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The book “Vokietijos lietuviai, 1950– 1990” [Lithuanian Germans in 1950- 1990] by Vincas Bartusevičius was presented at the National Library of Lithuania on November 10, 2021.

Lithuania lost an active figure of Lithuanian diaspora, historian and diplomat, Romualdas J. Misiūnas.

The Museum of Estonians Abroad, VEMU’s, largest event Estonian Music Week has already taken place for the third time. The mission statement of EMW is to introduce the music culture of Estonia to other countries, offer Estonian musicians opportunities for collaborations with Estonians living abroad as well as non-Estonian musicians in Canada and the USA.

The Baltic Heritage Conference already took place for the 6th time from September 15-16, 2021, although it was the first time it was held virtually and was titled the “No Topic Conference.” Organized by the NGO Baltic Heritage Network and with the support of the Estonian Compatriots Program, the meeting was dedicated to examining the changes that took place in cultural heritage institutions as a result of the pandemic.

On September 15, 2021, for the sixth time, the Baltic Heritage Network (BaltHerNet), uniting librarians, museum specialists, archivists and researchers, organized an international conference. Participants from North America, Australia and Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia delivered presentations at the two-day virtual conference.

During the BaltHerNet conference on September 15th, the organization’s annual meeting also took place.

Read abstracts of all papers scheduled to be presented at The VI Baltic Heritage Network Conference: “No Topic Conference”. Abstracts

The autumn edition of the Baltic Heritage Network quarterly newsletter is now available. In these pages you will find information about our past and future events, new publications, and what is happening across the globe within the diaspora research and archive communities.

This year we commemorate the tenth anniversary since the death of Silvija Vėlavičienė, the long-term head of the Lithuanian Studies Unit of the National Library of Lithuania, later the head of the Lituanica Unit.

The 6th BaltHerNet conference “No Topic Conference” will take place September 15th-16th on Zoom.