The UW Baltic Studies Program was established in 1994.
This page surveys Baltic Studies courses taught since the Program's founding. The Baltic Courses Page contains current course syllabi. Useful information also appears in Lectures and Events and the Brief History of the Department of Scandinavian Studies.
The Baltic Studies Summer Institute (BALSSI), founded by the University of Washington in 1994, is funded by a consortium of twelve American universities and moves to a new host every two years.
History: 1993-94 ..... 1994-95 ..... 1995-96 ..... 1996-97 ..... 1997-98 ..... 1998-99 ..... 1999-2000 ..... 2000-01 ..... 2001-02 ..... 2002-03 ..... 2003-04 ..... 2004-2005 ..... 2005-2006 .... 2006-2007 .... 2007-2008
Baltic Faculty: Guntis Ðmidchens, Visiting Lecturer (Autumn and Winter Quarters)
Baltic Language Courses: Independent Study Estonian
Baltic Core Courses: HSTEU 454 Baltic History (Summer Quarter; Woodworth)
Courses with Baltic content: SCAND 230 Intro to Folklore (Ðmidchens); SCAND 331 Folk Narrative (Ðmidchens); SIS 467 Nations and States in the Modern World (Ðmidchens); SIS 490 Traditional Cultures in the Modern World (Ðmidchens); SCAND 490A Balto-Finnic Languages (Suhonen); SCAND 490B Finno-Ugric Cultures (Suhonen)Summer 1994 First Baltic Studies Summer Institute (BALSSI), University of Washington
Baltic Faculty: Guntis Ðmidchens, Lecturer Part Time
Baltic Language Courses: SCAND 490 Topics in Baltic Languages (Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian)
Baltic Core Courses: BALTIC 200 Baltic Cultures (Summer Quarter, Ðmidchens) HSTEU 454 Baltic History (Summer Quarter; Plakans)
Courses with Baltic content: SCAND 230 Introduction to Folklore (Ðmidchens); SCAND 326 / POLSCI 326 Scandinavia in World Affairs (Ingebritsen); SCAND 331 Folk Narrative (Ðmidchens); SCAND 340 Finno-Ugric Epic and Nationalism (DuBois)Summer 1995 Second BALSSI, University of Washington
Baltic Faculty: Guntis Ðmidchens, Lecturer Part Time
Baltic Language Courses: SCAND 490 Topics in Baltic Languages (Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian);
Baltic Core Courses: SCAND 345 / SISRE 345 Baltic Cultures (Ðmidchens)
Courses with Baltic content: SCAND 340 Finno-Ugric Epic and Nationalism (DuBois)Summer 1996 Third BALSSI, University of Illinois at Chicago
Baltic Faculty: Guntis Ðmidchens, Lecturer Part Time; Jûra Aviþienis, Lithuanian Teaching Assistant
Baltic Language Courses: LITH 101-103 Elementary Lithuanian; SCAND 490 Topics in Baltic Languages (Estonian and Latvian)
Courses with Baltic content: SCAND 340 Finno-Ugric Epic and Nationalism (DuBois)Summer 1997 Fourth BALSSI, University of Illinois at Chicago
Baltic Faculty: Guntis Ðmidchens, Lecturer; Jûra Aviþienis, Lithuanian Teaching Assistant
Baltic Language Courses: LITH 101-103 Elementary Lithuanian; SCAND 490 Topics in Baltic Languages (Estonian and Latvian);
Baltic Core Courses: SCAND 345 / SISRE 345 Baltic Cultures (Ðmidchens); SCAND 344 / SISRE 347 Baltic States and Scandinavia (Ðmidchens)
Courses with Baltic content: SCAND 326 / POLSCI 326 Scandinavia in World Affairs (Ingebritsen); SCAND 380 / HSTEU 380 History of Scandinavia to 1720 (Leiren); SCAND 427 Scandinavian Women Writers (Gavel Adams)Summer 1998 Fifth BALSSI, Indiana University
Baltic Faculty: Guntis Ðmidchens, Lecturer; Jura Avizienis, Lithuanian Teaching Assistant; Kristin Kuutma, Estonian Teaching Assistant
Baltic Language Courses: LITH 101-103; ESTO 101-103; LATV 101-103; ESTO 490; LATV 490; LITH 490
Baltic Core Courses: SCAND 345 / SISRE 345 Baltic Cultures (Smidchens)
Courses with Baltic content: SCAND 230 Introduction to Folklore (Ðmidchens); SCAND 334 / COMP LIT 334 Immigrant and Ethnic Folklore (Ðmidchens); SCAND 380 / HSTEU 380 History of Scandinavia to 1720 (Leiren)Summer 1999 Sixth BALSSI, Indiana University
Baltic Faculty: Guntis Ðmidchens, Lecturer; Anastasija Bitiukova, Lithuanian Teaching Assistant; Kristin Kuutma, Estonian Teaching Assistant
Baltic Language Courses: ESTO 101-103, LATV 101-103, LITH 101-103; ESTO 490, LATV 490, LITH 490
Baltic Core Courses: SCAND 344 / SISRE 344 Baltic States and Scandinavia (Ðmidchens); SCAND 345 / SISRE 345 Baltic Cultures (Ðmidchens)
Courses with Baltic content: SCAND 326 / POLSCI 326 Scandinavia in World Affairs (Ingebritsen); SCAND 334 / COMP LIT 334 Immigrant and Ethnic Folklore (Ðmidchens); SCAND 340 Finno-Ugric Epic and Nationalism (DuBois); SCAND 381 / HSTEU 381 History of Scandinavia since 1720 (Leiren)Summer 2000 Seventh BALSSI, University of Iowa
Baltic Faculty: Guntis Ðmidchens, Lecturer; Anastasija Bitiukova, Lithuanian Teaching Assistant; Kristin Kuutma, Estonian Teaching Assistant
Baltic Language Courses: ESTO 101-103, LATV 101-103, LITH 101-103; ESTO 490, LATV 490, LITH 490
Baltic Core Courses: SCAND 344 / SISRE 344 Baltic States and Scandinavia (Smidchens); SCAND 345 / SISRE 345 Baltic Cultures (Ðmidchens); HSTEU 454 Baltic History (Summer Quarter; Ðmidchens)
Courses with Baltic content: SCAND 230 Introduction to Folklore (Ðmidchens); SCAND 326 / POLSCI 326 Scandinavia in World Affairs (Ingebritsen); SCAND 427 Scandinavian Women Writers (Gavel Adams)Summer 2001 Eighth BALSSI, University of Iowa
Baltic Faculty: Guntis Ðmidchens, Lecturer; Rimas Þilinskas, Lithuanian Teaching Assistant; Ulla Vanhatalo, Estonian Teaching Assistant
Baltic Language Courses: ESTO 101-103, LATV 101-103, LITH 101-103; ESTO 490, LATV 490, LITH 490
Baltic Core Courses: SCAND 344 / EURO 344 Baltic States and Scandinavia (Ðmidchens); SCAND 345 / EURO 345 Baltic Cultures (Ðmidchens)
Courses with Baltic content: SCAND 230 Introduction to Folklore Studies (Ðmidchens); SCAND 380 History of Scandinavia to 1720 (Leiren); SCAND 427 Scandinavian Women Writers (Gavel Adams); SCAND 445 Nordic Baltic Region and WWII- Literary Representations (Stecher Hansen)Summer 2002 Ninth BALSSI, University of Illinois at Urbana
Baltic Faculty: Guntis Ðmidchens, Lecturer; Rimas Þilinskas, Lithuanian Teaching Assistant; Ulla Vanhatalo, Estonian Teaching Assistant
Baltic Language Courses: ESTO 101-103, LITH 101-103; LATV 201-203,ESTO 490, LATV 490, LITH 490
Baltic Core Courses: SCAND 454 / HSTEU 454 Baltic History (Ðmidchens); SCAND 455 / SISRE 465 Baltic States since 1991 (Ðmidchens)
Courses with Baltic content: SCAND 230 Introduction to Folklore Studies (Ðmidchens); SCAND 326 Scandinavia in World Affairs (Ingebritsen); SCAND 381 History of Scandinavia since 1720 (Leiren); SCAND 445 Nordic Baltic Region and WWII- Literary Representations (Stecher Hansen)Summer 2003 Tenth BALSSI, University of Washington at Seattle
Baltic Faculty: Guntis Ðmidchens, Senior Lecturer; Rimas Þilinskas, Lithuanian Teaching Assistant; Mall Pesti, Estonian Teaching Assistant
Baltic Language Courses: ESTO 201-203, LITH 101-103; LATV 101-103, ESTO 490, LATV 490, LITH 490
Baltic Core Courses: SCAND 344 / EURO 344 Baltic States and Scandinavia (Fall 2003, Smidchens); SCAND 345 / EURO 345 Baltic Cultures (Winter 2004, Smidchens)
Courses with Baltic content: SCAND 230 Introduction to Folklore Studies (Spring 2004, Ðmidchens); SCAND 326 Scandinavia in World Affairs (Winter 2004, Ingebritsen); SCAND 381 History of Scandinavia to 1720 (Fall 2003, Leiren); SCAND 445 War and Occupation in Northern Europe: History, Fiction, and Memoir (Spring 2004, Stecher Hansen)Summer 2004 Eleventh BALSSI, University of Washington at Seattle
Baltic Faculty: Guntis Ðmidchens, Senior Lecturer; Ieva Butkutë, Lithuanian Teaching Assistant; Mall Pesti, Estonian Teaching Assistant
Baltic Language Courses: ESTO 201-203, LITH 101-103; LATV 201-203, ESTO 490, LATV 490, LITH 490
Baltic Core Courses: SCAND 455 / SISRE 465 Baltic since 1991 (Winter 2005, Smidchens); SCAND 454 / HSTEU 454 Baltic History (Spring, Smidchens)
Courses with Baltic content: SCAND 381 History of Scandinavia to 1720 (Fall 2004 and Spring 2005, Leiren), SCAND 427 Scandinavian Women Writers (Fall, Gavel Adams); SCAND 367 Sexuality in Scandinavia (Spring, DuBois)Summer 2005 Twelfth BALSSI, Indiana University
Baltic Faculty: Guntis Ðmidchens, Senior Lecturer; Iveta Grînberga, Latvian Language Lecturer; Ieva Butkutë, Lithuanian Teaching Assistant
Baltic Language Courses: LITH 101-103; LATV 101-103, LATV 310; ESTO 490, LATV 490, LITH 490
Baltic Core Courses: SCAND 152 Latvian Literary and Cultural History (Grînberga); SCAND 345 / CompLit 345 Baltic Cultures (Ðmidchens); SCAND 344 / EURO 344 Baltic States and Scandinavia (Ðmidchens); SCAND 455 / SISRE 465 Baltic since 1991 (Ðmidchens); SCAND 454 / HISTEU 454 Baltic History (Ðmidchens); SCAND 490 Poets, Philosophers and Politicians in the Baltic (Ðmidchens).
Courses with Baltic content: SCAND 230 Introduction to Folklore Studies (Ðmidchens); SCAND 380 History of Scandinavia to 1720 (Leiren); SCAND 380 History of Scandinavia since 1720 (Leiren); SCAND 445 War and Occupation in North Europe (Stecher Hansen)Summer 2006 Thirteenth BALSSI, Indiana University
Baltic Faculty: Guntis Ðmidchens, Assistant Professor; Iveta Grînberga, Latvian Language Lecturer; Ieva Butkutë, Lithuanian Teaching Assistant; Kristina Hyman, Estonian Instructor
Baltic Language Courses: ESTO 101-103; LITH 201-203; LATV 101-103, LATV 201-203; ESTO 490, LATV 490, LITH 490
Baltic Core Courses: SCAND 345 / EURO 345 Baltic Cultures (Winter, Ðmidchens); SCAND 454 / HISTEU 454 Baltic History (Fall, Ðmidchens); SCAND 455 / SISRE 465 Baltic since 1991 (Spring, Ðmidchens);
Courses with Baltic content: SCAND 230 Introduction to Folklore Studies (Winter, Ðmidchens); SCAND 326 Scandinavia in World Affairs (Ingebritsen); SCAND 334 Immigrant and Ethnic Folklore (Spring, Ðmidchens); SCAND 335 Scandinavian Children's Literature (Gavel Adams); SCAND 340 Finno-Ugric Epic and Nationalism (Kuisma); SCAND 445 War and Occupation in Northern Europe: History, Fiction, and Memoir (Stecher Hansen)Summer 2007 Fourteenth BALSSI, UCLA
Baltic Faculty: Guntis Ðmidchens, Assistant Professor; Iveta Grînberga, Latvian Language Lecturer; Ieva Butkutë, Lithuanian Teaching Assistant
Baltic Language Courses: ESTO 490; LATV 101-103, LATV 310; LATV 490, LITH 101-103; LITH 490
Baltic Core Courses: SCAND 152 Latvian Literary and Cultural History (Spring, Grînberga); SCAND 345 / EURO 345 Baltic Cultures (Fall, Ðmidchens); SCAND 344 / EURO 344 Baltic States and Scandinavia (Winter, Ðmidchens); SCAND 454 / HISTEU 454 Baltic History (Spring, Ðmidchens);
Courses with Baltic content: SCAND 230 Introduction to Folklore Studies (Fall, Ðmidchens); SCAND 326 Scandinavia in World Affairs (Spring, Ingebritsen); SCAND 334/ CLIT 334 Immigrant and Ethnic Folklore (Spring, Ðmidchens); SCAND 340 Kalevala and the Epic Tradition (Spring, Kuisma); SCAND 381 History of Scandinavia since 1720 (Spring, Leiren); SCAND 427 Scandinavian Women Writers (Fall, Gavel Adams); SCAND 445 /EURO 445 War and Occupation in the Nordic and Baltic Region, texts and testimonies (Winter, Stecher Hansen)Summer 2008 Fifteenth BALSSI, UCLA
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