Faculty of Philology

Sukurta: 13 June 2020

flf 5 Universiteto, LT-01513 Vilnius
Tel.: 268 7205, 268 7206
E-mail:

Dean 鈥� Prof. Inesa 艩e拧kauskien臈

STAFF

291 teachers (incl. 146 holding research degree), 11 research fellows (incl. 9 holding research degree), 40 doctoral students.

INSTITUTES AND DEPARTMENTS OF THE FACULTY

INSTITUTE OF APPLIED LINGUISTICS
Department of Lithuanian Language
Department of Lithuanian Studies
Centre for Multilingual Studies

INSTITUTE OF ENGLISH, ROMANCE AND CLASSICAL STUDIES
Department of English Philology
Department of Classical Philology
Department of French Philology
Department of Italian Linguistics and Literature

INSTITUTE OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES
Department of Research in Languages for Specific Purposes
Department of Romance Linguistics
Department of Foreign Language Teaching and Research
Media Linguistics Centre

INSTITUTE FOR THE LANGUAGES AND CULTURES OF THE BALTIC
Department of Baltic Linguistics
Department of German Philology
Department of Russian Philology
Centre for General Linguistics
Centre for Polish Studies
Centre for Scandinavian Studies

INSTITUTE FOR LITERARY, CULTURAL AND TRANSLATION STUDIES
Department of Lithuanian Literature
Department of Translation and Interpreting Studies
J. Greimas Centre for Semiotics and Literary Theory
Research Group for Studies in Comparative Literature

RESEARCH AREAS

Lithuanian Studies: Philological, Cultural and Interdisciplinary Aspects. Research and Development
Multilingual Discourses: Linguistics, Literature, Culture

DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS DEFENDED IN 2019

Veronika Girininkait臈. Interaction of Languages and Cultures in the Idiolect of a Multilingual: A Case Study of the Diary (1904鈥�1910) by Vytautas Civinskis (Witold Cywi艅ski).
Ernesta Kazak臈nait臈. Connections between fragments of the 16th-17th century Lutheran Bible in Latvian and Gl眉ck鈥檚 translation of the Bible into Latvian (1685鈥�1694).
Indr臈 Makauskait臈. Semantic Structure of Lithuanian Temporal Adverbials.

MAIN CONFERENCES ORGANISED IN 2019

International conferences:

Trans(n)azioni: Roads, meetings, stories of the Italian language, literature and culture. Warsaw鈥揤ilnius, April 24鈥�27, 2019,

Osip Mandelstam: Poetics, Translations, Reception. September 19鈥�20, 2019,

Fifth international conference of Applied Linguistics Languages and People: Communication in a Multilingual World. September 26鈥�28, 2019,

26th international conference of Jonas Jablonskis Variation across Languages and their Varieties. September 27鈥�28, 2019.

International conference dedicated to the 140th anniversary of Kazimieras B奴ga Issues of Baltic linguistics: Historical, typological and areal topics, September 26鈥�28, 2019, Bir拧tonas,

鈥淕rammar鈥� of Meletius Smotrytsky in the linguistic context of Europe of the XVI鈥揦VIII centuries. September 30鈥揙ctober 1, 2019 (co-organised with the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies of Slavic Book Literature of the Institute of Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences),

Research and Teaching of Set Phrases: Idioms, Collocations and Others. In memoriam Saulius Lapinskas (1954鈥�2014), October 11鈥�12, 2019,

With the signs of the Eagle and Vytis. Lithuania's and Poland's research and cultural relationships in the history of 91桃色. November 11鈥�22, 2019,

National conferences:

Alfonsas Nyka-Nili奴nas ir Bronius Krivickas: likiminiai kartos pasirinkimai [Alfonsas Nyka-Nili奴nas and Bronius Krivickas: The Choices and Destinies of the Generation] (together with the Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore, Vytautas Magnus University).

Translation Ethics and Data Protection in the Age of Data, October 3, 2019 (together with DGT Department of the Lithuanian Language).

International workshops and seminars:

International seminar Values in Lithuanian and Polish Worldview. July 4鈥�7, 2019:

The 16th international Salos Summer School of Linguistics (Academia Grammaticorum Salensis Sexta Decima). Salos Manor (Roki拧kis reagon), July 28鈥揂ugust 3, 2019,

International workshop New Explorations into the Baltic Verb. September 24鈥�25, 2019,

International Seminar Making Old Lithuanian Texts Usable for Research, November 28鈥�29, 2019,

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

Dr. Gina Kavali奴nait臈-Holvoet: Rector鈥檚 Award for University Scholars, December 2019.
Assoc. Prof. Miguel M. Villanueva Svensson 鈥� Rector鈥檚 Award for the best research publication in the humanities and social sciences, June 2019.
Assoc. Prof. Irena Fedorovi膷, Assoc. Prof. Viktorija U拧inskien臈, Assist. Dr. Teresa Dalecka and Assist. Dr. Regina Jakub臈nas were awarded with the Gold Cross of Merit of the Republic of Poland (Z艂oty Krzy偶 Zas艂ugi Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej) by the President of the Republic of Poland, Andrzej Duda, November 2019.
Assoc. Prof. Dalia 膶io膷yt臈 received a literary award for the best article in the literary almanach 鈥淰arpai鈥�, May 2, 2019.
Lect. Rasa Ba膷iulien臈 received the Rector鈥檚 Letter of Appreciation (June 27, 2019) for the supervision of an international project 鈥淟ive and Learn鈥�, nominated for 鈥淚nternational Excellence Awards 2019鈥� in the category of Educational Learning Resources.

INSTITUTE OF APPLIED LINGUISTICS

5 Universiteto, LT鈥�01513 Vilnius
E-mail:

Director 鈥� Prof. Dr. Meilut臈 Ramonien臈

CENTRE FOR MULTILINGUAL STUDIES

5 Universiteto, LT-01513 Vilnius
E-mail:

Head 鈥� Prof. Dr. Inesa 艩e拧kauskien臈

STAFF

Professors: Dr. Inesa 艩e拧kauskien臈 (part-time).
Associate professors: Dr. Jurga Cibulskien臈, Dr. Rita Juknevi膷ien臈, Dr. Kinga Geben, Dr. Egl臈 Petronien臈 (part-time), Dr. Birut臈 Ryvityt臈.
Assistant professors: Dr Vitalija Kazlauskien臈, Dr Miroslav Stasilo, Dr Laura Vilkait臈-Lozdien臈.
Lecturers: Aivaras Liutkauskas (part-time), Diana Sroda, Modestas Tala膷ka (part-time).
Doctoral student: Ieva Stasi奴nait臈.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Applied linguistics
Cognitive linguistics: metaphor, space, humour
Semantics, pragmatics, discourse analysis
Contrastive linguistics
Language for specific purposes (academic, legal)
Sociolinguistics
Learner language
Vocabulary and phraseology
Language teaching

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2019

Projects Supported by the University Budget

Lexicon and Discourse: Semantics, Idiomaticity, Vocabulary. Prof. Inesa 艩e拧kauskien臈. 2019鈥�2022. Dr. Jurga Cibulskien臈, Dr. Rita Juknevi膷ien臈, Dr. Vitalija Kazlauskien臈, Dr. Birut臈 Ryvityt臈, D. Laura Vilkait臈-Lozdien臈.

The Project aims at investigating numerous lexical aspects of languages: the meaning of a word and a phrase, phraseology and collocations, lexicographic problems, lexical, semantic and pragmatic aspects of different discourses (legal, academic, public and mass media, humour, learner, etc.) in one language or across several languages.
The task for 2019 focused on some cognitive aspects of language study: 1) identifying the key features of metaphoricity in different types of discourse (law, public etc.); 2) adapting a well-known MIPVU methodology for the Lithuanian data; 3) studying the discourse of humour in the cognitive linguistic framework. Moreover, in 2019 the project also focused on corpus-based methodologies and their application in the analysis of lexical bundles and phraseology.

Main publications:

Cibulskien臈, J. Communicating attitudes through metaphor: A case study of euro adoption. Cognitive Linguistic Studies. 2019, 6(1): 129鈥�156.

Juknevi膷ien臈, R. and Viluckas, P. Lexical Features of football reports: computer- vs human-mediated language. Corpus Approaches to the Language of Sports. Texts, Media, Modalities, eds. Marcus Calies and Magnus Levin. London: Bloomsbury. 2019: 63鈥�82.

Masiulionyt臈, V., Ryvityt臈, B., 艩e拧kauskien臈, I. The euro and Lithuania(ns) in their own eyes: the Russian past and the European future in online comments. Informalization and Hybridization of Speech Practices. In the series Language Competence and Language Awareness in Europe, ed. by Amei Koll-Stobbe. 2019: 10: 151鈥�180.

Research into the Society, Language and Culture in Northern and Middle Europe. Assoc. Prof. Ieva Steponavi膷i奴t臈鈥揂leksiej奴nien臈. 2019鈥�2022. Dr. Kinga Geben is involved in the Project.

Main publication:

Fedorovi膷, I., Geben, K. Konotacje Wilna w polskiej wersji ksi膮偶ki Algisa Kal臈dy 鈥濿 poszukiwaniu poetyckiej to偶samo艣ci Wilna鈥�. Bibliotekarz Podlaski. 2019, 2: 119鈥�140.

Language Usage, Language Learning and Teaching. Prof. Meilut臈 Ramonien臈. 2019鈥�2022. Dr. Kinga Geben and Dr. Miroslaw Stasilo are involved in the Project.

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

Centre for Quality Assessment in Higher Education (Lithuania)
Department of Monitoring and Assessment of the National Education Agency (Lithuania) (previously, National Examination Centre)
Department of British and North American Studies, Ernst Moritz Arndt University, Greifswald (Germany)
Institute of Applied Linguistics, University of Warsaw (Poland)
Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Hamar (Norway)
European Centre for Modern Languages, Graz (Austria)

OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jurga Cibulskien臈鈥�

board member of the Lithuanian Association of Applied Linguistics (LITAKA), www.litaka.lt;
member of the Lithuanian Association of EFL Teachers (LAKMA),
member of the International Cognitive Linguistics Association (ICLA),
member of the Association of Researching and Applying Metaphor (RaAM),
editorial board member of the electronic journal Taikomoji kalbotyra, www.taikomojikalbotyra.lt;
programme committee member of the International Applied Linguistics Conference Language and people: communication in multilingual world held in 91桃色 September 26鈥�28, 2019;
chair of the group for the preparation of MA study programme English Linguistics.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kinga Geben 鈥�

member of the Lithuanian Association of Applied Linguistics (LITAKA), www.litaka.lt;
administrator of the electronic research journal Taikomoji kalbotyra, (www.taikomojikalbotyra.lt).

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Rita Juknevi膷ien臈 鈥�

board member of the Lithuanian Association of Applied Linguistics (LITAKA), www.litaka.lt;
member of Learner Corpus Association,
member of the Societas Linguistica Europaea (SLE),
member of the Formulaic Language Research Network (FLaRN),
member of the Lithuanian Association of EFL Teachers (LAKMA),
invited lecturer within the EU project RELANG giving a series of workshops in Denmark, Albania, Spain, and Cyprus. The project is implemented by the European Centre of Modern Language in Graz, Austria,
invited expert at the Ministry of Education of Austria;
member of group for the preparation of MA study programme English Linguistics.

Assist. Prof. Dr. Vitalija Kazlauskien臈 鈥�

member of the Lithuanian Association of Applied Linguistics (LITAKA), www.litaka.lt;
board member of the Lithuanian Association of Teachers of French.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Egl臈 Petronien臈 鈥�

president of the Lithuanian Association of EFL Teachers (LAKMA),

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Birut臈 Ryvityt臈 鈥�

member of the Lithuanian Association of Applied Linguistics (LITAKA), www.litaka.lt;
member of the Lithuanian Association for Canadian Studies;
member of the European Society for the Study of English (ESSE), , treasurer of the Lithuanian section;
member of the Societas Linguistica Europaea (SLE),
chair of MA study programme Language for Specific (Legal) Purposes;
member of group for the preparation of MA study programme English Linguistics.

Prof. Dr. Inesa 艩e拧kauskien臈 鈥�

editorial board member of the electronic journal Taikomoji kalbotyra, www.taikomojikalbotyra.lt;
member of the Association of Researching and Applying Metaphor (RaAM),
member of the Societas Linguistica Europaea (SLE),
member of the European Society for the Study of English (ESSE), );
board member of the Lithuanian Association of Applied Linguistics (LITAKA),
board member of Academia Salensis,
member of the US鈥揕T Alumni Association,
member of the programme committee of the 52^nd Annual Meeting of the Societas Linguistica Europaea August 21鈥�24, 2019, University of Leipzig, Germany,
expert of the database Lituanistica;
member of the programme committee of the International Applied Linguistics Conference Language and people: communication in multilingual world held in 91桃色 September 26鈥�28, 2019;
lecturing at Jaume I University, Castillon de la Plana, Spain within Erasmus teacher exchange programme, March 31鈥揂pril 6, 2019.

Assist. Prof. Dr. Laura Vilkait臈 鈥�

member of the Lithuanian Association of Applied Linguistics (LITAKA), www.litaka.lt.

BEST REPORTS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES BROAD

Cibulskien臈, J. and 艩e拧kauskien臈, I. Constructing attitudinal stance via metaphors: a multi-perspective cognitive approach toward politically contested events. International Cognitive Linguistics Conference 15: Cross-Linguistic Perspectives on Cognitive Linguistics. Book of Abstracts. Nishinomyia, Japan, August 6鈥�11, 2019, p. 215, ;
Geben, K. Multilingualism among Polish Youth in Lithuania International Conference on Multilingualism and Multilingual Education (ICMME19), University of Applied Sciences, Bielefeld, Germany,
Juknevi膷ien臈, R. A corpus-driven approach to spoken L2 English: fixedness and frequency of multi-word expressions as two parameters of learner language. EUROPHRAS 2019, Malaga, Spain,
Kazlauskien臈, V. Collocation nomino-adjectivale dans la production 茅crite en FLE. International Colloquium 芦La combinatoire lexicale: corpus et dictionnaires禄, Artois University, France,
艩e拧kauskien臈, I. Metaphor in legal translation: space as a source domain in English and Lithuanian. International Cognitive Linguistics Conference 15: Cross-Linguistic Perspectives on Cognitive Linguistics. Book of Abstracts. Nishinomyia, Japan, August 6鈥�11, 2019, p. 93,

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. Jurga Cibulskien臈 worked as member of a group of experts to draft a national regulation of study programmes in Philology by the Lithuanian Centre for Quality Assurance in Higher Education;
Assoc. Profs. Rita Juknevi膷ien臈, Egl臈 Petronien臈 and Birut臈 Ryvityt臈 were invited to work as experts at the Department of Monitoring and Assessment of the National Education Agency (previously, National Examination Centre at the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport of Lithuania);
Prof. Inesa 艩e拧kauskien臈 worked as chair of a group of experts to draft a national regulation of study programmes in philology by the Lithuanian Centre for Quality Assurance in Higher Education.

MOST IMPORTANT RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES
Geben, K. Publikacja na temat mniejszo艣ci narodowych. Information about a collection of research articles,

Petronien臈, E. worked as chair of a national English Olympiad for Secondary School Students, February 9, 2019;
Petronien臈, E. worked as member of board of a national Public Speaking Competition (in English), LCC, Klaip臈da, March 8, 2019;
Petronien臈, E. worked as board member of a quiz in English Popular Arts in the UK and the USA in the 20^th and 21^st centuries (music, cinema, literature) organised for students of gymnasia in Vilnius.

DEPARTMENT OF LITHUANIAN LANGUAGE

5 Universiteto, LT-01513 Vilnius
Tel. 268 7212

Head 鈥� Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vilma Zubaitien臈

STAFF

Professors: Habil. Dr. Evalda Jakaitien臈 (emeritus), Dr. Vytautas Kardelis, Dr. Irena Smetonien臈.
Associate professors: Dr. Gintar臈 Jud啪entyt臈-艩ink奴nien臈, Dr. Antanas Smetona, Dr. Vilma Zubaitien臈.
Assistants: Dr. Erika Jasionyt臈-Miku膷ionien臈, Dr. Marius Smetona, Dr. Evaldas 艩vageris, Dr. Audrius Valotka (part-time).
Lecturers: K臋stutis Bredelis, Laimutis Lau啪ikas.
Doctoral students: Beatri膷臈 Danisien臈, Agn臈 Lisauskait臈.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Sinchronic and diachronic Lithuanian grammar
Phonetics and phonology (Standard Lithuanian and Lithuanian dialects)
Morphology, lexicology, word formation, lexicography
Semantics and syntax, terminology (Standard Lithuanian)
Rhetorics, stilistics, language of journalism, text analysis, academic discourse
Dialectology of the Lithuanian, general linguistics, cognitive linguistics, ethnolinguistics Historical Grammar of Lithuanian, history of written Lithuanian
Standard Lithuanian: attitudes and usage, methodology of teaching of the Lithuanian language

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2019

Projects Supported by the University Budget

Synchronic and Diachronic Research on Phonological, Lexical and Grammatical System of the Lithuanian Language.

The aim is to investigate the features of phonetics, lexis, semantics, grammar of Lithuanian language system, its variability, variation and interaction, the relation of Lithuanian vocabulary and grammar to usage, differences between spoken and written language.

Main publications:

Jud啪entyt臈, G., Zubaitien臈, V. The lexicon of the Lithuanian language in the 17鈥�19th centuries. The Intricacy of Languages, Francesc Feliu, Olga Fullana (ed.), John Benjamins Publishing Company. 2019, 154鈥�174.

Lisauskait臈, A., Zubaitien臈, V. Aktyvios veiklos veiksma啪od啪i懦 semantika Kristijono Donelai膷io 鈥濵etuose鈥� [The Semantics of the Verbs of Activity in the 鈥淪easons鈥� by Kristijonas Donelaitis]. Respectus Philologicus. 2019, 35(40): 102鈥�120.

Smetonien臈, I., Smetona, M. The understanding of the concept LANGUAGE among young people in Lithuania and Lithuanians living abroad. Acta Baltico-Slavica. 2019, 43: 105鈥�125.

National Research Projects

Discourse Markers in Lithuanian: a Synchronic and Diachronic Study (S-MIP-17-44, 2017鈥�2020, coordinated by Jolanta 艩ink奴nien臈). Dr. Erika Jasionyt臈-Miku膷ionien臈 is involved in this project.

Main publication:

Jasionyt臈-Miku膷ionien臈, E. Subordinating Conjunctions as Discourse Markers in Lithuanian. Corpus Pragmatics 3. International Journal of Corpus Linguistics and Pragmatics. 2019. Springer,
.

Historical Morphological Thesaurus of Lithuanian Lexicography on the Web (P-MIP-17-329, 2017鈥�2019, coordinated by Mindaugas Strockis). Dr. Marius Smetona is involved in this project.

The database will include the list of Lithuanian lemmas consisting about 400 thousand entries (encompassing and exceeding the biggest existing Lithuanian dictionary, known as the LK沤); the meanings and history of the lemmas will be illustrated by eight exactly transcribed historical and contemporary dictionaries of principal importance to Lithuanian philology: the Promptuarium by K. Sirvydas (1620), the Dictionarium by K. Sirvydas (1642), those by F. W. Haack (1730), S. Daukantas (1852), S. Daukantas (1838), F. Kur拧aitis (1870鈥�1874), F. Kur拧aitis (1883), and the Lithuanian dictionary known as LK沤.

Projects Supported by the State Commission of the Lithuanian Language

Mother. Bread. Earth. Dr. Irena Smetonien臈. 2019鈥�2020.

The aim of the project is to analyze the concepts MOTHER, BREAD and EARTH based on the cognitive definition method.

Research on Phrasemes in Student Writing and an Interactive Phrase Bank. Dr. Vilma Zubaitien臈. 2017鈥�2019.

The aim of the project is to research the usage of academic phrases in student writing in six main study areas of the first study cycle.

Editing of the Monograph Language. Nation. State. Dr. Irena Smetonien臈. 2019.

Main publication:

Smetonien臈, I., Smetona, M., Rutkovska, K. (2019). Kalba. Tauta. Valstyb臈 [Language. Nation. State], a monograph. 91桃色 Press. 2019, 292 p.

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

Institute of the Lithuanian Language (Lithuania)
State Commission of the Lithuanian Language (Lithuania)
Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin (Poland)
University of Bern (Switzerland)
University of Pisa (Italy)

OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Dr. Erika Jasionyt臈-Miku膷ionien臈 鈥�

member of SLE (Societas Linguistica Europaea);
member of the board of the Association Academia Salensis, ,

Assoc. Prof. Gintar臈 Jud啪entyt臈-艩ink奴nien臈 鈥�

member of the Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies (USA);
member of the Scandinavian Association for Language & Cognition;
member of the National European Language Atlas Committee (since November);
programme and organizing committee member of the 26th international conference of Jonas Jablonskis Linguistic Diversity in the Modern World: Language Power and Prestige;

Prof. Dr. Vytautas Kardelis 鈥�

editorial board member of the Baltistica,
editorial board member of the journal Kalbotyra,
editorial board member of the electronic journal Lietuvi懦 kalba,

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Antanas Smetona 鈥�

editorial board member of the electronic journal Lietuvi懦 kalba,
editorial board member of the journal Gimtoji kalba;
editorial board member of the journal Auk拧tojo mokslo kokyb臈 / The Quality of Higher Education,

Prof. Dr. Irena Smetonien臈 鈥�

editor-in-Chief of the electronic journal Lietuvi懦 kalba,
editoral board member of the journal 沤mogus ir 啪odis;
programme committee member of the 26th international conference of Jonas Jablonskis Linguistic Diversity in the Modern World: Language Power and Prestige,

Assoc. Prof. Vilma Zubaitien臈 鈥�

editorial board member of the electronic journal Bendrin臈 kalba,
editorial board member of the electronic journal Gimtoji kalba (since December);
member of the association of Academia Salensis,
member of the Lithuanian Applied Linguistics Association, members of the Lithuanian Applied Linguistics Association, www.litaka.lt;
member of Gesellschaft f眉r Baltische Studien (Berlin);
member of the Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies (USA);
programme committee member of the 26th international conference of Jonas Jablonskis Linguistic Diversity in the Modern World: Language Power and Prestige,

BEST REPORTS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD

Jasionyt臈-Miku膷ionien臈, E. Functional development of the Lithuanian focus particles net 鈥榚ven鈥� and tik 鈥榦nly鈥� and clause periphery. 52nd Annual Meeting of the Societas Linguistica Europaea, Leipzig, German, August 21鈥�24, 2019.
Jud啪entyt臈-艩ink奴nien臈, G. Creation of physical space by deictic expressions in Lithuanian dialects. 7th conference of the Scandinavian Association for Language and Cognition, Aarhus, Denmark, May 22鈥�24, 2019.
Kardelis, V., Schneider, C. Language Variation and Change in Lithuania. International Conference on Language Variation in Europe, ICLaVE 10 (Fryske Akademy), Leeuwarden (Netherlands), June 25鈥�29, 2019.

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. Gintar臈 Jud啪entyt臈-艩ink奴nien臈鈥� expert in contest The best PhD thesis 2018.
Assoc. Prof. Dr Antanas Smetona 鈥� member of the Terminology Subcommittee of the State Commission of the Lithuanian Language.
Prof. Dr Vytautas Kardelis and Assoc. Prof. Vilma Zubaitien臈鈥� experts of Lithuanian Research Counsil.
Prof. Dr Irena Smetonien臈 and Prof. Dr Vytautas Kardelis 鈥� experts of the State Commission of the Lithuanian Language.
Assoc. Prof. Vilma Zubaitien臈鈥� member of the State Commission of the Lithuanian Language, .

CONSULTATIONS PROVIDED BY THE UNIT TO THE PUBLIC OR ECONOMIC ENTITIES

Laimutis Lau啪ikas and Assoc. Prof. Antanas Smetona 鈥� experts of the Office of the Inspector of Journalist Ethics.

MOST IMPORTANT RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES

Popularization of the research in the media:

Antna Smetona, anchor of LRT Cultural Show Lithuania in our Lips.
Antanas Smetona, K臋stutis Bredelis. Lithuanian language in radio broadcasts.

Interviews:

Prof. Irena Smetonien臈. Kalba yra tokia pat konstitucin臈 vertyb臈, kaip ir laisv臈 [Prof. Irena Smetonien臈: Language is a constitutional value, the same as freedom], .
Vilma Zubaitien臈. Did啪ioji m奴s懦 kalbos paslaptis: kiek lietuvi懦 kalboje yra 啪od啪i懦? [The Big Secret of Our Language: How Many Words Does Lithuanian Have?],

Public lectures:

Antanas Smetona. Lingvistin臈 teis臈s akt懦 analiz臈 [Linguistic analysis of legislation], April 08, 2019; 沤od啪i懦 darybos tendencijos dabartin臈je kalboje [Trends in word formation in Lithuanian of today?], October 25, 2019; Juridin臈 lingvistika [Legal Linguistics], December 07, 2019.
Irena Smetonien臈. Retorika yra mokslas ar menas [Is rhetoric science or art], November 12, 2019.

DEPARTMENT OF LITHUANIAN STUDIES

5 Universiteto, LT-01513 Vilnius
E-mail:

Head 鈥� Assoc. Prof. Dr. Loreta Vilkien臈

STAFF

Professor: Dr. Meilut臈 Ramonien臈.
Associate professors: Dr. Bron臈 Stund啪ien臈 (part-time), Dr. Loreta Vilkien臈.
Assistants: Dr. Egl臈 Gudavi膷ien臈, Dr. Inga Hilbig, Dr. Kristina Jakait臈-Bulbukien臈.
Junior assistants: Inga Dara拧kien臈, Egl臈 Vais臈tait臈, Au拧ra Valan膷iauskien臈, Egl臈沤urauskait臈.
Lecturers: Joana Pribu拧auskait臈, Virginija Stumbrien臈, Ramut臈 Bingelien臈, Elvyra Kutanovien臈, Rita Migauskien臈, Elvyra Petra拧i奴nien臈, Au拧ra Tamo拧aitien臈, Lina Va拧kevi膷ien臈.
Doctoral students: Inga Dara拧kien臈, Egl臈 Vais臈tait臈, Justina Bru啪ait臈-Liseckien臈, Justina Mandravickait臈, Egl臈沤urauskait臈, An啪elika Teres臈.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Applied linguistics
Teaching second / foreign languages
Learning Sscond / foreign Languages
Language acquisition
Language attrition
Sociolinguistics;
Stylistic
Discourse analysis
Language testing
Sign language

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2019

Projects Supported by the University Budget

Language Usage, Language Learning and Teaching. Prof. M. Ramonien臈. 2016鈥�2026.

The project aims at analysis of language/dialect usage, language attitudes, language acquisition, language learning and teaching, language policy, language of diaspora, sociolinguistic situation in Lithuania, socially significant changes in the use of Lithuanian and local vernaculars, evolving levels of multilingualism. Papers as well as conference presentations for both national and international conferences were prepared.

Main publications:

Ramonien臈, M., Gudavi膷ien臈, E., Hilbig, I., Jakait臈-Bulbukien臈, K., Vais臈tait臈, E., Vilkien臈, L. Emigrantai: kalba ir tapatyb臈 II. Keturi sociolingvistiniai portretai. Vilnius, 91桃色 Press. 2019.

Ramonien臈, M. Regional dialects in the Lithuanian urban space: skills, practices and attitudes. In Lazdi艈a S. and Heiko M. (eds). Multilingualism in the Baltic States: Societal Discourses and Contact Phenomena, London: Palgrave Macmillan. 2019, 123鈥�152.

Ramonien臈, M. Family and the maintenance of the heritage language: the case of Lithuanian diaspora. In Haque, S. et F. Le Li猫vre (eds.) Politique Linguistique familiale /Family language policy. Enjeux dynamiques de la transmission linguistique dans un contexte migratoire. Dynamics in language transmission under a migratory context. Munich: LINCOM. 2019, 135鈥�158.

National Research Projects

Effect of Attitudes and Language Learning Motivation on Quality of Lithuanian. Project manager - Loreta Vilkien臈. 2017鈥�2019.

The project was supported by The State Commission of the Lithuanian Language. The aim of the project was to analyse how well pupils from the 3rd year of the grammar school in Lithuanian, Polish, and Russian schools in Vilnius can use Lithuanian as well as if and how it depends on their linguistic attitudes and motivation to learn Lithuanian.

Main publications:

Vilkien臈, L., Vilkait臈-Lozdien臈, L., Bru啪ait臈-Liseckien臈, J. Lietuvi懦 kalba Vilniaus lietuvi拧kose, lenki拧kose ir rusi拧kose gimnazijose: mok臈jimo kokyb臈, kalbin臈s nuostatos ir motyvacija [The Lithuanian Language at the Lithuanian, Polish, and Russian Gymnasiums in Vilnius: Language Competence, Attitudes, and Motivation]. Mokslo studija. 91桃色 Press. E book. 2019, Internet access: /leidyba/knygos/e-knygos.

Vilkien臈, L. Gimtakalbi懦 ir negimtakalbi懦 mokini懦 lietuvi懦 kalbos kokyb臈. [Quality of Lithuanian Language of Native and Non-native Students]. Pedagogika, 2019, 135(3): 102鈥�121. doi:

Contractual Research

Creation of a System for Testing Personal Key Competences (communication in the Lithuanian language). Project manager - E. Petra拧i奴nien臈. 2019鈥�2021.

The aim of the project is at the national level to prepare Lithuanian language proficiency test models that meet the requirements of the Lithuanian language proficiency level (according CEFR) and allow testing the person's reading, writing, listening and speaking skills. This project is a part of bigger project of National Agency for Education 鈥災畍airiais b奴dais 寞gyt懦 kompetencij懦 ir kvalifikacij懦 vertinimo ir pripa啪inimo sistemos tobulinimas鈥� (09.4.1-ESFA-V-734-02-0001). This project is funded by the European Social Fundation.

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

Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuania)
Institute of the Lithuanian Language (Lithuania)
University of Tartu (Estonia)
University of Helsinki (Finland)
University of Siena (Italy)
National Agency for Education

OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Prof. Dr. Meilut臈 Ramonien臈 鈥�

member and chairperson of the Lithuanian Association of Applied Linguistics, www.litaka.lt,
editor-in-Chief of the research journal Taikomoji kalbotyra,
programme committee chair of the conference of Applied Linguistics Languages and People: Communication in a Multilingual World. September 26鈥�28, 2019,

Assoc. Prof. Loreta Vilkien臈 鈥�

member of the Lithuanian Applied Linguistics Association, www.litaka.lt;
organizing committee chair of the conference of Applied Linguistics Languages and People: Communication in a Multilingual World. September 26鈥�28, 2019,

Dr. Egl臈 Gudavi膷ien臈 鈥�

member of the Lithuanian Applied Linguistics Association, www.litaka.lt;
organizing committee member of the conference of Applied Linguistics Languages and People: Communication in a Multilingual World. September 26鈥�28, 2019,

Dr. Kristina Jakait臈-Bulbukien臈, Justina Bru啪ait臈-Liseckien臈 鈥�

members of the Lithuanian Applied Linguistics Association, www.litaka.lt;
organizing committee members of the conference of Applied Linguistics Languages and People: Communication in a Multilingual World. September 26鈥�28, 2019,

Lina Va拧kevi膷ien臈 鈥�

organizing committee member of the conference of Applied Linguistics Languages and People: Communication in a Multilingual World. September 26鈥�28, 2019,

Inga Dara拧kien臈, Dr Inga Hilbig, Ramut臈 Bingelien臈, Elvyra Petra拧i奴nien臈, Au拧ra Valan膷iauskien臈, Egl臈沤urauskait臈 鈥�

members of the Lithuanian Applied Linguistics Association, www.litaka.lt,

BEST REPORTS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD

Ramonien臈, M. The role of mother in heritage language maintenance: the case of Lithuanian diaspora, 12th International Symposium on Bilingualism (ISB12), June 23鈥�28, 2019, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
Mandravickait臈, J., Krilavi膷ius, T., Ka Lok Man. Document Classification to Functional Styles (Domains of Use): Lithuanian Case. The International Conference on Recent Advancements in Computing in AI, IoT and Computer Engineering Technology (CICET 2019. October 20鈥�23, 2019, Taipei, Taiwan, China.
Bru啪ait臈-Liseckien臈, J. Is L2 grammar influenced by L1 grammar? 1st International Conference on Multilingual and Multicultural Learning: Policies and Practices. University of Prague, December 14鈥�15, 2019.
Hilbig, I. As if I was a half-dead or a bad mother鈥︹€� Minority mothers鈥� emotions facing unsuccessful early bilingualism. The international conference Multilingual Awareness and Multilingual Practices, October 28, 2019, Antwerpen.
Jakait臈-Bulbukien臈, K. Picture of London: linguistic behavior of Lithuanian emigrants. Conference Year of Estonian: The Perspective of Applied Linguistics. Estonian Language Institute, Estonian Association for Applied Linguistics and Tallinn University, Tallinn. April 25鈥�26, 2019.

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

Prof. Dr Meilut臈 Ramonien臈 鈥�

member of the Onomastics Subcommittee of the State Commission of the Lithuanian Language;
expert of Lithuanian Research Counsil;
expert of the State Commission of the Lithuanian Language.

MOST IMPORTANT RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES

Ramonien臈, M. Four interviews on research findings: LRT (2 interviews), LiveDinnerLT, Delfi TV.
Gudavi膷ien臈, E. Research in the Language of Emigrants; Jakait臈-Bulbukien臈, K., Linguistic Behavior of Emigrants Living in London. VI Interdisciplinary Diaspora Research Seminar April 18, 2019. Martynas Ma啪vydas National Library of Lithuania, Documentary Heritage Research Department, Lithuanian Department, Vilnius.
Jakait臈-Bulbukien臈, K. Lithuanian language in Emigration. Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania in Helsinki, Finland. April 10, 2019.
Hilbig, I. Interview on LRT broadcast "10-12" about bilingualism of emigrants鈥� children. July 11, 2019,
Vilkien臈, L. Influence of language attitudes and learning motivation on Lithuanian language proficiency. State Commission of the Lithuanian Language. November 7, 2019.

INSTITUTE OF ENGLISH, FRENCH AND CLASSICAL STUDIES

5 Universiteto, LT鈥�01513 Vilnius
E-mail:

Director 鈥� Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nijol臈 Juchnevi膷ien臈

DEPARTMENT OF CLASSICAL PHILOLOGY

5 Universiteto, LT-01513 Vilnius
Tel. 268 7220, 268 7221
E-mail:

Head 鈥� Assoc. Prof. Dr. Audron臈 Ku膷inskien臈

STAFF

Professors: Habil. Dr. Eugenija Ul膷inait臈 (professor emerita), Dr. Fatima Eloeva, Dr. Vytautas Ali拧ausas.
Associate professors: Dr. Nijol臈 Juchnevi膷ien臈, Dr. Mintautas 膶iurinskas, Dr. Tomas Veteikis, Dr. Mindaugas Strockis.
Assistants: Dr. Jovita Dikmonien臈, Dr. Dovil臈 Ker拧ien臈.
Junior assistant: Alius Jaskelevi膷ius.
Lecturers: Dalia Andziulyt臈, J奴rat臈 Baronien臈, Dovil臈膶itavi膷i奴t臈, Paulius Garba膷iauskas, Antanas Keturakis, Renata Pap拧yt臈, Stas臈 Pa拧konyt臈, Kristina Svarevi膷i奴t臈, Irena 艩tikonait臈.
Doctoral students: Ana Marija Mackevi膷, Tomas Riklius, Gra啪ina Lyvens, Skirmantas Knie啪a.
艩ar奴nas 艩av臈la - doctoral student of the Universit脿 di Bologna (Italy) and 91桃色 (joint supervision).
Post-doctoral student: Vilius Bartninkas.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Classical antiquity and its tradition (rhetoric, philosophy, historiography, problems of panhellenic and Roman identity)
Christian literature and its interrelation with classical tradition, 1st鈥�5th centuries
Latin and Greek literature in Lithuania in the 16th鈥�18th centuries
Reception and interpretation of classical tradition in literature and art theories

RESEACH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2019

Projects Supported by the University Budget

Classical Culture and Latin and Greek Literature of Lithuania: Tradition, Reception, Contexts. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nijol臈 Juchnevi膷ien臈. 2015鈥�2020.

The main result of 2019 was the academic edition of Cicero鈥檚 Speeches against Verres with commentary, funded by the Lithuanian Council of Culture (A. Ku膷inskien臈). Attention was paid to the rhetorical, poetical and philosophical aspects of the classical texts, the reception of Classical tradition from the Renaissance up to the contemporary literature (A. Ku膷inskien臈, F. Eloeva, V. Bartninkas, T. Riklius). A wide range of cultural problems of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and national aspects of Christian tradition reflected and analysed by T. Veteikis, M. 膶iurinskas, D. Ker拧ien臈, S. Knie啪a. The problems of Early Christian texts were analysed by V. Ali拧auskas and G. Lyvens.

Main publications:

Ali拧auskas, V. Transformation of the Classical genre: Quadratus and beginnings of Christian apology. 尝颈迟别谤补迟奴谤补. 2019, 61(3): 42鈥�57.

Bartninkas, V. Kas yra antikinis politinis m膮stymas? [What is Ancient Political Thinking?] Problemos. 2019, 96: 48鈥�60.

Dikmonien臈, J. Anagnorisis in Aristotle鈥檚 Poetics: Problems of definition and classification. 尝颈迟别谤补迟奴谤补. 2019, 61(3): 32鈥�41.

National Research Projects

Research Council of Lithuania. Historical Morphological Thesaurus of Lithuanian Lexicography on the Web (S-MIP-17-85). Mindaugas Strockis, 2017鈥�2019.

An integrated universal database of early Lithuanian dictionaries with advanced searching abilities. The database includes eight exactly transcribed historical dictionaries of importance to Lithuanian philology: the Promptuarium by K. Sirvydas (1620), the Dictionarium by the same author (1642), those by F. W. Haack (1730), S. Daukantas (1852), S. Daukantas (1838), F. Kur拧aitis (1870鈥�1874) and F. Kur拧aitis (1883). The database enables not only browsing for headwords (lemmas) and the full-text search, but also searching for words matching given morphological and prosodic criteria.

Projects Supported by Lithuanian Council of Culture.

The Edition of Cicero鈥檚 Speeches against Verres. Audron臈 Ku膷inskien臈, January 03鈥揇ecember 31, 2019 (Humanitarin臈s literat奴ros leidyba 2019-101-009-01-02-17).

Main publication:

Prie拧 korupcij膮. Markas Tulijus Ciceronas. Kalbos prie拧 Gaj懦 Ver寞, i拧 lotyn懦 kalbos vert臈, 寞vadin寞 straipsn寞 ir komentarus para拧臈, rodykles ir bibliografij膮 sudar臈 Audron臈 Ku膷inskien臈. Vilnius: Societas Classica, 2019, 720 p. (Marcus Tullius Cicero. Speeches against Gaius Verres. Compiled and translated from Latin with a commentary by Audron臈 Ku膷inskien臈).

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

Philipps University of Marburg (Germany)
University of Lund (Sweden)
University of Tartu (Estonia)
Universily of Latvia (Latvia)
University of Antwerp (Belgium)
Universit脿 di Bologna (Italy)
Thesaurus linguae Latinae Committee, Munich (Germany)

OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Prof. Dr. Fatima Eloeva 鈥�

editorial board member of the journal Yearbook for the Greek Studies, University of Minnesota,
federal expert of the Modern Greek Studies of Russia;
member of the Research Councils for PhD and Habilitation theses of the Philological Faculty of St. Petersburg University ( 212.232.23 鈥� Theory of Language, 212.232.18 鈥� Russian and Slavic Languages, Classical, Byzantine, Modern Greek Philosophy);
Honorary Doctor of the University of Thrace (Greece).

Prof. Habil. Dr. Eugenija Ul膷inait臈 (professor emerita) 鈥�

editorial board member of the journal Senoji Lietuvos literat奴ra;
editorial board member of the monograph Fontes historiae Universitatis Vilnensis;
member of the Lithuanian Association of Classicists,

Prof. Dr. Vytautas Ali拧auskas 鈥�

executive committee member of the Lithuanian Association of Classicists,
editorial board member of the editing and investigating sources of Christian mysticism Mystica Christiana,
editorial board member of the editing and investigating sources of Baltic culture Balt懦 kult奴ros simboliai;
editorial board member of the academic periodical Ba啪ny膷ios istorijos studijos;
member of Commission Internationale d鈥橦istoire et d鈥橢tudes de Christianisme (CIHEC);
member of the Lithuanian Catholic Academy of Science;
member of the Council of the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nijol臈 Juchnevi膷ien臈 鈥�

deputy-editor-in-chief of the journal 尝颈迟别谤补迟奴谤补 and editor of 尝颈迟别谤补迟奴谤补 3 (Studies of Ancient Culture and its Reception),
president and the founder of the Lithuanian Association of Classicists (Societas Classica),
editorial board member of the journal Philologia classica: Studies in Classical Philology and History of Classical Scholarship (St. Petersburg State University),
editorial council member of the journal Keria. Studia Latina et Graeca (Slovene Association of Antique and Humanistic Studies),
editorial board member of the editing and investigating sources of Christian mysticism Mystica Christiana,
Euroclassica (European Association of Teachers of Classical Languages and Culture), representative of Lithuania,
.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Audron臈 Ku膷inskien臈 鈥�

member of Thesaurus Linguae Latinae Committee,
member of the executive committee of the Lithuanian Association of Classicists (Societas Classica),
member of the International Society for the History of Rhetoric (ISHR),

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mintautas 膶iurinskas 鈥�

member of the Lithuanian Association of Classicists (Societas Classica),
editorial board member and editor of the academic periodical Senoji Lietuvos literat奴ra [Early Lithuanian Literature];
member of the Council of the Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore;
editorial board member of the academic serial Historiae Lituaniae fontes minores (editing and investigating sources of Lihuanian history).

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mindaugas Strockis 鈥�

member of the Lithuanian Association of Classicists (Societas Classica),
member of the Research Council of the Institute for the Lithuanian Language,

Paulius Garba膷iauskas 鈥�

editorial board member of the series in editing and investigating sources of Christian mysticism Mystica Christiana,
member of Lithuanian Association of Literary Translators,
member of the Lithuanian Association of Classicists (Societas Classica),

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tomas Veteikis, Dr. Jovita Dikmonien臈, Dr. Dovil臈 Ker拧ien臈, Alius Jaskelevi膷ius, Irena 艩tikonait臈, Dalia Andziulyt臈, Stas臈 Pa拧konyt臈, J奴rat臈 Baronien臈, Kristina Svarevi膷i奴t臈, Renata Pap拧yt臈, Paulius Garba膷iauskas, Antanas Keturakis 鈥�

members of the Lithuanian Association of Classicists (Societas Classica),

BEST REPORTS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD

Bartninkas, V. Response to Alberto Rigolio on the Syriac Sources for Xenocrates, Speusippus, and the Old Academy. University of Tubingen (Germany), November 1, 2019.
Eloeva, F. Corpora and Language Variation in Greek. The 10th International Congress on Experimental Linguistics, September 25鈥�27, 2019, Lisbon (Portugal).
Eloeva, F. Translation like a cultural borrowing. International Congress 韦慰蟺伪蟻蠈谓魏伪喂蟿慰渭苇位位慰谓蟿畏蟼蔚位位畏谓喂魏萎蟼位慰纬慰蟿蔚蠂谓委伪蟼 [The present and future of Greek Literature in the world]. March 8, 2019, Athens (Greece).

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. Nijol臈 Juchnevi膷ien臈 worked as chair of a group of experts to draft a national regulation of study programmes in Classical Studies by the Lithuanian Centre for Quality Assurance in Higher Education.
Assoc. Prof. Audron臈 Ku膷inskien臈 was a member of a group of experts to draft a national regulation of study programmes in Classical Studies by the Lithuanian Centre for Quality Assurance in Higher Education.
Assoc. Prof. Nijol臈 Juchnevi膷ien臈 worked as an expert in the contest The best PhD thesis 2018 and The best MA thesis 2018.

MOST IMPORTANT RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES

Vytautas Ali拧auskas. Cycle of lectures 鈥楪ospels and apocryphs of the New Testament鈥�. Academia Minor (Lithuanian Catholic Academy of Science), autumn semester.
Vilius Bartninkas. Aristotle and his importance today? A cycle of lectures 鈥楢ristoteles from Acropolis鈥�, National Museum The Palace of Grand Dukes of Lithuania, February 15, 2019.
Audron臈 Ku膷inskien臈. Cycle of lectures on the classical Art. The School of Art History (LI Vilnius Auction), January 8鈥揊ebruary 19, 2019.

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH PHILOLOGY

5 Universiteto, LT-01513 Vilnius
Tel. / fax 268 7228
E-mail:

Head 鈥� Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jolanta 艩ink奴nien臈

STAFF

Professors: Dr. Regina Rudaityt臈, Habil. Dr. Aurelija Usonien臈, Dr. Almantas Samalavi膷ius.
Associate professors: Dr. Linara Bartkuvien臈, Dr. Giedr臈 Bal膷ytyt臈-Kurtinien臈, Dr. Jolanta 艩ink奴nien臈.
Assistant professors: Dr. Davide Castiglione, Dr. Anna Ruskan, Dr. R奴ta 艩lapkauskait臈, Dr. Audron臈艩olien臈, Dr. Justina Urbonait臈, Dr. Deimantas Valan膷i奴nas.
Junior assistant: Eimant臈 Liubertait臈.
Lecturers: Greta Belogurova, Jurga Kasteckien臈.
Doctoral students: Justina Liauksminien臈, Eimant臈 Liubertait臈, Laima Vinc臈 Sruoginis, Deividas Zibalas.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Cross-linguistic studies of English and Lithuanian
Corpus Linguistics
Contrastive syntax and semantics (verb complementation, perception verbs, epistemic modality, semantics of locatives)
Text and discourse analysis, academic discourse
Cognitive linguistics
Contrastive rhetoric: genre analysis
Phonetic and phonological aspects of English and Lithuanian
Teaching English for Specific Purposes (ESP): Academic English, English for Professional Purposes
Second language acquisition: learner language
Language testing
Corpus-based and corpus-driven phraseology
Translation of professional texts
Literary translation
Language and literature: British, Irish, American, Canadian Literature
Stylistic analysis of literary texts
Literary traditions, their development and transformation in West European and American literatures
Investigation of literary trends, genres, thematic and problematic issues in West European and American literatures
Textual poetics and its relations to philosophical, aesthetical, sociological systems; Intertextuality
Culture studies: American civilisation
British history and society;
Canadian culture
Irish identity

RESEARCH PROJECTS CONDUCTED IN 2019

Projects Supported by the University Budget

Germanic and Romance Literary and Cultural Texts. Prof. Dr. Regina Rudaityt臈. 2010鈥�2021.

The department (in cooperation with the departments of French and German Philology as well as the Centre of Scandinavian Studies) has been carrying out investigation of literary trends, genres and problems of poetics, the development of literary traditions, the relationship of literary texts with Philosophy, Aesthetics, Psychology, Sociology and other theoretical systems. Some of the academic staff has been continually doing research in the field of the history of Germanic literatures and literatures in Romance languages and publishing articles on the related issues.

Main publications:

Bartkuvien臈, L. Home: The Sacred and the Profane in John McGahern鈥檚 Novel That They May Face the Rising Sun. 尝颈迟别谤补迟奴谤补. 2019, vol. 61(4): 77鈥�93. doi:

Rosson, G. Dickinson鈥檚 Geographic Poetics. The New Emily Dickinson Studies, ed. by Michelle Kohler. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2019, 168鈥�186.

艩lapkauskait臈, R. An Arc of Itinerant Tropes: Beyond Kin and Kind in Andre Alexis's Fifteen Dogs. The Anglo-Canadian Novel in the Twenty-First Century: Interpretations, Maria and Martin Loschnigg (Eds.). 2019, 11鈥�19. Heidelberg: Universitatsverlag Winter.

Germanic, Romance and Baltic Language Studies. Prof. Habil. Dr. Aurelija Usonien臈. 2010鈥�2021.

The linguists of the department carry out this research in close collaboration with their colleagues based at the departments of German Philology, the Lithuanian Language and the Centre for Scandinavian studies. The focus of the research is on the synchronic and diachronic analysis of language-specific features characteristic of the grammatical, lexical and semantic structure of the languages under study. The range of research methods used and theoretical approaches followed varies greatly: from purely descriptive to functional, from cognitive to socio-linguistic, from quantitative to qualitative analysis of authentic language data.

Main publications:

Bal膷ytyt臈-Kurtinien臈, G. The music of English connected speech: how and why singing affects EFL learners鈥� pronunciation. Speak Out. Pron Sig. September 2019, 61: 7鈥�17.

Gu拧膷yt臈, G., 艩ink奴nien臈, J. Research article acknowledgments across disciplines: patterns of scholarly communication and tradition. ESP Today. 2019, 7(2): 182鈥�206.

Urbonait臈, J., 艩e拧kauskien臈, I., Cibulskien臈, J. Linguistic metaphor identification in Lithuanian. Metaphor identification in multiple languages: MIPVU around the world. (eds. S. Nacey, A. G. Dorst, T. Krennmayr, W. G. Reijnierse). Amsterdam: Benjamins. 2019, 160鈥�181.

Projects and Programmes Supported by the Research Council of Lithuania

Discourse Markers in Lithuanian: A Synchronic and Diachronic Study (P-MIP-17-308). Dr. Jolanta 艩ink奴nien臈, Dr. Erika Jasionyt臈-Miku膷ionien臈, Dr. Anna Ruskan, Dr. Audron臈艩olien臈.

Main publications:

Ruskan, A. Functional Variation of Discourse Particles in Lithuanian: A Look at Clause Peripheries. Corpus Pragmatics. 2019, 3(4): 303鈥�325.

艩ink奴nien臈, J. Reformulation markers in academic discourse: A cross-linguistic and cross-disciplinary study. Jezikoslovlje. 2019, 20(3): 531鈥�553.

Other Projects

EVIDISPRAG: Evidentiality: A Discourse-Pragmatic Study of English and Other European Languages. (FFI2015-65474P, MINECO/FEDER. Funding institutions: Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness and European Regional Development Fund). Prof. Habil. Dr. Aurelija Usonien臈, Dr. Anna Ruskan, Dr. Jolanta 艩ink奴niene, Dr. Audron臈艩olien臈.

Stance and Subjectivity in Discourse: Towards an Integrated Framework for the Analysis of Epistemicity, Effectivity, Evaluation and Inter/subjectivity from a Critical Discourse Perspective. Proyectos de I+D de Generaci贸n de Conocimiento, Agencia Estatal de Investigaci贸n, Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovaci贸n y Universidades. Dr. Anna Ruskan, Dr. Jolanta 艩ink奴nien臈, Dr. Audron臈艩olien臈.

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

Giessen University (Germany)
University of Antwerp (Belgium)
Universidad Complutense de Madrid University (Spain)
Mainz University (Germany)
University of Greifswald (Germany)
University of Versailles, Paris (France)
Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (Spain)
University of Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium)
University of Zaragoza (Spain)

OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Giedr臈 Bal膷ytyt臈-Kurtinien臈 鈥�

member of LATEFL (Lithuanian Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language);
member of the Lithuanian Association of Applied Linguistics; www.litaka.lt;
member of IPA (International Phonetic Association).

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Linara Bartkuvien臈 鈥�

member of ESSE (European Society for the Study of English);
editorial board-member of the journal Journalism Research (91桃色, Faculty of Communication);
member of the Lithuanian Association of University Teachers of English;
member of the Lithuanian Oxford and Cambridge Society;
senior member of St. Hilda鈥檚 College (Oxford University).

Assist. Prof. Dr. Davide Castiglione 鈥�

member of the 鈥楨ffects of Foregrounding鈥� Research Coalition;

Prof. Dr. Regina Rudaityt臈 鈥�

editor-in-Chief of the research journal 尝颈迟别谤补迟奴谤补(Literature);
board member and Lithuanian representative of the European Society for the Study of English (ESSE),
President of LAUTE (Lithuanian Association of the University Teachers of English);
editorial board member of the Literature of Enlightenment Series;
editorial advisory board member of international research journal EJES (European Journal of English Studies), ISSN 1382-5577,
member of the Lithuanian Literary Translators鈥� Association,
international advisor with the Centre for Transnational and Transcultural Research, University of Wolverhampton, UK;
member of the Peer Review College of the Arts and Humanities Research Council, UK;
member of the English Association, ).

Assist. Prof. Dr. Anna Ruskan 鈥�

member of ESSE (European Society for the Study of English);
member of SLE (Societas Linguistica Europaea);
member of IPrA (International Pragmatics Association).

Prof. Dr. Almantas Samalavi膷ius 鈥�

editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Architecture and Urbanism (CA, WoS, VGTU Press);
editor-in-Chief of Lituanus: the Lithuanian Quarterly (Lituanus Foundation, Chicago);
editorial board member of Architecture Research (USA); Czas Kultury (Poland); Journal of Architectural Design and Urbanism (Indonesia); Mathematics Interdiscioplinary Research (Iran);
member of Architectural Humanities Research Association (UK);
member of Urban History Association (USA);
member of Architecture, Culture and Spirituality Forum (USA);
member of PEN International;
member of board of Lithuanian PEN centre;
charmain of the Jury for the Contest of Monument to the 500 Anniversary of Reformation in Lithuania (Ministry of Culture and Lithuanian Association of Artists);
member of Jury of Bronys Savukynas prize (Ministry of Culture and Lithuanian PEN), 2018;
advisory board member of the Penn State University Press book series Ivan Illich: 21st Century Perspectives.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jolanta 艩ink奴nien臈 鈥�

member of SLE (Societas Linguistica Europaea);
member of ESSE (European Society for the Study of English);
member of Discourse-Pragmatic Variation & Change (DiPVaC) Research network;
member of the Lithuanian Applied Linguistics Association;
scientific committee member of the research journal IPERSTORIA,
;
executive secretary of the linguistic research journal Kalbotyra;
GERAS (Groupe d'Etude et de Recherche en Anglais de Specialite) international correspondent in Lithuania;
management committee member, member of the steering group and group leader for Early career investigators Special interest group in COST Action CA 15137 (European Network for Research Evaluation in the Social Sciences and the Humanities);
management committee member, member of the core group in COST Action CA 15221 (Advancing effective institutional models towards cohesive teaching, learning, research and writing development);
representative of Lithuania in Horizon 2020 SC6 programme committee;
member of the Humanities and Social Sciences Committee at the Research Council of Lithuania.

Assist. Prof. Dr. R奴ta 艩lapkauskait臈 鈥�

member of the Lithuanian Association for Canadian Studies;
member of ESSE (European Society for the Study of English);
member of CACLALS (Canadian Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies).

Assist. Prof. Dr. Audron臈艩olien臈 鈥�

member of SLE (Societas Linguistica Europaea).

Assist. Prof. Dr. Justina Urbonait臈 鈥�

member of International Cognitive Linguistics Association (ICLA);
member of The Association for Researching and Applying Metaphor (RaAM);
member of Societas Linguistica Europaea (SLE);
member of Lithuanian Applied Linguistics Association LITAKA.

Prof. Habil. Dr. Aurelija Usonien臈 鈥�

editor-in-Chief of the journal Kalbotyra (Linguistics);
member of SLE (Societas Linguistica Europaea);
member of the Philological Society (UK);
member of ESSE;
advisory board member of the journal Revista de Lengua para Fines Espec铆ficos (LFE) (ISSN: 1133-1127),
scientific committee member of the fifth edition of the Using Corpora in Contrastive and Translation Studies (UCCTS 2018) conference series in Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium),

Assist. Prof. Dr. Deimantas Valan膷i奴nas 鈥�

member of IGA (International Gothic Association);
member of Lithuanian Society for the Study of Religions;
member of ESSE (European Society for the Study of English);
member of EASAS (European Association for South Asian Studies).

BEST REPORTS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD

Bal膷ytyt臈-Kurtinien臈, G. Non-Native English: In Search for Rhythm. 12^th International conference Innovation in Language Learning. Moderator of the section Self-Efficacy. Florence, Italy. November 14鈥�15, 2019.
Ruskan, A. A cross-linguistic look at the right periphery: Utterance-final adverbials in English, Spanish and Lithuanian. SLE conference, Leipzig University. August 21鈥�24, 2019.
艩lapkauskait臈, R. Inaudible Mothers, Incapable Fathers, Implacable Masters: Troping the Empire in Esi Eduguyan鈥檚 Washington Black. Vancouver, Canada. June 01鈥�03, 2019.
艩olien臈, A. They are kind of/sort of similar: a parallel corpus-based analysis of English kind of and sort of and their Lithuanian correspondences. CL2019 International Corpus Linguistics Conference. Cardiff University, UK. July 22鈥�26, 2019.
Valan膷i奴nas, D. Haunting Memories: Sri Lankan Civil War, Mobility and Diaspora in Literature and Film, Memory Studies Association conference. Madrid, Spain. June 25鈥�28, 2019.

MOST IMPORTANT RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES

Castiglione, D. Organisation of 8 public talks for the 鈥烳ind sharpener鈥� series, with invited speakers.

DEPARTMENT OF FRENCH PHILOLOGY

5 Universiteto, LT-01122 Vilnius
Tel. 268 7232
E-mail:

Head 鈥� Prof. Dr. Vytautas Bikul膷ius

STAFF

Professors: Dr. Vytautas Bikul膷ius, Dr. Genovait臈 Dru膷kut臈.
Associate professor: Dr. Egl臈 Ka膷kut臈.
Assistant professor: Dr. Vita Valiukien臈.
Lecturers: Povilas Birbilas, Olivier Francois Roger Morere, Dr. J奴rat臈 Navakauskien臈, Lina Perkauskyt臈, Daiva Repeikait臈-Jarmalavi膷ien臈, Inga 艩erniuvien臈, Estela Zingeryt臈.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Cross-linguistic studies of French and Lithuanian
Corpus linguistics
Contrastive syntax and semantics (verb complementation, perception verbs, epistemic modality, semantics of locatives)
Text and discourse analysis, academic discourse
Cognitive linguistics
Phonetic and phonological aspects of French and Lithuanian
Aspects of Francophonie
French for specific purposes (FSP): academic French, French for professional purposes, second language acquisition
Language testing
History of the French language
Lexicography (terminology, FSP dictionaries)
Language and literature: Romance literatures, stylistic analysis of literary texts
Literary traditions, their development and transformation in French and Francophone literatures
Investigation of literary trends, genres, thematic and problematic issues in French and Francophone literatures
Textual poetics and its relations to philosophical, aesthetical, sociological systems
Theory of the text
Intertextuality

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2019

Projects Supported by the University Budget

Germanic and Romance Literary and Cultural Texts. Prof. R. Rudaityt臈. 2010鈥�2021.

The Department carried out investigation of literary trends, genres and problems of poetics, the development of literary tradition, the relationship of literary texts with Philosophy, Aesthetics, Psychology, Sociology and other theoretical systems. The academic staff continued research in the field of the history of French and Francophone literatures and published articles on the related issues.

Main publications:

Dru膷kut臈, G. Oscar Milosz dans le champ litt茅raire lituanien. Cahiers de l鈥橝ssociation Les Amis de Milosz, Paris. 2019, 56鈥�58 : 369鈥�381.

Ka膷kut臈-Hagan, E., Cavazza, M. Portrait of a (Working) Mother. Geneve: Georg. 2019, 147 p.

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

Institute of the Lithuanian Literature and Folklore (Lithuania)
Lithuanian Comparative Literature Association (Lithuania)
French Institute, Vilnius (Lithuania)

OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Prof. Dr. Vytautas Bikul膷ius 鈥�

member of the Lithuanian Literary Translators鈥� Association.

Prof. Dr. Genovait臈 Dru膷kut臈 鈥�

executive secretary of the journal 尝颈迟别谤补迟奴谤补 (Literature);
board member of the Lithuanian Comparative Literature Association;
editorial board member of the Medieval Literature and the Literature of Enlightenment Series;
member of the Lithuanian Literary Translators鈥� Association.

BEST REPORTS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD

Bikul膷ius, V. Soumission de Michel Houellebecq en tant que roman d茅cadent. International conference Langues. Sciences. Pratiques, University of Odessa. October 03鈥�04, 2019.
Ka膷kut臈-Hagan, E. Mothering through Migration. International conference Contemporary Women鈥檚 Writing: Writing / Reading for Change. Celebration of the Work of Gill Rye, University of London, November 8, 2019.
Ka膷kut臈-Hagan, E. Representing Historical Trauma through Intimate Family Narratives. International conference Narratives of Forced Migration, University of Sterling, September 16鈥�18, 2019.
Ka膷kut臈-Hagan, E. Nancy Huston: Translingual Mother, Bilingual Writer. International conference Across Languages: Translingualism in Contemporary Women鈥檚 Writing, University of London, April 30鈥揗ay 3, 2019.

MOST IMPORTANT RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES

Public lectures

Vytautas Bikul膷ius. Lecture Marcel Proust in Lithuanian. French Institute (IF Lituanie), Vilnius, February 13, 2019;
Vytautas Bikul膷ius. Lecture Contemporary French Novel. Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, March 05, 2019;
Genovait臈 Dru膷kut臈. Lecture Translations of French Literature into Lithuanian. Martynas Ma啪vydas National Library of Lithuania, Vilnius, March 28, 2019;
Genovait臈 Dru膷kut臈. Lecture The poetry of Paul Verlaine and its translations into Lithuanian. French Institute, Vilnius, May 20, 2019.

DEPARTMENT OF ITALIAN LINGUISTICS AND LITERATURE

5 Universiteto, LT-01122 Vilnius
Tel 852687232
E-mail:

Head 鈥� Assoc. Prof. Dr. Diego Ardoino

STAFF

Associate professors: Dr. Diego Ardoino, Dr. Dainius B奴r臈, Dr. Novella Di Nunzio.
Assistant professor: Dr. Jogil臈 Teresa Ramonait臈.
Lecturers: Alessandra Cal矛, Paola Fertoli, Dr. Au拧ra Gataveckait臈, Ieva Kirilauskait臈, Davide Trezzi.
PhD student: Julija 艩abasevi膷i奴t臈 (Pisa University and 91桃色; supervisor Assoc. Prof. Diego Ardoino).

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Italian synchronic and diachronic linguistics
Italian dialectology
Cross-linguistic studies of Italian and Lithuanian
Italian language teaching
History of the Italian language
History of the Italian literature
Translation studies
Lexicography

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2019

Projects Supported by the University Budget

Germanic and Romance Literary and Cultural Texts. Prof. R. Rudaityt臈. 2010鈥�2021.

Synchronic, Diachronic and Typological Investigations into the Lexical, Phonological and Grammatical systems of the Baltic Languages. Habil. Dr. Bonifacas Stund啪ia. 2010鈥�2021.

Main publications:
di Nunzio, N. Furio Jesi e Cesare Pavese. Dalla teoria del mito alla teoria della creazione letteraria. Mythos. Rivista di Storia delle religioni 13. 2019.

B奴r臈, D. Le prime traduzioni e i primi traduttori di Giovanni Verga in Russia e in Lituania // Annali della Fondazione Verga: Verga e 鈥済li altri鈥�. La biblioteca, i presupposti, la ricezione. 2018, ed. in 2019, 25鈥�46.

Project in part supported by Erasmus Traineeship

III Dialectological Expeditions in Western Liguria. Supervisor - D. Ardoino.

The third Dialectological Expedition in Liguria (San Bartolomeo al Mare, Andora, Bordighera, Genova and Diano Marina) took place on September 16鈥�21, 2019. The project investigates some dialectal varieties of western Liguria, paying particular attention to the phonetic and lexical aspects. The main aim of the project is to record audio and video files of native dialect speakers and at the same time to take pictures of the particular objects mentioned during the conversations. The privileged fields of investigation concern the old recessive crafts such as the miller, the shoemaker, the farrier etc.

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

University of Pisa, Department of Philology, Literature and Linguistics (Italy)
The Italian Cultural Institute in Vilnius (Lithuania)
Valdov懦 R奴mai Vilnius (Lithuania)
Istituto Internazionale di Studi Liguri, Bordighera (Italy)

OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dainius B奴r臈 鈥�

editorial board member of the journal Letteratura italiana antica: rivista annuale di testi e studi (Italy);
editorial board member of the journal Sken茅. Rivista di letteratura italiana e francese (Italy);
member of the Commission for the preparation of the Series Viduram啪i懦 biblioteka published by the Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Diego Ardoino 鈥�

member of the Committee of the PhD Study Programme of Discipline Linguistiche e Letterature Straniere, Department FiLeLi University of Pisa;
visiting professor 鈥淚ntensive Lithuanian language course鈥� University of Pisa, Department FiLeLi, March 20鈥揂pril 20.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Novella Di Nunzio 鈥�

Erasmus traineeship. Naples, L鈥極rientale University, March 17鈥�24;
Erasmus traineeship. Summer School The role of drama in higher and adult language education: teacher training and the challenges of inclusion, University of Grenoble. August 22鈥�26.

BEST REPORTS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD

Ardoino, D. Degli etnonimi 螔慰蟻慰峥ο兾何课�, Bruzi, Prissani e Borussi. Problemi di (co)referenza. Conferenza internazionale IV Incontro di Baltistica/ PRA 17 Interlinguistica, plurilinguismo e pensiero linguistico dall鈥檃ntichit脿 al Rinascimento. Pisa, May 13鈥�14, 2019.
di Nunzio, N. Le classicisme moderniste et le dialogue avec la tradition. Dante et Shakespeare chez Montale. International conference Dante et Shakespeare: cosmologie, politique, po茅tique. Poitiers (France), April 4鈥�6, 2019.
di Nunzio, N. Il regime, l鈥檃utonomia, il ritorno. Immagini di Vilnius in tre poeti contemporanei. International conference Forms of Moving / Forms of Living. Adaptations, Translations, Linguistic and Literary Contaminations in Central and Eastern Europe, Naples (Italy), December 12鈥�13, 2019.
B奴r臈, D. Educazione delle passioni: il dramma eroicomico di Gaetano Fiorio Vincislao di Lituania (1791). International seminar Giornate della cultura spagnola e italiana.Toru艅, Nicolaus Copernicus University. May 21鈥�22, 2019.
Ramonait臈, J. T. Adoptive parents' attitudes towards bilingualism and their effects. International Symposium on Bilingualism 12 (ISB12), University of Alberta, Edmonton (Canada), June 23鈥�28, 2019.

MOST IMPORTANT RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES

Organization of the international conference Trans(n)azioni: itinerari, incontri, storie della lingua, della letteratura e della cultura italiana, Warsaw-Vilnius, May 24鈥�27, 2019. (N. di Nunzio).
Organization of the XIX掳 Week of the Italian Language in the World L鈥檌taliano sul palcoscenico, October 21鈥�27, 2019. (A. Cali, D. Ardoino, in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute in Vilnius and the Embassy of Italy).

INSTITUTE OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES

5 Universiteto, LT鈥�01513 Vilnius
Tel. 268 7266
E-mail:

Director 鈥� Prof. Dr. Roma Kriau膷i奴nien臈

MAIN RESEARCH AREAS

Teaching and learning modern languages as a prerequisite for the development of general and subject-specific competences
Structural, semantic, phonetic and functional research into languages for specific purposes
Media linguistics
Diachronic and achronic lexicography and metalexicography

DEPARTMENT OF RESEARCH IN LANGUAGES FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES

5 Universiteto, LT-01513 Vilnius
Tel. 268 7271
E-mail:

Head 鈥� Prof. Dr. Julija Korostenskien臈 (from September 01, 2019, Prof. Dr. Roma Kriau膷i奴nien臈 (Acting Head)

STAFF

Professor: Dr. Julija Korostenskien臈.
Associate professors: Dr. Au拧ra Janulien臈, Dr. Lina Bikelien臈.
Lecturers: Dr. Simona Kontrimien臈, Dr. Olga Medvedeva, Dr. Deimant臈 Veli膷kien臈, Rasa Ba膷iulien臈, Vaiva Eimulien臈, Vitas Gricius, Auks臈 Kuok拧tien臈, R奴ta Montvilien臈, Birut臈 Ona Palovien臈, Gracija Pleikien臈, Diana Snapkauskait臈, Roma Valiukien臈.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Cognitive linguistics
Corpus linguistics
Contrastive syntax and semantics
Teaching English for specific purposes (ESP): academic English, English for professional purposes
Content language integrated learning (CLIL)
Translation

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2019

Projects Supported by the University Budget

Structural, Semantic, Phonetic and Functional Research in Languages for Specific Purposes. Project coordinator - Prof. Dr. Julija Korostenskien臈. Contributors: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Lina Bikelien臈, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Au拧ra Janulien臈, Lect. Dr. Olga Medvedeva, Lect. Dr. Simona Kontrimien臈, Lect. Rasa Ba膷iulien臈, Lect. Dr. Deimant臈 Veli膷kien臈.

The aim is to investigate language structure and aspects of discourse within the dimensions of semantics, phonetic theory, corpus linguistics, discourse analysis, translation theory and conceptual metaphor theory, seeking to reveal linguistic phenomena using one or more language(s) as well as by exploring their interaction with cultural and social processes.

Main publications:

Kontrimien臈, S. Assessing Spirituality as the Ultimate End: Development and Validation of the Humanistic Spirituality Inventory. Journal of Humanistic Psychology. 2019, first published online,
doi.org/10.1177/0022167819850678.

Kontrimien臈, S. Humanistinio dvasingumo ry拧ys su aukl臈jimo 拧eimoje patirtimis [The Relationship between Humanistic Spirituality and Parenting Experiences]. Tiltai. 2019, 82: 23鈥�47, doi:

Korostenskiene, J., Lieponyt臈, A. Irony, sarcasm and parody in the American sitcom. Modern Family. Israeli Journal of Humour Research. 2019, 8(1): 51鈥�85.

EU Funded Projects

EU Measure 鈥淚mprovement of Qualification of Teachers and Other Education System Employees鈥�. T臋sk [Continue]. Registration no. 09.2.1
ESFA-V-727-01-0001. Internship
supervisor Au拧ra Janulien臈. 2018鈥�2021.
The project is funded from Operational Programme for the European Union Funds
Investments in Lithuania. The project goal is to improve student achievements by providing
support for effective changes in general education institutions. The support focus in two
directions: a) implementing innovations in teacher professional development and b) implementing
innovations in pre-service teacher training.

Innovative Teacher Education through Personalized Learning / INTERPERARL (No. 2018-1-LT01-KA203-046979). Simona Kontrimien臈 - researcher in the ERASMUS + KA203
Strategic Partnerships for Higher Education project. Project partners: University of Iceland
(Iceland), University College Cork (Ireland), 91桃色, 艩iauliai University, Vytautas Magnus University.

Other projects

International project Live and Learn, Rasa Ba膷iulien臈 - project manager.

Simona Kontrimien臈. Participation in the Erasmus+ Project鈥檚 Innovative Teacher Education through Personalized Learning / INTERPERARL
No. 2018-1-LT01-KA203-046979 Intensive Programme for Teaching Staff at the University College Cork, Ireland. October 21鈥�25, 2019.

Simona Kontrimien臈. Participation in the Erasmus+ Project鈥檚 Innovative Teacher Education through Personalized Learning / INTERPERARL
No. 2018-1-LT01-KA203-046979 transnational partner meeting at the University College Cork, Ireland. October 25鈥�26, 2019.

OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Lina Bikelien臈 鈥�

member of the Lithuanian Association of Applied Linguistics;
member of Language Teachers鈥� Association of Lithuania;
member of European Association for Language Testing and Assessment ;
member of International Phonetic Association;
member of Learner Corpus Association ;
member of Lithuania-Romania Friendship Association Board;
deputy editor-in-Chief of the journal Verbum,

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Au拧ra Janulien臈 鈥�

member of the Board of the English Speaking Union;
member of the Lithuanian Applied Linguistics Association (LITAKA);
member of the European Society for the Study of English;
editorial board member of the journal Verbum, .

Prof. Dr. Julija Korostenskien臈 鈥�

editorial board member of the journal Studies About Languages (Kalb懦 studijos);
member of DGKL / GCLA, German Cognitive Linguistics Association;
member of ISFLA, International Systemic Functional Linguistics Association;
member of LKPA 鈥� Language Teachers鈥� Association of Lithuania;
member of EALTA - European Association for Language Testing and Assessment.

Dr. Simona Kontrimien臈 鈥�

member of the Lithuanian Educational Research Association (LERA);
member of the European Educational Research Association (EERA);
member of the World Education Research Association (WERA);
member of the European Alliance for Social Sciences and Humanities (EASSH);
member of the Lithuanian Movement for the Humanities and Social Sciences.

Dr. Olga Medvedeva 鈥�

LKPA Board member (conference and publication organisation), ;
programme committee member of the conference Innovation in Language Learning,

Lect. Birut臈 Ona Palovien臈 鈥�

member of LKPA 鈥� Language Teachers鈥� Association of Lithuania;
President of the English-Speaking Union Lithuania;
international consultancy board member of the English-Speaking Union Italy.

Lect. Roma Valiukien臈 鈥�

examiner for the International English Language test IELTS;
assessment board member of the Multilingual Olympics A拧 kalbu, tu kalbi 鈥� mes bendraujame! March 30, 2019, International American School, Vilnius.

BEST REPORTS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD

Bikelien臈, L. 13th International Conference on Native and Non-native Accents of English Accents 2019. 12鈥�14 December, 2019. University of 艁贸d藕, 艁贸d藕, Poland. Section presentation: The role of plosive codas: recognition and perception by the Lithuanian learners of English,
Kontrimien臈, S. The international multidisciplinary conference Lisbon Economics and Statistics of Education organised by the University of Lisbon, Portugal, Lisbon, January 24鈥�25, 2019. Section presentation: Relationship between Humanistic Spirituality and Parenting Experiences,
Korostenskien臈, J. (together with A. Belovodskaja). 7^th International Conference on Comparative Media Studies in Today鈥檚 World, section Speech etiquette in online communities. 16鈥�17 April 2019. St.Peterburg鈥檚 State University, St.Petersburg, Russia. Section presentation: Pragmatics of address forms among Russian speakers in Lithuania: reconstructing the speech profile of social media audiences, ;
Medvedeva, O. and Janulien臈, A. 15th International conference Innovations in Language Learning, 12th edition, Pixel, 14鈥�15 November, 2019. Florence, Italy. Section presentation: The Use of Authentic Materials in a Legal English Class,

MOST IMPORTANT RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES

Lecturer Rasa Ba膷iulien臈 conducted a number of events on proverbs and their equivalents (The wisdom of proverbs: russian-English proverbs) in a number of gymnasiums and libraries of Lithuania (Santarv臈s gimnasium in 艩al膷ininkai on April 12, 2019; Lentvaris library of Trakai region on April 18, 2019; Dusetos Kazimieras B奴ga public library in Zarasai region on November 8, 2019. She also gave a number of inteviews, discussions in the media:
, released February 08, 2019;
, released February 10, 2019;
, released March 08, 2019 etc.
Program 鈥濺yto allegro鈥� of the LRT Culture / Kult奴ra channel: a talk devoted to the international project Kol gyveni, tol ir mokaisi, , October 30, 2019.

DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING AND RESEARCH

5 Universiteto, LT-01513 Vilnius
Tel. 268 7268
E-mail:

Head 鈥� Assoc. Prof. Dr. Liudmila Arcimavi膷ien臈

STAFF

Professors: Dr. Roma Kriau膷i奴nien臈.
Associate professors: Dr. Liudmila Arcimavi膷ien臈, Dr. Svetozar Posti膷.
Assistant professor: Dr. Ovidiu Ivancu.
Junior assistants: Dalia Pinkevi膷ien臈, Ieva Stasi奴nait臈, Irena Snuki拧kien臈, Loreta Zavadskien臈.
Lecturers: Vilma Asijavi膷i奴t臈, R奴ta Burbait臈, Au拧ra Dap拧ien臈, Laura Gini奴nien臈, Diana Gornatkevi膷ien臈, Daiva Janavi膷ien臈, Ana Jank奴nien臈, Vitalija Jankauskait臈-Jok奴baitien臈, Andrius Ledas, Jurgita Ka拧elionyt臈-Radet, Lina Mar膷iulionyt臈, Leonora Norvilien臈, Inga Pi拧膷ikien臈, Au拧rel臈 Pranculien臈, Inga Rozgien臈, Hannah Lucy Shipman, R奴ta Sirvyd臈, Rasa Stalnionyt臈, Iva Stasi奴nait臈, Asta Statkevi膷ien臈, Danguol臈 Strai啪yt臈, Jeffrey Todd La Roux, Albina Tre膷iokait臈, Loreta Zavadskien臈, Egl臈沤idonien臈, Vilma Vaskelait臈.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Applied Linguistics
Morphology
Semantics
Foreign language teaching methodology
Teaching English for specific purposes (ESP): academic English, English for professional purposes
Content language integrated learning (CLIL)
Development of value attitudes and moral competence
Development of students鈥� linguistic and intercultural competences
Media and political discourse

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2019

Projects Supported by the University Budget

Teaching and Learning Modern Languages as a Prerequisite for the Development of General and Subject-specific Competences. Project coordinator - Prof. Dr. Roma Kriau膷i奴nien臈.

The aim is to investigate the possibilities of developing general and subject-specific competencies in teaching and learning processes of modern languages, analyse various lingvo-didactic phenomena.

Main publication:

Kriau膷i奴nien臈, R., Targamadz臈, V. Mapping the concept of a good school with teachers鈥� characteristics in the context of a good school concept. Journal of Education Culture and Society. 2019, vol. 10(2): 32鈥�42.

Lingo-didactic research, linguistic and literature studies.

Main publications:

Stund啪ia, B., Jarmalavi膷ius, D. Daiktavard啪i懦 d奴ryba voki拧kuose XVII-XVIII balt懦 kalb懦啪odynuose. Vilnius: Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. 2019, 376 p.

Po拧ti膰, S. Istorija ameri膷ke kulture, delom uspomene [History of US Culture, Partly Reminiscences]. Novi Sad, Serbia: Akademska knjiga. 2019, 144 p.

Arcimavi膷ien臈, L. Self and other metaphors as facilitating features in populist style of diplomatic discourse: a case study of Obama and Putin鈥檚 speeches. Populist Discourse: International Perspectives. 2019, 89鈥�125. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-97388-3.

Other projects

R奴ta Sirvyd臈. Educating the Society and Strengthening the Potential of Human Resources in Lithuania. Project code: 09.4.3-ESFA-T-846-01-0106. English teaching for professional development.

Roma Kriau膷i奴nien臈. Member of researchers of the project ARQUS European University Alliance.

Virginija Pukevi膷i奴t臈. (ES Erasmus+, KA2) Problemorientierter Soft CLIL Ansatz f眉r nichtenglischen FS-Unterricht (Nr. 2018-1-SK01-KA201-046316. From 2019-09-10 to 2019-12-31 (researcher) (Problem-oriented Soft CLIL approach for non-English language teaching).

OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Liudmila Arcimavi膷ien臈 鈥�

member of the Association of Researching and Applying Metaphor (RaAM),
member of International Pragmatics Association (IPrA),

Prof. Dr. Roma Kriau膷i奴nien臈 鈥�

member of Lithuania-Romania Friendship Association Board;
President of LKPA (Language Teachers鈥橝ssociation of Lithuania);
board member of the European Language Council,
editorial board member of the journal Verbum,
editorial board member of the journal Ogrody Nauk i Sztuk (www.joedcuso.eu/www.ogrodynauk.pl), Wroclaw University, Poland;
advisory board member of the journal Filozofia Publiczna i Edukacja Demokratyczna (Adam Mickiewicz University, Pozna艅, Poland);
advisory board member of the journal Ethics in Progress Quarterly (online, www.ethicsinprogress.org);
advisory board member of Cambridge Scholars Publishing,

Junior Assist. Dalia Pinkevi膷ien臈 鈥�

member of LITAKA (Association of Applied Linguistics);
member of the Lithuanian Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language.

Lect. Hannah Shipman 鈥�

IATEFL Basic Membership through LAKMA.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Svetozar Po拧ti膷 鈥�

member of the Language Teachers鈥� Association of Lithuania (LKPA);
programme committee member of the international conference Teaching and Learning Languages in the 21st Century: Linguistic, Educational and Cultural Aspects." (June 7鈥�8, 2018). Vilnius, Lithuania.

Junior Assist. Loreta Zavadskien臈 鈥�

member of the Lithuanian Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (LAKMA);
member of the Language Teachers鈥� Association of Lithuania (LKPA);
member of the International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL).

BEST REPORTS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD

Arcimavi膷ien臈, L., Trajkova, Z. Conflict via Linguistic Violence in Media Political Discourse: A Case Study of Skripals鈥� Poisoning. English Studies at the Intreface of Disciplines (ESIDRP). Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje.
Kriau膷i奴nien臈, R. Insights into new generation students鈥� values. EDULEARN 19: 11th international conference on education and new learning technologies, July1鈥�3, 2019. Palma, Spain.
Po拧ti膰, S. Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, and the Concept of Laughing through Tears in Beckett鈥檚 Waiting for Godot. International CCnference BELLS 90. May 30鈥揓une 1, 2019. Faculty of Philology, Belgrade University, Belgrade, Serbia.
Stasi奴nait臈, I. On the motivated polysemy of the Lithuanian PO and the English UNDER. 15th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference (ICLC 15) Crosslinguistic Perspectives on Cognitive Linguistics. Kwansei Gakuin University, Nishinomiya, Japan, August 6鈥�11,
Zavadskien臈, L. Mapping the Road towards Reflective-Practice-Based Teacher Education: An Evidence-Informed Guide. 11th World Conference on Educational Sciences (WCES-2019), Milan (Italy), February 8, 2019, .

CENTRE FOR MEDIA LINGUISTICS

5 Universiteto, LT-01513 Vilnius
Tel. 268 7271
E-mail:

Head 鈥� Assoc. Prof. Dr. Viktorija Makarova

STAFF

Professor: Dr. Danut臈 Bal拧aityt臈.
Associate Professor: Dr. Loreta Chodzkien臈.
Assistant Professor: Dr. Lina In膷i奴rait臈-Noreikien臈.
Lecturers: Jelena Kirejeva, Nade啪da Petrauskien臈.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Phonetics
Morphology
Syntax
History of linguistics
Cognitive linguistics
Peculiarities of persuasive discourse
Peculiarities of literary discourse
Conflict communication
Intercultural communication
Foreign language teaching methodology

RESEARCH PROJECTS CONDUCTED IN 2019

Projects Supported by the University Budget

Linguistic Media Research. Prof. Dr. Danut臈 Bal拧aityt臈, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Loreta Chodzkien臈, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Viktorija Makarova, Prof. Dr. Julija Korostenskien臈, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Liudmila Arcimavi膷ien臈, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Anastasija Belovodskaja (BKKI), afil. VU Prof. Dr. Eleonora Lassan, Lect. Jelena Kirejeva, Lect. Nade啪da Petrauskien臈.

The aim is to investigate peculiarities of different language functioning and linguistic behaviour of communication participants in the area of contemporary media.

Main publications:

Arcimavi膷ien臈, L. Gender, metaphor and migration in media representations. Migration and Media Discourses about identities in crisis. John Benjamins Publishing: Amsterdam. 2019, 137鈥�159.

Belovodskaja, A. 袙谢邪褋褌褜褋懈屑褍谢褟泻褉邪胁褝锌芯褏褍薪芯胁褘褏屑械写懈邪: 泻胁芯锌褉芯褋褍芯斜懈蟹褍褔械薪懈懈懈薪褎芯褉屑邪褑懈芯薪薪褘褏邪薪芯屑邪谢懈泄胁褑懈褎褉芯胁芯屑屑械写懈邪锌褉芯褋褌褉邪薪褋褌胁械. Perswazja j臋zykowa w r贸偶nych dyskursach (Language persuasion in various discourses), Eds. 呕. S艂adkiewicz, A.

Klimkiewicz, M. Noi艅ska. Gda艅sk: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Gda艅skiego. 2019, vol. 3: 168鈥�192.
Lassan, E. 袨褌褝泄写卸懈蟹屑邪胁褟蟹褘泻械泻谐械褉芯薪褌芯褎芯斜懈懈胁褌械泻褋褌械: 芯卸邪薪褉邪褏薪械薪邪胁懈褋褌懈胁褋械褌懈. 袣芯屑屑褍薪懈泻邪褌懈胁薪褘械懈褋褋谢械写芯胁邪薪懈褟. 2019, vol. 6(4): 905鈥�919.

EU funded projects

European Cooperation for Future-Oriented Science and Education: Cooperation ProgrammeBaden-W眉rttemberg 鈥� Central and Eastern Europe. 2018鈥�2019, coordinated by the Ministry of Science, Research and Arts of Baden-W眉rttemberg and Baden-W眉rttemberg. Participant 鈥� Assoc. Prof. Loreta Chodzkien臈.

Problemorientierter Soft CLIL Ansatz fur nichtenglischen FS-Unterricht (November 15, 2019鈥揇ecember 31, 2020) (Nr. 2018-1-SK01-KA201-046316). Researcher 鈥� Assoc. Prof. Viktorija Makarova.

OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Prof. Dr. Danut臈 Bal拧aityt臈 鈥�

editorial board member of the philological periodical Respectus Philologicus (Lithuania);
editorial board member of the journal Verbum (Lithuania);
editorial board member of the journal 小芯褑懈芯- 懈锌褋懈褏芯谢懈薪谐胁懈褋褌懈褔械褋泻懈械懈褋褋谢械写芯胁邪薪懈褟 (Russia).

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Loreta Chodzkien臈 鈥�

member of LKPA (Language Teachers鈥橝ssociation of Lithuania);
member of LAKMA (Lithuanian Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language);
member of ESSE (the European Society for the Study of English);
editorial board member of the journal Ogrody Nauk i Sztuk (Poland);
member of the programme committee of annual international conferences END (Education and New Developments).

Assit. Prof. Dr. Lina In膷i奴rait臈-Noreikien臈 鈥�

member of LKPA (Language Teachers鈥� Association of Lithuania).

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Viktorija Makarova 鈥�

member of the Discourse Linguistics Commission of the International Slavist Committee;
member of Media Linguistics Commission of the International Slavist Committee;
deputy editor-in-Chief of the journal Verbum,

Lect. Nade啪da Petrauskien臈 鈥�

member of National Minority Council at the Department of Ethnic Minorities (LRV);
Academic Board Member of National Minority Council at the Department of Ethnic Minorities (LRV);
member of the Association Russian Cultural Centre.

BEST REPORTS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD

Belovodskaja, A., Korostenskien臈, J. Pragmatics of address forms among Russian speakers in Lithuania: reconstructing the speech profile of social media audiences. 7^th International Conference Comparative Media Studies in Today鈥檚 World. St.Petersburg State University, Russia. Available from:
Chodzkien臈, L. Exploring Students鈥� Reflective Narratives on Languages as the Subject of their Studies. END 2019 鈥� International Conference on Education and New Developments. Porto, Portugal. Available from: .
Kirejeva, J. Face Manoeuvres in Conflicts (the Anglo and Russian Cultures Compared). 12^th International Conference on (Im)Politeness. Anglia Ruskin university, Cambridge, UK. Available from:

DEPARTMENT OF ROMANCE LINGUISTICS

5 Universiteto, LT-01513 Vilnius
Tel. 268 7268
E-mail:

Head 鈥� Prof. Dr. Danguol臈 Melnikien臈

STAFF

Professor: Dr. Danguol臈 Melnikien臈.
Associate professors: Dr. Carmen Caro Dugo, Dr. Daiva Mick奴naityt臈 (part-time).
Lecturers: Valentina Belokon, Egl臈 Girniuvien臈, Simona Kamarauskait臈, Svetlana Kosova, Jordana Gonsales Krus, Luca Pavan, Nora Strikauskait臈, Ilana Suba膷ien臈, RasaTamo拧aitien臈.
Doctoral student: Alfonso Rascon Caballero.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Lexicography
Lexicology
Translation studies
Literary studies

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2019

Projects Supported by the University Budget

Diachronic and Achronic Lexicography and Metalexicography. Project coordinator - Prof. Dr. Danguol臈 Melnikien臈.

The aim is to investigate different types of dictionaries, their history, peculiarities of their lexicographic description, analyse dictionary formation problems, provide methodological insights into reparation of new and development of the existing dictionaries; develop and digitise bilingual dictionaries.

Main publications:

Caro Dugo, C. La presencia de la literatura espa帽ola en los pa铆ses b谩lticos (1850鈥�1914), in Christoph Strosetzki (Coord.), Perspectivas
actuales del hispanismo mundial, Volumen II: Ss.

XVIII y XIX |Literatura contempor谩nea, Reihe XII 2019, vol. 22.2: 17鈥�29. Wissenschaftliche Schriften der WWU M眉nster.
Melnikien臈, D. L鈥檈xemple lexicographique, un vrai casse-t锚te des dictionnaires bilingues. Cahiers du dictionnaire. 2019, 11: 95鈥�109,

Rasc贸n Caballero, A. Losaspectos pragm谩ticos en la lexicograf铆a did谩ctica. Cahiers du dictionnaire. 2019, 11: 379鈥�392,

Projects

A New Version of the Lithuanian-French Dictionary. The project is supported by the French Embassy and Institute of the Lithuanian Language. Project coordinator - Prof. Dr. Danguol臈 Melnikien臈.

The dictionary was prepared and presented to the Lexicography Center of the Lithuanian Language Institute and recommended for publication on September 25, 2019.

Erasmus+CBHE GERESH-CAM. The GEReSH-Cam project (Governance and Emergence of Research in Humanities in Cambodia). 2016鈥�2019. Project administrator - Assoc. Prof. Dr. Daiva Mick奴naityt臈.

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

The Autonomous University of Barcelona (Spain)
University of Bremen (Germany)
University of Konstanz (Germany)
University of Bari (Italy)
Belarus State University (Belorussia)
Cagliari University (Italy)
Iv. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (Georgia)
Adam Mickiewicz University in Pozna艅 (Poland)

OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Prof. Dr. Danguol臈 Melnikien臈 鈥�

editor-in-Chief of the journal Verbum,
editorial board member of the international journal Les Cahiers du dictionnaire (France),
editorial board member of the international journal Skene (Italy);
editorial board member of the international journal Revue de la po茅sie europ茅enne (France);
editorial board member of the Studi di letteratura francese (Casa Editrice Leo S. Olschki Firenze/ Italy),
member of the international association R茅seau Lexicologie, Terminologie, Traduction; .

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Carmen Caro Dugo 鈥�

editorial board member of the journal Verbum;
member of the Lithuanian Association of Literary Translators;
member of International Association of Teachers of Spanish.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Daiva Mick奴naityt臈 鈥�

member of French Language Teachers鈥� Association of Lithuania;
editorial board member of the journal Feuille de philologie compar茅e lituanienne et fran莽aise.

Lect. Jordana Gonsales Cruz 鈥�

member of Language Teachers鈥� Association of Lithuania (LKPA).

BEST REPORTS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD

Caro Dugo, C. El teatro 谩ureo espa帽ol en Lituania: traducci贸n y recepci贸n de 芦La vida es sue帽o. [The Spanish theatre of the Golden Age in Lithuania: translation and reception of 鈥淟a vida es sue帽o鈥漖. International conference 鈥淟a traducci贸n del teatro cl谩sico espa帽ol鈥�, Bologna (Italy), October, 24鈥�25, 2019. Dipartimento di Lingue, Letterature e Culture Moderne, Universita di Bologna,
Melnikien臈, D. Le figement, un vrai casse-t锚te des dictionnaires bilingues. International conference XXII猫me Journ茅e Italo-albanaise des Dictionnaires. DICTIONNAIRE ET FIGEMENT Tirana (Albanija), May 10, 2019, .
Melnikien臈, D. Les valeurs politiques, sont-elles compatibles avec celles du dictionnaire de langue? International conference XXII猫me Journ茅e Franco-Hispano-Italienne des Dictionnaires. DICTIONNAIRE ET DEMOCRATIE. Paris (Pranc奴zija), Universit茅 Sorbonne, November 30, 2019.

MOST IMPORTANT RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Carmen Caro Dugo. Spanish Forum at 91桃色. Participation at, moreration and interpreting the discussion: Poetic relatiosnhips between Spain and Lithuania: Lithuania in Spanish potery/ Lithuanian potery in Spanish. May 7鈥�8, 2019.
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Carmen Caro Dugo. Workshop for the Lithuanian translators organised by Lithuanian Institute of Culture. Anyk拧膷iai, October 3鈥�6, 2019 m. Responsible for oganisation of the workshop of potery translation.
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Carmen Caro Dugo. Presentation of translation into Spanish La floresta de Anyk拧膷iai by Antanas Baranauskas, Valencia (Spain). April16, 2019.
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Carmen Caro Dugo. Discussion about literary translation. (In)visibe side of Dalia Grinkevi膷i奴t臈. International literary festival Vilnius Leaves November 9, 2019. MO museum (Pylimo St. 17, Vilnius),
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Carmen Caro Dugo. Interview about literary translations. LRT literary programme Literat奴ros akira膷iai (November, 2019).

INSTITUTE FOR THE LANGUAGES AND CULTURES OF THE BALTIC

5 Universiteto, LT-01513 Vilnius

E-mail:
Tel. 268 7205, 219 3248

Director - Assoc. Prof. Dr. Erika Sausverde

DEPARTMENT OF BALTIC LINGUISTICS

5 Universiteto, LT-01513 Vilnius
Tel. 268 7211
e-mail:
E-mail:

Head 鈥� Prof. Dr. Daiva Sinkevi膷i奴t臈

STAFF

Professors: Habil. Dr. Bonifacas Stund啪ia, Dr. Birut臈 Jasi奴nait臈, Dr. Jurgis Pakerys, Dr. Daiva Sinkevi膷i奴t臈.
Associate professors: Habil. Dr. Gustaw Ferdynand Juzala-Deprati, Dr. Birut臈 Kaba拧inskait臈, Dr. Galina Mi拧kinien臈 (part-time), Dr. Vytautas Rinkevi膷ius, Dr. Miguel Karl Villanueva Svensson.
Assistants: Dr. Ernesta Kazak臈nait臈 (part-time), Dr. Agn臈 Navickait臈-Kli拧auskien臈, Dr. Egl臈沤ilinskait臈-艩ink奴nien臈 (part-time).
Research fellow: Dr. Gina Kavali奴nait臈-Holvoet (part-time).
Post-doctoral students Dr. Egl臈沤ilinskait臈-艩ink奴nien臈.
Doctoral students: Giedr臈 Jun膷yt臈, Diana Plachovi膷i奴t臈 (since autumn 2019), Veslava Sidaravi膷ien臈 (on maternity leave), Danguol臈 Strai啪yt臈 (since autumn 2019).

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Baltic and related languages and cultures
Ethnology and ethnolinguistics
Derivational and etymological analysis of compounds
Verb in the Baltic languages
Word formation
Topological relations of space in the Baltic languages
Linguistic/philological onomastic analysis
Accentology of the Baltic languages

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2019

Projects Supported by the University Budget

Studies of Baltic Languages, Texts and Cultures. Coordinated by Prof. Habil. Dr. Bonifacas Stund啪ia. 2019鈥�2021.

Main publications:

Villanueva Svensson, M. K. The infinitive in Baltic and Balto-Slavic. Indo-European linguistics. 2019, vol. 7(1): 194 221, doi: 10.1163/22125892-00701009.

Pakerys, J. Causatives. In: Oxford Bibliographies: Linguistics, ed. Mark Aronoff. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2019, 1鈥�18, doi: 10.1093/OBO/9780199772810-0228.

Kazak臈nait臈, E. Ieskats 1587. un 1615. gada perikopju kr膩jumos: izmai艈as. Baltu filologija. 2019, vol. 28(1): 5鈥�32, doi: 10.22364/bf.28.1.01.

International Research Projects

EU Structural Funds

Lithuanian Academic Scheme for International Cooperation in Baltic Studies. Coordinated by Dr. Gina Holvoet. 2017鈥�2023.

Projects Funded by the Research Council of Lithuania

Samuel Boguslav Chilinski鈥檚 New Testament. Research on the Manuscript, Facsimile and Interactive Publication in the Internet. Dr. G. Holvoet. 2016鈥�2018.

Main publication:

Holvoet, G. [Kavali奴nait臈, G.] (editor). Samuelio Boguslavo Chylinskio Biblija [The Bible of Samuel Boguslav Chylinski]. 2019, vol. 2: Naujasis Testamentas Vie拧paties m奴s懦 J臈zaus Kristaus lietuvi懦 kalba duotas Samuelio Boguslavo Chylinskio = Novum Testamentum Domini nostri Jesu Christi Lithvanic芒 Lingv芒 donatum a Samuelo Boguslao Chylinski. Vilnius: 91桃色 Press, 572 p.

Compounds in Old (15^th鈥�18^th c.) Bilingual German-Prussian/Lithuanian/Latvian or Lithuanian/Latvian/Prussian-German Dictionaries. Prof. Dr. B. Stund啪ia. 2016鈥�2018.

Main publication:

Stund啪ia, B., Jarmalavi膷ius, D. Daiktavard啪i懦 d奴ryba voki拧kuose XVII鈥揦VIII a. balt懦 kalb懦啪odynuose. Vilnius: 91桃色 Press. 2019, 376 p.

Lithuanian Accentual System: Origins and Historical Development. Coordinated by Dr. Vytautas Rinkevi膷ius, 2018鈥�2021.

Topological Spatial Relations in the Baltic Languages. Carried out by Dr. E. 沤ilinskait臈-艩ink奴nien臈. 2017鈥�2019.

Main publication:

沤ilinskait臈-艩ink奴nien臈, E., 艩姆ilters, J., Zari艈a, L. Containment and support in Baltic languages: overview, experimental evidence, and an extended RCC as applied to Latvian and Lithuanian. Baltic Journal of Modern Computing. 2019, vol. 7(2): 224鈥�254, doi: 10.22364/bjmc.2019.7.2.04.

Other projects

Ministry of Education, Research and Sports of Lithuania:

Baltic Bridges. Carried out by prof. Jurgis Pakerys, 2019.
To Lithuania. Carried out by prof. Daiva Sinkevi膷i奴t臈, 2019.
Improvement of the Lithuanian Branch of the first Center of Baltic Studies in India: lectures on Lithuanian language and culture. Carried out by Dr. Gina Holvoet, 2019.

State Commission of the Lithuanian Language:

Names with suffix -ij- of Citizens of the Republic of Lithuania: Borrowing and Word-formation Tendencies. Coordinated by Prof. Daiva Sinkevi膷i奴t臈, 2018鈥�2020.

Language of the 16^th-18^th century Lithuanian Calvinist Hymnals: an Editing History. Carried out by Dr. Birut臈 Kaba拧inskait臈, 2019.

Organization of the international seminar Making Old Lithuanian Texts Usable to Research. Carried out by Dr. Gina Kavali奴nait臈 Holvoet, 2019.

Latvian Language Agency

Educational Activities of Latvian Studies. Carried out by Dr. Agn臈 Navickait臈-Kli拧auskien臈, 2019.

Baltic Academy. Carried out by Dr. Ernesta Kazak臈nait臈, 2019.

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

Agency of the Latvian Language
University of Latvia (Latvia)
State Commission of the Lithuanian Language (Lithuania)
University of Tartu (Estonia)
Jagiellonian University of Krakow (Poland)

OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Dr. G. Holvoet 鈥�

editorial board member of the journal Res Humanitariae,
member of the managing board of the association Academia Salensis,

Dr. B. Jasi奴nait臈 鈥�

member of the association Academia Salensis,

Habil. Dr. G. Juzala 鈥�

editorial board member of the journal Res Humanitariae,
member of the Polish Society of Ethnomusicology;
member of the Polish Ethnological Society,

Dr. B. Kaba拧inskait臈 鈥�

editorial board member of the journal Archivum Lithuanicum (Vilnius),
editorial board member of the journal Baltistica, journal on Baltic Linguistics,

Dr. G. Mi拧kinien臈 鈥�

consultant of the magazine T眉rkiyat Ara艧t谋rmalar谋 (Konja, Turkey),
member of Lithuanian Association of Slavists;
member of the Ethnolinguistic Commission under the International Slavist Committee.

Dr. J. Pakerys 鈥�

editorial board member of the journal Archivum Lithuanicum (Vilnius), );
member of the managing board of the association Academia Salensis,

Dr. V. Rinkevi膷ius 鈥�

member of Young Academy of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences;
editorial board member of the journal Baltistica, journal on Baltic Linguistics,

Dr. D. Sinkevi膷i奴t臈 鈥�

member of the International Onomastics Association (ICOS),
editorial board member of the journal Linguistica Lettica (Ryga),

Prof. Habil. Dr. B. Stund啪ia 鈥�

member of the Academy of Europe Academia Europaea,
member of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences,
member of the Latvian Academy of Sciences, ();
editor-in-Chief of the Baltistica, journal on Baltic Linguistics,
editorial board member of the journals Balto-Slavjanskie Issledovanija (Moscow), Baltu filolo模ija (Riga) and Acta-Baltico Slavica (Warsaw);
corresponding member of the Sodalizio Glottologico Milanese (Italy);
member of the Association of the Lithuanian Language,

Dr. M. Villanueva Svensson 鈥�

member of the international society Indogermanische Gesellschaft,
editorial board member of the journal Baltistica, journal on Baltic Linguistics,

Dr. E. 沤ilinskait臈-艩ink奴nien臈 鈥�

member of the association Academia Salensis,

BEST PRESENTATIONS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD

Villanueva Svensson, M. K. The position of the Balto-Slavic 膩-aorist. At the conference: 100 Years of Comparative Indo-European Linguistics at the University of Ljubljana 鈥� A 鈥淟jubilee鈥�. Arbeitstagung of the Society for Indo-European Studies. Ljubljana, June 4鈥�7, 2019.
Villanueva Svensson, M. K. Indo-European length and Balto-Slavic acute, again. At the conference: 12^th International Workshop on Balto-Slavic Accentology. Ljubljana, June 4鈥�7, 2019.
Stund啪ia, B. Verbal governing compound calques in the 18^th鈥�19^th c. Lithuanian and Latvian. At the conference: IV Incontro di Baltistica, Universit脿 di Pisa, 13鈥�14 maggio, 2019.
Sinkevi膷i奴t臈, D. New compound names with first stem of Christian origin from the Lithuanian Metrica: origin and structure. At conference: Personal Names and Cultural Reconstructions. University of Helsinki, August 21鈥�23, 2019.
Rinkevi膷ius, V. Prosodic marks in the Old Prussian Enchiridion revisited. At the conference: Arbeitstagung of the Society for Indo-European Studies, Ljubljana, Ljubljana, June 4鈥�7, 2019.

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

Prof. Daiva Sinkevi膷i奴t臈 - member of the Subcommission for Proper names of the State Commission of the Lithuanian Language ( member of Joint Expert鈥檚 Commission of K. B奴ga鈥檚 Scholarship bestowed by the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport;
Prof. Bonifacas Stund啪ia 鈥� member of Joint Experts鈥� Commission of THE BALTS鈥� AWARD bestowed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia; member of the State Commission of the Lithuanian Language,

MAIN RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES

Dr. Ernesta Kazak臈nait臈 organized event Baltic Academy at 91桃色鈥� series of lectures for gymnasium pupils. December 7, 2019,
Prof. Daiva Sinkevi膷i奴t臈 delivered a lecture on toponyms at the Lithuanian Language Days. 91桃色, March 1, 2019.
Assoc. Prof. Vytautas Rinkevi膷ius delivered a lecture Origin of the Baltic Languages at the event Student for 1 Day. 91桃色, April 9, 2019.

Research dissemination articles

Stund啪ia, B. Kaip kir膷iuoti pavard臋 Naus臈da? [How to stress the last name Naus臈da?]. Gimtoji kalba. 2019, Nr. 6, p. 7鈥�9.
Stund啪ia, B. K膮 parod臈 sudurtini懦 daiktavard啪i懦 Ma啪osios Lietuvos 啪odynuose tyrimas? [What did lexicographical research on the composita of Lithuania Minor show]. Gimtoji kalba. 2019, Nr. 2, p. 15鈥�19.
Sinkevi膷i奴t臈, D. Moter懦 vard懦 su -ija 寞vairov臈 Lietuvos vardyne, [The diversity of female names ending in 鈥搃ja in Lithuanian dictionary of names]. Gimtoji kalba. 2019, Nr. 3, p. 12鈥�15.

DEPARTMENT OF GERMAN PHILOLOGY

5 Universiteto, LT-01513, Vilnius
Tel. 268 72 30
E-mail:
e-mail:

Head 鈥� Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vaiva 沤eimantien臈
e-mail:

STAFF

Associate professors: Dr. Aleksej Burov, Dr. Egl臈 Kontutyt臈, Dr. Virginija Masiulionyt臈, Dr. Lina Plau拧inaityt臈, Dr. Diana 艩ileikait臈-Kaishauri, Dr. Skaist臈 Volungevi膷ien臈, Dr. Vaiva 沤eimantien臈, Dr. Diana Babu拧yt臈 (part-time).
Assistants: Dr. Justina Daunorien臈, Dr. Daumantas Katinas, Dr. Violeta Katinien臈, Dr. Alexander Mionskowski (DAAD).

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Contrastive linguistics of German and Lithuanian
Genre analysis, academic discourse
Grammatical, semantic and stylistics particularities of German and Lithuanian and their integration into the teaching process and lexicographic practice
History of the German language
German literature
Literature and epistemology (economics, law, politics)

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2019

Projects Supported by the University Budget

Studies of Baltic Languages, Texts and Cultures. Coordinated by Prof. Dr. Bonifacas Stund啪ia.

Studies in the Societies, Languages and Cultures of Northern and Central Europe. Coordinated by Dr. Ieva Steponavi膷i奴t臈-Aleksiej奴nien臈.

Main publications:

Burov, A. Der Weltuntergang als temporales Ereignis in der eschatologischen Literatur des Mittelalters. Die vielen Gesichter der Germanistik. Finnische Beitr盲ge der Germanistik. Mia Raitaniemi, Acke Hanna u. a. (Hrsg.). Bern: Peter Lang. 2019,133鈥�145.

Kontutyt臈, E. Deutsche Sprache in der litauischen Presse. Bridging Languages and Cultures. Linguistics, Translation Studies and Intercultural Communication. Guntars Dreijers,鈥堿gnese Dubova,鈥塉膩nis Veckr膩cis (Hrsg.). Berlin: Frank & Timme. 2019, 303鈥�324. (Trans脺D. Arbeiten zur Theorie und Praxis des 脺bersetzens und Dolmetschens 104).

Mionskowski, A. Utopistische 脰konomien der Neuzeit (16. 鈥�19. Jahrhundert). Literatur und 脰konomie. Handbuch. Joseph Vogl, Burkhardt Wolf (Hrsg.). Berlin, Boston. Walter de Gruyter. 2019, 403鈥�419.

Synchronic and Diachronic Research into Phonological, Lexical and Grammatical Systems of the Lithuanian Language. Coordinated by Assoc. Prof. Vilma Zubaitien臈.

Lexicon and Discourse: Semantics, Idiomaticity, Vocabulary. Coordinated by Prof. Inesa 艩e拧kauskien臈.

Main publication:

Masiulionyt臈, V., Ryvityt臈, B., 艩e拧kauskien臈, I. The euro and Lithuania(ns) in their own eyes: the Russian past and the European future in online jokes. Informalization and Hybridization of Speech Practices. Amei Koll-Stobbe (ed.). Berlin: Lang Verlag. 2019, 151鈥�180.

Language Usage, Language Learning and Teaching. Coordinated by Prof. Meilut臈 Ramonien臈.

Projects Supported by the EU Funds

Grammar and Semantics. Coordinated by Prof. Dr. Axel Holvoet.

The Baltic Verb: Grams, Categories and Domain. MTEP 09.3.3-LMT-K-712-01-0071. Leader - Prof. Dr. A. Holvoet. January 2018鈥揇ecember 2021. Participant - Assoc. Prof. Vaiva 沤eimantien臈. Funded by the European Social Fund.
Project homepage:

Main publication:

Holvoet, A., 沤eimantiene, V. Absentives or ambidirectionals? Motion-cum purpose constructions with 鈥榖e鈥� and the infinitive in Baltic and elsewhere. Minor Grams in Baltic, Slavonic and Fennic = Baltic Linguistics. 2019, vol.10, 155鈥�193, doi: 10.32798/bl.363.

Erasmus+ project Problem oriented Soft CLIL approach for LOTE. Coordinator - Daumantas Katinas, participants - Assoc.Prof. Diana 艩ileikait臈-Kaishauri, Assoc. Prof. Skaist臈 Volungevi膷ien臈. 2018鈥�2020. Project homepage:

T臋sk [Go on]. Project Funding: Operational Programme for EU Structural Funds Investments. November 2019鈥揓une 2019. Assoc. Prof. Egl臈 Kontutyt臈鈥� participant. Project homepage:

Projects funded by the State Commission of the Lithuanian Language

Research on Phrasemes in Student Writing and an Interactive Phrase Bank. Coordinated by Assoc. Prof. Vilma Zubaitien臈. Assoc. Prof. Lina Plau拧inaityt臈 and Assoc. Prof. Skaist臈 Volungevi膷ien臈鈥� participants. February 2017鈥揘ovember 2019. Project homepage:

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

University of Duisburg-Essen (Germany)
University of Tartu (Estonia)
Ventspils University of Applied Sciences (Latvia)

OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Asoc. Prof. Dr. Diana Babu拧yt臈 鈥�

member of the German Language Teachers Association of Lithuania.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Aleksej Burov 鈥�

member of the Austrian Association for German Studies.

Dr. Justina Daunorien臈 鈥�

member of the Austrian Association for German Studies;
member of the Lithuanian division of German Language Society (Gesellschaft f眉r deutsche Sprache).

Dr. Daumantas Katinas 鈥�

member of the Lithuanian Association of Applied Linguistics;
member of the German Language Teachers Association of Lithuania.

Dr. Violeta Katinien臈 鈥�

member of the German Language Teachers Association of Lithuania.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Egl臈 Kontutyt臈 鈥�

member of the Lithuanian Association of Applied Linguistics;
member of the Lithuanian division of German Language Society (Gesellschaft f眉r deutsche Sprache);
member of the German Language Teachers Association of Lithuania.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Virginija Masiulionyt臈 鈥�

member of the Lithuanian division of German Language Society (Gesellschaft f眉r deutsche Sprache).

Dr. Alexander Mionskowski 鈥�

Member of the Hugo von Hofmannstahl Society (Hugo von Hofmannstahl-Gesellschaft);
Member of the Karl Hofer Society (Karl Hofer Gesellschaft).

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Lina Plau拧inaityt臈 鈥�

member of the Lithuanian DAAD Club (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst).

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Diana 艩ileikait臈-Kaishauri 鈥�

member of the Lithuanian division of German Language Society (Gesellschaft f眉r deutsche Sprache);
member of the Lithuanian Association of Applied Linguistics;
member of the German Language Teachers Association of Lithuania;
member of the association Academia Salensis, .

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Skaist臈 Volungevi膷ien臈 鈥�

member of the Lithuanian division of German Language Society (Gesellschaft f眉r deutsche Sprache);
member of the Lithuanian DAAD Club (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst);
member of the German Language Teachers Association of Lithuania.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vaiva 沤eimantien臈 鈥�

deputy editor-in-Chief of the journal Kalbotyra (Linguistics);
editorial board member of the journal Moderne Sprachen (Austria);
chairperson of the board of the Association Academia Salensis, ;
member of the Lithuanian DAAD Club (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst);
member of the Lithuanian Association of Applied Linguistics;
member of the Lithuanian division of German Language Society (Gesellschaft f眉r deutsche Sprache);
member of the German Language Teachers Association of Lithuania.

BEST REPORTS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD

Aleksej Burov. Das J眉ngste Gericht von Frau Ava im Spannungsfeld zwischen Kreativit盲t und Epigonalit盲t. Conference of the Medievalists Society 鈥淪chaffen und Nachahmen. Kreative Prozesse im Mittelalter鈥�, Tubingen, March 17鈥�20, 2019, .

Alexander Mionskowski. Eugen Ruges Roman 鈥濬ollower鈥� (2016). At the Asian Germanist conference Einheit in der Vielfalt? Germanistik zwischen Divergenz und Konvergenz, Sapporo, August 26鈥�29, 2019, .

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

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Aleksej Burov 鈥� coordinator of the KAAD-East-Europe-Programme in Lithuania; board member of the Lithuanian DAAD Club (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst).
Dr. Daumantas Katinas 鈥� chairperson of the Lithuanian DAAD Club (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst); chairperson of the Lithuanian division of German Language Society (Gesellschaft f眉r deutsche Sprache).
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Egl臈 Kontutyt臈鈥搈ember of the Council of the Lithuanian National German Language Olympics.

MAIN RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES

Assoc. prof. Egl臈 Kontutyt臈 gave a talk Teis臈s kalbos aprai拧kos ir bruo啪ai. [Manifestations and features of legal language] Invited presentation at Professional Forum 鈥淟egal Language and Terminology鈥�, Lithuanian Ministry of Justice, November 21, 2019,

DEPARTMENT OF RUSSIAN PHILOLOGY

5 Universiteto, 01513 Vilnius
Tel. 268 7224, 268 7225
E-mail:
e-mail:

Head 鈥� Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pavel Lavrinec

STAFF

Affiliated professor: Habil. Dr. Eleonora Lassan.
Professors: Dr. Ala Licha膷iova, Dr. Galina Michailova.
Associate professors: Dr. Anastasija Belovodskaja, Dr. Dagn臈 Ber啪ait臈, Dr. Liudmila Garbul, Dr. Jelena Konickaja, Dr. Pavel Lavrinec.
Assistant: Dr. Julija Sne啪ko.
Lecturers: Dr. Natalja Kapo膷臈, Regina 膶i膷inskait臈, Valentina Stankevi膷i奴t臈.
Doctoral students: Tomas 膶enys, Aliona Sofija Ivinskaja, Ingrida Kisieli奴t臈, Aleksandra Samoilenko (艩alkin臈).

RESEARCH INTERESTS

History of interaction of Russian and Lithuanian literature
Interface of Lithuanian, Russian and other Slavonic literatures and cultures
Styles, genres and methods of interpretation of Russian literature
Russian literary history of the 20^th century
Language in the social context
Links among language, culture and identity
The Russian language in Lithuania
Cognitive linguistics and cognitive aspects of the discourse of the Internet
Linguistic semantics and pragmatics
Media linguistics
Acquisition of Russian as L1 and L2
Lithuanian-Slavonic (Russian) contrastive linguistics
Historical lexicology of Russian and Eastern Slavic languages
XVII century Polish-Russian linguistic contacts

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2019

Projects Supported by the University Budget

Modern Studies of the Russian Language and Literature in the Context of Different Cultures. Coordinated by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pavel Lavrinec. 2018鈥�2022.

Main publications:

Belovodskaja, A. On expanding the research opportunities of the hashtag as a media discourse phenomenon. 袦械写懈邪谢懈薪谐胁懈褋褌懈泻邪 (Media linguistics). 2019, vol. 6(1): 60鈥�74. doi: 10.21638/spbu22.2019.105.

Lavrinec, P. 袛屑懈褌褉懈泄肖懈谢芯褋芯褎芯胁懈袙谢邪写懈屑懈褉小邪屑芯泄谢芯胁锌芯谢械屑懈泻械芯芦袛胁械薪邪写褑邪褌懈禄袗谢械泻褋邪薪写褉邪袘谢芯泻邪 [Dmitry Filosofov and Vladimir Samoilo in a polemic about the 鈥淭welve鈥� of Aleksandr Blok]. 小泻褉械褖械薪懈械褋褍写械斜. Literarische und kulturelle Beziehungen zwischen Russland und dem Westen. A Festschrift for Fedor B. Poljakov. Eds. Lazar Fleishman, Stefan Michael Newerkla, and Michael Wachtel. Berlin: Peter Lang. Stanford Slavic Studies. 2019, vol. 49, 397鈥�408.

Beconyt臈, G., Sne啪ko, J., Bal膷i奴nas, A., Vidugiryt臈-Pakerien臈, I. Enhanced conceptual model for spatial references in works of fiction: Mapping Vilnius literature. The Cartographic Journal. 2019, doi: 10.1080/00087041.2018.15332921-14.

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

European University Viadrina, Frankfurt am Oder (Germany)
East Slavonic Institute, Jagiellonian University, Cracow (Poland)
Institute of Eastern-Slavic Philology, Gdansk University (Poland)
Krasnoyarsk State Pedagogical University named after V. P. Astaf鈥檈v (Russian Federation)
Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don (Russian Federation)
School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Saint Petersburg State University (Russian Federation)
Ljubljana University (Slovenia)
Institute of Applied Linguistics, University of Warsaw (Poland)

OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Assoc. Prof. Jelena Konickaja 鈥�

programme committee member of the international conference XXIV Slavic Readings, Daugavpils University, May 16鈥�17, 2019,
organising committee member of the international conference 鈥淕rammar鈥� of Meletius Smotrytsky in the linguistic context of Europe of the XVI鈥揦VIII centuries, 91桃色, September 29鈥揙ctober 2, 2019,

Affil. Prof. Habil. Dr. Eleonora Lassan 鈥�

editorial board member of the periodical Studia Rusycystyczne Uniwersytetu Jana Kochanowskiego (Jan Kochanowski University, Kielce),
editorial board member of the academic periodical 袙械褋褌薪懈泻袪芯褋褋懈泄褋泻芯谐芯校薪懈胁械褉褋懈褌械褌邪袛褉褍卸斜褘薪邪褉芯写芯胁. 小械褉懈褟芦袥懈薪谐胁懈褋褌懈泻邪禄 (Linguistics Journal of Peoples鈥� Friendship University of Russia, Moscow),
editorial board member of the international research journal 袞邪薪褉褘褉械褔懈 (Speech Genres), Saratov State National Research University, Russia,
editorial board member of the journal Taikomoji kalbotyra (Applied Linguistics),
鈥� editorial board member of the journal Slavistica Vilnensis,

Prof. Ala Licha膷iova 鈥�

member of the Lithuanian Association of Applied Linguistics (LITAKA),
editorial board member of the journal Slavistica Vilnensis,

Prof. Galina Michailova 鈥�

editorial board member of the journal 尝颈迟别谤补迟奴谤补 (Literature),
editorial board member of the journal Philological Class of Ural State Pedagogical University (Russia),

Assoc. Prof. Anastasija Belovodskaja 鈥�

member of the Media Linguistic Commission of the International Slavists Committee (under the auspices of UNESCO),
member of the Linguistic Persuasion Research Laboratory (Pracownia Bada艅 nad Perswazj膮 J臋zykow膮 przy Instytucie Rusycystyki i Studi贸w Wschodnich UG),

Assoc. Prof. Dagn臈 Ber啪ait臈 鈥�

member of the Lithuanian Association of Comparative Literature.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Liudmila Garbul 鈥�

member of the International Association of Belarusian Studies.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jelena Konickaja 鈥�

editor-in-Chief of the academic journal Slavistica Vilnensis,

Assoc. Prof. Pavel Lavrinec 鈥�

editorial board member of the academic periodical 袪械屑邪. Rhema (Moscow State University of Education),
member of the International Editorial Council of the academic journal 袥懈褌械褉邪褌褍褉薪褘泄褎邪泻褌 (Literary Fact, A. M. Gorky Institute of World Literature, Russian Academy of Sciences),

MAIN RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES

Assoc. Prof. Pavel Lavrinec participated in several Lithuanian Radio programmes:

interview about Vilniaus University 440 years anniversary. September 01, 2019. LRT Radio, program in Russian language,
interview about Vilniaus Univesity Library excibition 鈥濽nus non sufficit orbis鈥�, about Society of Jesus activities. November 02, 2019. LRT Radio, program in Russian,
discussion about Lithuanian and Russian Languages in Lithuania November 25, 2019.

CENTRE FOR GENERAL LINGUISTICS

5 Universiteto, LT-01513 Vilnius
Tel.: 268 7235
e-mail:

Head 鈥� Prof. Habil. Dr. Axel Holvoet

STAFF

Professor: Habil. Dr. Axel Holvoet.
Researchers: Dr. Peter Arkadiev, Dr. Pawe艂 Brudzy艅ski, Dr. Anna Daugavet, Dr. Kirill Kozhanov, Dr. Liina Lindstr枚m, Dr. Nicole Nau, Dr. Birut臈 Spraunien臈, Dr. Vaiva 沤eimantien臈.
Postdoc: Dr.Vladimir Panov.
Doctoral students: Asta Laugalien臈, Danguol臈 Kotryna Kapkanait臈, Ringail臈 Trakymait臈.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Grammatical structure of languages, viewed in a cross-linguistic or areal-typological context
Its interaction with the lexicon and with discourse pragmatics
Baltic languages in their interaction with the neighbouring Slavonic and Finnic languages and the languages of Eurasia
Grammatical voice
Case and grammatical relations
Mood and modality
Tense and aspect
Inflectional classes
Discourse particles

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT ED IN 2019

Projects Supported by the University Budget

Grammar and Semantics. Coordinated by Prof. Habil. Dr. Axel Holvoet. 2019鈥�2021.

Main publications:

Holvoet, A. On the heterogeneity of deaccusative reflexives. Sprachtypologie und Universalienforschung. 2019, 72.3: 401鈥�419. doi: 10.1515/stuf-2019-0016.

Holvoet, A., Spraunien臈, B., Laugalien臈, A. Some Implications for 膾rika: Implicatives in Danish, Finnish and Lithuanian. Shaping the Rings of the Scandinavian Fellowship. Festschrift in Honour of 膾rika Sausverde. Eds. Ieva Steponavi膷i奴t臈-Aleksiej奴nien臈 and Loreta Vaicekauskien臈. Scandinavistica Vilnensis. 2019, no. 14: 215鈥�40,

Other projects

European Union Social Fund

The Baltic Verb: Grams, Categories and Domain. MTEP 09.3.3-LMT-K-712-01-0071. Prof. Habil. Dr. A. Holvoet, .

Main publications:

Holvoet, A., Daugavet, A. An elusive experiential tense construction in Latvian. Minor Grams in Baltic, Slavonic and Fennic = Baltic Linguistics. 2019, vol.10: 109鈥�153. doi:10.32798/bl.362.

Holvoet, A., Daugavet, A., Lindstr枚m, L. (). Insubordinated concessive imperatives: An areal constructional idiom type. In Minor Grams in Baltic, Slavonic and Fennic =Baltic Linguistics. 2019, vol.10: 307鈥�354. doi: 10.32798/bl.367.

Arkadiev, P. The Lithuanian 鈥�buvo + be-present active participle鈥� construction revisited: A corpus-based study. In Minor Grams in Baltic, Slavonic and Fennic = Baltic Linguistics. 2019, vol.10: 65鈥�108. doi: 10.32798/bl.361.

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

University of Stockholm, Institutionen f枚r lingvistik (Sweden)
Tartu University, Institute for Estonian and General Linguistics (Estonia)
Adam Mickiewicz University in Pozna艅, Institute of Linguistics (Poland)
Warsaw University, Faculty of Polish Studies, Chair of General and Baltic Linguistics (Poland)
Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Slavic Studies & Institute of Linguistics (Russian Federation)

OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Prof. Habil. Dr. Axel Holvoet 鈥�

panel member for the assessment of the curricula in Regional Studies at Leiden University (Netherlands), organized by QANU (Quality Assurance Netherlands Universities) main organiser of The 16th Salos Summer School of Linguistics (Academia Grammaticorum Salensis Sexta Decima). Salos Manor (Roki拧kis reagon), July 28鈥揂ugust 03, 2019,
main organiser of the workshop New Explorations into the Baltic Verb, 91桃色, in the framework of the project The Baltic Verb: Grams, Categories and Domains,
member of Societas Linguistica Europaea;
managing editor of the international journal Baltic Linguistics (Warsaw University),
editorial board member of the magazines Linguistica; Copernicana (Toru艅), Balto-slavjanskie issledovanija (Moscow);
research advisor of Academia Salensis,

Dr. Peter Arkadiev 鈥�

member of Societas Linguistica Europaea;
member of Association of Linguistic Typology.

BEST REPORTS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD

Panov, V. The markers of uncontroversial information in Europe. SLE (Societas Linguistica Europaea) conference in Leipzig, August 21鈥�24, 2019.

MAIN RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES

Dr. Vladimir Panov participated in the program Mokslo sriuba:

about Lithuanian Language || 鈥淢okslo sriubos鈥� podkast #69, Nov 6, 2019,
about language formation and change || 鈥濵okslo Sriubos鈥� podkast #66, Sep 25, 2019,

CENTRE FOR POLISH STUDIES

5 Universiteto, LT-01513 Vilnius
Tel.: 268 72 37, 268 72 36
E-mail:

Head 鈥� Assoc. Prof. Dr. Miroslav Davlevi膷
e-mail:

STAFF

Professor: Dr. Kristina Rutkovska.
Associate professors: Dr. Miroslav Davlevi膷, Dr. Viktorija U拧inskien臈, Dr. Irena Fedorovi膷.
Assistants: Dr. Teresa Dalecka, Dr. Regina Jakub臈nas.
Doctoral students: Monika Bogdzevi膷, Agata Adomaityt臈.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Polish linguistics and literature
History of interaction of Polish and Lithuanian literatures and cultures
Textual poetics and its relations to philosophical, aesthetical, sociological systems
Polish language in Lithuania
Polish manuscript tradition of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Acquisition of Polish L1 and L2
Bilingualism and multilingualism in Lithuania
Sociolinguistics
Ethno-linguistics
Etymology
Lexicography
Translation of professional texts

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2019

Projects supported bythe University Budget

Studies in the Societies, Languages and Cultures of Northern and Central Europe. Coordinated by Dr. Ieva Steponavi膷i奴t臈-Aleksiej奴nien臈. 2019鈥�2021.

Main publications:

Fedorovi膷, I. G艂ow臋 Twoj膮 drog膮 do swojej piersi przycisn臋艂abym i powiedzia艂abym, jak bardzi Ci臋 kocham. Listy J贸zefiny Halk贸wny do Czes艂awa Jankowskiego z 1884 roku, [Your Head So Dear to My Heart, I Would Hug Tight to My Chest and I Would Tell How Much I Love You]. Letters of Jozefina Halkova to Czes艂aw Jankowski from 1884. Slavistica Vilnensis. 2019, vol. 64(1): 133鈥�143.

Rutkovska, K. Grafia i ortografia dwuj臋zycznej postylli 鈥濸ukty kaza艅鈥� Konstantego Szyrwida. Cz臋艣膰 II. Analogie graficzne i ortograficzne w tek艣cie polskim i litewskim [Graphical Design and Bilingual Ortography of Konstantinas Sirvydas鈥� Postil Punkty Kaza艅. Part II. Graphical and Spelling Analogies in the Polish and Lithuanian Text]. Prace Filologiczne LXXIII, Warszawa. 2019, 369鈥�383.

U拧inskien臈, V. On Some Features of Legal Documentation of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the 17^th Centuries. Tatarskie dziedzictwo kulturowe. Historia. Literatura. Sztuka, (ed.) J. Kulwicka-Kami艅ska, Cz. 艁apicz, G. Mi拧kiniene, Toru艅. 2019, 195鈥�215.

Other projects

Lithuanian Research Council

International Seminar on Cognitive Ethnolinguistics Values in Lithuanian and Polish Worldview. 91桃色, August 4鈥�7, 2019, (S-MOR-19-7, LMT), conducted in cooperation with the Maria Curie-Sk艂odowska University in Lublin. Coordinated by prof. Kristina Rutkovska.

Social Fund of the European Union

View of Mother in the Thinking of Contemporary Youth, coordinated by prof. Kristina Rutkovska. 2018鈥�2019.

State Language Commission of Lithuania

Language. Nation. State. Coordinated by prof. Irena Smetonien臈. 2017鈥�2018.

Main publication:

Rutkovska, K., Smetonien臈, I., Smetona, M. Kalba. Tauta. Valstyb臈. [Language. Nation. State] Vilnius: Vilniaus universyteto leidykla. 2019, 292 p.

Doctoral student Monika Bogdzevi膷 participates in the project Mother. Bread. Earth. Analysis of Concepts Based on Cognitive Definition Method. Coordinator - Prof. Irena Smetonien臈. 2019鈥�2020.

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

Warsaw University (Poland)
Institute of Literary Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences (Poland)
University of Silesia in Katowice (Poland)
Jagiellonian University (Poland)
Maria Curie-Sk艂odowska University, Lublin (Poland)
Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toru艅 (Poland)
Humboldt Universit訐t zu Berlin (Germany)

OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Prof. Kristina Rutkovska 鈥�

member of the Commissions (Dialectology, Sociolinguistics and Ethnolinguistics) of the International Slavistic Committee,
member of LITAKA (Association of Applied Linguistics of Lithuania), www.litaka.lt;
editorial board member of the journal Acta Baltico-Slavica,
editorial board member of the journal Acta Univetsitatis Lodziensis Folia Linguistica,

Assoc. Prof. Miroslav Davlevi膷 鈥�

member of the Polish Society of Arts and Sciences Abroad (London),
editorial board member of the journal The Linguistic Guide (Poradnik J臋zykowy) (University of Warsaw, Poland),
editorial board member of the journal Prace J臋zykoznawcze (University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland),
editorial review board member of the journal J臋zyk a Kultura (University of Wroclaw, Poland),

Assoc. Prof. Viktorija U拧inskien臈 鈥�

co-editor of the journal Slavistica Vilnensis (Kalbotyra),
member of Lithuanian Association of Slavists;
editorial review board member of the journal Die Welt Der Slaven: Sammelb盲nde (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag),

Assoc. Prof. Irena Fedorovi膷 鈥�

editorial board member of the journal Wiek XIX. Rocznik Towarzystwa Literackiego im. Adama Mickiewicza w Warszawie,

Assist. Regina Jakub臈nas 鈥�

member of the Polish Society for Eighteenth Century Studies,
chairperson of the Lithuanian branch of Academia Europaea Sarbieviana.

MAIN RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES

Centre for Polish Studies (M. Davlevi膷, I. Fedorovi膷, K. Geben, R. Jakub臈nas, K. Rutkovska, V. U拧inskien臈) together with the Internet portal 鈥瀂nad Wilii水 created a series of educational programs Gramatyczne Poniedzia艂ki (about 20),

CENTRE FOR SCANDINAVIAN STUDIES

5 Universiteto, LT-01513 Vilnius
Tel. 268 7235, 268 7234
e-mail:
e-mail:

Head 鈥� Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ieva Steponavi膷i奴t臈-Aleksiej奴nien臈

STAFF

Professors: Dr. Saulius Pivoras (part-time), Dr. Loreta Vaicekauskien臈.
Associate professors: Dr. Aurelija Mick奴nait臈-Gri拧kevi膷ien臈 (until April 2019), Dr. Erika Sausverde, Dr. Ieva Steponavi膷i奴t臈-Aleksiej奴nien臈.
Assistants: Dr. Rasa Baranauskien臈, Dr. At臈n臈 Mendelyt臈 (since September 2019), Dr. Birut臈 Spraunien臈, Dr. Giedrius Tama拧evi膷ius, Dr. Vuk Vukoti膷 (part-time), J奴rat臈 Kumetaitien臈 (part-time)
Junior assistants: Asta Laugalien臈 (part-time); Egl臈 Jankauskait臈, Daina Urbonait臈 (both part-time, since September 2019).
Lecturers: Dr. No茅mi Bulla (since September 2019), Jim Degrenius (till September 2019), Mats Hjortfors (since September 2019), Vibeke Groven, Sirkka S. Ojaniemi, Emil Slott, Alma Bra拧kyt臈, Rima Ciburevkinait臈, Ramun臈 Dambrauskait臈-Muralien臈, Egl臈 I拧ganaityt臈, Karin Kar膷iauskien臈, El啪bieta Kmitait臈, Agniet臈 Merkliopait臈, Jurgita Petronyt臈, Agn臈 Petrauskait臈; Mikael Schultz Rasmussen (all part-time).
Doctoral students: Dalia Pinkevi膷ien臈, Rima Palubinskien臈.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Contrastive, General, Scandinavian and Finno-Ugrian linguistics
Language contacts, lexicography
Sociolinguistics and language ideologies
Grammar of Modern Scandinavian and Lithuanian languages
Studies in modern Scandinavian literature
Old Norse studies
Film studies
Lithuanian-Scandinavian historical and cultural contacts

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2019

Projects Supported by the University Budget

Studies in the Societies, Languages and Cultures of Northern and Central Europe. Coordinated by Dr. Ieva Steponavi膷i奴t臈-Aleksiej奴nien臈.

Main publications:

Mendelyte, A. Cracking the Beckettian Profounds of Mind in Endgame with Game Theory. R眉diger Ahrens, Florian Kl盲ger, Klaus Stierstorfer (Eds.), Symbolism 2019: Special Focus: Beyond Mind. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter. 2019, 73鈥�92.

Mendelyte, A. Thomas Ligotti鈥檚 bungalow universe and the transversal aesthetics of the weird. Horror Studies. 2019, vol. 10(1): 105鈥�122.
Vaicekauskien臈, L. Driving Forces behind Language Change. Does Danish Theory Hold up in Lithuania? Scandinavistica Vilnensis. 2019, no. 14: 241鈥�72,

Grammar and Semantics. Coordinated by Prof. Habil. Dr. Axel Holvoet.

Main publication:

Holvoet, A., Spraunien臈, B., Laugalien臈, A. Some Implications for 膾rika: Implicatives in Danish, Finnish and Lithuanian. Shaping the Rings of the Scandinavian Fellowship. Festschrift in Honour of 膾rika Sausverde. Eds. Ieva Steponavi膷i奴t臈 Aleksiej奴nien臈 and Loreta Vaicekauskien臈. Scandinavistica Vilnensis. 2019, no. 14: 215鈥�40,

Dr. Birut臈 Spraunien臈 and Assistant, PhD student Asta Laugalien臈 participate in the project The Baltic Verb: Grams, Categories and Domain led by Prof. Habil. Dr. A. Holvoet, MTEP 09.3.3-LMT-K-712-01-0071.

Main publications:

Holvoet, A., Daugavet, A., Spraunien臈, B., Laugalien臈, A. The agentive construction in Baltic and Fennic. Minor Grams in Baltic, Slavonic and Fennic = BalticLinguistics. 2019, vol.10, 195鈥�236. doi: 10.32798/bl.364

Nau, N., Kozhanov, K., Lindstr枚m, L., Laugalien臈, A., Brudzy艅ski, P. Pseudocoordination with 鈥榯ake鈥� in Baltic and its neighbours. Minor Grams in Baltic, Slavonic and Fennic = Baltic Linguistics. 2019, vol.10, 237鈥�306. doi: 10.32798/bl.365

Other projects

Lithuanian Exile in Iceland: Explorations of Teodoras Bieliackinas鈥� (1907鈥�1947) Creative Legacy. Conducted by Dr. I. Steponavi奴t臈-Aleksiej奴nien臈 under the National Lithuanian Studies Development Programme for 2016鈥�2024.

Main publication:

Steponavi膷i奴t臈-Aleksiej奴nien臈, I. Dreaming the Hammer Back: On Teodoras Bieliackinas鈥檚 Translation of 脼rymskvi冒a. Scandinavistica Vilnensis. 2019, no. 14: 61鈥�85. Vilnensis.2019.4.

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

The Office of the Nordic Council of Ministers in Lithuania
Norwegian Agency for International Cooperation and Quality Enhancement in Higher Education (DIKU)
The Swedish Institute (SI)
Ministry of Higher Education and Science (UFM) (Denmark)
Finnish National Agency for Education (Finland)
Departments of Scandinavian (Nordic) Studies and related studies at (but not limited to):
Copenhagen University, Stockholm University, Oslo University, Bergen University, Aarhus University, Budapest University, Prague University, Humboldt Universit訐t zu Berlin , Poznan University, Gdansk University

OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Prof. Loreta Vaicekauskien臈 鈥�

programme committee member of the 5th international conference of Applied Linguistics Languages and People: Communication in a Multilingual World, 91桃色, September 26鈥�28, 2019,

Dr. Rasa Baranauskien臈鈥�

member of IASS (International Association of Scandinavian Studies),

Dr. A. Mendelyt臈鈥�

member of 脰rebro University researchers鈥� network 鈥淔ilm och visuell kommunikation鈥�.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Erika Sausverde 鈥�

editorial board member for Scandinavistica Vilnensis series,

Dr. Birut臈 Spraunien臈 鈥�

member of the association Academia Salensis,

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ieva Steponavi膷i奴t臈-Aleksiej奴nien臈 鈥�

editor-in-Chief of the editorial board of Scandinavistica Vilnensis series,
President of International Association for Scandinavian Studies (IASS),
member of SASS (Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Studies),
participant in the international researchers鈥� network New Geographies of Scandinavian Studies, funded by the Danish Council for Independent Research.

Dr. Giedrius Tama拧evi膷ius 鈥�

member of AABS (Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies),
member of SwiSca (The Research Network for Swearing in the Nordic Countries),
member of LITAKA (Association of Applied Linguistics of Lithuania), www.litaka.lt.

Prof. Dr. Loreta Vaicekauskien臈 鈥�

advisory board member for international database Lituanistika at the Research Council of Lithuania;
board member of the Association of Applied Linguistics of Lithuania,
editorial board member of the journal Taikomoji kalbotyra (Applied Linguistics), www.taikomojikalbotyra.lt;
member of EATAW (European Association for the Teaching of Academic Writing),
member of IAWE (International Association for World Englishes),
member of an international research network SLICE (Standard Language Ideology in Contemporary Europe),

BEST REPORTS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD

Vaicekauskien臈, L. Global English as part of indexical field of local linguistic resources. IAWE 2019: World Englishes: Peripheries and Centres, Limerick University, June 20鈥�22, 2019, .
Zukien臈, R. Divine Attributes in the Old English Boethius: Augustine鈥檚 Influence Considered at XVIII international conference on patristic studies, Oxford, August 19鈥�24, 2019, .

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

Assoc. Prof. Erika Sausverde 鈥� member of the Board of Sweden-Lithuania Cooperation Fund,
Prof. Loreta Vaicekauskien臈 - advisory board member for international database Lituanistika at the Research Council of Lithuania; member of the executive group for National Lithuanian Studies Development Programme for 2016鈥�2024,

MAIN RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES

Prof. Loreta Vaicekauskien臈

participated in Researchers鈥� Night with a lecture Is contemporary youth less literate than their parents? At Theobromine chocolatier, Vilnius, September 27, 2019;
delivered a series of lectures on sociolinguistics for teachers and school pupils in different schools;
delivered a lecture What do sociolinguists do the whole day? At exhibition 鈥濻tudies 2019鈥�, LITEXPO, February 07, 2019;
delivered a lecture Playing person, do not be afraid! At educational event 鈥濼he best lesson day ever鈥�, 沤algiris arena, Kaunas March 20, 2019,
published several research dissemination articles:

INSTITUTE FOR LITERARY, CULTURAL AND TRANSLATION STUDIES

5 Universiteto, LT鈥�01513 Vilnius
E-mail:

Director 鈥� Prof. Dr. Nijol臈 Maskali奴nien臈

DEPARTMENT OF LITHUANIAN LITERATURE

5 Universiteto, LT-01513 Vilnius
Tel. 268 72 16
E-mail:

Head 鈥� Prof. Dr. Brigita Spei膷yt臈

STAFF

Professors: Dr. Viktorija Daujotyt臈-Pakerien臈 (emerita), Dr. Dainra Poci奴t臈, Dr. Brigita Spei膷yt臈.
Associate professors: Dr. Dalia 膶io膷yt臈, Dr. Darius Kuolys, Dr. Audinga Pelurityt臈-Tikui拧ien臈, Dr. Regimantas Tamo拧aitis, Dr. Rita T奴tlyt臈.
Assistant professors: Dr. Neringa Kli拧ien臈, Dr. Saul臈 Matulevi膷ien臈 (part-time).
Doctoral students: Eleonora Buo啪yt臈, Monika Andrulyt臈 (since October 01, 2019), Gintar臈 Petuchovait臈-Majausk臈 (academic leave), Aleksandra Strelcova-Kelp拧臈 (academic leave).

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2019

Projects Supported by the University Budget

Lithuanian Literature and Intercultural Research. Prof. Dainora Poci奴t臈, Prof. Brigita Spei膷yt臈. 2017鈥�2022.

The members of Department carried out research in contemporary, modern and early modern Lithuanian literature and prepared 4 articles, 2 academic reviews, 2 publications of the academic sources, volume 61(1) of the academic journal 尝颈迟别谤补迟奴谤补 [Literature], dealing with literary theology, literary and religious culture and the literary expressions of cultural memory. In 2019, members of the Department delivered 9 presentations at the national and international conferences in Lithuania, Estonia, and United Kingdom, and 9 presentations in academic seminars and dicussions in Lithuania.

Main publications:

Spei膷yt臈, B. Maironio Pavasario balsai: lyrikos rinkinys. Maironio balsai: k奴ryba, veikla, atmintis [Maironis鈥檚鈥濸avasario balsai鈥�: Selected Poems. Maironis鈥檚 Voices: Creative Works, Activities, Memory. A multi-authored monograph]. Comp. by Manfredas 沤virg啪das. 2019, 29鈥�141.

Spei膷yt臈, B. Vinco Kr臈v臈s agonas [Vincas Kr臈v臈鈥檚 Agon]. Colloquia. 2019, vol. 43: 97鈥�126.

Poci奴t臈, D. Eterodossia e medicina nella prima et脿 moderna. I 芦medici ariani禄 alla corte di Stefano B谩thory [Heterodoxy and Medicine in the Early Modern Times: 鈥淎rian Physicians鈥� at the Court of Stephen Bathory]. Rivista di Storia del Cristianesimo. 2019, vol. 16(1): 37鈥�62.

National and International Research Projects

Literatura w kr臋gu unijnych zbli偶e艅. W 450. rocznic臋 Unii Lubelskiej [Literature in the Context of Rapprochement in the Union of Lublin. On the 450th Anniversary of the Union of Lublin], conducted by University of Rzesz贸w (Poland), Institute of Polish Philology (participant Assoc. Prof. Dalia 膶io膷yt臈, 2019).

Main publication:

膶io膷yt臈, D. Interpretacja politycznej agresji w dramacie Mariusa Iva拧kevi膷iusa Mistrz [Interpretation of the Political Agression in Marius Iva拧kevi膷ius鈥檚 drama Mistr]. Tematy i konteksty. 2019, vol. 9(14): 418鈥�426.

Research Council of Lithuania.

Academic Communication and Migration: University of Padua and Lithuania (in the 16th Century). (Prof. D. Poci奴t臈. Nr. 09.3.3-LMT-K-712-14-0013; 2019).
Under the Project the professor did research in the archives of the University of Padua (Italija) and in the State Archives of Venice.

Main publication:

Poci奴t臈, D. Nauja monografija apie Bernardin膮 Ochin膮 ir ankstyv膮j寞 Italijos evangelizm膮 [recenzija: Michele Camaioni. Il Vangelo e L鈥橝nticristo: Bernardino Ochino tra francescanesimo ed eresia (1487鈥�1547)闭. Istituto italiano per gli studi storici di Napoli. Bologna: Societ脿 Editrice il Mulino, 2018. 601 p.]. 尝颈迟别谤补迟奴谤补. 2019, vol. 61(1): 106鈥�110.

OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Prof. Viktorija Daujotyt臈 (emerita) 鈥�

member of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences;
member of Lithuanian Writer Union;
editorial board member of the journal 尝颈迟别谤补迟奴谤补 (Literature).

Prof. Dr. Dainora Poci奴t臈 鈥�

editor-in-Chief of the publication series Monumenta Reformationis Lithuanicae;
editorial board member of the journal 尝颈迟别谤补迟奴谤补 (Literature).

Prof. Dr. Brigita Spei膷yt臈 鈥�

editorial board member of the journal Colloquia;
member of the association 鈥淟ituanist懦 samb奴ris鈥� (鈥淎ssembly of Lithuanian Philologists鈥�).
organising committee member of the national conference Alfonsas Nyka-Nili奴nas ir Bronius Krivickas: likiminiai kartos pasirinkimai [Alfonsas Nyka-Nili奴nas and Bronius Krivickas: The Choices and Destinies of the Generation]. (Vilnius university, Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore, Vytautas Magnus University).

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Darius Kuolys 鈥�

editorial board member of the journal Senoji Lietuvos literat奴ra (Early Modern Lithuanian Literature);
academic council member of The Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences;
executive committee member of the association 鈥淟ituanist懦 samb奴ris鈥� (鈥淎ssembly of Lithuanian Philologists鈥�);
organising committee member of the 16th World Symposium of Lithuanian Science and Art;
programme committee member of the annual conference of the Santara-艩viesa Association.

Assist. Prof. Dr. Saul臈 Matulevi膷ien臈 鈥�

the organiser of the academic seminar 鈥濪onato Saukos darbai: savitumas ir vert臈鈥�, dedicated to the legacy of prof. D. Sauka (Vilnius university, Faculty of Philology, Institute for Literary, Cultural and Translation Studies).

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Audinga Pelurityt臈-Tikui拧ien臈 鈥�

member of Lithuanian Comparative Literature Association (EKADEL);
member of Lithuanian Writer Union;
member of jury of the European Union Prize for Literature.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Regimantas Tamo拧aitis 鈥�

editorial board member of the literary journal of the Lithuanian literature and criticism Metai (Years);
member of Lithuanian Writer Union;
diploma examiner and Second Native Speaker, IBIS 鈥� International Baccalaureate, Cardiff, Wells, UK.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Rita T奴tlyt臈 鈥�

member of the committee for assessment and competition of the Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore;
member of juries of the Lithuanian Academy of Science Justinas Marcinkevi膷ius鈥� Prize for Literature and of the Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore prof. Algis Kal臈da鈥檚 Prize (for research and translation);
organising committee member of the national conference Alfonsas Nyka-Nili奴nas ir Bronius Krivickas: likiminiai kartos pasirinkimai [Alfonsas Nyka-Nili奴nas and Bronius Krivickas: The Choices and Destinies of the Generation]. (Vilnius university, Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore, Vytautas Magnus University).

BEST REPORTS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD

Pelurityt臈-Tikui拧ien臈, A. History in Contemporary Lithuanian Literature. Current State of Literary Theory, Research and Criticism in (Non-鈥烠entric鈥�) National Cultures. 13th International Conference of the EACLE [Estonian Association of Comparative Literature and Theatrical Studies of the University of Tartu]; September 29鈥揙ctober 2, University of Tartu, Estonia.
Spei膷yt臈, B. Canon alternatives in anthology: choices of representative texts. Canon? Practice? Commodity? The past, present and future of the literary anthology. UK, Queen Mary, University of London, Department of Comparative Literature, School of Languages, Linguistics and Film, June 14鈥�15, 2019.

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETING STUDIES

5 Universiteto, LT-01513 Vilnius
Tel. 268 72 45
E-mail:
www.vsk.flf.vu.lt

Head 鈥� Prof. Dr. Nijol臈 Maskali奴nien臈

STAFF

Professors: Dr. Nijol臈 Burk拧aitien臈, Dr. Jon臈 Grigali奴nien臈, Dr. Nijol臈 Maskali奴nien臈.
Associate professor: Dr. Liucija 膶erniuvien臈.
Assistant professors: Dr. Dalia Mankauskien臈, Dr. Rimas U啪giris.
Lecturers: Dr. Rasa Klio拧toraityt臈, Alina Dailid臈nait臈 (part-time), Rasa Darbutait臈 (part-time), Elizabeta Khtiterer (part-time), 沤ygimantas Pek奴nas, Neringa Terleckait臈 (part-time). Agn臈 Zolubien臈, Daina Valentinavi膷ien臈.
Research fellow: Dr. Art奴ras Ratkus.
Doctoral student: Ingrida Tatolyt臈.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Translation Studies
Theory and practice of translation
Literary translation
The (Gothic) Bible translation
Interpreting
Corpus studies for translation purposes
Theory and practice of lexicography and terminology
Integration of research results into the teaching process
Translator/interpreter training

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2019

Projects Supported by the University Budget

Meta-Cognitive Investigation of Translation as Bilingual Communication. Prof. Dr. N. Maskali奴nien臈. 2015鈥�2020.

In 2019, the academic staff of the Department wrote articles, participated at conferences on literary translation, translation theory and translation training methodology (gave 13 presentations at different international conferences). The Department publishes a research journal Vertimo studijos (Translation Studies). In 2019, its volume 12 was published containing 12 articles on different aspects of Translation Studies,

Main publications:

膶erniuvien臈, L., Jakutyt臈, R. Lietuvi拧kasis Michelis Houellebecq鈥檃s: vertimo paradoksai (Michel Houellebecq in Lithuanian: The Paradoxes of Translation). 尝颈迟别谤补迟奴谤补. 2019, vol. 61(4): 122鈥�137, doi:

Grigali奴nien臈, J. Tekstynai ir vertimai. Tekstyn懦 naudojimas ver膷iant 鈥� vis dar akademin臈 prabanga? [Corpora and Translation. Are Corpora Still an Academic Luxury?] Vertimo studijos. 2019, vol.12: 22鈥�36, doi:

Pek奴nas, 沤. Teksto kaip vaizdo perteikimas Arto Spiegelmano grafinio romano MAUS vertime 寞 lietuvi懦 kalb膮 [Text as Image: A Case Study of the Translation of Art Spiegelman鈥檚 Graphic Novel MAUS]. Vertimo studijos. 2019, vol.12: 100鈥�116,

Studies in the Bible Translation. Dr. A. Ratkus.

The researcher investigates the structure and properties of Gothic, which come from the Gothic translation of the New Testament from Greek. A comparison of the Gothic Bible and different versions of the Greek New Testament gives a taxonomy of structural and linguistic differences. Studies in the Gothic Bible translation have already yielded a number of valuable findings.

Main publication:

Ratkus, A. The Stylistic Uses of Gothic Passive Constructions. Vertimo studijos. 2019, vol. 12: 117鈥�138,

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

University of Leeds, Centre of Translation and Interpreting Studies (United Kingdom)
University College London (United Kingdom)
University of Heidelberg (Germany)
ISIT, Paris (France)
University of Ljubljana (Slovenia)
Charles University, Prague (Czech Republic)
Aristotle University of Tsesaloniki (Greece)

OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Prof. Dr. Nijol臈 Burk拧aitien臈 鈥�

editorial board member of the journal The Asian ESP Studies, indexed in Scopus database,
editorial board member of the journal Zbornik radova Filozofskog fakulteta u Pri拧tini (University of Pri拧tina, Serbia), indexed in Serbian Central Database (SCindeks), ERIH PLUS, Road, DOAJ, CEEOL,
member of International ESP (English for Specific Languages) Teachers鈥� Association (IESPTA), United Kingdom,

Prof. Dr. Jon臈 Grigali奴nien臈 鈥�

editorial board member of the journal Respectus Philologicus,
editorial board member of the journal Vertimo studijos (Translation Studies),
member of Learner Corpus Association,
member of ESSE (European Society for the Study of English);
member of the Association of Applied Linguistics of Lithuania (LITAKA), www.litaka.lt.

Prof. Dr. Nijol臈 Maskali奴nien臈 鈥�

editor-in-Chief of the journal Vertimo Studijos (Translation Studies),
member of the Lithuanian Terminology Forum, www.ec.europa.eu/ltf;
member of the European Society of Translation Studies, www.est-translation.org.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Liucija 膶erniuvien臈 鈥�

member of the Lithuanian Association of Literary Translators, www.llvs.lt/;
expert member of the panel for the Heronymus prize for best translators organised by Lithuanian Association of Literary Translators.

Dr. Rasa Klio拧toraityt臈 鈥�

member of the Lithuanian Association of Literary Translators, www.llvs.lt/;
expert member of the panel for the Heronymus prize for best translators organised by Lithuanian Association of Literary Translators;
expert member of the panel for the Dominykas Urbas prize for best translators organised by Lithuanian Association of Literary Translators.

Dr. Art奴ras Ratkus 鈥�

editorial board member of the journal Vertimo studijos (Translation Studies), www.vsk.flf.vu.lt/Vertimo studijos/.

Dr. Dalia Mankauskien臈 鈥�

member of the European Society of Translation Studies, www.est-translation.org.

BEST REPORTS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD

Burk拧aitien臈, N. Understanding university students鈥� self-assessment of their ESP project work. Envisioning the future in academic and professional languages: emerging trends in teaching and research: XVIII AELFE Conference, June 20鈥�21, 2019. University of Navara, Pamplona, Spain,
Klio拧toraityt臈, R. La letteratura italiana in Lituania e in lituano [Italian Literature in Lithuania: translations into Lithuanian]. International conference La cultura italiana nel baltico: storie, relazioni, approcci. University of Latvia, Riga, June 5, 2019.
Maskali奴nien臈, N. Translation of Upton Sinclair鈥檚 The Jungle (1906) in the diaspora and in Lithuania: ideological differences. EST world congress Living Translation, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, September 9鈥�13, 2019,
Ratkus, A. Definiteness as periphrasis, Germanic Linguistics Annual Conference 25, May 2019, University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA,
Ratkus, A. The adnominal syntax of possessives in Gothic, Workshop on Historical Germanic Syntax. University of Southern Denmark, Odense. Denmark.

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. Liucija 膶erniuvien臈 and Dr. Rasa Klio拧toraityt臈 were expert members of the panel for the evaluation of film translations in the Cinema Spring festival 2019;
Dr. Rasa Klio拧toraityt臈 is an expert of the Lithuanian Council for Culture;
Prof. Nijol臈 Maskali奴nien臈 is a member of the Commission for the preparation of the Lithuanian Style Guide for translators at EU institutions (under the State Lithuanian Language Commission);
Prof. Nijol臈 Maskali奴nien臈 worked as member of a group of experts (chaired by Inesa 艩e拧kauskien臈) to draft a national regulation of study programmes in translation by the Lithuanian Centre for Quality Assurance in Higher Education.

MAIN RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES

Members of the Department were actively involved in different research dissemination activities: organizing events for translator trainers, courses for translators, workshops on translation from English, German, French and Italian into Lithuanian as well as lectures on translation theory to the high school teachers of Lithuania (organized by Agn臈 Zolubien臈, April, 2019), delivered seminars to film translators under a request of the Association of Lithuanian Literary Translators.
Liucija 膶erniuvien臈 gave a talk on cultural aspects of film translation from French at the National M. Ma啪vydas library (January 17, 2019).
Liucija 膶erniuvien臈 and Rasa Klio拧toraityt臈 conducted seminars on translation issues for beginning translators (January 15鈥�16; November 9, 16).
Daina Valentinavi膷ien臈 participated in the project aiming to pesent Czech writers to the Lithuanian audience by translating their biographies for Wikipedia.

A. J. GREIMAS CENTRE FOR SEMIOTICS AND LITERARY THEORY

5 Universiteto, LT-01513 Vilnius
Tel. 268 7161
E-mail:

Head 鈥� Prof. Dr. Ar奴nas Sverdiolas

STAFF

Professors: Habil. Dr. K臋stutis Nastopka, Dr. Ar奴nas Sverdiolas, Dr. Paulius Suba膷ius, Dr. Irina Melnikova.
Associate professors: Dr. Birut臈 Mer啪vinskyt臈, Dr. Nijol臈 Ker拧yt臈.
Assistants: Dr. Jurga Katkuvien臈, Dr. J奴rat臈 Levina, Dr. Paulius Jevsejevas.
Doctoral students: R奴ta Lazauskait臈, Dmitrij Glu拧膷evskij, Aust臈ja Or啪ekauskien臈, Giedr臈 Ivanova, Au拧ra Kundrotait臈.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Textual poetics and its relations to philosophical, aesthetical, sociological systems
Semiotic and hermeneutic text analysis
Terminology of literary criticism
Theory of the text, textual scholarship
Intertextuality, intermediality

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2019

Projects Supported by the University Budget

Semiotics and Humanities. Prof. Dr. A. Sverdiolas. 2018鈥�2023.

Development of methodological framework in contemporary theory of literature, art studies, philosophy and semiotics. Aspectual analysis of literary and other artistic texts.

Main publications:

Levina, J. Trys Greimo estetikos [Greimas鈥檚 Three Aesthetics]. Colloquia. 2019, vol. 42: 113鈥�134.

Nastopka, K. Le s茅mioticien avant la lettre (essais litt茅raires de Greimas en lithuanien). Greimas aujourd鈥檋ui : l鈥檃venir de la structure : Actes de congr猫s de l鈥橝ssociation Fran莽aise de S茅miotique 2017, June 2019, 112鈥�117. Internet access,

Mer啪vinskyt臈, B. Mitas kaip 啪inojimo forma A.J. Greimo semiotikoje [Myth as a Form of Knowing in Greimas鈥檚 Semiotics]. 尝颈迟别谤补迟奴谤补. 2019, vol. 61(2): 125鈥�132, doi:

National Research Projects

Supported by the Research Council of Lithuania

Algirdas Julien Greimas鈥檚 Selected Journalism. Researcher and project coordinator Dr. J. Levina.

The project builds on previous research on Greimas鈥檚 Lithuanian heritage and aims to complete an early book project of Greimas鈥檚, its outline found among his manuscripts held at the 91桃色 Library Manuscript Department. Designed around 1960, the selection includes Greimas鈥檚 published and unpublished essays from 1947鈥�1959 and, as a whole, foregrounds Greimas鈥檚 original notion of the human being and culture, here presented in a journalistic style addressing a wide educated audience. This scholarly edition of Greimas鈥檚 early, pre-semiotic journalism restores the authorial wording in many of his widely known essays, previously published with significant editorial interventions, provides full descriptions on the sources and procedures of editing, and supplies necessary contextual comments.

Main publication:

Greimas, A. J. Apie visk膮 ir niek膮. 沤mogus, visuomen臈, kult奴ra [Of All and Nothing: Individual, Society, Culture]. Comp. by J奴rat臈 Levina. 2019, Vilnius: Vilniaus universiteto leidykla.

Microhistory of The Voices of Spring: Genetic Reconstruction of Modernization of Lithuanian Texts. Prof. P. Suba膷ius. 2017鈥�2019.

Maironis was proclaimed the father of modern Lithuanian literature already in his lifetime. The 1st and 5th authorial editions of 鈥淭he Voices of Spring鈥� are separated by thousands of textual (linguistic and bibliographic code) variants, which include all layers of spelling, punctuation, morphology, vocabulary and syntactical units, figurative expression and versification, graphic layout and book design. Development lasting four decades (since the first published verses in 1885 until 1927) witness the efforts to adapt to the linguistic, ideological and aesthetic modernization, which coincided with the period of Maironis鈥� creative and social activity. The project targets at a paradoxical gap 鈥� although much has been written about Maironis, critics usually heed to the final result of his work only. Author鈥檚 decision to re鈥恊dit the sole collection of the verses 鈥淭he Voices of Spring鈥� go with the methodology of genetic criticism in the best way. The project aims to carry out a genetic reconstruction, to present the facsimiles, to publish the XML鈥恊ncoded versions and commentaries employing a single critical archive, i.e. a comprehensive digital platform, synthesising academic and popularisation functions.

BEST REPORTS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD

Melnikova, I. Spatial Memory in/of Film at the international conference Place of Memory and Memory of Place on June 22鈥�23, 2019. St Anne's College, University of Oxford, UK.

Melnikova, I. Framing 鈥楽ynaesthetic鈥� Desire in/of Film: Luca Guadagnino鈥檚 Case. The Picturesque: Visual Pleasure and Intermediality in-between Contemporary Cinema, Art and Digital Culture. September 9鈥�13, 2019. Sapentia Hungarian University of Transylvania (Cluj-Napoca).

Katkuvien臈, J. Trajectory of Proprioceptivity in Semiotics of A. J. Greimas. The 14^th world congress of semiotics. September 9鈥�13, 2019. Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Mer啪vinskyt臈, B. Interpretation of History in the Contemporary Lithuanian Essays at the 5^th international conference on May 16鈥�17, 2019. University of Wroclaw, Poland.

Suba膷ius, P. Text as a hedgerow: seasons of cultivation. An international symposium Writing and Revision Stages on June 6鈥�7, 2019, University of Lisbon, Portugal.

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

Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore, Vilnius (Lithuania)
Vilnius Academy of Arts (Lithuania)
Department of Lithuanian Literature, Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences (Lithuania)
Centre de recherches politiques (France)
Ohio University (USA)

OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Dr. Jurga Katkuvien臈 鈥�

programme committee member of the conference 12th International Symposium on Iconicity in Language and Literature (ILL-12), 3鈥�5 May, 2019, Lund University, Sweden.

Dr. J奴rat臈 Levina 鈥�

member of the Lithuanian Association for Phenomenology;
member of the International James Joyce Foundation.

Prof. Dr. Irina Melnikova 鈥�

member of European Network for Comparative Literary Studies (REELC/ENCLS),
member of European Narratology Network (ENN);
member of International Society for Intermedial Studies;
member of SERCIA.

Prof. Dr. Paulius Suba膷ius 鈥�

Vice-president of the LCAS board;
board member of the Lithuanian Free Market Institute;
member of The European Society for Textual Scholarship (ESTS), The Society for Textual Scholarship (STS), Commission Internationale d'Histoire et d'etudes du Christianisme (CIHEC), The Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing (SHARP), The Association for Documentary Editing (ADE);
editorial board member of the journals LCAS Annuals, Studies in Church History, Fontes Historiae Lituaniae.

Prof. Dr. Ar奴nas Sverdiolas 鈥�

editorial board member of the journal Athena;
editorial board member of the journal Semiotika.

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

Prof. Paulius V. Suba膷ius 鈥�

expert of the Lithuanian Council for Culture;
expert of the Lithuanian Research Council;
expert of the Research Database Lituanistika;
expert of the Lithuanian National Commission for UNESCO;
member of the mixed bilateral Government and Church commission for implementation of International Agreements;
member of the Permanent bilateral Government and Church commission to solve the issues of cultural heritage;
member of the Bilateral Government and Church commission to solve the issues of education.

MAIN RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES

Jurga Katkuvien臈, Nijol臈 Ker拧yt臈, J奴rat臈 Levina, K臋stutis Nastopka, Ar奴nas Sverdiolas. 鈥濧lgirdas Julius Greimas: daugialypis ir vientisas鈥� [Algirdas Julien Greimas: heterogeneous and one]. Public book launch of Algirdas Julius Greimas: asmuo ir id臈jos 2 [Algirdas Julien Greimas: Person and Ideas 2], ed. Ar奴nas Sverdiolas and Eric Landowski (Vilnius: Baltos lankos, 2018), with a presentation of most recent research in Greimas and semiotic studies. 91桃色 Library, February 19, 2019.
Sverdiolas, Ar奴nas. 鈥濳nyga visiems ar niekam?鈥� [The Book for All or for Nobody?], an article published in a periodical 尝颈迟别谤补迟奴谤补 ir menas, 2019, nr. 18,

RESEARCH GROUP FOR STUDIES IN COMPARATIVE LITERATURE

5 Universiteto, LT-01513 Vilnius
Tel. 268 72 16
E-mail:

Head 鈥� Dr. Aist臈 Ku膷inskien臈

STAFF

Assistant professors: Dr. Aist臈 Ku膷inskien臈, Dr. Dovil臈 Kuzminskait臈, Dr. Mar铆a Sebasti脿-S谩ez, Dr. Inga Vidugiryt臈-Pakerien臈.
Lecturer: Crist贸bal J. Calvente.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

History of the Spanish and Latin American literatures
Comparative literature
Translation studies

Main publications:

Vidugiryt臈, I. - 袙懈写褍谐懈褉懈褌械, 袠. 袚芯谐芯谢褜懈谐械芯谐褉邪褎懈褔械褋泻芯械胁芯芯斜褉邪卸械薪懈械褉芯屑邪薪褌懈蟹屑邪 [Gogol and the geographical imagination of romanticism]. 2019, 袦芯褋泻胁邪: 袧芯胁芯械谢懈褌械褉邪褌褍褉薪芯械芯斜芯蟹褉械薪懈械.

Sebasti脿-S谩ez, M. La educacio虂n femenina en la Compan虄i虂a de Jesu虂s y su influencia en la Ifigenia in 脕ulide de Manuel Lassala. Humanismo y pervivencia del mundo cla虂sico. 2019, vol. V. Instituto de Estudios Human铆sticos: Alca帽iz.

Sebasti脿-S谩ez, M. Ambrose Philips鈥� The Distrest Mother: The Myth of Andromache in English (Neo)classicism. Beyond Philology. 2019, vol. 16(2): 109鈥�124.

OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Assist. Prof. Dr. M. Sebasti脿-S谩ez 鈥�

fellow of Research Center SEMS (Spanish Early Modern Studies), under direction of Dr. Silvia Stefan, University of Bucharest (Rumania);
fellow of Research Group GIRLC (Grup d鈥橧nvestigaci贸 en la Recepci贸 de les Literatures Cl脿ssiques), under direction of Prof. Jordi Redondo, University of Valencia (Spain).

MAIN RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES

1^st forum of Hispanic Studies on May 7鈥�8, 2019, coordinated by Marta Plaza Velasco, with Dovil臈 Kuzminskait臈, Aist臈 Ku膷inskien臈, Mar铆a Sebasti脿-S谩ez participating in the discussions about literary relations between Lithuania and Spain, about problems of translating Spanish realia into Lithuanian and vice versa.
Vilnius Book Fair on 23rd February, 2019: Aist臈 Ku膷inskien臈 moderated a meeting with the Catalan poetress Maria Sevilla.
Dovil臈 Kuzminskait臈 participated at the Poetry Festival in Bogota, Columbia (September 2鈥�4, 2019), reading poetry, attending meetings with readers, workshops with pupils, and a conference on translation of poetry).
Dovil臈 Kuzminskait臈 participated at presentations of the antology Versos en blanco in Mexico City (November 27鈥揇ecember 10, 2019) and the book fair of Guadalachara (gave intervius to the press, radio and TV).
Dovil臈 Kuzminskait臈 prepared five radio programmes on different issues of Hispanic Studies and comparative literature:
- Hispanic literature and its reception in Lithuania (a talk with Aist臈 Ku膷inskien臈). January 01, 2019,
- Contemporary Catalan literature: a talk with a translator Carmina Daban Sunyer. March 10, 2019,
- A talk on the novel 鈥淧atria鈥� by a Basque writer Fernando Aramburu with a translator Laura Liubinavi膷i奴te. May 05, 2019,
- A talk on contemporary Columbian literature with the writer Federico Diaz Granados. October 20, 2019,
- A talk on the translation of Lithuanian literature into Spanish with with a translator Carmen Caro Dugo. November 11, 2019,