Professor David Smith
- Professor - Alex Nove Chair in Russian and East European Studies (Political & International Studies)
telephone:
0141 5254
email:
David.Smith@glasgow.ac.uk
R302 Level 3, Cees, 8 Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow G12 8QQ
Biography
I am Alec Nove Chair in Russian and East European Studies (previously Professor of Baltic History and Politics, 2008-2016) and Editor of Europe-Asia Studies at the University of Glasgow, where I have worked since 2002.
In 2009-2012 and 2014-15 I was Head of the Central and East European Studies Subject Group, and from 2006-2009 Co-Director of the inter-institutional Language-Based Area Studies Centre of Excellence in Russian and Central and East European Studies (CRCEES). I also head the University's Baltic Research Unit (estd. 2004).
Before coming to Glasgow I was Lecturer in Contemporary History of the Baltic States at the University of Bradford, where I obtained my PhD in 1997.
I have written extensively on issues of nationalism, ethnic politics and national minorities (both historic and contemporary) in Central and Eastern Europe and the former USSR, and offer undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and PhD supervision in all these areas.
From 2012-2014 I was Visiting Researcher at the Institute for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Uppsala University, and am Docent (Honorary Senior Lecturer) in Nationalism and Ethnicity at the University of Turku.
Research interests
- Nationalism, ethnic politics and the management of ethno-cultural diversity in Central and Eastern Europe, both historic and contemporary
- National-cultural (non-territorial) autonomy
- Transnational minority activism and minority-kinstate relations
- Contemporary history, politics and international relations of the Baltic States and the wider Baltic Sea Region
- 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
Publications
2025
Csergő, Z., Udrea, A. and Smith, D. J. (2025) The securitization of transborder ethnic kinship: contextual explorations around the world. Journal of Global Security Studies, 10(1), ogae038. (doi: 10.1093/jogss/ogae038)
2024
Smith, D. and Willis, C. (2024) Transnational Minority Activism in Europe Beyond The Minority Safepack Initiative. Europe Now, 57,
Smith, D. J. (2024) Secure in diversity? Transborder ethnicity, transnational minority activism and ontological (in)security in the European Union. Journal of Global Security Studies, (Accepted for Publication)
2023
Smith, D. J. (2023) NTA as a democratization tool. In: Andeva, M., Dobos, B., Djordjević, L., Kuzmany, B. and Malloy, T. H. (eds.) Non-Territorial Autonomy. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 65-84. ISBN 9783031316081 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-31609-8_4)
Núñez Seixas, X. M. and Smith, D. J. (2023) Internationalist patriots? Minority nationalists, ethnic minorities, and the global interwar stage, 1918–39. In: Dalle Mulle, E., Rodogno, D. and Bieling, M. (eds.) Sovereignty, Nationalism, and the Quest for Homogeneity in Interwar Europe. Bloomsbury Academic: London, pp. 233-256. ISBN 9781350263383 (doi: 10.5040/9781350263413.ch-12)
Smith, D. J. , Dodovski, I. and Ghencea, F. (Eds.) (2023) Realising Linguistic, Cultural and Educational Rights Through Non-Territorial Autonomy. Palgrave Macmillan: Cham. ISBN 9783031198557
Smith, D. J. (2023) ‘Living the same full life’? A critical assessment of non-territorial autonomy practice in the Vojvodina and Sápmi contexts. In: Smith, D. J., Dodovski, I. and Ghencea, F. (eds.) Realising Linguistic, Cultural and Educational Rights Through Non-Territorial Autonomy. Palgrave Macmillan: Cham, pp. 39-42. ISBN 9783031198557 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-19856-4_3)
Smith, D. J. and Dodovski, I. (2023) Introduction: Realising linguistic, cultural and educational rights through non-territorial autonomy. In: Smith, D. J., Dodovski, I. and Ghencea, F. (eds.) Realising Linguistic, Cultural and Educational Rights Through Non-Territorial Autonomy. Palgrave Macmillan: Cham, pp. 1-8. ISBN 9783031198557 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-19856-4_1)
2021
Udrea, A. and Smith, D. (2021) Minority protection and kin-state engagement: Karta Polaka in comparative perspective. Ethnopolitics, 20(1), pp. 67-82. (doi: 10.1080/17449057.2020.1808326)
Udrea, A. , Smith, D. and Cordell, K. (2021) Karta Polaka, Poland and its co-ethnics abroad. Ethnopolitics, 20(1), pp. 1-11.
Dembińska, M. and Smith, D. (2021) Navigating in-between the EU and Russia. Eurasian Geography and Economics, 62(3), pp. 247-263. (doi: 10.1080/15387216.2021.1932544)
Smith, D. J. (2021) One Russia, many worlds: balancing external homeland nationalism and internal ethnocultural diversity. Eurasian Geography and Economics, 62(3), pp. 372-396. (doi: 10.1080/15387216.2020.1801480)
2020
Smith, D. J. (2020) The ‘Quadratic Nexus’ revisited: nation-building in Estonia through the prism of national cultural autonomy. Nationalities Papers, 48(2), pp. 235-250. (doi: 10.1017/nps.2018.38)
Anceschi, L. and Smith, D. J. (2020) From the Editors. Europe-Asia Studies, 72(1), pp. 1-2. (doi: 10.1080/09668136.2019.1705613)
2019
Smith, D. J. (2019) Addressing the dilemmas of ethno-cultural diversity in the modern world: national-cultural autonomy – Utopian vision or practical solution? In: Berjelung, A. and Maier, A. (eds.) Researches on Israel and Aram: Autonomy, Interdependence and Related Issues. Proceedings of the First Annual RIAB Center Conference, Leipzig, June 2016. Research on Israel and Aram in Biblical Times I. Mohr Siebeck: Tübingen. ISBN 9783161577192
Smith, D. , Germane, M. and Housden, M. (2019) ‘Forgotten Europeans’: transnational minority activism in the age of European integration. Nations and Nationalism, 25(2), pp. 523-543. (doi: 10.1111/nana.12401)
Prina, F. , Smith, D. J. and Molnar Sansum, J. (2019) National cultural autonomy and linguistic rights in Central and Eastern Europe. In: Hogan-Brun, G. and O'Rourke, B. (eds.) The Palgrave Handbook of Minority Languages and Communities. Palgrave Macmillan: London, pp. 181-205. ISBN 9781137540652 (doi: 10.1057/978-1-137-54066-9_7)
Smith, D. J. and Semenyshyn, M. (2019) Effective participation of national minorities, representation and self-governance in Zakarpattya, Ukraine. In: Romans, W. and Ulasiuk, I. (eds.) The Effective Participation of National Minorities in Public Life - 20 Years after Lund. Brill. (Accepted for Publication)
2018
Prina, F. , Smith, D. and Molnar Sansum, J. (2018) National cultural autonomy in Central and Eastern Europe: Challenges and possibilities. In: Nimni, E. and Aktprak, E. (eds.) Democracy in Plurinational States: The Kurds in Turkey. Series: Comparative territorial politics. Palgrave Macmillan: Cham, Switzerland. ISBN 9783030011079 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-01108-6_5)
2017
Smith, D. J. (Ed.) (2017) Latvia - A Work in Progress?: 100 Years of State- and Nationbuilding. Series: Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society. ibidem-Verlag: Stuttgart, pp. 11-28. ISBN 9783838206486
Smith, D. J. (2017) A nem-területi / nemzeti-kulturális autonómia. Dinamikák és gyakorlatok. Regio, 25(3), pp. 113-129. (doi: 10.17355/rkkpt.v25i3.174)
Smith, D. J. (2017) Nemzeti-kulturális autonómia a mai Észtországban: A valódi jelentőségtől a szimbolikusig? Regio, 25(3), pp. 154-181. (doi: 10.17355/rkkpt.v25i3.176)
Smith, D. J. (2017) State, nation and sovereignty in a century of uncertainty and change: turning points and continuities in latvian society and polity. In: Smith, D. J. (ed.) Latvia - A Work in Progress?:One Hundred Years of State- and Nation-Building. Series: Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society (142). ibidem-Verlag: Stuttgart, pp. 11-28. ISBN 9783838206486
Smith, D. J. (2017) Why remember Paul Schiemann? In: Smith, D. J. (ed.) Latvia - A Work in Progress?:One Hundred Years of State- and Nation-Building. Series: Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society (142). ibidem-Verlag: Stuttgart. ISBN 9783838206486
2016
Smith, D. J. and Semenyshyn, M. (2016) Territorial-Administrative Decentralisation and Ethnocultural Diversity in Ukraine: Addressing Hungarian Autonomy Claims in Zakarpattya. Working Paper. European Centre for Minority Issues.
Smith, D. J. (2016) Estonia: a model for interwar Europe? Ethnopolitics, 15(1), pp. 89-104. (doi: 10.1080/17449057.2015.1101841)
Germane, M., Smith, D. J. and Housden, M. (2016) Ethnic Minority Activism in Europe from a Transnational Perspective. In: 21st Annual ASN World Convention, New York, NY, USA, 14-16 Apr 2016, (Unpublished)
Smith, D. (2016) National cultural autonomy. In: Cordell, K. and Wolff, S. (eds.) Routledge Handbook of Ethnic Conflict. 2nd edition. Series: Routledge handbooks. Routledge: London, pp. 267-277. ISBN 9781138847736
Smith, D. J. (2016) National-Cultural Autonomy Today: To What End and for Whom? In: 21st Annual ASN World Convention, New York, NY, USA, 14-16 Apr 2016, (Unpublished)
2015
Smith, D. J. (2015) Across the lines: national self-determination in the Baltic between the Russian, German and Allied conceptions. Acta Historica Universitatis Klaipedensis, 31, pp. 155-168.
Smith, D. J. (2015) The making and breaking of Soviet Lithuania: memory and modernity in the wake of war by V. DAVOLIŪTĖ. Journal of Baltic Studies, 46(2), pp. 265-267. (doi: 10.1080/01629778.2015.1043089)[Book Review]
Smith, D. J. (2015) NTA as political strategy in Eastern Europe. In: Malloy, T. H. and Palermo, F. (eds.) Minority Accommodation through Territorial and Non-Territorial Autonomy. Oxford University Press, pp. 161-178. ISBN 9780198746669 (doi: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198746669.003.0008)
Smith, D. J. (2015) Restored cultural autonomy in Estonia? Reassessing the nature and origins of the 1993 NCA law. In: 7th Annual CRCEES Research Forum, Glasgow, 4-5 Jun 2015, (Unpublished)
Smith, D. J. (2015) Rise, Fall and Revival: A Century of Transethnic Coalition-Building in Europe. Trans-ethnic Coalition-Building within and across States, Uppsala University, Sweden, 7-9 Jan 2015.
Smith, D. J. (2015) Transethnic coalition-building: definitions, practices and possibilities. Journal on Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues in Europe, 14(2), pp. 1-6.
2014
Smith, D. J. (2014) The situation in Ukraine highlights the need for Estonia and Latvia to promote greater integration among their ethnic Russian populations. LSE EUROPP European Politics and Policy Blog,
Smith, D. (2014) Across the Lines: Nationality Rights and National Autonomy between the Russian, German and Allied Conceptions. The Principle of Nationality during the First World War, Lithuanian Institute of History, Vilnius, Lithuania, 11-12 Dec 2014.
Smith, D. J. (2014) Minority territorial and non-territorial autonomy in Europe: theoretical perspectives and practical challenges. In: Kantor, Z. (ed.) Autonomies in Europe: Solutions and Challenges. L'Harmattan: Budapest, pp. 15-24.
Smith, D. J. (2014) National-cultural autonomy and the construction of political community: insights from the Baltic. In: Partitionism, Minorities and Collective Identities in the Construction of a Europe of ‘Small’ Democracies, 1912-2012, University of Cambridge, UK, 25-26 Sep 2014,
Smith, D. J. (2014) National-cultural autonomy in contemporary Estonia. In: Salat, L., Constantin, S., Osipov, A. and Székely, I. (eds.) Autonomy Arrangements around the World: A Collection of Well and Lesser Known Cases. Romanian Institute for Research on National Minorities: Cluj-Napoca, Romania, pp. 299-316. ISBN 9786068377308
Smith, D. J. (2014) Review of 'Managing Ethnic Diversity in Russia' by Oleh Protsyk and Benedikt Harzl (eds). Europe-Asia Studies, 66(2), pp. 334-336. (doi: 10.1080/09668136.2014.882641)[Book Review]
2013
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.
Smith, D. J. (2013) Review of 'Baltic Facades', by Aldis Purs. Slavonica, 19(1), pp. 84-85. (doi: 10.1179/1361742713Z.00000000017)[Book Review]
Nimni, E., Ospirov, A. and Smith, D. J. (Eds.) (2013) The Challenge of Non-Territorial Autonomy: Theory and Practice. Series: Nationalisms across the globe. Peter Lang: Oxford. ISBN 9783034317146
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
Smith, D. J. (2013) Making the case for independence: the economic policies of the Baltic governments during 1990-91. In: The Roots of the Collapse of the Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc – Economic Aspects International Conference, Warsaw, 16-18 May 2013,
Smith, D. J. (2013) Review of 'The Encyclopedia of Migration and Minorities in Europe from the 17th Century to the Present', by Klaus J. Bade, Pieter C. Emmer, Leo Lucassen & Jochen Oltmer (eds). Journal of Baltic Studies, 44(3), pp. 414-416. (doi: 10.1080/01629778.2013.813115)[Book Review]
Smith, D. J. (2013) Security and memory: reconceptualising Russia’s Baltic “diaspora”. In: Memory, History and Conflict, Glasgow, UK, 18-19 Mar 2013,
2012
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, Belfast, UK, 3-5th April 2012,
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. (doi: 10.1177/0888325411415403)
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
Smith, D. J. (2012) Challenges of non-territorial autonomy in contemporary central and Eastern Europe. In: Minorities, Nations and Cultural Diversity: The Challenge of Non-Territorial Autonomy, Belfast, UK, 9-10 Nov 2012,
Smith, D. J. (2012) Estonia: national-cultural autonomy. In: Autonomy Arrangements in the World, Flensburg, Germany, 14-15 Sep 2012,
Smith, D. J. (2012) In Memoriam: John Hiden 1940–2012. Journal of Baltic Studies, 43(3), iii-iv. (doi: 10.1080/01629778.2012.727605)
2011
Smith, D. (2011) The multicultural Baltic way: inter-war state and nation-building compared. In: Comparative Baltic State-Building, Uppsala University, Sweden, 14-15th March 2011,
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
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
2010
Smith, D. (2010) Nation state or state community? Alternatives from inter-war Europe. In: Glasgow meets Giessen : cooperation day, Giessen, Germany, 3rd November 2010,
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.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. (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
2008
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. (doi: 10.1080/01629770802461191)
Smith, D. (2008) Cultural autonomy for minorities in inter-war Latvia. In: 90 Years since Independence: Evaluating Latvia’s Past and Present, London, UK, 28th November 2008,
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.
Smith, D. and Cordell, K. (Eds.) (2008) Cultural Autonomy in Contemporary Europe. Routledge: London. ISBN 9780415464567
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
2007
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. (doi: 10.1080/09668130701489139)
2006
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. (doi: 10.1177/0022009406064646)
2005
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
2004
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
2003
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) '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. (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.
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
2002
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. (doi: 10.1080/14718800208405119)
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
Smith, D.J. (2002) Narva region within the Estonian Republic: from autonomism to accommodation? Regional and Federal Studies, 12(2), pp. 89-110.
Articles
Csergő, Z., Udrea, A. and Smith, D. J. (2025) The securitization of transborder ethnic kinship: contextual explorations around the world. Journal of Global Security Studies, 10(1), ogae038. (doi: 10.1093/jogss/ogae038)
Smith, D. and Willis, C. (2024) Transnational Minority Activism in Europe Beyond The Minority Safepack Initiative. Europe Now, 57,
Smith, D. J. (2024) Secure in diversity? Transborder ethnicity, transnational minority activism and ontological (in)security in the European Union. Journal of Global Security Studies, (Accepted for Publication)
Udrea, A. and Smith, D. (2021) Minority protection and kin-state engagement: Karta Polaka in comparative perspective. Ethnopolitics, 20(1), pp. 67-82. (doi: 10.1080/17449057.2020.1808326)
Udrea, A. , Smith, D. and Cordell, K. (2021) Karta Polaka, Poland and its co-ethnics abroad. Ethnopolitics, 20(1), pp. 1-11.
Dembińska, M. and Smith, D. (2021) Navigating in-between the EU and Russia. Eurasian Geography and Economics, 62(3), pp. 247-263. (doi: 10.1080/15387216.2021.1932544)
Smith, D. J. (2021) One Russia, many worlds: balancing external homeland nationalism and internal ethnocultural diversity. Eurasian Geography and Economics, 62(3), pp. 372-396. (doi: 10.1080/15387216.2020.1801480)
Smith, D. J. (2020) The ‘Quadratic Nexus’ revisited: nation-building in Estonia through the prism of national cultural autonomy. Nationalities Papers, 48(2), pp. 235-250. (doi: 10.1017/nps.2018.38)
Anceschi, L. and Smith, D. J. (2020) From the Editors. Europe-Asia Studies, 72(1), pp. 1-2. (doi: 10.1080/09668136.2019.1705613)
Smith, D. , Germane, M. and Housden, M. (2019) ‘Forgotten Europeans’: transnational minority activism in the age of European integration. Nations and Nationalism, 25(2), pp. 523-543. (doi: 10.1111/nana.12401)
Smith, D. J. (2017) A nem-területi / nemzeti-kulturális autonómia. Dinamikák és gyakorlatok. Regio, 25(3), pp. 113-129. (doi: 10.17355/rkkpt.v25i3.174)
Smith, D. J. (2017) Nemzeti-kulturális autonómia a mai Észtországban: A valódi jelentőségtől a szimbolikusig? Regio, 25(3), pp. 154-181. (doi: 10.17355/rkkpt.v25i3.176)
Smith, D. J. (2016) Estonia: a model for interwar Europe? Ethnopolitics, 15(1), pp. 89-104. (doi: 10.1080/17449057.2015.1101841)
Smith, D. J. (2015) Across the lines: national self-determination in the Baltic between the Russian, German and Allied conceptions. Acta Historica Universitatis Klaipedensis, 31, pp. 155-168.
Smith, D. J. (2015) Transethnic coalition-building: definitions, practices and possibilities. Journal on Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues in Europe, 14(2), pp. 1-6.
Smith, D. J. (2014) The situation in Ukraine highlights the need for Estonia and Latvia to promote greater integration among their ethnic Russian populations. LSE EUROPP European Politics and Policy Blog,
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.
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. (doi: 10.1177/0888325411415403)
Smith, D. J. (2012) In Memoriam: John Hiden 1940–2012. Journal of Baltic Studies, 43(3), iii-iv. (doi: 10.1080/01629778.2012.727605)
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. (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. (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. (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. (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.
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. (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.
Books
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 Sections
Smith, D. J. (2023) NTA as a democratization tool. In: Andeva, M., Dobos, B., Djordjević, L., Kuzmany, B. and Malloy, T. H. (eds.) Non-Territorial Autonomy. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 65-84. ISBN 9783031316081 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-31609-8_4)
Núñez Seixas, X. M. and Smith, D. J. (2023) Internationalist patriots? Minority nationalists, ethnic minorities, and the global interwar stage, 1918–39. In: Dalle Mulle, E., Rodogno, D. and Bieling, M. (eds.) Sovereignty, Nationalism, and the Quest for Homogeneity in Interwar Europe. Bloomsbury Academic: London, pp. 233-256. ISBN 9781350263383 (doi: 10.5040/9781350263413.ch-12)
Smith, D. J. (2023) ‘Living the same full life’? A critical assessment of non-territorial autonomy practice in the Vojvodina and Sápmi contexts. In: Smith, D. J., Dodovski, I. and Ghencea, F. (eds.) Realising Linguistic, Cultural and Educational Rights Through Non-Territorial Autonomy. Palgrave Macmillan: Cham, pp. 39-42. ISBN 9783031198557 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-19856-4_3)
Smith, D. J. and Dodovski, I. (2023) Introduction: Realising linguistic, cultural and educational rights through non-territorial autonomy. In: Smith, D. J., Dodovski, I. and Ghencea, F. (eds.) Realising Linguistic, Cultural and Educational Rights Through Non-Territorial Autonomy. Palgrave Macmillan: Cham, pp. 1-8. ISBN 9783031198557 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-19856-4_1)
Smith, D. J. (2019) Addressing the dilemmas of ethno-cultural diversity in the modern world: national-cultural autonomy – Utopian vision or practical solution? In: Berjelung, A. and Maier, A. (eds.) Researches on Israel and Aram: Autonomy, Interdependence and Related Issues. Proceedings of the First Annual RIAB Center Conference, Leipzig, June 2016. Research on Israel and Aram in Biblical Times I. Mohr Siebeck: Tübingen. ISBN 9783161577192
Prina, F. , Smith, D. J. and Molnar Sansum, J. (2019) National cultural autonomy and linguistic rights in Central and Eastern Europe. In: Hogan-Brun, G. and O'Rourke, B. (eds.) The Palgrave Handbook of Minority Languages and Communities. Palgrave Macmillan: London, pp. 181-205. ISBN 9781137540652 (doi: 10.1057/978-1-137-54066-9_7)
Smith, D. J. and Semenyshyn, M. (2019) Effective participation of national minorities, representation and self-governance in Zakarpattya, Ukraine. In: Romans, W. and Ulasiuk, I. (eds.) The Effective Participation of National Minorities in Public Life - 20 Years after Lund. Brill. (Accepted for Publication)
Prina, F. , Smith, D. and Molnar Sansum, J. (2018) National cultural autonomy in Central and Eastern Europe: Challenges and possibilities. In: Nimni, E. and Aktprak, E. (eds.) Democracy in Plurinational States: The Kurds in Turkey. Series: Comparative territorial politics. Palgrave Macmillan: Cham, Switzerland. ISBN 9783030011079 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-01108-6_5)
Smith, D. J. (2017) State, nation and sovereignty in a century of uncertainty and change: turning points and continuities in latvian society and polity. In: Smith, D. J. (ed.) Latvia - A Work in Progress?:One Hundred Years of State- and Nation-Building. Series: Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society (142). ibidem-Verlag: Stuttgart, pp. 11-28. ISBN 9783838206486
Smith, D. J. (2017) Why remember Paul Schiemann? In: Smith, D. J. (ed.) Latvia - A Work in Progress?:One Hundred Years of State- and Nation-Building. Series: Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society (142). ibidem-Verlag: Stuttgart. ISBN 9783838206486
Smith, D. (2016) National cultural autonomy. In: Cordell, K. and Wolff, S. (eds.) Routledge Handbook of Ethnic Conflict. 2nd edition. Series: Routledge handbooks. Routledge: London, pp. 267-277. ISBN 9781138847736
Smith, D. J. (2015) NTA as political strategy in Eastern Europe. In: Malloy, T. H. and Palermo, F. (eds.) Minority Accommodation through Territorial and Non-Territorial Autonomy. Oxford University Press, pp. 161-178. ISBN 9780198746669 (doi: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198746669.003.0008)
Smith, D. J. (2014) Minority territorial and non-territorial autonomy in Europe: theoretical perspectives and practical challenges. In: Kantor, Z. (ed.) Autonomies in Europe: Solutions and Challenges. L'Harmattan: Budapest, pp. 15-24.
Smith, D. J. (2014) National-cultural autonomy in contemporary Estonia. In: Salat, L., Constantin, S., Osipov, A. and Székely, I. (eds.) Autonomy Arrangements around the World: A Collection of Well and Lesser Known Cases. Romanian Institute for Research on National Minorities: Cluj-Napoca, Romania, pp. 299-316. ISBN 9786068377308
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
Book Reviews
Smith, D. J. (2015) The making and breaking of Soviet Lithuania: memory and modernity in the wake of war by V. DAVOLIŪTĖ. Journal of Baltic Studies, 46(2), pp. 265-267. (doi: 10.1080/01629778.2015.1043089)[Book Review]
Smith, D. J. (2014) Review of 'Managing Ethnic Diversity in Russia' by Oleh Protsyk and Benedikt Harzl (eds). Europe-Asia Studies, 66(2), pp. 334-336. (doi: 10.1080/09668136.2014.882641)[Book Review]
Smith, D. J. (2013) Review of 'Baltic Facades', by Aldis Purs. Slavonica, 19(1), pp. 84-85. (doi: 10.1179/1361742713Z.00000000017)[Book Review]
Smith, D. J. (2013) Review of 'The Encyclopedia of Migration and Minorities in Europe from the 17th Century to the Present', by Klaus J. Bade, Pieter C. Emmer, Leo Lucassen & Jochen Oltmer (eds). Journal of Baltic Studies, 44(3), pp. 414-416. (doi: 10.1080/01629778.2013.813115)[Book Review]
Edited Books
Smith, D. J. , Dodovski, I. and Ghencea, F. (Eds.) (2023) Realising Linguistic, Cultural and Educational Rights Through Non-Territorial Autonomy. Palgrave Macmillan: Cham. ISBN 9783031198557
Smith, D. J. (Ed.) (2017) Latvia - A Work in Progress?: 100 Years of State- and Nationbuilding. Series: Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society. ibidem-Verlag: Stuttgart, pp. 11-28. ISBN 9783838206486
Nimni, E., Ospirov, A. and Smith, D. J. (Eds.) (2013) The Challenge of Non-Territorial Autonomy: Theory and Practice. Series: Nationalisms across the globe. Peter Lang: Oxford. ISBN 9783034317146
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
Research Reports or Papers
Smith, D. J. and Semenyshyn, M. (2016) Territorial-Administrative Decentralisation and Ethnocultural Diversity in Ukraine: Addressing Hungarian Autonomy Claims in Zakarpattya. Working Paper. European Centre for Minority Issues.
Conference or Workshop Item
Smith, D. J. (2015) Rise, Fall and Revival: A Century of Transethnic Coalition-Building in Europe. Trans-ethnic Coalition-Building within and across States, Uppsala University, Sweden, 7-9 Jan 2015.
Smith, D. (2014) Across the Lines: Nationality Rights and National Autonomy between the Russian, German and Allied Conceptions. The Principle of Nationality during the First World War, Lithuanian Institute of History, Vilnius, Lithuania, 11-12 Dec 2014.
Conference Proceedings
Germane, M., Smith, D. J. and Housden, M. (2016) Ethnic Minority Activism in Europe from a Transnational Perspective. In: 21st Annual ASN World Convention, New York, NY, USA, 14-16 Apr 2016, (Unpublished)
Smith, D. J. (2016) National-Cultural Autonomy Today: To What End and for Whom? In: 21st Annual ASN World Convention, New York, NY, USA, 14-16 Apr 2016, (Unpublished)
Smith, D. J. (2015) Restored cultural autonomy in Estonia? Reassessing the nature and origins of the 1993 NCA law. In: 7th Annual CRCEES Research Forum, Glasgow, 4-5 Jun 2015, (Unpublished)
Smith, D. J. (2014) National-cultural autonomy and the construction of political community: insights from the Baltic. In: Partitionism, Minorities and Collective Identities in the Construction of a Europe of ‘Small’ Democracies, 1912-2012, University of Cambridge, UK, 25-26 Sep 2014,
Smith, D. J. (2013) Making the case for independence: the economic policies of the Baltic governments during 1990-91. In: The Roots of the Collapse of the Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc – Economic Aspects International Conference, Warsaw, 16-18 May 2013,
Smith, D. J. (2013) Security and memory: reconceptualising Russia’s Baltic “diaspora”. In: Memory, History and Conflict, Glasgow, UK, 18-19 Mar 2013,
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, Belfast, UK, 3-5th April 2012,
Smith, D. J. (2012) Challenges of non-territorial autonomy in contemporary central and Eastern Europe. In: Minorities, Nations and Cultural Diversity: The Challenge of Non-Territorial Autonomy, Belfast, UK, 9-10 Nov 2012,
Smith, D. J. (2012) Estonia: national-cultural autonomy. In: Autonomy Arrangements in the World, Flensburg, Germany, 14-15 Sep 2012,
Smith, D. (2011) The multicultural Baltic way: inter-war state and nation-building compared. In: Comparative Baltic State-Building, Uppsala University, Sweden, 14-15th March 2011,
Smith, D. (2010) Nation state or state community? Alternatives from inter-war Europe. In: Glasgow meets Giessen : cooperation day, Giessen, Germany, 3rd November 2010,
Smith, D. (2008) Cultural autonomy for minorities in inter-war Latvia. In: 90 Years since Independence: Evaluating Latvia’s Past and Present, London, UK, 28th November 2008,
Grants
Current Projects
Poland's Kin-State Policies: Opportunities and Challenges (Noble Foundation Programme on Modern Poland 2018-2020)
Completed Projects
National Minority Rights and Democratic Political Community (ESRC 2014-2018)
Public Monuments, Commemoration and the Renegotiation of Collective Identities in Estonia (British Academy 2005-2007)
Ending Nationalism? The Quest for Cultural Autonomy in Inter-War Europe (AHRC 2003-2008)
Supervision
- Karvinen, Susanna
Indigenous Resistance to Extractivism – the Intersections of Gender and Settler Colonialism - Yeo, Alexander
“People’s they like and don’t like”: An analysis of North Caucasian Governance and Politics through the use of traditional cultural norms, practices and religion
Teaching
Undergraduate Teaching
- Honours - CEES 4040 Nationalism, State Consolidation and the Politics of Identity Politics in Post-Communist Europe
- Central and East European Studies Level 1
- Central and East European Studies Level 2
Postgraduate Teaching
- Statehood and Nationality in Russia and Central Europe
- Thematic Issues in Russian, Central and East European Studies
- Research Methods for Studying Russian and Central and Eastern Europe