BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Department of Central, Eastern, and Northern European Studies//NONSGML Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://cenes.ubc.ca/events/event/ X-WR-CALDESC:Department of Central, Eastern, and Northern European Studies - Events BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20201028T2123Z-1603920216.6069-EO-16603-25@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260518T054521Z CREATED:20200909T213803Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200909T213803Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20151215T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20151215T180000 SUMMARY: Ziegler Lecture Series:Nonviolent Politics and Songs\, Past and Pr esent The Singing Revolution in Estonia\, Latvia and Lithuania DESCRIPTION: What role do songs and singing play in nonviolent political mo vements? The Baltic Singing Revolution of 1988-1991 is a classic case study in the international history of nonviolent political action. The lecture w ill engage contents and contexts of songs sung during the movement\, questi oning how the Baltic case can be applied to the study or […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

What role do songs and singing play in non violent political movements? The Baltic Singing Revolution of 1988-1991 is a classic case study in the international history of nonviolent political a ction. The lecture will engage contents and contexts of songs sung during t he movement\, questioning how the Baltic case can be applied to the study o r planning of other movements. A brief look at Baltic song traditions after 1991 and in the current context of heightened military activities in Europ e will conclude the discussion.

Guntis Šmidchens is Associate Profess or of Baltic Studies in the Department of Scandinavian Studies\, University of Washington\, Seattle. His recent book\, The Power of Song: Nonviolent N ational Culture in the Baltic Singing Revolution (University of Washington Press\, 2014)\, translates and interprets 112 core songs of Estonian\, Latv ian and Lithuanian cultures. Peter Ackerman\, author of A Force More Powerf ul\, writes that the book stands as a “distinct contribution to the study o f civil resistance movements overall."

Smidchens^J Guntis - Ziegler Speaker Series

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