Baltistika pasaulyje: patirtys, iššūkiai ir ateitis

Abstract

Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) hosted the final conference of the project "Encouraging Cooperation between Foreign Baltic Studies Centres and Lithuanian Research and Study Institutions" (No. 09.3.1-ESFA-V-709-01-0002), which was organised by VMU together with its partners Vilnius University and the Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore. More than 150 participants - lecturers, researchers and students from Austria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Italy, Latvia, Poland, Lithuania, Hungary, Finland, Switzerland, Ukraine, the USA and Sakartvelo - met to discuss the place of Baltic studies in today's world, the challenges and the prospects for the future. The conference participants discussed Lithuanian Studies (Baltic Studies) in Lithuania and abroad, the current situation of Baltic Studies centres, the current situation of teaching Lithuanian as a foreign language, the latest research on the Baltic languages, the research on Lithuanian literature in Lithuania and abroad, the research and current situation of translations from/into the Baltic languages, the research on diasporas, history, ethnic culture.