Professor David Smith

Professor - Alex Nove Chair in Russian and East European Studies (Political & International Studies)

telephone: 0141 5254
email: David.Smith@glasgow.ac.uk

R302 Level 3, Cees, 8 Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow G12 8QQ

Biography

I am Alec Nove Chair in Russian and East European Studies (previously Professor of Baltic History and Politics, 2008-2016) and Editor of Europe-Asia Studies at the University of Glasgow, where I have worked since 2002.

In 2009-2012 and 2014-15 I was Head of the Central and East European Studies Subject Group, and from 2006-2009 Co-Director of the inter-institutional Language-Based Area Studies Centre of Excellence in Russian and Central and East European Studies (CRCEES). I also head the University's Baltic Research Unit (estd. 2004).

Before coming to Glasgow I was Lecturer in Contemporary History of the Baltic States at the University of Bradford, where I obtained my PhD in 1997.

I have written extensively on issues of nationalism, ethnic politics and national minorities (both historic and contemporary) in Central and Eastern Europe and the former USSR, and offer undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and PhD supervision in all these areas.

From 2012-2014 I was Visiting Researcher at the Institute for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Uppsala University, and am Docent (Honorary Senior Lecturer) in Nationalism and Ethnicity at the University of Turku.

Research interests

Nationalism, ethnic politics and the management of ethno-cultural diversity in Central and Eastern Europe, both historic and contemporary
National-cultural (non-territorial) autonomy
Transnational minority activism and minority-kinstate relations
Contemporary history, politics and international relations of the Baltic States and the wider Baltic Sea Region
International influences on processes of post-communist transformation in Central and Eastern Europe, with particular reference to issues of democratisation, minority rights and ethnic conflict regulation
Russian-speaking minorities in Estonia and Latvia

Research groups

Central & East European Studies

Publications

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Number of items: 84.

2025

Csergő, Z., Udrea, A. and Smith, D. J. (2025) The securitization of transborder ethnic kinship: contextual explorations around the world. Journal of Global Security Studies, 10(1), ogae038. (doi: 10.1093/jogss/ogae038)

Smith, D. J. (2025) Secure in diversity? Transborder ethnicity, transnational minority activism and ontological (in)security in the European Union. Journal of Global Security Studies, 10(1), ogae033. (doi: 10.1093/jogss/ogae033)

2024

Smith, D. and Willis, C. (2024) Transnational Minority Activism in Europe Beyond The Minority Safepack Initiative. Europe Now, 57,

2023

Smith, D. J. (2023) NTA as a democratization tool. In: Andeva, M., Dobos, B., Djordjević, L., Kuzmany, B. and Malloy, T. H. (eds.) Non-Territorial Autonomy. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 65-84. ISBN 9783031316081 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-31609-8_4)

Núñez Seixas, X. M. and Smith, D. J. (2023) Internationalist patriots? Minority nationalists, ethnic minorities, and the global interwar stage, 1918–39. In: Dalle Mulle, E., Rodogno, D. and Bieling, M. (eds.) Sovereignty, Nationalism, and the Quest for Homogeneity in Interwar Europe. Bloomsbury Academic: London, pp. 233-256. ISBN 9781350263383 (doi: 10.5040/9781350263413.ch-12)

Smith, D. J. , Dodovski, I. and Ghencea, F. (Eds.) (2023) Realising Linguistic, Cultural and Educational Rights Through Non-Territorial Autonomy. Palgrave Macmillan: Cham. ISBN 9783031198557

Smith, D. J. (2023) ‘Living the same full life’? A critical assessment of non-territorial autonomy practice in the Vojvodina and Sápmi contexts. In: Smith, D. J., Dodovski, I. and Ghencea, F. (eds.) Realising Linguistic, Cultural and Educational Rights Through Non-Territorial Autonomy. Palgrave Macmillan: Cham, pp. 39-42. ISBN 9783031198557 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-19856-4_3)

Smith, D. J. and Dodovski, I. (2023) Introduction: Realising linguistic, cultural and educational rights through non-territorial autonomy. In: Smith, D. J., Dodovski, I. and Ghencea, F. (eds.) Realising Linguistic, Cultural and Educational Rights Through Non-Territorial Autonomy. Palgrave Macmillan: Cham, pp. 1-8. ISBN 9783031198557 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-19856-4_1)

2021

Udrea, A. and Smith, D. (2021) Minority protection and kin-state engagement: Karta Polaka in comparative perspective. Ethnopolitics, 20(1), pp. 67-82. (doi: 10.1080/17449057.2020.1808326)

Udrea, A. , Smith, D. and Cordell, K. (2021) Karta Polaka, Poland and its co-ethnics abroad. Ethnopolitics, 20(1), pp. 1-11.

Dembińska, M. and Smith, D. (2021) Navigating in-between the EU and Russia. Eurasian Geography and Economics, 62(3), pp. 247-263. (doi: 10.1080/15387216.2021.1932544)

Smith, D. J. (2021) One Russia, many worlds: balancing external homeland nationalism and internal ethnocultural diversity. Eurasian Geography and Economics, 62(3), pp. 372-396. (doi: 10.1080/15387216.2020.1801480)

2020

Smith, D. J. (2020) The ‘Quadratic Nexus’ revisited: nation-building in Estonia through the prism of national cultural autonomy. Nationalities Papers, 48(2), pp. 235-250. (doi: 10.1017/nps.2018.38)

Anceschi, L. and Smith, D. J. (2020) From the Editors. Europe-Asia Studies, 72(1), pp. 1-2. (doi: 10.1080/09668136.2019.1705613)

2019

Smith, D. J. (2019) Addressing the dilemmas of ethno-cultural diversity in the modern world: national-cultural autonomy – Utopian vision or practical solution? In: Berjelung, A. and Maier, A. (eds.) Researches on Israel and Aram: Autonomy, Interdependence and Related Issues. Proceedings of the First Annual RIAB Center Conference, Leipzig, June 2016. Research on Israel and Aram in Biblical Times I. Mohr Siebeck: Tübingen. ISBN 9783161577192

Smith, D. , Germane, M. and Housden, M. (2019) ‘Forgotten Europeans’: transnational minority activism in the age of European integration. Nations and Nationalism, 25(2), pp. 523-543. (doi: 10.1111/nana.12401)

Prina, F. , Smith, D. J. and Molnar Sansum, J. (2019) National cultural autonomy and linguistic rights in Central and Eastern Europe. In: Hogan-Brun, G. and O'Rourke, B. (eds.) The Palgrave Handbook of Minority Languages and Communities. Palgrave Macmillan: London, pp. 181-205. ISBN 9781137540652 (doi: 10.1057/978-1-137-54066-9_7)

Smith, D. J. and Semenyshyn, M. (2019) Effective participation of national minorities, representation and self-governance in Zakarpattya, Ukraine. In: Romans, W. and Ulasiuk, I. (eds.) The Effective Participation of National Minorities in Public Life - 20 Years after Lund. Brill. (Accepted for Publication)

2018

Prina, F. , Smith, D. and Molnar Sansum, J. (2018) National cultural autonomy in Central and Eastern Europe: Challenges and possibilities. In: Nimni, E. and Aktprak, E. (eds.) Democracy in Plurinational States: The Kurds in Turkey. Series: Comparative territorial politics. Palgrave Macmillan: Cham, Switzerland. ISBN 9783030011079 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-01108-6_5)

2017

Smith, D. J. (Ed.) (2017) Latvia - A Work in Progress?: 100 Years of State- and Nationbuilding. Series: Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society. ibidem-Verlag: Stuttgart, pp. 11-28. ISBN 9783838206486

Smith, D. J. (2017) A nem-területi / nemzeti-kulturális autonómia. Dinamikák és gyakorlatok. Regio, 25(3), pp. 113-129. (doi: 10.17355/rkkpt.v25i3.174)

Smith, D. J. (2017) Nemzeti-kulturális autonómia a mai Észtországban: A valódi jelentőségtől a szimbolikusig? Regio, 25(3), pp. 154-181. (doi: 10.17355/rkkpt.v25i3.176)

Smith, D. J. (2017) State, nation and sovereignty in a century of uncertainty and change: turning points and continuities in latvian society and polity. In: Smith, D. J. (ed.) Latvia - A Work in Progress?:One Hundred Years of State- and Nation-Building. Series: Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society (142). ibidem-Verlag: Stuttgart, pp. 11-28. ISBN 9783838206486

Smith, D. J. (2017) Why remember Paul Schiemann? In: Smith, D. J. (ed.) Latvia - A Work in Progress?:One Hundred Years of State- and Nation-Building. Series: Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society (142). ibidem-Verlag: Stuttgart. ISBN 9783838206486

2016

Smith, D. J. and Semenyshyn, M. (2016) Territorial-Administrative Decentralisation and Ethnocultural Diversity in Ukraine: Addressing Hungarian Autonomy Claims in Zakarpattya. Working Paper. European Centre for Minority Issues.

Smith, D. J. (2016) Estonia: a model for interwar Europe? Ethnopolitics, 15(1), pp. 89-104. (doi: 10.1080/17449057.2015.1101841)

Germane, M., Smith, D. J. and Housden, M. (2016) Ethnic Minority Activism in Europe from a Transnational Perspective. In: 21st Annual ASN World Convention, New York, NY, USA, 14-16 Apr 2016, (Unpublished)

Smith, D. (2016) National cultural autonomy. In: Cordell, K. and Wolff, S. (eds.) Routledge Handbook of Ethnic Conflict. 2nd edition. Series: Routledge handbooks. Routledge: London, pp. 267-277. ISBN 9781138847736

Smith, D. J. (2016) National-Cultural Autonomy Today: To What End and for Whom? In: 21st Annual ASN World Convention, New York, NY, USA, 14-16 Apr 2016, (Unpublished)

2015

Smith, D. J. (2015) Across the lines: national self-determination in the Baltic between the Russian, German and Allied conceptions. Acta Historica Universitatis Klaipedensis, 31, pp. 155-168.

Smith, D. J. (2015) The making and breaking of Soviet Lithuania: memory and modernity in the wake of war by V. DAVOLIŪTĖ. Journal of Baltic Studies, 46(2), pp. 265-267. (doi: 10.1080/01629778.2015.1043089)[Book Review]

Smith, D. J. (2015) NTA as political strategy in Eastern Europe. In: Malloy, T. H. and Palermo, F. (eds.) Minority Accommodation through Territorial and Non-Territorial Autonomy. Oxford University Press, pp. 161-178. ISBN 9780198746669 (doi: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198746669.003.0008)

Smith, D. J. (2015) Restored cultural autonomy in Estonia? Reassessing the nature and origins of the 1993 NCA law. In: 7th Annual CRCEES Research Forum, Glasgow, 4-5 Jun 2015, (Unpublished)

Smith, D. J. (2015) Rise, Fall and Revival: A Century of Transethnic Coalition-Building in Europe. Trans-ethnic Coalition-Building within and across States, Uppsala University, Sweden, 7-9 Jan 2015.

Smith, D. J. (2015) Transethnic coalition-building: definitions, practices and possibilities. Journal on Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues in Europe, 14(2), pp. 1-6.

2014

Smith, D. J. (2014) The situation in Ukraine highlights the need for Estonia and Latvia to promote greater integration among their ethnic Russian populations. LSE EUROPP European Politics and Policy Blog,

Smith, D. (2014) Across the Lines: Nationality Rights and National Autonomy between the Russian, German and Allied Conceptions. The Principle of Nationality during the First World War, Lithuanian Institute of History, Vilnius, Lithuania, 11-12 Dec 2014.

Smith, D. J. (2014) Minority territorial and non-territorial autonomy in Europe: theoretical perspectives and practical challenges. In: Kantor, Z. (ed.) Autonomies in Europe: Solutions and Challenges. L'Harmattan: Budapest, pp. 15-24.

Smith, D. J. (2014) National-cultural autonomy and the construction of political community: insights from the Baltic. In: Partitionism, Minorities and Collective Identities in the Construction of a Europe of ‘Small’ Democracies, 1912-2012, University of Cambridge, UK, 25-26 Sep 2014,

Smith, D. J. (2014) National-cultural autonomy in contemporary Estonia. In: Salat, L., Constantin, S., Osipov, A. and Székely, I. (eds.) Autonomy Arrangements around the World: A Collection of Well and Lesser Known Cases. Romanian Institute for Research on National Minorities: Cluj-Napoca, Romania, pp. 299-316. ISBN 9786068377308

Smith, D. J. (2014) Review of 'Managing Ethnic Diversity in Russia' by Oleh Protsyk and Benedikt Harzl (eds). Europe-Asia Studies, 66(2), pp. 334-336. (doi: 10.1080/09668136.2014.882641)[Book Review]

2013

Smith, D.J. (2013) Non-territorial autonomy and political community in contemporary Central and Eastern Europe. Journal on Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues in Europe, 12(1), pp. 27-55.

Smith, D. J. (2013) Review of 'Baltic Facades', by Aldis Purs. Slavonica, 19(1), pp. 84-85. (doi: 10.1179/1361742713Z.00000000017)[Book Review]

Nimni, E., Ospirov, A. and Smith, D. J. (Eds.) (2013) The Challenge of Non-Territorial Autonomy: Theory and Practice. Series: Nationalisms across the globe. Peter Lang: Oxford. ISBN 9783034317146

Smith, D. (2013) Institutional memories and institutional legacies: managing minority-majority relations in post-communist Europe qua cultural autonomy. In: Cordell, K., Agarin, T. and Osipov, A. (eds.) Institutional Legacies of Communism: Change and Continuities in Minority Protection. Series: Routledge advances in European politics (95). Routledge: London, UK. ISBN 9780415638739

Smith, D. J. (2013) Making the case for independence: the economic policies of the Baltic governments during 1990-91. In: The Roots of the Collapse of the Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc – Economic Aspects International Conference, Warsaw, 16-18 May 2013,

Smith, D. J. (2013) Review of 'The Encyclopedia of Migration and Minorities in Europe from the 17th Century to the Present', by Klaus J. Bade, Pieter C. Emmer, Leo Lucassen & Jochen Oltmer (eds). Journal of Baltic Studies, 44(3), pp. 414-416. (doi: 10.1080/01629778.2013.813115)[Book Review]

Smith, D. J. (2013) Security and memory: reconceptualising Russia’s Baltic “diaspora”. In: Memory, History and Conflict, Glasgow, UK, 18-19 Mar 2013,

2012

Smith, D. (2012) Non-territorial autonomy and political community in contemporary central and Eastern Europe. In: Non-territorial autonomy and new modalities for national self-determination: Political Studies Association, Belfast, UK, 3-5th April 2012,

Smith, D. and Burch, S. (2012) Enacting identities in the EU-Russia borderland: an ethnography of place and public monuments. East European Politics and Societies, 26(2), pp. 400-424. (doi: 10.1177/0888325411415403)

Smith, D. and Hiden, J. (2012) Ethnic Diversity and the Nation State: National Cultural Autonomy Revisited. Series: Routledge innovations in political theory, 44. Routledge: London. ISBN 9780415696906

Smith, D. J. (2012) Challenges of non-territorial autonomy in contemporary central and Eastern Europe. In: Minorities, Nations and Cultural Diversity: The Challenge of Non-Territorial Autonomy, Belfast, UK, 9-10 Nov 2012,

Smith, D. J. (2012) Estonia: national-cultural autonomy. In: Autonomy Arrangements in the World, Flensburg, Germany, 14-15 Sep 2012,

Smith, D. J. (2012) In Memoriam: John Hiden 1940–2012. Journal of Baltic Studies, 43(3), iii-iv. (doi: 10.1080/01629778.2012.727605)

2011

Smith, D. (2011) The multicultural Baltic way: inter-war state and nation-building compared. In: Comparative Baltic State-Building, Uppsala University, Sweden, 14-15th March 2011,

Housden, M. and Smith, D. (Eds.) (2011) Forgotten Pages in Baltic History: Diversity and Inclusion. Series: On the Boundary of Two Worlds: Identity, Freedom, and Moral Imagination in the Baltics. Rodopi: Amsterdam, Netherlands. ISBN 9789042033153

Housden, M. and Smith, D. (2011) Introduction. In: Housden, M. and Smith, D. (eds.) Forgotten Pages in Baltic History: Diversity and Inclusion. Series: On the Boundary of Two Worlds: Identity, Freedom, and Moral Imagination in the Baltics (30). Rodopi: Amsterdam, Netherlands, pp. 1-8. ISBN 9789042033153

Housden, M. and Smith, D. (2011) A matter of uniqueness? Paul Schiemann, Ewald Ammende and Mikhail Kurchinskii compared. In: Housden, M. and Smith, D. (eds.) Forgotten Pages in Baltic History: Diversity and Inclusion. Series: On the Boundary of Two Worlds: Identity, Freedom, and Moral Imagination in the Baltics (30). Rodopi: Amsterdam, Netherlands, pp. 161-186. ISBN 9789042033153

Smith, D. (2011) "You’ve got to know history": remembering and forgetting the past in the present-day Baltic. In: Housden, M. and Smith, D. (eds.) Forgotten Pages in Baltic History: Diversity and Inclusion. Series: On the Boundary of Two Worlds: Identity, Freedom, and Moral Imagination in the Baltics (30). Rodopi: Amsterdam, Netherlands, pp. 281-300. ISBN 9789042033153

2010

Smith, D. (2010) Nation state or state community? Alternatives from inter-war Europe. In: Glasgow meets Giessen : cooperation day, Giessen, Germany, 3rd November 2010,

Smith, D. (2010) Non-territorial cultural autonomy in contemporary Europe: reflections on the revival of an idea. In: Breen, K. and O'Neill, S. (eds.) After the Nation? Critical Reflections on Nationalism and Postnationalism. Series: International Political Theory. Palgrave Macmillian: Basingstoke and New York, pp. 84-102. ISBN 9780230576537

Smith, D. (2010) National cultural autonomy. In: Cordell, K. and Wolff, S. (eds.) The Routledge Handbook of Ethnic Conflict. Routledge: London, pp. 278-287. ISBN 9780415476256

Smith, D.J. , Galbreath, D.J. and Swain, G. (Eds.) (2010) From Recognition to Restoration: Latvia's History as a Nation-State. Series: On the boundary of two worlds. Rodopi: Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 9789042030985

Smith, D. (2010) Inter-war multiculturalism revisited: cultural autonomy in 1920s Latvia. In: Galbreath, D., Smith, D. and Swain, G. (eds.) From Recognition to Restoration. Latvia's History as a Nation-State. Series: On the Boundary of Two Worlds: Identity, Freedom and Moral Imagination in the Baltics (25). Rodopi: Amsterdam and New York, pp. 31-43. ISBN 9789042030985

2008

Smith, D.J. (2008) Woe from stones: commemoration, identity politics and Estonia's 'War of Monuments'. Journal of Baltic Studies, 39(4), pp. 419-430. (doi: 10.1080/01629770802461191)

Smith, D. (2008) Cultural autonomy for minorities in inter-war Latvia. In: 90 Years since Independence: Evaluating Latvia’s Past and Present, London, UK, 28th November 2008,

Smith, D.J. (2008) The revival of cultural autonomy in certain countries of eastern Europe: were lessons drawn from the inter-war period? [WORKING PAPER]. pp. 77-88.

Smith, D. and Cordell, K. (Eds.) (2008) Cultural Autonomy in Contemporary Europe. Routledge: London. ISBN 9780415464567

Hiden, J., Made, V. and Smith, D.J. (2008) Introduction: the Baltic question and the Cold War. In: Hiden, J., Made, V. and Smith, D.J. (eds.) The Baltic Question During the Cold War. Series: Cold war history series (20). Routledge: London, UK, pp. 1-6. ISBN 9780415371001

Smith, D.J. (2008) The end of the Baltic question? The Baltic states, Russia, and the West in the post-Cold War era. In: Hiden, J., Made, V. and Smith, D.J. (eds.) The Baltic Question During the Cold War. Series: Cold war history series (20). Routledge: London, pp. 189-203. ISBN 9780415371001

Smith, D.J. and Cordell, K. (2008) Introduction: the theory and practice of cultural autonomy in central and eastern Europe. In: Smith, D.J. and Cordell, K. (eds.) Cultural Autonomy in Contemporary Europe. Routledge: London, UK, pp. 1-8. ISBN 9780415464567

2007

Burch, S. and Smith, D.J. (2007) Empty spaces and the value of symbols: Estonia's 'war of monuments' from another angle. Europe-Asia Studies, 59(6), pp. 913-936. (doi: 10.1080/09668130701489139)

2006

Hiden, J. and Smith, D.J. (2006) Looking beyond the nation state: a Baltic vision for national minorities between the wars. Journal of Contemporary History, 41(3), pp. 387-399. (doi: 10.1177/0022009406064646)

2005

Smith, D.J. (2005) Editor's introduction: the Baltic states: new Europe or old? In: Smith, D.J. (ed.) The Baltic States and Their Region: New Europe or Old? Series: On the boundary of two worlds: identity, freedom, and moral imagination in the Baltics (3). Rodopi: Amsterdam, Netherlands. ISBN 9789042016668

Smith, D.J. (2005) Managing multiculturalism: the regulation of ethnopolitical disputes in post-Soviet Estonia and Latvia. In: Marko, L. (ed.) The Baltic as a Multicultural World: Sea, Region and Peoples. Series: The Baltic sea region: northern dimensions - European perspectives. Berliner Wissenschafts: Berlin. ISBN 3830509758

Smith, D.J. (2005) Non-territorial cultural autonomy as a Baltic contribution to Europe between the wars. In: Smith, D.J. (ed.) The Baltic States and Their Region: New Europe or Old? Series: On the boundary of two worlds : identity, freedom, and moral imagination in the Baltics (3). Rodopi: Amsterdam, Netherlands. ISBN 9789042016668

2004

Smith, D.J. (2004) Mikhail Kurchinskii, cultural autonomy and the Russian question in inter-war Estonia. In: Metuzāle-Kangere, B. (ed.) The Ethnic Dimension in Politics and Culture in the Baltic Countries 1920-1945. Södertörns högskola: Huddinge. ISBN 9189315367

2003

Lehti, M. and Smith, D.J. (2003) Introduction: other Europes. In: Lehti, M. and Smith, D.J. (eds.) Post-Cold War Identity Politics: Northern and Baltic Experiences. Series: Cass series--nationalism and ethnicity. Frank Cass: London, UK, pp. 1-13. ISBN 9780714683515

Smith, D.J. (2003) 'The Devil and the deep Blue Sea': European integration, national identity and foreign policy in post-communist Estonia. Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, 19(3), pp. 156-177. (doi: 10.1080/13523270300660022)

Smith, D.J. (2003) Minority rights, multiculturalism and EU enlargement: the case of Estonia. Journal on Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues in Europe, 4(1), pp. 1-39.

Smith, D.J. (2003) Nordic near abroad or new northern Europe? Perspectives on post-Cold War co-operation in the Baltic Sea area. In: Lehti, M. and Smith, D.J. (eds.) Post-Cold War Identity Politics: Northern and Baltic Experiences. Frank Cass: London, pp. 50-77. ISBN 0714683515

2002

Smith, D.J. (2002) Framing the national question in central and eastern Europe: a quadratic nexus? Global Review of Ethnopolitics, 2(1), pp. 3-16. (doi: 10.1080/14718800208405119)

Lane, T., Pabriks, A., Purs, A. and Smith, D.J. (2002) The Baltic States: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Series: Postcommunist States and Nations. Routledge (Part of Taylor and Francis): London. ISBN 9780415285803

Smith, D.J. (2002) Narva region within the Estonian Republic: from autonomism to accommodation? Regional and Federal Studies, 12(2), pp. 89-110.

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