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            On the 9th of March 2018, the workshop “Lithuania in the World, the World in Lithuania” was organised at Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences for students from the centres for Baltic studies. The event was dedicated to the Restoration of Independence of Lithuania (the 11th of March) and aimed at commemoration of the Days of the Lithuanian Language. Currently 23 students from centres for Baltic studies of foreign universities are studying Lithuanian Philology (Baltic Studies) for a semester and having language practice at Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences in the framework of the project “Lithuanian Academic Scheme for International Cooperation in Baltic Studies”.

The project representatives from Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences delivered the welcome word to the participants of the workshop. The presentation commemorating the 11th of March was given by future Lithuanian editors, 4th-year students of Lithuanian Philology study programme from Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences. Presentations in Lithuanian were also given by students from Georgia, Poland, Bulgaria. At the end of the workshop, students recited Maironis’ poem and performed a Lithuanian song.   

The workshop was organised by the Department of Lithuanian Linguistics and Didactics, The Centre for the Lithuanian Language and Culture of the Faculty of Education in Humanities, Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences, and the Association of the Centres for Baltic Studies.