Regional Histories and Historical Regions

Marta Grzechnik is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Scandinavian Studies and Applied Linguistics, University of Gdańsk (Poland). She obtained her PhD at the European University Institute in Florence. Her research interests include history of the Baltic Sea region and Northern Europe, regional history, as well as conceptual and comparative history.

Contents: The Struggle for Pomerania: Poland in the interwar period - Proceeding with caution: Sweden in the interwar period - Turned away from the sea: Poland in the post-Cold War period - Caught up in the enthusiasm: Sweden in the post-Cold War period.

«Marta Grzechnik's study is a significant and unquestionable contribution to the issue of the development of the Baltic region concept over the last century [...].»
(Vasilijus Safronovas, Acta Historica Universitatis Klaipedensis, 30/2015)