Reinventing the Baltic Sea Region: From the Hansa to the EU Strategy of 2009
Monday, March 14th, 2011
| Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Monday, March 14, 2011 | 12:00PM - 2:00PM | Seminar Room 108N, Munk School of Global Affairs 1 Devonshire Place |
Description
Although the region has been geographically defined as consisting mostly of the sea itself, the perception of the Baltic Sea Region has changed continuously over time. While in the twelfth century Adam of Bremen envisioned the Baltic as a missionary field, for the Hansa and later the Dutch, it was mainly a trading area. At the same time, the emerging north European powers struggled for the dominance of the Baltic Sea. In the twentieth century the Soviet Union, after occupying and dominating the Eastern and Southern coast, labeled the Baltic Sea a “sea of peace”, despite heavily militarizing it. After the end of Soviet occupation, the Eastern European Enlargement of the EU finally made the Baltic area into a model of regional integration in Europe. This lecture will examine the causes and contexts of the different constructions of the Baltic Sea region and propose new perspectives for writing a “History of the Baltic”.
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