Faculty of History
7 Universiteto, LT-01513 Vilnius
Tel. 268 7280
E-mail:
Dean 鈥 Dr Loreta Skurvydait臈
STAFF
56 teachers (incl. 49 holding research degree), 22 research fellows (incl. 16 holding research degree).
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
Bioarchaeology Research Centre
Centre for Stateless Cultures
Centre for Studies of History of East European Jews
RESEARCH AREAS
History of Lithuania
鈥 Sources
鈥 Historiography
鈥 Heritage
鈥 Memory
Prehistory and Archaeology of Lithuania
DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS MAINTAINED IN 2023
D. Baltramieju虅naite虈. Typology and Chronology of Wheel-shaped Ceramics from the 10th to 13th Centuries (Based on the Data of Lithuanian Archaeological Monument Research).
T. Krutulys. Historical Narratives in the Lithuanian periodical press in Lithuanian language from 1904 to 1944.
L. Nekra拧as. 鈥淔rontline Area鈥: State and Society in Lithuania鈥檚 Borderland with Poland in 1920鈥1939.
E. 艩atavic虒e虈. Neolithic Communities and their Pottery in Southeast Lithuania.
A. Terleckas. Creating a Kolkhoz Society: the Sovietization of the Lithuanian countryside (1940鈥1965).
MAIN CONFERENCES ORGANIZED IN 2023
1. International Congress Rethinking Ukraine and Europe: New Challenges for Historians,
2. International Conference Josaphat Kuntsevych: History, Heritage, Memory, www.if.vu.lt/naujienos1/renginiai/2113-tarptautine-konferencija-juozapatas-kuncevicius-istorija-palikimas-atmintys-2023-10-13-14;
3. The 12th International Conference Strategies and Methods in Archaeological Research of Readings of prof. Jonas Puzinas, www.if.vu.lt/naujienos1/renginiai/2128-vu-istorijos-fakultete-vyks-12-oji-tarptautine-moksline-jono-puzino-skaitymu-konferencija-archeologiniu-tyrimu-strategijos-ir-metodai-2;
4. International Conference Vilnius and Its Communities in the 13th-21st Centuries: Seven Centuries of the History of Coexistence, www.istorija.lt/tarptautine-moksline-konferencija-vilnius-ir-jo-bendruomenes-xiii-xxi-a.-septyni-sugyvenimo-mieste-istorijos-simtmetciai/1240;
5. International Conference Popular Participation in Authoritarian Governance in the USSR.
MAIN SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2023
1. Grant HORIZON ERC-2022-COG for the project MILLWAYS: Past and Future Millet Foodways (ERC CoG 101087964). Prof. G. Motuzait臈 Matuzevi膷i奴t臈 Keen. 2023鈥2028.
2. 2 nd. Baltic Geopolitics Summer School Border Infrastructures Changes and Socio-Cultural impact, organised jointly by the Centre for Geopolitics (POLIS, Cambridge), university of Gdansk (Poland), university of Greivsfald (Germany), University of Vilnius.
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. R.Trimonien臈 (part-time).
Associate professors: Dr T. C虒elkis, Dr V. Dolinskas (part-time), Dr M. Jakulis, Dr L. Jovai拧a, Dr E. Savi拧c虒evas.
Assistents: Dr N. Dambrauskait臈 (part-time), Dr Antanas Petrilionis.
Chief Researchers: Dr I. Valikonyt臈, Dr A. Ragauskas.
Researchers: Dr N. Dambrauskait臈 (part-time), Dr A. Pister-Gainien臈 (postdoc, part-time).
Junior researchers: N. 艩limiene虈, S. Viskantaite虈-Savi拧c虒eviene虈.
Doctoral students: J. Ambrazas, K. 膶i啪auskas, R. Mi拧kinyt臈, P. A. Stepavi膷ius.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
鈥 History of Lithuania: sources, historiography, heritage, memory
鈥 Society of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (henceforth the GDL) in the 14th-16th centuries
鈥 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)
鈥 History of the GDL in the 2nd half of the 18th century
鈥 Woman鈥檚 Status in the GDL in the 16th Century
鈥 Life of Christian Churches and Religions in the GDL in the 16th-18th Centuries
鈥 Jagiellonians in Europe in the 15th-16th centuries
鈥 History of the Teutonic Order
鈥 Culture and Heritage of the GDL
鈥 History of GDL Regions (especially Samogitia)
RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2023
National Research Projects
Research Council of Lithuania. Local Society and Central Power. Their interactions (Case of 艩iauliai Economy in the 17th c. - beginning of 18th c.) (No. S-LIP-20-48). Prof. R. R. Trimonien臈. 2020鈥2023.
The main goal of the project is to thoroughly study how the concept of the local community (the case of 艩iauliai Economy is taken as an example for case study) was formed and manifested in the Early Modern Grand Duchy of Lithuania, its structure, community relations and communication forms with authorities at various levels. This investigation is based on the microhistorical approaches of the new political and social history, on the abundance of the survived sources from Lithuanian and foreign archives.
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 (2023).
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 Court in the End of the 15th-16th Century (No. S-LIP-19-70). Prof. I. Valikonyt臈, 2019鈥2022 (2023).
The most important task is to analyse the ruler鈥檚 court and its鈥 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麓s (as the head of the judiciary) administration of justice, legal consciousness, the development of legal thought, the application of laws and the culture of its obeying i.e. the principle of realisation of the concept non rex est lex, sed lex est rex. It also helps to analyse the ruler鈥檚 (as the head of the legislative institution) contribution and role in the perfection of juridical norms and concretely the content of the Lithuanian Statute.
Research Council of Lithuania. Former Jesuits in Lithuania after 1773: a Collective Biography (No. S-MIP-22-41). Assoc. Prof. L. Jovai拧a. 2022鈥2025.
The idea of the project (research) is the fate of the Jesuits who lived and worked in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania after the abolition of the Jesuit order in 1773. The activities of the former Jesuits after 1773 in Lithuania have not been systematically studied, more information is available only about the Jesuits who worked in the Education Commission system, and the biographies of the Jesuits who did not teach are very little known. The research should answer the questions: how many Jesuits and why did they choose one or another way of life (to be a teacher, to be a priest in a parish, to join the Jesuits who were officially active in Belarus, to return to private life)?; what part of the Jesuits remained faithful to the old identity and continued to maintain mutual relations, what were the mutual relations of this informal group and what was their significance?; What was the contribution of the former Jesuits to the church and cultural life of Lithuania at the end of the 18th - beginning of the 19th century? The results of the research will be published in a monograph with an appendix - a compendium of biographies of former Jesuits active in the LDK after 1773.
MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INOVATION) PARTNERS
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. R. Trimonien臈
鈥 editorial board member of the journal Istorija (History),
鈥 editorial board member of the journal Acta Humanitarica Academiae Saulensis, www.zurnalai.vu.lt/actahas/about/editorialTeam.
Assoc. Prof. V. Dolinskas
鈥 editor in chief of the serial publication Chronicon Palatii Magnorum Ducum Lithuaniae, www.valdovurumai.lt/muziejaus-veikla/leidiniai/chronicon-palatii-magnorum-ducum-lithuaniae-vol-4-mmxivmmxvi;
鈥 member of the scientific council of the year-book Muzealnictwo (Museology),
鈥 editorial board member of the journal Acta Museologica Lithuanica, www.journals.vu.lt/acta-museologica-lithuanica/about/editorialTeam;
鈥 editorial board member of the publication Kronika Zamkowa. Roczniki (Castle Chronicle), www.zamek-krolewski.pl/historia/kronikazamkowaroczniki;
鈥 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;
鈥 editorial board member of the serial publication Artifex Novus. Pismo Instytutu Historii Sztuki Uniwersytetu Kardyna艂a Stefana Wyszy艅skiego w Warszawie (Journal of the Institute of Art History of the Cardinal Stefan Wyszy艅ski University in Warsaw).
Assoc. Prof. L. Jovai拧a
鈥 academician of the Lithuanian Catholic Academy of Science, www.lkma.lt/index.php?id=19&lng=1;
鈥 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;
鈥 editorial board member of the journal Fontes Historiae Lituaniae, www.lkma.lt/index.php?id=123&lng=1;
鈥 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;
鈥 editorial board member of the journal Religin臈s kult奴ros paveldo studijos (Studies in Cultural Heritage of Religions);
鈥 editorial board member of the series Lietuvos sakralin臈 dail臈 (Sacral Art of Lithuania).
BEST REPORTS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD
1. International symposium on Jesuit Studies Circa Missiones: Jesuit Understanding of Mission through the Centuries, Lisbon (Portugal). Report Assoc. Prof. L. Jovai拧a Mision of the Extinct Society: Interrupted? Continued? Transformed? Former Jesuits in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania after 1773.
2. International conference Josaphat Kuntsevych: History, Heritage, Memory irca Missiones: Jesuit Understanding of Mission through the Centuries, Vilnius (Lithuania). Report Assoc. Prof. L. Jovai拧a The Memory and Cult of Saint Josaphat in the Roman Catholic Church in Lithuania.
3. International conference Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the 18th Century, Vilnius (Lithuania). Report Assoc. Prof. L. Jovai拧a Experiences of the Former Jesuits of Lithuania in the Schools of the Commission for National Education.
4. International conference The Birth of the Clinic: Hospitals and the Institutionalisation of Health Care in Central and Eastern Europe, 1784鈥1914, Prague (Czech Republic). Report Assoc. Prof. M. Jakulis The Foundation of the General Hospital in Vilnius at the End of the Eighteenth Century.
MOST IMPORTANT RECEIVED NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AWARDS FOR R&D ACTIVITIES
1. Assoc. Prof. V. Dolinskas The Order 鈥淯nity and Will? (All-Ukrainian Association 鈥淐ountry鈥, Ukraine).
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. R. Trimonien臈
鈥 member of the board at the 鈥淎u拧ros鈥 Museum in 艩iauliai;
鈥 member of the commission for Commemoration of Notable Individuals, Historical Dates, and Events in 艩iauliai City at the 艩iauliai City Municipality,
Assoc. Prof. V. Dolinskas
鈥 member of Board of the Vilnius Academy of Arts, www.vda.lt/lt/apie-vda/akademijos-struktura/taryba/tarybos-nariai.
鈥 member of Scientific Board of the Martynas Ma啪vydas National Library of Lithuania, www.lnb.lt/naujienos/6693-suformuota-nauja-nacionalines-bibliotekos-mokslo-taryba.
Dr T. 膶elkis
鈥 member of the Young Academy of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, www.lma.lt/lmaja-sudetis-ir-kontaktai-2.
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;
鈥 member of the Commission for Granting Permits to Use Official Symbols of the Republic of Lithuania in a Trademark or Design.
7 Universiteto, LT-01513 Vilnius
Tel. 268 7284
E-mail
Head 鈥 Prof. Albinas Kuncevi膷ius
STAFF
Professors: Dr A. Kuncevic虒ius, Habil. Dr M. Michelbertas (professor emeritus), Dr G. Motuzait臈 Matuzevi膷i奴t臈 Keen (part-time).
Associate professors: Dr A. Luchtanas, Dr A. Merkevic虒ius, Dr G. Pili膷iauskien臈 (part-time), Dr J. Po拧kien臈, Dr E. 艩atavic虒ius, Dr G. Ve虈lius.
Assistant professors: Dr J. Kozakait臈 (part-time), Dr K. Minkevi膷ius (part-time).
Lecturers: A. 沤ilinskait臈 (part-time).
Teaching assistants: R. Augustinav膷ius (part-time).
Doctoral students: M. Abdrakhamov, I. Brindzait臈, J. 膶i膷iurkait臈, K. Karanikola, L. Muradian, A. Rusteikyt臈, A. Zagurskyt臈.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
鈥 Prehistoric and historical archaeology of Lithuania and neighbouring countries (research of material and spiritual culture, landscape studies)
鈥 Archaeology of the Balts
鈥 Methodology of archaeological research
鈥 Bioarchaeology
鈥 Zooarchaeology
鈥 Archaeological heritage management
RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2023
National Research Projects
Research Council of Lithuania. Functional Development of Mounds: From the Fortified Settlement to the Residence of the Duke (No. S-MIP-21-22). Assoc. Prof. G. V臈lius. 2021鈥2024.
The main object of this research is a complex of 4 hillforts located in the UNESCO-protected Kernav臈 archaeological site. The aim of the project is to identify and precisely chronologise the functional development of the Eastern Lithuanian hillforts and the activities carried out on them during the Iron Age and the Middle Ages (8th century BC - 14th century AD). At the same time, an attempt was made to reveal the dynamics and chronology of the transformation of the natural, uninhabited landscape of the Kernav臈 hillforts into a cultural landscape. In 2023 three geophysical methods were used: magnetometry, GPR and ERT. These surveys were followed by archaeological coring. The interdisciplinary research data were synthesised to determine the evolution of the hillforts' residential and defensive functions. In 2023 zooarchaeological analysis has been carried out. The final calculations have been made, and it is already possible to make the first insights into the economy and diet of the inhabitants of Kernav臈 from the 8th century BC to the 14th century.
MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INOVATION) PARTNERS
University of Copenhagen (Denmark)
University of Tartu (Estonia)
University of Helsinki (Finland)
University of Latvia (Latvia)
Institute of Archaeology University of Wroc艂aw (Poland)
University of Stockholm (Sweden)
Administration of the State Cultural Rezerve of Kernav臈 (Lithuania)
OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Prof. A. Kuncevi膷ius
鈥 board member of The Society of Lithuanian Archaeology,
鈥 editor-in-chief of the journal Archaeologia Lituana, www.journals.vu.lt/archaeologia-lituana/about/editorialTeam;
鈥 editorial board member of the journal Archaeologia Baltica,
鈥 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);
鈥 editorial board member of the journal Archaeologia Lituana, www.journals.vu.lt/archaeologia-lituana/about/editorialTeam.
Assoc. Prof. A. Merkevi膷ius
鈥 editorial board member of the journal Estonian Journal of Archaeology,
鈥 editorial board member of the journal Acta Archaeologica,
鈥 editorial board member of the journal Archaeologia Lituana, www.journals.vu.lt/archaeologia-lituana/about/editorialTeam;
鈥 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.
Assist. Prof. Dr Karolis Minkevi膷ius
鈥 member of the Scientific Committee of the International Work Group for Palaeoethnobotany.
Assoc. Prof. E. 艩atavi膷ius
鈥 editorial board member of the journal Archaeologia Lituana, www.journals.vu.lt/archaeologia-lituana/about/editorialTeam;
鈥 member of Union of Prehistorical and Protohistorical Sciences Commission The Final Paleolithic of Northern Eurasia, www.uispp.org.
Assoc. Prof. G. V臈lius
鈥 editorial board member of the journal Archaeologia Lituana, www.journals.vu.lt/archaeologia-lituana/about/editorialTeam;
鈥 member of the Organizing Committee of the International Scientific Conference Strategies and Methods in Archaeological Research of Readings of prof. Jonas Puzinas XII, www.if.vu.lt/naujienos1/renginiai.
Assist. A. 沤ilinskait臈
鈥 chairwomen of The Society of Lithuanian Archaeology,
鈥 member of the Organizing Committee of the International Scientific Conference Strategies and Methods in Archaeological Research of Readings of prof. Jonas Puzinas XII, www.if.vu.lt/naujienos1/renginiai.
BEST REPORTS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD
1. XXIX European Congress of Archaeologists (EAA), Belfast (Northern Ireland). Report Assoc. Prof. G. V臈lius (with co-authors R. Vengalis, M. Pilkauskas) The Hillforts of Kernav臈: More Boreholes 鈥 More Knowledge.
2. XXIX European Congress of Archaeologists (EAA), Belfast (Northern Ireland). Report: Assoc. Prof. G. Pili膷iauskien臈 (with co-authors G. V臈lius, K. Minkevi膷ius, R. Vengalis, M. Pilkauskas) Animal Welfare in Lithuania in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period: Exploited and Sometimes Perhaps Loved.
3. XXIX European Congress of Archaeologists (EAA), Belfast (Northern Ireland). Report: Dr K. Minkevi膷ius (with co-authors G. V臈lius, R. Vengalis, G. Pili膷iauskien臈, M. Pilkauskas) Changes in Chop Cultivation during the Bronze Age and the Iron Age in Southeastern Baltic: a Case Study of Kernav臈.
4. Congress of the North European Archaeobotany Group, Lund (Sweden). Report Dr K. Minkevi膷ius (with co-author Dalia Kisielien臈) Agrarian Landscapes of the Roman Period: Interactions between Humans and the Environment in 1st 鈥 4th c. AD in Lithuania.
MOST IMPORTANT PARTICIPATION CASES OF RESEARCHERS IN WORKING GROUPS OR COMMISSIONS SET UP BY STATE AUTHORITIES, STATE AND MUNICIPAL INSTITUTIONS, ORGANISATIONS, BUSINESS ENTITIES
Prof. A. Kuncevi膷ius
鈥 member of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, www.lma.lt/akademijos-nariai;
鈥 member of Scientific Commission of Archaeology of the Department of Cultural Heritage under the Ministry of Culture,
Assoc. Prof. A. Luchtanas
鈥 member of 4nd Assessment Council for Immovable Cultural Heritage, Department of Cultural Heritage under the Ministry of Culture,
Assist. Prof. Dr K. Minkevi膷ius
鈥 member of Scientific Commission of Archaeology of the Department of Cultural Heritage under the Ministry of Culture,
Assoc. Prof. A. Merkevi膷ius
鈥 member of 4nd Assessment Council for Immovable Cultural Heritage, Department of Cultural Heritage under the Ministry of Culture,
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;
鈥 chairwoman of the Board of the State Cultural Reserve of Kernav臈, www.e-tar.lt/portal/lt/legalAct/4bf93a30174c11ebb0038a8cd8ff585f;
鈥 chairwoman of the Steering Group for the Management Plan of the UNESCO World Heritage Kernav臈 Archaeological Site, www.e-tar.lt/portal/lt/legalAct/140637e0fde611ec8fa7d02a65c371ad.
7 Universiteto, LT-01513 Vilnius
Tel. 268 7286
E-mail
Head 鈥 Prof. Ar奴nas Streikus
STAFF
Professors: 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.
Assistant professors: Dr A. Abromaitis (part-time), Dr N. 膶erniauskas (part-time), Dr M. 臇mu啪is, Dr R. Gaidis, Dr K. Kilinskas, Dr V. Klumbys (part-time), Dr A. Terleckas, Dr I. Zak拧auskien臈.
Lectures: A. Grodis.
Research professors: Dr Z. Butkus (part-time), Dr M. Dr臈mait臈 (part-time), Dr M. Gutauskas (part-time), Dr J. Ma膷iulyt臈 (part-time), Dr K. Sabolius (part-time), Dr A. Streikus (part-time), Dr N. 艩epetys (part-time), Dr D. Veteikis (part-time).
Senior researchers: Dr I. Ge膷ien臈-Janulion臈 (part-time). Dr E. Jekabsons (part-time), Dr S. Kulevi膷ius (part-time), Dr I. Misi奴n臈 (part-time), Dr R. Skorupskas (part-time), Dr T. Vaiseta (part-time), Dr G. V臈lius (part-time).
Research fellows: Dr T. Boriak (part-time), Dr V. Bukait臈 (part-time), Dr D. 膶iupailait臈-Vi拧nevska (part-time), Dr V. Dara拧kevi膷i奴t臈 (part-time), Dr M. 臇mu啪is (part-time), Dr D. Galdauskait臈 (part-time), Dr T. 艩ar奴nas (part-time).
Research assistants: A. Grodis (part-time), Dr K. Jonutis (part-time), R. Ro啪臈n臈, Dr A. Terleckas (part-time).
Trainee-researcher: Dr I. 臇mu啪ien臈 (postdoc).
Doctoral students: K. B臈膷i奴t臈, D. Indri拧ionis, P. Japertas, A. Miller, I. Rasickait臈, R. Ro啪en臈, I. Stanevi膷ius, K. Stponavi膷i奴t臈, A. Suchodolskyt臈, D. Tarvydait臈, A. Terleckas, T. Vaitel臈, A. 沤irlys, J. T. 沤ukas.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
鈥 Lithuanian history in the 19th century
鈥 History of the Russian Empire in the 19th century
鈥 Lithuanian international relations in the 1920s鈥1930s
鈥 Political, social and cultural life in Lithuania during the interwar period
鈥 Problems of the national and religious minorities in Lithuania and Klaipe虈da district
鈥 Military history. War and society
鈥 Soviet occupation and re-occupation of Lithuania
鈥 Anti-Soviet resistance in Lithuania: armed and unarmed resistance
鈥 Soviet Lithuania and western countries during the Cold War
鈥 Religion and society in 20th century Lithuania
鈥 Cultural, social and everyday life in Soviet Lithuania
鈥 Research on the modernization of history studies
鈥 (Post)authoritarian landscapes
鈥 History of the Lithuanian diaspora in the 20th-the 21st centuries
鈥 History of Soviet propaganda and communication
RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2023
National Research Projects
Research Council of Lithuania. Cross Junction of England, France, Russia and Germany Interests in Baltic States in 1918鈥1920 (No. S-MIP-21-46). Dr K. Kilinskas. 2020鈥2024.
Searches of the primary sources in Lithuanian Central State Archives, Latvian State Historical Archive, Public record office in London, German military archive in Freiburg am Bresgau, Archive of Herder institute in Marburg were performed.
Research Council of Lithuania. Vatican and Lithuania during the World War II and Cold War (1939鈥1958) (No. S-LIP-22-59). Prof. A. Streikus. 2022鈥2024.
Search of primary sources in Vatican archives was performed. Selected archival documents were translated, supplied with comments, introduction prepared. Results of research were also presented in the publication:
鈥淓cclesiastical Communication between Rome and Soviet Lithuania鈥, Nuova Storia Contemporanea, 2022, vol. 26/2, p. 133鈥143.
Research Council of Lithuania. Postdoctoral internship project Soviet Lithuanian Public Communication for the Lithuanian Diaspora in North America (1944鈥1991): Participants, Channels, Responses (No. S-PD-22-8). Dr I. 臇mu啪ien臈. 2022鈥2024.
An analysis of relevant historiography and archival material was carried out. Conducted research internship in Lithuanian diaspora archives in the USA. The research project was presented at the international conference.
Research Council of Lithuania. The Trial, History, Regimes of Language: Reconstruction and Interpretation of the Origins and Impact of the 1962 Show Trials in Kaunas and Vilnius (No. S-MIP-23-60). Dr T. Vaiseta. 2023鈥2026.
In the first years of the research, the analysis focused on historiography. The search, selection and initial analysis of sources was also carried out. At the same time, the first scheduled interviews were conducted.
Research Council of Lithuania. Research Center 鈥(Post)authoritarian landscapes鈥 (Nr. (1.78 Mr) SU-3408). Prof. A. Streikus, 2023鈥2027.
Formation of the research teams, discussion of their investigation scopes.
MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INOVATION) PARTNERS
Oulu university (Finland)
The International Border Studies Center (IBSC) at the University of Gda艅sk (Poland)
University of Lancaster (UK)
Gdansk University, Faculty of History (Poland)
Cambridge University Center for Geopolitics, Baltic Geopolics Programme (UK)
Stanford University, Stanford Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies (USA)
Genocide and Resistance Research Center (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)
鈥 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;
鈥 editorial board member of the journal Lietuvos istorijos studijos (Studies of Lithuania鈥檚 History), www.journals.vu.lt/lietuvos-istorijos-studijos/about/editorialTeam;
鈥 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;
鈥 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;
鈥 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;
鈥 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 a member of Advisory board of of the Transcultural Encounters Research Center of the University of Oulu, Finland, www.oulu.fi/transculturalencounters/node/53304;
鈥 editorial board member of the journal Studia Politica Slovaca, www.sav.sk/?lang=en&doc=journal-list&journal_no=80;
鈥 editorial board member of the journal Istorija. Mokslo darbai (History. Research Papers), www.istorijoszurnalas.lt/index.php/IS/about/editorialTeam.
Assoc. Prof. A. Jakub膷ionis
鈥 member of the council of War History Centre;
鈥 editorial board member of the journal Genocidas ir rezistencija (Genocide and Resistance),
鈥 adviser of the journal Politologija (Politology), www.journals.vu.lt/politologija/about/editorialTeam;
鈥 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;
鈥 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;
鈥 editorial board member of the journal Acta Historica Universitas Klaipedensis,
鈥 editorial board member of the journal Lituanistica,
鈥 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
1. International conference Psychiatry and Addictions in the 20th Century, Strasbourg, Maison interuniversitaire des sciences de l鈥檋omme, Strasbourg (France). Report Assoc. Prof. T. Vaiseta When Everyone and No One Believes: A Treatment of Alcoholism in the Soviet Psychiatric Hospitals (1944鈥1990).
2. The 15th Conference on Baltic Studies in Europe (CBSE) Turning Points: Values and Conflicting Futures in the Baltics, Kaunas (Lithuania). Report Assoc. Prof. K Kilinskas Supplying Lithuanian Army with Weapons at the Clashes of Interests between Entente and Germany in 1919-1920.
3. The Baltics geopolitics symposium 2023 From chaos to the New World Order: The Baltic in the aftermath of the First World War, 1918-1922, University of Cambridge (UK), Report Assoc. Prof. K Kilinskas Supply of arms to Lithuania at the clash of Allies and Gemany foreign policy interests.
MOST IMPORTANT RECEIVED NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AWARDS FOR R&D ACTIVITIES
1. Assist. Prof. V. Klumbys, Assoc. Prof. T. Vaiseta, monograph The Little O: Culture of Sexuality in Soviet Lithuania, Book of the Year in the Category of Best Documentary, in Lithuanian National Book Awards, 2023.
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;
鈥 member of the working group for the exhibition The Theatre of Censorship: Audio-visual Arts in Soviet Lithuania and their Ideological Control, Museum of Lithuanian Theatre, Music and Cinema.
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 member of the Commission of the Vilnius City Municipality Programme 鈥淐reate Vilnius鈥.
Dr N. 膶erniauskas
鈥 member of the Council of Lithuanian Radio and Television;
鈥 member of the Historical Memory Commission in Vilnius City Municipality;
鈥 member of the Commission of the Vilnius City Municipality Programme 鈥淐reate Vilnius鈥;
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;
鈥 member of the Historical Memory Commission in Vilnius City Municipality;
鈥 member of the curators group at the National Museum of Lithuania (exhibition Fighting Women).
Dr R. Gaidis
鈥 member of 2th Assessment Council for Immovable Cultural Heritage, Department of Cultural Heritage under the Ministry of Culture.
MOST IMPORTANT RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES
Assoc. Prof. Tomas Vaiseta
鈥 screen writer and participant at TV show Women Streets (National Broadcaster), 8 series, www.lrt.lt/mediateka/video/moteru-gatves.
DEPARTMENT OF THEORY OF HISTORY AND CULTURAL HISTORY
7 Universiteto, LT-01513 Vilnius
Tel. 268 7288
E-mail
Head 鈥 Prof. Alfredas Bumblauskas
STAFF
Professors: Habil. Dr T. Baira拧auskaite (part-time), Dr A. Bumblauskas, Dr M. Dremait臈, Dr I. Vai拧vilait臈, Dr J. Verbickiene虈.
Associate professsors: Dr N. Babinskas (part-time), Dr G. Kirkiene虈, Dr S. Kulevi膷ius (part-time), Dr G. Pota拧enko, Dr E. Raila, Dr L. Skurvydaite虈 (part-time), Dr N. 艩epetys, Dr R. 艩ermuk拧nyte虈, Dr A. 艩vedas (part-time), Dr D. Troskovait臈.
Assistents: Dr A. Gieda, Dr V. Janu拧auskait臈 (part-time), Dr A. Naud啪i奴nien臈 (part-time).
Lecturer: D. Vitkauskaite虈.
Research fellows: Dr I. Leonavic虒iu虅te虈.
Doctoral students: D. 膶ypait臈, L. Hall, I. Kudre拧ova, D. Misevi膷ius, L. Mumgaudyt臈, V. Pilkauskien臈, R. Puod啪i奴nien臈, D. Skarolskis, M. Valan膷iauskien臈, S. Vali奴nait臈, I.艩uopyt臈.
Postdoc researcher: Dr A. 膶ernauskien臈
RESEARCH INTERESTS
鈥 Theoretical, methodological and historiographical problems of history
鈥 History of Lithuanian culture
鈥 Theoretical and didactical aspects of history of Lithuanian culture
鈥 Historical culture and forms of cultural identity of Lithuanian society
鈥 Individual and collective forms of historical memory
鈥 Cultural heritage studies
鈥 Studies of Lithuanian ethnic and confessional minorities
鈥 Everyday life and domestic history
鈥 Functions of history in the contemporary society
RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2023
National Research Projects
Research Council of Lithuania. Early Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the Typological Context of Peripheral European Societies: Revision of the Concept of Early Feudalism (No S-LIP-21-32). Assoc. Prof. N. Babinskas. 2021鈥2024.
Project鈥榮 research is a systemic analysis and typological reinterpretation of social structure of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (GDL) in the 13th 鈥 14th centuries in the comparative context of peripheral European societies. It would contribute to the comparative historical sociology of pre-capitalist societies and would question or at least modify the thesis of the early feudalism (perceived as a mode of production) of GDL. Project鈥榮 goal: to verify the concept of the early feudalism of pre-christian GDL with the help of the model of Early Central European state (ignored so far by the Lithuanian historiography).
Research Council of Lithuania. Tadas Daugirdas: Archaeology of "three-colors" 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.
Research Council of Lithuania. Pranci拧kus Smuglevi膷ius 鈥 an Outstanding Representative of European Enlightement in Lithuanian鈥揚olish Commonwealth (No S-LIP-22-70). Prof. I. Vai拧vilait臈. 2022鈥2024.
The purpose of this project is to research the important, but little or even not studied at all aspects of Pranci拧kus Smuglevicius personality and the scope of his activities, as well as to present Smuglevi膷ius as Polish鈥揕ithuanian Commonwealth and European cultural actor. His personality and activities will be examined in the context of the ideas of Enlightenment Age, in order to reveal the originality and individuality of Smuglevi膷ius, as Enlightement personality. The project intend to research the environment of Smuglevi膷ius, analyze the political aspects of his art and it's influence.
Publications: Irena Vai拧vilait臈, 鈥淧ranci拧kus Smuglevi膷ius ir Roma鈥, Conservatio Lituana, vol. I, p. 96鈥119.
Research Council of Lithuania. Art Creation in Kaunas Ghetto: Issues of the Representation of Reality (No. S-LIP-22-71). Assoc. Prof. N. 艩epetys. 2022鈥2024.
Research on the memory and representation f the reality of the ghettos of Lithuanian Jews has been developed in various ways both in Lithuania and abroad. The analysis focuses on photography, the artistic legacy of individualaretists, and, less frequently, on groups of artistic phenomena (portraits, children鈥榮 drawings, images of terror, etc.). A deepening approach to the history of the Second World War, a widening knowledge of daily life in Lithuanian ghettos, a growing amount of factual information (reconstruction of biographies of artists who were marginalised for a long time etc.) encourage us to0 perceive and interpret the pfenomenon of the visualisation of life in the ghetto as a holistic phenomenon by identifying its peculiarities, origin, genesis, forms of expression, functioning at the time of creation, and the impact and role in formation of the discourse of Holocaust memory.
The project, whose activities are based on a case study 鈥揳 research of the representation of the reality of the Kaunas Ghetto 鈥 would help to reconstruct the phenomenon of the visualisation of the ghetto鈥榮 reality in a multifaceted way, highlighting the perspective of the victims of the Shoah 鈥 both the survivors and the victims 鈥揳nt to offer a new powerful way of reading this information which cast modern imagination. The research would allow us to fill in some important factual gaps and theocratically assess the state of the historiography that relies on, or even replicates, the abundant but sometimes haphazard use of primary sources: it is hoped to consistently reconstruct the history of the creation and discovery of the Abraham Tory archive, to broaden the understanding of the intentions of the archive鈥榮 creator, to reveal the connections between artists and their clients, to investigate the biographies of the artists who were active in the Kaunas ghetto, both local Jews and the Jews from abroad, and to explore the motives and forms of their activities.
Research Council of Lithuania. Postdoctoral internship project Evaluation and Preservation of Post-War Concrete Architecture: The case of Lithuania (No. S-PD-22-88). Dr A. 膶ernauskien臈. 2022鈥2024.
Modern architectural heritage is strongly linked to the materiality and technology used to implement the buildings. Concrete is one of the most ubiquitous post-war building materials, the potential of which has been exploited by architects and engineers in a variety of innovative ways, leaving a legacy of exceptional architecture till our days. However, concrete's character and specificity as an architectural material must be carefully evaluated and examined from a cultural heritage perspective regarding various value aspects, including sustainability. The aim of the project is to develop guidelines for the preservation of post-war concrete architecture and to promote recognition of built heritage based on concrete in Lithuania.
Research Council of Lithuania. Migration, Heritage and Resilience: Lithuanian Architects and Architecture in the crisis period 1939鈥1959. (No. S-VIS-23-3). Prof. M. Dr臈mait臈. 2023鈥2026.
The historical study of Lithuanian architecture and architects is intended to determine how and in what forms groups of professionals (architects) during the period of geopolitical challenges (1939-1959) maintained their relationship with their architectural heritage (tangible and intangible) during different stages of forced migration and in different environments (World War II in Lithuania in 1939-1944), emigration to the West (1945-1949 in DP camps in Germany and 1949-1959 in the USA) and internal migration in Lithuania, in relation to the activities of immigrated leading architects (1945-1959 in Vilnius). Applying the theory of symbolic geographies (Peteri 2010) and based on historical examples, the ways in which architects act as a professional group in crisis situations and the role of architectural heritage in the resilience of cultural identity are analysed.
Research Council of Lithuania. Enhancing Lithuanian Society through Heritage Communities: Challenges and Opportunities. (No. S-VIS-23-13). Assoc. Prof. S. Kulevi膷ius. 2023鈥2026.
Cultural heritage occupies a crucial place in the framework of contemporary society: it is one of the most important elements in the formation of a society's identity or self-understanding, and can mobilise and consolidate society, legitimising its social fabric and values. Heritage resources can be a tool for overcoming crises, for tolerating diversity and for consolidating other contemporary values and changing cultural identities. This is how heritage is perceived by global (UNESCO) and European (European Union, Council of Europe) institutions. In order to ensure the universal realisation of human rights, the consolidation of democracy and cultural diversity, the Council of Europe adopted the Convention on the Value of Cultural Heritage for Society (Faro Convention, 2005), which sets out the fundamental principles for the protection of heritage in the 21st century, based on human rights and European values. Faro Convention establishes the category of the 'heritage community' as the subject of the implementation of its principles. In the context of the Faro Convention, the project aims at researching and assessing of the current situation, problems and opportunities of the participation of heritage (local and imagined) communities in heritage conservation processes in Lithuania, their role in conflicts related to the heritage field, and to provide appropriate recommendations at the state (strategic) and local level (using sociological, communication, historical research approaches, case studies of the heritage system, conflicts and good practices). The final object and aim of the project is to contribute to equal opportunities for participation and expression in the fields of culture and heritage in Lithuania, identification and development of prerequisites and tools for such participation, and the development of appropriate self-awareness at community level.
MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INOVATION) PARTNERS
Delft Technical University (Netherlands)
Institute of Ukrainian History (Ukraine)
Lviv Polytechnic National University (Ukraine)
Ukrainian Catholic University (Ukraine)
Department of Cultural Heritage (Lithuania)
Lithuanian Institute of History (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),
鈥 member of the Scientific Editorial Council of the journal Archiwum Emigracji. Studia鈥揝zkice鈥揇okumenty (Archives of Emigration. Studies鈥揈ssays鈥揇ocuments), www.bu.umk.pl/Archiwum_Emigracji/gazeta/rada-naukowa.html;
鈥 member of Academic Board of the the journal Polish Journal of Eastern Studies, english.studium.uw.edu.pl/przeglad-wschodni/;
鈥 editor in chief of the journal Lietuvos istorijos studijos (Studies of Lithuania鈥檚 History),
鈥 editorial board member of the journal Kult奴ros barai (Culture Fields), www.kulturosbarai.lt/viesieji-oirkimai/;
鈥 editorial board member of the journal Naujasis 啪idinys-Aidai,
鈥 member of the organizing committee of the international scientific conference Vilnius and Lviv in the Multicentre Space of Central and Eastern Europe, Vilnius (Lithuania), www.if.vu.lt/external/if/files/renginiai/vilnius_lvivas_internetui__compressed.pdf.
Prof. M. Dr臈mait臈
鈥 member of Architectural Historians Network EAHN;
鈥 national coordinator COST Action Middle Class Mass Housing, coordinator ISCTE-IUL (Lisbon, Portugal), www.cost.eu/actions/CA18137/#tabs+Name:Management%20Committee
鈥 member of the Lithuanian Society of Art Historians;
鈥 member of Scientific Council of Lithuanian Institute of History, www.istorija.lt/apie/struktura/mokslo-taryba/44;
鈥 editorial board member of the journal Architecture and Urban Planning,
Prof. I. Vai拧vilait臈
鈥 editorial board member of the journal Naujasis 沤idinys-Aidai,
鈥 editorial board member of the journal Tsaitschrift (爪讬讬址讟砖专讬驻挚讟) (European Humanities University, Vilnius),
鈥 editorial and scientific board of the journal Eastern European History Review, www.easterneuropeanhistory.eu/it/editorial-and-scientific-board-information/.
Assoc. Prof. S. Kulevi膷ius
鈥 member of Scientific Council of Lithuanian Institute of History, www.istorija.lt/apie/struktura/mokslo-taryba/44;
鈥 editorial board of the journal I褋褌芯褉懈泻芯-泻褍谢褜褌褍褉薪褨 褋褌褍写褨褩 (Historical and Cultural Studies),
鈥 member of the organizing committee of the international scientific conference Vilnius and Lviv in the Multicentre Space of Central and Eastern Europe, Vilnius (Lithuania), www.if.vu.lt/external/if/files/renginiai/vilnius_lvivas_internetui__compressed.pdf;
鈥 member of the organizing committee of the international scientific conference Josaphat Kuntsevych: History, Heritage, Memory, Vilnius (Lithuania).
Assoc. Prof. L. Skurvydait臈
鈥 member of the organizing committee of the international scientific conference Rethinking Ukraine and Europe: New Challenges for Historians, Vilnius (Lithuania);
鈥 member of the organizing committee of the international scientific conference Culture and Imaginary Facing the War, Vilnius (Lithuania).
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;
鈥 member of the International Commission for the History and Theory of Historiography;
鈥 member of International Network for Theory of History, www.inth.ugent.be;
鈥 participant of Annual ASEEES (Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies);
鈥 co-founder and organiser Vilnius Symposium on Late and Post-Soviet Issues.
Assoc. Prof. N. Babinskas
鈥 chairman of the Association of Transnational History;
鈥 member of the European Network in Universal and Global History (ENIUGH);
鈥 member of the Romanian Association for Nordic and Baltic countries;
鈥 editorial board member of the journal Valahian Journal of Historical Studies, www.vjhs.ro/editorial-board.
BEST REPORTS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD
1. International seminar Extraction and Escape, Centre for Viking and Medieval Studies, Aarhus (Denmark). Report Assoc. Prof. N. Babinskas Whether Feudal and if Ever Feudal? Towards a Typology of Early Medieval Peripheral European Societies: The Cases of Sweden and Kievan Rus' in Around 1000-1200 AD.
2. International conference Cultural Heritage: Innovative Approaches and Sustainable Development, Lviv (Ukraine). Report Ass. Prof. . 艩ermuk拧nyt臈, J. Sabonaityt臈, D. Vinci奴nas, Formation of Civil Resistance Values in History Lessons: Case Analysis of One Vilnius High School.
3. International conference Europe. Capital. Transformations: Vilnius in the 19th and 21st Centuries, Vilnius (Lithuania). Report Dr I. Leonavi膷i奴t臈 Expressing Historical Memory at Stephen Bathory University, or How Joachim Outstripped Adam.
4. International conference Decolonisierung in Mittel-, Sud, - und Osteuropa, Munich (Germany). Invited key speaker Prof. I. Vai拧vilait臈 at the panel Politics of Memory and History.
MOST IMPORTANT RECEIVED NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AWARDS FOR R&D ACTIVITIES
1. Assoc. Prof. G. Kirkien臈, Knight's Cross of the Order of Gediminas of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
2. Assoc.Prof. G. Kirkiene, awarded by the Charitable Foundation in Kiev The Crown of Princes Ostrogski" with the honorary award - Order of the First Degree;
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 member of the Scientific Board of the Joint Programming Initiative Cultural Heritage (2020-2023, EU), www.heritageresearch-hub.eu/homepage/joint-programming-initiative-on-cultural;
鈥 leader of the expert group preparing the Kaunas Modernism nomination file for the UNESCO World Heritage Centre;
鈥 member of the Lithuanian Culture and Arts Council,
鈥 member of Commission of Experts on the Protection of Immovable Cultural Heritage, Ministry of Culture,
Prof. I. Vai拧vilait臈
鈥 member of the Council of Lithuanian Radio and Television;
鈥 chair of the International Board Trustees of the Thomas Mann Cultural Center, www.mann.lt/index.php;
鈥 member of the National ICOMOS Committee.
Assoc. Prof. G.Kirkien臈
鈥 expert on the logo development committee Logo for 400 Years of the Martyrdom of St. Joseph Kuncevich, Department of National Minorities under the Government of the Republic of Lithuania.
Assoc. Prof. S. Kulevi膷ius
鈥 member of Commission of Experts on the Protection of Immovable Cultural Heritage, Ministry of Culture,
鈥 member of the National Commission for Cultural Heritage,
Assoc. prof. N. 艩epetys
鈥 member of the Working Group of the Freedom Struggle and State Historical Memory Commission of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania;
鈥 chairman of the Expert Commission of the Lithuanian Science Council;
鈥 chairman of the Vilnius university Senate Studies Committee.
Assoc. Prof. R. 艩ermuk拧nyt臈
鈥 member of the Council National Museum of Lithuania;
鈥 member of the Council of Trakai History Museum;
鈥 member of the experts commission on the Evaluation of Applications for the Dissemination of Knowledge and Rehabilitation of the Immovable Cultural Heritage.
Assoc. prof. A. 艩vedas
鈥 member of the Council of the Lithuanian Institute of Culture;
鈥 member of the Council of the Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore;
鈥 member of the curatorship of the Thomas Mann Center;
鈥 member of the Art Council of the Vilnius Small Theater;
鈥 member of the Council of the National Museum of Lithuania.
Dr V. Janu拧auskait臈
鈥 member of the National Commission for Cultural Heritage,
鈥 member of the Vilnius City Immovable Heritage Assessment Council, Vilnius City Municipality,
鈥 member of the Architects鈥 Chamber of Lithuania;
鈥 member of the Architects鈥 Professional Certification Commission.
MOST IMPORTANT RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES
1. Prof. A. Bumblauskas, a series of video lessons 鈥淚nteresting history lessons鈥 (Delfi Plius), www.delfi.lt/temos/idomiosios-istorijos-pamokos#/.
2. Assoc. Prof. L. Skurvydait臈, Assoc. Prof. E. Raila, participation at TV show Women Streets (National Broadcaster), www.lrt.lt/mediateka/video/moteru-gatves.
3. Assoc. Prof. A. 艩vedas, host a radio show 鈥淗omo cultus. The Territory of the Historian鈥 on LRT Klasikos radijas, www.lrt.lt/tema/homo-cultus-istoriko-teritorija;
4. Assoc. Prof. S. Kulevi膷ius, heritage festival Heritas (together with partners).
BIOARCHAEOLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE
21 膶iurlionio, LT-03101 Vilnius
Tel. 268 7284
E-mail
Head 鈥 Prof. Giedr臈 Motuzait臈 Matuzevi膷i奴t臈 Keen
STAFF
Professors: Dr Giedr臈 Motuzait臈 Matuzevi膷i奴t臈 Keen.
Associate professors: Dr G. Pili膷iauskien臈.
Lecturers: Dr J. Kozakait臈 (part-time).
Assistants: R. Karali奴t臈 (part-time), M. Abdrakhmanov.
Researchers: Dr M. Depaermentie, P. Guzowsk; P. Pokorny.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
鈥 Palaeodiet
鈥 Past food systems
鈥 Crop cultivation and processing strategies
鈥 Plant remains
鈥 Zooarchaeology
鈥 Prehistorical migrations
鈥 History of hunting, fishing, animal husbandry
鈥 Earliest appearance and geographical origins of agriculture in the east Baltic Region
鈥 Economy of prehistoric populations in Central Asia
鈥 Human osteology and paleopathology
鈥 Epidemiology
鈥 Forensic bioarchaeology
RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2023
International Research Projects
HORIZON ERC-2022-COG. MILLWAYS: Past and Future Millet Foodways (ERC CoG 101087964). Prof. G. Motuzait臈 Matuzevi膷i奴t臈 Keen. 2023鈥2028.
The project will use broomcorn millet (Panicum miliaceum) 鈥 and will bridge a large geographic territory tracking the earliest millet dispersals across eastern-central Europe from the mid. 2nd mill. BCE onwards along the south-north axis all the way to millet cultivation limit. The project will utilize the high carbon isotope values of millet, resulting from its C4-photosynthetic pathway in conjunction with the distinct miliacin biomarker in order to identify its consumption, with respect to shifting climates, human mobility, demographic categories of sex, age and changes of plant use across historical times.
Publication: G. Motuzaite Matuzeviciute, R. Lau啪ikas, 鈥淎 Brief History of Broomcorn Millet Cultivation in Lithuania鈥, MDPI Agronomy, 2023, vol. 13(8), 2171.
Contractual Research
Permanent contracts (analysis of the archaeobotanical and zooarchaeological material across sites in Lithuania and beyond).
MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INOVATION) PARTNERS
University of Tartu (Estonia)
University of Helsinki (Finland)
Center for Baltic and Scandinavian Archeology (ZBSA) (Germany)
Max Planck Institute for the Science and Human History Jena (Germany)
Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties (Japan)
Institute of Archaeology, Nicolaus Copernicus University (Poland)
Stockholm University (Sweden)
School of Archaeology, University of Oxford (UK)
National Museum 鈥 Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania (Lithuania)
National Museum of Lithuania (Lithuania)
Kaunas T. Ivanauskas Zoology Museum (Lithuania)
Ata Kyzylorda University (Kazakhstan)
Uniwersytet w Bia艂ymstoku (Poland)
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; Science;
鈥 head editor of a special issue (together with Xinyi Liu) Millet and Pseudocereals: New Insights into Archaeobotany, Plant Domestication and Global Foodways, www.mdpi.com/journal/agronomy/special_issues/millet_archaeobotany_domestication;
鈥 associate editor of the journal Archaeological Research in Asia;
鈥 editor of the journal Kamena Doba Ukrainy (Stone Age of Ukraine);
鈥 member/expert of the ICOMOS (International Council for Monuments and Sites).
Assoc. Prof. G. Pili膷iauskien臈
鈥 review editor of Zooarchaeology specialty section of a multidisciplinary journal Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology, www.frontiersin.org/journals/environmental-archaeology/sections/zooarchaeology/editors.
BEST REPORTS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD
1. ISBA10. Keynote Prof. G. Motuzaite Matuzeviciute Biomolecular Approach to Millet Journey across Time and Space,
2. XXIX European Congress of Archaeologists (EAA), Belfast (Northern Ireland). Report: Assoc. Prof. G. Pili膷iauskien臈 (with co-authors G. V臈lius, K. Minkevi膷ius, R. Vengalis, M. Pilkauskas) Animal Welfare in Lithuania in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period: Exploited and Sometimes Perhaps Loved.
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,
MOST IMPORTANT RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES
1. Prof. G. Motuzait臈 Matuzeviciut臈 Keen, Invited lecture at Washington University of St. Louis Globalization in Prehistory: Reflection and Perspectives.
7 Universiteto, LT-01513 Vilnius
Tel. 268 7293
E-mail:
Head 鈥 Assoc. Prof. Grigorijus Pota拧enko
STAFF
Associate professors: Dr G. Pota拧enko
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):
鈥 Yiddish
鈥 Old Believers
鈥 Tatars
鈥 Karaimes
鈥 Roma multicultural studies
RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2023
National Research Projects
Research Council of Lithuania. The Old Believers鈥 Church in Lithuania (1918-2018) (No S-LIP-19-69). Assoc. Prof. G. Pota拧enko. 2018鈥2023.
The main object of this research in 2023 was to review and partially correct the texts of the monograph (930 pp. without index) and the collection of sources (430 pp. with index) after editing the Lithuanian language (January - September), as well as to prepare an index of personal names for the collection of sources and start preparing of index of personal names for the monograph.
MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INOVATION) 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)
Department for the Protection of Antique Monuments (Estonia)
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);
鈥 vice-chairman of Lithuanian Slavists Society;
鈥 editorial board member of the journal Przegl膮d Wschodnioeuropejski (East European Review), www.uwm.edu.pl/cbew/p.wschodnioeuropejski.html;
鈥 editorial board member of the journal Fontes Slaviae Orthodoxae,
BEST REPORTS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD
1. International Conference Language and Culture of the Old Believe, Tartu (Estonia). Report Assoc. Prof. G. Pota拧enko (with coauthor) G. Frolov and Rezekne Icon Painting Center (online).
2. The 11th International Congress of Belarusian Studies, Gda艅sk (Poland). Report Assoc. Prof. G. Pota拧enko First Time in Europe. Re-emigration, the Formation of the Old Believer Church in Lithuania and its Official Recognition (鈥淧rovisional Rules鈥 of May 20, 1923)鈥.
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).
CONSULTATIONS PROVIDED BY THE UNIT TO THE PUBLIC OR ECONOMIC ENTITIES
Assoc. Prof. G. Pota拧enko
鈥 consultations and comments during the preparation of the document 鈥淟ithuania 2050鈥 for the Chancellery of the Government of Lithuania, related to the situation of national minorities and integration in Lithuania
MOST IMPORTANT RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES
Assoc. Prof. G. Pota拧enko
鈥 science popularization book 袠褋褌芯褉懈褟 袛邪薪懈谢懈褕泻褋泻芯泄 褋褌邪褉芯芯斜褉褟写褔械褋泻芯泄 芯斜褖懈薪褘 懈 小胁褟褌芯-孝褉芯懈褑泻懈泄 褏褉邪屑 = Grigorijus Pota拧enko, Danili拧ki懦 sentiki懦 bendruomen臈s istorija ir 艩v. Trejyb臈s cerkv臈.
CENTRE FOR STUDIES OF HISTORY OF EAST EUROPEAN JEWS
7 Universiteto, LT-01513 Vilnius
Tel. 67 212902
E-mail:
Head 鈥 Prof. Jurgita Verbickien臈
STAFF
Professors: Dr J. Verbickiene虈.
Assistants: Dr A. Naud啪i奴nien臈, Dr D. Troskovait臈.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
鈥 Studies of history and heritage of East European Jews (including the Karaite鈥檚 communities)
鈥 Socio-economic and socio-cultural history of Jews in Lithuania (14-20th century)
鈥 Education and presentation of Jewish heritage in contemporary society
鈥 Antisemitism studies
鈥 Jewish migration from Eastern Europe
RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2022
National Research Projects
Research Council of Lithuania. The Infrastructure of the GDL Border with Prussia: A Study of Social Environment and Economic Efficiency in the Second Half of the 18th Century (S-MIP-21-50). Prof. J. Verbickien臈, 2021鈥2024.
The borderland between the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Prussia was one of the major locations of foreign trade. It comprised the movement of goods by land and waterways, as well as a wide infrastructure of trade, services for traveling tradespeople, and border control. Using the documents prepared by the officials of the GDL Treasury, which provide a detailed description and evaluation of the existing infrastructure, reveal the different capacities of separate customs, the extent of smuggling, and the movement of goods, as well as the accounts of transportation of goods composed by nobles鈥 officials, and other sources, the project aims to examine the infrastructure of the GLD-Prussian borderland, its social environment and economic efficiency. The analysis of the movement of goods to and from the border (their assortment, quantities, and modes of transportation in relation to seasonal change) enables to reveal the network of individuals responsible for the transportation as well as the duration of the process, and to explore other hitherto largely ignored topics, such as the modus operandi of tradespeople, alternative ways of trading (smuggling), ways to circumvent the border control, and the everyday life of the people and officials living and operating on the borderland between Prussia and the GDL. The central research question is how the region, which enabled, supposedly, the largest flow of goods, functioned and what was its economic throughput, which objects constituted the borderland鈥檚 infrastructure and what changes it underwent in the course of time. The development of the traveling algorithm, as well as the analysis of topics, related to the quality and quantity of the infrastructure, economic and social functioning of the borderland region and neighboring localities in the second half of the 18th century will be based on methods of historical research and the techniques digital humanities.
MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INOVATION) PARTNERS
Graz University (Austria)
German Historical Institute (Poland and Vilnius Brunch)
Hebrew University Jerusalem (Israel)
Tel-Aviv University (Israel)
Jewish Historical Institute (Poland)
Warsaw University (Poland)
Southampton University (UK)
Texas State University (USA)
Yeshiva University (USA)
YIVO Institute (USA)
Association of Jewish Cultural Road / Jewish Heritage Lithuania (Lithuania)
Institute of Lithuanian History (Lithuania)
K臈dainiai Regional Museum (Lithuania)
Lituanian Radio and Television (LRT) (Lithuania)
Martynas Ma啪vydas National Library of Lithuania (Lithuania)
Vilna Gaon Museum of Jewish History (Lithuania)
OTHER REEARCH ACTIVITIES
Prof. J. Verbickien臈
鈥 member of the Association of Baltic Regional Studies;
鈥 member of European Association of Jewish Studies;
鈥 member of the World Union of Jewish Studies;
鈥 member of the National Congress of Lithuanian Historians;
鈥 editorial board member of the journal Przesz艂o艣膰 demograficzna Polski. Materia艂 i Studia (Poland鈥檚 Demographic Past, ,
鈥 editorial board member of the journal 笑邪懈褌褕褉懈褎褌 (European Humanities University, Vilnius).
Dr D. Troskovait臈
鈥 member of the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies;
鈥 member of the European Association of Jewish Studies;
鈥 member of the World Union for Jewish Studies.
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 chairwoman of the Committee of Humanities and Social Sciences, Research Council of Lithuania,
鈥 member of the Advisory Committee on Foundation of Jewish Heritage, London (UK), www.foundationforjewishheritage.com/panel.html;
鈥 chairman of the Commission for Providing a 鈥淒iploma of Memory鈥, 91桃色;
鈥 chairman of the Board of the Jewish Cultural Heritage Road Association, Lithuania;
鈥 member of the Academic Committee on National Minorities (Department of National Minorities, Ministry of Culture of Lithuania);
鈥 senior research advisor of the Rum拧i拧k臈s market town museum.