Publications

Articles

James Montgomery Baxenfield. “The Curious Case of Aistija: Sidelights on Latvian–Lithuanian Rapprochement during the 20th Century,” Journal of Eurasian Studies 15, no. 2 (2024): 118–130.

James Montgomery Baxenfield, “From Here to Aistija: The Baltic State that Never-was,” Diacronie: Studi di Storia contemporanea 52, no. 2 (2022): 43−60.

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

Book Reviews

James Baxenfield, “Vida Savoniakaitė: empire and Eduards Volters: the ethnography of Lithuanians and Latvians, 1882–1941 by Vida Savoniakaitė, New York, Berghahn Books, 2026, 236 pp., 36 illus., $135.00 (hbk), ISBN: 978-1-83695-452-1,” Journal of Baltic Studies 57, no. 3 (2026): 771−774.

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 20 (2026): 180−183.

James Baxenfield, “Review Essay: Tracing American Football Fandom in the United Kingdom,” Sport History Review 57, no. 1 (2026): 119–122.

James Montgomery Baxenfield, “Tackling the Everyday: Race and Nation in Big-Time College Football by Tracie Canada (review),” Journal of Sport History 52, no. 3 (2025): 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 56, no. 4 (2025): 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 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 54, no. 3 (2023): 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 17 (2022): 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 15 (2021): 281−284.

Conference Proceedings

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

Editorial

2024–Present | Editorial Assistant | Journal of Baltic Studies.

2026 | Guest Editorial Team Member | Carnival XXV | International Students of History Association (ISHA).

2026 | Editor | Tiina Sepp, The Northern Esoterica Society (Eisma, Lääne-Virumaa: Rannarahva Selts).

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

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

2020–2025 | Volunteer Proofreader | Forschungen zur baltischen Geschichte.

2019 | Language Editor | Baltic Journal of Art History 18.