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Class Schedule: Week 1
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HSTEU/SCAND
454: Baltic History
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Week 1 (September 25): Introduction
Thursday: The Baltic Today. Geography, Society and Culture. History and primary documents; history and film.
Scott Alan Metzger, "Pedagogy and the Historical Feature Film: Toward Historical Literacy," Film & History: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Film and Television Studies 37,2 (2007), 67-75. [Link to article archived online] Study the Baltic region on http://maps.google.com and http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/baltics.html
Week 2 (Sept 30-Oct 2): The turn of the century
Tues: The Baltic before 1900. Map Quiz (neighboring countries, major rivers, cities & ports). Landsbergis, Lithuania: Independent Again, "Editor's Preface" and Chapters 1-2 (skim pages 353-368) Toivo Raun, Estonia and the Estonians, xi-xix (skim chapters 1-5) Modris Eksteins, Walking since Daybreak, "Prologue" and Chapter 1.
Thurs Socialist and Nationalist movements Landsbergis, Lithuania, Chapter 4 Eksteins, Walking, Chapter 2 CP 1: Ilga Apine, “1905 Revolution in Latvia” Raun, Estonia, Chapter 6
CP 11: John Hiden, “The Making of a Democrat"
Saturday, Oct 4, 10:00 am, Varsity Theater, "Defenders of Riga" (film)
Week 3 (Oct 7-9): War and Revolution
Tues WW I, Wars for Independence Eksteins, Walking, Chapter 3 Raun, Estonia, Chapter 7 CP 25: Official Diary April 29 to June 8, 1919 (excerpts). Background: Wilson's 14 points (8 January, 1918) Thurs Domestic Politics, New Democracies; Economy and Culture. Raun, Estonia, Chapter 8 (pages 112-115) Landsbergis, Lithuania, pages 369-377 Bonnell, “America’s Man in Kaunas, 1926-1928” [Link to article archived online]
Week 4 (Oct 14-16): Baltic in the 1930s
Tues: Nation-Building and culture in the Baltic Raun, Estonia, Chapter 8 (pages 115-138) CP 63: Senn, "American Lithuanians and the Politics of Basketball"
Discussion: Critical Reading of Secondary Sources: CP 69: Link to Estonian Institute, "Story of the Estonian Republic" esp. pages 4-9 CP 76: "Lithuania: History" CP 90: Shtromas, "A Soviet Publication" JBS 19:2
Thurs: International Politics; Baltic Entente Raun, Estonia, Chapter 9 CP 93: Hiden, “Thinker of the Minorities Movement” CP 112: Letter from Lithuania, 1940 Extra Reading: CP 113: Feldmanis&Stranga, “Baltic Entente”
Week 5 (Oct 21-23): World War II
Tues Soviet Occupation Raun, Chapter 10 Eksteins, Walking, Chapter 4 CP 137: Soviet arrest file CP 143: Ineta Ziemels, “The occupation of the Baltic States” Background: Molotov Ribbentrop Pact and Secret Protocols, Aug 23, 1939 and Sept 28, 1939 Thurs Deportations CP 149: Anne Applebaum, excerpt from Gulag: A History (New York: Doubleday, 2003). CP 176: Aina Roze, "Sketches drawn on a train clattering to Siberia" and "Letter to my father"
Week 6 (Oct 28-30): German Occupation, 1941-1945
Tues The Problem of Collaboration Raun, Estonia, Chapter 11 Eksteins, Walking, Chapter 5 CP 188: Ezergailis, The German Occupation of Latvia, 1941-1945: What did America Know? pp. ix-xx, 343-349 CP 201: Suţiedelis, “Military Mobilization Campaigns…” CP 212: Feldmanis-Rosenfeld correspondence, 1950 Optional extra reading: CP 216-224 Thurs The Holocaust CP 225: Hitler's conversation with Marshall Kvadernik, Jul 22, 1941 CP 228: Example of primary source analysis: Introduction of The Holocaust in Latvia by Ezergailis; see in particular the section on Jeckeln's three "truths" CP 236: Alfonsas Eidintas, Jews, Lithuanians and the Holocaust, pp. 174-195
Week 7 (Nov 4-6): Return of the Soviets
Tues Partisan War CP 248: Laar, War in the Woods, "Preface" and Chapters 4-5 CP 276: Smidchens, “Fighting for Liberty in Lithuania” CP 285: Diary of Dzűkas - Lionginas Baliukevičius Thurs Stalinism Raun, Estonia, Chapter 12 Eksteins, Walking, Chapter 6 CP 296: Documents related to kulak farmers in Latvia, 1947-1949
Week 8 (Nov 13): "Thaw"
Tues Veterans Day Holiday Thurs After Stalin; Reemergence of National Cultures Raun, Estonia, Chapter 13 Landsbergis Chapters 5-8 CP 302: Adomaitis letters
Thurs evening, 6:00 pm, Thomson 101: Special event: screening of a new film, Riga-Banjoul-Scarborough: Pursuing the dreams of Latvians. Two of the filmmakers (Ingrida Cazere and Karlis Vahsteins) will be present to answer your questions after the screening.
Week 9 (Nov 18-20): Renaissance, Independence
Tues Underground cultures Landsbergis Chapters 9-10 CP 308: Frank Gordon, "An Adventure during the Thaw" JBS 19:2
Thurs Dissent, Renaissance, and Reform in the Soviet Baltic Landsbergis Chapters 11-13 Mimi Daitz, "Reflections on Reflections: The Music and the Cultural/Political Context of Two Choral Works by Veljo Tormis," Musical Quarterly 79, 1 (1995): 108-130. [Link to article archived online] CP 315: Rein Järlik, “The Year 1987”
Week 10 (Nov 25): Baltic since 1991
Tues Nonviolent Independence Movements Raun, Estonia, Chapter 14 Landsbergis Chapter 17 CP 322: Justinas Marcinkevičius, "Eulogy, 16 Jan 1991. CP 323: Gene Sharp, “The New Challenge” Documents in Olgerts Eglitis, Nonviolent Action in the Liberation of Latvia, pages 45-68. (Download from the Albert Einstein Institution website), and Grazina Miniotaite, Nonviolent Resistance in Lithuania, pages 68-78 (Download).
Thurs: Thanksgiving Day Holiday
Week 11 (Dec 2-4): Baltic since 1991Mon Draft of revised and expanded Film Critique due
Tues "History" of Independence Raun, Estonia, Chapter 15 CP 328: Pauls Raudseps, “The White House and the Baltic Way” Landsbergis Chapter 18-19 CP 340: Two speeches by the future president of Latvia, 1994 & 1997 Speech by the President of Latvia, World Economic Forum 2006 [Link to webcast; Vike-Freiberga speaks at 4:30-5:40 in the broadcast]
Thurs Looking back at History Raun, Estonia, "Epilogue"
Fri Final revisions of essays due
Final Examination: Thursday, December 11, 2008, 4:30-6:20 pm Review 20th-century dates & persons. Be prepared to give a brief overview "lecture" on any week's or day's topic. Know the primary and secondary sources discussed in class. |
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Last Updated: 09/25/2008 |
Contact the instructor at: guntiss@u.washington.edu |