Tomas Balkelis
Biographic Data
| ID | 5008794 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tomas Balkelis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tomas |
| FAMILY NAME | Balkelis |
| SIGNATURE | BALKELIS T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Lithuanian Institute of History |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7712-4234 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Humanitarian crisis in German occupied Vilnius, 1916-1917
Based on newly published witness accounts, the article gives an insight into the civilian experiences of the humanitarian crisis that took place in the Ober Ost in 1916–1917. Vilnius, a city of 140,000, became an epicentre of famine and an epidemic of typhus that resulted in the death of several thousand civilians between November 1916 and October 1917. The article explores causes and dynamics of the crisis, survival strategies of local populatio…
The Logic of Violence in the Polish-Lithuanian Conflict, 1920–1923
The article is devoted to violence that took place in the Polish-Lithuanian borderland after the Great War. Using the theoretical insights of Stathis Kalyvas (2006), the author explores violent actors, types, and the dynamics of violence in the conflict over the neutral zone between Poland and Lithuania between 1920 and 1923. The focus is on the experiences of civilians and the social impact of violence on the formation of their national identiti…
Didysis karas visuomenėje ir kultūroje
This collective monograph, an outcome of a research project financed by the Lithuanian Research Council, was written by a four-member team from Klaipėda University, led by Vasilijus Safronovas. Thi
A Dirty War
This article discusses the armed Polish-Lithuanian conflict during 1919–23. It flared in May 1919 when the first open clash between Lithuanian and Polish troops took place. It gradually escalated into an undeclared war and lasted until late November 1920 when, in Kaunas, both sides agreed to stop fighting along the neutral zone established by the League of Nations. However, there was no final peace agreement signed, only a truce, and low-scale pa…
Tomas Balkelis, Nation-Building, Revolution, and the Advance of the Red Army into Lithuania, 1918-1919
This article explores the initial conjunction and subsequent disentanglement of social and nationalist revolutions in Lithuania by focusing on the impact that war and various mobilizations had on the local population in 1918–19. Despite the explosion of social and nationalist unrest all over the country in late 1918, in a matter of several months the Bolsheviks lost their case. The key reasons for their failure were their military defeat by Germa…
Forced Displacement and Its Legacy
Apie mokslinę konferenciją, skirtą priverstiniams gyventojų iškeldinimams Lietuvoje ir Europoje
Theodore R. Weeks, Vilnius between nations, 1795-2000
Theodore R. Weeks, Vilnius between nations, 1795-2000." Canadian Slavonic Papers, 58(3), pp. 303–304
War, Revolution and Terror in the Baltic States and Finland after the Great War
After the Great War, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Finland, like many other East European countries, were swept by a new wave of military violence that continued from 1918 to the early 1920s. The
Demobilization and Remobilization of German and Lithuanian Paramilitaries after the First World War
This article explores the dynamic relationship between demobilization and remobilization in Lithuania after 1918. Focusing on the formation of Lithuanian and German paramilitaries and their military roles in the postwar conflict, the article argues that their emergence was grounded in their experiences of the Russian revolution and demobilization. War veterans formed the nucleus of both groups but they were joined by new volunteers who saw the po…
Social Banditry and Nation-Making
Journal Article Social Banditry and Nation-Making: the Myth of a Lithuanian Robber Get access Tomas Balkelis Tomas Balkelis University of Manchester Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Past & Present, Volume 198, Issue 1, February 2008, Pages 111–145, https://doi.org/10.1093/pastj/gtm053 Published: 01 February 2008
War, Ethnic Conflict and the Refugee Crisis in Lithuania, 1939–1940
After the destruction of the Polish state by the invading Nazi and Soviet armies in the autumn of 1939, about 30,000 Polish nationals fled to eastern Lithuania. This article examines the relationship between population displacement and ethnic rivalry in Lithuania at the onset of the Second World War. As ‘war victims’ in need of help and protection, over time these Polish refugees became increasingly ‘ethnicised’, socially differentiated and isola…
The Lithuanian National Intelligentsia and the Women’s Issue, 1883–1914
The paper discusses the gendering of the Lithuanian national movement during its formative stage, 1883–1914. It concentrates on the intelligentsia’s debate on the women’s question, which served as one of the most significant cultural battlegrounds for the national elite, helping to define its own identity and new directions for Lithuanian nationalism. Through the discussion of different marital strategies and women’s roles in national politics as…
Nation-building and world war I refugees in Lithuania, 1918 – 1924
This paper explores how population displacement operated in Lithuania in the immediate post-WWI period. In 1918 the disintegration of the old imperial polity led to the emergence of a Lithuanian state. Beyond the field of battle, the struggle to maintain the independence of Lithuania was characterised by an intense process of state and nation-building. All this hectic activity was accompanied by population displacement on a scale first witnessed …
Demobilization and Remobilization of German and Lithuanian Paramilitaries after the First World War
This article explores the dynamic relationship between demobilization and remobilization in Lithuania after 1918. Focusing on the formation of Lithuanian and German paramilitaries and their military roles in the postwar conflict, the article argues that their emergence was grounded in their experiences of the Russian revolution and demobilization. War veterans formed the nucleus of both groups but they were joined by new volunteers who saw the po…
Social Banditry and Nation-Making
Journal Article Social Banditry and Nation-Making: the Myth of a Lithuanian Robber Get access Tomas Balkelis Tomas Balkelis University of Manchester Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Past & Present, Volume 198, Issue 1, February 2008, Pages 111–145, https://doi.org/10.1093/pastj/gtm053 Published: 01 February 2008
War, Revolution and Terror in the Baltic States and Finland after the Great War
After the Great War, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Finland, like many other East European countries, were swept by a new wave of military violence that continued from 1918 to the early 1920s. The
War, Ethnic Conflict and the Refugee Crisis in Lithuania, 1939–1940
After the destruction of the Polish state by the invading Nazi and Soviet armies in the autumn of 1939, about 30,000 Polish nationals fled to eastern Lithuania. This article examines the relationship between population displacement and ethnic rivalry in Lithuania at the onset of the Second World War. As ‘war victims’ in need of help and protection, over time these Polish refugees became increasingly ‘ethnicised’, socially differentiated and isola…
Nation-building and world war I refugees in Lithuania, 1918 – 1924
This paper explores how population displacement operated in Lithuania in the immediate post-WWI period. In 1918 the disintegration of the old imperial polity led to the emergence of a Lithuanian state. Beyond the field of battle, the struggle to maintain the independence of Lithuania was characterised by an intense process of state and nation-building. All this hectic activity was accompanied by population displacement on a scale first witnessed …
Nation-building and world war I refugees in Lithuania, 1918 – 1924
This paper explores how population displacement operated in Lithuania in the immediate post-WWI period. In 1918 the disintegration of the old imperial polity led to the emergence of a Lithuanian state. Beyond the field of battle, the struggle to maintain the independence of Lithuania was characterised by an intense process of state and nation-building. All this hectic activity was accompanied by population displacement on a scale first witnessed …
The Lithuanian National Intelligentsia and the Women’s Issue, 1883–1914
The paper discusses the gendering of the Lithuanian national movement during its formative stage, 1883–1914. It concentrates on the intelligentsia’s debate on the women’s question, which served as one of the most significant cultural battlegrounds for the national elite, helping to define its own identity and new directions for Lithuanian nationalism. Through the discussion of different marital strategies and women’s roles in national politics as…
War, Ethnic Conflict and the Refugee Crisis in Lithuania, 1939–1940
After the destruction of the Polish state by the invading Nazi and Soviet armies in the autumn of 1939, about 30,000 Polish nationals fled to eastern Lithuania. This article examines the relationship between population displacement and ethnic rivalry in Lithuania at the onset of the Second World War. As ‘war victims’ in need of help and protection, over time these Polish refugees became increasingly ‘ethnicised’, socially differentiated and isola…
Social Banditry and Nation-Making
Journal Article Social Banditry and Nation-Making: the Myth of a Lithuanian Robber Get access Tomas Balkelis Tomas Balkelis University of Manchester Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Past & Present, Volume 198, Issue 1, February 2008, Pages 111–145, https://doi.org/10.1093/pastj/gtm053 Published: 01 February 2008
Demobilization and Remobilization of German and Lithuanian Paramilitaries after the First World War
This article explores the dynamic relationship between demobilization and remobilization in Lithuania after 1918. Focusing on the formation of Lithuanian and German paramilitaries and their military roles in the postwar conflict, the article argues that their emergence was grounded in their experiences of the Russian revolution and demobilization. War veterans formed the nucleus of both groups but they were joined by new volunteers who saw the po…
War, Revolution and Terror in the Baltic States and Finland after the Great War
After the Great War, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Finland, like many other East European countries, were swept by a new wave of military violence that continued from 1918 to the early 1920s. The
Forced Displacement and Its Legacy
Apie mokslinę konferenciją, skirtą priverstiniams gyventojų iškeldinimams Lietuvoje ir Europoje
Theodore R. Weeks, Vilnius between nations, 1795-2000
Theodore R. Weeks, Vilnius between nations, 1795-2000." Canadian Slavonic Papers, 58(3), pp. 303–304
Tomas Balkelis, Nation-Building, Revolution, and the Advance of the Red Army into Lithuania, 1918-1919
This article explores the initial conjunction and subsequent disentanglement of social and nationalist revolutions in Lithuania by focusing on the impact that war and various mobilizations had on the local population in 1918–19. Despite the explosion of social and nationalist unrest all over the country in late 1918, in a matter of several months the Bolsheviks lost their case. The key reasons for their failure were their military defeat by Germa…
Didysis karas visuomenėje ir kultūroje
This collective monograph, an outcome of a research project financed by the Lithuanian Research Council, was written by a four-member team from Klaipėda University, led by Vasilijus Safronovas. Thi
A Dirty War
This article discusses the armed Polish-Lithuanian conflict during 1919–23. It flared in May 1919 when the first open clash between Lithuanian and Polish troops took place. It gradually escalated into an undeclared war and lasted until late November 1920 when, in Kaunas, both sides agreed to stop fighting along the neutral zone established by the League of Nations. However, there was no final peace agreement signed, only a truce, and low-scale pa…
The Logic of Violence in the Polish-Lithuanian Conflict, 1920–1923
The article is devoted to violence that took place in the Polish-Lithuanian borderland after the Great War. Using the theoretical insights of Stathis Kalyvas (2006), the author explores violent actors, types, and the dynamics of violence in the conflict over the neutral zone between Poland and Lithuania between 1920 and 1923. The focus is on the experiences of civilians and the social impact of violence on the formation of their national identiti…
Humanitarian crisis in German occupied Vilnius, 1916-1917
Based on newly published witness accounts, the article gives an insight into the civilian experiences of the humanitarian crisis that took place in the Ober Ost in 1916–1917. Vilnius, a city of 140,000, became an epicentre of famine and an epidemic of typhus that resulted in the death of several thousand civilians between November 1916 and October 1917. The article explores causes and dynamics of the crisis, survival strategies of local populatio…
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