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Apply Now: Arts Festival for Students in France
Jean Monnet University, partner of the Transform4Europe (T4EU) Alliance, invites students of VMU and other T4EU universities to take the stage at Fest’U 2025, an arts festival held in Saint-Etienne, France on 21-23 May. Registration deadline is 8 January.
The Seminar on Transdisciplinarity Brought Together Researchers from Different Countries
On the 4th of December, 2024, Vytautas Kavolis Transdisciplinary Research Institute organised an international seminar, “Disciplines and their Boundaries”, where members of the academic community and guests explored the challenges and opportunities of transdisciplinarity in the social sciences and humanities. The seminar paid tribute to the legacy of Vytautas Martynas Kavolis (1930-1999), a prominent diaspora scholar, sociologist, and publicist, and discussed his methodological ideas on interdisciplinarity.
Frenchwoman Teaching French to Lithuanians: Lithuanians are Very Open to Europe
“I believe that what is happening in Ukraine is genuinely changing the French perspective on the Eastern European region. We are beginning to understand and see Ukraine as part of Europe. Despite such a dire situation, this experience can teach us a lot and pave the way for solidarity with other countries. Even we French, who can be a bit arrogant, realise that we are closely connected to each other,” says Olivia Marie Anne Fritsch, a French language lecturer at Vytautas Magnus University (VMU).
If There Is Mobbing at Work, Pray
Nobody advised to pray? Needlessly. When co-workers turn into monsters, praying is very healthy. And there is no medieval darkness here – that is what science says.
V. Kavolis Institute is Strengthening Cooperation with the Helsinki Institute
On December 4-5, a team of researchers from the Helsinki University Institute for Social Sciences and Humanities (HSSH) visited the V. Kavolis Institute. During their visit, the guests from Helsinki shared their experiences and insights on initiating and implementing transdisciplinary research at the international seminar “Disciplines and their Boundaries”, organised by the V. Kavolis Institute.
Apply Now: Transform4Europe Buddy Programme for students (Extended Deadline)
Vytautas Magnus University has opened a call for students' applications to join the Transform4Europe Buddy Programme. This initiative offers students the opportunity to participate in an international academic and cultural exchange, supporting incoming community members from partner universities and contributing to the integration and engagement efforts of the Transform4Europe network. Applications can be submitted online before 31 December.
VMU Music Academy Invites Community to Christmas Concert
VMU Music Academy invites the university’s community to the Christmas Concert, which will be held on 14 December, 4 p.m., at the VMU Great Hall (28 S. Daukanto g., Kaunas).
21st Edition of the Catalogue of Internship and Volunteering Offers Released
We invite you to explore the 21st edition of the Catalogue of Internship and Volunteering Offers Catalogue, published by the VMU Career Center.
Professors from Poland and Germany on Benefits and Challenges of Multilingual Learning
“We have to educate people: sometimes they are afraid of something they don’t understand, they think that having to manage many languages in one brain can be overwhelming. However, modern neurobiological and psycholinguistic research has shown that this is not the case”, notes Prof. Dr. Stefanie Haberzettl, who participated in the international conference “Empowering Education: Fostering Inclusive Multicultural Classrooms in General Education” at VMU.
Prof. Ališauskienė and Prof. Ruškus Receive Awards for Merits in Human Rights
At the Ministry of Justice, 30 representatives of institutions working in the field of justice were honoured for their significant contributions this year to the defence, strengthening, and nurturing of human rights. Among them were Prof. Milda Ališauskienė and Prof. Jonas Ruškus from the VMU Faculty of Social Sciences.
