National diversity and non-territorial cultural autonomy in Interwar Eastern Europe: The case of the Baltic states

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K02958
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: History of Europe and America
• Research Institution: Waseda University
• Principal Investigator: Komori Hiromi 早稲田大学, 教育・総合科学学術院, 教授 (50353454)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 中井 遼 北九州市立大学, 法学部, 准教授 (10546328)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): ONAKA Makoto 桜美林大学, 人文学系, 准教授 (70310331)
• Research Collaborator: SHIGEMATSU Hisashi ; KASEKAMP Andres
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: バルト三国 / 両大戦間期 / 民族問題 / 少数民族 / 文化自治 / バルト・ドイツ人

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The aim of this project is to explore the non-territorial cultural autonomy in the Interwar Baltic states and to show the national policies in the Eastern Europe has been constructed in the historical context and likewise the evaluation on them has been also made in the historical context. In this way the essencialism over nationalism in Eastern Europe was critically reconsidered.
By this research project it is claimed that the boundary between liberal and illiberal policies with regards to nations should be recomprehended.

Free Research Field

ロシア・東欧史