Reinventing the Baltic Sea Region: From the Hansa to the EU-Strategy of 2009

Event Date: 

Tuesday, March 1, 2016 - 4:00pm

Event Location: 

  • The Lane Room (Ellison 3824)
  • PS 595 Event
  • Identity Speaker Series

The political changes of 1989 stimulated a new perception of the Baltic Sea Region. And this gained momentum with the Eastern Enlargement of the EU. The new situation encouraged research as well. In this context the "Baltic Sea" is not an unchangeable physical setting, but a construction of different actors and protagonists. People and powers continuously reinvent the Baltic Sea Region. That is why: my lecture will focus on the different notions of the Baltic Sea Region from the Middle Ages up to now and also examine the recent EU-Strategy of this region.

Presented as a part of the Identity Research Focus Group's Speaker Series.

PS 595 Credit.