%0 Journal Article
%T Geschichtswissenschaft f¨¹r den Ostseeraum? Der Conventus primus historicorum Balticorum 1937 in Riga
%A Ulrike Hanssen-Decker
%J Nordeuropaforum
%D 2009
%I Humboldt-Universit?t zu Berlin
%X In August 1937, a historical conference named Conventus primus historicorum Balticorum was held in Riga, the capitol of Lettland, a country which was strongly influenced by its dictatorial leader, President K¨¡rlis Ulmanis, who had come into power in 1935. In this context, this article first examines the attempts to institutionalise research on the history of the Baltic Sea region on a transnational level. Second, it analyses the different concepts the conference¡¯s hosts had concerning the history of the Baltic Sea region in general. In this context, it also investigates the question of whether Ulmanis¡¯ politics of exploiting history for his political aims played an important role in this conference. The main question is whether it is really appropriate to speak of a history of the Baltic Sea region as such, as suggested by the conference¡¯s title, or whether the conference¡¯s focus was dominated by national approaches.
%K History of Science
%K Nordic Cooperation
%K Baltic States
%K Latvia
%K Baltic Sea Region
%K Culture of Remembrance & Politics of History
%K History of Ideas
%K Education & Training
%U http://edoc.hu-berlin.de/nordeuropaforum/2009-1/hanssen-decker-ulrike-65/PDF/hanssen-decker.pdf