91桃色

Faculty of History

Sukurta: 07 June 2020

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7 Universiteto, LT-01513 Vilnius
Tel. 268 7280
E-mail
www.if.vu.lt

Dean 鈥 Prof. Dr. Rimvydas Petrauskas

 

 

STAFF

52 teachers (incl. 50 holding research degree),19 research fellows (incl.12 holding research degree), 34 doctoral students.

DEPARTMENTS OF THE FACULTY

Department of Ancient and Medieval History
Department of Archaeology
Department of Modern History
Department of Theory of History and History of Culture
Centre for Stateless Cultures
Bioarchaeology Research Centre

RESEARCH AREAS

History of Lithuania: sources, historiography, heritage, memory
Prehistory and archaeology of Lithuania

DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS MAINTAINED IN 2019

S. C虒ernevic虒iu虅te虈. Political crimes in Lithuania in 1919鈥1940: legislation and court practice.
V. Janu拧auskaite虈. Urban heritage protection in Soviet Lithuania: ideas and practice.
A. Jurkevic虒ius. The Grand Duchy of Lithuania鈥檚 regional euling Elites: the cases of the lands of Smolensk, Polotsk and Vitebsk (1392鈥1579).
M. Kvizikevic虒u虅te虈. Western Europe in the second half of the 16th鈥18th century - travel writing of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
G. Mitrulevic虒ius. The ideological and political development of Lithuanian Social Democracy in 1914鈥1919. Historiography, international and historical contexts, and relation with the creation of Lithuania s Statehood.
A. Naud啪iu虅niene虈. Ethnic minorities in Lithuanian historical narrative at school education (1918鈥2018).
D. Sakalauskas. Private capital management: a case of Vilnius in the 17th鈥18th 酮 centuries.

MAIN CONFERENCES ORGANIZED IN 2019

10th international conference of Prof. Jonas Puzinas Investigating Bones: Diet, Health, Environment in the Baltic Region / www.if.vu.lt/mokslas/fakulteto-konferencijos#tarptautine-moksline-konferencija-jono-puzino-skaitymai-9-tema-investigating-bones-diet-health-environment-in-the-baltic-region

International conference Patterns of Everyday Life in Soviet Society(s): Biographies, Practices, and Memory / www.if.vu.lt/naujienos/renginiai/1371-konferencija-patterns-of-everyday-life-in-soviet-society-s

International conference Unions and Partitions: New Forms of Power in the Late Medieval Europe / www.if.vu.lt/mokslas/fakulteto-konferencijos#tarptautine-moksline-konferencija-unijos-ir-dalybos-naujos-valdzios-formos-velyvuju-viduramziu-europoje

International conference Residential Architecture in the Soviet Baltics: Between the Standard and the Individual Design / www.if.vu.lt/naujienos/renginiai/1317-tarptautine-konferencija-residential-architecture-in-the-soviet-baltics

International seminar Religious communities and political constructions: Balkans, Eastern Europe, Mediterranean (11th鈥20th centuries) / www.if.vu.lt/naujienos/renginiai/1380-religious-communities-and-political-constructions

BEST REPORTS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD

  • Jewish Architects in Construction of Modern Lithuania, in: Aufbruch in die Moderne 鈥 Beitr盲ge j眉discher Architekten, Technical University of Berlin (Germany), Prof. M. Dr臈mait臈 /
  • Central Politics, Local Practices: How the Sexual Behavior Was (Not) Shaped in Soviet Lithuania, in: International symposium Friends, Neighbours and Competitors within the Soviet 鈥淔riendship of Nations鈥, Uppsala University (Sweden), Assoc. Prof. T. Vaiseta / www.kalendarium.uu.se/Evenemang/?eventId=48336
  • Faithful Listeners to Western Voices: Defectors from the Soviet Baltic States Witnessing Soviet Order Destruction, in: 51st Annual ASEEES convention, ASEEES (USA), Dr. I. Zak拧auskien臈 /
  • European Bison Hunting and Butchering at Vilnius Lower Castle during the 13th鈥17th c., in: international open workshop Socio-Environmental Dynamics over the Last 15,000 Years: The Creation of Landscapes VI, University of Kiel (Germany), G. Pili膷iauskien臈, P. Bla啪evi膷ius / www.workshop-gshdl.uni-kiel.de/programme/
  • Les cartes parcellaires 鈥 芦nouveaux documents禄 au Grand-Duch茅 de Lituanie aux XVIe et XVIIIe si猫cles, in: International conference Land-Plot Mapping in Early Modern Rural Societies (Europe and Americas): From Production to Uses, University of Rennes (France), Dr. T. 膶elkis / www.homeofgeography.org/uk/events_2019/RENNES_Conference%20Programm%20Land-Plot%20Mapping.pdf

MAIN SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2019

13 scientific events (conferences, seminars, summer schools) organized (9 international incl.);
6 scientific monographs published;
Significant investigations: complex research of burial crypts of the K臈dainiai Evangelical Reformed Church, Prof. A. Kuncevi膷ius, et al.;
Significant discoveries: analysis and identification of remains of Lithuanian partisans (Antanas Kraujelis-Siaub奴nas, Juozapas Streikus-Stumbras), Dr. J. Kozakait臈.

 

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DEPARTMENT OF ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL HISTORY

7 Universiteto, LT-01513 Vilnius
Tel. 268 7297
E-mail

Head 鈥 Prof. Rimvydas Petrauskas

STAFF

Professors: Dr. R. Petrauskas (part-time), Dr. I. Valikonyte虈 (part-time).
Associate professors: Dr. V. Dolinskas (part-time), Dr. L. Jovai拧a, Dr. J. Karpavic虒iene虈 (part-time), Dr. E. Savi拧c虒evas.
Assistents: Dr. N. Dambrauskait臈, Dr. T. C虒elkis, Dr. M. Jakulis.
Chief researchers: Dr. A.  Ragauskas, Dr. R. Ragauskien臈 (part-time).
Researcher: Dr. N. Dambrauskait臈.
Junior researchers: N. 艩limiene虈, S. Viskantaite虈-Savi拧c虒eviene虈.
Doctoral students: K. 膶i啪auskas, V. Diemantait臈, A. Petrilionis, P. A. Stepavi膷ius, T. Vaitkus.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

History of Lithuania: sources, historiography, heritage, memory
Society of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (henceforth the GDL) in the 14th鈥16th centuries
Research and publication of the 1st Lithuanian Statute (1529) and the Lithuanian Metrica (the so-called Court Record Books of the 1st half of the 16th century)
History of the GDL in the 2nd half of the 18th century
Woman鈥檚 Status in the GDL in the 16th century
Life of Christian Churches and Religions in the GDL in the 16th鈥18th centuries

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2019

National Research Projects

Research Council of Lithuania. Members of the Catholic Male Religious Orders in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania: Corpus of Biographical (No. MIP-17-34). Prof. R. Witkowski. 2017鈥2020.

The aim of the project is to prepare the corpus of structured biographical entries comprising the members of Catholic male religious orders and congregations, active in the GDL, from 1387 to 1795. In 2017, according to the plan, designing of the digital data base was implemented, and research in the libraries and archives of Lithuania was conducted.

Main publications:

Jakulis, M. Vilniaus bonifratr懦 personalin臈 sud臈tis XVII am啪iaus antroje pus臈je鈥扻VIII am啪iuje [Personal Make-up of the Vilnius Fatebenefratelli in the Second Half of the 17th and the 18th Centuries], in: Lietuvos istorijos studijos / Studies of Lithuania鈥檚 History. 2019, vol. 43: 8鈥21.

Tumelis, K. Ba啪nytin臈s unijos palikimo beie拧kant: XVII 鈥 XVIII a. Lietuvos bazilijon懦 teologijos u啪ra拧ai biografistiniu po啪i奴riu, in: Senoji Lietuvos literat奴ra / Old Lithuanian Literature. 2019, vol. 47: 222鈥248.

Research Council of Lithuania. Overland Routes of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the 13th-18th Century: Structure, Architecture, Maintenance and Functionality (No. MIP-17-43). Dr. T. 膶elkis. 2017鈥2020.

The structure of Lithuania overland routes in the 13th鈥搕he first half of the 15th centuries will be discussed in the project. Its dynamic depends on politic, social and economic development of the territory. Location of the water roads was ordered by the nature and adaptability, while overland routs were made purposeful and testified traces of human life.

Main publication:

膶elkis, T. Vie拧keli懦 tinklo strukt奴ra Lietuvos Did啪iojoje Kunigaik拧tyst臈je XVI鈥揦VII a. [The Structure of the Public Road Network of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the 16th鈥17th Centuries], in: Lietuvos istorijos metra拧tis. 2019 metai / The Yearbook of Lithuanian History, 2019. 2019, vol. 1: 33鈥77.

Research Council of Lithuania. Legal Culture of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania: the Rulers Court in the End of the 15 th鈥16th Century (No. S-LIP-19-70). Prof. I. Valikonyt臈. 2019鈥2022.

The most important task is to analyse the ruler鈥檚 court and its branches鈥 formation history, which has not received researchers鈥 attention yet. The most important sources are the ruler鈥檚 court books included in Lithuanian Metrica. These books contain the documents which enable the research of the concept of the grand duke鈥檚 (as the head of the judiciary) administration of justice, legal consciousness, the development of legal thought, the application of laws and the culture of its obeying, i.e. the principle of realisation of the concept non rex est lex, sed lex est rex. It also helps to analyse the ruler鈥檚 (as the head of the legislative institution) contribution and role in the perfection of juridical norms and concretely the content of the Lithuanian Statute.

Research Council of Lithuania. Between Vocation and Profession: the Protestant鈥檚 Clergy (Calvinists) in the GDL in the XVI鈥揦VIII Century. (No. S-MIP-19-12). Dr. R. Ragauskien臈. 2019鈥2022.

Contractual Research

Contract with V拧漠 鈥淧ilietin臈 medija鈥 Consulting Services for the Creation of a Two-part Documentary about Lithuanian Wars of Independence (1919鈥1920).

MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION) PARTNERS

Adam Mickiewicz University in Pozna艅 (Poland)
Chamber of Notaries (Lithuania)
Lithuanian Institute of History (Lithuania)
National Museum 鈥 Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania (Lithuania)

OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Prof. R. Petrauskas 鈥

  • member of International Historical Research Commission of German Order (Internationale Historische Kommission zur Erforschung des Deutschen Ordens, www.deutscher-orden.at/site/geschichte/interkommission);
  • member of Scientific Society of Torun (Towarzystwo Naukowe w Toruniu, www.tnt.torun.pl);
  • president of National Committee of Lithuanian History Sciences (Lietuvos nacionalinis istorik懦 komitetas, lniklt.wordpress.com/apie-lnik/);
  • member of Lithuanian Institute of History Council (Lietuvos istorijos instituto taryba, www.istorija.lt/struktura/taryba);
  • editorial board member of the journal Rocznik Lituanistyczny,
  • editorial committee member of the journal Studia 殴r贸d艂oznawcze, );
  • editorial board member of the journal Ukraina Lithuanica: 褋褌褍写褨褩 蟹 褨褋褌芯褉褨褩 袙械谢懈泻芯谐芯 泻薪褟蟹褨胁褋褌胁邪 袥懈褌芯胁褋褜泻芯谐芯, );
  • editorial board member of the journal Istorijos 拧altini懦 tyrimai (Studies in Historical Sources, www.istorija.lt/leidiniai/testiniai-leidiniai/istorijos-saltiniu-tyrimai;
  • editorial board member of the journal Lietuvos istorijos metra拧tis (Year-Book of Lithuanian History, www.istorija.lt/leidiniai/testiniai-leidiniai/lietuvos-istorijos-metrastis);
  • editorial board member of the journal Lietuvos istorijos studijos (Studies of Lithuania鈥檚 History, www.journals.vu.lt/lietuvos-istorijos-studijos/about/editorialTeam).

Prof. I. Valikonyt臈 鈥

  • editorial board member of the journal Istorijos 拧altini懦 tyrimai (Studies in Historical Sources, www.istorija.lt/leidiniai/testiniai-leidiniai/istorijos-saltiniu-tyrimai);
  • editorial board member of the journal Lietuvos Metrikos naujienos (News of Lithuanian Metrica, www.istorija.lt/leidiniai/testiniai-leidiniai/lietuvos-metrikos-naujienos).

Assoc. Prof. V. Dolinskas 鈥

  • editor in chief of the serial publication Chronicon Palatii Magnorum Ducum Lithuaniae;
  • scientific council member of the year-book Muzealnictwo (Museology, );
  • scientific council member of the journal Artifex Novus. Pismo Instytutu Historii Sztuki Uniwersytetu Kardyna艂a Stefana Wyszy艅skiego w Warszawie, www.artifex.uksw.edu.pl/index_artifex_novus.html;
  • editorial board member of the journal Acta Museologica Lithuanica, www.journals.vu.lt/acta-museologica-lithuanica/about/editorialTeam;
  • editorial board member of the publication Kronika Zamkowa (Castle Chronicle, www.zamek-krolewski.pl/historia/kronikazamkowaroczniki;
  • editorial board member of the serial publication Fontes et studia historiae universitatis Vilnensis, www.vu.lt/studijos/priemimas/133-apiemus/fontes-et-studia/4207-redaktoriu-kolegija.

Assoc. Prof. L. Jovai拧a 鈥

  • academician of the Lithuanian Catholic Academy of Science (Lietuvos katalik懦 mokslo akademija, www.lkma.lt/index.php?id=19&lng=1);
  • editor-in-Chief of the journal Ba啪ny膷ios istorijos studijos (Studies in Church History, www.lkma.lt/index.php?id=111&lng=1);
  • editorial board member of the journal Fontes Historiae Lituaniae, www.lkma.lt/index.php?id=123&lng=1;
  • editorial board member of the journal Lietuvi懦 katalik懦 mokslo akademijos metra拧tis (Lithuanian Catholic Academy of Science Annuals, www.lkma.lt/index.php?id=105);
  • editorial board member of the journal Religin臈s kult奴ros paveldo studijos (Studies in Cultural Heritage of Religions);
  • editorial board member of the journal Studia Franciscana Lithuanica.

Assoc. Prof. J. Karpavi膷ien臈 鈥

  • deputy chairman and member of the commission of the project The Saxon-Magdeburgian Law as a Cultural Link between the Legal Orders of Eastern and Central Europe (S盲chsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig).

MOST IMPORTANT NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AWARDS RECEIVED FOR R&D ACTIVITIES

Prof. R. Petrauskas. Knight鈥檚 Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland
Prof. R. Petrauskas. 91桃色 Rector鈥檚 Prize, Best Lecturer of the Year (2019)
Dr. N. Dambraukait臈. The Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, Young Scientist Scholarship

MOST IMPORTANT PARTICIPATION CASES OF RESEARCHERS IN WORKING GROUPS OR COMMISSIONS SET UP BY STATE AUTHORITIES, STATE AND MUNICIPAL INSTITUTIONS, ORGANISATIONS, BUSINESS ENTITIES

Prof. R. Petrauskas 鈥

  • member of Lithuanian Academy of Sciences (Lietuvos moksl懦 akademija, www.lma.lt/struktura);
  • chairman of Board of the Research Council of Lithuania (Lietuvos mokslo taryba, www.lmt.lt/en/about-the-research-council/contacts/2279/board-of-the-research-council-of-lithuania/d20).

Assoc. Prof. V. Dolinskas 鈥

  • chairman of Lithuanian Sponsorship Council (Lietuvos mecenavimo taryba,
  • member of Board of the Vilnius Academy of Arts, www.vda.lt/lt/apie-vda/akademijos-struktura/taryba/tarybos-nariai.

Dr. N. Dambraukait臈 鈥

  • member of the Lithuanian Heraldry Commission (Lietuvos heraldikos komisija).

 

DEPARTMENT OF ARCHAEOLOGY

7 Universiteto, LT-01513 Vilnius
Tel. 268 7284
E-mail

Head 鈥 Prof. Albinas Kuncevi膷ius

STAFF

Professors: Dr. A. Kuncevic虒ius, Habil. Dr. M. Michelbertas (professor emeritus).
Associate professors: Dr. A. Luchtanas, Dr. A. Merkevic虒ius, Dr. G. Motuzait臈 Matuzevi膷i奴t臈 Keen (part-time), Dr. G. Pili膷iauskien臈 (part-time), Dr. J. Po拧kien臈, Dr. E. 艩atavic虒ius, Dr. G. Ve虈lius.
Lecturer: Dr. J. Kozakait臈 (part-time).
Doctoral students: E. Ananyevskaya, S. Ardavi膷i奴t臈-Ramanauskien臈, D. Baltramiej奴nait臈, M. Grikp臈dis, E. Marcinkevi膷i奴t臈, L. Muradian, A. Rusteikyt臈, R. Valatkevi膷ien臈.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Prehistoric and historical archaeology of Lithuania and neighbouring countries (research of material and spiritual culture, landscape studies)
Archaeology of the Balts
Methodology of archaeological research
Bioarchaeology
Zooarchaeology
Archaeological heritage management

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2019

National Research Projects

Research Council of Lithuania. Landscape of the Statehood: Environment Transformations in the Historical Capitals of Lithuania (No. S-MIP-1736). Prof. A. Kuncevi膷ius. 2017鈥2019.

Aims of the project: identification of the scale and character of environmental transformations in the historical capitals of Lithuania 鈥 Kernav臈 and Trakai (territories of Senieji Trakai castle and settlement, Trakai Peninsular castle), analyzing the results in comparison with Vilnius data and interpretation in the context of genesis of the State; application and promotion of complex, interdisciplinary and non-destructive methods.

Main publications:

Volungevi膷ius, J. et al. Transformations of different soils under natural and anthropogenized land management. 沤emdirbyst臈 / Agriculture. 2019, vol. 106(1): 3鈥14;

Kuncevi膷ius, A. et al. Landscape transformations in the historical capitals of Lithuania during the 13th鈥14th centuries. Acta Archaeologica. 2019, vol. 90(2): 181鈥202.

Contractual Research

Contract with K臈daini懦 kra拧to muziejus Complex Investigations of Burial Crypts of the K臈dainiai Evangelical Reformed Church.

MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION) PARTNERS

University of Copenhagen (Denmark)
University of Tartu (Estonia)
University of Latvia (Latvia)
Institute of Archaeology University of Wroc艂aw (Poland)
Nicolaus Copernicus University (Poland)
Stockholm University (Sweden)
Institute of Archaeology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Ukraine)
State Cultural Rezerve of Kernav臈 (Lithuania)

OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Prof. A. Kuncevi膷ius 鈥

  • editor-in-Chief of the journal Archaeologia Lituana, www.journals.vu.lt/archaeologia-lituana/about/editorialTeam;
  • editorial board member of the journal Archaeologia Baltica, www.ku.lt/leidykla/leidiniai/moksliniai-zurnalai/archaeologia-baltica;
  • editorial board member of the journal Lituanistica, www.lmaleidykla.lt/ojs/index.php/lituanistica.

Prof. emeritus M. Michelbertas 鈥

  • foreign corresponding member of the Deutsches Arch盲ologisches Institute;
  • editorial board member of the journal Archaeologia Lituana, www.journals.vu.lt/archaeologia-lituana/about/editorialTeam;
  • editorial board member of the journal Kult奴ros paminklai (Cultural Monuments), www.paveldas.lt/leidiniai.

Assoc. Prof. A. Merkevi膷ius 鈥

  • editorial board member of the journal Estonian Journal of Archaeology, www.kirj.ee/11373;
  • editorial board member of the journal Acta Archaeologica,
  • editorial board member of the journal Lietuvos archeologija (Lithuanian Archaeology), www.istorija.lt/leidiniai/testiniai-leidiniai/lietuvos-archeologija;
  • editorial board member of the journal Kult奴ros paminklai (Cultural Monuments), www.paveldas.lt/leidiniai.

Assoc. Prof. E. 艩atavi膷ius 鈥

  • editorial board member of the journal Archaeologia Lituana, www.journals.vu.lt/archaeologia-lituana/about/editorialTeam.

Assoc. Prof. G. V臈lius 鈥

  • editorial board member of the journal Archaeologia Lituana, www.journals.vu.lt/archaeologia-lituana/about/editorialTeam.

MOST IMPORTANT RECEIVED NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AWARDS FOR R&D ACTIVITIES

  • Dr. J. Kozakait臈, The Freedom Prize (Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania)
  • Dr. J. Kozakait臈, Medal of the Ministry of National Defence of the Republic of Lithuania

MOST IMPORTANT PARTICIPATION CASES OF RESEARCHERS IN WORKING GROUPS OR COMMISSIONS SET UP BY STATE AUTHORITIES, STATE AND MUNICIPAL INSTITUTIONS, ORGANISATIONS, BUSINESS ENTITIES

  • Prof. A. Kuncevi膷ius 鈥 member of Scientific Commission of Archaeology of the Department of Cultural Heritage Protection,
    member of 4th Assessment Council for Immovable Cultural Heritage, Department of Cultural Heritage under the Ministry of Culture,
  • Assoc. Prof. A. Luchtanas 鈥 member of 2nd Assessment Council for Immovable Cultural Heritage, Department of Cultural Heritage under the Ministry of Culture.
  • Assoc. Prof. J. Po拧kien臈 鈥 chairperson of the Committee of Humanities and Social Sciences, Research Council of Lithuania, www.lmt.lt/en/about-the-research-council/vice-chair/2684.

 

DEPARTMENT OF MODERN HISTORY

7 Universiteto, LT-01513 Vilnius
Tel. 268 7286
E-mail

Head 鈥 Prof. Ar奴nas Streikus

STAFF

Professors: Dr. Z. Butkus, Dr. A. Streikus.
Associate professors: Dr. D. Bukelevic虒iu虅te虈, Dr. A. Jakubc虒ionis, Dr. S. Kaubrys, Dr. R. Kraujelis (part-time), Dr. T. Vaiseta.
Assistents: Dr. N. 膶erniauskas, Dr. M. 臇mu啪is (part-time), Dr. R. Gaidis, Dr. K. Kilinskas, Dr. V. Klumbys (part-time), Dr. I. Zak拧auskien臈 (part-time)..
Lectures: Dr. A. Abromaitis (part-time), A. Grodis (part-time), A. Narbutas (part-time)
Research fellows: Dr. M. 臇mu啪is, A. Grodis (part-time).
Doctoral students: S. C虒ernevic虒iu虅te虈, D. Indri拧ionis, E. Kripien臈, E. Jasi奴nait臈, B. Lastauskas, L. Nekra拧as, D. Noreika, R. Ro啪臈n臈, A. Terleckas, T. Vaitel臈, A. 沤irlys.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Lithuanian international relations in the 1920s鈥1930s
Political, social and cultural life in Lithuania during the interwar period
Problems of the national and religious minorities in Lithuania and Klaipe虈da district
Military history
Soviet occupation and re-occupation of Lithuania
Anti-Soviet resistance in Lithuania: armed and unarmed resistance
Soviet Lithuania and western countries during the Cold War
Religion and society in 20th century Lithuania
Cultural, social and everyday life in Soviet Lithuania
Research on history studies modernizing

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2019

National Research Projects

Research Council of Lithuania. The Change of Sexual Norms and Behaviour in Modern Society of Lithuania (No. S-MOD-17-6). Dr. V. Klumbys. 2017鈥2019.

Project was finished in 2019. The changes of sexual politics, norms, discourses and practices in Lithuania from 20s鈥 to 80s鈥 were analysed based on the vast amount of different sources (archival documents, press, diaries etc.). The concept of sexual civil war instead of sexual revolution in Soviet Lithuania was formulated. Results of the research were presented in the manuscript of monography Seksualinis pilietinis karas. Seksualini懦 norm懦 ir elgsenos kaita modern臈jan膷ioje Lietuvos visuomen臈je (XX a. 3鈥9 de拧.) [Sexual civil war. Changes of sexual norms and behaviour in modernising Lithuanian society]. Also several scientific articles in English and Lithuanian were prepared and accepted by the foreign and Lithuanian journals.

Postdoctoral internship project (Research Council of Lithuania). Communist Underground Movement in Lithuania (1935-1940): Activities, Infiltration, Portrait (No 09.3.3-LMT-K-712 ). M. 臇mu啪is. 2017鈥2019.

In 2019, three articles, concerning communist underground movement in interwar Lithuania, were published.

Main publications:

臇mu啪is, M. Aktyviausi懦 komunist懦 pogrindinink懦 ir j懦 r臈m臈j懦 Pirmojoje Lietuvos Respublikoje socialinis portretas [The Social Portrait of the Most Active Communists and Their Supporters in the First Republic of Lithuania]. Lietuvos istorijos studijos / Studies of Lithuania鈥檚 History. 2019, vol. 43: 44鈥70;

臇mu啪is, M. Nesutarimai ir kovos d臈l lyderyst臈s tarp Lietuvos komunist懦 1935鈥1937 m. [Conflicts and Struggle for Leadership within the Lithuanian Communist Party in 1935-1937]. Lietuvos istorijos metra拧tis / The Yearbook of Lithuanian History, 2019. 2019, vol. 1: 101鈥125.

Contractual Research

Contract with Very Important Person Protection Department under the Ministry of the Interior Investigation of the history of protection of very important persons in Lithuania was investigated and preparation of the monograph (publication: Visada 拧alia. Valstyb臈s vadov懦 apsauga XIII鈥揦XI a. [Always Aside. Protection of State Governors in XIII鈥揦XI c.]).

Contract with the State Tax Inspectorate by the Ministry of Finances Research about the activities of State Tax Inspectorate in interwar period Lithuania. 2019鈥2020.

MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION) PARTNERS

Stanford University, Stanford Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies (USA)
Gdansk University, Faculty of History (Poland)
Genocide and Resistance Research Centre (Lithuania)
Lithuanian Institute of History (Lithuania)
National Museum of Lithuania (Lithuania)

OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Prof. Z. Butkus 鈥

  • editorial board member of the journal Latvijas Universit膩tes Raksti. V膿sture (Scientific papers of University of Latvia. History);
  • editorial board member of the journal Acta Humanitarica Universitatis Saulensis, www.su.lt/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=597&Itemid=538&lang=lt;
  • editorial board member of the journal Kult奴ros paminklai (Cultural Monuments, www.paveldas.lt/leidiniai);
  • editorial board member of the journal Lietuvos istorijos studijos (Studies of Lithuania鈥檚 History, www.journals.vu.lt/lietuvos-istorijos-studijos);
  • editorial board member of the journal Lituanistica, www.lmaleidykla.lt/ojs/index.php/lituanistica.

Prof. A. Streikus 鈥

  • academician of the Lithuanian Catholic Academy of Science, www.lkma.lt/index.php?id=19&lng=1;
  • editorial board member of the journal Lietuvi懦 katalik懦 mokslo akademijos metra拧tis (Lithuanian Catholic Academy of Science Annuals, www.lkma.lt/index.php?id=105).

Assoc. Prof. D. Bukelevi膷i奴t臈 鈥

  • editorial board member of the journal Istorija. Mokslo darbai (History. Research Papers, www.istorijoszurnalas.lt/index.php/IS/about/editorialTeam).

Assoc. Prof. A. Jakub膷ionis 鈥

  • member of the research group of the International Commission for the Evaluation of the Crimes of the Nazi and Soviet Occupation Regimes in Lithuania;
  • member of the Council of War History Centre;
  • editorial board member of the journal Genocidas ir rezistencija (Genocide and Resistance, );
  • consultant of the journal Politologija (Politology, www.journals.vu.lt/politologija/about/editorialTeam);
  • council member of the book series Lietuvos vals膷iai, www.versme.lt/projektas.htm.

Assoc. Prof. S. Kaubrys 鈥

  • editorial board member of the journal Faravid, www.pro.tsv.fi/pshy/english.htm;
  • editorial board member of the journal Revista Romana de Studii Baltice si Nordice (The Romanian Journal for Baltic and Nordic Studies, www.scipio.ro/web/rrsbn);
  • editorial board member of the journal Acta Historica Universitas Klaipedensis,
  • editorial board member of the series Lietuvos valstybingumo paveldas (Heritage of Lithuania鈥檚 Statehood).

Assoc. Prof. T. Vaiseta 鈥

  • executive secretary of the journal Lietuvos istorijos studijos (Studies of Lithuania鈥檚 History, www.zurnalai.vu.lt/lietuvos-istorijos-studijos/about/editorialTeam).

MOST IMPORTANT NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AWARDS RECEIVED FOR R&D ACTIVITIES

Prof. Z. Butkus. 91桃色 Rector鈥檚 award for research

MOST IMPORTANT PARTICIPATION CASES OF RESEARCHERS IN WORKING GROUPS OR COMMISSIONS SET UP BY STATE AUTHORITIES, STATE AND MUNICIPAL INSTITUTIONS, ORGANISATIONS, BUSINESS ENTITIES

  • Prof. A. Streikus - chairman of the working group of the Centre for Quality Assessment in Higher Education for preparation of Description of History Studies
  • Assoc. Prof. Tomas Vaiseta -member of the working group of the Centre for Quality Assessment in Higher Education for preparation of Description of Cultural Studies
  • Dr. N. 膶erniauskas - member of the Council of Lithuanian Radio and Television (); member of the Historical Memory Commission in Vilnius City Municipality
  • Dr. M. 臇mu啪is - member of the Historical Memory Commission in Vilnius City Municipality); member of 5th Assessment Council for Immovable Cultural Heritage, Department of Cultural Heritage under the Ministry of Culture (www.kpd.lt/news/3545/378/Nekilnojamojo-kulturos-paveldo-vertinimo-tarybos-V-2018-04-16-posedziu-nutarimai/d,pagrindinis.html)
  • Dr. I. Zak拧auskien臈 - member of Assessment Council for Immovable Cultural Heritage, Department of Cultural Heritage under the Ministry of Culture

CONSULTATIONS PROVIDED BY THE UNIT TO THE PUBLIC OR ECONOMIC ENTITIES

  • Prof. Z. Butkus - members of the Commission of Scholarship Nomination of the Vilnius City History Researchers
  • Dr. N. 膶erniauskas - member of the Commission of the Vilnius City Municipality Programme 鈥淐reate Vilnius鈥; members of the Commission of Scholarship Nomination of the Vilnius City History Researchers

MOST IMPORTANT RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES

  • Radio podcast 鈥濳o tyli istorikai?鈥 [鈥淲hy Historians Stay Silent?鈥漖 (on Youtube, Podbean, Spotify, Souncloud), organiser Dr. M. 臇mu啪is
  • an exhibition 19490216: Apsisprendimo 拧ifras [19490216: Code of Decision] (in the Centre for Civil Education), author and organiser Dr. N. 膶erniauskas
  • open talk Building Post Imperial Army: Generational Conflict in Lithuanian Army 1918鈥1926 (in University of Chicago at Illinois, USA), Dr. K. Kilinskas
  • consultations delivered by Assoc. Prof. D. Bukelevi膷i奴t臈 in the cinema project Amelie 1939鈥 aneb po stop谩ch m茅ho d臎de膷ka Jakuba Grossmanna (produced by the Czech company 鈥淰暖le 1939鈥)

 

DEPARTMENT OF THEORY OF HISTORY AND CULTURAL HISTORY

7 Universiteto, LT-01513 Vilnius
Tel. 268 7288
E-mail

Head 鈥 Prof. Alfredas Bumblauskas

STAFF

Professors: Habil. Dr. T. Baira拧auskaite (part-time), Dr. A. Bumblauskas, Dr. M. Dremait臈, Habil. Dr. E. Gudavic虒ius (emeritus).
Associate professsors: Dr. D. Brandi拧auskas (part-time), Dr. A. Gieda, Dr. G. Kirkiene虈, Dr. S. Kulevi膷ius (part-time), Dr. E. Raila, Dr. N. 艩epetys, Dr. R. 艩ermuk拧nyte虈, Dr. A. 艩vedas, Dr. J. Verbickiene虈.
Assistents: Dr. N. Babinskas (part-time), Dr. B. Gailius (part-time), Dr. A. Naud啪i奴nien臈, Dr. L. Skurvydaite虈 (part-time), Dr. A. Vasiliauskas (part-time).
Lecturer: D. Vitkauskaite虈.
Research fellows: Dr. I. Leonavic虒iu虅te虈, Dr. G. Sviderskyt臈.
Doctoral students: R. Anulyt臈, V. Bytautait臈, D. 膶ypait臈, A. Dambrauskas, R. Go拧tautait臈, V. Kurien臈, T. Krutulys, D. Misevi膷ius, L. Peluritis, 艩. Sederevi膷i奴t臈, M. 艩iup拧inskas, E. 艩midtas, K. 沤ilinskait臈.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Theoretical, methodological and historiographical problems of history
History of Lithuanian culture
Theoretical and didactical aspects of history of Lithuanian culture
Historical culture and forms of cultural identity of Lithuanian society
Individual and collective forms of historical memory
Cultural heritage studies
Studies of Lithuanian ethnic and confessional minorities
Everyday life and domestic history
Functions of history in the contemporary society

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2019

International Research Projects

Norwegian Research Council. Challenges in Arctic Governance: Indigenous Territorial rights in the Russian Federation (No. 257644). Assoc. Prof. D. Brandi拧auskas. 2016鈥2019.
Anthropological fieldwork.

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (Canada) Conference and Networking Travel Grant. Indigenous Territorial Rights in the Russian Federation: A Quarter Century Onward. Assoc. Prof. D. Brandi拧auskas. 2017鈥2019.
Two international conferences, one international seminar.

National Research Projects

Research Council of Lithuania. Augustinas Voldemaras. Intellectual and Social Biography (No. S-LIP-18-44). Assoc. Prof. A. Gieda. 2018鈥2021.

The most important works during the report period (2019) focused on the search and analysis of primary and secondary historical sources (including official documents, manuscript material, correspondence, selective historiography search and memoirs) of A. Voldemaras鈥 activities in archives and libraries of Lithuania and France. Special attention was paid to texts published by A. Voldemaras himself, but they are little known, unpublished manuscripts. On the basis of these texts, a monograph on A. Voldemaras鈥 biography is being prepared. Much of the material discovered allows for a much more substantiated and specific discussion about intertwining interdisciplinary aspirations in A. Voldemaras鈥 intellectual biography, and a much broader look at the role of European ideas and intellectual tendencies in the biography under study.

Research Council of Lithuania. Conflicts between State and Indigenous Communities: Resource Extraction and Contested Landuse in Siberia (Russian Federation) (No. S-MIP-17-41). Assoc. Prof. D. Brandi拧auskas. 2017鈥2020.

On the basis of empirical research data, drafts of several scientific articles were prepared and submitted for publication in international journals.

Research Council of Lithuania. Housing Architecture in Soviet Lithuania: Between the Mass and the Individual (No. S-MOD-17-21). Assoc. Prof. M. Dr臈mait臈. 2017鈥2019.

During a three year period (2017鈥2019) research team has written a collective monograph You Get an Apartment. Residential Architecture in Soviet Lithuania. Three investigators published 4 academic papers in peer-reviewed international journals, delivered 10 oral presentations at international and national conferences, one invited presentation at the University of Edinburgh and one plenary presentation at the 10th Annual Architectural Research Symposium in Finland, Aalto University. The project hosted an international seminar, an international conference and two national seminars at the Faculty of History, 91桃色. International long-term cooperation has been established in the European Researchers' Mobility Program COST, Action 鈥淓uropean Middle Class Mass Housing鈥 (2019鈥2023).

Research Council of Lithuania. Museum - the Space of Polylogue Between Dominant and Alternative Narratives: From Theory to Practice (No. P-LU-18-66). Assoc. Prof. R. 艩ermuk拧nyt臈. 2018鈥2019.

In 2019, the collective monograph In the Labyrinth of Narratives: Lithuanian and Ukrainian Museum Experiences was published (in Lithuanian and Ukrainian languages). Four seminars for Lithuanian and Ukrainian museums workers were organised.

Research Council of Lithuania. Vilnius, Kaunas, Grodno Ecology, Sanitary, and Hygienic System, 1870鈥1914: In the Context of the modernization of European Cities (No. S-MOD- 17-9). Dr. A. Ambrulevi膷i奴t臈. 2017鈥2019.
The aim of the project is the comparative historical sociological analysis of the transformation of Vilnius, Kaunas and Grodno (North-western land provinces) from traditional urban ecology and sanitary-hygienic (unregulated) system to modern (regulated) system in 1870鈥1914, in the context of European cities modernization.

MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION) PARTNERS

Institute of Ukrainian History (Ukraine)
Ukrainian Catholic University (Ukraine)
Department of Cultural Heritage (Lithuania)
Polish Institute in Vilnius (Lithuania)

OTHER SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES

Prof. A. Bumblauskas 鈥

  • editorial board member of the journal Studia dziej贸w Panstwa i Prawa Polskiego (Studies in History of Polish State and Law, );
  • editor-in-Chief of the journal Lietuvos istorijos studijos (Studies of Lithuania鈥檚 History, www.journals.vu.lt/lietuvos-istorijos-studijos);
  • editorial board member of the journal Kult奴ros barai (Culture Fields, www.kulturosbarai.lt/viesieji-oirkimai).

Prof. emeritus E. Gudavi膷ius 鈥

  • member of the Russian Science Academy of Humanities in St. Petersburg.

Assoc. Prof. D. Brandi拧auskas 鈥

  • National Geographic Society explorer;
  • honorary research fellow of the Department of Anthropology in Aberdeen University (Scotland);
  • associated research fellow of the European Centre for the Arctic, University of Versailles (France);
  • member of International Association for the Arctic Social Sciences;
  • member of International Association of Hunters and Gatherers Societies;
  • editorial board member of the journal Lithuanian Journal of Anthropology, www.anthropology.lt/editorial.html.

Assoc. Prof. M. Dr臈mait臈 鈥

  • member of Architectural Historians Network EAHN;
  • editorial board of the journal Architecture and Urban Planning,

Assoc. Prof. S. Kulevi膷ius 鈥

  • editorial board of the journal I褋褌芯褉懈泻芯-泻褍谢褜褌褍褉薪褨 褋褌褍写褨褩 (Historical and Cultural Studies, )

Assoc. Prof. R. 艩ermuk拧nyt臈 鈥

  • editorial board member of the journal Istorija. Mokslo darbai (History. Research Papers; www.istorijoszurnalas.lt/index.php/IS/about/editorialTeam)

Assoc. Prof. A. 艩vedas 鈥

  • member of Association for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies;
  • member of the International Commission for the History and Theory of Historiography;
  • member of International Network for Theory of History, www.inth.ugent.be;
  • participant of Annual ASEEES (Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies);
  • co-founder and organiser Vilnius Symposium on Late and Post-Soviet Issues.

Assoc. Prof. J. Verbickien臈 鈥

  • member of the Association of Baltic Regional Studies;
  • member of European Association of Jewish Studies;
  • member of the Task Force Group of the European Jewish Cultural Heritage Association (Barselona鈥揕iuksemburg);
  • member of the Advisory Committee on Foundation of Jewish Heritage (London, UK; www.foundationforjewishheritage.com/panel.html);
  • member of the World Congress of Jewish studies;
  • member of the National Congress of Lithuanian Historians;
  • editorial board member of the journal Przesz艂o艣膰 demograficzna Polski. Materia艂 i Studia (Poland鈥檚 Demographic Past, ).

Dr. N. Babinskas 鈥

  • chairman of the Association of Transnational History;
  • member of the European Network in Universal and Global History (ENIUGH);
  • member of the Romanian Association for Nordic and Baltic countries;
  • member of the Medieval Central Europe Research Network;
  • editorial board member of the journal Valahian Journal of Historical Studies (www.vjhs.ro/editorial-board).

MOST IMPORTANT NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AWARDS RECEIVED FOR R&D ACTIVITIES

Prof. A. Bumblauskas The most influential public figure in Lithuania in 2019 (Delfi.lt project)

MOST IMPORTANT PARTICIPATION CASES OF RESEARCHERS IN WORKING GROUPS OR COMISSIONS SET UP BY STATE AUTHORITIES, STATE AND MUNICIPAL INSTITUTIONS, ORGANISATIONS, BUSINESS ENTITIES

  • Prof. T. Baira拧auskait臈 - member of the Committee of Humanities and Social Sciences, Research Council of Lithuania (www.lmt.lt/en/about-the-research-council/contacts/2279/committee-of-humanities-and-social-sciences/d22);
  • Assoc. Prof. D. Brandi拧auskas - member of the Lithuanian National Commission for Cultural Heritage; member of ICOMOS Lithuanian National Committee;
  • Assoc. Prof. S. Kulevi膷ius - chairman of the Commission of Experts on the Protection of Immovable Cultural Heritage; member of the Lithuanian National Commission for Cultural Heritage ();
  • Assoc. Prof. J. Verbickien臈 - chairman of the Commission for Providing a 鈥淒iploma of Memory鈥, 91桃色; chairman of the Board of the Jewish Cultural Heritage Road Association, Lithuania; member of the Academic Committee on National Minorities (Department of National Minorities, Ministry of Culture of Lithuania).

MOST IMPORTANT RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES

  • Prof. A. Bumblauskas led the 5th National Expedition (TV project), which took place on the Dauguva River
  • Assoc. Prof. A. 艩vedas hosted the program 鈥濰istorical Territory鈥 in LRT Classics Program (Lithuanian national television)
  • Prof. M. Dr臈mait臈, an exhibition on Kaunas Modernism Architecture in Tel Aviv (Israel) and public lecture Architecture of Optimism: Kaunas Phenomenon, 1919鈥1939,

 

CENTRE FOR STATELESS CULTURES

7 Universiteto, LT-01513 Vilnius
Tel. 268 7293
E-mail:

Head 鈥 Assoc. Prof. Grigorijus Pota拧enko

STAFF

Associate professor: Dr. G. Pota拧enko.
Assistant: Dr. D. Troskovait臈 (part-time).

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Centre carries out research on the region鈥檚 stateless minority cultures (cultures that do not benefit from the moral and material support of a 鈥渉ome country鈥 anywhere): Yiddish, Old Believers, Tatars, Karaimes, Roma and also multicultural studies.

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2019

National Research Projects

Research Council of Lithuania. The Old Believers鈥 Church in Lithuania (1918-2018) (No S-LIP-19-69). Assoc. Prof. G. Pota拧enko. 2018鈥2021.

Materials were gathered and studied in the Lithuanian Central State Archives (Vilnius) and Old Believers community in Vilnius, one presentation prepared; one article prepared and presented for publication. The preliminary date of publishingis the first half of 2020.

Research Council of Lithuania. Development of Non-Christian Identity in Lithuania in 19鈥20th Centuries (No S-LIP-18-33). Dr. D. Troskovaite. 2018鈥2021.

Materials were gathered and studied in the Jagiellonian Library (Jagiellonian University), two presentations prepared; two articles prepared and presented for publication. The preliminary date of publishing is the first half of 2020.

Department of the Cultural Heritage under the Ministry of Culture; Old Believers Religion community in Vilnius. Old Believers鈥 Heritage in Vilnius: Our Lady of the Assumption Church and its Complex (Nr. PL-6). Assoc. Prof. G. Pota拧enko. 2019.

During 2019, materials were gathered and studied in the Lithuanian Central State Archives (Vilnius) and Old Believers community in Vilnius, one book prepared.

Main publication:

Pota拧enko, G., Paaver, M. L. Sentiki懦 paveldas Vilniuje: 艩v膷. Dievo Motinos U啪tar臈jos cerkv臈 ir jos kompleksas [袧邪褋谢械写懈械 褋褌邪褉芯胁械褉芯胁 胁 袙懈谢褜薪褞褋械: 小胁褟褌芯-袩芯泻褉芯胁褋泻懈泄 褏褉邪屑 懈 械谐芯 泻芯屑锌谢械泻褋]. Vilnius: Petro ofsetas, 2019.

MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION) PARTNERS

Old Believers Research Commission of the International Committee of Slavists
Torun Miko艂aj Kopernik University (Poland)
University of Warsaw (Poland)
The Centre for Studies of the Culture and History of East European Jews (Lithuania)
Institute of Social Research (Lithuania)
National Minorities Department under the Government of the Lithuania of Republic (Lithuania)

OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Assoc. Prof. G. Pota拧enko 鈥

  • member of Old Believers Research Commission of the International Committee of Slavists (www.staroobr-kom.ru);
  • member of Lithuanian Slavists Society;
  • editorial board member of the journal Fontes Slaviae Orthodoxae.

Dr. D. Troskovait臈 鈥

  • member of European Associacion of Jewish Studies;
  • member of World Union of Jewish Studies;
  • member of East European and Eurasion Studies.

MOST IMPORTANT PARTICIPATION CASES OF RESEARCHERS IN WORKING GROUPS OR COMMISSIONS SET UP BY STATE AUTHORITIES, STATE AND MUNICIPAL INSTITUTIONS, ORGANISATIONS, BUSINESS ENTITIES

Assoc. Prof. G. Pota拧enko - member of the Academic Committee on National Minorities (Department of National Minorities, Ministry of Culture of Lithuania)

 


BIOARCHAEOLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE

21 膶iurlionio, LT-03101 Vilnius
Tel.268 7284, +370 619 27925
E-mail

Head 鈥 Assoc. Prof. Giedr臈 Motuzait臈 Matuzevi膷i奴t臈 Keen

STAFF

Associate professors: Dr. Giedr臈 Motuzait臈 Matuzevi膷i奴t臈 Keen, Dr. G. Pikli膷iauskien臈 (part-time).
Lecturer: Dr. J. Kozakait臈 (part-time).

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Palaeodiet
Human-climate interaction
Human influence on environmental with the primary expansion of agriculture across Eurasia
Crop cultivation and processing strategies
Plant remains
Human-animal relationship
Zooarchaeological remains
Earliest appearance and geographical origins of agriculture in the east Baltic Region
Economy of prehistoric populations in Central Asia
Human osteology and paleopathology
Epidemiology
Forensic bioarchaeology

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2019

National Research Projects

European social fund. Margins or Nodes? Dietary Adaptation Strategies and the Role of Inner Asian Mountain Communities in Prehistoric Food Globalization (No MTEP 09.3.3-LMT-K-712-01-000). Assoc. Prof. Dr. G.  Motuzait臈 Matuzevi膷i奴t臈 Keen. 2018鈥2022.

By applying cutting edge methodologies to the study of past diets, animal migration patterns and irrigation technologies, the project has become a key global player in understanding the processes of food dispersal across Eurasia. The research results have been presented so far at prestigious international conferences and published in high profile journals.

Main publications:

Jones, P. J., Liu, X. et al. From ecological opportunism to multi-cropping: mapping food globalisation in prehistory. Quaternary Science Reviews. 2019, vol. 206: 21鈥28;

Motuzaite Matuzeviciute, G., et al. High-altitude agro-pastoralism in the Kyrgyz Tien Shan: new excavations of the Chap farmstead (1065鈥825 cal b.c.). Journal of Field Archaeology. First published online 2019; 2020, vol. 45: 29鈥45;

Stephens, L., et al. Archaeological assessment reveals earth鈥檚 early transformation through land use. Science. 2019, vol. 365: 897鈥205.

Research Council of Lithuania. Humans and Horses in Lithuania during the Migration Period (4th-6th c. AD) on the Basis of Sr and O Stable Isotope Data: Origin and Social Context (No. S-MIP-19-67). Assoc. Prof. G. Pili膷iauskien臈. 2019鈥2021.

The goal of the project is to study exeptional burials in two regions of their concentration (East and Central Lithuania) by applying advanced methodology, i.e. analysis of Sr and O isotopoes. Some of the distinguished burials of supposedly non-local and high status individuals (both males and females), as well as horses will be studied. For comparative analysis, several typic burials, i.e. those containing grave goods that match the local cultural context, will be included. The results, in the framework of European Sr and O isotopic context and new analysis of archaeological, zooarchaeological, and anthropological material, will allow to confirm or reject the hypothesis that humans and horses of non-local origin reached Lithuania in the Migration period and supposedly played their role in the social organization and culture of the Balts and the development of horses of local type. If this hypothesis is confirmed, the places of their origin will be determined, and in some cases probably their mobility in the course of life. The political and social context of migrations will be discussed. Project started in July, 2019. During the first year, material was studied and sampled for O, Sr and AMS analysis. The first results of AMS dating received, oral presentation presented at international conference.

Contractual Research

Contract with Viktorija Ziabreva (archaeologist) Analysis of the archaeobotanical material from 沤ard臈 (Klaip臈da).

Contract with V拧漠 Archeologijos Centras Archaeobotanical analysis of Gediminas castle hill materials.

Contract with Trak懦 istorijos muziejus Analysis of zooarchaeological material from Trakai Peninsula Castle.

Contract with UAB Statyb懦 archeologija Analysis of zooarchaeological material from Vilnius (Pili懦 parkas; Contract with Trak懦 st. 1), Kaunas (Gertr奴dos st. 51A) and Martyni拧k臈s burial ground

Contract with I漠 Juodasis e啪ys Analysis of zooarchaeological material from Varniai, Trakai (Karaim懦 st. 35).

Contract with V拧I Kult奴ros paveldo i拧saugojimo paj臈gos Analysis of zooarchaeological material from Vilnius (Vilniau st. 18; Vilniaus st.)

Anthropological analysis and reports: Bok拧to g. 6 (Vilnius, 13th鈥15th c.); Cathedral (Vilnius, 16鈥18th c.); Ylakiai (Skuodas district, 16鈥18th c.); Smilties Pylimo g. 13 (Klaip臈da, 16鈥17th c.); Lavori拧k臈s (Vilnius district, 17th c.); Martyni拧kiai (Joni拧kis district, 17th c.); Lypkiai (Klaip臈da, 19th c.); Savi膷iaus g. 13 (Vilnius, unknown).

MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION) PARTNERS

Sherubtse College (Bhutan)
University of Tartu (Estonia)
Max Planck Institute for the Science and Human History (Germany)
University of Kiel (Germany)
Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties (Japan)
Tokyo University (Japan)
Turkish-Manas University (Kyrgyzstan)
Nicolaus Copernicus University (Poland)
Stockholm University (Sweden)
University of Cambridge (UK)
University of York (UK)

OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Assoc. Prof. G. Motuzait臈 Matuzevi膷i奴t臈 Keen 鈥

  • editorial board member of the journal The Stone Age of Ukraine,