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On 2023 April 29-May 6 Head of the Center for Baltic Studies in Kyiv, prof. Dr. Igor Korolyovs visited Vilnius University, where he met with students of Kyiv Taras Shevchenko University studying at VU.

Prof. Dr. Igor Korolyovs

Photographs from G. Holvoet personal archive

On June 5, the teacher training course “Discovering Lithuanian Culture” strated in Kaunas. The course was joined by 25 participants from the centres of Lithuanian (Baltic) studies abroad as well as scholarly and academic institutions of Lithuania.

The teacher training course

Photos by Jurgita Macijauskaitė-Bonda

On May 16-29, assoc. prof. dr. Rūta Eidukevičienė, dr. Jurgita Macijauskaitė-Bonda, and assoc. prof. dr. Laima Anglickienė, lecturers from the Faculty of Humanities at Vytautas Magnus University, visited Washington University in Seattle, USA.

During the visit, lectures on Lithuanian culture and literature were delivered. J. Macijauskaitė-Bonda and L. Anglickienė focused on the Lithuanian cultural objects included in the UNESCO list, whereas R. Eudukevičienė’s aim was to present migration and multilingualism topics in contemporary Lithuanian literature. Students were also invited to participate in the workshop of singing folk songs sutartinės.

On 20 May, lecturers also participated in the end of the academic year event organized by the Lithuanian school “Linas” in Seattle.

Photos by J. Macijauskaitė-Bonda, R. Eidukevičienė ir L. Anglickienė

On 11-17 April 2023, dr. Jurga Bikelienė and Agnė Balzaitė visited National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilizations in Paris (INALCO).

National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilizations in Paris (INALCO).

Photos by Agnė Balzaitė

On March 24-30 2023, Dr. Jurga Trimonytė Bikelienė and Agnė Balzaitė from Vytautas Magnus University visited University of Wroclaw

Students of the University of Wroclaw

Photos by Agnė Balzaitė

Dr. Eleonora Terleckienė visited Jagiellonian University in Krakow.

23-30 April 2023 Veslava Sidaravičienė visited the University of Helsinki.

Veslava Sidaravičienė and students

Photos by Aurelija Kaškelevičienė

23-30 April 2023 Dr Tomasz Blaszczak, lecturer at the Department of History, Faculty of Humanities, Vytautas Magnus University, visited the south-western Polish city of Wrocław, where he delivered lectures to the students of the Centre for Lithuanian Language and Culture on the Faculty of Philology at the University of Wrocław, on the history of Lithuania in the 20th century, the politics of memory in Lithuania, and the Lithuanian-Polish relations. The lecturer introduced students to the latest research in these fields in Lithuania. They had the opportunity to discuss the most relevant political processes shaping the political processes in Lithuania. On the 27th of April the book presentation of W. Wielhorski‘s „1915-1917 Diaries“ edited by T. Blaszczak took place in the Pan Tadeusz Museum.

Dr Tomasz Blaszczak at the University of Wrocław

Photos by T. Blaszczak

On 25-28 April 2023 dr. Pavel Lavrinec visited the Department of Baltic Studies at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan.

D r. Pavel Lavrinec and students

Photos by dr. Justyna Prusinowska and prof. dr. hab. Ewa Stryczyńska-Hodyl.

On April 23rd–30th a doctoral student Joris Kazlauskas (from Vytautas Magnus University, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Lithuanian Studies) visited Masaryk University in city Brno, Czech Republic. During his visit, Joris Kazlauskas took lectures for the students and the staff of the Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages. A lecturer was talking about the most popular names and surnames in Lithuania, the most common used Lithuanian words, the slang of Lithuanian and students and the genderlect.

Doctoral student Joris Kazlauskas visited Masaryk University in city Brno, Czech Republic

Photos by Vaidas Šeferis