Heinrichs STRODS

Professor Heinrichs STRODS Professor emeritus of Latvian History Department of History of Latvia Faculty of History and Philosophy University of Latvia Brivibas bulvaris 32 Riga, LV 1050 Latvia Phone: +371 7212715 Fax: +371 7229255 E-mail:[email protected]

Interests:

• History of Baltic States
• Agrarian History
• Political History
• History of Church

Principal Publications in History of Baltic States, 23 books and booklets, altogeteher 832 articles, papers
and chapters in books

Languages: Latvian, Russian, German, English, Latin

Education

• University of Latvia, Faculty of History, 1950
• Dr.hist. (Candidate of Sciences in former USSR), University of Latvia, 1954
• Dr.habil. hist. (Doctor of Sciences in former USSR), Institute of History, Moscow, 1977

Experience

• Senior Researcher, Central Historical Museum of Latvia, 1949-1957
• Senior Researcher, Head of Department of Archaeology and Etnography, Institute of History of Latvia, Latvian Academy of Sciences, 1954-1982
• Professor of History, Head of Department of History of USSR, University of Latvia,
• 1982-1989
• Professor of History, Head of Department of History of Latvia, University of Latvia, 1989-1993
• Professor of History, University of Latvia, 1993-1999
• Head of Scientific Program of the Occupation Museum of Latvia, 1998 -

Honours and Awards:

• Corresponding Member, International Council of Museums (ICOM), UNESCO, Paris, 1957
• Member, Association of Agrarian Museums, UNESCO, 1967
• Fellow, Association for Research of XVIII Century History, England, 1990
• Honorary Member, Latvian Academy of Sciences, 1992
• Active Member, New York Academy of Sciences, 1994
• Member, Council of Historians of Latvia by the President of Latvia, 1998 -

Professional Activities and Memberships

• Editorial Advisory Board for the journal of University of Latvia "History of Latvia", 1991-2004
• Vice-Chairman, Member, Council for Promotion and Habilitation in History, University of Latvia, 1991-1999
• Counsellor, Latvian Department of Naturalisation and Immigration, 1994-1997
• Member, Council of Symposium for Agrarian History of Russia, Moscow, 1957-1999
• Member, Editorial Advisory Board for the journal "Genocide and Resistance" (Lithuania), 2003 -

 

Lectures

• The Results of Main Latvian Archaeological Excavations 1959- 1965. Praha, (VII-e Congres International des Sciences Prehistoriques et Protohistoriques).
• Changes in the Composition of Traditional Field Crops in Latvia in the XIX Century. Tokyo, 1968 (VIII International Congress of Antropological and Etnological Sciences).
• Settlements of Peasants in the Baltics in the XVIII - XIX Century. Stockholm, 1981 (Sixth Conference on Baltic Studies in Scandinavia).
• General Lines of Russian Politics in the Baltic States. History and Present Situation. Warnemünde, Germany, 1993 (International Conference: Foreign Politics of Baltic States and International Relations to the Baltic States).
• Values in the Programs of nationalPartisans in Latvia 1944-1956. 2nd Conference on Baltic States During the Period of Cold War from 1944 to 1956, Gdansk, 1997.
• Chief Directions of Resistance in Latvia 1940-1990, Lund, 2003

Recent Publications

• Heinrichs Strods. Latvian National Partisan War, 1944 - 1956. Documents and Materials. - Riga,1999, 657 pp. (in Latvian; English Resume).
• Heinrichs Strods. Latvian National Partisan War, 1944 - 1956. Riga: Preses Nams Press, 1996, 574 pp. (in Latvian).
• Heinrihs Strods. Latvian National Partisan War 1944-1956. - Riga: Latvijas vestures fonds, 2003, 387 pp. (in Latvian; English resume)
• Heinrichs Strods. History of Roman Catholic Church in Latvia.- Riga: University of Latvia Press, 1996.- 387 pp. (in Latvian).
• Heinrichs Strods. Under The Black - Brown Sword: The Nazi Politics in Latvia, 1941- 1944.- Riga: Zvaigzne Press, 1994.- 154pp. (in Latvian).
• Heinrichs Strods. Duchy Courland Question in the XVIII Century.- Riga: University of Latvia Press, 1993.- Part I - II.- 420pp.
• Heinrichs Strods. Agricultural History of Latvia (till 1900).- Riga: Zvaigzne Press, 1992.- 287 pp. (in Latvian).

Research Projects

• Fate of Bolshevik Activists in Latvia 1941-1945.  Commission on History of 20th Century by President of Latvia

Last update 31.03.2004