CV
Education
2019–Present PhD History (candidate)
Tallinn University | Estonia
2010–2012 MA Comparative History & MA History
Central European University | Hungary
Career History
2021–2024 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
Academic Publications
James Montgomery Baxenfield (2023). 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. 54:3. 673–675.
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.
Editorial Experience
Peer Reviewer. Journal of Baltic Studies
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
Dec 2023 A Place Between Nations: The Idea of a Latvian-Lithuanian State, 1884–1984
Scholarly Readings of Young Historians IX | Valmiera Museum
Sep 2023 Advertising Nations to Independence: The Baltic States & Public Relations, 1918–1919
Anatomy of Independence: Security and Its Threats in the Baltic Region Over the Centuries | Latvian War Museum
Jun 2023 Between the Lines: The Idea of a Latvian-Lithuanian State in Lithuanian-American Public Diplomacy, 1918–1919
15th Conference of Baltic Studies in Europe | Turning Points: Values and Conflicting Futures in the Baltics | Vytautas Magnus University
May 2023 Footnotes to the Past: Forgotten Episodes of Latvian-Lithuanian Federation & Confederation, 1884–1984
Spring conference of doctoral students in history and archaeology | Institute of History and Archaeology | University of Tartu
Nov 2022 Footnotes to the Past: Forgotten Episodes of Latvian-Lithuanian Federation & Confederation, 1884–1984
Vilnius University Šiauliai Academy
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
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
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
Jan 2022 In Pursuit of Latvian-Lithuanian Federation: Jonas Šliūpas in Hawaii
International Academic Forum Conference Series in Hawaii | Hawaii Convention Center
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
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
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
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
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
Scholarships, Fellowships, & Grants
2023–2024 Dissertation Grant for Graduate Students
Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies | United States
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 (TÜHI Research Fund)
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
Oct 2023 History: Sources & Methods
Doctoral Student Seminar | 2 Seminars
PhD History/Linguistics/Studies of Cultures Syllabus | School of Humanities | Tallinn University
Oct 2023 The Historical Method
Doctoral Student Seminar | 2 Seminars
PhD History/Linguistics/Studies of Cultures Syllabus | School of Humanities | Tallinn University
Nov 2022/2023 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/Oct 2023 The History & Culture of Victorian England, the Empire, and Creation of British 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 History/Linguistics/Studies of Cultures 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
2023–Present North American Vexillological Association (NAVA)
2021–2022 Nordic Association of Semiotic Studies (NASS)
Member
2019–Present Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies (AABS)
Member
Media Appearances
28 Jul 2023 Latvian-Lithuanian Connections from Morta to Modernity
Baltic Ways | Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies
8 Dec 2022 How to Research the Establishment and Recognition of a State?
Academia Scientiarum Estoniae | Estonian Academy of Sciences
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