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- Baltic Sea Region Studies, Cultures of remembrance, East-Central European History, History of East Prussia, History of Memelgebiet and Prussian Lithuania, Modern Lithuanian History, and 25 moreCommemoration and Memory, Memory Studies, History of Klaipėda, Identity (Culture), Politics of History, East Prussia, History of Ideas, Nationalism, National Identity, Contemporary History, Politics of Memory, Foundational Myths, Lithuanian Nationalism, Remembrance, War Memorials, Ethnicity, Holocaust, First World War, Remembrance, memorialisation and commemoration of the First World War, Nordic Studies, Scandinavian history, Scandinavian Studies, Begriffsgeschichte, History of the Baltic Sea Region, and Baltic Studiesedit
- Dr Vasilijus Safronovas is a research professor at the Institute of Baltic Region History and Archaeology of Klaipėda... moreDr Vasilijus Safronovas is a research professor at the Institute of Baltic Region History and Archaeology of Klaipėda University, Lithuania. He has published widely on issues of memory, identity, nationalism, mental geography, conceptual history, and cultural contact. His list of publications includes several books and over forty articles in professional journals and collected volumes published in Lithuanian, Polish, German, French, Russian, and English. Safronovas is also the editor or co-editor of twelve collected volumes. From 2015 to 2018, he led the research group on the First World War memory in East Prussia and Lithuania at Klaipėda University. From June 2018, he has been head of the Institute of Baltic Region History and Archaeology of Klaipėda University.edit
Since the times of the Prussian philosopher and naturalist Wilhelm von Humboldt, the Curonian Spit has been called a woodland paradise, the gem of the kingdom of dunes, and a wonder of nature. The Berlin journalist Otto Glagau was the... more
Since the times of the Prussian philosopher and naturalist Wilhelm von Humboldt, the Curonian Spit has been called a woodland paradise, the gem of the kingdom of dunes, and a wonder of nature. The Berlin journalist Otto Glagau was the first to describe it as ‘the East Prussian Sahara’ in 1868. It was subsequently called ‘the Northern Sahara’. In 1923 it became the ‘Lithuanian Sahara’ to the Lithuanian publicist Juozas Pronskus. And in 1932, Petras Babickas, another Lithuanian journalist and traveller, described it as ‘the Lithuanian amber coast’. For most authors, the spit was valuable primarily because of its beautiful landscape. But why do we call it ‘Curonian’? Who were, and are, its inhabitants? What are the stories surrounding the settlement of the peninsula? We are invited here to reconsider the prevailing images, and see the peninsula as a place of constant migration, an area that was almost completely depopulated as a consequence of the Second World War, and the resettlement of which was exceptional in the postwar Lithuanian context.
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The monograph aims to provide an answer to the question what configurations and transformations the same phenomenon, giving meaning to different war experiences, acquires under the different social and political conditions characterising... more
The monograph aims to provide an answer to the question what configurations and transformations the same phenomenon, giving meaning to different war experiences, acquires under the different social and political conditions characterising the two regions, Lithuania and East Prussia.
Research Interests: Military History, Baltic Studies, Baltic Sea Region Studies, Great War, Memory Studies, and 14 moreCommemoration and Memory, World War I, First World War, Lithuanian History, Memories and Experiences of War, Cultural History of the First World War, Ww1 War Graves, Great War 1914-18, East Prussia, Military history - WW1, History of East Prussia, Modern Lithuanian History, History of the Baltic Sea Region, and Former Territory of Eastern Prussia
The historiography of the First World War usually portrays the Lithuanians as affected by the external forces of the war, considering that the most important (if not the sole) manifestations of autonomous Lithuanian action were their... more
The historiography of the First World War usually portrays the Lithuanians as affected by the external forces of the war, considering that the most important (if not the sole) manifestations of autonomous Lithuanian action were their political activity and the subsequent proclamation of independence. Questions such as how Lithuanians experienced and reflected this war, what social changes it inspired, and how it was seen later, have so far essentially remained outside the bounds of historical analysis. This volume of Acta Historica Universitatis Klaipedensis elaborates several less-known meanings attributed to the First World War (or the Great War, as it was called throughout the interwar period) in Lithuanian society. It discusses the Lithuanian experience in the war, changes in roles that took place because of the war, the efforts of war veterans to protect and consolidate their status, and the imprint that the war left on social relations, culture and memories in interwar Lithuania. The volume includes a bibliography of publications about the Great War that were either published in or are relevant to Lithuania in the period 1914 to 1945.
Research Interests: Baltic Studies, Baltic Sea Region Studies, Great War, Memory Studies, Commemoration and Memory, and 8 moreWorld War I, First World War, Lithuanian History, Cultural History of the First World War, Great War 1914-18, Modern Lithuanian History, History of the Baltic Sea Region, and Remembrance, memorialisation and commemoration of the First World War
This book is essential reading on the spatial concepts that two erstwhile neighboring cultures, Lithuanian and German, once associated with one physical space—a Lithuanian region in Prussia. Covering a period of five centuries, the author... more
This book is essential reading on the spatial concepts that two erstwhile neighboring cultures, Lithuanian and German, once associated with one physical space—a Lithuanian region in Prussia. Covering a period of five centuries, the author explores how, when, and, most importantly, why these concepts have been developed and transformed, regulating the spatial imagination of several generations. The study focuses on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, presenting the narratives, representations, and geographic conceptions of the region that existed in these two national cultures. The volume shows how knowledge about " their own " space ended up serving as a tool for both Lithuanian and German political aspirations and how it challenged the spatial concepts about this area in the previous century.
Research Interests: History of Ideas, German History, Baltic Studies, Identity (Culture), Nationalism, and 21 moreHistory of concepts, Baltic Sea Region Studies, National Identity, Mental Maps, Space, Lithuanian History, German Nationalism, Territoriality, Begriffsgeschichte, Prussian History, Lithuania, East Prussia, Mental Geography - Space perception, Spatial Concepts, History and Territorial Claim, History of East Prussia, History of Memelgebiet and Prussian Lithuania, Lithuanian Nationalism, History of the Baltic Sea Region, Appropriation of Space, and Identity and Space
Pasitelkus šiuolaikines istoriografines koncepcijas ir teorines prieigas, monografijoje analizuojama Lietuvos regiono Prūsijoje erdvinių vaizdinių kaita nuo XVI iki XX amžiaus. Tyrimas fokusuojamas į su šiuo regionu susijusių erdvinių... more
Pasitelkus šiuolaikines istoriografines koncepcijas ir teorines prieigas, monografijoje analizuojama Lietuvos regiono Prūsijoje erdvinių vaizdinių kaita nuo XVI iki XX amžiaus. Tyrimas fokusuojamas į su šiuo regionu susijusių erdvinių sampratų konstravimą lietuvių ir vokiečių nacionalinėse kultūrose.
Remiantis Lietuvos, Vokietijos ir kt. šalių bibliotekose bei archyvuose surinkta medžiaga, nagrinėjama, kaip buvo sureikšminama ir reprezentuojama Lietuva dviejose kaimyninėse nacionalinėse kultūrose ilgajame XIX amžiuje ir kaip reikšmės apie Lietuvą buvo reprezentuojamos fizinėje erdvėje. Analizuojamas skirtingai sureikšmintos Lietuvos ribų klausimas, įvardijant pagrindinius veiksnius, dariusius įtaką tų ribų kaitai. Knygoje aiškinamasi, koks santykis klostėsi tarp dviejų fizinės erdvės nacionalizavimo variantų bei kaip XX amžiuje keitėsi ilgajame XIX šimtmetyje sukurtos reikšmių
sistemos apie Lietuvos erdvę Rytų Prūsijoje.
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sistemos apie Lietuvos erdvę Rytų Prūsijoje.
Research Interests: History of Ideas, German History, Baltic Studies, Identity (Culture), Nationalism, and 21 moreHistory of concepts, Baltic Sea Region Studies, National Identity, Mental Maps, Space, Lithuanian History, German Nationalism, Territoriality, Begriffsgeschichte, Prussian History, Lithuania, East Prussia, Mental Geography - Space perception, Spatial Concepts, History and Territorial Claim, History of East Prussia, History of Memelgebiet and Prussian Lithuania, Lithuanian Nationalism, History of the Baltic Sea Region, Identity and Space, and Appropration of Spaces
Wenige Städte haben ein Schicksal erlitten wie das ostpreußische Memel/Klaipeda im 20. Jahrhundert. Die Stadt an der Memel gehörte in den vergangenen 100 Jahren zum Deutschen Reich (bis 1920, 1939–1945), zur Republik Litauen (1923–1939),... more
Wenige Städte haben ein Schicksal erlitten wie das ostpreußische Memel/Klaipeda im 20. Jahrhundert. Die Stadt an der Memel gehörte in den vergangenen 100 Jahren zum Deutschen Reich (bis 1920, 1939–1945), zur Republik Litauen (1923–1939), zur Sowjetunion (1945–1990) und schließlich wieder zu Litauen. Die wechselvolle Geschichte führte dazu, dass verschiedene Staaten, Nationen und politische Systeme ihren Anspruch auf die Stadt auch ideologisch zu untermauern suchten. Hieraus entstanden differente, ja meist konträre Identitätskonstrukte, die immer darauf abzielten, die Zugehörigkeit Memels/Klaipedas zur eigenen Kultur, Nation oder Weltanschauung zu dokumentieren.
Vasilijus Safronovas ist in seiner mehrfach ausgezeichneten litauischsprachigen Untersuchung eine beeindruckende plastische Darstellung dieser Identitätsideologien gelungen. Das vorliegende Buch leistet nicht nur einen wichtigen Neuansatz für die Geschichte der Stadt Memel/Klaipeda, sondern darüber hinaus wird deutlich, wie sehr die Suche nach und die Konstruktion von Identitäten historische Entwicklungen (mit)bestimmt. Safronovas arbeitet die von deutschen, litauischen und sowjetischen Intellektuellen und nationalen Dogmatikern entwickelten Aneignungsstrategien heraus, analysiert sie und ordnet sie in eine fast 100-jährige historische Entwicklung ein. Seine Untersuchung bietet einen methodologischen Ansatz, der für weitere Städte an der Ostsee nutzbringend Anwendung finden kann.
Für die deutsche Fassung wurde das litauische Original vom Autor überarbeitet und aktualisiert.
Vasilijus Safronovas ist in seiner mehrfach ausgezeichneten litauischsprachigen Untersuchung eine beeindruckende plastische Darstellung dieser Identitätsideologien gelungen. Das vorliegende Buch leistet nicht nur einen wichtigen Neuansatz für die Geschichte der Stadt Memel/Klaipeda, sondern darüber hinaus wird deutlich, wie sehr die Suche nach und die Konstruktion von Identitäten historische Entwicklungen (mit)bestimmt. Safronovas arbeitet die von deutschen, litauischen und sowjetischen Intellektuellen und nationalen Dogmatikern entwickelten Aneignungsstrategien heraus, analysiert sie und ordnet sie in eine fast 100-jährige historische Entwicklung ein. Seine Untersuchung bietet einen methodologischen Ansatz, der für weitere Städte an der Ostsee nutzbringend Anwendung finden kann.
Für die deutsche Fassung wurde das litauische Original vom Autor überarbeitet und aktualisiert.
Research Interests: Discourse Analysis, Communication, Soviet History, Contemporary History, Identity (Culture), and 9 moreNationalism, National Identity, Commemoration and Memory, Interwar Period History, Cultures of remembrance, History of Klaipėda, History of Memelgebiet and Prussian Lithuania, Identity ideologies, and Competition of identities
Research Interests: Discourse Analysis, Communication, Soviet History, Contemporary History, Identity (Culture), and 9 moreNationalism, National Identity, Commemoration and Memory, Interwar Period History, Cultures of remembrance, History of Klaipėda, History of Memelgebiet and Prussian Lithuania, Identity ideologies, and Competition of identities
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An interview with the historian Étienne François – a well-known expert on issues of memory and the cultures of remembrance in the field of European and especially German and French history, and the founder of the Centre Marc Bloch... more
An interview with the historian Étienne François – a well-known expert on issues of memory and the cultures of remembrance in the field of European and especially German and French history, and the founder of the Centre Marc Bloch (Franco-German Research Centre for the Social Sciences) in Berlin. Here, we speak with Professor François about remembrance of the First World War in Europe. The interview took place at the 19th International Thomas Mann Festival ‘The Breakthrough of Conscience’, the second of the five-year cycle of international cultural festivals ‘The Legacy of Modernity. One Hundred Years after the Great War’, that took place in Nida (Lithuania) in July 2015.
Research Interests: Great War, Commemoration and Memory, Lieux de memoire, World War I, First World War, and 7 moreRemembrance, Politics of Memory, Great War 1914-18, Sites of memory, Cultures of remembrance, Places of memory (les lieux de mémoire), and Remembrance, memorialisation and commemoration of the First World War
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Book review PODEHL, Markus. Architektura Kaliningrada. Wie aus Konigsberg Kaliningrad wurde (Materialen zur Kunst, Kultur und Geschichte Ostmitteleuropas, Bd. 1). Marburg: Verlag Herder-Institut, 2012. – 420 S. ISBN 978-3-87969-375-7
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Book reviews Geschichte, Politik und Kultur im Ostseeraum (The Baltic Sea Region: Northern Dimensions – European Perspectives, Bd. 12). Hrsg. von Jan HECKEL-STAMPEHL, Bernd HENNINGSEN. Berlin: Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag, 2012. – 252 S.... more
Book reviews Geschichte, Politik und Kultur im Ostseeraum (The Baltic Sea Region: Northern Dimensions – European Perspectives, Bd. 12). Hrsg. von Jan HECKEL-STAMPEHL, Bernd HENNINGSEN. Berlin: Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag, 2012. – 252 S. ISBN 978-3-8305-1768-9 GRZECHNIK, Marta. Regional Histories and Historical Regions. The Concept of the Baltic Sea Region in Polish and Swedish Historiographies (Geschichte, Erinnerung, Politik. Posener Studien zur Geschichts-, Kultur- und Politikwissenschaft, Bd. 3). Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2012. – 186 pp. ISBN 978-3-631-63172-0; ISSN 2191-3528
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Today in Lithuania, the day of the establishment of the modern nation-state is celebrated on 16 February. It is well known that the origins of this celebration go back to the period before the Second World War. However, historians have... more
Today in Lithuania, the day of the establishment of the modern nation-state is celebrated on 16 February. It is well known that the origins of this celebration go back to the period before the Second World War. However, historians have stated for some time now that in the 1920s, in addition to 16 February, there was another day that was also known as the National Day: 15 May. An attempt is made here for the first time to look at the two celebrations as alternatives set by political competition. The author seeks to find explanations why some politicians wanted to see 15 May as a counterbalance to 16 February, and examines whether this was influenced by their different experiences and different views as to what constituted the starting point of the independent Lithuanian state.
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Who fought for national freedom? On the significance of the Great War in interwar LithuaniaEven though the First World War was caused by tension in the east of Europe, not so long ago, quite a number of historians, as if repeating the... more
Who fought for national freedom? On the significance of the Great War in interwar LithuaniaEven though the First World War was caused by tension in the east of Europe, not so long ago, quite a number of historians, as if repeating the words of Winston Churchill, tended to portray the Eastern Front in Europe as an “unknown war”. Not only was the war in the east little known, but the remembrance of the war in Eastern Europe remains little investigated. Lithuania is one of the countries in the region where for a long time nothing was known about the remembrance of the Great War. Many historians argued that this kind of remembrance simply did not exist. The article invites us to reconsider this statement by paying attention to the question of how the merits of different actors in the struggle for national freedom were interpreted and represented in interwar Lithuania. Instead of painting a monolithic picture of Lithuania, the article proposes to look at its society as a fragmented const...
Research Interests: History, Political Science, Baltic Studies, Baltic Sea Region Studies, Great War, and 15 moreMemory Studies, Commemoration and Memory, Collective Memory, World War I, First World War, Lithuanian History, Politics of History, Politics of Memory, nothing, Cultures of remembrance, Modern Lithuanian History, Lithuanian Nationalism, History of the Baltic Sea Region, Ideas of freedom, and Interwar Period
Today in Lithuania, the day of the establishment of the modern nation-state is celebrated on 16 February. It is well known that the origins of this celebration go back to the period before the Second World War. However, historians have... more
Today in Lithuania, the day of the establishment of the modern nation-state is celebrated on 16 February. It is well known that the origins of this celebration go back to the period before the Second World War. However, historians have stated for some time now that in the 1920s, in addition to 16 February, there was another day that was also known as the National Day: 15 May. An attempt is made here for the first time to look at the two celebrations as alternatives set by political competition. The author seeks to find explanations why some politicians wanted to see 15 May as a counterbalance to 16 February, and examines whether this was influenced by their different experiences and different views as to what constituted the starting point of the independent Lithuanian state.
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Even though the First World War was caused by tension in the east of Europe, not so long ago, quite a number of historians, as if repeating the words of Winston Churchill, tended to portray the Eastern Front in Europe as an “unknown war”.... more
Even though the First World War was caused by tension in the east of Europe, not so long ago, quite a number of historians, as if repeating the words of Winston Churchill, tended to portray the Eastern Front in Europe as an “unknown war”. Not only was the war in the east little known, but the remembrance of the war in Eastern Europe remains little investigated. Lithuania is one of the countries in the region where for a long time nothing was known about the remembrance of the Great War. Many historians argued that this kind of remembrance simply did not exist. The article invites us to reconsider this statement by paying attention to the question of how the merits of different actors in the struggle for national freedom were interpreted and represented in interwar Lithuania. Instead of painting a monolithic picture of Lithuania, the article proposes to look at its society as a fragmented construct, whose different parts offered a rather ambiguous answer to the question.
Research Interests: Baltic Studies, Baltic Sea Region Studies, Great War, Memory Studies, Commemoration and Memory, and 14 moreCollective Memory, World War I, First World War, Lithuanian History, East-Central European History, Politics of History, Politics of Memory, Great War 1914-18, Cultures of remembrance, Modern Lithuanian History, Lithuanian Nationalism, History of the Baltic Sea Region, Ideas of freedom, and Remembrance, memorialisation and commemoration of the First World War
Research Interests: Baltic Studies, Baltic Sea Region Studies, Great War, Commemoration and Memory, World War I, and 9 moreFirst World War, Lithuanian History, Cultural History of the First World War, Politics of Memory, Great War 1914-18, Modern Lithuanian History, History of the Baltic Sea Region, Remembrance, memorialisation and commemoration of the First World War, and Ober Ost
The bibliography presented here aims to record both publications about the Great War which appeared in Lithuania and printed material about the Lithuanian experience (or Lithuania in general) during the First World War. The list includes... more
The bibliography presented here aims to record both publications about the Great War which appeared in Lithuania and printed material about the Lithuanian experience (or Lithuania in general) during the First World War. The list includes publications that came out before the end of the Second World War.
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Imperijų žlugimą paprastai suvokiame kaip esminį postūmį buvusių „pavergtųjų tautų“ valstybėms susikurti Vidurio Rytų Europoje. Klausimas, kaip buvę imperijų pavaldiniai šiame kontekste transformavosi į nacionalinių valstybių piliečius,... more
Imperijų žlugimą paprastai suvokiame kaip esminį postūmį buvusių „pavergtųjų tautų“ valstybėms susikurti Vidurio Rytų Europoje. Klausimas, kaip buvę imperijų pavaldiniai šiame kontekste transformavosi į nacionalinių valstybių piliečius, dažniausiai atskleidžiamas per nacionalinių sąjūdžių puoselėtų idealų įgyvendinimo perspektyvą. Visgi ne visi šie piliečiai buvo vienodai pasirengę atsisveikinti su imperijų palikimu. Ypač jis slėgė tuos, kurie transformaciją paspartinusiais Didžiojo karo metais patyrė fizinių ir / ar materialių nuostolių bei tikėjosi, kad jie bus kompensuoti. Straipsnyje analizuojama, kaip šis klausimas spręstas Klaipėdos krašte – teritorijoje, kurios gyventojai dėl Pirmojo pasaulinio karo rezultatų atsidūrė tarp dviejų valstybių – Lietuvos ir Vokietijos.
Research Interests: War Studies, Baltic Studies, Baltic Sea Region Studies, Great War, World War I, and 11 moreFirst World War, Social History, Lithuanian History, Trauma, War and Disaster, Great War 1914-18, East Prussia, War and Disability, History of East Prussia, Modern Lithuanian History, History of Memelgebiet and Prussian Lithuania, and History of the Baltic Sea Region
Straipsnyje analizuojamas Pirmojo pasaulinio karo atminimas ir šiam karui iki 1939 m. teikta reikšmė vienintelėje tarpukario Vokietijos teritorijoje, kurią karo veiksmai palietė tiesiogiai - Rytų Prūsijoje ir nuo jos 1920 m. atskirtame... more
Straipsnyje analizuojamas Pirmojo pasaulinio karo atminimas ir šiam karui iki 1939 m. teikta reikšmė vienintelėje tarpukario Vokietijos teritorijoje, kurią karo veiksmai palietė tiesiogiai - Rytų Prūsijoje ir nuo jos 1920 m. atskirtame Klaipėdos krašte. Atskleidžiamos įvairios mūšių, karo aukų įprasminimo formos, karui atminti skirti ritualai, jo reikšmių perteikimas paminkluose, toponimikoje, vaizduose, muziejų ekspozicijose, vadovėliuose. Nagrinėjamos politinių ir socialinių aktorių pastangos skirtingais tikslais viešai eksploatuoti įvairias karui suteiktas reikšmes.
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The paper examines the evolution of Lithuania’s spatial conception in the German-language discourse during and after the First World War. Before the war, “Lithuania” was usually seen as a part of German territory, i.e. one of the... more
The paper examines the evolution of Lithuania’s spatial conception in the German-language discourse during and after the First World War. Before
the war, “Lithuania” was usually seen as a part of German territory, i.e. one of the regions in East Prussia. Later, however, the existence of Prussian Lithuania was half-forgotten, as attention shifted to Lithuania as an area of the (former) Russian Empire. The paper connects the beginning of this process of the “title relocation” with the march of the German Army into Russia during the First World War. It was the “Great Retreat” and its aftermath that opened the existence of “another” Lithuania to Germans and encouraged them to concentrate their attention to it. In 1915–1918, in the occupied area called the Ober Ost, a gradual territorialisation of “Lithuania” took place. Although it was carried out by purely administrative decisions, the territorialisation was increasingly masked by ethnographic criteria. This was a way to demonstrate the exclusivity of the territory since it was certainly not to be treated as Poland. These German policies in the Ober Ost area stimulated the consolidation of the Lithuanian nation-state. When the founders of Lithuanian national state, however, began to lay claims to Prussian Lithuania, the conception of “Lithuania” as a region in Prussia was challenged. Consequently, the article suggests that, in the early 20th century, not only the implementation of Lithuanian national aspirations, but also the German attempts to prevent them levelled the diversity of the concepts of Lithuania that characterised the long 19th century.
the war, “Lithuania” was usually seen as a part of German territory, i.e. one of the regions in East Prussia. Later, however, the existence of Prussian Lithuania was half-forgotten, as attention shifted to Lithuania as an area of the (former) Russian Empire. The paper connects the beginning of this process of the “title relocation” with the march of the German Army into Russia during the First World War. It was the “Great Retreat” and its aftermath that opened the existence of “another” Lithuania to Germans and encouraged them to concentrate their attention to it. In 1915–1918, in the occupied area called the Ober Ost, a gradual territorialisation of “Lithuania” took place. Although it was carried out by purely administrative decisions, the territorialisation was increasingly masked by ethnographic criteria. This was a way to demonstrate the exclusivity of the territory since it was certainly not to be treated as Poland. These German policies in the Ober Ost area stimulated the consolidation of the Lithuanian nation-state. When the founders of Lithuanian national state, however, began to lay claims to Prussian Lithuania, the conception of “Lithuania” as a region in Prussia was challenged. Consequently, the article suggests that, in the early 20th century, not only the implementation of Lithuanian national aspirations, but also the German attempts to prevent them levelled the diversity of the concepts of Lithuania that characterised the long 19th century.
Research Interests: Baltic Studies, Baltic Sea Region Studies, Great War, Mental Maps, World War I, and 14 moreFirst World War, Lithuanian History, Begriffsgeschichte, German occupation policies, Mental Geography - Space perception, Spatial Concepts, History and Territorial Claim, Territory and Territorialization Processes, Modern Lithuanian History, History of Memelgebiet and Prussian Lithuania, History of the Baltic Sea Region, German Occupation In the Baltics, BegriffsGeschichte(Conceptual History), and Ober Ost
German summary of the monograph „Nacionalinių erdvių konstravimas daugiakultūriame regione: Prūsijos Lietuvos atvejis“ (Vilnius, 2015) published as a separate paper in „Annaberger Annalen“ (vol. 24/2016). The monograph is also available... more
German summary of the monograph „Nacionalinių erdvių konstravimas daugiakultūriame regione: Prūsijos Lietuvos atvejis“ (Vilnius, 2015) published as a separate paper in „Annaberger Annalen“ (vol. 24/2016). The monograph is also available in English: “The Creation of National Spaces in a Pluricultural Region: The Case of Prussian Lithuania” (Boston: Academic Studies Press, 2016).
Research Interests: History of Ideas, German History, Baltic Studies, Identity (Culture), Nationalism, and 21 moreHistory of concepts, Baltic Sea Region Studies, National Identity, Mental Maps, Space, Lithuanian History, German Nationalism, Territoriality, Begriffsgeschichte, Prussian History, Lithuania, East Prussia, Mental Geography - Space perception, Spatial Concepts, History and Territorial Claim, History of East Prussia, History of Memelgebiet and Prussian Lithuania, Lithuanian Nationalism, History of the Baltic Sea Region, Appropriation of Space, and Identity and Space
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Research Interests: Russian Nationalism, Baltic Sea Region Studies, National Identity, East-Central European History, Russian and Lithuanian Area Studies, and 10 moreEast Prussia, Kaliningrad, Territorial conflicts, History of East Prussia, History of Klaipėda, Modern Lithuanian History, Lithuanian Nationalism, Appropriation of Space, Territorial Claims, and Modern Russian History
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Vytautas Žalys, Lietuvos diplomatijos istorija 1925–1940 metais, II tomas, pirmoji dalis, Vilnius: leidykla „Edukologija“, 2012, 380 p. ISBN 978-9955-20-801-3/Idem, Lietuvos diplomatijos istorija 1925–1940 metais, II tomas, antroji dalis, Vilnius: leidykla „Edukologija“, 2012, 376 p. ISBN 978-995...more