Research News
British Scientist Mark Galeotti to Visit VMU
On 21 January, a public lecture will be held in Kaunas by British scientist Mark Galeotti, who is considered to be one of the leading experts of modern Russian history and security affairs and transnational and organised crime. At the invitation of Vytautas Magnus University (VMU), the guest will come to Kaunas to discuss the connections between criminality and the administration of Vladimir Putin, the President of Russian Federation.
Call for Papers: the 5th International Conference on Education 2019
The International Institute of Knowledge Management (TIIKM) welcomes you to the 5th International Conference on Education (ICEDU 19) to be held on 5-7th April 2019 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
VMU to Work on EU Project on Gender Equality in Academia and Science
On 23 January, international scientific project SPEAR, which focuses on gender equality in the academic and scientific community, will be launched in Odense, Denmark. The project, funded by the EU‘s Horizon 2020 Science with and for Society (SwafS) programme, involves 11 partners from 9 European countries, including Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuania). The project’s coordinator at VMU is Prof. Natalija Mažeikienė from the Dept. of Social Work.
VMU Organized Training for Lecturers from Ukraine
On 3-5 December, VMU was visited by lecturers from Ukraine, who came here as participants of Erasmus+ project Rethinking Regional Studies: The Baltic-Black Sea Connection. In the project, VMU is represented by the Faculty of Political Science and Diplomacy, while its goal is the europization of the MA degree studies of political sciences offered by the universities of Odessa, Lviv, and Kiev (Ukraine).
National Forum on Human Rights to Mark 70th Anniversary of the UDHR
Marking the Human Rights Day on 10 December, the National Forum on Human Rights will be organized in Vilnius for the first time.
VMU Aquired Archive from Ukrainian Psychiatric Association
Andrei Sakharov Research Center for Democratic Development at VMU has acquired a new unique archive which contains the files of all the complaints that a special office of the Ukrainian Psychiatric Association received in 1991-2001 from people who believed they were victims of political abuse or other malpractices.
