Information on Urban History and Urban Historical Research in Estonia

by Juhan Kreem

 

1. Associations and Societies on Urban History:

There are no official associations and societies on Urban history, but there are centres for urban history in the research Institutes, such as: Historians in Estonia are gathered in two major societies:

•  Akadeemiline Ajalooselts and Õpetatud Eesti Selts.

2. City Archives, or general information about city Archives

• City Archives in Tallinn
• Other historic town and city archives are preserved in the National Archives

3. Journals:

• Vana Tallinn (Yearbook issued by Tallinn City Archives)

4. Journals for Regional History including relevant contributions on Urban History:

• Ajalooline Ajakiri
• Tuna – Ajalookultuuri ajakiri
• Acta Historica Tallinnensia
• Forschungen zur Baltischen Geschichte
• Journal of Baltic Studies

5. Bibliographies

An overview of the field with extensive footnotes could be found in: Juhan Kreem: Was ist Stadtgeschichte in Estland? in: Stadtgeschichte des Baltikums oder baltische Stadtgeschichte? Annäherungen an ein neues Forschungsfeld zur baltischen Geschichte, Hg. Heidi Hein-Kircher und Ilgvars Misāns, Marburg: Herder-Institut 2015, (Tagungen zur Ostmitteleuropaforschung 33.), pp. 61–73.

6. Main Reference Works on Urban History in Estonia:

• General: Eesti linnaehituse ajalugu. Keskajast tsaariaja lõpuni, ed. by Anneli Randla, Tallinn 2019.Entsüklopeedia Tallinn, (vol. 1-2). Tallinn 2004