Mart Kuldkepp
Biographic Data
| ID | 3095886 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mart Kuldkepp |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mart |
| FAMILY NAME | Kuldkepp |
| SIGNATURE | KULDKEPP M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University College London |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0942-717X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Eesti Vabariik, Eesti vabatriik ja Ehstenreich. Andres Dido „Sõjalaulu” kriitika
This article critically examines Andres Dido’s poem Sõjalaul (“War Song”) within its historical and literary context. Andres Dido (1855–1921) was an Estonian writer and journalist who participated in the radical wing of the 19th century Estonian national movement. He was arrested in 1882 for alleged anti-government actions, imprisoned for three years, and later lived in exile in Geneva and Paris. Dido’s poem Sõjalaul, confiscated during a house s…
The Great Depression in Eastern Europe
Western Orientalism Targeting Eastern Europe
This article discusses pre-existing studies of Euro-Orientalism (Orientalism directed at Eastern Europe), and advocates for further study of the inequal relationship between Europe's West and East. In this sense, this article should help to overview and advance the study this phenomenon. A better understanding of Euro-Orientalism is necessary both in order to counter epistemic injustice, and in order to promote realistic policy recommendations fo…
Baltic crisis
The end of the Cold War was in many ways a formative moment in recent European and global history, but it also had important regional and interregional ramifications. Not least from the Baltic and Nordic perspectives, the events in 1987–1992 marked the definite end of an era, and the beginning of another. As relevant sources from these years have increasingly become available, a research community has emerged to investigate the complexities of in…
German propaganda and the special treatment of Estonian prisoners of war in Germany in World War I
About 3,000–5,000 Estonians who served in the imperial Russian army in World War I ended up as prisoners of war (POWs) in German prison camps. Initially, they were treated as any other ‘Russians’ and endured malnutrition, backbreaking labor, and harsh treatment by the guards. From 1917, however, as Germany settled on the strategic aim of conquering the whole of the Baltic region, they began to be subjected to special treatment with the goal of ma…
The Estonian Swedish National Minority and the Estonian Cultural Autonomy Law of 1925
The 1925 Estonian cultural autonomy law is a rare example of the idea of nonterritorial national minority rights officially adopted in the interwar period. Scholarly interest in this legislation, however, has so far overwhelmingly concentrated on the case of the Baltic Germans. This article is intended to make a contribution toward a broader understanding of the 1925 law and the “cultural autonomy” discourse in Estonia altogether by examining the…
The political choices and outlooks of the Estonian Swedish national minority, 1917–1920
The Estonian Swedish national awakening did not start until the turn of the twentieth century, but by the 1917 Russian February Revolution, it was well underway. This article studies Estonian Swedish political choices and outlooks in the period that followed: 1917–1923. As Estonia went through tumultuous political changes, the leadership of the Swedish minority faced the task of formulating and carrying out a political strategy that would safegua…
Den yderste grænse
Mikkel Kirkebaek's handsomely presented two-volume work on the participation of Danish volunteers in the Baltic wars of independence (1918)(1919)(1920) is certainly one of the more impressive studies of these wars to have emerged during their recent centenary.In many ways a fresh and unconventional look at the confusing events that unfolded in the Baltics in the aftermath of the First World War, Kirkebaek's book would be a useful reading to anyon…
Baltic liberation first-hand
Sweden was one of the very few Western countries officially to recognize the incorporation of the Baltic states into the USSR in 1940 as lawful. While this naturally had a detrimental effect on the reputation of Sweden in Baltic liberation activist circles during the end stage of the Cold War, it also meant that Swedish diplomats did not have their hands tied to the same extent as those states that had not recognized the annexations. The first pe…
War, Revolution, and Governance
This edited collection is a tribute to the history of the twentieth-century Baltic region; an area, which, as the editors say, was ‘visited by practically every calamity the modem era had to offer’ (p. vii). The stated ambition of the editors, Lazar Fleishman and Amir Weiner, has been to complement the already existing outside perspectives on Baltic history with, as they say, a view ‘from within’ (p. vii); bringing together historians from the th…
National Revanchism at a Critical Juncture
This article argues that the persistent revanchist feelings in Sweden vis-à-vis Russia over the loss of Finland in 1809 constitute a broad undercurrent in Sweden’s otherwise peaceful modern history. The Franco-British attempts to draw Sweden into the Crimean War (1853–1856) against Russia are studied as an example of one such ‘critical juncture’ that brought Sweden very close to joining a war with the expectation of reconquering Finland. Facilita…
Liisi Esse, Eesti sõdurid Esimeses maailmasõjas
As has become customary in e-Estonia, doctoral dissertations are published online as well as in print, making them more likely to become integrated into the wider scholarly discourse. Hopefully, th
Aleksander Kesküla kirjandustegelasena
Aleksander Eduard Kesküla (1882–1963) on kindlasti üks müstilisemaid mehi Eesti (ja mitte ainult Eesti) ajaloos. Tema põrandaaluses rollis 1905. aasta revolutsiooni ajal ning suurejoonelises, ehkki üksiküritajalikus poliitilises tegevuses Esimese maailmasõja päevil pole kellelgi seni õnnestunud täit selgust saada. Osalt on sellise olukorra põhjustanud Kesküla ise, kes elu lõpuni järgis konspiratsioonireegleid ning eelistas tegutseda suuremat [...…
Sweden’s Historical Mission and World War I
Swedish activism was a political movement during World War I that demanded Sweden’s entrance into the war as an ally of Germany. The article proposes a more systematic way of conceptualizing the nature of this movement, based on the activists’ beliefs about Sweden’s geographical and historical situation, their region-building goals, and the response to the war. The second and simultaneous aim is to suggest a way of distinguishing more clearly bet…
The Scandinavian Connection in Early Estonian Nationalism
This article outlines the context and genesis of the idea of a Scandinavian-Estonian connection in early Estonian nationalism. Mnemopolitical (the role of the myth of ‘the good old Swedish times’) and geopolitical (Sweden understood as an alternative regional power to Germany and Russia) aspects of Estonian nationalism's engagement with Scandinavia are considered as factors that produced and reinforced this image of Nordic identity that has remai…
Päikeselaul
1 Siinses kontekstis on ebaselge, kas snu Greppr (ee pahategija, rvel) ja Gestr (kla
Baltic crisis
The end of the Cold War was in many ways a formative moment in recent European and global history, but it also had important regional and interregional ramifications. Not least from the Baltic and Nordic perspectives, the events in 1987–1992 marked the definite end of an era, and the beginning of another. As relevant sources from these years have increasingly become available, a research community has emerged to investigate the complexities of in…
The Estonian Swedish National Minority and the Estonian Cultural Autonomy Law of 1925
The 1925 Estonian cultural autonomy law is a rare example of the idea of nonterritorial national minority rights officially adopted in the interwar period. Scholarly interest in this legislation, however, has so far overwhelmingly concentrated on the case of the Baltic Germans. This article is intended to make a contribution toward a broader understanding of the 1925 law and the “cultural autonomy” discourse in Estonia altogether by examining the…
The political choices and outlooks of the Estonian Swedish national minority, 1917–1920
The Estonian Swedish national awakening did not start until the turn of the twentieth century, but by the 1917 Russian February Revolution, it was well underway. This article studies Estonian Swedish political choices and outlooks in the period that followed: 1917–1923. As Estonia went through tumultuous political changes, the leadership of the Swedish minority faced the task of formulating and carrying out a political strategy that would safegua…
The Scandinavian Connection in Early Estonian Nationalism
This article outlines the context and genesis of the idea of a Scandinavian-Estonian connection in early Estonian nationalism. Mnemopolitical (the role of the myth of ‘the good old Swedish times’) and geopolitical (Sweden understood as an alternative regional power to Germany and Russia) aspects of Estonian nationalism's engagement with Scandinavia are considered as factors that produced and reinforced this image of Nordic identity that has remai…
Päikeselaul
1 Siinses kontekstis on ebaselge, kas snu Greppr (ee pahategija, rvel) ja Gestr (kla
The Scandinavian Connection in Early Estonian Nationalism
This article outlines the context and genesis of the idea of a Scandinavian-Estonian connection in early Estonian nationalism. Mnemopolitical (the role of the myth of ‘the good old Swedish times’) and geopolitical (Sweden understood as an alternative regional power to Germany and Russia) aspects of Estonian nationalism's engagement with Scandinavia are considered as factors that produced and reinforced this image of Nordic identity that has remai…
Aleksander Kesküla kirjandustegelasena
Aleksander Eduard Kesküla (1882–1963) on kindlasti üks müstilisemaid mehi Eesti (ja mitte ainult Eesti) ajaloos. Tema põrandaaluses rollis 1905. aasta revolutsiooni ajal ning suurejoonelises, ehkki üksiküritajalikus poliitilises tegevuses Esimese maailmasõja päevil pole kellelgi seni õnnestunud täit selgust saada. Osalt on sellise olukorra põhjustanud Kesküla ise, kes elu lõpuni järgis konspiratsioonireegleid ning eelistas tegutseda suuremat [...…
Sweden’s Historical Mission and World War I
Swedish activism was a political movement during World War I that demanded Sweden’s entrance into the war as an ally of Germany. The article proposes a more systematic way of conceptualizing the nature of this movement, based on the activists’ beliefs about Sweden’s geographical and historical situation, their region-building goals, and the response to the war. The second and simultaneous aim is to suggest a way of distinguishing more clearly bet…
Liisi Esse, Eesti sõdurid Esimeses maailmasõjas
As has become customary in e-Estonia, doctoral dissertations are published online as well as in print, making them more likely to become integrated into the wider scholarly discourse. Hopefully, th
National Revanchism at a Critical Juncture
This article argues that the persistent revanchist feelings in Sweden vis-à-vis Russia over the loss of Finland in 1809 constitute a broad undercurrent in Sweden’s otherwise peaceful modern history. The Franco-British attempts to draw Sweden into the Crimean War (1853–1856) against Russia are studied as an example of one such ‘critical juncture’ that brought Sweden very close to joining a war with the expectation of reconquering Finland. Facilita…
Den yderste grænse
Mikkel Kirkebaek's handsomely presented two-volume work on the participation of Danish volunteers in the Baltic wars of independence (1918)(1919)(1920) is certainly one of the more impressive studies of these wars to have emerged during their recent centenary.In many ways a fresh and unconventional look at the confusing events that unfolded in the Baltics in the aftermath of the First World War, Kirkebaek's book would be a useful reading to anyon…
Baltic liberation first-hand
Sweden was one of the very few Western countries officially to recognize the incorporation of the Baltic states into the USSR in 1940 as lawful. While this naturally had a detrimental effect on the reputation of Sweden in Baltic liberation activist circles during the end stage of the Cold War, it also meant that Swedish diplomats did not have their hands tied to the same extent as those states that had not recognized the annexations. The first pe…
War, Revolution, and Governance
This edited collection is a tribute to the history of the twentieth-century Baltic region; an area, which, as the editors say, was ‘visited by practically every calamity the modem era had to offer’ (p. vii). The stated ambition of the editors, Lazar Fleishman and Amir Weiner, has been to complement the already existing outside perspectives on Baltic history with, as they say, a view ‘from within’ (p. vii); bringing together historians from the th…
The political choices and outlooks of the Estonian Swedish national minority, 1917–1920
The Estonian Swedish national awakening did not start until the turn of the twentieth century, but by the 1917 Russian February Revolution, it was well underway. This article studies Estonian Swedish political choices and outlooks in the period that followed: 1917–1923. As Estonia went through tumultuous political changes, the leadership of the Swedish minority faced the task of formulating and carrying out a political strategy that would safegua…
Baltic crisis
The end of the Cold War was in many ways a formative moment in recent European and global history, but it also had important regional and interregional ramifications. Not least from the Baltic and Nordic perspectives, the events in 1987–1992 marked the definite end of an era, and the beginning of another. As relevant sources from these years have increasingly become available, a research community has emerged to investigate the complexities of in…
German propaganda and the special treatment of Estonian prisoners of war in Germany in World War I
About 3,000–5,000 Estonians who served in the imperial Russian army in World War I ended up as prisoners of war (POWs) in German prison camps. Initially, they were treated as any other ‘Russians’ and endured malnutrition, backbreaking labor, and harsh treatment by the guards. From 1917, however, as Germany settled on the strategic aim of conquering the whole of the Baltic region, they began to be subjected to special treatment with the goal of ma…
The Estonian Swedish National Minority and the Estonian Cultural Autonomy Law of 1925
The 1925 Estonian cultural autonomy law is a rare example of the idea of nonterritorial national minority rights officially adopted in the interwar period. Scholarly interest in this legislation, however, has so far overwhelmingly concentrated on the case of the Baltic Germans. This article is intended to make a contribution toward a broader understanding of the 1925 law and the “cultural autonomy” discourse in Estonia altogether by examining the…
Western Orientalism Targeting Eastern Europe
This article discusses pre-existing studies of Euro-Orientalism (Orientalism directed at Eastern Europe), and advocates for further study of the inequal relationship between Europe's West and East. In this sense, this article should help to overview and advance the study this phenomenon. A better understanding of Euro-Orientalism is necessary both in order to counter epistemic injustice, and in order to promote realistic policy recommendations fo…
Eesti Vabariik, Eesti vabatriik ja Ehstenreich. Andres Dido „Sõjalaulu” kriitika
This article critically examines Andres Dido’s poem Sõjalaul (“War Song”) within its historical and literary context. Andres Dido (1855–1921) was an Estonian writer and journalist who participated in the radical wing of the 19th century Estonian national movement. He was arrested in 1882 for alleged anti-government actions, imprisoned for three years, and later lived in exile in Geneva and Paris. Dido’s poem Sõjalaul, confiscated during a house s…
The Great Depression in Eastern Europe
Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics (12 works) · Political science (11 works) · Law (9 works) · History (8 works) · Law (8 works) · History (7 works) · Politics (7 works) · Eastern European Communism and Reforms (6 works) · European Cultural and National Identity (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works)