lithuanian Institute of History and teaches at Vilnius University.
Bradley D. Woodworth is Professor of History at the University of New Haven and Baltic Studies Program Manager at Yale University.
