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Education
2019–Present PhD History (candidate)
Tallinn University | Estonia
2010–2012 MA Comparative History & MA History
Central European University | Hungary
Academic Publications
James Montgomery Baxenfield (2022). 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. 52:2. 43−60.
James Montgomery Baxenfield & Kevin Rändi (2022). Precarious Roads to Recognition: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, 1917–1922. Acta Historica Tallinnensia. Recognition: de fact & de jure. 28:2. 187−211.
James Montgomery Baxenfield (2022). 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. 17. 252−255.
James Montgomery Baxenfield (2021). 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. 15. 281−284.
Academic Editorial Work
Guest Co-Editor. Acta Historica Tallinnensia. Special Issue: Recognition: de fact & de jure. 28:2 (2022)
Language Editor. Acta Historica Tallinnensia. Special Issue: On Saints, Migrants and Communists: Transnational Explorations in Estonian History. 27:1 (2021)
Language Editor. Baltic Journal of Art History. 18 (2019)
Presentations
17 Nov 2022 Footnotes to the Past: Forgotten Episodes of Latvian-Lithuanian Federation & Confederation, 1884–1984
Vilnius University Šiauliai Academy
11–12 Jun 2022 Out of the Past: From a Lithuanian Émigré Idea to a Latvian Exile Movement: The Notion of a Latvian-Lithuanian State, 1884–1984
74th Baltisches Historikertreffen | Baltic Historical Commission | University of Göttingen
27–29 May 2022 White, Red, Yellow: The Aistijan Flag as a Symbol of Baltic Unity
28th Biennial Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies Conference | Baltic Studies at a Crossroads | University of Washington
19–20 May 2022 A Space Between Nations: Latvia & Latvians in Lithuanian-American Ethnographic Concepts, 1919–1922
11th International Interdisciplinary Conference | The Region: History, Culture, Language | Vilnius University Šiauliai Academy
06–09 Jan 2022 In Pursuit of Latvian-Lithuanian Federation: Jonas Šliūpas in Hawaii
International Academic Forum Conference Series in Hawaii | Hawaii Convention Center
05–07 Nov 2021 Under Three Stars & One Flag: A Semiotic Analysis of Aistijan Symbolism
12th Conference of the Nordic Association for Semiotic Studies | Meaning in Perception and the Senses | Vilnius University
22–23 Oct 2021 The Space Between Nations: Traces of Latvian-Lithuanian Federation in the Lithuanian-American Image Campaign of 1919
8th Baltic Students Conference | Bridges in the Baltics | Vilnius University
01–04 Sep 2021 From Respublika to Aistija: The Perennial Idea of a Union Between Latvia & Lithuania
14th Conference of Baltic Studies in Europe | Rights & Recognition in the Baltic Context | Uppsala University
20–21 May 2021 After Šliūpas: The Perennial Idea of Latvian-Lithuanian Federation, 1884–1984
10th International Interdisciplinary Conference | The Region: History, Culture, Language | Vilnius University Šiauliai Academy
19–20 Feb 2020 Finding Aistija: Re-imagining the Baltic Past
16th Biennial Postgraduates Conference | Truth, Reality & Imagination: Interpretations from
Eastern & Central Europe | School of Slavonic & East European Studies | University College London
Career History
2021–2023 Junior Research Fellow | Tallinn University | Estonia
History | Anglophone Studies | Academic Writing
2019 Teacher | Audentes International School | Estonia
History | English Studies | Creative Thinking
2015–2017 Teacher | Tartu Folk University | Estonia
English Language
2013–2016 Adjunct Lecturer | University of Tartu | Estonia
Academic Writing | English Language | English Literature
2012–2013 Instructor | Valga County Vocational Training Centre | Estonia
Logistics | English Language
2012 Teacher | Fluency School of English | Hungary
English Language
2009 Teacher | Tallinn University | Estonia
English Language
Scholarships, Fellowships, & Grants
2023 Herder Fellowship
Herder Institute in Marburg | Germany
2022–2023 Baumanis Grant for Creative Research in Baltic Studies
Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies | United States
2019–2023 Doctoral Allowance
Republic of Estonia
2019–2022 Various mobility grants for attending conferences as a presenter, and conducting doctoral research at foreign archives/libraries
Dora Plus | Kristjan Jaak | Archimedes | Harno | European Regional Development Fund |
Republic of Estonia | Tallinn University School of Humanities
2019–2021 School of Humanities Research Scholarship
Tallinn University | Estonia
2010–2012 Partial Master’s Fellowship
Central European University | Hungary
2011 Master’s Research Stipend
Central European University Foundation | Hungary
2009 Lithuanian State Scholarship for Lithuanian Language & Culture
Education Exchanges Support Foundation | Lithuania
2008–2009 Erasmus Programme Scholarship
European Commission
Recent University Lectures/Seminars/Workshops
Nov 2022 Brexit & Beyond: The Roots, Consequences, & Complexities of Britain’s Exit from the European Union
Culture & Society of English-speaking Countries | 1 Lecture | 1 Seminar
BA Liberal Arts Syllabus | School of Humanities | Tallinn University
Nov 2022 The History & Literature of Victorian England: The Creation (and Contradiction) of the British Empire & Identity
Culture & Society of English-speaking Countries | 1 Lecture | 1 Seminar
BA Liberal Arts Syllabus | School of Humanities | Tallinn University
Oct 2022 Writing in the Humanities
Doctoral Student Workshop | 4 Seminars
PhD Humanities Syllabus | School of Humanities | Tallinn University
Mar 2021/2022 History of Diplomacy: From Versailles to the Hitler-Stalin Pact
History of the Twentieth Century | 1 Lecture | 1 Seminar
BA History Syllabus | School of Humanities | Tallinn University
Feb 2021/2022 The Versailles Peace & the Emergence of New States
History of the Twentieth Century | 1 Lecture | 1 Seminar
BA History Syllabus | School of Humanities | Tallinn University
Nov 2021 Lithuanian Romantic Nationalism
Nationalism & Transnational History | 1 Lecture | 1 Seminar
MA History Syllabus | School of Humanities | Tallinn University
Professional Affiliations
2019–Present Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies (AABS)
Member
2021–2022 Nordic Association of Semiotic Studies (NASS)
Member
Voluntary Activities
2012–2017 Project Manager, Event Planner, & Non-Formal Educator
Estonian Printing Museum | Tartu, Estonia
2013–2014 Project Manager
Creative Center Carnation, Estonia | European Voluntary Service