The Baltic Connections 2025 will take place at the University of Helsinki, Finland, from 21-23 May. It is hosted by the University of Helsinki, the Faculty of Social Sciences, and the Unit of Economic and Social History. As with the earlier conferences, we aim to bring together scholars working on comparative, economic, social, global, and other types of history and related social sciences to address various “East-West” historical processes and events as well as comparative and transnational analysis, including at the Baltic region, Europe, and the world. Potential topics include but are not limited to trade, migration, comparative development, international political economy and the diffusion and transplantation of institutions, ideas and cultural influences. We hope to promote interdisciplinary encounters and discussions, with the goal of bringing together scholars working in Western, Nordic, Central and East European, Baltic, and other universities. We are open to proposals that incorporate new digital technologies and ideas for roundtables. This year’s conference will also be a formal pre-conference host for the 2025 World Economic History Congress to be held in Lund, Sweden. We particularly welcome panel proposals for single or double sessions which are also planned for the World Congress. Please note this somewhere in the proposal.
The sixth Riitta Hjerppe Lecture in Social Science History will be given by Gregory Clark (University of Southern Denmark). Additional plenary sessions will be delivered by Astrid Kander (Lund University) and Mirva Peltoniemi (Tampere University).