In 2017, the circle of preservers of the heritage of Estonians abroad celebrated 10 years since their first summer meeting. The meeting spot from June 26th – 29th was the same as the first meeting in 2007 at the Võru county Koke Guesthouse.
VEMU had a very eventful and busy spring season.
Registration is open until June 12th for the BaltHerNet 7th summer school, which takes place from June 26th-29th in Tartu and Võrumaa at the Koke Tourism Resort.
The 2018 AABS Conference at Stanford University will celebrate two important milestones – the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies (AABS) and the 100th anniversary of independence for the Baltic republics of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
Second life of heritage collections – management and use of audiovisual content The 14th BAAC annual conference will be held from October 11th to 13th 2017 in Warsaw, Poland. The conference will be hosted by Polish National Film Archive – Audiovisual Institute.
On 16-17 August, 2017, National Library of Lithuania will host the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) Satellite Meeting.
The Stanford University Libraries will be hosting the 2018 AABS (the Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies) Conference at Stanford University.
On May 4, 2017, National Library of Lithuania held 4th interdisciplinary diaspora seminar, bringing together researchers from different academic fields.
Lea Kreinin defended her doctoral thesis on 2 May in Glasgow. Her thesis looks at the Estonian community in Scotland.
It is really true that when the Northern Hemisphere is awaiting the fresh green colours of April, the Southern Hemisphere is preparing for winter.