Research News
VMU to Host Conference on Religious Experience and Tradition
On May 11–12, Vytautas Magnus University will hold international interdisciplinary scientific conference Religious Experience and Tradition, which is organized by the VMU Dept. of Philosophy and the Faculty of Catholic Theology.
VMU to Host International Conference on Media Diversity
On November 15-16, European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) in cooperation with Vytautas Magnus University and Birmingham City University & Pokitin Belgium brings together participants from Belgium, United Kingdom and Lithuania in a practical training workshop, focusing on an inclusive way of media content development.
VMU to Host International Symposium on Asian Studies
The VMU Centre for Asian Studies invites scholars to the International Symposium Japanology within Asian Studies in Lithuania: Historical Perspective and Present Situation, which will take place on November 3-4 in Kaunas, at the Historical Presidential Palace (Vilniaus g. 33).
Institute for Cultural Diplomacy Awaits Participants of Conferences and Congresses
The Institute for Cultural Diplomacy is currently accepting applications to numerous congresses and conferences which are set to take place within the next few months. The events will bring together governmental and diplomatic officials, civil society practitioners, private sector representatives, journalists, young professionals, students and scholars, and other interested stakeholders from across the world for a program of lectures, workshops, panel and group discussions and social and cultural activities featuring leading figures from the fields of politics, academia, civil society, media, and business.
Danish Scholar to Hold Seminar on Farmers and Shadow Workers in EUropeanized Lithuania
On Thursday, October 20, 6 p.m., dr. Ida Harboe Knudsen (Dept. for Ethnography and Social Anthropology at Aarhus University, Denmark) will give a seminar at VMU (K. Donelaičio g. 52, room 309) titled Aging Farmers and “Shadow” Workers in EUropeanized Lithuania: Anthropological Fieldwork Perspectives.
Illinois University Professor to Discuss Ethnicity, Race and Class at VMU
On Thursday, October 13, 6 p.m., professor Jane Adams from Southern Illinois University Carbondale (USA) will give a seminar at VMU (K. Donelaičio g. 52, Room 309) titled Shifting Realities of Ethnicity, Race & Class in the U.S.: Social Memory & Every-Day Life Perspectives.
