Dr. ELEONORA TERLECKIENĖ VISITED The Jagiellonian University
Dr. Eleonora Terleckienė visited Jagiellonian University in Krakow.
Veslava Sidaravičienė visit to the University of Helsinki
23-30 April 2023 Veslava Sidaravičienė visited the University of Helsinki.
Veslava Sidaravičienė and students
Photos by Aurelija Kaškelevičienė
TOMASZ BLASZCZAK VISIT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF WROCLAW
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
PAVEL LAVRINEC visited Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan
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.
JORIS KAZLAUSKAS VISITED MASARYK UNIVERSITY
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
Dr. Auksė Noreikaitė visited the University of Daugavpils
On 22-29 April 2023, Dr. Auksė Noreikaitė, lecturer of the Centre of Letonics at Vytautas Magnus university visited the Centre of Lithuanian Studies at the University of Daugavpils. During the visit, she told to the students of philology and history programmes about ethnic processes taking place on the border between Lithuania and Latvia. The students were introduced to the specifics of the socio-cultural space of the Lithuanian-Latvian border and the problems of ethnic identity. The boundary markers of ethnic identity and the methodology of their research were presented.
Dr. Auksė Noreikaitė visited the Centre of Lithuanian Studies at the University of Daugavpils
Photos by Ingrida Kupšanė (Ingrīda Kupšāne) ir Vita Mendrikė (Vita Mendriķe)
A LECTURER FROM VYTAUTAS MAGNUS UNIVERSITY DR. MANTAS ANTANAS DAVIDAVIČIUS VISITED CHARLES UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE
From 23rd to 30th of April dr. Mantas Antanas Davidavičius – a lecturer from Vytautas Magnus University‘s Humanities faculty, a Department of Philosophy – has visited Charles university in Prague, where he gave lectures at the department of Slavic and Eastern European studies, the Baltic studies centre. He discussed the transformations of traditional Lithuanian approach to nature in modernity, the philosophical basis for such transformation and its manifestations in literature. Through the contrast of symbolical and logical types of reasoning he analysed a common myth about a boy, who was raised by the bears in Lithuanian forests and has shown the students how transformation between the two types of reasoning was affected by Lithuanian philosophy of that time.
Dr. Mantas Antanas Davidavičius visited Charles university in Prague
Photos by Geda Montvilaitė
DR. JOANNA TABOR’S FROM UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW VISIT TO VILNIUS UNIVERSITY
From the 15th of April to the 23th of April 2023, Dr. Joanna Tabor, Head of the Department of General, Eastern Asia Comparative Linguistics and Baltic Studies at University of Warsaw visited Vilnius University and the Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore. During her research visit, Dr. Joanna Tabor worked in libraries and had meetings with colleagues.
Lecturers of Vytautas Magnus University Visiting Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
On April 11-23, dr. Jurgita Macijauskaitė-Bonda, assoc. prof. dr. Laima Anglickienė and dr. Giedrė Barkauskaitė, lecturers from the Faculty of Humanities at Vytautas Magnus University, visited the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.
During the visit, lectures on Lithuanian folk culture, such as Lithuanian traditional cuisine and traditional Lithuanian festivals were delivered. Students also watched a film about Easter and customs, traditions, and beliefs related to this particular festical. VMU lecturers participated in the lectures of Lithuanian language, too, where they taught Lithuanian phonetics and correct pronunciation.
In between the lectures, there were meetings with dr. Eiko Sakurai, lecturer of the Lithuanian language and culture, and dr. Yumiko Tatsumi, coordinator of international relations. Academic staff of both universities talked about the development of closer cooperation in the field of Baltic studies between the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies and Lithuanian universities.
On 16 April, the Lithuanian Embassy in Japan was visited where the Lithuanian community in Japan was gathered. Lecturers told about Easter traditions and played Lithuanian games. The children of the Lithuanian community in Japan enjoyed taking part in a competition for the most beautiful Easter eggs, as well as in Easter egg-rolling, egg-carrying, egg-throwing, and other competitions, which help to preserve Lithuanian traditions, and encourage the youngest members of the Lithuanian community to get to know each other and to communicate in Lithuanian.
Lecturers from the Faculty of Humanities at Vytautas Magnus University, visited the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
Photos by dr. Jurgita Macijauskaitė-Bonda, assoc. prof. dr. Laima Anglickienė and dr. Giedrė Barkauskaitė
Prof. Dr. Laura Kamandulytė-Merfeldienė visited the Faculty of Polish Studies at University of Warsaw
On April 10-17 assoc. prof. Dr. Laura Kamandulytė-Merfeldienė (VMU, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Lithuanian Studies) visited the Faculty of Polish Studies at University of Warsaw and met the lecturers and the students of Baltic studies program. During the visit students of Baltic studies program were given lectures on Lithuanian corpora and their usage, as well as on the usage of diminutives in spoken Lithuanian.
Prof. Dr. Laura Kamandulytė-Merfeldienė met the lecturers and the students of Baltic studies program
Photos by L. Kamandulytės-Merfeldienės