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NEWSLETTER NO. 1 (2) 2013 ISSN 2228-3390 A New Year and a New Book at The National IN THIS ISSUE: Library of Lithuania • Alberta’s Estonian Diaspora 2013 began with the release of a published The book was compiled by Jolanta • The World Memory Film Project bibliography of TOMAS VENCLOVA’s Budriūnienė and Jolanta Garlaitė; book • VEMU Archival Contest work – Tomas Venclova : Bibliographic artist – Elona Marija Ložytė; special editors • CLA Outstanding Service Award index (1956 – 2011). A poet, translator, – Nijolė Bliūdžiuvienė (Vilnius University) Winner literary scholar, winner of the Lithuanian and Piotr Kłoczowski (Documentation and • Tartu College Film Association National Culture and Art Prize – Tomas Polish Literature Studies Institute, Adam • Baltic Studies Curator at Stanford Venclova is one of the best-known persons Mickiewicz Museum Branch, Warsaw). of Lithuanian culture nowadays. This index • Baltic People in the UK is a testimony to the exceptional number Publication was sponsored by the Penki and diverse works of the author in areas kontinentai enterprise and the Ministry of A Note from the Editor: such as fiction, journalism, essay writing, Culture of the Republic of Lithuania. and literary criticism. Translations of T. The submission deadline for the next issue To purchase this book, please contact is May 1, 2013. We welcome news articles, Venclova’s works were published in more the head of the Lituanica Department, or conference information, calls for papers, new than twenty languages. The bibliography one of the authors Jolanta Budriūnienė publication information, and images. Please consists of nine sections, and the one ([email protected]). send articles in English with high quality called “Fiction” reflects the author’s images to: poetics. Another chapter, called “Literature Jolanta Budriūnienė Kristina Lupp about T. Venclova” is no less interesting [email protected] and informative – it presents extensive thoughts from Lithuanian and foreign authors about Venclova’s writings. This Correction: section also contains a review of Venclova’s The author for the article “Published political and social work. The book is Lithuanian Emigration Studies,” complemented with pictures of the writer published in the Baltic Heritage with famous Lithuanian and international Network Newsletter 2012, Number 1 is authors. The bibliography also embraces Viktorija Kirijakaitė. personal names, publishing places and ______alphabetical indexes. The Non-Profit Association Baltic Heritage Network was founded in Tartu on January 11, 2008. NPA BaltHerNet was established to foster cooperation between national and private archives, museums, libraries, and institutions of research, public associations and organizations collecting and studying the cultural heritage of the Baltic diaspora. It aims to facilitate the preservation and research of the historically valuable cultural property of the Baltic diaspora, as well as to ensure accessibility of these materials to the public. NPA BaltHerNet is also committed to the organising of conferences, seminars and workshops, and to developing and administrating the electronic information website Baltic Heritage Network, a multilingual electronic gateway for information on the cultural heritage of the Baltic diaspora.

The Baltic Heritage Newsletter is distributed quarterly, on-line. The newsletter is compiled and edited by Kristina Lupp. Please send all related enquiries and submissions to Kristina Lupp: The book was compiled by [email protected] Jolanta Budriūnienė and www.balthernet.net ISSN 2228-3390 Jolanta Garlaitė

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Alberta’s Estonian descendants of Estonian pioneers and later Encyclopedia. immigrants. These celebrations, coupled Diaspora The final phase of the AEHS Heritage with a visit by Estonian President Lennart Project is the “Alberta’s Estonians 1899 to Meri in 2000, provided the impetus to Present” exhibit,” consisting of six large more fully explore the cultural heritage of framed panels, nine framed historical Alberta’s Estonian community. photos, and other artifacts which tell The initial phase of the project was the story of Alberta’s Estonian pioneers captured in a 30-minute documentary and immigrants. The exhibit was on DVD entitled “Alberta’s Estonians.” It was display at the PAA and our Jaanipäev presented to audiences at the West Coast (Midsummer) celebration at Gilby Estonian Days in Los Angeles and the Hall during the first half of 2012. As of EstDocs Film Festival in Toronto in August January 19, 2013, the exhibit has been on and October, 2007, respectively. display at Tartu College’s Estonian Studies Centre in Toronto, to be followed by a A major phase of the project involved brief appearance in Ottawa tentatively the publication of a 300-page illustrated scheduled for May. The exhibit will also book “Freedom, Land & Legacy: Alberta’s be on display at the West Coast Estonian Estonians, 1899-2009.” The book tells the Days/ESTO celebration in San Francisco story of Alberta’s Estonians from the early between June 28 and July 1, 2013. pioneer era to present-day activities to preserve their cultural heritage. Many Society members, friends and Home page of “Alberta’s Estonian Heritage” granting agencies, including the Alberta, Concurrently, the availability of additional website Canadian and Estonian governments, historical material, combined with a Estonian Foundation of Canada, and desire to more fully document the cultural A recent Canada Census indicates that the Estonian (Toronto) Credit Union heritage of Alberta’s Estonians, resulted over 2,200 Albertans reported Estonian contributed to the success of the Heritage in the development of a website “Alberta’s ethnicity. The first Estonian pioneers Project. We can all take pride in this Estonian Heritage.” The website was arrived here starting in 1899 and soon accomplishment. designed and produced over several years established several settlements in the as additional information became available For further information about the central and southern regions of the from descendants of pioneer families, Heritage Project province of Alberta, established in 1905. various archives and museums in Canada Following World War II, several hundred Go to AEHS website: www.aehs.ca and and Estonia, and other sources. Estonian immigrants also found their way select Menu Option ‘Heritage.’ to Alberta and settled largely in Calgary The website provides a comprehensive The Heritage Option provides detailed and Edmonton. record of Alberta’s Estonian community information about the deliverables under the headings of History, People, Estonian pioneers and later immigrants (heritage website, book, DVD, archival Communities, Cultural Life and preserved their cultural heritage by materials) under the Heritage Project, Multimedia Resources. It can be accessed at forming societies and organizing including ordering procedures for the “www. aehs.ca”, Menu Option “Heritage.” traditional events such as Jaanipäev book and the DVD, and login addresses (Midsummer Day) and Christmas It provides detailed information about for the heritage website and the Estonian celebrations. In fact, the first Estonian the heritage website, the book, the DVD, Collection at the Provincial Archives of Independence Day celebration in Canada and archival materials under the Heritage Alberta. was held in Alberta, in 1921, by the Project, including information to order the The “Alberta’s Estonian Heritage” website Medicine Valley Estonian Society. book and the DVD. is preserved as part of the University of After a century of assimilation and All archival materials collected during Alberta’s “Archive It” site and can be changing demographics, a province- the six-year Heritage Project have been accessed directly by wide organization, the Alberta Estonian donated to the Provincial Archives of logging on to the archival site www. Heritage Society (AEHS) , was formed Alberta (PAA) in Edmonton for storage Albertasource.ca/abestonians/. “Alberta’s in 2005 to provide a focus for heritage and preservation in perpetuity. It is Estonian Heritage” website was updated at activities and events. known as the “Estonian Collection” and end of 2012. is available to interested researchers and The AEHS’s Heritage Project evolved family historians online and onsite. It can Description of the Estonian Collection of within this framework, ie - the past, be accessed on: www.hermis.alberta.ca/ materials used in the Heritage Project, stored the present and the future – and is paa. Type “AEHS” in Search box to view file at the Provincial Archives of Alberta in now complete. Three highly successful descriptions of Estonian archival materials. Edmonton, can be accessed on: www.hermis. centennial celebrations, marking the alberta.ca/paa. Type “AEHS” in Search box establishment of Estonian pioneer In late 2010, the “Alberta’s Estonian to view file descriptions of Estonian archival settlements in Alberta, raised awareness Heritage” website was collected at the materials stored at the PAA. about the fascinating history of Alberta’s request of University of Alberta using Estonian community by bringing together “Archive- It” and is part of the Heritage Dave Kiil, Eda McClung Community Foundation’s Alberta Online 2013 no.1 (2) BALTIC HERITAGE NETWORK 3

Estonians in the Call for papers Caucasus RESEARCHING AND ARCHIVING THE ESTONIANS IN AMERICA. The web site http://aule.ee/ida has been growing. The site attempts to collect and A joint symposium of the Immigration History Research Center and Baltic Heritage Network. digitise historical sources and materials Wednesday, May 15 2013 at Elmer L. Andersen Library, University of Minnesota. The concerning expatriate Estonians who symposium will bring interested parties together to share their experience, expertise and lived in the territory of the former ideas as well as map and discuss future scenarios for growth, development and cooperation Russian Empire and in Turkey. This in researching and archiving the Estonians in America. Proposals are invited on (but not includes materials such as books, articles, limited to) the following topics: archiving, history, cultural studies, literary studies, musicology, newspaper items (the earliest of which date sociology. back to the 1860s), memoirs, documents, The Immigration History Research Center at the University of Minnesota is home to the largest maps, schemes, etc. At present the web collection of archival materials about Estonians in the United States. It has become a popular site contains approximately 1.5−2 million destination for diaspora scholars and archivist alike. words of textual information, the larger part of it being about Estonians who lived Baltic Heritage Network (est. 2008) is a non-profit with a mission to foster cooperation between in the Caucasus region. national and private archives, museums, libraries, institutions of research, public associations and organizations collecting and studying the cultural heritage of the global Baltic diaspora. The web site features an online database of Estonians buried in the Caucasus area. In Abstracts of up to 500 words are welcome to be submitted by April 1, 2013 to 2012 the database was updated with new Maarja Merivoo-Parro: [email protected]. Registration is open until May 5, 2013. materials gathered in summer 2012 with support from the Compatriots Programme. 10th Conference on Baltic Studies in Europe

The World Memory Film “CULTURES, CRISES, CONSOLIDATIONS IN THE BALTIC WORLD” Project JUNE 16-19, 2013 TALLINN UNIVERSITY, ESTONIA. Together with Michael Kirtley, journalist and filmmaker from the USA, the The forthcoming conference “Cultures, Crises, Traditionally contributions analysing linguistic Unitas Foundation has launched an Consolidations in the Baltic World“ in Tallinn issues or literatures and folklore of Baltic unparalleled social experiment called is grounded in the realm of the Baltic countries countries as well as interdisciplinary and the World Memory Film Project. The and people who have experienced periods comparative studies are the integral part of the goal of the global project is to raise youth of crises throughout their history: wars and programme. Tallinn University is proud of its empowerment and awareness of crimes revolutions, plagues and famine, economic Baltic Film and Media School inviting to tackle against humanity through collecting short and demographic decline. Often enough, the exciting challenges that the recent spread personal films portraying young people’s periods of consolidation have been followed of digital equipment and drastic changes in the emotional reactions to genocidal crimes by just another form of crisis. Therefore it is media world bring to our everyday realities. committed by oppressive regimes. By the important to analyse strategies of adaptation end of 2013, a feature-length documentary Conference secretariat: Kerli Kangro and Kadri to and representation and remembering of film drawn from thousands of crowd- Eisenschmidt ([email protected]) changes throughout the history of the Baltic sourced “video stories” from various countries. As a specific focus the conference www.tlu.ee/balticstudies2013 nations will be created. looks at post-socialist cultural changes In addition, the project is going to provide and the emergence of new identities in the a modern framework where crimes Baltic communities at home and abroad, committed by communist regimes, as well particularly the transformation of everyday as other such crimes that fall outside the life in consumer society and the migration UN definition of “genocide”, are given their experiences. In addition to the historical view rightful place in world understanding of we call for particularizing current challenges human barbarity. Therefore, a new term, including democratic changes, international “xenocide”, has been created which refers to security concerns (energy and cyber security the “killing of the other“. topics) and changes in environmental aspects like climate, land use or water resources of To raise awareness on Baltic Sea regional Baltic region. Likewise contributions on history and stories from the region, and cultural and societal issues facing the Baltic to empower youth to be more active and countries like social movements, lifestyles globally minded citizens, an e-campaign and new forms of stratifications or social called Exit Xenocide is going to be exclusion, youth cultures, education and (un) launched as part of the WMFP. The aim is employment are very welcome. to collect and share video stories of severe political oppression (xenocide) related to the Baltic Sea region, and invite youth to express their opinions on xenocidal events and incidents through social media. 2013 no.1 (2) BALTIC HERITAGE NETWORK 4

contest aims to consider the daily lives of When was it in business? Describe the Canadian Estonians over the decades, like neighbourhood in which the store was food and daily chores, Estonian grocery situated. What is there now? Who were/are stores in Canada. Estonian culture is not the owners? Describe them. Describe what only preserved in fighting for Estonian the store sold and how that has changed freedom, singing and dancing, reading over time: its size, rooms and merchandise, Estonian literature, and teaching children what, how and who was it marketed the Estonian language. Culture grows to, who were the clients, who were the while eating sauerkraut and blood sausage, employees/partners. Think of some baking kringel and pirukad, and decorating colourful stories. Apart from Estonian your home with Estonian handicrafts. It grocery stores, where have you bought grows while following and understanding Estonian food? What other cuisines does the culinary traditions and consumer your family enjoy? Why? culture of our homeland. Memory institutions are important HOW TO RESEARCH WHAT TO REASEARCH: partners for the project and are invited to Entries can be submitted as written pieces cooperate in the following ways: FOOD (in Estonian or English), audio or film. • in helping to distribute the Call for Video You can also create a website/virtual Describe you family’s food habits over the Stories through their communication exhibit, or how about a documentary film. decades. What is a typical family meal channels Parents and grandparents can write down • partnering in the launch of a national today? Where did your family buy their their memories. Younger persons could Call for Video Stories food in the past and where interview their family members (mother, • partnering in running joint activities do they buy it now? Do you have any father, grandmother, grandfather, aunt, (engaging filmmaking workshops and family traditions associated with food? uncle, sister, brother), and transcribe the mentor programmes for students, What were/are typical festive meals? What interviews, or record them as audio or film international youth seminars, etc) are the traditions associated files. • in submitting videos on behalf with them? Have they changed? Be sure to look through your family photo of the organisation. Does your family have different dishes, albums. Many times you will find pictures To partner with WMFP, please contact pots, pans, ladles, and cutlery that are of the places mentioned above. Describe Uve Poom associated with your family’s history? Write the photos; write down stories that go CEO / Unitas Foundation these down! What recipes or cookbooks together with the photographs. Analyze the photographs: what does the photo +372 5017424 have been used? Does you family follow say about its time, what is no longer there any customs associated with food? (e.g. [email protected] today, what has changed, what remains. kissing your bread, don’t talk with your www.unitasfoundation.org Compare photographs of the same location mouth full, don’t waste food, and so on)? taken at different times. Preserving our History HOUSE & HOME 2013 is the year of cultural heritage Look at your family archives. Often you in Estonia. The goal of this year’s theme is What was your family’s living conditions in can find memories, journals, letters, to promote cultural issues Estonia, in displaced persons camps, their handwritten recipe books, household to the general public – to recognize that new life in Sweden, Germany, and Canada? management books and so on. Maybe culture concerns, in one way How were/are these places furnished? you have something at home that is tied or another affects each of us, and that it is Where did they buy their furnishings? to this theme: cookery books, household worthy of appreciation and preservation. Describe the home and garden. How did management and design books, café Throughout the year of cultural heritage daily life, practices and habits change? menus, grocery stores advertisements, many events will take place to explain what How are daily chores divided? Is there receipts, newspaper/magazine clippings etc. cultural heritage is, introduce a difference between men and women’s You can copy these materials, digitize them its importance and, broaden its work? When were household chores and add them to your research. We are understanding. You can read performed? Why? What rules have been looking for original archival materials in more about the year of cultural established in your home (e.g. taking your particular, like photos, recordings, films, heritage at: www.parandiaasta.ee. shoes off at the door, no whistling inside)? printed materials, and other similar things. Are any special days celebrated in your Collected materials will be preserved at In honour of the year of cultural heritage, home? How? VEMU/The Estonian Studies Centre is VEMU and will be used in an upcoming organizing the archival contest “Preserving ESTONIAN GROCERY STORES VEMU exhibit. our history.” In keeping with the motto “No Which Canadian Estonian restaurants The deadline is November 1, 2013. Please heritage without heir,” we are looking for or cafés have your family members send entries to: VEMU/Estonian Studies contributions from Canadian Estonians, visited? Describe changes in restaurant Centre, 310 Bloor Street West, Toronto, ON but in particular from children and and café culture over the years. Which M5S 1W4. To keep all entries anonymous young people, as they inherit Estonian Estonian grocery stores do/have you shop/ we ask that you choose a keyword by which culture from the previous generation. The shopped at? Where was the grocery store? to name your entry, for example “Home.”

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“Nimed marmortahvlil” (Names in Marble) will be screened. Alan Teder will introduce the film. In addition to the main film program, documentaries on the film’s production will be shown. The film evenings end with discussions over coffee and dessert. After the first month of films, viewers were asked to fill in a questionnaire to put together future programs. This introductory series of Estonian films is part of the Estonian Cultural Heritage Year program. View our photo gallery here: http://vemu.ca/index.php/en/photo-galleries#.URKnlWc-Z4o Piret Noorhani Food Studies Fellowship Do not put your name on your entry, but The first discussion group was held on The New York Public Library is offering rather your keyword. Include a separate February 2 for members of various clubs stipends of $2,000 and $4,000 to support envelope labelled with your keyword and organisations that use Tartu College’s short-term research in manuscript and and inside please include the following facilities. The Bibliography Club, the archival collections by scholars working information: name, age, address, telephone Life Stories Writing Group, the Toronto in the area of Food Studies. The Food number, and email. Estonian Heritage Society and the Estonian Studies Fellowships must take place between Studies Library were represented. Winning entries will be announced July 1, 2013 and June 30, 2014. For more November 17, 2013. Cash and book prizes Visit our photo gallery: information and application instruction go to will be awarded to the best entries! http://vemu.ca/index.php/en/events- www.nypl.org/short-term. photogalleries/329-02-veebruar-2013- Kristina Lupp New York Public Library announces vemu-jututuba-eng#.URKthGc-Z4o Food Studies Fellowship for the study Books to Estonia Piret Noorhani of manuscript recipe books and archival VEMU/The Estonian Studies Centre collections in 2013-2014. NYPL has sent 426 boxes of foreign Estonian books VEMU Introduces long been known to hold one of the most to Estonia in January. Thank you to Estonian Film Heritage important collections of material relating to everyone for their help! Thank you to the in Toronto food and drink in America. The Library’s Rahvuskaaslaste Program and to Tartu EstDocs, the Estonian documentary film collection of American, Asian, European, College for their financial contribution! festival in Toronto is very popular and over and Jewish printed cookbooks have received You can view the photo gallery at: the past few years has become one of the attention from generations of scholars. The http://vemu.ca/index.php/et/events- largest cultural events outside of Estonia. 2013-2014 Food Studies Fellowships aim to sundmused/304-raamatud-eestisse#. Since 2005, Estonian documentary films promote awareness and support research of URKqGmc-Z4o have been shown not only to the Estonian the Library’s historic manuscript holdings community, but also to Canada’s English as documentary sources in the area of food Piret Noorhani speaking public. studies and food history. Items ranging from a law passed by the New York City Common VEMU’s Permanent Exhbit Estonian films can be seen at various Council for “regulating the publick slaughter In 2013 VEMU/Estonian Studies Centre is Toronto international film festivals. This houses within the city of New York,” in 1766 organising the VEMU discussion group to does not happen very often however. to miscellaneous nineteenth century recipes understand what could be the permanent During the last 100 years Estonians have for cookery and household prescriptions exhibit in the VEMU Museum of Estonians produced many noteworthy films. The will be available to further study. Scholars abroad. We will discuss which past exhibits Tartu College Film Association made these working directly in Food Studies, or other have been the most interesting. Why? films available to the Canadian public at the disciplines including American Studies, What stories should VEMU be telling? beginning of 2013 with regular screenings anthropology, art history, history and political For who? How? What matters most to science are welcome to apply. Prospective Canadian Estonians, which themes, events, In January and February at the Tartu College auditorium, some favourite projects might include the study of cuisines organisations, people, and so on? What and eating habits of early European settlers in could be interesting for Canadians? Or for Estonian films were screened. Oscar Luts’ films “Kevade” (Spring), “Suvi” (Summer), America, constructive analysis of New York’s visitors from Estonia and abroad? We will historic food ways, or yet other unexplored look at different images of other museum and “Sügis” (Autumn) brought in a full house. The film “Viimne reliikvia” (Last possibilities resulting from closer study of exhibits. We will talk about contemporary unpublished manuscript recipe book. museology. We will invite guest speakers. Relic) was also very popular. On February 24, Estonian Independence Day, the film

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Baltic Summer Studies Institute 2013 JUNE 3 – JULY 12, 2013

The intensive Summer Language Institute six college credits, are a thorough introduction achieved and the atmosphere and facilities at will be held at the University of Pittsburgh to the basic categories of pronunciation, PITT, where BALSSI is offered side-by-side from June 3 through July 12, 2013, and will grammar, and syntax. Emphasis is placed on with the popular SLI program. Applicants for host the Baltic Summer Institute (BALSSI) the communicative competence, the active use 2013 can look forward to good opportunities for the second summer. Intensive Beginning of new structures in dialogues, unstructured for tuition scholarships and some stipends for and Intermediate Estonian, Latvian and conversation, reading, and listening this program. Lithuanian will be offered. This course is open comprehension. Website: http://www.slavic.pitt.edu/sli/ to students of any age, including juniors and The instructors, native speakers chosen for seniors in high school, undergraduate and Contact: [email protected] 412-624-5906 their experience, enthusiasm, and commitment graduate students, as well as to persons of to language teaching, ensures the high any age not currently enrolled in a college or academic quality of Pitt’s SLI program. university. Partial and full scholarship aid is Location at the University of Pittsburgh available. Apply by March 15 for scholarship campus ensures access to the latest technology, consideration. combined with a sophisticated urban setting, Attracting students from all over the U.S. with social and cultural amenities. The and Canada, the Summer Language Institute BALSSI Institute is part of the University of consistsof intensive instruction (five hours Pittsburgh’s East European Summer Language daily), allowing students to make the greatest Institute. Other languages offered include possible progress in the target language Bulgarian, Czech, Serbian/Croatian, Ukrainian, during the time available. The BALSSI Polish, Turkish, Russian, and Slovak. Study Institute includes cultural and social activities, abroad programs in Russia, Bulgaria, Slovakia, including lectures, discussion groups, and film Hungary, the Czech Republic and Poland are screenings. Guest students may choose to stay also offered in a dormitory or in a subleted apartment. Participants and instructors alike in the 2012 Beginning and Intermediate Intensive program praised the linguistic progress Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian, which carry

XIII Baltic Heritage CLA Outstanding Network Youth Service Award Winner Seminar Haven Hawley! in Siberia. Sander Jürisson had been on a The Baltic Heritage Network Youth Congratulations to the IHRC’s Haven research trip to Brazil. In his presentation, Seminar series moved to Tartu for a Hawley for being one of the recipients of “Nothing but beans and rice. Estonian pre-Christmas event. What better theme the College of Liberal Arts Outstanding adaptation to Brazilian food culture,” to choose for this seminar than food Service Awards! Every year, the college Sander talked about the food he was served – Estonian diaspora food culture and invites nominations to recognize and during his stay, and typical Brazilian meals. Christmas traditions. reward outstanding service by academic The aim of the Baltic Heritage Network professional and administrative employees The afternoon began with an introduction (BaltHerNet) youth seminars is to bring IHRC staff, Director Erika Lee, and former by Karin Kiisk, who discussed her recent together young diaspora researchers from Director Donna Gabaccia collaborated on work putting together the personal different fields of study (history, sociology, the nomination and praised Haven’s many archives of Hans Teetlaus at the Estonian cultural studies, literature, art, music and talents. The major challenge in nominating National Museum. This was followed by others): university students at bachelor’s, Haven for this award, Lee says, “was the first presentation by Annemari Põder, master’s and doctoral studies level. The choosing among her many outstanding who presented her thesis on the return of seminars also welcome university students contributions as IHRC Program Director. Siberian Estonians to Estonia. who are just beginning to look into She has consistently provided outstanding The topic of food always sparks interesting diaspora research. service, dedication, professionalism, and discussion, and while Anu Korb and vision in all of her multiple roles at the Kristina Lupp Sander Jürisson did not specifically study IHRC. As such, she exemplifies the very food culture in their research, the topic best of our center, the College, and the of food always seems to seep in. Anu University.” Congratulations to Haven! Korb, a long-time researcher of Siberian http://www.ihrc.umn.edu Estonians, introduced us to the customs and foods associated with the celebrations within Estonian communities

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Professor Brent McKenzie of the University of Guelph is the first Estonian Studies Centre (ESC) CULTIVATING Academic Research Fellow REMEMBRANCE

CULTIVATING REMEMBRANCE memory ­cultures in largest known archival collection outside europe as chances and of Estonia. challenges for education To encourage research on these matters International Conference amongst students at the University of November15 -16, ESG Muenster Guelph, the Estonian Studies Centre is establishing an annual bursary of $1,500 Following the tradition of the Peace to fund research in its archives. This treaty of 1648 in Muenster and of the bursary will be overseen by Dr. McKenzie. Latvian Gymnasium Muenster, common It is the goal of this fund to increase the remembrance can become a model participation and cooperation between the from which to learn tolerance and to two institutions. In addition, an annual communicate one’s own cultural identity stipend of $2,500 will be made available to within the European civil society. Dr. McKenzie to further his research on The conference papers demonstrate, how matters related to the ESC’s mandate. this approach can be practiced in different The Estonian Studies Centre (ESC) is This cooperative effort between the contexts: University of Guelph and the Estonian pleased to announce the appointment of • Shoa: Associate Professor Brent McKenzie of the Studies Centre is a first step to widen • Exile University of Guelph as its first Academic the exposure of the ESC’s archives to a • Diaspora Research Fellow. Dr. McKenzie is a faculty larger audience, assist students, teachers • Postwar-Trauma member in the Department of Marketing and researchers to explore the archival They underline the value of different and Consumer Studies in the College materials to be found at the ESC, and methodical approaches: of Management and Economics at the hopefully to stimulate further research • archival research University and has carried out numerous into the Estonian-Canadian diaspora experience. • media analysis research studies in the Baltic Republics of • intergenerational learning Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. His area of Dr. Brent McKenzie has been appointed • intercultural dialogue expertise is in the areas of retail service as a Fellow at the Estonian Studies Centre Contents and methods of “cultivating quality, buying behaviour, customer effective January 1, 2013 for a term of two remembrance” invite people to share loyalties and marketing strategy. years. experiences from the past to prepare an Recently Dr. McKenzie gave a lecture at the other common future. VEMU/The Estonian Studies Centre Estonian Studies Centre on Kaubamaja, a Organisation: study into a Soviet era retail department Stanford Libraries store located in Tallinn, Estonia, that names curator for Ev. Kirchenkreis Münster, Dept. for Eastern Europe Studies Ev. Forum Münster e. successfully made the transformation into Estonian, Baltic studies the market economy of the 1990’s. Future V. Lettisches Centrum Münster e. V. In 2011, Stanford Libraries announced its areas of research interest for Dr. McKenzie Evangelische Studierendengemeinde ESG unusual collaboration with the Museum include the history and traditions of manor Münster of Occupations in Tallinn, Estonia. It house distilleries in the Baltic region. also promised that it would appoint an Conference Centre: The Estonian Studies Centre is located in Estonian curator to collect and prepare ESG Muenster Breul 43 the City of Toronto and operates a 7,000 exhibitions for U.S. and Estonian 481 43 Muenster sf archive and a library consisting of ca audiences, traveling between the small 10,000 publications. The Centre’s mandate Baltic state and the United States. Conference fee: 1 00, - (Students 50, -) Euro is to collect, preserve and study the (includes accomodation, conference fee, Now it’s found her. LIISI EGLIT became culture, language and history of Estonian- catering during conference) Stanford’s assistant curator for Estonian Canadians. It employs a full-time archivist and Baltic Studies in January. She is Information and Registration: and enjoys the support of a large volunteer formerly a project manager at the National base to manage its collection. The ESC Geert Franzenburg Archives of Estonia. not only collects, catalogues and preserves An der Apostelkirche 3 481 43 Münster printed material, personal and institutional “In Estonia, we have a saying, ‘The one 0049251 -51 02851 0 documents and memoirs, but also artifacts who doesn’t remember the past lives gfranzen@kk-ekvw. de - photographs, audio- visual records, without the future,’” said Eglit. “Therefore paintings, sculptures, posters and other it’s important to know, remember and artistic creations. This legacy is the learn lessons from the rich history and”

2013 no.1 (2) BALTIC HERITAGE NETWORK 8 heritage of the Baltic states and Finland from 1941 to 1944 and the second Soviet by the war and who ended up in exile on occupation from 1944 to 1991. Through its different continents. She said she will be “providing material, exhibition of thousands of items from the assistance, contacts and information” about The two-day conference gave an three occupations and a modest research Estonia and Baltic states to interested opportunity to listen the presentations program, the museum has informed tens researchers. from the very different periods and aspects of thousands of visitors each year of the of Baltic migration in the UK. The first “My position mainly deals with four key deprivations, arrests and deportations and day concentrated more on historical words: occupation, resistance, freedom and daily control of even minute details in the matters, starting with a presentation recovery,” said Eglit. “It’s not only about everyday lives of Estonians and others in on the Victorian and Edwardian time the sad story of the Baltic states during the the Baltic region. Lithuanian community by a historian war and Soviet occupation. It’s also about, Cynthia Haven, associate director of Kęstutis Raškauskas from London. The in the last two decades, how greatly they’ve communications for Stanford University researcher from the Herder Institute, transformed themselves. Libraries Vytautas Petronis spoke about Lithuanians “It’s important not only to the Baltic states, in Scotland and challenges in researching but to the other states of the world as well. International them. Independent researcher Tina There are lessons to be learned.” conference at Tamman’s presentation was about the University of Glasgow Estonian embassy’s role in looking after the Eglit’s role will be twofold: to enhance Estonian war refugees, GU postgraduate Baltic studies at Stanford, collaborating “A Long Way from Home: The Baltic People in the student Mariana Semenyshyn compared with various partners in the United States the situation of and attitudes towards the and Estonia, and to raise the visibility of United Kingdom” Baltic and the Ukrainian EVW-s in the the Museum of Occupations worldwide. The international conference “A Long UK, Eva Eglāja-Kristsone spoke about the The effort and Eglit’s position are funded Way from Home: The Baltic People in Latvian writer in exile Guntis Zariņš and by an endowment from Walter P. and Olga the United Kingdom” was held on 7 and his tragic fate. The evening reception and Ritso Kistler. 8 February 2013 at the University of classical music concert by the musicians Glasgow. This academic event, together Among the top priorities on Eglit’s agenda of Glasgow Kelvin Ensemble was held in with the opening of the exhibition of the are digitizing video testimonies from the the university main building, followed war refugees “When the War Was Over period of Nazi and Soviet occupation that by the dinner in honour of the Baltic - European Refugees after 1945,” film are currently being conducted in Latvia ambassadors, hosted by the Vice-Principal screening, evening concert and reception and making them available at Stanford. of University of Glasgow, Professor Anne was organised with the purpose of bringing Anderson. She also hopes to bring several Estonian together researchers of Baltic migration and Baltic exhibitions to the Bay Area, and diaspora, as well as providing local The presentations on second day looked such as the one currently in Toronto titled Baltic communities an opportunity to at the different aspects of the current “Estonians in Siberia.” meet. Representatives of their embassies situation in Baltic migration. Scholars Elina in the UK, including local Estonian Apsite-Berina, David McCollum, and Dace Eglit is a graduate of the University of and German Honorary Consuls were Dzenovska tackled the problems of Latvian Tartu, Faculty of Philosophy, Institute of in attendance. Members of the Baltic migration. GU postgraduate student Inga History and Archaeology. She earned a community who entered the country Freimane spoke about the portrayal of master’s degree in Estonian history from shortly after WWII as European Voluntary Baltic people in the British media. the university, with a thesis on Estonian Workers (e.g. “Baltic Cygnets”) and their soldiers’ war experience during World War The conference was finished by the poster descendants, as well as Balts who migrated I. She is currently working on her PhD in session: Anna-Cara Keim, a postgraduate to the UK after the EU enlargement were the same department. student from London School of Economics also present. introduced an interesting cross-cultural “We are delighted that Liisi comes to The opening of this event was held in the project on the Baltic Sea Region “Crossing Stanford extremely well prepared for University Memorial Chapel. The director the Baltic.” The expert on Estonian exile this exciting opportunity,” said Stanford of CRCEES, Mr Richard Berry opened literature, Anne Valmas’s poster gave an University Librarian MICHAEL KELLER. the exhibition of DPs, which is based on a overview of Estonian publishing activities “This new position demands someone with research project, conducted by historians in the UK, Maarja Merivoo-Parro from a deep sense of Estonia’s and the Baltics’ at the universities of Nottingham and Tallinn University introduced several history as well as a range of professional Manchester, on population displacement materials on Estonians in the UK, which skills to keep that history alive and vivid, and resettlement after the Second World are held in Minnesota archival collection. both here and in the region.” War. Estonian ambassador, HE Aino Lepik Lea Kreinin had prepared a poster about The former Estonian refugee, Dr. OLGA von Wirén gave a short talk about the Estonian intellectual Rene Beermann, who KISTLER, founded the Museum of Estonians in exile and Estonians abroad. worked at Glasgow University. Occupations in 2003, at the request of A documentary film by Helga Merits The two-day event ended with hopes to the Estonian government. The museum “Class of 1943. Remember us when we are organise a similar event in the future, documents the three occupations of gone” (2012) was shown. This film tells a perhaps next year in London. Estonia: the first Soviet occupation from sad story of a generation of Estonian men 1940 to 1941, the German occupation whose destiny was strongly influenced Lea Kreinin, organiser

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