Monthly Archives: May 2016

VEMU’s Third Jane’s Walk Introduced the Bloor St. Culture Corridor

On 6 May, Eric Sehr led the third VEMU Jane’s Walk titled “From the ROM to VEMU: Exploring institutions, architecture, and stories of Toronto’s Bloor St. Culture Corridor”.

Read more May 20, 2016

A Busy Spring of Visitors at VEMU

This spring VEMU has had a number of researchers come visit the archives. Each one has had a different project to work on; some of them are collaborative projects with VEMU.

Nancy Bush Handicraft Workshop at VEMU in Toronto

Nancy Bush is a well-known and highly respected American handicraft artist with a special interest in Estonian knitting traditions.

Read more May 3, 2016

End of the Road

When I embarked on a PhD ten years ago, I had no idea how much I would grow to love archives and how one thing would lead to another. I completed my research in 2010, it was then published as a book (“The Last Ambassador: August Torma, Soldier, Diplomat, Spy”, 2011), but things did not stop there.

Read more May 2, 2016

The Lithuanian Project “Conversations about Emigration” To Be Presented at IFLA

An educational project “Conversations about Emigration”, carried out by the National Library of Lithuania last year will be presented at the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) conference held in Columbus, Ohio, 13-19 August 2016.

A Third Seminar for Young Diaspora Researchers

The Lithuanian Studies Research Department (former Lituanica Department) of the National Library of Lithuania hosted the third interdisciplinary seminar for young diaspora researchers on 28 April 2016. This year, the event took place at the Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences.

Read more May 1, 2016

The 25th AABS Conference in Philadelphia

From 26-28, the Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies (AABS) hosted its celebratory 25th conference at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Over 200 guests came together from over 100 different institutions and 15 countries.