91桃色

Faculty of History

Sukurta: 26 May 2021

if7 Universiteto, LT-01513 Vilnius
Tel.  268 7280
E-mail
www.if.vu.lt

Dean 鈥 Dr Loreta Skurvydait臈

 

 

STAFF

47 teachers (44 holding research degree), 19 research fellows (15 holding research degree), 36 doctoral students.

DEPARTMENTS OF THE FACULTY

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

RESEARCH AREAS

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

DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS MAINTAINED IN 2020

E. Ananyevskaya. Economy of the Kazakh Steppe Populations during the construction of Geoglyphs in Turgai Region, Kazakhstan.
A. Dambrauskas. Film culture in Lithuania, 1926鈥1944: between entertainment and ideology.
K. Minkevi膷ius. Agricultural development and settlement dynamics in 11th c. BC鈥12th c. AD Lithuania (based on archaeobotanical evidence).
D. Noreika. Partisan war in Lithuania (1944鈥1953): the issue of social structures.

MAIN CONFERENCES ORGANIZED IN 2020

International online conference In the Radiance of the Vilna Gaon: History of Lithuanian Jewry, www.polin.pl/en/conference-vilna-gaon.
National seminar Alternative Discussion Space. Heritas鈥20: Recharge the Heritage,
National seminar Recent Archaeological Research and Discoveries: In the UNESCO World Heritage Site Kernav臈 Archaeological Site and on the Gas Interconnection Poland鈥揕ithuania (GIPL), .

MAIN SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2020

6 scientific monographs published.
Significant investigations: scientific archaeological excavations in the framework of the Gas Interconnection Poland-Lithuania (GIPL) project (Prof. A. Kuncevi膷ius et al.).

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DEPARTMENT OF ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL HISTORY

7 Universiteto, LT-01513 Vilnius
Tel. 268 7297
E-mail
Head 鈥 Assoc. Prof. Liudas Jovai拧a

STAFF

Professors: Dr R. Petrauskas (part-time), Dr I. Valikonyte虈 (part-time).
Associate professors: Dr V. Dolinskas (part-time), Dr L. Jovai拧a, Dr J. Karpavic虒iene虈 (part-time), Dr E. Savi拧c虒evas.
Assistants: Dr N. Dambrauskait臈, Dr T. C虒elkis, Dr M. Jakulis.
Research professor: Dr A. Ragauskas.
Researchers: Dr N. Dambrauskait臈 (part-time), Dr A. Pister-Gainien臈 (postdoc, part-time).
Research assistants: N. 艩limiene虈, S. Viskantaite虈-Savi拧c虒eviene虈.
Doctoral students: K. 膶i啪auskas, V. Mala拧inskien臈, A. Petrilionis, P. A. Stepavi膷ius, T. Vaitkus.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

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

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2020

National Research Projects

Research Council of Lithuania. Cuisine of the Rulers of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the 14th Century and the First Half of the 17th Century (No. MIP-20-226). Dr N. Dambrauskait臈. 2020鈥2022.
The aim of the project is to explore the cuisine of the rulers of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the 14th century and the first half of the 17th century by analysing various historical sources, especially rulers' account books, and also the data of archaeological research.

Research Council of Lithuania. Legal Culture of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania: the Rulers鈥 Court at the End of the 15 th鈥16th century (No. S-LIP-19-70). Prof. I. Valikonyt臈. 2019鈥2022.
The most important task is to analyse the ruler鈥檚 court and its branches formation history, which has not received researchers鈥 attention yet. The most important sources are the Ruler鈥檚 court books included in Lithuanian Metrica. These books contain the documents which enable the research of the concept of the grand duke鈥檚 (as the head of the judiciary) administration of justice, legal consciousness, the development of legal thought, the application of laws and the culture of obeying them, i.e. the principle of realisation of the concept non rex est lex, sed lex est rex. It also helps to analyse the ruler鈥檚 (as the head of the legislative institution) contribution and role in the perfection of juridical norms and concretely the content of the Lithuanian Statute.

Main publication:

Pirmojo Lietuvos Statuto Slucko nuora拧as [The Slutski Copy of the First Statute of Lithuania]: source publication, ed. I.鈥疺alikonyt臈. Vilnius: 91桃色 Press. 2020.

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

Research Council of Lithuania. Members of the Catholic Male Religious Orders in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania: Corpus of Biographical (No. MIP-17-34). Prof. R. Witkowski. 2017鈥2020.
The aim of the project was to collect the historical sources scattered in different archives and libraries, and to prepare, with the help of hitherto unpublished material, the corpus of structured biographical entries comprising the members of Catholic (both Latin and Greek rite) male religious orders (except the Society of Jesus), active in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from 1387 to 1795. Persons, who had been admitted to novitiate but did not profess their religious vows, were also included.

Main publication:

Lietuvos Did啪iosios Kunigaik拧tyst臈s vienuoliai katalikai: biogram懦 s膮vadas [Members of the Catholic Male Religious Orders in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania: Corpus of Biographical]: database. 2020.

Research Council of Lithuania. Overland Routes of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the 13th鈥18th Century: Structure, Architecture, Maintenance and Functionality (No. MIP-17-43). Dr T. 膶elkis. 2017鈥2020.
The structure of Lithuania鈥檚 overland routes in the 13th鈥搕he first half of the 15th centuries will be discussed in the project. Its dynamics depends on political, social and economic development of the territory. Location of the water roads was ordered by the nature and adaptability, while overland routes were made purposeful and testified traces of human life.

Main publication:

膶elkis, T. Travelling in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the 16th鈥17th century. Mobility conditions and travellers鈥 everyday life. The Romanian Journal for Baltic and Nordic Studies. 2019, 11(2): 79鈥119.

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

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

OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Prof. R. Petrauskas 鈥

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

Prof. I. Valikonyt臈 鈥

  • editorial board member of the journal Istorijos 拧altini懦 tyrimai (Studies in Historical Sources), www.istorija.lt/leidiniai/testiniai-leidiniai/istorijos-saltiniu-tyrimai.

Assoc. Prof. V. Dolinskas 鈥

  • editor-in-chief of the serial publication Chronicon Palatii Magnorum Ducum Lithuaniae;
  • member of the scientific council of the year-book Muzealnictwo (Museology),
  • editorial board member of the journal Acta Museologica Lithuanica, www.journals.vu.lt/acta-museologica-lithuanica/about/editorialTeam;
  • editorial board member of the publication Kronika Zamkowa. Roczniki (Castle Chronicle), www.zamek-krolewski.pl/historia/kronikazamkowaroczniki;
  • editorial board member of the serial publication Fontes et studia historiae universitatis Vilnensis, www.vu.lt/studijos/priemimas/133-apiemus/fontes-et-studia/4207-redaktoriu-kolegija.

Assoc. Prof. L. Jovai拧a 鈥

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

Assoc. Prof. J. Karpavi膷ien臈 鈥

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

BEST REPORTS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD

  • Dr N. Dambrauskait臈. The Cuisine of Sigismund II Augustus: Food and Its Supply in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. International conference XXIX konferencja Komisji Lituanistycznej przy Komitecie Nauk Histocznych PAN, Warszawa (Poland).

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

  • Prof. R. Petrauskas. Lithuanian Science Prize in the fields of Humanities and Social Sciences, Lithuanian Academy of Sciences.
  • Dr M. Jakulis. Prize at the Young Scientists鈥 and Doctoral Students鈥 Research Competition, Lithuanian Academy of Sciences.

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

  • Prof. R. Petrauskas 鈥 member of Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, .
  • Assoc. Prof. V. Dolinskas 鈥 chairman of Commission for Culture and Art Awards of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania;
    chairman of Lithuanian Sponsorship Council, member of Board of the Vilnius Academy of Arts, www.vda.lt/lt/apie-vda/akademijos-struktura/taryba/tarybos-nariai.
  • Dr N. Dambraukait臈 鈥 member of the Lithuanian Heraldry Commission (The Office of the President of the Republic of Lithuania), www.lrp.lt/lt/prezidento-institucija/prezidento-funkcijos/heraldika/34206;
    member of the Commission for Granting Permits to Use Official Symbols of the Republic of Lithuania in a Trademark or Design.

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DEPARTMENT OF ARCHAEOLOGY

7 Universiteto, LT-01513 Vilnius
Tel. 268 7284
E-mail
Head 鈥 Prof. Albinas Kuncevi膷ius

STAFF

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

RESEARCH INTERESTS

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

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2020

National Research Projects

Research Council of Lithuania. Dogs in Lithuania during the 13th鈥18th c.: Origin of the Breeds, Function and Breeding Culture (S-MIP-20-5). Dr P. Bla啪evi膷ius. 2020鈥2022.
In 2020, dogs鈥 remains from medieval Lithuanian archaeological sites were selected and a comprehensive zooarchaeological database was created. Zooarchaeological and paleopathological analyses are in progress. Oxford University lab performed a DNA analysis of 30 teeth and bone samples. On 80 samples for d13C and d15N, stable isotope analysis was performed. One individual was 14C AMS dated. Of ~25K ceramic objects examined, dog traces were found on over 220. Literary and historical sources in Lithuania as well as other countries were examined.

Contractual Research

Contract with UAB Alvora Gas Interconnection Poland-Lithuania (GIPL) (archaeological research).

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

Institute of Archaeology University of Wroc艂aw (Poland)
University of Copenhagen (Denmark)
University of Latvia (Latvia)
University of Stockholm (Sweden)
University of Tartu (Estonia)
Administration of the State Cultural Reserve of Kernav臈 (Lithuania)

OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Prof. A. Kuncevi膷ius 鈥

  • board member of the Society of Lithuanian Archaeology,
  • editor-in-chief of the journal Archaeologia Lituana, www.journals.vu.lt/archaeologia-lituana/about/editorialTeam;
  • editorial board member of the journal Archaeologia Baltica,
  • editorial board member of the journal Lituanistica, www.lmaleidykla.lt/ojs/index.php/lituanistica.

Prof. emeritus M. Michelbertas 鈥

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

Assoc. Prof. A. Merkevi膷ius 鈥

  • organizing committee member of the international seminar Baltic Archaeological Seminar (BASE);
  • editorial board member of the journal Estonian Journal of Archaeology,
  • editorial board member of the journal Acta Archaeologica,
  • editorial board member of the journal Archaeologia Lituana, www.journals.vu.lt/archaeologia-lituana/about/editorialTeam;
  • editorial board member of the publication Archeologiniai tyrin臈jimai Lietuvoje (Archaeological Research in Lithuania), www.atl.lt;
  • editorial board member of the journal Interarchaeologia,
  • editorial board member of the journal Lietuvos archeologija (Lithuanian Archaeology), www.istorija.lt/leidiniai/mokslo-zurnalai-ir-testiniai-leidiniai/lietuvos-archeologija/674#tab-editorial_board;
  • editorial board member of the journal Kult奴ros paminklai (Cultural Monuments), www.paveldas.lt/leidiniai.

Assoc. Prof. E. 艩atavi膷ius 鈥

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

Assoc. Prof. G. V臈lius 鈥

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

A. 沤ilinskait臈 鈥

  • executive board member of European Association of Archaeologists, www.e-a-a.org/EAA/About/EAA_Boards_and_Committees/EAA/Navigation_About/EAA_Boards_and_Committees.aspx?hkey=adb43fb0-bbf0-4150-b96b-bdab0fbca40a;
  • chairwoman of the Society of Lithuanian Archaeology,

BEST REPORTS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD

  • Prof. A. Kuncevi膷ius, with co-authors. Monitoring of Urban Heritage Implementing 3D and Convolutional Neural Networks-Based Technologies. International online conference XXVI European Congress of Archaeologists, Budapest (Hungary).
  • K. Minkevi膷ius, with co-authors. Agrarian Intensification during the Bronze and Early Iron Ages in Lithuania: New Isotopic Evidence on Shifting Dietary Practices. International online conference 78th International Scientific Conference of the University of Latvia, Riga (Latvia).

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

  • Prof. A. Kuncevi膷ius 鈥 member of the Board of the Research Council of Lithuania, www.lmt.lt/lt/apie-taryba/kontaktai/86/valdyba/d1;
    chairman of the working group of the Centre for Quality Assessment in Higher Education for preparation of Description of Archaeology Studies.
  • Assoc. Prof. A. Luchtanas 鈥 member of 4th Assessment Council for Immovable Cultural Heritage, Department of Cultural Heritage under the Ministry of Culture,
  • Assoc. Prof. A. Merkevi膷ius 鈥 member of 4th Assessment Council for Immovable Cultural Heritage, Department of Cultural Heritage under the Ministry of Culture, member of the working group of the Centre for Quality Assessment in Higher Education for preparation of Description of Archaeology Studies.
  • Assoc. Prof. J. Po拧kien臈 鈥 vice chairwoman of the Committee of Humanities and Social Sciences, Research Council of Lithuania, www.lmt.lt/en/about-the-research-council/vice-chair/2684;
    member of the working group of the Centre for Quality Assessment in Higher Education for preparation of Description of Heritage Studies.
  • 沤ilinskait臈 鈥 member of Commission of Experts on the Protection of Immovable Cultural Heritage, Ministry of Culture,

CONSULTATIONS PROVIDED BY THE UNIT TO THE PUBLIC OR ECONOMIC ENTITIES

  • Assoc. Prof. J. Po拧kien臈. Methodological seminar for the members of Assessment Councils for Immovable Cultural Heritage, Department of Cultural Heritage under the Ministry of Culture Buildings鈥 Remains, Discovered during Archaeological Excavations: Preservation in situ. Objectives, Practice, Legal Regulation.

MOST IMPORTANT RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES

  • Participation (presentations) in the seminar Recent Archaeological Research and Discoveries: In the UNESCO World Heritage Site Kernav臈 Archaeological Site and on the Gas Interconnection Poland鈥揕ithuania (GIPL).
  • Participation (lectures) in the European Archaeology Days in the National Museum of Lithuania.

 

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DEPARTMENT OF MODERN HISTORY

7 Universiteto, LT-01513 Vilnius
Tel. 268 7286
E-mail
Head 鈥 Prof. Ar奴nas Streikus

STAFF

Professors: Dr Z. Butkus, Dr A. Streikus.
Associate professors: Dr D. Bukelevic虒iu虅te虈, Dr A. Jakubc虒ionis, Dr S. Kaubrys, Dr R. Kraujelis (part-time), Dr T. Vaiseta.
Assistants: Dr N. 膶erniauskas, Dr M. 臇mu啪is (part-time), Dr R. Gaidis, Dr K. Kilinskas, Dr V. Klumbys (part-time), Dr I. Zak拧auskien臈 (part-time).
Lecturers: Dr A. Abromaitis (part-time), A. Grodis (part-time).
Researchers: A. Grodis (part-time), Dr M. 艩ipelyt臈 (postdoc, part-time).
Doctoral students: D. Indri拧ionis, P. Japertas, E. Kripien臈, B. Lastauskas, L. Nekra拧as, R. Ro啪en臈, I. Stanevi膷ius, A. Suchodolskyt臈, A. Terleckas, T. Vaitel臈, A. 沤irlys, T. 沤ukas.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

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

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2020

National Research Projects

Research Council of Lithuania. Lithuanian Foreign Policy in 1917鈥1920. Set of Documents (No. S-REP-20-1). Prof. Dr Z. Butkus. 2020鈥2021.
Historiography analysis is made, new archival sources found and collected in archives, the first draft version of set of documents prepared.

Research Council of Lithuania. Postdoctoral internship project: Memory of Participants of Violent Events: the Case of the Lithuanian Partisan War (No. 09.3.3-LMT-K-712-19-0134). M. Jurkut臈. 2020鈥2022.
Analysis of relevant historiography was conducted. 183 cases of family massacre in postwar period were researched in the archives of the Genocide and Resistance Research Centre of Lithuania.

Research Council of Lithuania. Postdoctoral internship project: Juozas Gabrys and His Colleagues at the League of Nations in 1927鈥1939: Actions and Collective Biography (No. 09.3.3-LMT-K-712). M. 艩ipelyt臈. 2020鈥2022.
The historiographical analysis of the theme was performed. Also, the search of primal sources was conducted at the Lithuanian State Historical Archives (Lithuania) as well as at the League of Nations Archives in the United Nations Library and Archives (Geneva, Switzerland).

Contractual Research

Contract with the Chamber of Notaries to conduct a research about the activities of Lithuanian Notariat in the interwar period of Lithuania 1918鈥1940.

Contract with Vilnius City Municipality Administration Historical Overview of Vilnius 鈥 Historical Vilnius Menu (consultation in preparing the concept 鈥淰ilnius 700鈥).

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

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

OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Prof. Z. Butkus 鈥

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

Prof. A. Streikus 鈥

  • academician of the Lithuanian Catholic Academy of Science, www.lkma.lt/index.php?id=19&lng=1;
  • editor-in-chief of the journal Lietuvi懦 katalik懦 mokslo akademijos metra拧tis (Lithuanian Catholic Academy of Science Annuals), www.lkma.lt/index.php?id=105;
  • editorial board member of the journal Ba啪ny膷ios istorijos studijos (Studies in Church History), www.lkma.lt/index.php?id=111&lng=1;
  • editorial board member of the journal Lietuvos istorijos studijos (Studies of Lithuania鈥檚 History), www.journals.vu.lt/lietuvos-istorijos-studijos/about/editorialTeam.

Assoc. Prof. D. Bukelevi膷i奴t臈 鈥

  • advisory board member of the Transcultural Encounters Research Centre of the University of Oulu, Finland, www.oulu.fi/transculturalencounters/node/53304;
  • editorial board member of the journal Studia Politica Slovaca, www.sav.sk/?lang=en&doc=journal-list&journal_no=80;
  • editorial board member of the journal Istorija. Mokslo darbai (History. Research Papers), www.istorijoszurnalas.lt/index.php/IS/about/editorialTeam.

Assoc. Prof. A. Jakub膷ionis 鈥

  • member of the council of War History Centre;
  • editorial board member of the journal Genocidas ir rezistencija (Genocide and Resistance),
  • adviser of the journal Politologija (Politology),
  • council member of the book series Lietuvos vals膷iai, www.versme.lt/projektas.htm.

Assoc. Prof. S. Kaubrys 鈥

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

Assoc. Prof. T. Vaiseta 鈥

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

BEST REPORTS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD

  • Dr K. Kilinskas. The Interwar Lithuania Military Forces as Window of Research for Imperial Legacy and Tradition. Transregional Academy organized by Forum Transregionale studien and the Max Weber Foundation (Germany). Online presentation.
  • Assoc. Prof. S. Kaubrys. Portrait of a Jewish Gymnasium Student in Lithuania in 1918鈥1940. International online conference In the radiance of the Vilna Gaon: History of Lithuanian Jewry, Vilnius (Lithuania).

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

  • Prof. Z. Butkus, Simonas Daukantas鈥 Prize for historical research, Lithuanian Academy of Sciences.
  • Dr M. 臇mu啪is, 91桃色 Rector鈥檚 Science Award (young scholar category).

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

  • Prof. Z. Butkus 鈥 member of the Commission of Scholarship Nomination of the Vilnius City History Researchers.
  • Prof. A. Streikus 鈥 chairman of the council of Adolfas Damu拧is Democratic Studies Centre at Martynas Ma啪vydas National Library of Lithuania;
    chairman of the working group of the Centre for Quality Assessment in Higher Education for preparation of Description of History Studies.
  • Assoc. Prof. D. Bukelevi膷i奴t臈 鈥 member of Jonava District Municipality Pranas Dovalga Award Commission.
  • Assoc. Prof. A. Jakub膷ionis 鈥 member of the research group of the International Commission for the Evaluation of the Crimes of the Nazi and Soviet Occupation Regimes in Lithuania.
  • Assoc. Prof. Tomas Vaiseta 鈥 head of the curators group of MO Museum for a new exhibition in 2022;
    member of the working group of the Centre for Quality Assessment in Higher Education for preparation of Description of Cultural Studies.
  • Dr N. 膶erniauskas 鈥 member of the Council of Lithuanian Radio and Television;
    member of the Historical Memory Commission in Vilnius City Municipality;
    member of the Commission of the Vilnius City Municipality Programme 鈥淐reate Vilnius鈥;
    member of the Commission of Scholarship Nomination of the Vilnius City History Researchers.
  • Dr M. 臇mu啪is 鈥 chairman of 5th Assessment Council for Immovable Cultural Heritage, Department of Cultural Heritage under the Ministry of Culture;
    member of the Historical Memory Commission in Vilnius City Municipality.
  • Dr I. Zak拧auskien臈 鈥 member of 1th Assessment Council for Immovable Cultural Heritage, Department of Cultural Heritage under the Ministry of Culture.

MOST IMPORTANT RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES

  • Radio podcast 鈥淜o tyli istorikai?鈥 [Why Historians Stay Silent?] (on Youtube, Podbean, Spotify, Souncloud), organisers Dr M. 臇mu啪is, A. Terleckas.
  • History popularization broadcast 鈥淧artizan懦 keliais鈥 [Along the Roads of Partisans] on commercial TV Lrytas, 6 series, provider and author of scenario Dr K. Kilinskas.
  • Commentaries on National Radio broadcast 鈥淚storijos permetrai鈥 [Perimeters of History], 3 broadcasts, Dr K. Kilinskas.
  • Lecture Baltic States Wars of Independence and International System 1919鈥1920 presented in War and Diplomacy Centre, University of Lancaster (UK).
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DEPARTMENT OF THEORY OF HISTORY AND CULTURAL HISTORY

7 Universiteto, LT-01513 Vilnius
Tel. 268 7288
E-mail
Head 鈥 Prof. Alfredas Bumblauskas

STAFF

Professors: Dr Habil. T. Baira拧auskaite (part-time), Dr A. Bumblauskas, Dr M. Dremait臈, Dr I. Vai拧vilait臈, Dr J. Verbickiene虈.
Associate professors: Dr D. Brandi拧auskas (part-time), Dr A. Gieda, Dr G. Kirkiene虈, Dr S. Kulevi膷ius (part-time), Dr G. Pota拧enko, Dr E. Raila, Dr N. 艩epetys, Dr R. 艩ermuk拧nyte虈, Dr A. 艩vedas (part-time).
Assistants: Dr N. Babinskas (part-time), Dr V. Janu拧auskait臈 (part-time), Dr A. Naud啪i奴nien臈 (part-time), Dr L. Skurvydaite虈 (part-time), Dr D. Troskovait臈
Lecturer: D. Vitkauskaite虈.
Researcher: Dr I. Leonavic虒iu虅te虈.
Doctoral students: R. Anulyt臈, V. Bytautait臈, D. 膶ypait臈, K. Daug臈lien臈, R. Go拧tautait臈, V. Kurien臈, T. Krutulys, D. Misevi膷ius, L. Mumgaudyt臈, L. Peluritis, 艩. Sederevi膷i奴t臈, M. 艩iup拧inskas, E. 艩midtas, M. Valan膷iauskien臈.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

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

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2020

National Research Projects

Research Council of Lithuania. Augustinas Voldemaras. Intellectual and Social Biography (No. S-LIP-18-44). Assoc. Prof. A. Gieda. 2018鈥2021.
The object of the research is the intellectual and social biography of one of the most controversial personalities of inter-war Lithuania Augustinas Voldemaras (1883鈥1942). The aim of the project is to prepare and publish a monograph. The research will be based on the documents and manuscript material, associated with Voldemaras (documents of university activity, correspondence, memoirs, unpublished manuscripts etc.), from the archives of Lithuania, Russia and France. When executing the project tasks during the report period (2020), particular attention was paid to the historiographic analysis of former research of Voldemaras鈥檚 activities. The project executor's register of the most solid research done to date and small-scale contextual references includes 528 positions. A detailed analysis of these positions will be an integral part of Voldemaras鈥檚 monograph. The compilation of a bibliography of texts published by A. Voldemaras was started (currently it contains 256 bibliographic records).

Main publications:

Gieda, A. Daukantiana Eduardo Volterio palikime: Apuol臈s tema [Studies into the Legacy of Daukantas in Eduard Wolter鈥檚 Works: The Theme of Apuol臈], Senoji Lietuvos literat奴ra, 2019, vol. 48: 93鈥121.

Research Council of Lithuania. Conflicts between State and Indigenous Communities: Resource Extraction and Contested Land Use in Siberia (Russian Federation) (No. S-MIP-17-41). Assoc. Prof. D. Brandi拧auskas. 2017鈥2020.
This research project is aimed at better understanding of Russian Federation indigenous policy and describing the legal reforms guiding indigenous territorial rights at the federal and sub-federal level in the context of development of resource extraction industry. Together with a team of foreign scientists (lawyers, geographers, sociologists, anthropologists and political scientists) we aimed at analysing discourses, spatial practices, political and economic practices and strategies of local communities and individuals. Based on qualitative ethnographic field research, the project analysed how local communities interact/conflict/cooperate with the state, industrial companies and how communities master large taiga territories. The proposed research firstly embraces formal and informal strategies of land use of communities as well as persistence and articulations of customary laws, stereotypes and rituals of resistance. This research will allow us to understand the agency of local communities (networking, rituality, customary law, image production, stage culture, political activism, cultural capital) and their adaptations in remote Russian regions. It will also allow us to understand regional variations of policy and its receptions.

Research Council of Lithuania. Tadas Daugirdas: Archaeology of "three-colours" Identity (No. S-LIP-20-13). Assoc. Prof. E. Raila. 2020鈥2023.
The aim of the project is to prepare the academic study devoted to the biography of Tadas Daugirdas (1852鈥1919). Daugirdas belonged to the ranks of the activists of the Lithuanian national reawakening that had a significant impact on the making of the national self-awareness and creation of the statehood symbols, but who were left behind in the backyard of historical memory. His personality reflects well the transformations of the Lithuanian identity marking the formation the type of the Lithuanian intelligentsia that was emerging at the turn of the 19th and the 20th centuries. His activities covered at least a few areas of cultural and social life: painting, archaeology, museology, ethnology, journalism. His biography is an integral part of the Lithuanian cultural history. In 2020, material for monograph was collected in the libraries and archives of Vilnius (91桃色 Manuscripts Division, Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore).

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

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

OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Prof. A. Bumblauskas 鈥

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

Prof. M. Dr臈mait臈 鈥

  • member of Architectural Historians Network EAHN;
  • member of the Lithuanian Society of Art Historians;
  • member of Scientific Council of Lithuanian Institute of History, www.istorija.lt/apie/struktura/mokslo-taryba/44;
  • editorial board of the journal Architecture and Urban Planning,

Assoc. Prof. D. Brandi拧auskas 鈥

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

Assoc. Prof. S. Kulevi膷ius 鈥

  • member of Scientific Council of Lithuanian Institute of History, www.istorija.lt/apie/struktura/mokslo-taryba/44;
  • editorial board of the journal I褋褌芯褉懈泻芯-泻褍谢褜褌褍褉薪褨 褋褌褍写褨褩 (Historical and Cultural Studies),

Assoc. Prof. N. 艩epetys 鈥

  • special editor of the journal Naujasis 啪idinys-Aidai,

Assoc. Prof. A. 艩vedas 鈥

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

Dr N. Babinskas 鈥

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

BEST REPORTS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD

  • Prof. I. Vai拧vilait臈. 肖械薪芯屑械薪 胁械薪褔邪薪懈褟 芯斜褉邪蟹芯胁 袘芯谐芯屑邪褌械褉懈 芦锌邪锌褋泻懈屑懈 泻芯褉芯薪邪屑懈禄 胁 袪械褔懈 袩芯褋锌芯谢懈褌芯泄. International online seminar Historia Ecclesiae et Religionis.
  • Dr A. Naud啪i奴nien臈. History education as a form of value indoctrination in Soviet Lithuania. Online XVIII Annual International Conference of the Bulgarian Comparative Education Society. Educational Reforms Worldwide, Sofia (Bulgaria).
  • D. 膶ypait臈. The attitudes of the diplomatic institutions of the interwar Lithuania towards the Lithuanian and Lithuanian Jewish diaspora. International online conference The Migration Conference 2020, Tetovo.
  • T. Krutulys. 1918: Consolidation of unanimous historical memory for new nation state (Lithuanian Case). International online conference Turning Points: Interpreting the Past, Explaining the Present and Imagining the Future. Athens (Greece).

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

  • Prof. A. Bumblauskas - the most influential public figure in Lithuania in 2020, Delfi.lt project.

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

  • Prof. T. Baira拧auskait臈 鈥 member of the Committee of Humanities and Social Sciences, Research Council of Lithuania, www.lmt.lt/en/about-the-research-council/contacts/2279/committee-of-humanities-and-social-sciences/d22.
  • Prof. M. Dr臈mait臈 鈥 leader of the expert group preparing the Kaunas Modernism nomination file for the UNESCO World Heritage Centre;
    member of the Lithuanian Culture and Arts Council,
  • Prof. I. Vai拧vilait臈 鈥 member of the Council of Lithuanian Radio and Television;
    chairperson of the International Board Trustees of the Thomas Mann Cultural Centre, www.mann.lt/index.php.
  • Assoc. Prof. S. Kulevi膷ius 鈥 member of Commission of Experts on the Protection of Immovable Cultural Heritage, Ministry of Culture,
    member of the National Commission for Cultural Heritage,
    chairman of the working group of the Centre for Quality Assessment in Higher Education for preparation of Description of Heritage Studies.
  • Dr V. Janu拧auskait臈 鈥 member of the National Commission for Cultural Heritage,
    member of the Vilnius City Immovable Heritage Assessment Council, Vilnius City Municipality,
    member of the Architects鈥 Chamber of Lithuania;
    member of the Architects鈥 Professional Certification Commission.
  • Dr L. Skurvydait臈 鈥 chairwoman of the working group of the Centre for Quality Assessment in Higher Education for preparation of Description of Cultural Studies.

CONSULTATIONS PROVIDED BY THE UNIT TO THE PUBLIC OR ECONOMIC ENTITIES

  • Dr V. Janu拧auskait臈 鈥 public video consultations by heritage specialists for heritage owners. Heritas, Cultural Heritage Fair, www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKJnZIsbQB0,
  • Dr L. Skurvydait臈 鈥 an expert in CHINLONE project (Connecting Higher Education Institutions for a New Leadership on National Education in Myanmar), project coordinator University of Bologna (Italy).

MOST IMPORTANT RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES

  • Prof. A. Bumblauskas led the 6th National Expedition (TV project) 鈥淓urope of the Gediminas Dynasty鈥, over 30 TV shows were produced.
  • Assoc. Prof. A. 艩vedas hosted a radio show 鈥淚storiko teritorija鈥 [The Territory of the Historian] on LRT Klasikos radijas.
  • Organization and implementation of the largest heritage festival in Lithuania Heritas (together with partners).
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BIOARCHAEOLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE

21 膶iurlionio, LT-03101 Vilnius
Tel. 268 7284
E-mail
Head 鈥 Assoc. Prof. Giedr臈 Motuzait臈 Matuzevi膷i奴t臈 Keen

STAFF

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

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Palaeodiet
Crop cultivation and processing strategies
Plant remains
Zooarchaeological remains
Earliest appearance and geographical origins of agriculture in the east Baltic Region
Economy of prehistoric populations in Central Asia
Human osteology and paleopathology
Epidemiology
Forensic bioarchaeology

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2020

National Research Projects

European Social Fund. Margins or Nodes? Dietary Adaptation Strategies and the Role of Inner Asian Mountain Communities in Prehistoric Food Globalization (No. MTEP 09.3.3-LMT-K-712-01-000). Assoc. Prof. Dr Giedr臈 Motuzait臈 Matuzevi膷i奴t臈 Keen. 2018鈥2022.
The project has generated new scientific knowledge on the timing and the origins of food production in the central ten Shan. By applying cutting edge methodology to the study of past diets, animal transhumance, and plant irrigation technologies, the project has become a key Global player in understanding food dispersal across the Eurasia processes. The results of the research have so far been presented at prestigious international conferences and published in high profile journals. In addition, the application of landscape investigations using magnetic susceptibility and UAV technologies, have led to the discovery of a large spectrum of new archaeological sites of global and regional importance. The development of research methodologies and the accumulation of new research material in the course of the project have generated high resolution datasets that is highly transferable in other cultural and chronologic frameworks, opening up new vistas for the expanding the studies on to the important topics that were previously closed due to the shortage of research material and insufficient methodologies.

Main publications:

Motuzaite Matuzeviciute, G. et al. A package of southwest Asian grain crops facilitated high-elevation agriculture in the Central Tien Shan during the mid-third millennium BCE. PlosOne. 2020.
Ananyevskaya, E. et al. Specialized wool production economy of prehistoric farmstead of Chap I in the Highlands of Central Tian Shan (Kyrgyzstan). International Journal of Osteoarchaeology. 2020.
Itahashi, Y. et al. Dietary diversity of bronze-iron age populations of Kazakhstan quantitatively estimated through the compound-specific nitrogen analysis of amino acids. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. 2020, 33.

Research Council of Lithuania. Humans and Horses in Lithuania during the Migration Period (4th-6th c. AD) on the Basis of Sr and O Stable Isotope Data: Origin and Social Context (No. S-MIP-19-67). Assoc. Prof. G. Pili膷iauskien臈. 2019鈥2021.
During the 2020, 87Sr/86Sr analysis on 35 humans, 12 horses and 41 other animals鈥 teeth was realized. The obtained results demonstrate that this method successfully can be applied on Lithuanian material. Analysis of 18O/16O were performed on 35 humans, 12 horses and 13 other animals鈥 teeth. The initial results disclose the origin and the mobility of humans and horses during the Migration Period. 34 new AMS 14C dates on humans and horses were obtained. The results reveal that chronology of particular burials, cemeteries and even some Iron Age cultural phenomena are to be revised.

Contractual Research

Permanent contracts (analysis of the archaeobotanical, zooarchaeological and Anthropological material).

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

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

OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

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

  • Reviewer in: Nature: Scientific Reports; Open Archaeology; Archaeological Research of Eurasia; Antiquity; Quaternary International; STAR.

BEST REPORTS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD

  • Assoc. Prof. G. Motuzaite Matuzeviciute Keen. The stomach or the soul? Early dispersal of Broomcorn millet out of China. International online conference Max Plank Institute Lecture Series: Linking Plants, People, and the Environment: New Archaeobotanical Research from Central Asia and Southwest China.
  • Report Assoc. Prof. G. Motuzaite Matuzeviciute Keen. Human-landscape interactions and environmental adaptation strategies across Eurasia. International online conference Belt and Road Lecture Series, Fudan (China).
  • Assoc. Prof. G. Motuzaite Matuzeviciute Keen with others. Measuring variability in barley morphotypes as a tool in understanding climatic and social change. International online conference 8th McDonnell Academy International Symposium, Washington (USA).
  • Rusteikyt臈, Assoc. Prof. G. Motuzait臈 Matuzevi膷i奴t臈 Keen with co-authors. Organic residue analysis of medieval cooking wares from the Vilnius Lower Castle: A glimpse into the castle鈥檚 inhabitants鈥 diet. International online conference XXVI European Congress of Archaeologists, Budapest (Hungary).
  • Assoc. Prof. G. Pili膷iauskien臈 with co-authors. Looking for a warhorse in Vilnius Lower Castle, Lithuania: size, age and equipment of the 13th-15th c. horses. International online conference Historical Practice in Horsemanship and Equestrian Sports, Riga (Latvia).
  • Assoc. Prof. G. Pili膷iauskien臈 with co-authors. New elites and their horses in the migration period Lithuania - strangers or locals? International online conference XXVI European Congress of Archaeologists, Budapest (Hungary).

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

  • Dr J. Kozakait臈, together with others, St. Christopher Award, Vilnius City

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

  • Assoc. Prof. G. Motuzait臈 Matuzevi膷i奴t臈 Keen 鈥 member of Scientific Commission of Archaeology of the Department of Cultural Heritage under the Ministry of Culture,
    ICOMOS Lithuania expert.
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CENTRE FOR STUDIES OF HISTORY OF EAST EUROPEAN JEWS

7 Universiteto, LT-01513 Vilnius
Tel. 268 7288
E-mail:
Head 鈥 Prof. Jurgita Verbickien臈

STAFF

Professor: Dr J. Verbickiene虈.
Assistant: Dr A. Naud啪i奴nien臈.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Studies of history and heritage of East European Jews
Education and presentation of Jewish heritage in contemporary society
Antisemitism studies
Jewish migration from Eastern Europe
Jewish artist (gender aspect)

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

Hebrew University Jerusalem (Israel)
Texas State University (USA)
Martynas Ma啪vydas National Library of Lithuania (Lithuania)
Association of Jewish Cultural Road / Jewish Heritage Lithuania (Lithuania)
Lituanian Radio and Television (LRT) (Lithuania)

OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Prof. J. Verbickien臈 鈥

  • member of the Association of Baltic Regional Studies;
  • member of European Association of Jewish Studies;
  • member of the Task Force Group of the European Jewish Cultural Heritage Association, Barselona鈥揕iuksemburg;
  • member of the World Union of Jewish Studies;
  • member of the National Congress of Lithuanian Historians;
  • editorial board member of the journal Przesz艂o艣膰 demograficzna Polski. Materia艂 i Studia (Poland鈥檚 Demographic Past),

BEST REPORTS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD

  • Prof. J. Verbickien臈. Vilnius Jewish community in the times of Vilna Gaon: peoples, families and the patterns of everyday life. International online conference In the Radiance of the Vilna Gaon: History of Lithuanian Jewry.

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

  • Prof. J. Verbickien臈 鈥 chairman of the Commission for Providing a 鈥淒iploma of Memory鈥, 91桃色;
    chairman of the Board of the Jewish Cultural Heritage Road Association, Lithuania;
    member of the Academic Committee on National Minorities (Department of National Minorities, Ministry of Culture of Lithuania);
    member of the Advisory Committee on Foundation of Jewish Heritage, London (UK), www.foundationforjewishheritage.com/panel.html.

CONSULTATIONS PROVIDED BY THE UNIT TO THE PUBLIC OR ECONOMIC ENTITIES

  • Consultation about external communication of Vilna Gaon and Lithuanian Jews history Year (Prof. J. Verbickien臈, member of Group for External Communication in Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Lithuania).

MOST IMPORTANT RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES

  • Preparation of historical materials and consultations on the topic of history of Vilnius Jews and Jewish ghetto in Vilnius (1941鈥1944) for the interdisciplinary project 鈥淰irtual Tour through Vilnius Ghetto鈥 with choir 鈥淎RTyn鈥 (financed by Lithuanian Culture Council) (Dr A. Naud啪i奴nien臈).
  • Historian consultant in documentary 鈥淭he Black Bird. The Memory of Roma Genocide鈥 and documentary video narratives project 鈥淲itnesses of Multicultural Past鈥 (Dr A. Naud啪i奴nien臈).
  • Host of the show, every weak radio broadcast 鈥淪antara. Klausk istoriko apie Lietuvos 啪yd懦 istorij膮鈥 [鈥淎sk a Historian about the History of Lithuanian Jews鈥淽. Program on LRT Klasika (Prof. J. Verbickien臈).
  • Host of the radio broadcast: 鈥淒啪iazuojanti istorija鈥 (Prof. J. Verbickien臈).

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CENTRE FOR STATELESS CULTURES

7 Universiteto, LT-01513 Vilnius
Tel. 268 7293
E-mail:
Head 鈥 Assoc. Prof. Grigorijus Pota拧enko

STAFF

Associate professor: Dr G. Pota拧enko
Assistant: Dr D. Troskovait臈.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

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

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2020

National Research Projects

Research Council of Lithuania. The Old Believers鈥 Church in Lithuania (1918鈥2018) (No S-LIP-19-69). Assoc. Prof. G. Pota拧enko. 2018鈥2021.
The aim of the project is to study continuously the history of the Lithuanian Old Believers鈥 Church from 1918 to 2018 updating it significantly in terms of sources and research methods, exploring the most important problems of this community and new historical plots. The main object of this research in 2020 was the development of the Lithuanian Old Believers鈥 Church from 1918 to 1945.

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

During the project materials were gathered and studied in the Jagiellonian Library (Jagiellonian University), two presentations prepared; two articles prepared and presented for publication.

Main publication:

Troskovait臈, D. The Karaite communities: harnessing the multi-lingual linguistic strategies for nationalism. Folia Toruniensia. 2020, 20: 73鈥89.

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

Old Believers Research Commission of the International Committee of Slavists
Torun Miko艂aj Kopernik University (Poland)
Institute of Social Research (Lithuania)
National Minorities Department under the of Lithuania Republic Government (Lithuania)

OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Assoc. Prof. G. Pota拧enko 鈥

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

Dr D. Troskovait臈 鈥

  • member of the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies;
  • member of the European Association of Jewish Studies;
  • member of the World Union for Jewish Studies.

BEST REPORTS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD

  • Assoc. Prof. G. Pota拧enko. Lithuanian Old Believers 1918鈥1940: Construction of New Churches and Main Architectural Features. International online conference Polish East Slavs: Language, Literature, Cultural Contacts, Olsztyn (Poland).

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

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

MOST IMPORTANT RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES

Project Unknown History of Lithuanian Karaites - Secrets of Regional History and a permanent exposition In the Footsteps of Karaim History, Naujamiestis Cultural Centre Gallery, Panev臈啪ys district (Dr D. Troskovait臈).