10 – Germany and the Baltic States: Imperial Histories, New Horizons [Part 2]
Show notes
In the second part of this two-part special, Ben and Aaron are joined by Professor Ulrike von Hirschhausen for an extended discussion of the ties that bind the Baltic States and Germany and the opportunities that new ways of seeing each other offer for greater mutual understanding. Looking beyond the state to the movements of people, goods and ideas, Prof. Hirshchausen situates the Baltics-Germany relationship in its global context. Drawing on her experience of living in Germany, Latvia and the United States, she discusses the region’s memory politics, histories of colonialism, and why the fight for freedom burns so strongly in the Baltic states.
This episode follows our discussion with the Baltic politicians Marko Mihkelson and Žygimantas Pavilionis – who chair the Foreign Affairs Committees in Estonian and Lithuanian Parliament, respectively – along with Artis Pabriks, a former Foreign, Defense, and Deputy Prime Minister of Latvia.
Guest:
- Prof. Dr. Ulrike von Hirschhausen Professor of History at University of Rostock (LinkedIn)
Resources:
- Empires: Eine Globale Geschichte 1780-1920 (in German), Ulrike von Hirschhausen and Jörn Leonhard
- Ukraine Under Attack, television appearance by Dr. Ulrike von Hirschhausen, Deutsche Welle English, February 24th, 2023
- Die Grenzen der Gemeinsamkeit: Deutsche, Letten, Russe und Juden in Riga 1860-1914 (in German), Ulrike von Hirschhausen
- Überfall auf die Ukraine (in German), Ulrike von Hirschhausen, Tagesspiegel
- Lithuania’s Indo-Pacific Strategy: For a Secure, Resilient and Prosperous Future, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania
- The War in Ukraine is Emancipating Central Europe, Caroline de Gruyter, Foreign Policy
- Baltic Security Challenges, Marko Mihkelson
- ‘We told you so!’ How the West didn’t listen to the countries that know Russia best, Stuart Lau, Politico
- Newly Released Documents Shed Fresh Light on NATO's Eastward Expansion, Klaus Wiegrefe, Der Spiegel
- Beyond Crimea: The New Russian Empire, Agnia Grigas
- Inventing Eastern Europe: The Map of Civilization on the Mind of the Enlightenment, Larry Wolff, Stanford University Press
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