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• Soviet Union after the Second World War
  • Soviet Republics
  • Latvian National Communists
  • Moldova in the era of Khrushchev, Brezhnev and Gorbachev

• J. William Fulbright Scholarship (2003-04) - Riga, Latvia
• J. William Fulbright Scholarship (2021) - Chisinau, Moldova

Books

1. Prigge, William D. Bearslayers: The Rise and Fall of the Latvian National Communists. New York: Peter Lang. (2015) DOI:

Reviews of Book

1. Plakans, Andrejs. "Review, Bearslayers: The Rise and Fall of the Latvian National Communists." Zeitschrift für Ostmitteleuropa-Forschung, 2016-12-22 DOI:
2. Swain, Geoffrey. "Review, Bearslayers: The Rise and Fall of the Latvian National Communists." Europe-Asia Studies, 2015-11-26. DOI:
3. Loader, Michael. "Review, Bearslayers: The Rise and Fall of the Latvian National Communists." Journal of Baltic Studies, 2015-07-03. DOI:  

Journal Articles

1. Prigge, William D and Tarita, Marius. "Moldova, the Latvian Purges and Khrushchev's Generational Struggle, 1958-62." Europe-Asia Studies. (June 2024): 950-974. DOI:
2. Prigge, William D. “Power, Popular Opinion and the Latvian National Communists.” Journal of Baltic Studies. (Fall 2014): 305-319. DOI:
3. Prigge, William D. “The 1959 Latvian Purges: A Revisionist Study.” Journal of Baltic Studies. (Fall 2004): 211-230. DOI:  

Book Chapters

1. Prigge, William D. 2011. Sovietization, Russification and Nationalism in Post-War Latvia. In The Baltic States under Stalinist Rule. Ed. Olaf Mertelsmann. Köln: Böhlau Köln. DOI:
2. Prigge, William D. 2010. The Strange Death of Latvian National Communism. In From Recognition to Restoration: Latvia’s History as a Nation-State. Eds. David J. DOI:

Newspaper Articles 

1. “Berija Latvija—draugs vai ienaidnieks“ Diena. October 15, 2005.
2. “Latvijas nacionalo komunistu izskirosais bridis.” Diena. June 12, 2004.

Invited Workshops

1. Keynote Speaker, 13th Annual Vilnius Symposium on Soviet and Post-Soviet Issues. Lithuanian Institute of History, Vilnius, Dec. 2024.
2. “Conference of Political Historians of the Post-War Soviet Union," University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK, June 2022.
3. “Friends, Neighbours and Competitors with the Soviet ‘Friendship of Nations’” Upsala University, Sweden, October 2019.
4. Invited Speaker on Latvian National Communists at the Symposium Commemorating the 90th Anniversary of Latvian Independence, University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK, November 2008.
5. "Russification and National Communists in Post-War Latvia” Invited Workshop on the Baltic States under Stalinist Rule, University of Tartu, Estonia, October 2008.