Naujienos

On 18-31 January 2023, Alyona Shyba from the Centre of Lithuanian Studies at Chernovcy National Jurij Fedkovich Pedagogical University was visiting Vytautas Magnus University. In Vilnius, she met with Vilma Leonavičienė, Head of the Centre for Lithuanian Studies and International Programmes, to discuss further cooperation and the inclusion of Ukrainian students in VMU summer and winter Lithuanian language and culture studies. The visit also included a visit to the Ukrainian Centre, established in cooperation with the Embassy of Ukraine, the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Lithuania and Vytautas Magnus University.

In Kaunas, meetings were held with Ilona Kazlauskaitė, Head of the International Relations Department of Vytautas Magnus University, and representatives of the Faculty of Humanities implementing the project, Giedrius Janauskas, Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, Greta Garnytė, Head of the International Projects, and Daiva Kielaitė, Project Coordinator, who discussed the remaining activities of the project and the involvement of Ukrainians in them, as well as the possible activities to be carried out at the end of the project. Alyona Shyba also met with students from Chernovcy National Jurij Fedkovich Pedagogical University who were studying Lithuanian in Vilnius and Kaunas at the time. The students talked about their studies and their progress.

In Vilnius and Kaunas, shy also visited the libraries of Vilnius University and Vytautas Magnus University, where she collected materials for teaching Lithuanian Language and Culture.

Photographs from Alyona Shyba's personal archive.