Dr. Paula Oppermann will present her 2025 book Thunder Cross. Fascist Antisemitism in Twentieth-century Latvia (University of Wisconsin Press), which was awarded the George L. Mosse First Book Prize. The book is based on her PhD, which she obtained in Central and East European Studies at the University of Glasgow in 2022 and which was also awarded the Fritz Theodor Epstein Prize. She is also a graduate of Uppsala, having obtained an M.A. Degree in Holocaust and Genocide Studies there in 2014.
A commentary on the book will be provided by Dr. Matthew Kott from Uppsala University, followed by an audience Q&A.
Day: 6 May 2026
Place: On Zoom via this link
The event is organised jointly by the Glasgow Baltic Research Unit, the Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies and IRES in Uppsala, with support also from AABS.
The poster as pdf