Stockholm university
Department of Slavic and Baltic Studies, Finnish, Dutch and German

Higher seminar in Baltic Studies: 500 years of Latvian and Estonian books and written language

Seminar

Date: Tuesday 9 December 2025

Time: 15.00 – 18.00

Location: E420, Södra huset E, Frescati Campus

The seminar will be in English. The seminar is open to all but requires registration.

Poster 500 years of Latvian and Estonian books and written language 2025-12-09 (1229 Kb)

 

Programme

15:00 - Welcome
15:10 - Raimo Raag (UU): “Some Highlights in the Five-Hundred-Year History of Estonian Books”
15:40 - Pēteris Vanags (SU): “Five Hundred Years of Written Latvian: The Development of  Functions”
16:10 - Ernesta Kazakėnaitė (VU): “On the bibliography of digital publications from the 16th-17th centuries”
16:30 - Everita Andronova (SU): “Tracing variation in Georg Mancelius’ (1593-1654) texts”
16:50 - Vilma Zubaitienė (VU): “The Lexicography of Prussian Lithuania in the 17th-18th Centuries: The Relationship between Manuscript and Printed Dictionaries.” 
17:10 - Signe Rirdance (SU): “Peritexts in the 1628 manuscript of the Psalms and the Book of Solomon by Andreas Getzel: Initial observations”
17:30 - Fika (E509)

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Theme
History, Archeology and Cultural Heritage - Theme page Language, Literature and Culture - Theme page
Research subjects
Baltic Language History Baltic Cultural Heritage Studies
Research project
LAMP: Languages and Myths of Prehistory

Due to recent advances in ancient genetics, a new picture of prehistory is emerging. In the LAMP project we cast light on the aspects of prehistoric peoples that make them human: their languages and beliefs.

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Last updated: November 27, 2025

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