GuntisŠmidchensKazickas Family Endowed Professor in Baltic Studies; Associate Professor of Baltic Studies; Head, Baltic Studies ProgramPh.D. Indiana University, 1996guntiss@uw.edu206-616-5224Raitt 305 VFields of Interest Baltic Studies Estonian Latvian Lithuanian Folklore and Mythology History Background and ExperienceSummaryGuntis Šmidchens has research interests in Baltic Studies; Baltic Languages and Cultures; Folklore; Russian Folklore; Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian languages and literatures. He is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Slavic and President of the Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies (AABS). Teaching: Baltic History Baltic Cultures The Baltic States and Scandinavia Baltic States since 1991 Introduction to Folklore Studies Folk Narrative Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian Languages Research Selected Publications: In progress: The Power of Song: Nonviolent National Cultures in the Baltic Singing Revolution, forthcoming 2013, University of Washington Press 2013. In progress: "Entries on Tallinn, Riga and Vilnius, forthcoming." Encyclopedia Britannica. Remembering the Baltic Singing Revolution on the National Mall, 1998 Washington DC: Smithsonian Folklife Festival, 2013. "Latvia, Poetry of." Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, 4th ed.. 2012. 793-795. "Estonia, Poetry of." Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, 4th ed.. 2012. 459-461. "Introduction: Fighting for Liberty in Lithuania." Lionginas Baliukevičius: The Diary of a Partisan. Vilnius: Genocide and Resistance Research Centre of Lithuania, 2008. 11-24. "National Heroic Narratives in the Baltics as a Source for Non-Violent Political Action." Slavic Review: Interdisciplinary Quarterly of Russian, Eurasian, and East European Studies 66.3. 2007. 484-508. "Notes on the Latvian National Epic Hero, Lacplesis." Journal of Folklore Research 43.3. 2006. 271-280. "Translation from Latvian to English, "Latvian Bourdon Songs"." Baltic Voices. Harmonia Mundi, Volume 1, HMU 907311, 2003. "Why Study Baltic Languages?." Newsnet: News of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies. 2003. 25-27. Projects: Baltic Studies Summer Institute Symposium on the Baltic in the 21st Century Courses Taught Autumn 2013 SCAND 230: Introduction To Folklore Studies A SCAND 490: Special Topics A SCAND 590: Special Topics In Scandinavian Literature A Summer 2013 B-term SCAND 230: Introduction To Folklore Studies A Spring 2013 SCAND 345: Baltic Cultures A (Course Website) SCAND 590: Special Topics In Scandinavian Literature B (Course Website) Winter 2013 SCAND 455: Baltic States Since 1991 A (Course Website) SCAND 590: Special Topics In Scandinavian Literature C Autumn 2012 SCAND 230: Introduction To Folklore Studies A (Course Website) SCAND 590: Special Topics In Scandinavian Literature B Summer 2012 A-term SCAND 230: Introduction To Folklore Studies A (Course Website) Spring 2012 SCAND 334: Immigrant And Ethnic Folklore A (Course Website) SCAND 490: Special Topics A (Course Website) SCAND 590: Special Topics In Scandinavian Literature A (Course Website) Winter 2012 SCAND 344: The Baltic States And Scandinavia A (Course Website) SCAND 345: Baltic Cultures A (Course Website) SCAND 590: Special Topics In Scandinavian Literature D (Course Website) SCAND 590: Special Topics In Scandinavian Literature E (Course Website) AffiliationsHome Department: Scandinavian StudiesAffiliated Departments: Slavic Languages and LiteraturesProfessional Affiliations: Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies, Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study Share Printer-friendly version PDF version
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