Publications

Articles

James Montgomery Baxenfield. “The Curious Case of Aistija: Sidelights on Latvian–Lithuanian Rapprochement during the 20th Century,” Journal of Eurasian Studies. Baltic Region as a Place of Contacts. Vol. 15, No. 2 (2024), pp. 118–130.

James Montgomery Baxenfield, “From Here to Aistija: The Baltic State that Never-was,” Diacronie: Studi di Storia contemporanea, Imagining North-Eastern Europe: Baltic and Scandinavian states in the eyes of local, regional, and global observers. Vol. 52, No. 2 (2022), pp. 43−60.

James Montgomery Baxenfield and Kevin Rändi, “Precarious Roads to Recognition: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, 1917–1922,” Acta Historica Tallinnensia, Recognition: de facto and de jure, Vol. 28, No. 2 (2022), pp. 187−211.

Book Reviews

James Montgomery Baxenfield, “The Shaken Lands: Violence and the Crisis of Governance in East Central Europe, 1914–1923. Ed. by Tomas Balkelis and Andrea Griffante. Academic Studies Press. Boston 2023. vii, 248 pp. ISBN 9798887191737,” Forschungen zur baltischen Geschichte, Vol. 20 (2026), pp. 180−183.

James Baxenfield, “Review Essay: Tracing American Football Fandom in the United Kingdom,” Sport History Review, Vol. 57, No. 1 (2026), Ahead of Print.

James Montgomery Baxenfield, “Tackling the Everyday: Race and Nation in Big-Time College Football by Tracie Canada (review),” Journal of Sport History, Vol. 52, No. 3 (2025), pp. 189−191.

James Montgomery Baxenfield, “Lithuania: a history by Richard Butterwick, C. Hurst & Co., London, 2025, ix + 483 pp., seven maps, 31 illus., £18.99 (paperback), ISBN 978-1911-72-360-8,” Journal of Baltic Studies, Vol. 56, No. 4 (2025), pp. 855−858.

James Montgomery Baxenfield, “No Friday Night Lights: Reservation Football on the Edge of America by John M. Glionna,” The Museum of Americana: A Literary Review, Vol. 34 (2024).

James Montgomery Baxenfield, “Baltic Experiences of Exile. Rezension zu: Plakans, Andrejs: The Reluctant Exiles. Latvians in the West after World War II. Paderborn 2021, ISBN 978-3-506-76028-9 / Heikkilä, Pauli A.: Estonia as a Captive Nation. International Cooperation in Exile within the Assembly of Captive European Nations, 1954–1972. Paderborn 2021, ISBN 978-3-506-79182-5,” H-Soz-Kult (2024).

James Montgomery Baxenfield, “Rezension zu: Loader, Michael; Hearne, Siobhán; Kott, Matthew (Hrsg.): Defining Latvia. Recent Explorations in History, Culture, and Politics. Budapest 2022 , ISBN 978-963-386-445-6,” H-Soz-Kult (2024).

James Montgomery Baxenfield, “An Illustrated History of Lithuania, Vol. 1: From the Prehistoric Balts to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, by Ignas Kapleris, Vilnius, Briedis, 2022, 288 pp., €56.00, ISBN 978-9955-26-922-9,” Journal of Baltic Studies, Vol. 54, No. 3 (2023), pp. 673–675.

James Montgomery Baxenfield, “Klaus Richter: Fragmentation in East Central Europe: Poland and the Baltics, 1915–1929. Oxford University Press. Oxford 2020. xii, 355 pp. ISBN 9780198843559,” Forschungen zur baltischen Geschichte, Vol. 17 (2022), pp. 252−255.

James Montgomery Baxenfield, “Tomas Balkelis: War, Revolution, and Nation-Making in Lithuania, 1914–1923. Oxford University Press. Oxford 2018. vi, 186 pp. ISBN 978-0199668021,” Forschungen zur baltischen Geschichte, Vol. 15, pp. 281−284.

Conference Proceedings

James Montgomery Baxenfield, “A Place Between Nations: The Idea of a Latvian-Lithuanian State, 1884–1984,” in Ginta Ieva Bikše (ed.), Jauno vēsturnieku zinātniskie lasījumi IX = The Scholarly Readings of Young Historians IX (Rīga: LU Akadēmiskais apgāds, 2024), pp. 82−91.

Editorial

2024–Present | Editorial Assistant | Journal of Baltic Studies

2026 | Guest Editor | Carnival | International Students of History Association (ISHA)

2022 | Guest Co-Editor | Acta Historica Tallinnensia. Special Issue: Recognition: de facto and de jure (Vol. 28, No. 2)

2021 | Language Editor | Acta Historica Tallinnensia. Special Issue: On Saints, Migrants and Communists: Transnational Explorations in Estonian History (Vol. 27, No. 1)

2020–Present | Volunteer Proofreader | Forschungen zur baltischen Geschichte

2019 | Language Editor | Baltic Journal of Art History (Vol. 18)