Prof David Smith
- Professor of Baltic History and Politics (Central and East European Studies)
telephone: 0141 5254
email: David.Smith@glasgow.ac.uk
Research Interests
- Contemporary history, politics and international relations of the Baltic States
- Nationalism and national identity in CEE and the Former Soviet Union
- Regionalism in the Baltic Sea Area
- International politics of the Former Soviet Union
- International influences on processes of post-communist transformation in Central and Eastern Europe, with particular reference to issues of democratisation, minority rights and ethnic conflict regulation
- Russian-speaking minorities in Estonia and Latvia
Article
Smith, D.J. (2013) Non-territorial autonomy and political community in contemporary Central and Eastern Europe. Journal on Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues in Europe, 12 (1). pp. 27-55. ISSN 1617-5247
Smith, D., and Burch, S. (2012) Enacting identities in the EU-Russia borderland: an ethnography of place and public monuments. East European Politics and Societies, 26 (2). pp. 400-424. ISSN 0888-3254 (doi:10.1177/0888325411415403)
Smith, D.J. (2008) Woe from stones: commemoration, identity politics and Estonia's 'War of Monuments'. Journal of Baltic Studies, 39 (4). pp. 419-430. ISSN 0162-9778 (doi:10.1080/01629770802461191)
Smith, D.J. (2008) The revival of cultural autonomy in certain countries of eastern Europe: were lessons drawn from the inter-war period? [WORKING PAPER]. pp. 77-88.
Burch, S., and Smith, D.J. (2007) Empty spaces and the value of symbols: Estonia's 'war of monuments' from another angle. Europe-Asia Studies, 59 (6). pp. 913-936. ISSN 0966-8136 (doi:10.1080/09668130701489139 )
Hiden, J., and Smith, D.J. (2006) Looking beyond the nation state: a Baltic vision for national minorities between the wars. Journal of Contemporary History, 41 (3). pp. 387-399. ISSN 0022-0094 (doi:10.1177/0022009406064646)
Smith, D.J. (2003) 'The Devil and the deep Blue Sea': European integration, national identity and foreign policy in post-communist Estonia. Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, 19 (3). pp. 156-177. ISSN 1352-3279 (doi:10.1080/13523270300660022 )
Smith, D.J. (2003) Minority rights, multiculturalism and EU enlargement: the case of Estonia. Journal on Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues in Europe, 4 (1). pp. 1-39. ISSN 1617-5247
Smith, D.J. (2002) Framing the national question in central and eastern Europe: a quadratic nexus? Global Review of Ethnopolitics, 2 (1). pp. 3-16. ISSN 1744-9057 (doi:10.1080/14718800208405119 )
Smith, D.J. (2002) Narva region within the Estonian Republic: from autonomism to accommodation? Regional and Federal Studies, 12 (2). pp. 89-110. ISSN 1359-7566
Book
Smith, D., and Hiden, J. (2012) Ethnic diversity and the nation state: national cultural autonomy revisited. Series: Routledge innovations in political theory, 44 . Routledge, London. ISBN 9780415696906
Lane, T., Pabriks, A., Purs, A., and Smith, D.J. (2002) The Baltic States: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Series: Postcommunist States and Nations . Routledge (Part of Taylor and Francis), London. ISBN 9780415285803
Book Section
Smith, D. (2013) Institutional memories and institutional legacies: managing minority-majority relations in post-communist Europe qua cultural autonomy. In: Cordell, K., Agarin, T. and Osipov, A. (eds.) Institutional Legacies of Communism: Change and Continuities in Minority Protection. Series: Routledge advances in European politics (95). Routledge, London, UK. ISBN 9780415638739
Housden, M., and Smith, D. (2011) Introduction. In: Housden, M. and Smith, D. (eds.) Forgotten Pages in Baltic History: Diversity and Inclusion. Series: On the Boundary of Two Worlds: Identity, Freedom, and Moral Imagination in the Baltics (30). Rodopi, Amsterdam, Netherlands, pp. 1-8. ISBN 9789042033153
Housden, M., and Smith, D. (2011) A matter of uniqueness? Paul Schiemann, Ewald Ammende and Mikhail Kurchinskii compared. In: Housden, M. and Smith, D. (eds.) Forgotten Pages in Baltic History: Diversity and Inclusion. Series: On the Boundary of Two Worlds: Identity, Freedom, and Moral Imagination in the Baltics (30). Rodopi, Amsterdam, Netherlands, pp. 161-186. ISBN 9789042033153
Smith, D. (2011) "You’ve got to know history": remembering and forgetting the past in the present-day Baltic. In: Housden, M. and Smith, D. (eds.) Forgotten Pages in Baltic History: Diversity and Inclusion. Series: On the Boundary of Two Worlds: Identity, Freedom, and Moral Imagination in the Baltics (30). Rodopi, Amsterdam, Netherlands, pp. 281-300. ISBN 9789042033153
Smith, D. (2010) Non-territorial cultural autonomy in contemporary Europe: reflections on the revival of an idea. In: Breen, K. and O'Neill, S. (eds.) After the Nation? Critical Reflections on Nationalism and Postnationalism. Series: International Political Theory . Palgrave Macmillian, Basingstoke and New York, pp. 84-102. ISBN 9780230576537
Smith, D. (2010) National cultural autonomy. In: Cordell, K. and Wolff, S. (eds.) The Routledge Handbook of Ethnic Conflict. Routledge, London, pp. 278-287. ISBN 9780415476256
Smith, D. (2010) Inter-war multiculturalism revisited: cultural autonomy in 1920s Latvia. In: Galbreath, D., Smith, D. and Swain, G. (eds.) From Recognition to Restoration. Latvia's History as a Nation-State. Series: On the Boundary of Two Worlds: Identity, Freedom and Moral Imagination in the Baltics (25). Rodopi, Amsterdam and New York, pp. 31-43. ISBN 9789042030985
Hiden, J., Made, V., and Smith, D.J. (2008) Introduction: the Baltic question and the Cold War. In: Hiden, J., Made, V. and Smith, D.J. (eds.) The Baltic Question During the Cold War. Series: Cold war history series (20). Routledge, London, UK, pp. 1-6. ISBN 9780415371001
Smith, D.J. (2008) The end of the Baltic question? The Baltic states, Russia, and the West in the post-Cold War era. In: Hiden, J., Made, V. and Smith, D.J. (eds.) The Baltic Question During the Cold War. Series: Cold war history series (20). Routledge, London, pp. 189-203. ISBN 9780415371001
Smith, D.J., and Cordell, K. (2008) Introduction: the theory and practice of cultural autonomy in central and eastern Europe. In: Smith, D.J. and Cordell, K. (eds.) Cultural Autonomy in Contemporary Europe. Routledge, London, UK, pp. 1-8. ISBN 9780415464567
Smith, D.J. (2005) Editor's introduction: the Baltic states: new Europe or old? In: Smith, D.J. (ed.) The Baltic States and Their Region: New Europe or Old? Series: On the boundary of two worlds: identity, freedom, and moral imagination in the Baltics (3). Rodopi, Amsterdam, Netherlands. ISBN 9789042016668
Smith, D.J. (2005) Managing multiculturalism: the regulation of ethnopolitical disputes in post-Soviet Estonia and Latvia. In: Marko, L. (ed.) The Baltic as a Multicultural World: Sea, Region and Peoples. Series: The Baltic sea region: northern dimensions - European perspectives . Berliner Wissenschafts, Berlin. ISBN 3830509758
Smith, D.J. (2005) Non-territorial cultural autonomy as a Baltic contribution to Europe between the wars. In: Smith, D.J. (ed.) The Baltic States and Their Region: New Europe or Old? Series: On the boundary of two worlds : identity, freedom, and moral imagination in the Baltics (3). Rodopi, Amsterdam, Netherlands. ISBN 9789042016668
Smith, D.J. (2004) Mikhail Kurchinskii, cultural autonomy and the Russian question in inter-war Estonia. In: Metuzāle-Kangere, B. (ed.) The Ethnic Dimension in Politics and Culture in the Baltic Countries 1920-1945. Södertörns högskola, Huddinge. ISBN 9189315367
Lehti, M., and Smith, D.J. (2003) Introduction: other Europes. In: Lehti, M. and Smith, D.J. (eds.) Post-Cold War Identity Politics: Northern and Baltic Experiences. Series: Cass series--nationalism and ethnicity . Frank Cass, London, UK, pp. 1-13. ISBN 9780714683515
Smith, D.J. (2003) Nordic near abroad or new northern Europe? Perspectives on post-Cold War co-operation in the Baltic Sea area. In: Lehti, M. and Smith, D.J. (eds.) Post-Cold War Identity Politics: Northern and Baltic Experiences. Frank Cass, London, pp. 50-77. ISBN 0714683515
Edited Book
Housden, M. and Smith, D., (Eds.) (2011) Forgotten Pages in Baltic History: Diversity and Inclusion. Series: On the Boundary of Two Worlds: Identity, Freedom, and Moral Imagination in the Baltics. Rodopi, Amsterdam, Netherlands. ISBN 9789042033153
Smith, D.J., Galbreath, D.J. and Swain, G., (Eds.) (2010) From Recognition to Restoration: Latvia's History as a Nation-State. Series: On the boundary of two worlds. Rodopi, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 9789042030985
Smith, D. and Cordell, K., (Eds.) (2008) Cultural Autonomy in Contemporary Europe. Routledge, London. ISBN 9780415464567
Conference Proceedings
Smith, D. (2012) Non-territorial autonomy and political community in contemporary central and Eastern Europe. In: Non-territorial autonomy and new modalities for national self-determination: Political Studies Association, 3-5th April 2012, Belfast, UK.
Smith, D. (2011) The multicultural Baltic way: inter-war state and nation-building compared. In: Comparative Baltic State-Building, 14-15th March 2011, Uppsala University, Sweden.
Smith, D. (2010) Nation state or state community? Alternatives from inter-war Europe. In: Glasgow meets Giessen : cooperation day , 3rd November 2010, Giessen, Germany.
Smith, D. (2008) Cultural autonomy for minorities in inter-war Latvia. In: 90 Years since Independence: Evaluating Latvia’s Past and Present, 28th November 2008, London, UK.
Undergraduate Teaching
- Central and East European Studies Joint Honours Pr
- Central and East European Studies Level 1
- Central and East European Studies Level 2
- Statehood, Nationality and Identity: The Baltic States since 1918
Postgraduate Teaching
- Thematic Issues in Russian, Central and East European Studies
- Research Methods for Studying Russian and Central and Eastern Europe
Able to comment for the media on:
- Contemporary History, Politics and International Relations of the Baltic States
- Russian-speaking minorities in Estonia and Latvia
- Regionalism and Identity Politics in the Baltic Sea Area
