The Baltic States: unknown entities?
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Dr. Armands GUTMANIS
Undersecretary of state, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia
1984 | University of Latvia, Department of Foreign languages |
1984-1988 | Postgraduate studies, Lomonosov University Moscow, Dr. phil. |
1991-1993 | Postdoctoral Studies, Freiburg University and Basel University, Department of philosophy |
2000 | September - 2001 March Fulbright research scholar at the School of advanced international studies, the Johns Hopkins University, Washington, D.C., USA |
1988-1996 | Senior lecturer, University of Latvia, Dept. for German studies |
1995 | Policy planning dept., Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Riga |
1995 - 1999 | Foreign Policy Adviser to the President of Latvia |
1999 | October - March 2000 Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs |
1999 - 2000 | Communications studies program director at the European Integration Institute, the Stradins University Riga |
2000 | - Undersecretary of state, Ministry of foreign affairs of Latvia |
1994 | and 1996 Co-organizer of international research conferences in Riga on the history of Baltic culture and literature |
Gabriella LINDHOLM
Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden in Austria
1975 | Bachelor of Arts, Univeristy of Uppsala, Sweden (Political Science and History) |
1977 | Master, Justus Liebig University in Giessen, Federal Republic of Germany (Political Science and History) |
1978 | Ministry for Foreign Affairs |
1979-1981 | Second Secretary, Swedish Embassy Havana |
1981-1982 | Second Secretary, Swedish Embassy Brasilia |
1983 | Second Secretary, Swedish Embassy Buenos Aires |
1984-1986 | Head of Section for Latin America, MFA |
1986-1988 | Head of Department for Latin America, Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) |
1988-1990 | Private Sectrary to the Minister for International Development Cooperation |
1990-1992 | Deputy Director, Department of International Development Cooperation, MFA |
1992-1994 | Councellor, Political Department, Swedish Embassy Bonn |
1994-1995 | Director Department for Central and Eastern Europe |
1995 | .1999 Private Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs |
1999 | - Deputy Director General, Americas Department, MFA |
Lore LISTRA
Director of the Estonian Institute
1997 | - MBA course at the Tallinn Technical University |
1979 - 1983 | Studies of Romance languages, literature and pedagogy at the Tartu University |
1977 - 1979 | Studies of German languages and literature at the Tartu University |
1995 | - Estonian Institute, director |
1992-1994 | Estonian Institute, consultant |
1990-1992 | Department of Foreign Relations of the Ministry of Culture, counsellor |
1988-1989 | Lectures at the Tallinn Pedagogical University Course: French literature |
1984-1989 | Gustav-Adolf Gymnasium (Tallinn), teacher Courses: French language and literature French medieval history (taught in French) |
Member of the Estonian National Commission for UNESCO | |
Member of the Editorial Board of Estonian Literary Magazine | |
Member of the Editorial Board of the revue Estonian Art | |
Member of the committee Traducta (grants for foreign translators) at Estonian Cultural Endowment | |
Member of the Board of the Governmental Programme Estonian Culture and language abroad | |
Participating in preparation of agreements on cultural co-operation between Estonia and other countries | |
Member of the working group for the cultural policy of Estonia at the Ministry of Culture, 1999 | |
Member of the Board of Estonian Translators and Interpreters Association 1996-1999 | |
Organiser of the Round Table Estonian Image 1997 - 1999 | |
Representative of Estonia in Eureka Audiovisual 1994 - 1998 | |
1991 - 1997 | Department of Romance languages at the Estonian Institute of Humanities, senior lecturer, head of chair (1995 - 1996) Courses: French history, French literature, Theory of translation |
1993 - 1994 | Lectures on French history at Tartu University |
Raimundas LOPATA
Director of the Institute for International Affairs and Politic Science
Historian Degree University of Vilnius, 1990 | |
Ph. D. (History) Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, 1994 | |
Department of History, University of Âbo, Finland, 1992; Scholarship in European History | |
Department of History, Wisconsin-Madison University, USA, 1993; A. Senn Fellowship. | |
Hansard Society for Parliamentary Government ( in association with London School of Economics and Politics ), London, U. K., 1994; Scholarship in British Studies. | |
Foreign Policy Institute, The John Hopkins University, Washington D.C., USA, 1995; IREX grant for International Security Studies. | |
Director, Institute of International Relations and Political Science, University of Vilnius, 1999-Present | |
Acting Director, Institute of International Relations and Political Science, University of Vilnius, 1998-1999 | |
Advisor, Office of Prime-Minister of Lithuania, 1998-1999 | |
Deputy Director, Institute of International Relations and Political Science, University of Vilnius, 1995-1998 | |
Present Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Lithuanian History, Vilnius, 1988 - 1999 | |
Lecturer, Institute of International Relations and Political Science, University of Vilnius, 1994 - 1995 | |
Lecturer, Faculty of Humanities, Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, 1992 - 1994 |