On the Boundary of Two Worlds: Identity, Freedom, and Moral Imagination in the Baltics Helsinki, Finland<br> Bernard Marchadier, Institut d'études slaves, Paris, France<BR> Silviu Miloiu, Valahia University, Targoviste, Romania<BR> Valdis Muktupavels, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia<br> Hannu Niemi, University of Helsinki, Finland<br> Irina Novikova, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia<BR> Yves Plasseraud; Paris, France<br> Rein Raud, Tallinn University, Estonia<br> Alfred Erich Senn, University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA, and Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania<br> André Skogström-Filler, University Paris VIII-Saint-Denis, France<br> David Smith, University of Glasgow, UK<br> Saulius Suziedelis, Millersville University, USA<br> Joachim Tauber, Nordost-Institut, Lüneburg, Germany<br> Tomas Venclova, Yale University, USA<BR> Tonu Viik, Tallinn University, Estonia. On the Boundary of Two Worlds: Identity, Freedom, and Moral Imagination
Languages of Estonia residing in the coastal areas and islands of what is now western and northern Estonia. The beginning of the continuous settlement of Estonian Swedes in these areas (known as "Aiboland") dates back to the 13th and 14th centuries, when their Swedish-speaking ancestors arrived in Estonia from what is now Sweden and Finland. Almost all of Estonia's Swedish-speaking minority fled to Sweden during World War II, and only the descendants of a few individuals who opted to stay are permanently resident in Estonia today. The Estonian Sign Language (ESL, ) is the national sign language of Estonia. In 1998 there were