As part of its Baltic Studies program, the Department of Scandinavian Studies at the University of Washington offers two years of classroom instruction in Lithuanian as well as an opportunity for continued independent study of the language. A broad array of courses related to Lithuania and the Baltics are also offered. Students majoring in Scandinavian Area Studies may select Lithuanian as their language of emphasis, and Lithuanian may also be a focus of those who do graduate work leading to the M.A. and Ph.D. in Scandinavian Studies.
Related Faculty
Acting Instructor of Lithuanian
Kazickas Family Endowed Professor in Baltic Studies; Associate Professor of Baltic Studies; Director, Center for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies, Jackson School of International Studies
Latest News
- UW Study Abroad Fair (January 20, 2026)
- 2019 Letter From the Chair (December 13, 2019)
- Baltic Studies Program celebrates 25th Anniversary (December 11, 2019)
- Learn about our new Lithuanian instructor, Eglė Vaisėtaitė! (December 10, 2019)
- 30 years later, the human chain that 'unshackled' the Baltic nations still matters (August 23, 2019)
Related Research
- Pošeiko, S. (2018). Glocal Names in the Linguistic Landscape of the Baltic States. In: Multilingualism in the Baltic States: Social Discourses and Contact Phenomena (eds., S.Lazdiņa, H.F. Marten). Palgrave macmillan. pp. 369 - 405.
- Pošeiko, S. (2018). “Following footsteps of names”: Commercial Ergonymia in Linguistic Landscape of the Baltic Countries. In: Cotticelli Kurras, P., Alfredo Rizza, A. (eds., 2018). Language, Media and Economy in Virtual and Real Life. New perspectives. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. pp. 99–122.
- Guntis Šmidchens, "Singing Revolution, Past and Present" Foreign Policy Research Institute Baltic Bulletin, 12 October 2016
- Guntis Šmidchens. The Power of Song: Nonviolent National Cultures in the Baltic Singing Revolution. University of Washington Press and Museum Tusculanum Press, 2014.
- Garbes, H. and A. Schmidt. “Baltic Languages: Latvian, Lithuanian and Estonian,” in D. Karna, ed., The Use of the International Phonetic Alphabet in the Choral Rehearsal. Landham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2012.
- Guntis Šmidchens, "Herder and Lithuanian Folksongs," Lituanus 56,1 (2010): http://www.lituanus.org/2010/10_1_05%20Smidchens.html
- Guntis Šmidchens. "Introduction: Fighting for Liberty in Lithuania." Lionginas Baliukevičius: The Diary of a Partisan. Vilnius: Genocide and Resistance Research Centre of Lithuania, 2008. 11-24.
- Guntis Šmidchens. "Baltic Studies Summer Institute." Film. BALSSI Consortium: 2004.
- Guntis Šmidchens. "Why Study Baltic Languages?" Newsnet: News of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies. 2003. 25-27.