Research News
Open Dual Lecture on Dissonant Heritage
On 17 October, 5 p.m. (EEST), the Estonian Academy of Arts (EAA) is organising an open conversation/lecture with two speakers: VMU Assoc. Prof. Dr. Linara Dovydaitytė and EAA doctoral student and junior researcher Anu Soojärv. The lecture, titled Dissonant Heritage: Re-evaluating the Soviet Legacies, will focus on the heritage of Soviet legacies. The event will be streamed online.
Online Lecture to be Held on Ukraine’s Resilience
On Thursday 12 October, 5 p.m. CET (6 p.m. Lithuania time), open online lecture “Sources and drivers of Ukraine's resilience in withstanding full-scale Russian aggression” will be held by Yaroslav Zhalilo, Deputy Director of the National Institute for Strategic Studies (Ukraine).
Former CNN Executive Producer Jennifer Thomas visited VMU
“Talk about facts first. If you watched my newscasts, you wouldn’t know who I supported because it’s about the story, not me. You have to try to show both sides – if there is another side to show. If it’s the war in Ukraine, most people know [that] Putin and Russia are spreading a lot of disinformation, so you can’t show that side if you know it’s based on lies”, says Associate Professor at Howard University (USA), former CNN executive producer and journalism expert Jennifer Thomas, who held a lecture at Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) on the importance of journalism in the era of disinformation.
Conference on Contemporary Studies of Family and Calendar Holidays
The Department of Cultural Studies at Vytautas Magnus University is pleased to announce an international conference on "Contemporary Studies of Family and Calendar Holidays: Challenges and Perspectives”, to be held on 14th October 2023 at Vytautas Magnus University, Faculty of Humanities, V. Putvinskio st. 23, Kaunas, Lithuania. The conference celebrates the 30th anniversary of ethnological studies at Vytautas Magnus University. The conference is dedicated to the 30th anniversary of ethnological research at Vytautas Magnus University.
Howard University Assoc. Prof. Jennifer Thomas to Visit VMU
On Wednesday 20 September, 11.15 a.m., at VMU Centre for Research and Studies (23 V. Putvinskio Street, Room 106), a lecture will be held by Howard University (USA) Associate Professor, Fulbright Specialist scholar, former executive producer at CNN and journalism expert Jennifer Thomas. The guest's lecture will be for the students of the VMU Dept. of Public Communication and for the VMU community. The topic of the lecture is 'When Facts Are Not Enough: How To Sustain Journalism In An Era of Disinformation'.
VMU Initiated Critical Heritage Lab in Italy and Slovenia
On Monday 11 September, in the University of Trieste (Italy) and the University of Primorska (Slovenia), a new laboratory initiated by Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) was introduced, where scientists together with entrepreneurs, public activists and other social partners will carry out projects dedicated to cultural heritage. The new laboratory, Critical Heritage LAB, is one of the Transformation Labs implemented by VMU along with its partners, other members of the Transform4Europe Alliance: the Estonian Academy of Arts, Jean Monnet University, University of Trieste, and University of Primorska.
