Heinrichs STRODS

(20.04.1925. - 14.04.2012.)

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:omf@latnet.lv

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