Reflections on a Dark Lithuanian Fairytale: Translating Ričardas Gavelis
Ričardas Gavelis was one of Lithuania's best-known writers of recent decades, with a caustic and satirical vision that seems to prefigure recent eventsContinue Reading →
The Spots of Der Leopard: Latvia's Colonial History Portrayed in Art
A performance by two Dutch artists drew attention to the little-known history of Curonian colonisation in the CaribbeanContinue Reading →
Murder Most Orthodox in Estonia: the Death of Zinaida Troitskaia
A remote and cloistered community, a series of mysterious affairs, and a brutal and unexplained murder...Continue Reading →
In Search of Šmakovka: a Latvian Region’s Four Moonshine Museums
Latgalian homebrew is known by many names, and its history reveals many of the things that set this region apartContinue Reading →
How Memel Germans Saw Lithuanians: Sudermann's Stories
There was a sizeable Lithuanian-speaking peasant class in that part of Prussia, although Lithuanians were considered subordinate to the German-speaking gentry and town-dwellersContinue Reading →